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7-> ''I'll show you... the power of true courage!''
8-->-- '''"Cyborg" Gai Shishioh'''
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10''The King of Braves [=GaoGaiGar=]'' (勇者王ガオガイガー / ''Yuusha-Oh [=GaoGaiGar=]'') is a 1997 Japanese televised SuperRobot anime and the final installment of the Takara/Sunrise ''Anime/BraveSeries''.
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12In the most patently awesome version of the DeliveryStork trope ''ever'', a giant robot lion delivers a human-looking baby to an unsuspecting couple in the middle of a snowstorm, who name the baby Mamoru. Eight years later, in the far flung future of [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 2005]], Mamoru is on a school trip to a garbage island in order to have demonstrated to him the importance of recycling, only to awaken a giant {{Robeast}}. He and his classmates are trapped on said robot, and all hope seems lost as the military bombards it with fighter jets, only to have them shot out of the sky. But what's this? A mysterious cyborg swoops in to save them, [[TransformationSequence then jumps into the giant robot lion from eight years ago, turning it into a large robot man.]] When this proves not enough to save the kids, he [[CombiningMecha fuses it with a bullet train, stealth bomber and drill tank]] and basically rips its heart out. Just as he's about to crush it however, Mamoru suddenly starts to glow green, wings of light spread from his back, and he flies towards the robot, begging the robot not to destroy the core.
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14Thus goes the first episode of ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'', an anime made in the aftermath of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' that continued the HotBlooded spirit of the Anime/BraveSeries, [[{{Reconstruction}} gleefully revisiting the old-school]] {{Super Robot|Genre}} style of GiantRobot CombiningMecha made up of all manner of [[AnimalMecha animals]] and [[TransformingMecha vehicles]] that launch [[RocketPunch brute-force attacks]] while [[CallingYourAttacks declaring each one by name]] with all the [[SeriousBusiness straight-faced seriousness]] of its DarkerAndEdgier contemporaries in the MechaShow genre. The first 26 episodes are MonsterOfTheWeek action - someone gets turned into a Zonder, they attack the city, GGG launches to fight it. New technologies and characters get introduced at a constant rate and you get the occasional [[{{Foreshadowing}} glimpse of what's to come]]. Then, after the half-way point [[WhamEpisode all hell breaks loose]] and GGG have to try twice as hard as they were just to stay alive. Courage, friendship and sacrifice, it's everything a growing boy needs. The show was later dubbed by Media Busters, however only half of the episodes were dubbed in English and the other episodes were released subbed on DVD. After years of being in licensing limbo, it was rescued by Discotek Media, to be released in 2023.
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16It proved so popular with the PeripheryDemographic that it received a DarkerAndEdgier [[{{OriginalVideoAnimation}} OVA]] called ''[[Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL The King of Braves [=GaoGaiGar=]: FINAL]]'', which elevated the sheer [[SerialEscalation Over-The-Top-itude]] several times over, as well as providing a lot more explicit {{Fanservice}}. ''FINAL'' would later be edited into ''The King of Braves [=GaoGaiGar=]: FINAL Grand Glorious Gathering'', a thirteen-episode television version of ''FINAL'' made to strengthen the series' ties to sister-show ''{{Anime/Betterman}}'' and promote the upcoming next installment of the Brave Corps series, which would have been a sequel to ''FINAL''.
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18Unfortunately by this time, interest in the franchise had waned significantly, and the sequel never came to pass. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPTW7MGVqE Another sequel,]] codenamed ''Project Z'', was also ultimately dropped due to said lack of interest. In September 2016, Creator/{{Sunrise}} formed a light novel publishing branch called "Yatate Bunko", with one of the projects released alongside it being ''[[Literature/KingOfKingsGaogaigarVSBetterman The King of Kings: GaoGaiGar vs. Betterman]]'', a novelized version of ''Project Z'' that would go on to have a ComicBookAdaptation and become one of the storylines in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''.
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20The series has also continued to have various merchandise even decades after going off the air, with Kotobukiya designed [[Toys/FrameArmsGirls Cross Frame Girl]] gijinka of [=GaoGaiGar=] and D-Style SuperDeformed versions of the suit, Creator/{{Bandai}} Candy Toys releasing numerous models of robots from the series starting in 2017, and the Bandai Spirits model kit division creating [=GaoGaiGar=] and [=GoldyMarg=] kits in their premier Real Grade line for the series' [[Main/MilestoneCelebration 25th anniversary]].
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22Compare to ''{{Anime/Gunbuster}}'', ''{{Anime/Diebuster}}'', ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', and ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' for more examples of '''[[MemeticMutation COURAGE AND GUTS!]]''' Be sure to also visit ''Anime/GoLion'' and ''Anime/VoltesV'' who could very much be [=GaoGaiGar=]'s spiritual grandparents.
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24Now also has an under construction [[Characters/GaoGaiGar character sheet]].
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28!!This program provides examples of:
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33* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=] has these, and they have the [[DisappearsIntoLight destructive properties of the Goldion Hammer]].
34* AIIsACrapshoot: The main heroes are brave and loyal all the way through, since they're based on trustworthy people or GGG had the sense to socialize with them ''before'' sticking them into combat machines, but both the Zonder Metal and the Sol Eleven are runaway programs. The unusual factor, however, is that the Zonders and Sol Masters aren't acting outside of their programming, merely following it to its logical extreme without care as to the consequences, while the GGG AI all have full autonomy but still choose to be heroic.
35* {{All There in the Manual}}: How did [[spoiler:Kaidou]] make it to Earth in the first place? How did the GGG members first meet? What happened between the first series and FINAL? A ton of stuff that isn't quite explained in the series is fleshed out in the various sourcebooks, mangas, and CD Dramas which came out in Japan. Naturally, none of it is available in English.
36* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Twice. The Zonder that hacked into the base computer, and later the seven Primevals' raid on the Orbit Base.
37* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:The Zonuda disabling all working mecha leads GGG to form [=GaoGaiGar=] by placing the minds of Chouryujin, Gekiryujin and Volfogg into the [=GaoMachines=].]]
38* AnimalMecha: Galeon is a giant mechanical lion.
39** The Genesic Machines, which alongside Galeon, compose Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=], include [=SpiralGao=] and [=StraightGao=], a pair of [[DrillMole moles with drill noses]], which form Genesic's lower legs, [=GadgetGao=], a condor which composes its back, tail, and forearms, [=BrokenGao=], a shark, and [=ProtectGao=], a [[HeroicDolphin dolphin]], who form Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=]'s shoulders and upper arms.
40* AnimalMotifs[=/=] AnimalThemeNaming: Lions. Lots and lots of lions. Anywhere and everywhere possible.
41** The lion motif runs directly in the Shishioh Clan, including Gai's father Leo, Uncle Liger, and cousin Renais. Even Gai's Greek zodiac sign is Leo. To cap it off, Shishioh ''literally means "Lion King."''
42** Rabbits for Mikoto, she calls her hairstyle "The Bunny," and gives a locket with a sticker photo of her with bunny designs to Gai as a love token.
43** Then there's the Ushiyama family with the surname meaning of "Ox Mountain".
44** Swan and her brother Stallion has the names of...a swan and a male horse.
45** Commander Taiga's surname is, like many names, a valid word in kanji... but it ''also'' sounds like the Japanese spelling of "tiger". Ditto Hyuuma, who is very close to the spelling of "puma".
46* AnimeHair: A ''lot'' of our core cast get in on this. Mamoru, Gai, and [[HairAntennae Mikoto]] are probably the big standouts, but quite a few of the cast have some degree of this going on.
47* AnimeThemeSong: '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocX4vWBIdvg&index=3&list=FLRlMOs_TyEOaJTl10lBiwuQ GA GA GA, GA GA GA]]''', '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fW2IK3lnt4&index=1&list=FLRlMOs_TyEOaJTl10lBiwuQ GAO GAI GAR!]]'''''
48* ArcWords: "The Legacy of Cain," and its counterpart "The Curse/Disaster left by Abel."
49* ArtisticLicensePhysics:
50** "WELL NO CRAP", you might be tempted to say. But! Aside from a lot of the super robot heroics and the creative and hilarious violations of physics they come up with to push said heroics along, there's a few places where the writers generally take some liberties in the name of [[RuleOfCool being cool]]:
51** In episode 10, Mamoru and Hana are trapped in a Zonderized deep-sea sub which merges with a military sub and then proceeds into a deep sea trench, and the military sub in particular begins "leaking" from the pressure. Good visual language for ratcheting up the tension, but the problem is, even if the Zonder-sub somehow maintained overall hull integrity despite leaking, and even if it didn't flood enough to outright drown Mamoru & Hana, the resulting ''air pressure differential'' from water displacing the air still would've seriously injured the kids - sub leaks are no joke.
52* AttackReflector: Protect Shade/Wall can repel most attacks, and if it catches energy attacks it sometimes [[ShapingYourAttacks bends the projected energy into the shape of a star.]]
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56* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace:
57** At least four characters were shown in space without having space suits to protect them with no problem. Then again, by FINAL, everyone who has survived is justified by having powers and abilities far beyond the human norm.
58** Justified with Gai. He's a cyborg who doesn't need lungs. He does, however, need air, and carries a limited supply just in case - it's enough to survive a few minutes in a vacuum.
59** Not so much justified with Hyuuma, being able to survive only wearing his standard uniform and a helmet. He doesn't wear a full space suit. Only the helmet.
60** Meanwhile, Mamoru and [[spoiler:Kaidoh]] appear able to create "air pockets" with their vaguely-defined telekinetic abilities, allowing them to carry air from places with actual atmospheres into a vacuum. This even allows others to "ride along", [[spoiler:which is how Mamoru saves his friends in episode 41 and how Hana discovers he's an alien]].
61* BeakAttack: The Will Knife used by Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=], which removes the head of the avian [=GadgetGao=], places it on Genesic's hand, and folds a large blade out of the head.
62* {{BFS}}: Really, it's a Big Fucking Hammer, [[spoiler: ''two'', actually]], but the principle applies. Also, in a potential subversion, Gai's personal weapon is a main gauche-sized Will Knife — it's fairly big for a knife, but it's still a dagger-size weapon with a blade not even a foot long. Granted, it also gets stronger as Gai's willpower also gets stronger.
63** Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=] receives one in the form of the Will Knife.
64* BGMOverride: The [=GaoGaiGar=] combining theme gets spliced in between that of King J-Der in #42.
65* BigDamnHeroes:
66** Pretty much sums up Choryujin's whole personality. You can't really argue this point about someone who will [[spoiler:put themselves in the path of an apocalyptic asteroid, not to mention your opponent's FinishingMove, without a moment's hesitation.]]
67** Also? ''Mamoru'' in episode 40, bursting through the floor of the Main Order Room while riding Galeon to rescue the GGG bridge crew from the Ear and Nail Primevals. He'd mostly been the TagAlongKid up until that point.
68** Before ''either'' of those, the BigEntrance of [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn Soldato J]]]] and his massive warship. They utterly ''dominate'' the first three Primevals (who had just [[spoiler:delivered a CurbStompBattle and NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on [=GaoGaiGar=]]]) and purifies two of them.
69* BOOMHeadshot: The first use of the Broken Magnum plows straight through EI-02's face, forcing it to take a moment to pull its head back together...''just'' in time to get socked right in the jaw! Seen in Kajetokun's "0ver 9000!" video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr3BeVDlP88 here]].
