History YMMV / GaoGaiGar

* EarWorm: #[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocX4vWBIdvg GAGAGA GAGAGA GAOGAIGAR!]]#

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Mikoto's album in episode 37 inexplicitly has live action photos in it, including a woman performing a [[Series/KamenRider henshin pose]] and a shiba inu. Also of note is the conspicuous also live action hand holding the page for one shot.

* BrokenBase: The darker tone present in ''[[Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL FINAL]]'' divides quite a few fans. Some view it as out of place while others welcome it and think that it was a logical next step for the series.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The theme, which is sung by [[Music/JAMProject Endoh Masaaki]]. ''Especially'' the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhPlGi0MpO8 FINAL]] version.

* AwesomeMusic: The theme, which is sung by [[JAMProject Endoh Masaaki]]. ''Especially'' the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhPlGi0MpO8 FINAL]] version.

** The [[{{Determinator}} aptly named]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm2T0uXYBbk Yuuki Aru Tatakai]], practically the musical cue that the villains are about to get their sh*t wrecked in a truly epic way. Most of the series's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome best moments]] have this song accompanied them (the showdown with EI-01, the final battle with the Z-Master, [=GaoGaiGar=] vs Zonuda and Gai's EPIC beatdown of Palparepa)

* HilariousInHindsight - "Made in China" stamps on FuuRyu and RaiRyu toys.'
** When Furyu and Rairyu act under UN orders and storm GGG in FINAL, they deploy in deep space which causes them to appear gray. There are ''bootleg toys'' of them in that color.

* TheWoobie It's hard to not feel incredibly terrible for Mamoru after all that happens to him in FINAL.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Yes, folks, this really is a merchandise-driven children's show at heart, and it's worth remembering that as you watch it. The original, anyway - FINAL was made for the PeripheryDemographic that sprang up after the wee kiddies didn't really take to it.

* SequelDisplacement: ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'' is the most easily recognized of the eight ''Anime/BraveSeries''. All but the hardest-core mecha fans will react with a blank stare and "Wait... there was a series?" when the ''Brave Series'' is brought up in the context of GGG. This is all compounded by the fact that, as of this writing, [[me/BraveOfTheSunFighbird only]] [[Anime/TheBraveFighterOfLegendDaGarn three]] [[Anime/BravePoliceJDecker other]] ''Brave Series'' have been fully-subbed in a coherent way.

** The [[{{Determinator}} aptly named]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm2T0uXYBbk Yuuki Aru Tatakai]], practically the musical cue that the villains are about to get their sh*t wrecked in a truly epic way. Most of the series's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome best moments]] have this song accompanied them (the showdown with EI-01, the final battle with the Z-Master, GaoGaiGar vs Zonuda and Gai's EPIC beatdown of Palparepa)

** No mention of Guy's [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown BRUTAL Beatdown]] of the [[spoiler: Zounda]]? Sure, it seems awesome, but [[spoiler: when you hear Guy's anguished and enraged shouts as he destroys the beast that contains Mikoto by ripping it apart, even after [=GaoGaiGar=] starts falling apart,]] you can't help but shiver. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCE42E5oths Watch and Listen...]] He doesn't even resort to using any of his attacks, just shouting in rage and tearing it limb from limb. And when it comes to the core... he just rips it out, no Hell and Heaven.

* EarWorm: #[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w9UX_ZxAmA GAGAGA GAGAGA GAOGAIGAR!]]#

* AwesomeMusic: The theme, which is sung by [[JAMProject Endoh Masaaki]]. ''Especially'' the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhTUh7d8Ft0 FINAL]] version.

** Episode 16: [[spoiler: a university festival vanishes into a fireball, with little warning, leaving nothing but a massive crater]]. What would give small children nightmares is the way the attack is presented - it's very reminiscent of Sarah Connor's dream sequence in ''{{Terminator 2}}'' and unlike any other so far, we see the injured and the scale of the disaster, implying that people actually ''died'' this time.

