History Characters / Gamera

* NotZilla: Is basically Godzilla if he was a maneater and traded his radioactive abilities for acidic ones.

* WillfullyWeak: Implied in the Heisei era. Gamera greatly holds back to prevent collateral damage from his fights, but when he stops doing so, such as in ''Revenge of Iris,'' [[PersonOfMassDestruction hoooo boy...]]

* NoNonsenseNemesis: At his most aggressive he becomes this, resorting to constant overkill attacks and ''extreme'' violence.

* VillainousGlutton: Because of its ravenous appetite, Gyaos will never stop eating, and will constantly consume food in large amounts, be it humans, wildlife or livestock. Heck, its appetite never even ends.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the film, he goes down after a fairly short battle with Gamera which ends with the giant turtle flying him to the upper atmosphere, where Viras gets frozen and is later thrown into the sea where he explodes. In the Dark Horse comics, he puts his telepathic abilities to good use to brainwash the very scientist who created him into being his slave in his plan to enslave mankind. He also lasts for the comic's four issues until he meets his end in the last one. He is also the second to last opponent in Gamera Rebirth.

* TheBusCameBack: Zigra will make his return in GAMERA -Rebirth- as one of the five kaiju Gamera will battle.
* ComboPlatterPowers: Zigra has a formidable repertoire of powers, such as teleportation rays, paralysis beams, a blast that can cause earthquakes, the ability to transform between a land and sea form, and sharpened fins.

!Dragon Fortress/Bionic Gyaos
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The final weapon of the Bio-Mecha, an extremely powerful Neo-Gyaos created from combining Gamera and Gyaos DNA

* StarterVillain: He's Toto's first opponent and basically a WarmUpBoss by Gamera standards since he has no long-range attacks or special abilities outside of a chameleon-like spear tongue. Once Toto gets his strength and abilities back, he handily trounces Zedus with ease.

** It's also weirdly portrayed. Despite his underdog status Gamera is nothing to scoff at in terms of physical power, being able to hurl around and ruthlessly pummel his foes when he gets his claws on them. Problem is that they're also all able to do the same thing to ''him'' if they get the chance, and have the powers to get said chance quite easily.

** 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 inverted 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.

** Odd as it may sound, Gamera is to arch-rival Franchise/{{Godzilla}} as ComicBook/SpiderMan is to Franchise/{{Superman}}; yes, he's powerful, but his enemies are usually much, much stronger or have abilities that can immediately put him out of the fight. This forces him to fight with smarts as much as claws, and to learn from his mistakes. (Usually this comes after he's on the losing end of a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutal ass-beating]] by the MonsterOfTheWeek.) Though this only considers the Showa era incarnation.

** Gamera is actually ''weaker'' than any of his kaiju opponents, and usually gets knocked out in his first confrontation with them. However he's also ''smarter'', and once he gets his HeroicSecondWind and starts using his head, is able to turn the tide and defeat them.

** In ''Rebirth,'' he [[spoiler: gets his torso sliced up, his arm cut off, blinded in one eye, impaled all the way through by a blade the length of his entire body, thrown around repeatedly, electrocuted, beaten to shit by Viras, and ''falls from orbit'' with nearly zero time to rest. He ''survives'']]

* SeaMonster: Dwells in the sea a lot, and is based on a mutated turtle.
* SpectacularSpinning: His mode of transportation.

** Unlike Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, whose enemies are usually on or around his level, Gamera's RoguesGallery consists of monsters that are, crucially, ''stronger'' than him. This forces him to fight with his wits.

* HealingFactor: Has one, but it's not exactly one that's fast enough to work properly mid-combat. Unless he absorbs fire, in which case it's nearly instant.

** Their ''Rebirth'' incarnation may buck the trend, however: Promotional images reveal that 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.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the film, he goes down after a fairly short battle with Gamera which ends with the giant turtle flying him to the upper atmosphere, where Viras gets frozen and is later thrown into the sea where he explodes. In the Dark Horse comics, he puts his telepathic abilities to good use to brainwash the very scientist who created him into being his slave in his plan to enslave mankind. He also lasts for the comic's four issues until he meets his end in the last one. He is also the FinalBoss of the upcoming Gamera Rebirth.

* TheBusCameBack: Viras will return in ''Gamera Rebirth'' as one of the five kaiju that Gamera will battle.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext After having a missile explode in his head]]. The ''Rebirth incarnation [[spoiler:suffers a similar fate, but is sliced in half ''lengthwise'' by Gamera's razor-sharp shell spines]].

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext After having a missile explode in his head]].

* SuperToughness: While Legion is all but immune to the frontal assault by the JSDF and NoSells almost every attack Gamera hits her with, [[spoiler:once they figure out that the joints on her smaller claws are vulnerable, they're able to blow them off with anti-tank missiles. It ''still'' takes Gamera's strongest attack powered by the entirety of the Earth to put her down.]]

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: It can even put cuts on Gamera's carapace.

* MonstrousMandibles: In ''Rebirth'', he has a lower jaw that can split in half.

* Vibroweapon: His blade works like this come ''Rebirth''

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Can combine his three head tentacles into a razor sharp weapon to skewer opponents with.
** Meets this fate itself in one of the American comics when Gamera throws it onto the Eiffel Tower.

* MoleMonster: Works like a giant mole, bursting from beneath the ground with it's giant claws

* MoleMonster: Works like a giant mole, bursting from beneath the ground

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: His motivation for fighting Gyaos and Harinezura, as he remembers the kindness humans showed him.

* TokenHeroicOrc: The only other monster in the franchise to be good, as it helps to drive off Gyaos and deals with Harinezura

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Harinezura stabs it, but it returns the favor at the same time

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Before he ingests the red stone in the climax, he can't fly or shoot fireballs, making his fight against Zedus much tougher.

One of the monsters in 'Manga Boys Special Edition: Gamera''

A cobra-monster that appears in 'Manga Boys''

One of the monsters Gamera confronts in 'Manga Boys''

A cobra-monster Gamera kills in 'Manga Boys''

Another monster that Gamera fights in ''Manga Boys''

* OurMonstersAreWeird: Just ''look'' at it

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Is stabbed by Marugarappa

A kappa-like monster who appears at a baseball game

* TokenHeroicOrc: The only other monster in the franchise to be a good person, as it helps to drive off Gyaos and deals with Harinezura

* PlayingWithFire: Can breathe fire like Gamera.
* TragicMonster: Pretty much the only monster in the franchise to exhibit this trait, as it's constantly in pain. This is why Gamera takes pity and reseals it.

* ZergRush: They're not exactly hurting for manpower, so unless they have an elite unit out, this is the best they can do against Gamera

* TokenGoodTeammate: The only other monster in the franchise to be heroic, as it helps to drive off Gyaos and deals with Harinezura

* ImpaledwithExtremePrejudice: Is stabbed by Marugarappa

* ImpaledwithExtremePrejudice: Harinezura stabs it, but it returns the favor at the same time

* AngryGuardDog: Is pretty dang determined to butcher any intruders.
* AttackReflector: Reflected the Space Gyaos's beam back and cut off its foot!
* {{BFS}}: Has a Big Effing Knife for a head and he isn't afraid to use it!

* FuumaShuriken: Has a pair of shurikens in its head which can be launched and guided by psychokinesis.

* AdaptationalUgliness: Looks much more disgusting in ''Rebirth,'' with a bruised and angry red flesh tone.

* MultipleHeadCase: Apparently those two antennae are it's actual heads

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