History Characters / OnePunchManGarou

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: [[spoiler:The aftermath of his battle against Saitama in the webcomic left him with shorter hair, as if to symbolize the removal of his previous horned hairstyle and his desire to be a monster. He keeps this shorter hair as he continues to train in isolation afterwards. This hair also resembles his hairstyle as a kid, seen in flashbacks, showing a return to his true self. In the manga, the end of the Monster Association arc sees his hair return to its usual color, but he retains the horned hairstyle]].

* GutturalGrowler: Garou has a very raspy voice.

* AdaptiveAbility: Garou is a very fast learner. If he ever loses a fight, but manages to escape or at least survive, he'll recall the move that was used on him and add it to his arsenal. It's unclear if this is an actual superpower he has or just something he's good at. [[spoiler: This goes UpToEleven once he undergoes monsterization and begins to physically evolve to adapt and overcome any attack or opponent that can harm him. In the webcomic, Saitama's impossible strength actually forces Garou to begin devolving since getting stronger and faster wasn't helping, so he eventually returns to human form. In the manga, he actually ''is'' able to adapt to Saitama's strength but didn't count on Saitama's own body adapting in turn and making Caped Baldy grow stronger than him. Which leads to Garou being put on the backfoot and eventually losing the fight.]]

* AdaptiveAbility: Garou is a very fast learner. If he ever loses a fight, but manages to escape or at least survive, he'll recall the move that was used on him and add it to his arsenal. It's unclear if this is an actual superpower he has or just something he's good at. [[spoiler: This goes UpToEleven once he undergoes monsterization and begins to physically evolve to adapt and overcome any attack or opponent that can harm him. In the webcominc, Saitama's impossible strength actually forces Garou to begin devolving since getting stronger and faster wasn't helping, so he returns to human form. In the manga, he actually ''is'' able to adapt to Saitama's strength but didn't count on Saitama's own body adapting in turn and making Caped Baldy grow stronger than him.]]

** CurbStompCushion: [[spoiler: His ultimate fight with Saitama is still very one-sided, but he significantly puts more fight to him compared to others as Saitama didn't OneHitKO him, even getting himself to pull out his "Serious Series" moves to incapacitate him, though even after evolving over 4 times into his "unfair evil" ultimate mode, he's unable to hurt Saitama. In the manga, as Cosmic Fear Garou, despite his growth, he can't keep up with Saitama's own accelerating growth at all.]]

* NobleDemon: He definitely shows a degree of martial honor and is upset by crueler tactics or sleazy individuals, [[PragmaticVillainy though he claims otherwise.]] [[spoiler:Saitama realizes, if anything, the ''Demon'' part is the one that's suspect.]] A certain [[FatBastard manipulative]] [[CasanovaWannabe Skirt Chasing]] [[CorruptPolitician HA administrator]] [[SlimeBall who milks the company budget to pick up chicks]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch found this out the hard way]].
* NominalVillain: [[spoiler:Garou has never actually killed any heroes and is only presenting himself as a villain in hopes of uniting the world in their hatred against him.]]
* NonchalantDodge: It's repeatedly noted in his manga incarnation that he dodges attacks and projectiles with a minimum amount of movement. Yet, the trope is subverted because Garou does take the dodging seriously as his human body is still vulnerable to blows and projectiles. It's just that for a martial artist of his level, it's the most efficient way of evading damage.

* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: Monster Assocation members ask Garou to kill 100 people (webcomic)/kill 1 hero (manga), to see if it's worth a title to call himself a monster.[[spoiler:Saitama also pulls this on Garou in his fight with him.]]

* KickTheDog: Pretty much most of heroes who receive a beating from him count as this, but especially [[NiceGuy Mumen]] [[KnightinSourarmor Rider]] and [[spoiler: Genos, the latter only being killed so Saitama could give it all in the fight (though the last one was done in Garou's Cosmic Form, [[AmbigiousSituation which can be argued if it was God's influence]]).]]

%%* DontYouDarePityMe: The manga adds this, to extent his first "real" encounter with Saitama. When the Saitama finally finds Garou and scolds him for dine and dashing, he simply just warns him and tells to not do it again. Even Tareo tries to calm down his "uncle" and let the hero off the hook... And this greatly angers Garou.
--> "''Are you kidding me? When not only the [[Characters/OnePunchManMonsterAssociation MonsterAssociation]], but also [[Characters/OnePunchManSaitama no name heroes]] and [[Characters/OnePunchManOthersTareo shitty brats]] starts pitying you, you know you've fucked up. No idea how old man Bang managed to get away alive, but I'm really pissed at myself for feeling relieved when I heard that. Screw the definition of monsters, I lack determination, that's for sure. Does this mean I'll be obeying the Monster Association? I'm gonna take the head of a hero. Don't look down on me... I'm an actual monster!''"

-> "''Screw justice. And screw evil too. I'm gonna be killed because that's what everyone else wants?! It's not fair! I can't stand it! It pisses me off! All I want is to make them understand! I want to strike a blow for the little guy! "Good" and "evil"? I reject them both!''"