70* BoringYetPractical: For [[ThisIsADrill a given definition]] of "boring", the [[SpectacularSpinning Broken Magnum]] runs on this. Because it spins in two different directions (except [[spoiler:Genesic's version, which only uses the hand spinning one way, rather than including the forearm which spins the other way]]), it can bore a hole through any Zonder, destroying its barrier in the process - and softening it up for a FinishingMove.
71* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter G]]: ''Every'' single official thing starts with G.
72** A looser variation, everyone whose names starts with a P (except for Papillion) is on the wrong team.
73* BunnyEarsLawyer: [=GGG=]. All of them.
74* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: Equip, Fusion, Final Fusion, System Change, Symmetrical Docking, among others. The "Perfect Yell" version of the [[AnimeThemeSong main theme]] is basically the double full-version song featuring all the major examples of the trope in the series.
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78* CallingYourAttacks:
79** Whenever the Goldion Hammer is used, Gai lets out a hellacious ''HIKARI NI NAREEEE!!!!''
80** '''[[IKnowMaddenKombat TITAN HEAD]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome DRIVER!!]]'''
81** Gai's initial finishing move is prefaced with a roar of "HELL AND HEAVEN! Gemu giru gan go gufou! VITAS!"
82* ChestBlaster: The Japanese Dragons' Chest Thriller and Warmer. The Chinese Dragons, though having chest controls for their Feng Dao Dan and Lai attacks, do not actually attack via their chests. The French Dragons have [[spoiler:ExplosiveOverclocking generators in theirs]] instead, which disqualifies them from the trope.
83* ColonyDrop: Primeval ZX-06 - the brain satellite - tries to drop several asteroids on the Earth.
84* CombatClairvoyance: ZX-10, the Eye Primeval, can predict enemy movement with great accuracy and speed; since the Eye lacks offensive capabilities of its own, it relies on its kin, such as the Arm Primeval, to act on those predictions.
85* CombatPragmatist: When you sucker-punch your enemy before he's had a chance to recover from ''putting his head back together'' (and in the first episode, no less), any claims to [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen fighting like a gentleman]] go right out the window.
86* CombiningMecha: As the combined mecha mostly act and are treated as separate entities than the combinees, maybe the mecha account for half the cast.
87* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Mic Sounders. He's a silly character who speaks in GratuitousEnglish and is the most childish member of the cast. He looks like a giant wind-up toy, or possibly a walking vending machine, and doesn't seem to have any attacks. [[spoiler:And he doesn't...in his Cosmo Robo mode, at least. When he System Changes to Boom Robo mode, he gains access to ThePowerOfRock, with different music discs giving him different powers. Disc M interferes with electronics using microwave beams, while Disc P boosts the power output and efficiency of nearby GS-ride systems. And then there's Disc X. Disc X allows Mic to access his Solitary Wave system, which basically causes destructive resonance on a molecular level. It can be 'tuned' to only destroy a specific type of matter, such as Zonder Metals, but otherwise it simply destroys ''everything''. Basically, the disc system and Cosmo Robo only exist as safety interlocks that prevent the Solitary Wave Risers from being activated without several confirmations, lest Mic cause an EarthShatteringKaboom.]]
88* CuckooNest: ZX-06 tries to trap Gai in an illusion that the entire series to date was AllJustADream. It lasts for about a minute before he snaps out of it.
89* CurbStompBattle: [=GaoGaiGar=] vs EI-14, Gai/Renais/[=GaoFighGar=] vs. Gimlet/Gimlet Empereur, [[spoiler: and on the flip side, the first 3 Primevals vs. [=GaoGaiGar=], which is then replaced by King J-Der wiping the floor with said Primevals with minimal effort.]])
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93* DangerousForbiddenTechnique:
94** About a third of the way through the series, it's revealed that the OnceAnEpisode FinishingMove Hell and Heaven puts too much strain on Gai to be used safely, and they start to use the Goldion Hammer instead, and Hell & Heaven is restricted to only the most desperate situations (in which case it [[SoLastSeason usually fails]].) In ''FINAL'', Hell and Heaven goes back to being the FinishingMove after episode 3, when [[spoiler:Goldymarg is destroyed by Repli-[=GaoGaiGar=].]]
95** [[spoiler: Projectile X]] is also revealed to be one of these during [[spoiler:the final battle with EI-01.]] While giving the Braves the power to overcome and ultimately destroy [[spoiler:their (presumed to be, at the time) ultimate foe]], they knew very well that they had next-to-no-chance of surviving the use of it.
96%%* DeathIsCheap: To begin with, but less so as the series goes on. Much less.
97* {{Determinator}}: Actually written into the bylaws of the Gutsy Geoid Guard. "Article 5, Section 120: ... Under no circumstances must a GGG member ever give up."
98** Exemplified by [=ChoRyuJin=] MULTIPLE times. [[spoiler:Getting [=GaoGaiGar=] out of the Grand Nova, stopping the Dino-Killer Asteroid from hitting earth about 65 million years late, using himself to shield Tokyo University from a high-powered cannon shell, ''putting himself right in the path of Repli-[=GaoGaiGar=]'s Hell And Heaven'']]...yeah, like I said. Multiple times.
99* DiabolusExNihilo: The [[spoiler:Zonuda]] shows up practically out of thin air in the final episode with little foreshadowing. The "almost" is only there because the last OnTheNext hinted that the fight wasn't over just yet.
100* DisappearsIntoLight: [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]]: '''HIKARI NI NAREEEE!!!!'''
101** Subverted quite often, actually...usually the core gets ripped out for purification, leaving the hammer's target to survive while Robo-form makes the grand exit from reality. This doesn't apply if you're the BigBad at the time, however. Not by a ''long'' shot.
