| “ | I was one of Granny's blind and brainwashed puppets, until Scott cut my strings. | „ |
| ~ Big Barda |
Big Barda is a supporting character from the DC Animated Universe. She made a cameo in Superman: The Animated Series before making her debut in Batman Beyond. Big Barda is a New God from Apokolips who is married to Mister Miracle and would later become a member of the Justice League.
She is voiced by the late Farrah Forke.
Biography[]
Once a member of Darkseid's Female Furies, a group of female Apokoliptian warriors loyal to the God of Evil himself, Big Barda's life changed when she met the rebellious Scott, Highfather's grandson who had been placed in Darkseid's care as part of a peace treaty. The two New Gods soon fell in love and desired to escape Darkseid's clutches. They eventually succeeded, escaping to Earth in the process. There they adopted the identities of Barda and Scott Free, a pair of escape artists while secretly using their New God abilities to fight crime and entertain audiences around the world.
During an escape artist practice session of Mister Miracle's, Oberon was kidnapped by Granny Goodness. Granny blackmailed Barda and Scott into freeing Kalibak from Virman Vundabar in the X-Pit, captured during the Apokolips Civil War. Scott and Barda originally requested the help of Superman through the Justice League; they were declined due to Superman being on mission in space. Despite Barda's objections, they eventually agreed to take the Flash to help. After arriving on Apokolips, they freed Kalibak from Virman Vundabar; Kalibak destroyed the pit to cover his escape. During the destruction, the trio managed to escape and replace Kalibak with shape-shifter J'onn J'onzz, who tricked Granny Goodness into giving away the location of Oberon. Barda gave Granny one final punch before she left for New Genesis.
Some years later, she joined up with the Justice League Unlimited as a full-time member. One event during her tenure on the team involved an unknown traitor within the League. Barda and Warhawk suspected the traitor to be the Batman, but the traitor was in fact Superman, who had been taken over by the alien Starro.
Personality[]
Big Barda was a short-tempered and fierce warrior. She was a stern combatant who never gave any quarter, even in a training session. Partially due to him saving her from being one of Granny Goodness' brainwashed agents, she was deeply in love with Scott and feared for his well-being every time he attempted to carry out a dangerous escape stunt. Flash even got a smile out of her when presenting her with a flower. Moreover, despite often being harsh with Oberon, Barda didn't hesitate to put her life at peril to save him from Granny Goodness, who used him as a hostage in order to force her former charges to break Kalibak out of the X-Pit, a notorious Apokoliptian prison.
Abilities & equipment[]
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Like most New Gods, Big Barda has strength, speed and toughness matching that of Kryptonians.
Big Barda possessed vast strength, enough so that she could lift a locomotive train with no difficultly. She also wielded a mega-rod. The rod was durable enough to brace the shear forces of a collapsing building and could shoot powerful blasts and could also be used as a thruster. Barda made use of aero discs; small Frisbee-sized discs placed under her boots that permitted her to fly. In combat, Barda wore armor that segmented over her body but retracted when not in use. Barda also had access to a Mother Box which allowed her to summon Boom tubes for interstellar travel.
As a New God, Barda also possessed a natural degree of longevity, as she had shown no signs of aging in the years between the Apokoliptian Civil War and her time in the JLU.
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