Big Verdus

Brief Description
BIG Verdus is one of the three MAGI supercomputers in the anime series "Love's Labour's Lost?!" It is located in the Eastern tower of NERVENET Intl Corp. Inc., and along with Chronoi and NULLOS, is under the direct control of NERVENET Pres. Takahashi and VP VonDragon.

BIG Verdus is an acronym for Biological Intelligence Gatherer Verdus, and its particular specialty is, in its own words, "All matters zoological, biological, and, in your case (referring to the protagonists), illogical." Its large database has information on all Earth life, past and present, showcasing weaknesses and strengths, along with traits and abnormalities. BIG Verdus is clearly proud of this knowledge, and states this fact several times throughout the heroes' confrontation with him.

With its knowledge of all Earth flora and fauna, BIG Verdus has a particular distaste for human life. Citing their lack of predatorial prowess and lack of superior animal defense mechanisms and reflexes, BIG Verdus writes off humanity as "a pitifully weak species, one not fit for this earth..." It cannot comprehend how mankind became Earth's dominant species.

Powers In the Anime

However, it is not until the Heroes Det. Randleman and Joe Capps arrive in BIG Verdus's chamber that its power is fully realized. Much to their horror, they find that BIG Verdus has the ability to create "holotrons" of any animal it so chooses. These are frightenly real, and in particular, the holotronic Tyrannosaurus Rexes are used to destroy Detective Randleman and Capps. BIG Verdus taunts them throughout the fight, and is about to reveal the true plan of the MAGI Supercomputers to heroes as a reward for defeating the holotrons, when VIP VonDragon bursts into the chamber, bent on defending BIG Verdus from the heroes. Fans have often noted that this sudden burst is a rather weak plot device, as it is more than likely that BIG Verdus could have handled itself.
After a harrowing fight, Capps and Randelman kill VonDragon, but BIG Verdus shows that it can even re-animate dead beings with its holotronic power.

Death
As Capps and Det. Randleman fight off an increasing horde of holotronic VonDragons, they desperately look for a weak point or advantage. Using his custom gun, the RandleCannon, Randleman makes a large enough hole in the wall to allow Joe Capps to search for Verdus's power supply. As the VonDragon's converge upon Randleman and all hope seems lost, Joe find the main breaker and essentially "unplugs" BIG Verdus. BIG Verdus notes, realizing the irony that he was defeated by having weak humans attack his weak point, perishes soon afterwards. The holotron army dissipates immediately upon its "death".

Significance in the Series
BIG Verdus, unlike the MAGI Chronoi and NULLOS, each of whom only appear at the show's climax, is a major antagonist throughout the entirety of the series. Truthfully, most of the enemies the six heroes encounter on their quest to stop NERVENET were either thugs hired by VonDragon or holotrons created by BIG Verdus. It is shown actively scheming the heroes' demise, and is responsible for many major plot points throughout, like the destruction of Charles and Joe's hometown. The holotron army guarding the Central NERVENET tower vanishes as well upon BIG Verdus's defeat, making getting to NULLOS significantly easier for the heroes.

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