History Anime / GaoGaiGar

-->-- '''"Cyborg" Guy Shishioh'''

** The lion motif runs directly in the Shishioh Clan, including Guy's father Leo, Uncle Liger, and cousin Renais. Even Guy's Greek zodiac sign is Leo.
** Rabbits for Mikoto, she calls her hairstyle "The Bunny," and gives a locket with a sticker photo of her with bunny designs to Guy as a love token.

* AnimeHair: A ''lot'' of our core cast get in on this. Mamoru, Guy, and [[HairAntennae Mikoto]] are probably the big standouts, but quite a few of the cast have some degree of this going on.

** Basically all characters are this in Japanese, and Shishioh Guy is probably the best example if you look at the MeaningfulName entry.

** Justified with Guy. He's a cyborg who doesn't need lungs. He does, however, need air, and carries a limited supply just in case - it's enough to survive a few minutes in a vacuum.

* {{BFS}}: Really, it's a Big Fucking Hammer, [[spoiler: ''two'', actually]], but the principle applies. Also, in a potential subversion, Guy's personal weapon is a main gauche-sized Will Knife — it's fairly big for a knife, but it's still a dagger-size weapon with a blade not even a foot long. Granted, it also gets stronger as Guy's willpower also gets stronger.

** Whenever the Goldion Hammer is used, Guy lets out a hellacious ''HIKARI NI NAREEEE!!!!''

** Guy's initial finishing move is prefaced with a roar of "HELL AND HEAVEN! Gemu giru gan go gufou! VITAS!"

* CurbStompBattle: [=GaoGaiGar=] vs EI-14, Guy/Renais/[=GaoFighGar=] vs. Gimlet/Gimlet Empereur, [[spoiler: and on the flip side, the first 3 Primevals vs. [=GaoGaiGar=], which is then replaced by King J-Der wiping the floor with said Primevals with minimal effort.]])

** About a third of the way through the series, it's revealed that the OnceAnEpisode FinishingMove Hell and Heaven puts too much strain on Guy to be used safely, and they start to use the Goldion Hammer instead, and Hell & Heaven is restricted to only the most desperate situations (in which case it [[SoLastSeason usually fails]].) In ''FINAL'', Hell and Heaven goes back to being the FinishingMove after episode 3, when [[spoiler:Goldymarg is destroyed by Repli-[=GaoGaiGar=].]]

* DynamicEntry: Two epic examples occur practically back-to-back in episodes 39/40. First, Soldato-J inadvertently saves Guy by ''riding a missile through a wall'' to fight the Arm and Eye Primevals. In the opening sequence of the very next episode, ''Mamoru'' bursts through the floor of the Main Order Room riding Galeon to rescue Mikoto and the GGG bridge crew from the Nail and Ear Primevals.

* EvolutionaryLevels: Near the end of the series, the G-Stone supposedly turns both Guy and his girlfriend Mikoto to the "final evolution of humanity", called "Evoluders." Both their new powers are quite vaguely defined, in any case.
** At the end of FINAL, Guy was taken even further. [[spoiler: After performing Final Fusion between Genesic Galeon and the Genesic Machines to create Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=], he became a Genesic Server, with circuits of white flashing across his body at regular intervals, leading to his eyes - every time a pulse traveled along his body into his eyes, the pupils would flash with a G symbol. And this actually was defined as being his link to Genesic's systems - when Guy activated one of the Gadget Tools onboard [=GadgetGao=] a pulse would flow out of his eyes and along his body just before the tool activated.]]

** One could also argue that Liner Gao is a shout-out to an older Braves series, ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', in which the ''entirety'' of the team could transform into trains, primarily Shinkansen-style ones. Interestingly, that series' protagonist, a 15-year-old train magnate billionaire, was voiced by [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama the same person]] who later voiced Guy Shishioh in ''this'' series.

* HeyYouHaymaker: Guy delivers an EPIC one in the final battle against the Machine Kings:
-->'''Guy''': Hey Pizza! '''[[DropTheHammer HIKARI]] [[FinishingMove NI]] [[DisappearsIntoLight NARE!!!]]'''

** It was personal from before the beginning of the series, after [[spoiler:EI-01 slammed into the shuttle Guy was piloting, nearly killed him, and did kill his girlfriend's family]].

* {{Leitmotif}}: Pretty much every robot (and several villains) has one, including Guy, Renais, Mamoru, Arma, and Soldat J.

