everyone loves the main characters, but they wouldn't be themselves without the bad guys.
I mean tell me right now who the most memorable characters from the beyblade burst series are and
i bet you'd be stuck between the main characters or their counterparts; you know the more edgy
always want to yell at you and break your big kind of guys. Well today the bad guys will
get their win, because not only did some of these characters deserve to win, have more screen time,
arc development, and possibly a reoccurrence, but as we all know most of them never did. To
be specific, I'll be talking about Red Eye, Phi, Hyde, Arthur Percival, Lane Valhalla and Phenomeno
Payne... Oh what? did i forget some people? Unlike other anime that i watch like One Punch Man,
Dragon Ball Z and My Mero Academia, (just to name a few). Their villains or bad guys are literally
going out and killing people; they're usually malicious in nature, evil entities and some
just have psycho personalities. But what can we say, some of us just want the bad guys to
win. I've liked quite a few villains before like Vegeta, Lui and even Kakugo, "what did you say?!".
Well, just like Kacchan can be misunderstood so too are some of the bladers in the anime; because
true bad guys they're not just breaking toys. Look true bad guys they'd be out here breaking bones,
they'd be taking lives, not only that on the main character. You know how it is,
evil is just a nasty business. Now let's backtrack because in the Beyblade Burst show
characters are demonstrating their superhuman ability to battle each other in the Beyblade
stadium and become the highest grossing blader in the world. It's likely they're winning money from
winning these tournaments, and membership fees at their ever so exclusive bay clubs. Yeah bay clubs
could be a source of real revenue in the real world too, but that's a story for another theory;
because when we look for a definitive bad guy- or girl that force others to destroy, or who want
to destroy or harm the world, in Beyblade that just doesn't happen. It's... I guess a bit more
complex because they don't hold an evil intent per se, it's more personal. The villain's role
in the Beyblade series has not been to eradicate the world nor to subdue everyone to their will,
(okay maybe Arthur may have tried to or wanted to do something kind of like that, but he clearly has
missing skills screws and a clear direction) when we talk about villains in the Beyblade Burst show
we are basically talking about an antagonist, and the difference being the evil that they do.
"but wait Beyblade dad!", I hear you say, "these guys are going out here breaking Beyblades, isn't
that evil?". Well, that depends. On a previous Beyblade theory, i do talk about bladers having
their own collections, and while i didn't get too specific i did mention that the main characters
could be making various copies of their beys to battle and practice with. Now if this is so,
then that would mean that breaking a bay is really not that big a deal guys.. Conversely,
if these are the only copies of their beys; well it's something that's bound to happen eventually,
right? When it comes to evil there are different levels i guess, and if there's a scale of evil;
let's face it these bladers aren't even registered on it! The one person i consider a villain in
Beyblade is Ashtem, or Theodore Glass the leader of the snake pit. From his actions
we saw that evil could be possible in the Beyblade Burst universe; experimenting on kids
is horrendous, and i'm not going to gloss over the fact that in the quest for power he used bladers,
including Shu Kurenai, (that was only 11 at the time) to manipulate him through brainwashing.
He (was told to) basically leave his friends, and his family, he implemented this rigorous training
exercises in the requiem project. Quick side note here because i do think that this is one of the
reasons this season of Beyblade Burst Evolution is regarded as one of the best. There's an
actual evil entity that threatens our bladers, they left the country, they overcame immense
obstacles to help a friend in need, and it's these high stakes along with useful Beyblade gimmicks
that appeal to many of us. The other baddies in the show can be considered antagonists,
and no more than stepping stones really, punching bags or plot devices; as villains they don't fit
the typical evil persona. Well by this point in the video i actually want to answer the question
posed in the title, and that is what if they had won anyways? Now let's begin in the very beginning
in Burst, well in the end of the beginning. Here we saw that Lui did win, and that was a pivotal
moment; one where we saw a freak accident not only lead us to many more questions like, "why didn't
you do a redo bro?" and like, "what's inside of that Beyblade stadium?". Now this was the
perfect setup for the next season, as we know our main characters had to have a comeback. Quickly
moving along into Beyblade Burst Evolution, where we see that Valt Aoi is still blading,
and is still scouted by BC Sol. Most of the events that take place still occur including his Beyblade
evolutions, but as we move along the timeline, our evil timeline, the organization ran by Ashtem,
the Snake Pit gets stronger and so does Shu as he joins them to transform himself into the ultimate
blader Red-Eye. This time around, in the finals Shu- I mean Red-Eye wins, and by proxy that means
so does Ashtem and the requiem project; this has a widespread effect that will continue
into the further seasons, where i assume that the snake pit will be recruiting other bladers,
becoming stronger and more popular throughout the future events of this Beyblade Burst timeline.