102* TheDreaded: Implied with King J-Der, who the Primevals refer to as 'the Disaster Left By Abel' and gave a threat level of 100 when he arrived.
103* DrillTank: [=DrillGao=].
104** [=StraightGao=] and [=SpiralGao=] could also qualify, though they're more of mecha-moles than actual drill-tanks. They serve the same main purpose, though: To become [=GaoGaiGar=]'s feet and be destroyed in combat.
105* DwindlingParty: In episode 47, [[spoiler: when flying through the Z-Master, each Brave Robot stays behind to fight a Primeval, eventually dwindling down to [=GaoGaiGar=].]]
106* DynamicEntry: Two epic examples occur practically back-to-back in episodes 39/40. First, Soldato-J inadvertently saves Gai by ''riding a missile through a wall'' to fight the Arm and Eye Primevals. In the opening sequence of the very next episode, ''Mamoru'' bursts through the floor of the Main Order Room riding Galeon to rescue Mikoto and the GGG bridge crew from the Nail and Ear Primevals.
107-->'''[[TagAlongKid Mamoru:]]''' [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet Fight me]], [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome Primevals!]]
108** Soldato-J's first appearance in the anime was a hell of a Dynamic Entry. The first 3 Primevals [[spoiler:stand over the tattered, defeated remains of the titular mecha]], seemingly invincible...and then a single volley of the J-Ark's lasers [[BoomHeadshot completely frags one of them.]] J even comments that said volley [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill may have been too much.]]
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112* ElementalPowers: The Dragon siblings all have [[RedOniBlueOni contrasting]] elemental powers. [=HyoRyu=] and [=EnRyu=] have [[AnIcePerson ice]] and [[PlayingWithFire fire]], [=FuRyu=] and [=RaiRyu=] have [[BlowYouAway wind]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning]], and [=KoRyu=] and [=AnRyu=] have [[LightEmUp light]] and [[CastingAShadow darkness]].
113* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:THE POWER]]. Of course, the villain gets to use it too...
114* {{Engrish}}:
115** A fair bit used throughout the series, especially for the stock sequences and weapon summons/approval sequences. Swan and Mic do it as well, and there's one episode beginning, taking place in America, where the actors are all speaking very bad Engrish instead of Japanese.
116** Now the ''written'' English is a different story. All technical information (like statistics) is written in English and is surprisingly good. It's easier to use the Roman alphabet on digital screens than kana, as seen in ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Words like "DANGER", "EMERGENCY", "READY", "GO", "STOP", etc. are well-known enough to most native Japanese, including the core audience of kids. However, there are a few slip-ups such as "[[AC:Ultra Technorogy Laboratory]]" and "[[AC:Projejectile-X]]" in the eyecatches.
117* EmotionsVersusStoicism: The show explicitly runs on the idea that "courage erases the first two letters from 'impossible'" and Gutsy Geoid Guard has "never give up" written into their bylaws, but no one's silly enough to allow a 30 meter tall robot run around Tokyo without a really good plan behind its actions.
118** And then there's Hyoryu and Enryu's argument over which one of them would be better at guarding Mamoru in public, which sounds like a textbook example of the trope.
119* EpilepticFlashingLights: The first half can be rather bad about this, particularly when Pasder and the Zonderians are engaging in their OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness shenanigans. You will notice, however, that the flashing effects go away to a ''significant'' degree during the course of the show's run, and vanish entirely for the finale. This is due to an interesting bit of historical serendipity - ''GGG'', you see, was a broadcast ''contemporary'' of the original [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon anime]] and "Electric Soldier Porygon" aired toward the end of the show's run. There had already been concerns raised about flashing effects (you can see them gradually drift away during the show's run, probably due to viewer feedback about the show itself) and then, for the finale, you can almost ''see'' the points where there were likely hasty edits made to [[spoiler:the Z Master and Zonuda fights]] to comply with the massive public backlash.
120* EvilKnockoff: In one episode, a Zonder absorbs several spare [=GaoMachines=] and becomes an evil [[TheHero GaoGaiGar]].
121* EvolutionaryLevels: Near the end of the series, the G-Stone supposedly turns both Gai and his girlfriend Mikoto to the "final evolution of humanity", called "Evoluders." Both their new powers are quite vaguely defined, in any case.
122** At the end of FINAL, Gai was taken even further. [[spoiler: After performing Final Fusion between Genesic Galeon and the Genesic Machines to create Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=], he became a Genesic Server, with circuits of white flashing across his body at regular intervals, leading to his eyes - every time a pulse traveled along his body into his eyes, the pupils would flash with a G symbol. And this actually was defined as being his link to Genesic's systems - when Gai activated one of the Gadget Tools onboard [=GadgetGao=] a pulse would flow out of his eyes and along his body just before the tool activated.]]
123* ExpositoryThemeTune: And how...
124* EvolvingCredits: Every few episodes of the original series they re-cut new characters and devices in. Even moreso in FINAL, where every episode has a slightly different opening.
125* {{Expy}}:
126** Pizza is a clear homage to ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}''[='=]s Jet Link/002. To drive the point home, [[spoiler:his full designation is Soldato J 002]].
127** One could also argue that Liner Gao is a shout-out to an older Braves series, ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', in which the ''entirety'' of the team could transform into trains, primarily Shinkansen-style ones. Interestingly, that series' protagonist, a 15-year-old train magnate billionaire, was voiced by [[Creator/NobuyukiHiyama the same person]] who later voiced Gai Shishioh in ''this'' series.
128** Some of the robots look so much like Generation 1 {{Franchise/Transformers}} they're often mistaken for Autobots by those not familiar with the series. For good reason, though – about the only thing missing is the red insignia and the 5-tone transformation sound.
