History Characters / Gamera

* GiantFlyer

* BreakoutVillain: Appeared in more than one Showa film, which led to their revival in the Heisei era and further cemented their iconic image. They even appear as pivotal antagonists in the first few minutes of ''Gamera the Brave'' and were the first of Gamera's five kaiju enemies to be confirmed for ''Gamera: Rebirth''.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[MultipleChoicePast Multiple possible explanations]] are given for her existence, some of which imply she was actually not inherently evil and was corrupted by Ayana's hatred. While she's undoubtedly a dangerous monster and the film's main villain, it's unclear if she does the things she does out of a malicious nature or simply because she thinks its what Ayana wants her to do.

* ArchEnemy: It's implied throughout the film that Iris and Gamera are natural enemies. At one point they are compared to the [[TheFourGods Chinese gods]] of the South and the North, who were rivals; and two explanations for Iris' [[MultipleChoicePast past]] say that she was either created to destroy Gamera or is a mutation of the Gyaos, whom Gamera was created to destroy.

* GiantFlyer: Flies using plasma energy in the form of wing-like membranes between it's tentacle.

* MeaningfulName: Her name in the kanji representation means "Evil God" or "False God."

* UltimateLifeForm: One [[MultipleChoicePast possible explanation]] for her existence is that she's the ultimate evolution of the Gyaos.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Gamera encounters it in the middle of the ocean and effortlessly kills it before ''eating'' it. That's all we know.

* TheBusCameBack: Viras returned in ''Gamera Rebirth'' as one of the five kaiju that Gamera will battle. He is even the second to last opponent and definitely one of the toughest.

* ProgressivelyPrettier: '''Inverted to horrific degrees.''' The Gyaos, every time they show up, get more and more disgusting and disturbing to look at, with their most recent appearance (the 2015 short film) having a red-raw skin texture, bulging, outwards-facing eyes, and an OverlyLongTongue.
** Their ''Rebirth'' incarnation sort of buck the trend as they sport a brilliant red color scheme with purple and blue markings- overall, not bad. However, their coloration is the only remotely "pretty" thing about them: They appear to be keeping the emaciated appearance, fisheyes, tattered wings, and OverlyLongTongue of the short-film incarnation. But then it’s later played straight again in the final episode with S-Gyaos being perhaps the most ugly and horrific looking version of the character after gorging itself on Viras' corpse, with not only a sickly red and white color scheme, but extremely tattered wings, a bizarre looking frill instead of horns, and six unevenly sized eyes.

* PregnantBadass: In the ed, it's revealed the creature had two babies inside of it.

Gamera's "son" (actually his reincarnation) and the titular kaiju of Film/GameraTheBrave

* BigBadWannabe:
* HoistByHisOwnPetard
* IJustWantToBeSpecial

* TooDumbToLive

* ButtMonkey:

* PluckyComicRelief:

* NotSoStoic: Upon her horns being ripped off, she goes ballistic and starts using red energy whips

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: ''Much'' stronger than Gyaos, and is debatably the toughest monster Gamera faces in the Heisei era

* CombatTentacles: They have many uses. From the usual uses to doing things like enabling flight, shooting sonic scalpels, and draining life force

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: It's never made clear where it came from, what it is, what its goals are, or if it's even really sentient. It only fights Gamera because Ayana's hatred of Gamera is driving its actions.

* MultipleChoicePast: Is he an evil spirit? A monster created to stop Gamera that was corrupted by Ayana's hatred? Or a mutated Gyaos? The film never really gives a clear answer.

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: More like ''tough'' as they need to be. Gamera's durability wildly fluctuates across not just multiple movies, but even within the movies themselves. For example

* VillainKiller: Despite being a FriendToAllChildren and GentleGiant, Gamera does not practice mercy towards other monsters ''at all.'' Just ask [[KillItWithWater Barugon,]] [[AMoltenDateWithDeath Gy]][[YourHeadAsplode ao]][[CurbStompBattle s,]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives Viras,]] [[LudicrousGibs Guiron,]] [[ImpaledwithExtremePrejudice Jiger,]] [[KillItWithFire Zigra,]] [[NoBodyLeftBehind Legion,]] [[MegatonPunch Iris,]] or [[TongueTrauma Ze]][[DefeatEqualsExplosion dus.]] Oh wait, you can't, they're ''dead.''

There aren't as many {{Kaiju}} in this series of films as ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', but they are [[OurMonstersAreWeird certainly memorable]], so let's learn about them. The main page is [[Film/{{Gamera}} here.]]

* MessianicArchetype: [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, really.]] The Heisei incarnation is surprisingly one of these, up to getting ''crucified'' Hell, WordOfGod states he's meant to be a partial ''Christ'' allegory.