* MeaningfulName: Guy Shishioh means "Triumph/Victorious" and "Lion King" respectively. Soldato means "Soldier." Mikoto means "command" or "prince," and can be read as "inochi," meaning "life." [[spoiler:And the episode in which Mikoto is turned into the New Machine Species, Zonuda, is actually named "Inochi".]]

*** The "Gao Brace" that Guy can use to call Galeon to his side was sold as its own separate toy, and the early episodes make sure it gets used OncePerEpisode, StockFootage and all, to show it off. As soon as the focus on the toyline advertising moved on to other items, the writing team promptly proceeded to ''ignore'' the Brace's existence most of the time, since narratively it just made more sense for Galeon to, y'know, deploy ''right alongside'' Guy, rendering the idea of having to "call" him moot.
*** As noted on the trivia page (and as you can see in the linked video below), the Guy action figure was... odd, with partially translucent armor and a bit of a focus on Guy's "Machine Heart" and the ability to open his chestplate to show it off. Episode 2 gives us an obligatory look at Guy mid-conversion, using the translucent body shell, and the first episode shows off the Machine Heart when he opens his left chestplate to check his energy levels... and the show then goes right back to using his usual armored design, and he typically opens his ''right'' chestplate for utility functions, quite sensibily keeping his ''goshdang '''heart''''' well-armored.

*** Also, in a likely oddity for Americans (who might think of something like ''GI Joe'' or Lego with all their location toys), there were basically no "playsets" released for the show. Despite the Bay Tower Base and Orbit Base being iconic to the show and the various detachable service ships being highly recognizable and potentially toyetic, none of them were released as toys over the run (or even since). Granted, this is partially down to scale concerns (the DX GGG sets during the run were pretty big on their own), but even the rest of the cast lacked action figures scaled to Guy. The only "playset" was a print cardboard Big Order Room that you could mail in for with enough "Brave Points" from the boxes of the other toys.

* PowerGlows: Using the [[DisappearsIntoLight Goldion Hammer]] not only makes [=GaoGaiGar=] shine golden, but Guy's armor and hair turn yellow inside the mecha when he performs the attack.

* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:It's what turns Guy and Mikoto into Evoluders]].

* {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}: Soldat J.

** Mamoru and Guy to Ikumi/Alma and Soldato-J is ironic, since the ones who glow red are the Blue Onis while the ones who glow green are the ones who should be the Red Onis.

** #38 has Guy slip into a LotusEaterMachine, in a sequence involving ''Evangelion''-worthy visuals and audio.

* SomethingPerson: Cyborg Guy, Evoluder Guy.

** Guy/Gai can cause confusion, as detailed on his character page entry (it stems from his name being in kanji but being ''consistently'' romanized as "Guy" in official show materials).

* SuperRobotGenre: By the end of FINAL, about half the cast are robots. Hyoryu, Enryu, Volfogg, Mic Sounders, Rairyu, Fuuryu, Soldat-J (Cyborg, but close enough), Renais (also a cyborg), Galeon, Guy, Koryu, Anryu, [=GunGlue=], [=GunDober=] (albeit not having a single line throughout the entire series).
** Guy may disqualify, since he's an Evoluder, and not a Cyborg any longer.

** Also, note the names of many of the good guys: Guy '''Shishioh''', '''Leo''' Shishioh and his brother '''Liger''', Kotaro '''Taiga''', etc...

* TransformationSequence: At least two per robot, including combination sequences - ''Guy included''.

* UpToEleven: Both [[CombiningMecha combining]] and [[TransformingMecha transforming]] are taken UpToEleven in this series. Main character Guy [[CombiningMecha combines]] with a mecha lion to [[TransformingMecha transform]] into a [[HumongousMecha humanoid robot]], which then [[CombiningMecha combines]] with the three [[MechaExpansionPack GaoMachines]] to become the titular mecha, which can also [[CombiningMecha combine]] with another [[TransformingMecha transforming]] mecha to get a huge fist and a [[DropTheHammer big ass hammer]]. Not to mention all the other [[MechaExpansionPack expansions]]: the Dividing Driver, Pliers, the MidSeasonUpgrade [[MerchandiseDriven which grants space flight and the power-boosting Phantom Rings...]]

* WeCanRebuildHim: Guy and Renais.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Bright orange for Guy [[spoiler:which goes back to being light brown when he is made human again at the end of the series]]. Pink for Hana and reddish-pink for Mikoto. Mamoru's turns green whenever he senses Zonder activity.