129* {{Eyecatch}}: Combined perfectly with SchematizedProp, telling you anything and everything you could want to know (unless it's classified) about everything from Swan's mini-bus to the titular mecha to the Orbital Base...even a number of the villains! Carried over to ''FINAL'' as well.
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133* FauxlosophicNarration: Taken to rather funny levels when in the middle of a battle it will pause to do this, explaining the battle moves over a ThemeMusicPowerUp.
134* {{Fanservice}}: Swan White, the [[GorgeousGaijin American member]] of GGG, starts to pick up a fanservice role around the same time the show matures. FINAL also has a good deal more fanservice than the regular series, with several of the female characters wearing skimpy clothing or being depicted nude-with-[[GodivaHair hair covering certain areas]] at various points. Not to mention the fact that one of the major antagonists of FINAL is ''very'' explicitly a dominatrix... It also had another bit of [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench French]] foreign fanservice in form of Renais.
135%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
136* GoneHorriblyWrong: Zonder Metal was invented as a method to control negative emotions. After an accident, it became a device that fed off of negative emotions, turning the victim into a bio-technological lifeform in the shape of the source of their distress, or whatever vehicle/device they integrated into their form.
137* GracefulLandingClumsyLanding: [=HyoRyu=] and [=EnRyu=], respectively. Carries over to [=FuRyu=] and [=RaiRyu=] as well, since they were built based on the former pair's template.
138* GrandFinale: Three, actually-two in the series, then one in FINAL.
139** The show itself is one to the Brave Series.
140* GratuitousEnglish: "Goldion Hammer! Safety Device RELIIIIIEVE!!" Also Gratuitous French, by Renais. The entirety of NASA speaks in heavily accented English. Mic Sounders the 13th, being a product of NASA, lapses into English quite often.
141** Inverted into GratuitousJapanese in the dub, where Mic Sounders' power-boosting song is changed into Japanese when he normally speaks exclusively in English.
142* GravityMaster: The Arm Primeval's gravity shockwaves, and the similar blasts used by P-Vater of the Planetary Masters in FINAL.
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146* HealingShiv:
147** [=ChoRyuJin=]'s Eraser Head is a missile...that dissipates energy. Used repeatedly in BigDamnHeroes moments to negate would-be nasty explosions or techniques.
148** Also, the Dividing Driver is a giant screwdriver that compresses space so that the ensuing giant robot battle will not destroy a large chunk of the city.
149* HeroicBSOD: Subverted with Mamoru partway through the series. You'd think that having his ability to sense and purify Zonders being useless against the Primevals would be a huge downer for him, but his reasoning and reaction to it in his classroom comes off more as ''relief'', even though he'd still like to be able to help his GGG friends. [[spoiler: Galeon and Cain take care of that problem a few episodes later.]]
150** Played straight a few episodes later, when he finds out [[spoiler:that he's an alien]]. Screws him up somewhat worse for a while, until he decides that, regardless of what he is, he's gonna protect the people important to him.
151* HesBack: BigDamnHeroes + this trope = Episode 34. After being put practically into stasis from their battle with EI-01 and having their base annihilated by the first 3 Primevals, Volfogg, [=HyoRyu=], [=EnRyu=], [=Goldymarg=], and the King of Braves himself all come roaring back and show the new {{Big Bad}}s that messing with the Gutsy Galaxy Guard was a HUGE mistake.
152* HeyYouHaymaker: Gai delivers an EPIC one in the final battle against the Machine Kings:
153-->'''Gai:''' Hey Pizza! '''[[FinishingMove HIKARI]] NI [[DisappearsIntoLight NARE!!!]]'''
154* HoistByHisOwnPetard: This happened prior to the series to the people of the Purple Planet. The Zonder Metal was originally intended as an anti-depressant and stress-reliever. And it would've worked, if they hadn't made it sentient too.
155* HotBlooded: All of them...''All Of Them.''
156** At the beginning of ''FINAL'', we are introduced to hot blood king Koutarou Taiga's replacement as GGG chief, Yaginuma. He existed so that Taiga could make a dramatic return at the appropriate moment while still having someone to approve [=GaoFighGar=]'s Final Fusion and Goldion Hammer, but... did they have to make him slow, quiet, understated, and analyzing? The contrast is genuinely shocking.
157* HumanAliens: As made clear from as early as episode 3, [[spoiler:Mamoru and Kaidoh]] are so biologically similar to humans in their regular state that, even under close scrutiny, they are indistinguishable from Earthlings. [[spoiler: Whatever generates the fairy-like wings or makes their hair react to Zonders is evidently not immediately identifiable.]] The wider series never really tries to explain ''why'' they're so massively similar to humans.
158* HumongousHeadedHammer: The eponymous mecha possesses the Goldion Hammer, a hammer with a head as large as the titular HumongousMecha. In addition to the force created by its sheer mass, the hammer creates an artificial gravity well at the point of impact that reduces all matter it strikes into photons. But this power also meant that [=GaoGaiGar=] couldn't wield the hammer without damaging itself until it's incorporated into [=GoldyMarg's=] Marg Arm system.
159* InconsistentDub: Pinchernone's laugh [[note]]BREEEEE vs. a rapidfire HAHAHAHAH[[/note]], the amount of vocoding used by the mecha members, and pronunciation of names [[note]][=GaoGaiGar=] is often pronounced [=GaoGai"Ger"=][[/note]] vary between episodes in the English dub.
160* ItsPersonal:
161** It was personal from before the beginning of the series, after [[spoiler:EI-01 slammed into the shuttle Gai was piloting, nearly killed him, and did kill his girlfriend's family]].
162** Forty-eight episodes later, after the [[TheManBehindTheMan force behind the Zonders]] has been destroyed...[[spoiler:Mikoto is forced to become the next evolution of Zonder-esque machine lifeform]].
