History YMMV / Guyver

* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Shizu, an ActionGirl who in the first anime shot at a Zoanoid with a gun, dresses the most femininely of the female characters.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The OP for the 2005 anime, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_kt9N_qaQY "WAITING FOR" by Yo Reiri.]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Doctor Barcas turning Sho's father into Enzyme II and then making them battle.
** The Battle of Yokohama

* SoBadItsGood: The first live-action movie is a great example of this. The movie is very confused whether it wants to be treated seriously or not. It's got scene-cuts with short musical blasts like a cartoon, cheesy lines merely seconds away from serious exposition, a comic relief character with rap sequences, and a leitmotif stolen from Jaws during a shot where a blade sticks up from someone's chest like a shark's fin.
** See ExecutiveMeddling in the main article for why this film is so confused.

* TearJerker: Quite a few:
** At the top of the list is [[spoiler: Sho and his father, against their wills, one by Barcas' mind control, the other by the Guyver's self-defense mode fight and it ends with the Guyver Mega-Smashing his own father.]] But the 2005 anime cranks it UpToEleven, because it gave much more time to [[spoiler:Mr. Fukamachi]] and strengthened his and Sho's relationship.
** Dr. Odagiri taking Guyot's gravity bullets to save Murakami and then [[spoiler: Murakami's death at Guyot's hands]] both cranked up higher in the 2005 anime.
** A pretty close second is seeing the Creators/Uranus leaving Archanfel behind. The expression Archanfel makes when he cries out 'Then why was I created!?' is a combination of sadness, anger, betrayal, and fear certainly not just humanizes Archanfel but is a very powerful image in itself, never mind that this troper can relate to Archanfel's feeling of abandonment.
** As much as this troper roots against Chronos, while hoping that one or two of the nicer Zoalords survive, and isn't sure what to make of Guyver III, its rather heart breaking to watch Waferdanos and Li Yentsui do their damnedest, and at the cost of their lives, to make sure Barcas survives and escapes with an item Guyver III will do anything to get. [[spoiler: and ultimately they fail!]]
** Hayami [[spoiler: saving Aptom's life by freezing his mind-controlled body to the ground so that Sho can Mega-Smash it, and then allowing the last fragment of Aptom, finally free of Khan to consume his body to re-grow, telling Sho that he's grown stronger and dies with a smile]]
** The thought of how many friends, siblings, lovers, and children wept when their loved ones got up in the middle of the night, transformed, and all merged together to create Khan's one winged angel form and never came back...
** Test Type (also known as Malmot in some translations) The very first Zoanoid we see. All the guy wanted was to be human again to return to his family, so he goes and escapes from Cronos with the units to hand them over to [[spoiler: Agito, while having the false hope that he could become human again. Turns out Agito tricked him and because he left before the process could be complete, he can only live for a week.]] It's sadder in the 2005 anime, where we see one last shot of his family photo after his death.
** [[spoiler: Waferdanos and Li Yentsui's death. For all the trouble Li and Waferdanos went through to try to defeat Agito, even if one roots for Agito, it's hard to feel sorry for Li's efforts failing.]]
* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler: Purgstall.]]

** [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/guyver/v03/c015/25.html Ta-da!]]

* UnfortunateImplications: The Zoanoid played by Jimmie Walker, [[UncleTomfoolery M.C Striker]]. Let's run down the list shall we? Designated comic relief character? Check. Stereotypical JiveTurkey mannerisms? Check. Absolutely ''absurd'' GagLips in his Zoanoid form? Check. ''[[TokenMinority The only black Zoanoid?]]'' Oh you'd better believe that's a check. [[spoiler: The only saving grace is his aversion of BlackGuyDiesFirst by just ''not dying.'']]

* EvenBetterSequel: Guyver: Dark Hero is generally considered an improvement over the first movie due to a more serious tone, less camp and better action sequences and special effects. The presence of DavidHayter as the main chatacter also helps.

