Masquerade (Earth-101001)

Masquerade (マスカレード, Masukarēdo?) was a major antagonist in Kingdom Hearts before reforming his ways and assisting the Fusion Tenders. He is a servant of Naga, the mastermind behind the Doom Beings.

However, he turns good after Dan defeated him during their final battle in episode 95, and reveals himself to be the split male personality inside Bridget Verdant.

He initially used Darkus Reaper as his Guardian Bakugan, but later replaced him with Hydranoid after deciding the latter had more potential.

Appearance
Masquerade wears a purple and blue visor mask made out of either plastic or glass (it seems to function like a Bakupod). He also wears a white cape-like coat. It is buttoned by straps on its chest however towards the waist it is unbuttoned. At the waist, if you look carefully you can see part of a blue shirt and two crosses something that seem to go together. Underneath the jacket, there is what appears to be armor on Masquerade's upper chest. The belt has a circular belt buckle. He had blond hair that is styled upwards. Masquerade also wears boots with small heels at the bottom. These boots have straps and buckles on them as well.

Personality
Obsessed with power and becoming the powerful conduit around, Masquerade is ruthless in his objective to acquire the most powerful Bakugan. Despite having Bridget for a host, Masquerade's personality is the exact opposite of hers; during Exedra's trial, he tells the illusionary version of her that the battles in order to gain strength.

Biography
Masquerade initially appeared to comment chimes all over the world and manipulating his victims into conduits. When Osmosis Jones battles him in an effort to halt this, Masquerade witnesses Drago's power and becomes interested in him. He has his minions battling anyone (lending his Guardian Bakugan Reaper to Darkus-using ones, notably Ryo and Kenji).

He is disappointed by Reaper and replaces him with the Bakugan of greater potential, Hydranoid, by sending Reaper to the Doom Dimension. Masquerade's goal was to make his Hydranoid evolve to make it the ultimate Bakugan, so he could acquire the Infinity Stones and the Blue Core and bring them to Naga. He did this mainly by using Doom Cards which send the opponent's Bakugan and people to the Doom Dimension.

To get rid of the Fusion Tenders and Stark Industries, who started to become a problem, he recruited the strongest and powerful conduits: Klaus, Chan Lee, Julio, Komba and Billy. After they all failed in their task, Masquerade punished them by killing them and sending each of their Guardian Bakugan to the Doom Dimension, which evolved Hydranoid into Dual Hydranoid. He is shown to be very cruel as he banished two of his Bakugan (Laserman and Reaper) to the Doom Dimension. During a battle, he sent Gear to the Doom Dimension because Gear didn't want his close friends to risk their lives. Later, he battled other Tenders, though they lost on purpose so they could join Gear and Drago.

He also battled Joey Lee and Wavern for the Blue Core but lost. After that, he went into the Doom Dimension himself to face the Darkus Legendary Soldier of Vestroia, Exedra, where he faced an illusionary Bridget. He defeated her and Dual Hydranoid evolved into Alpha Hydranoid. He later lost to Osmosis and reformed, having Bridget revealed as his host/alter ego.

Masquerade was born as Bridget's split personality when the negative energy of the Red Core affected Bridget's body through Michael Verdant's dimension transporter. Bridget was unaware that she was Masquerade, though she often experienced periods of time wherein she would appear in a place with no memory of how she came to be there.

After that, he made one final appearance to help Osmosis defeat Centorrior and Druman, after which he leaves Bridget, and his mask crumbles away. Before disappearing, he gives her his Alpha Hydranoid. However, the silhouette of Masquerade's shadow instead of Bridget's as she says goodbye to Hydranoid, indicating his presence is still inside of her.