163* TheJuggernaut: Goldymarg.
164* {{Leitmotif}}: Pretty much every robot (and several villains) has one, including Gai, Renais, Mamoru, Arma, and Soldat J.
165* LensmanArmsRace: Linked with the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil. As the Zonders got progressively more powerful over the course of the series, GGG started busting out bigger and flashier tech to counter them. This gets taken to its logical conclusion in FINAL with the debut of [[spoiler:the Goldion Crusher, a weapon specifically designed to kill planet-sized enemies like the BigBad of the TV series.]]
166* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: In episode 23, when Mic Sounders 13th's BigDamnHeroes moment... [[EpicFail isn't]].
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170* MagicalParticleAccelerator: The Goldion Hammer, a giant ''toy hammer''-shaped weapon that uses a massive artificial gravity well contained within to accelerate any enemy it hits to the speed of light, instantly turning every last particle of it into [[DisappearsIntoLight pure photons]].
171* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: Inverted in the second half of the series when the seven most powerful villains show up to challenge the heroes. The fan translation of the series even refers to them as the "Magnificent 7 Machine World Primevals".
172* ManlyTears: At the end of the TV series, as [[spoiler:Mamoru and Galeon leave Earth]], Hyuuma's salute cannot hide these.
173* MeaningfulName: Gai Shishioh means "Triumph/Victorious" and "Lion King" respectively, while his superhero identities (Cyborg Guy and Evoluder Guy, respectively) play off the sound of his name for a Pun. Soldato means "Soldier". Mikoto means "command" or "prince", and can be read as "inochi", meaning "life", [[spoiler:And the episode in which Mikoto is turned into the New Machine Species, Zonuda, is actually titled "Inochi".]]
174** And, as his father points out late in the series, Mamoru means "to protect".
175** All the dragon siblings' names mean "{{Elemental Power|s}} + Dragon."
176*** And the dragon-gods' names, "Super Dragon God" ([=ChouRyuJin=]), "Attacking Dragon God" ([=GekiRyuJin=]), "Phantom Dragon God" ([=GenRyuJin=]), "Mighty Dragon God" ([=GouRyuJin=]), and finally "Heavenly Dragon Goddess" ([=TenRyuJin=]).
177* MerchandiseDriven:
178** Like all the Brave Series shows, ''GGG'' started out as this. Its second half becomes markedly less so (although there's still a bit of time given over to making the J-Ark and the second set of Ryu twins look cool to sell their part of the toy line) due, seemingly, to the decision to end the franchise overall, giving the production crew the latitude they needed to (ironically) etch the show's place in history in stone.
179** Most notably, a few of the ''early'' episodes are clearly much moreso. To wit:
180*** The "Gao Brace" that Gai can use to call Galeon to his side was sold as its own separate toy, and the early episodes make sure it gets used OncePerEpisode, StockFootage and all, to show it off. As soon as the focus on the toyline advertising moved on to other items, the writing team promptly proceeded to ''ignore'' the Brace's existence most of the time, since narratively it just made more sense for Galeon to, y'know, deploy ''right alongside'' Gai, rendering the idea of having to "call" him moot.
181*** As noted on the trivia page (and as you can see in the linked video below), the Gai action figure was... odd, with partially translucent armor and a bit of a focus on Gai's "Machine Heart" and the ability to open his chestplate to show it off. Episode 2 gives us an obligatory look at Gai mid-conversion, using the translucent body shell, and the first episode shows off the Machine Heart when he opens his left chestplate to check his energy levels... and the show then goes right back to using his usual armored design, and he typically opens his ''right'' chestplate for utility functions, quite sensibily keeping his ''goshdang '''heart''''' well-armored.
182** There's also some weird ''aversions'', possibly because Takara was unhappy with the initial sales and decided to scale back the merchandise plan once the initial numbers came in. The biggest is the Pliers: you know how they get multiple episodes to show off? How they get [[StockFootage a transformation sequence]] that's used, like, twice in order to show kids how to make them form the Dimension Pliers? ''No toy whatsoever'' during the show's initial run. They would only get collector-focused toys years later. Also, you know how [=StealthGao=] eventually gets an upgraded version, with the iconic big engines with the rings that's an obvious upgrade for your [=GaoGaiGar=] toy, sold separately? ''Nope, actually not for sale!'' That was another one that would only come in via collector-focused diecast toys in the new millennium (which was, in fact, much-trumpeted).
183*** Also, in a likely oddity for Americans (who might think of something like ''GI Joe'' or Lego with all their location toys), there were basically no "playsets" released for the show. Despite the Bay Tower Base and Orbit Base being iconic to the show and the various detachable service ships being highly recognizable and potentially toyetic, none of them were released as toys over the run (or even since). Granted, this is partially down to scale concerns (the DX GGG sets during the run were pretty big on their own), but even the rest of the cast lacked action figures scaled to Gai. The only "playset" was a print cardboard Big Order Room that you could mail in for with enough "Brave Points" from the boxes of the other toys.
184** It's also worth noting that there were no toys made of the villains ''at all'', which is part of why their designs can get so wild and varied, especially in the second half.
185** If you're curious, you can find an archive of the toy commercials contemporary to the show's run [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtVmGRcBOyg here]]!
186* {{Narrator}}: Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi narrates the series.
187* NeverTellMeTheOdds: Over and over and over. Koutarou Taiga kicks it off in the first episode with the iconic line, "With courage, even 1% becomes 100%!"
188* NoIndoorVoice: You could retitle this series "Yelling: the Anime". Almost everybody in this entire goddamn series at some point either screams and/or shouts like they're trying to break the sound barrier.
189* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Good work hoarding all the Primeval cores, Soldato J! It's not like the enemy can take them all back in one fell swoop.