* {{Narm}}: Enzyme, perhaps the most effective Zoanoid, armed with Guyver-melting poison... is a giant fluffy bear with back-mounted spider-arms and an insect face. Then [[spoiler:Sho's father]] turns into one...
** The Zoanoid Rock Band in the anime. (Though thankfully improved in the 26-episode OVA)

* FauxSymbolism: A common interpretation of the big bad's name is Archanfel. Arch-angel-fell? It also helps that Archanfel's battle form is a golden angelic like being. And the fact that in one scene he parts water very much like Moses to save an ally of his. Nope, no religious connections here.

* UnfortunateImplications: The Cadre of Rogue Zoalords. Clumegnig, ibn Hayyan, and Khan are neither of Western origin or Japanese. All three of them wear clothing, in and out of battle, that seems to fit of a more tribal or non-Western apperance. Clumegnig, of an unknown African or Indonesian nation, has tattos and gold bands, ibn Hayyan, who appears to be of the Middle East or India, wears a turban, and Khan, most likely of Mongolia, has armor and headwear of older years. All though to be fair the first rogue Zoalord was Richard Guyot, most likely an American or German.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation Quite a bit. Biggest has Imakarum's relationship with Archanfel. Some believe that [[spoiler: Murakami didn't get brainwashed or was persuaded to join the Zoalords but was in fact an agent of Archanfel's to root out possible threats. It certainly clears up more questions, with little clues as to how or where the two meet. Then some see them as lovers.]]

* FetishFuel: Guyver II-F

* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Shizu, an ActionGirl who in the first anime shot at a Zoanoid with a gun, dresses the most femininely of the female characters.

* UncannyValley. When Shizu first appeared Takaya did not design her too well. However considering he drew other females pretty well this might have been intentional after all. However with his art improving and/or intentional re-designs Shizu has become quite attractive. Seriously can we get a link to her first few panels?

* VillainDecay: In a way [[spoiler: Richard Guyot]] sure he started off ambitious and powerful. But since his return so far all he's done is act crazy and look menacing to the ready. It won't be surprising if an ace up his sleeve wasn't mentioned long ago returns him to his former glory. Hopefully [[spoiler: teaming up with the remaining two rogue Zoalords will start his climb back up to the top]].
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic?: A common interpretation of the big bad's name is Archanfel. Arch-angel-fell? It also helps that Archanfel's battle form is a golden angelic like being. And the fact that in one scene he parts water very much like Moses to save an ally of his. Nope, no religious connections here.
** Consider, though, that his past ''inverts'' the symbolism: Archanfel was ''loyal'' to the Advents, and took up arms against Guyver Zero -- ''the first rebel''. This is basically a case of God kicking ''Michael'' out of heaven after Lucifer's rebellion...

* [[spoiler: Waferdanos and Li Yentsui's death. For all the trouble Li and Waferdanos went through to try to defeat Agito, even if one roots for Agito, it's hard to feel sorry for Li's efforts failing.]]

** Lisker. Having a Guyver for a bad guy would have been awesome. Even Takaya considered his short role a waste of a good character. The 2005 anime rectifies this by keeping him around for a bit longer.

** Having a Guyver for a bad guy would have been awesome.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Hyper Zoanoid Team Five, especially ZX-Tole and Thancrus. Nearly every Hyper Zoanoid and special Zoanoids. Some fans still hope that another Zerebuth or Enzyme I will pop up but the king of them is easily Purgstall, and people like Shin and Hayami as well. Guyver I's disguise state from a recent chapter has gottne a lot of positive feedback after appearing for just four pages.

* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Shizu, an ActionGirl who in the first anime shot at a zoanoid with a gun, dresses the most femininely of the female characters.
* SoBadItsGood: the first live-action movie is a great example of this. The movie is very confused whether it wants to be treated seriously or not. It's got scene-cuts with short musical blasts like a cartoon, cheesy lines merely seconds away from serious exposition, a comic relief character with rap sequences, and a leitmotif stolen from Jaws during a shot where a blade sticks up from someone's chest like a shark's fin.

** Thancrus and Zxtole.

* Waferdanos and Li Yentsui's death.