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* DoesItRemindYouOfAnything: He is obsessed with the manji symbol and uses it as the sigil of his dictatorship.

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* DoesItRemindYouOfAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: He is obsessed with the manji symbol and uses it as the sigil of his dictatorship.

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* PassingTheTorch: Goemon hands down his name and legacy to the main character of the two ''New Age'' games after suffering an arm injury.

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* PassingTheTorch: Goemon hands down his name and legacy to the main character of the two ''New Age'' games ''Shin Sedai'' after suffering an arm injury.injury. Ironically, in the final game of the series, the New Goemon is presented as a nameless failure who's under arrest and isn't even recognized by the original one.



* SleepsInTheNude: Appears sleeping in the nude when Ebisumaru first calls him in ''Uchuu Kaizoku Akigingu''. Ebisumaru reacts by gawking at him while vizualizing a T-shaped tetremino and turning to stone.



* MechanicalLifeforms: ''Ganbare Goemon 4'' retcons him as being an alien robot the whole time. This was promptly ignored by the rest of the series.

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* MechanicalLifeforms: ''Ganbare Goemon 4'' retcons him as being an alien robot the whole time. This was promptly largely ignored by the rest of the series.
series, though he does at least talk in games like ''Ōedo Daikaiten''.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: His machine gun punch is one of his most useful moves in the games where it is available.
* SuddenlyVoiced: In ''Ganbare Goemon 4'' he suddenly starts talking and claims to be an alien robot who just happens to look like Goemon.
* WaveMotionGun: In some games he can fire a hugh laser beam.



* HollywoodCyborg

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* HollywoodCyborgHollywoodCyborg: Keeps losing more and more of his humanity with each appearance he makes in the SFC games.



!!Plasma
[[AC:First Appearance: ''Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori'' (N64, 1997)]]

A hooded, barely-clothed, vaguely draconic fortune teller with an obvious VerbalTic. Come to his place for the hints, stay for the atmosphere.

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!!Plasma
!!General [=McGuinness=]
[[AC:First Appearance: ''Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori'' (N64, 1997)]]

Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu'' (SFC, 1993)]]

A hooded, barely-clothed, vaguely draconic fortune teller with an obvious VerbalTic. Come foreign warlord who wants to his place for the hints, stay for the atmosphere.take over Japan and its culture.



* {{Catchphrase}}: "PURASUMAAAA!!!!"
* HintSystem: His purpose is to act as the in-game system for the Ganbare Goemon universe. By paying a fee, he gives you hints on where to go next.

!!Thaisamba
[[AC:First Appearance: ''Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori'' (N64, 1997)]]

An aquatic robot known as "The Charming Mermaid." He takes on a handful of different forms (a few of them [[HumongousMecha gigantic]]), and speaks his own incomprehensible language.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: "PURASUMAAAA!!!!"
DemotedToExtra: In ''Oedo Daikaten'', he is reduced from BigBad status to being a chapter boss without dialogue.
* HintSystem: {{Eagleland}}: He is a satire of foreign interference over Japan who attempts to rip chunks out of the country's landmass for his own purposes. He is obsessed with rabbits, which are called "[=USAgi=]" in Japanese, rides on a U.F.O. as if to convey he's an invasive lunatic foreigner and attempts to trample over the Japanese heroes with a bulldozer. All this even though he "loves" Japan... His purpose love is "PURE"!
* MoonRabbit: He dresses his minions in rabbit fursuits and pilots flying saucers.
* PoseOfSupplication: He's enough of a japanophile
to act as the in-game system for the Ganbare Goemon universe. By paying a fee, he gives you hints on where have trained how to go next.

!!Thaisamba
properly humble himself before Japanese warriors strong enough to defeat him.

!!Jurokube Shishi
[[AC:First Appearance: ''Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu Goemon 3: Shishi Jūrokubē no Odori'' (N64, 1997)]]

An aquatic robot known as "The Charming Mermaid." He takes on a handful of different forms (a few of them [[HumongousMecha gigantic]]), and speaks his own incomprehensible language.
Karakuri Manji-gatame'' (SFC, 1994)]]

A tyrant from Japan's future.


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* AffablyEvil: He kidnaps Omitsu but treats her kindly enough that she swoons over him and laments his departure in the end.
* DavidVersusGoliath: He attempts to fight Goemon Impact with his bare hands after losing Dark Impact, claiming he's about to use the manji-themed "Mecha Leg Hold" on his game's title. Then he's just anti-climatically shot off and flies in a manji pose. The real life truth behind this is that the developers never quite figured out how the Mecha Leg Hold was even supposed to work like until they run out of time to finish the game.
* DoesItRemindYouOfAnything: He is obsessed with the manji symbol and uses it as the sigil of his dictatorship.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jurokube became a tyrant to uphold the villainous legacy of his ancestor Goemon and is flabbergasted to find out only at the end of ''Goemon 3'' that Goemon was actually a good guy who received a HistoricalVillainUpgrade. He promises to become a good ruler from then on.
* SigilSpam: He decorates everything with manji and even poses like it on defeat.