Along with the many differences already mentioned, Aiger wouldn't be a part of this Beyblade universe
as he and Valt got to meet just the same as we know, but this time around Tyga just
wasn't impressed by Valt's previous blading performance, (as all his blading reputation
became tarnished with major losses) and so Victory Valkyrie and Achilles never came to be, (at least
not how we know them). Wonder Valkyrie would break but since Aiger's bay Z Achilles is non-existent,
this time around Red Eye would be the one to do so; even being included in the battle cruise.
This does lead him to being corrupted and eventually becoming Phi and Hyde's plaything,
but that's not all; because as you may already be thinking Valt is still wanting to evolve
his Beyblade, and if he did it'd be this janky Turbo Valtryek, (possibly without burst stoppers
as that was more Taiga's creation) and it would lead us to the dramatic end to a Turbo era in
which Red Eye was able to focus on his training, instead of helping Aiger with his dark aura and in
doing so enhanced his own darkness. Along with the requiem project in full steam it would be Phi and
his Dread Phoenix vs Red Eye with his dark Turbo Spryzen in the last match of Beyblade Burst Turbo;
there will be no bonding in this match.. Where in two rounds it was clear to see that
red-eye's strength would overshadow that of Phi's resulting in Spryzen breaking Dread Phoenix. Now
as we follow the last three seasons let's take a quick snack break with this brief commercial,
because as we all know the next few bad guys or antagonists in the series were questionably
laughable. Whether it's Prime Apocalypses epic losses, Lane Valhalla's plot armor or
Phenomenal Payne's one episode.. Wait, was it one episode? let me check- okay four episodes.. Yeah
i don't even know who the antagonist really is in Beyblade Burst Quaddrive is it Rashad,
Payne, Iliya? Either way, let's go! Let's continue into the next season of Beyblade Burst Rise,
that starts off just the same where Dante battles with Valt in the first episode
and loses to Slash Valkyrie; this prompts Dante to build his own gamma bay too, (or ask his parents
for one it's not stated in the show, as far as i remember) but the differences quickly build,
and that's because red eye is still the number one blader in the world. He has now evolved
his Beyblade to Lord Spriggan in this Beyblade Burst timeline though, he is working together
with Arthur Percival to bring down other top leaders in the wbba, and i speculate
that they would be working together with Ashtem to make sure they're beyclubs; the infernos and
if you recall the raging bulls, with top bladers like Joshua Burns and eventually Lane Valhalla are
the only ones making money. Remember that each bay club is pretty much fighting to see who makes more
money from blading by charging a fee to train, but i digress what of the ending? In the finals
we have a team of Shu, Gwyn and Arthur and in this timeline Shu's dark aura infused with dark flux
and extra training are a game changer, as it gives the infernos the edge to win the team tournament;
because let's face it they would be corrupted by evil, or an insatiable thirst to break other's
Beyblades that was infused with Phi's. The story moves along with Beyblade Burst Surge, and in this
alternate timeline Shu's dark influence makes Lane Valhalla into an incredibly out of control
blader who is so consumed with darkness that along with Arthur, Phi and Gwyn have been subjected to
Ashtem's mind control through the requiem project, resulting in the darkest team in the world i'll
call him the raging infernos, who meet the Hisashi brothers once they create their own surge beys,
and just like that both Helios and Hyperion break. Leading them to evolve their beys
once more and still participate in a tag team tournament set up by Ashtem, (once again pulling
the strings and including his own bladers in the competition) obliterating anyone who opposes him,
and solidifying their dominance as an ultimate bey club. This brings us to now, in the quad
drive era and yes the requiem project has gotten even bigger and already resulted in many changes
throughout the series. In this timeline the reigning champions Shu and Lane along with the
members of the raging infernos cannot be beaten. Theodore Glass is making money hand over foot;
a tiny blader named Bell makes a claim that his new blading system can defeat even them,
but as you already know, (at least in this alternate reality) Bell Daizora will lose.
Eventually teaming up with Rashad and Valt, all being part of the now rundown BC Sol. I can only
assume that Phenomeno Payne would be scouted by the requiem project to break other bladers'
Beyblades with Ashtem's requiem project loose on the world, with seemingly unlimited funding coming
in the form of Beyblade sales and tournament wins from his brainwashed bay club posse. Every blader
forced to make a choice between using dark essence and training until they collapse, or to be
constantly beaten by the very same evil bladers. Over and over, never having the possibility of
having the number one spot, because the game is all rigged. I realize now that the antagonists
were actually never there to threaten the main character's existence, only to be a stepping stone
for them, making them stronger by pushing their limits. Not many of the antagonists could have
been the main villain in the Beyblade Burst show, as alone they just don't have the motive. Usually
it's just this hyper-intense blader who has a chip on their shoulder for the first few couple of
episodes of the season. Some of these bladers have even taken a place in our hearts, i know sometimes
we like to fantasize or just think about being in the show, or if beyblade was in the real world,
but i think we may be headed in that direction anyways. With more people getting into the
show around the world even, making their own beyblades we may soon find that life
imitates art. I want to thank you for watching, and as always let's let it rip! Dad's out!