* AbsudlySharpClaws: Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=] has these, and they have the [[DisappearsIntoLight destructive properties of the Goldion Hammer]].

* ElementalPowers: The Dragon siblings all have [[RedOniBlueOni contrasting]] elemental powers. [=HyoRyu=] and [=EnRyu=] have [[AnIcePerson ice]] and [[PlayingWithFire fire]], [=FuRyu=] and [=RaiRyu=] have [[BlowYouAway wind]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]], and KoRyu and AnRyu have [[LightEmUp light]] and [[CastingAShadow darkness]].

* SharedUniverse: Strangely enough, the [[RealRobotGenre real robot]] horror series ''{{Anime/Betterman}}'' takes place in the same universe as ''GaoGaiGar''.

* AttackReflector: Protect Shade/Wall

** ''HIKARI NI NAREEEE!!!!''

** "HELL AND HEAVEN! Gemu giru gan go gufou! VITAS!"

* DropTheHammer: [=GaoGaiGar=] uses some of the biggest hammers ever in media.

* ElementalPowers: The Dragon siblings all have [[RedOniBlueOni contrasting]] elemental powers.

* PowerGlows: '''[[DisappearsIntoLight HIKARI NI NAREEEE!!]]'''
--> '''Guy:''' [[YinYangBomb Gemu giru gan go gufo... VIIIIITAAAAAS!]]

* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision]] GratuitousEnglish [[PrecisionFStrike F Strike]]: Yes, they did this in a children's anime with Swan and Mike.
* ThePsychoRangers: The 11 Planetary Lords of Sol.

* RobotHair: Galeon himself's [[MechanicalLifeforms normal form is a Lion]] with a mechanical mane facsimile.

*** The Brave Robots also count. Enryu, Hyoryu, Fuuryu, Rairyu, Koryu and Anryu's names mean ''(Element) Dragon''. Wolfogg's name is derived from the word "Wolf" and the word "fog". Mic Sounders... Well, Mic's the only one who doesn't qualify for this, as his name doesn't contain an animal.

* YinYangBomb: The Green Planet's "two powers into one" spell, built into [=GaoGaiGar=] as Hell and Heaven. Also [[spoiler:[=ChoRyuJin=]'s FINAL attack]].

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* NotSoDifferent: Episode 7 opens with the GGG staff and their counterparts in the Zonder top tier basically having the exact same discussion.

** [[spoiler: Guy and Mikoto evolved into Evoluders by the end of the series. Contrary to the belief that they are similar to Mamoru, revealed in ''FINAL’s'' novel, Evoluders are a genetic fusion of humans and Zonders]].

* HumanAliens: As made clear from as early as episode 3, [[spoiler:Mamoru and Kaidoh]] are so biologically similar to humans in their regular state that, even under close scrutiny, they are indistinguishable from Earthlings. [[spoiler:Whatever generates the fairy-like wings or makes their hair react to Zonders is evidently not immediately identifiable.]] The wider series never really tries to explain ''why'' they're so massively similar to humans.

The show is 49 episodes long, while ''FINAL'' is 8/13 episodes.

It proved so popular with the PeripheryDemographic that it received a DarkerAndEdgier [[{{OriginalVideoAnimation}} OVA]] called ''Yuusha-Oh'' ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'', which elevated the sheer [[SerialEscalation Over-The-Top-itude]] several times over, as well as providing a lot more explicit {{Fanservice}}. ''FINAL'' would later be edited into ''Yuusha-Oh [=GaoGaiGar=] FINAL Grand Glorious Gathering'', a thirteen-episode television version of ''FINAL'' made to strengthen the series' ties to sister-show ''{{Anime/Betterman}}'' and promote the upcoming next installment of the Brave Corps series, which would have been a sequel to ''FINAL''. Unfortunately by this time, interest in the franchise had waned significantly, and the sequel never came to pass. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPTW7MGVqE Another sequel,]] codenamed ''Project Z'', was also ultimately dropped due to said lack of interest. A petition to persuade Sunrise to rethink this decision can be found [[http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/gaogaigarprojectz here]]. During the summer of 2011, San Three created a pachinko machine called [=GaoGaiGar=] CR based on the original series. And in September 2016, Creator/{{Sunrise}} announced a light novel publishing branch called "Yatate Bunko", with one of the projects announced alongside it being ''Literature/KingOfKingsGaogaigarVSBetterman'', which is basically a novelised version of ''Project Z''.