* SequelDisplacement: To wit: [=GaoGaiGar=] is the ''only'' one of [[BraveCommandDagwon two]] out of the eight BraveSeries to have a page here on TVTropes. That's saying something.
** The rest of the BraveSeries now have pages, but [=GaoGaiGar=] is ''still'' the most easily recognized of the eight. All but the hardest-core mecha fans will react with a blank stare and "Wait... there was a series?" when the BraveSeries is brought up in the context of GGG.
*** This is all compounded by the fact that, as of this writing, [[BraveOfTheSunFighbird only]] [[Anime/TheBraveFighterOfLegendDaGarn three]] [[Anime/{{BravePoliceJ-Decker}} other]] BraveSeries have been fully-subbed in a coherent way.

*** This is all compounded by the fact that, as of this writing, [[BraveOfTheSunFighbird only]] [[Anime/{{BravePoliceJ-Decker}} two]] other BraveSeries have been fully-subbed in a coherent way.

* TearJerker: Episode 30. [[spoiler: The heroes have defeated EI-01, but apparently gave their lives in the process. The music and Mamoru's desperate pleas for them to wake up set the mood perfectly. Even knowing the series is barely halfway over and knowing they'll be proven to still be alive mere moments later doesn't keep the tears at bay. By all outward appearances, from a technical viewpoint they really ''were'' dead at the time, as they had fully expended the power of their G-Stones in the effort to defeat EI-01. (The energies of the Zonder Metal and the G-Stones, being polar opposites, neutralized each other.) Mamoru's powers (on which G-Stone technology was ''based''), thankfully, were not affected by this (giving a hint of just ''how'' powerful he would eventually become), allowing him to bring forth a miraculous, though far from immediate, recovery.]]
** The next episode is ''brutal'', just brutal. [[spoiler:New aliens arrive and seemingly kill everyone but Mamoru and Guy.]] Complete hand-over-mouth horror.
*** Particularly when [[spoiler:: said aliens ''utterly demolish'' the titular mecha.]] Mamoru's dialog right there says it all:
--> [[spoiler: '''''GUY NII-SAAAAAAN!!!''''']]
** And, of course, the ending to both the series and ''FINAL''. Nothing about anything that awesome is ever sadder than those two little words..."THE END".
** Another example in GaoGaiGar FINAL Episode 2, after [[spoiler: Guy Defeats Repli-GaoGaiGar with Hell and Heaven, the mood quickly changes when Guy opens GaoFighGar's hand to reveal...a injured and bleeding Mamoru. evil clone or no, Guy's facial reaction sums up the whole thing.]]
** "Itsuka Hoshi no Umi de - Character Version" is certainly a TearJerker as well.
*** The entire Mobile Unit sacrificing themselves to defeat the 11 Soul Masters or being curbstomped trying to do so. Watching Hyoryu and Enryu overload their Chest Blasters, Big Volfogg's arm turning against him, TenRyuJin being impaled... To this troper, the worst ones were Hyoryu and Enryu's sacrifice and Big Volfogg's self-defeat.
** A different take on this, is the thought of what will happen to GGG after the end of FINAL. They have been exiled from their home planet, they've destroyed the solar system they are in, they are stuck in a collapsing universe... Needless to say, their situation is hopeless, unless they can somehow survive for 8 years, at which time, the Galeoria Comet will return to Earth's orbit.
** The opening to FINAL Episode 8. After the last few episodes have given us progressively more and more Hotblooded iterations of the opening theme, Episode 8 brings us [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aJQmAw0Awc Yuusha-Oh Tanjou (Piano Solo version)]]. Bonus points for also giving us a recap that practically SCREAMS BittersweetEnding.

* MemeticMutation: "Symmetrical Docking" became a FanNickname for two women pressing their breasts together after a memorable ''SuperRobotWars'' YonKoma gag comic.

* Padding: Especially prevalent in the first half of the series, the mediocre first half would have much shorter episodes if not for the constant blabbering during the battles.

* SuperlativeDubbing: ''Damn'' is the dub it awesome.

* SuperlativeDubbing: The dub may have been [[TooGoodToLast short-lived]], but ''damn'' is it awesome.

* CompleteMonster: The 11 Lords of Sol, especially Palparepa.

** The [[Determinator aptly named]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm2T0uXYBbk Yuuki Aru Tatakai]], practically the musical cue that the villains are about to get their sh*t wrecked in a truly epic way. Most of the series's [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome best moments]] have this song accompanied them (the showdown with EI-01, the final battle with the Z-Master, GaoGaiGar vs Zonuda and Gai's EPIC beatdown of Palparepa)