!!Plasma
[[AC:First Appearance: ''Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori'' (N64, 1997)]]

A hooded, barely-clothed, vaguely draconic fortune teller with an obvious VerbalTic. Come to his place for the hints, stay for the atmosphere.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: "PURASUMAAAA!!!!"
* HintSystem: His purpose is to act as the in-game system for the Ganbare Goemon universe. By paying a fee, he gives you hints on where to go next.

!!Thaisamba
[[AC:First Appearance: ''Ganbare Goemon: Neo Momoyama Bakufu no Odori'' (N64, 1997)]]

An aquatic robot known as "The Charming Mermaid." He takes on a handful of different forms (a few of them [[HumongousMecha gigantic]]), and speaks his own incomprehensible language.
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* HintSystem: His purpose is to act as the in-game system for the Ganbare Goemon universe. By paying a fee, he gives you hints on where to go next.
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* CatSmile: His default expression, though he was a PerpetualFrowner in early games.
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* AuthorAvatar: For Etsunobu Ebisu. [[https://twitter.com/GoemonNational/status/1486023482697826313 Look at him in costume.]]
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* TheFaceless: In ''Shin Sedai'', an older Goemon sends his same-named disciple on a quest due to being injured with a broken arm. Goemon is always seen with his face in the dark and he's never referred to by name.

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* TheFaceless: In ''Shin Sedai'', an older Goemon sends his same-named disciple on a quest due to being injured with a broken arm. Goemon The "Head of the G Squad" is always seen with his face in the dark and he's never referred to by name.

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* TheFaceless: In ''Shin Sedai'', an older Goemon sends his same-named disciple on a quest due to being injured with a broken arm. Goemon is always seen with his face in the dark and he's never referred to by name.



* TheHero

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* TheHeroTheHero: The protagonist of the series.



* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His original origin story? In ''Ganbare Goemon 2'', he was a female ninja cursed into the body of an old fat man. At the end of the game, the curse is broken and she and Goemon are implied to have become a couple. This becomes CanonDiscontinuity at the beginning of the next game, though. In the reboot series, though, s/he is once more a girl with a crush on Goemon.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His original origin story? In ''Ganbare Goemon 2'', he was a female ninja cursed into the body of an old fat man. At the end of the game, the curse is broken and she and Goemon are implied to have become a couple. This becomes CanonDiscontinuity at the beginning of the next game, though. In the reboot series, though, s/he his counterpart is once more a girl with a crush on Goemon's disciple Goemon.



* PutOnABus: In ''Shin Sedai'', Sasuke is for some reason absent and sends a new model of himself to help the new generation of heroes.




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* MechanicalLifeforms: ''Ganbare Goemon 4'' retcons him as being an alien robot the whole time. This was promptly ignored by the rest of the series.
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questionable ZCE pothole


* VoluntaryShapeshifting: In some games she gains the ability to turn into a [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaid]], allowing you to swim underwater in deep bodies of water like rivers and oceans.

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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: In some games she gains the ability to turn into a [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaid]], mermaid, allowing you to swim underwater in deep bodies of water like rivers and oceans.
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* DistressedDamsel: At times she is essentially a substitute Omitsu, without the romantic ties to Goemon.

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* DistressedDamsel: DamselInDistress: At times she is essentially a substitute Omitsu, without the romantic ties to Goemon.

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* DamselInDistress: She gets kidnapped more than anyone else ''combined''.



* DistressedDamsel: She gets kidnapped more than anyone else ''combined''.
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* BigOlEyebrows

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* BigOlEyebrowsBigOlEyebrows: A prominent feature of his character.



* EyesAlwaysShut

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* EyesAlwaysShutEyesAlwaysShut:



* TsurimeEyes

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* TsurimeEyesTsurimeEyes: Showcasing her confidence and rationality.

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Bishonen is Definition-Only. No examples allowed. Per TRS. Moving In Universe acknowledgements to Pretty Boy.


* {{Bishonen}}: Parodied and very much an InformedAbility. Several characters go on and on about his charming good looks when, while not nearly as ugly as some of the characters, Goemon's pretty average looking. Due to the nature of the series, most of the characters who refer to him as a bishonen are [[CampGay men]], most notably Ebisumaru.


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* PrettyBoy: Parodied and very much an InformedAbility. Several characters go on and on about his charming good looks when, while not nearly as ugly as some of the characters, Goemon's pretty average looking. Due to the nature of the series, most of the characters who refer to him as a {{bishonen}} are CampGay men, most notably Ebisumaru.

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