This is when I fell in love with this specific trope. I will never forget it 😔✊

HATSUNE MIKU?!?

The best part will always be Alice sticking with Hydranoid, so you've got Peak duo of "Sweetest Girl Ever" and "Three Headed Buzzsaw Demon who wants to wear your insides like a necklace"

The whole playground was SHOOK One guy was in the corner trying to figure out his love for Alice now It was CRAZY

If you saw this as a kid, this was the Cartoon Network equivalent of “I am your father” from Star Wars

THIS WAS ACTUALY one of the the best villain plot twists ever, and it was in Bakugan of all places. I still remember it to this day.

CAL YOU KNEW BALL?!

I DID know ball lol, in fact I have made this exact tweet before LMAO

@Calxiyn I remember that episode when Masquerade was going around just sending his minions to the doom dimension and when he kept teleporting, then turning into Alice at random it still didn’t seem real that she was Masquerade lmao

It really is the "you had to be there" kind of shit ain't it? This shit rocked my childhood

Back in 5th grade there was a guy who figured out how to watch anime in Japanese before the English dub aired. He was going around the aground spoiling the Alice twist, NO ONE BELIEVED HIM. Then it happened and it was bout all we talked about for a few days lol

the craziest plot twist ever. I remember my 6 year old self was shocked for weeks after. Bakugan was great series and I always loved watching and collecting them.

And because Masquerade is gone, Alice now gets to have the monstrous hydranoid. Aaahhh the cute innocent girl having a three headed, scary monster as her guardian!! So good!!

I don't recall the dub being very good but that "I DON'T BELIEVE IT" was delivered perfectly, fucking hilarious

I saw this coming as a kid, that's my one claim to fame.

Jesus, I remember it like it was yesterday. Their battle prior to this had me hyped beyond words and after the adrenaline settled down and was waiting for them to team up, they hit me with one of the craziest plot twists I’ve ever seen. Truly one of one ☝️

I love how Alice's dress and Masquerade's cloak have the same shape! (also I just rewatched S2 and started S3, watching with subs is a whole different experience!)

Why does she also look dumbfounded

The way everybody was shook because nobody saw this coming. This is what you call a TWOST!

The first time I saw it, it blew my mind; I wasnt expecting it The clues were there; it just needed to be seen through a different lens. When they explain everything, it makes perfect sense; its not a Contrived plot Shows are great when they dont treat u like an idiot

JOJO REFERENCE!! This scene lives in my head rent-free. The trope hit different

This and the kids next door movie were the plot twist of a century for child me

Bakugaun mention

It was such a good Jekyll and Hyde where I believe not even Alice knew who her alter ego was

I still can't believe my Brother predicted this

YOU HAD TO BE TGERE FOR THIS REVEAL!! It was genuinely bloody shocking to realize who Masquerade was. Top 10 Villain reveals in history

I didn't realize it at the time but this is one of the craziest plot twists ever in cartoon

As the kid who ALWAYS wanted to be the edgy cool character in everything, Shadow, Kaiba, Masquerade, this was definetly a gender moment for me that was NOT easily ignored

This twist was absolutely fire

The shock when watching this reveal as 10 years old is something else, it is mind blowing.

Masquerade was raw though icl

little me was so intensely gagged

I'll admit they got me!

I never got over the fact that her hair just changed color like that

I admit that i didnt seen that coming. I really didnt expect a anime so basic like Bakugan doing a sort of Sailor Moon Super S reveal like this. Actually they did even better.