-->'''Garou''': If you weren't here, I would have become the world's absolute evil. Unbiased terror scattered throughout the world...that can establish real peace. Don't think that all children are waiting for heroes. There are even kids around the world waiting for a great monster to take the stage. Can you save them!? Can you follow the ugly kid being picked on in the park!? I can! I can save the whole world with terror! While humanity is fearing Garou the Monster, everyone's hearts will unite to survive. Is there any peace other than this!? Can you create peace? Can you unbiased save the world with that flimsy cape? Do you have the means to stop the unseen tragedies? You're strong but so what? You may defeat me, but can you handle it?! THE RESPONSIBILITY!!! WELL!? IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEFEAT ME, THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION! WHAT WILL YOU ACCOMPLISH? Why will you kill me now? Do you have a sense of duty like mine? WHY...ARE YOU...A HERO?!\\

%% * DontYouDarePityMe: The manga adds this, to extente his first true encounter with Saitama:

-->'''Saitama:''' So you did have an "image of an ideal hero" inside of you. I see now. I now understand what you wanted to do. Even though you said you wanted to be a "monster of absolute evil"... [[spoiler:What you really wanted to be was a hero]]. But you compromised and decided to be a monster. To bring about world peace, you took the easy route, thinking a monster's job was quicker and easier [[spoiler:than a hero's]]. A monster's role is simpler after all, all you had to do was defeat heroes. It's perfect for someone with no confidence like you. BUT YOU CAN NEVER DEFEAT ME. And peace made by ruling the world with fear can't succeed as long as you can't defeat me. So it will never work. It's absolutely impossible for you. Because if it's your compromised monster hobby vs. my serious hero hobby, even if that's all I had, I still wouldn't lose! It was a mistake to lower the hurdle right before the goal. A half-assed objective just can't succeed.

* BigEater: In Chapter 87, Garou orders all the meats and salads on the menu at a restaurant and was able to eat the entire serving before attempting a dine and dash. Granted, before that the guy was unable to get a decent meal for at least over a day.

** In the OVA "Games and rivals" during a fighting game tournament in Suiryu's battle with Garou the latter moves ''so'' fast that the system can't process it which causes it to glitch preventing Garou from winning. He attempts to throw and destroy VR set, [[SubvertedTrope but he stops after thinking about it]] and just gives it back to executive. He then asks where he could find his opponent in the building, which he's told that they can't for the purpose of not causing any problems. By hearing this he just walks away dissapointed. Mind you, this is Garou we're talking about - he could easily rage out and start threating people, but he choosed not to.

** [[spoiler:First when Orochi defeats and imprisons him, [[CurbStompCushion after his battle with him]].]]
** [[spoiler: After his battle with Superalloy Darkshine, we don't see much of him except for him transforming into his Awekaned form, when he dissapears for few dozen of chapfers again.]]

* SuperSpeed: [[spoiler:Fast enough to outspeed Lightspeed Flash as Monster Garou.]]

** In the OVA "Games and rivals" during a fighting game tournament in Suiryu's battle with Garou the latter moves ''so'' fast that the system can't process it which causes it to glitch preventing Garou from winning. He attempts to throw and destroy VR set, [[SubvertedTrope but he stops after thinking about it]] and just gives it back to executive. He then asks where he could find his opponent in the building, which he's answared that they can't for the purpose of no causing any problems. By hearing this he just walks away dissapointed. Mind you, this is Garou we're talking about - he could easily rage out and start threating people, but he choosed not to.

%% ** In the OVA "Games and rivals" during a fighting game tournament in Suiryu's battle with Garou the latter moves ''so'' fast that the system can't process it which causes it to glitch preventing Garou from winning. Normally,

%% ** [[spoiler:This gets an intresting CallBack later

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* DontYouDarePityMe: The manga adds this, to extente his first true encounter with Saitama:

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:After being corrupted by "God", despite retaining most of his self, Garou's manga counterpart chooses to be much more evil than his webcomic counterpart once he awakens his Cosmic Powers, deciding to kill Genos to draw out Saitama's full power]].

* EvilIsEasy: [[spoiler:According to Saitama in the webcomic, this is why he actually became a NobleDemon. To Garou, it was easier trying to bring world peace by being an all-powerful evil monster, because all he had to do was beat heroes. As Saitama observed, Garou chose this route because he did not have the confidence in himself to actually be TheParagon that he believed other heroes should be like.]] It's also deconstructed, [[spoiler:since despite his noble goal, the truth is that by trying to be evil, he's really just half-assing it and against someone like Saitama, who puts all of his conviction in it, he will never win]]. Evil may be easy, but that doesn't mean you'll end up achieving what you really want.

* TheBusCameBack: He gets few times PutOnTheBus, usually because he gets knocked out. He returns in Chapter 146 when [[spoiler: all remaining S-Class heroes battle Monsters executives, this time in his Awekaned form.]]