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''The King of Braves [=GaoGaiGar=]'' (''Yuusha-Oh [=GaoGaiGar=]'') started broadcast in 1997, as the final installment of the Takara/Sunrise ''Anime/BraveSeries''.

The show is 49 episodes long while FINAL is 8/13 episodes.

It proved so popular with the PeripheryDemographic that it received a DarkerAndEdgier [[{{OriginalVideoAnimation}} OVA]] called ''Yuusha-Oh'' ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'', which elevated the sheer [[SerialEscalation Over-The-Top-itude]] several times over, as well as providing a lot more explicit {{Fanservice}}. ''FINAL'' would later be edited into ''Yuusha-Oh [=GaoGaiGar=] FINAL Grand Glorious Gathering'', a thirteen-episode television version of ''FINAL'' made to strengthen the series' ties to sister-show ''{{Anime/Betterman}}'' and promote the upcoming next installment of the Brave Corps series, which would have been a sequel to ''FINAL''. Unfortunately by this time, interest in the franchise had waned significantly, and the sequel never came to pass. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPTW7MGVqE Another sequel,]] codenamed ''Project Z'', was also ultimately dropped due to said lack of interest. A petition to persuade Sunrise to rethink this decision can be found [[http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/gaogaigarprojectz here]]. During the summer of 2011, San Three created a pachinko machine called [=GaoGaiGar=] CR based on the original series. And in September 2016, Creator/{{Sunrise}} announced a light novel publishing branch called "Yatate Bunko", with one of the projects announced alongside it being ''Literature/KingOfKingsGaogaigarVSBetterman'', which is basically a novelised version of ''Project Z''. An english translation of the novel can be seen [[https://pyroxenescanning.wordpress.com/ here]].

''King of Braves [=GaoGaiGar=]'' (''Yuusha-Oh [=GaoGaiGar=]'') started broadcast in 1997, as the final installment of the Takara/Sunrise ''Anime/BraveSeries''.

It proved so popular with the PeripheryDemographic that it received a DarkerAndEdgier [[{{OriginalVideoAnimation}} OVA]] called ''Yuusha-Oh'' ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'', which elevated the sheer [[SerialEscalation Over-The-Top-itude]] several times over, as well as providing a lot more explicit {{Fanservice}}. ''FINAL'' would later be edited into ''Yuusha-Oh [=GaoGaiGar=] FINAL Grand Glorious Gathering'', a thirteen-episode television version of ''FINAL'' made to strengthen the series' ties to sister-show ''{{Anime/Betterman}}'' and promote the upcoming next installment of the Brave Corps series, which would have been a sequel to ''FINAL''. Unfortunately by this time, interest in the franchise had waned significantly, and the sequel never came to pass. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPTW7MGVqE Another sequel,]] codenamed ''Project Z'', was also ultimately dropped due to said lack of interest. A petition to persuade Sunrise to rethink this decision can be found [[http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/gaogaigarprojectz here]]. During the summer of 2011, San Three created a pachinko machine called [=GaoGaiGar=] CR based on the original series. And in September 2016, Creator/{{Sunrise}} announced a light novel publishing branch called "Yatate Bunko", with one of the projects announced alongside it being ''[[http://www.yatate.net/gaogaigar/ggg.html King of Kings: [=GaoGaiGar=] vs. Betterman]]'', which is basically a novelised version of ''Project Z''. An english translation of the novel can be seen [[https://pyroxenescanning.wordpress.com/ here]]. Also a [[http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/ggg/ manga adaption]] will be released in the fall and it will be written by Fuijisawa Naoyuki.

It proved so popular with the PeripheryDemographic that it received a DarkerAndEdgier [[{{OriginalVideoAnimation}} OVA]] called ''Yuusha-Oh'' ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'', which elevated the sheer [[SerialEscalation Over-The-Top-itude]] several times over, as well as providing a lot more explicit {{Fanservice}}. ''FINAL'' would later be edited into ''Yuusha-Oh [=GaoGaiGar=] FINAL Grand Glorious Gathering'', a thirteen-episode television version of ''FINAL'' made to strengthen the series' ties to sister-show ''{{Anime/Betterman}}'' and promote the upcoming next installment of the Brave Corps series, which would have been a sequel to ''FINAL''. Unfortunately by this time, interest in the franchise had waned significantly, and the sequel never came to pass. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPTW7MGVqE Another sequel,]] codenamed ''Project Z'', was also ultimately dropped due to said lack of interest. A petition to persuade Sunrise to rethink this decision can be found [[http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/gaogaigarprojectz here]]. During the summer of 2011, San Three created a pachinko machine called [=GaoGaiGar=] CR based on the original series. And in September 2016, Creator/{{Sunrise}} announced a light novel publishing branch called "Yatate Bunko", with one of the projects announced alongside it being ''[[http://www.yatate.net/gaogaigar/ggg.html King of Destruction: [=GaoGaiGar=] vs. Betterman]]'', which is basically a novelised version of ''Project Z''. An english translation of the novel can be seen [[https://pyroxenescanning.wordpress.com/ here]]. Also a [[http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/ggg/ manga adaption]] will be released in the fall and it will be written by Fuijisawa Naoyuki.

