Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask is the 23rd episode of Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge. It aired on July 24th, 2011.

Plot

Still stuck in Bakugan Interspace, Dan and the other Brawlers are fighting off the Chaos Bakugan. Dan then receives a vision that shows Mag Mel's desire to attack Earth, using Bakugan Interspace as a base for his operations. He tells the other Brawlers about this vision and suggests using his link to find and attack him. The others, however, disagree because of the many risks including being comatose. He still takes this risk and goes ahead with the others defending while Marucho is still trying to find a way out. In another area, Soon and Chris have lost confidence since the departure of Sellon with Soon more upset. They are then attacked by a Flash Ingram but are saved by Noah and his Subterra Ziperator. Chris is surprised to see that he changed and now he is more confident while Soon says that they don't want his help, calling him a coward crybaby but Noah helps anyways. More Chaos Bakugan come, but the rest of Noah's team, Ben, Jack and Robin, arrive on Pyrus, Aquos and Ventus Ziperators respectively. Soon doesn't believe that they have anything to fight for but Ben reassures her and the two girls run to the Battle Brawlers base. As Dan tries to clear his mind and look for Mag Mel, he find him in a "flip-side" of Bakugan Interspace. The two begin to battle, summoning their Mechtogan and the two summon blades to fight each other.

Outside the base, the two girls are attacked again with Soon wanting to be killed but the Brawlers step in and fight. As more spawn from the ground, Noah and the others come to help. Rafe tells them that their main priority is to protect Dan in comatose and the two girls join the fight, gaining confidence again. Back in the control room, Marucho still can't find a way out or to contact outside but Dylan appears and says no human can do it,and Marucho realizes that as an AI, Dylan could do it. Shun would help Soon and Chris regain their passion for brawling as his battling style reminded them of their mistress' ability and grace and they used their own bakugan to help defeat the chaos bakugan. In the flip world, Dan continues to fight and manages to crack his mask, revealing Barodius. He says he was banished by Code Eve but he had a link with Dan. He managed to achieve enough power to break free of the shackles from Code Eve. Razenoid also says he was Dharak. They continue to and summon their Mechtogan Titans. After an explosion, Dan wakes up with the Brawlers and the others in front of him. He tells them where he is and who Mag Mel is leaving all of them shocked. Meanwhile, Marucho works on Interspace and gets Dylan to do the final job, revealing that his lollipop is a key. Marucho manages to get contact with Kato and his dad and he reveals his plan to his dad.

Characters Seen

Bakugan Seen

BakuNano Seen

Lanzato

Mechtogan Seen

Mechtogan Titan Seen

Trivia

This i the second episode to feature two Mechtogan Titan's battling and also marked Razen Titan's official debut in battle.
The preview showed that Dan and Mag Mel can use their link to summon blades of energy.
This is the second time that Dan uses a laser sword since New Vestroia, when he used his Gauntlet to battle against Spectra.
It is revealed that Mag Mel is Barodius and that Razenoid is Dharak (both mutated). Code Eve took away their most evil thoughts and desires and locked them in a physical form. This means Mag Mel can be seen as a more powerful mutation of Barodius and they can be seen as seperate characters.