Barendos

Commander Barendos is a member of the Vegan Empire featured in both the manga by Go Nagai and the crossover film UFO Robot Grendizer vs. Great Mazinger. In both appearances, he stole the Great Mazinger to destroy the Grendizer.

Appearances
Commander Barendos is a relatively tall figure with light blue skin, the standard long ears of a Vegan, and a light blue and black outfit that includes gloves, chest armor with light green accents, and a helmet with long horns extending from the sides of his head. His eyes have yellow sclera and green pupils and black lines going down from his eyes.

Personality
Barendos by far is the most cruel and manipulative member of the Vegan Empire by taking hostages, disposing of them, and forcing friends to fight each other. He was also arrogant, proposing to take over the invasion from Gandal and Blaki if he successful.

Abilities
Barendos employs psychological warfare by taking hostages in exchange for the weapons of the other side and disposing of the hostages later. In the movie, he uses the best weapons and fighters and use them against the threats of the empire.

Manga
Barendos was one of the commanders on the attack on Planet Fleed. He murdered and abducted many women and children including some of Duke Fleed's siblings. He held them for ransom in exchange for some of Planet Fleed's weapons. The King of Fleed gave in to the demands and surrendered the weapons. However, Barendos threw the children from the Vegan ships and they all died from the impact of the fall.

He appeared years later confiscating the Great Mazinger from the Super Robot museum and later kidnaps Koji Kabuto when his ship is in sight. Barendos then abducts the rest of Duke's allies when Grendizer mobilizes. All of them are tied to the Great Mazinger making it difficult for Grendizer to fight back. When Barendos was about to make Great use a Rocket Punch that would've killed some people, Koji used his Photon Gun that Goro Makiba concealed to shoot at Barendos' cockpit which causes him to fall out. Duke uses this opportunity to have the Grendizer cut Barendos in half with the Double Harken.

Movie
Barendos appeared on Skull Moon making an entrance by destroying parts of the base after being summoned. With Great Vega's permission, Barendos would take Gandal and Blaki's roles in the invasion. He went to Earth using a few Saucer Beasts to abduct Koji and steal the Great Mazinger. With the stolen Great Mazinger, Barendos fights the Grendizer. Koji however manages to power down the Great which causes Barendos to retreat but was shot down by the Mothership as well as Grendizer and Great.