It proved so popular with the PeripheryDemographic that it received a DarkerAndEdgier [[{{OriginalVideoAnimation}} OVA]] called ''Yuusha-Oh'' ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'', which elevated the sheer [[SerialEscalation Over-The-Top-itude]] several times over, as well as providing a lot more explicit {{Fanservice}}. ''FINAL'' would later be edited into ''Yuusha-Oh [=GaoGaiGar=] FINAL Grand Glorious Gathering'', a thirteen-episode television version of ''FINAL'' made to strengthen the series' ties to sister-show ''{{Anime/Betterman}}'' and promote the upcoming next installment of the Brave Corps series, which would have been a sequel to ''FINAL''. Unfortunately by this time, interest in the franchise had waned significantly, and the sequel never came to pass. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPTW7MGVqE Another sequel,]] codenamed ''Project Z'', was also ultimately dropped due to said lack of interest. A petition to persuade Sunrise to rethink this decision can be found [[http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/gaogaigarprojectz here]]. During the summer of 2011, San Three created a pachinko machine called [=GaoGaiGar=] CR based on the original series. And in September 2016, Creator/{{Sunrise}} announced a light novel publishing branch called "Yatate Bunko", with one of the projects announced alongside it being [[http://www.yatate.net/gaogaigar/ggg.html ''Hakaiou: [=GaoGaiGar=] vs. Betterman'']], which is basically a novelised version of ''Project Z''. An english translation of the novel can be seen [[https://pyroxenescanning.wordpress.com/ here]]. Also a [[http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/ggg/ manga adaption]] will be released in the fall and it will be written by Fuijisawa Naoyuki.

** [[spoiler: Projectile X]] is also revealed to be one of these during [[spoiler:the final battle with EI-01.]] While giving the Braves the power to overcome and ultimately destroy [[spoiler:their (presumed to be, at the time) ultimate foe]], they knew very well that they had next-to-no-chance of surviving the use of it, leading to a powerful TearJerker moment after the battle.
* DeathIsCheap: To begin with, but less so as the series goes on. [[TearJerker Much less]].

Thus goes the first episode of ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'', an anime made in the aftermath of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' that continued the HotBlooded spirit of its venerable "Braves" franchise, [[{{Reconstruction}} gleefully revisiting the old school]] [[SuperRobotGenre super robot]] style of [[RocketPunch brute-force attacks]] [[CallingYourAttacks while declaring each one by name,]] and [[RuleOfCool action driven by a pretty good plot.]] The first 26 episodes are MonsterOfTheWeek action - someone gets turned into a Zonder, they attack the city, GGG launches to fight it. It doesn't get old, though; new technologies and characters get introduced at a constant rate to keep it interesting and you get the occasional [[{{Foreshadowing}} glimpse of what's to come]]. Then, after the half-way point [[WhamEpisode all hell breaks loose]] and GGG have to try twice as hard as they were just to stay alive. Courage, friendship and sacrifice, it's everything a growing boy needs. Overall a very solid series. Lots of fun, made for kids without being overtly "kiddy" and with some damn fine robot fights. The show was later dubbed by Media Busters, however only half of the episodes were dubbed in English and the other episodes were released subbed on DVD.