190* {{Ninja}}: Volfogg. That is all.
191** Also his Sol Master counterpart in FINAL.
192* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Volfogg is a robot ninja.
193** Meanwhile, his rival Penchinon is a pirate robot.
194** The Zonders in general can be thought of as a kind of zombie-robots.
195* NoOntologicalInertia: The mechanization of earth immediately reverses itself after Z-Master is destroyed.
196* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchphrase:
197** "Final Fusion Approved!"
198** TheStinger: "[[SomedayThisWillComeInHandy THIS]] will be the key to victory!"
199* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: When the Primevals use a portal to send an asteroid that could ''mimic'' the one that killed the dinosaurs, [[spoiler:[=ChouRyuJin=]'s HeroicSacrifice causes him to push the asteroid back up the portal and ''back in time'', so that it DOES kill the dinosaurs.]]
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203%%* PhotoprotoneutronTorpedo
204* PowerCrystal:
205** G-Stones actually convert positive emotions, most notably courage, into energy. The J-Jewel, being a replicated version of the G-Stone, probably works similarly.
206** Zonder Metal counts too: it converts stress and other negative emotions into energy.
207* PowerGlows: Using the [[DisappearsIntoLight Goldion Hammer]] not only makes [=GaoGaiGar=] shine golden, but Gai's armor and hair turn yellow inside the mecha when he performs the attack.
208** [[YinYangBomb Hell and Heaven]] makes [=GaoGaiGar=] glow a teal color.
209* ThePowerOfFriendship: The series finale [[spoiler:with the [=GaoMachines=] driven by the minds of [=ChouRyuJin=], [=GekiRyuJin=], and Volfogg, and ''then'' used to form [=GaoGaiGar=] also counts]].
210* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:It's what turns Gai and Mikoto into Evoluders.]]
211* ThePowerOfRock: The entire identity of Mic Sounders the 13th.
212** Also Percurio, who fights with the Power Of Big Band.
213* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Soldat J.
214* {{Precision|FStrike}} GratuitousEnglish [[PrecisionFStrike F Strike]]: Yes, they did this in a children's anime with Swan and Mic.
215* ThePsychoRangers: The 11 Planetary Masters of Sol, who all have analogues in members of GGG.
216* {{Pun}}: Kotaro Taiga has a golf club that he calls the Taiga Wood. ''Yeah''.
217* PunctuatedForEmphasis: GAO! GAI/FAI! GAAAAAARRRR!!!!
218* PunnyName: As also listed in meaningful Name above, how "Gai" sounds in Japanese is the same as how "Guy" sounds in English, thus the staff used this for a theme pun where Gai uses that for his superhero name in the series, becoming literally "the Cyborg Guy". in FINAL, this is changed to "Evoluder Guy". This has resultantly caused a FanDumb argument over mistranslation of Gai's name ever since, despite Media Blaster's original translation quantifying which spelling of the word was used when.
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222* RammingAlwaysWorks: Yes, the J-Phoenix is technically covering the J-Ark in a flame when doing so (basically burning its Generating Armor), but it doesn't change the fact that the technique was essentially just ramming them.
223** Also Hell and Heaven to a degree, since it's basically just smashing into an opponent fists-first.
224** [=DaiKaiTen-DaiMadan=] also falls under this category, since it's basically just Big Volfogg putting on a full-strength Mirror Coating and then charging through an opponent.
225** Hyuuma has a bad habit of resorting to this tactic way too quickly after the Primevals show up. The first time he wants to go for it, he's cut off by [[spoiler: the series' ultimate HesBack moment, aka the triumphant return of the Mobile Unit]], while the second time....it just plain doesn't work.
226** This + ExplosiveOverclocking + Volfogg's [[spoiler: avoided HeroicSacrifice]] = How [[spoiler: the Multidimensional Super-Intelligence Submarine [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome took out Penchinon]]]].
227%%* {{Reconstruction}}: Deliberately made as a statement in opposition to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
228* RecurringRiff: [[AnimeThemeSong Yuusha-Oh Tanjou]] is the backbone of the FINAL soundtrack. Everything else is a remix from the original series.
229** And then there's the famous Tower Bridge Riff, straight from Power of Desire.
230* RedOniBlueOni: [=EnRyu=] and [=HyoRyu=]; Mamoru and Ikumi/Alma; Gai and Soldato-J.
231** Mamoru and Gai to Ikumi/Alma and Soldato-J is ironic, since the ones who glow red are the Blue Onis while the ones who glow green are the ones who should be the Red Onis.
232* RedShirtArmy: The Mic Sounders brigade exists mainly to be brutally destroyed. Several times. Funnily enough, the only one of them that is red is part of the main cast [[spoiler:and is the only one to make it to the end.]].
233* ReflectingLaser: EI-01 uses massive numbers of computers under his control to calculate the angles to fire beams at pieces of metal so that they always strike a target dead-on. [=TenRyuJin=]'s Dance of Light and Darkness uses a similar principle, though she finds the calculations [[DifficultButAwesome awfully tedious]].
234* {{Robeast}}s: Zonder Robos, and a number of the Earth-bound Primevals.
235* RobotHair: Galeon's [[MechanicalLifeforms normal form is a Lion]] with a mechanical mane facsimile, which is expanded by [=StealthGao=]/[=GadgetGao=]'s landing gear during Final Fusion. Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=] actually has flowing hair made out of strings of batteries.
236* RocketPunch: Broken Magnum and Phantom - what would a {{Reconstruction}} be without one?
237* RuleOfCool: But only if it doesn't conflict with logical consistency.
238* RunningGag: Several, such as [=EnRyu=] never being able to [[GracefulLandingClumsyLanding land properly]].
239** Anytime Hana's walking that oversized dog of hers, [[DogWalksYou shit happens]].