It proved so popular with the PeripheryDemographic that it received a DarkerAndEdgier [[{{OriginalVideoAnimation}} OVA]] called ''Yuusha-Oh'' ''Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL'', which elevated the sheer [[SerialEscalation Over-The-Top-itude]] several times over, as well as providing a lot more explicit (and very jarring) {{Fanservice}}. ''FINAL'' would later be edited into ''Yuusha-Oh [=GaoGaiGar=] FINAL Grand Glorious Gathering'', a thirteen-episode television version of ''FINAL'' made to strengthen the series' ties to sister-show ''{{Anime/Betterman}}'' and promote the upcoming next installment of the Brave Corps series, which would have been a sequel to ''FINAL''. Unfortunately by this time, interest in the franchise had waned significantly, and the sequel never came to pass. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPTW7MGVqE Another sequel,]] codenamed ''Project Z'', was also ultimately dropped due to said lack of interest. A petition to persuade Sunrise to rethink this decision can be found [[http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/gaogaigarprojectz here]]. During the summer of 2011, San Three created a pachinko machine called [=GaoGaiGar=] CR based on the original series. And in September 2016, Creator/{{Sunrise}} announced a light novel publishing branch called "Yatate Bunko", with one of the projects announced alongside it being [[http://www.yatate.net/gaogaigar/ggg.html ''Hakaiou: [=GaoGaiGar=] vs. Betterman'']], which is basically a novelised version of ''Project Z''. An english translation of the novel can be seen [[https://pyroxenescanning.wordpress.com/ here]]. Also a [[http://hobbyjapan.co.jp/ggg/ manga adaption]] will be released in the fall and it will be written by Fuijisawa Naoyuki.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Good work hoarding all the Primeval cores, Soldat-J! It's not like the enemy can take them all back in one fell swoop.

** On one occasion, the subbed version has Pasder's name translated to "Pasta". Must be a kind of joke, considering that he was talking with Pizza at that time.
** Guy/Gai. Also, [=GaoFighGar=]/[=GaoFaiGar=].

** Commander Taiga's surname is [[JapaneseRanguage Engrish]] for "Tiger".
* AnimeHair: Mamoru and Guy. Seriously, just look at them!

* ArcWords: "The Legacy of Cain," and its counterpart "The Curse left by Abel."

** Now the ''written'' English is a different story. All technical information (like statistics) is written in English and is [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish surprisingly good]]. It's easier to use the Roman alphabet on digital screens than kana, as seen in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Words like "DANGER", "EMERGENCY", "READY", "GO", "STOP", etc. are easy to understand for the Japanese. However, there are a few slip-ups such as "[[AC:Ultra Technorogy Laboratory]]" and "[[AC:Projejectile-X]]" in the eyecatches.

* EpilepticFlashingLights: The first half can be rather bad about this, particularly when Pasder and the Zonderians are engaging in their OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness shenanigans. You will notice, however, that the flashing effects go away to a ''significant'' degree during the course of the show's run, and vanish entirely for the finale. This is due to an interesting bit of historical serendipity - ''GGG'', you see, was a broadcast ''contemporary'' of the original [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokemon anime]] and "Electric Soldier Porygon" aired toward the end of the show's run. There had already been concerns raised about flashing effects (you can see them gradually drift away during the show's run, probably due to viewer feedback about the show itself) and then, for the finale, you can almost ''see'' the points where there were likely hasty edits made to [[spoiler:the Z Master and Zonuda]] fights to comply with the massive public backlash.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: At least four characters were shown in space without having space suits to protect them with no problem. Then again, by FINAL, everyone who has survived is justified by having powers and abilities far beyond the human norm.

* {{BFS}}. Really, it's a Big Fucking Hammer, [[spoiler: ''two'', actually]], but the principle applies. Also, in a potential subversion, Guy's personal weapon is a small knife. Albeit a knife that becomes more powerful the stronger Guy's willpower is.

** Pretty much sums up Choryujin's whole personality. You can't really argue this point about someone who will [[spoiler: put themselves in the path of an apocalyptic asteroid, not to mention your opponent's FinishingMove, without a moment's hesitation.]]

** Before ''either'' of those, the BigEntrance of [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Soldat-J]]]] and his massive warship. They utterly ''dominate'' the first three Primevals (who had just [[spoiler: delivered a CurbStompBattle and NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on [=GaoGaiGar=]]]) and purifies two of them.

* HotWings: King J-Der.

* InconsistentDub: Pinchernone's laugh [[note]] BREEEEE vs a rapidfire HAHAHAHAH[[/note]], the amount of vocoding used by the mecha members, and pronunciation of names [[note]] [=GaoGaiGar=] is often pronounced [=GaoGai"Ger"=][[/note]] vary between episodes in the English dub.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The [[spoiler:Zonuda]] shows up practically out of thin air in the final episode with little foreshadowing. The "almost" is only there because the last OnTheNext hinted that the fight wasn't over just yet.

* PhotoprotoneutronTorpedo