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243* SchematizedProp: One free in every {{Eyecatch}}.
244** 2, actually...one on either end of the commercial break. They're all different, too!
245** The FINAL ones, taking the LensmanArmsRace into reasonable consideration, start reading a bit more exasperated towards the end. [[ReadingsAreOffTheScale The poor cataloger has no idea what to make of Genesic GaoGaiGar.]]
246* SensoryAbuse: Several scenes, especially the ones involving the machine lords, involve constant flashing lights. This can make the series difficult to watch for those sensitive to such things.
247* SharedUniverse: Strangely enough, the [[RealRobotGenre real robot]] horror series ''{{Anime/Betterman}}'' takes place in the same universe as [=GaoGaiGar=].
248* ShootTheMedicFirst: Liver is the first of the Magnificent 7 Primevals to be purified.
249* ShoutOut
250** Several to ''Series/UltraSeven''. Ayame's custom phone is Dan Moroboshi's Ultra Eye henshin device, the scene in Episode 48 where [[spoiler:Hana reveals to the class that Mamoru is the green-haired boy]] is almost line-for-line from ''Ultra Seven'''s final episode, as is [[spoiler:Kaidou]]'s conversation with Hana in Episode 3 of FINAL.
251** Episode 5 has the kids playing a handheld game on their school bus, and a look at Hana's screen reveals what looks a heck of a lot like a [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Koffing]]. (Making this even funnier is that the episode aired ''exactly'' one calendar month (March 1st vs. April 1st) before the first episode of the ''Pokemon'' anime!)
252** The MonsterOfTheWeek in Episode 14 is basically a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Zaku]].
253** Pizza's long nose and love of the sky is a shout-out to [[Manga/{{Cyborg009}} Cyborg 002]]. He also resembles [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard]] in human form and the [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Gatchaman]] symbol in Zonder form. Also, see ActorAllusion.
254** #25 has a pair of Zonder ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Angels]]'', with appropriately nightmarish attacks.
255** #38 has Gai slip into a LotusEaterMachine, in a sequence involving ''Evangelion''-worthy visuals and audio.
256** One of the Zonders, specifically the EvilKnockoff of [=GaoGaiGar=], uses the [[Anime/MazingerZ Big Swing]] RocketPunch.
257** Gai's civilian garb in #24 is that of Hayato Ichimonji[=/=]Series/KamenRider 2, right down to the henshin belt buckle.
258** Also in the 14.5 scenario during the video game Blockaded Numbers, Gai's outfit is that of Ichiro from ''[[Series/{{Kikaider}} Kikaider 01]]''.
259** At the start of ''FINAL'' one of Mamoru's friends can be seen on the bow of his parents boat shouting "[[Film/{{Titanic1997}} DiCaprio!]]"
260** Mamoru [[spoiler:and Kaido]] likely owe their evil-detecting-reactive-hair to ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro''.
261** King J-der's "main battery" guns are anti-meson cannons. This is the exact same type of weapon used by the Martians in the 1953 film version of ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
262** [=GaoGaiGar=]'s overall design is based on ''[[Anime/FutureRobotDaltanious Daltanious]]'', as both robots have a lion motif and sharing a similar color-scheme. Also, Galeon is heavily based on Beralios. Considering that they're both sentient robot lions and are the main components to their series' main mecha.
263* SomethingPerson: Gai's Superhero Identities of Cyborg Guy and Evoluder Guy.
264* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The Zonders start out threatening to destroy city hall and move upwards from there; by the show's halfway mark GGG is warding off TheTokyoFireball nearly every episode. The Primevals up the stakes yet again by threatening large-scale climate change, meteor impacts, and similar ApocalypseHow nastiness before being one-upped once and for all by the Sol Masters and their plan to regenerate the Trinary Solar System by destroying our universe.
265* SpaceWhaleAesop: In the first episode. Filling landfills with excessive trash will cause Zonders to create a monster out of them! [[FelonyMisdemeanor And throwing out perfectly serviceable microwave ovens and fridges give it destructive microwave and freezing attacks!]]
266* SpectacularSpinning: ''"Broken Magnum!"'' ''"Hissatsu! Dai-kaiten Madan!"'' [=GaoGaiGar=] can also spin the Goldion Hammer to deflect attacks, sometimes.
267* [[SpoilerOpening Spoiler Closing]]: The ending theme song to the TV series actually foreshadows [[spoiler:Mamoru's leaving Earth at the end of the series. There's even an image of him and Galleon on an alien world which must take place after the end of the series since he has his pendent, and the sequence ends with a shot of his parents waiting for him to come home.]]
268** There's a retroactive spoiler of sorts in the second version of the opening, as well. Thankfully, you won't realise it's always been there until [[spoiler:around the final battle]], and even then, it's pretty minor. [[spoiler:During the first opening, the part where they're singing about the G-Stone uses the word "mamoru"("protect"), which is the name of a character. During the second opening, the part describing the G-Stone no longer uses Mamoru's name... but instead uses "kizuna" ("bond").]] See the FridgeBrilliance page for more info.
269* StealthHiBye: Volfogg is fond of these. The fact he's a friggin' GIANT ROBOT and is able to pull them off is a testament of how mindblowingly awesome he is.
270* StockFootage: A lot, but used intelligently for once. You really start to suspect [[spoiler:Mic's]] motives when he's going through GGG's Zonder footage, for example.
271** On the other hand, one episode has [=ChoRyuJin=] fire more than 10 Eraser Heads. We don't have to see them all, though, but watching the same animation 5 times in an episode...it gets old.
272*** FreezeFrameBonus: If you look closely you'll see that the Eraser Heads get progressively larger as the episode goes on.
273** Fusion, Final Fusion, System Change, Symmetrical Docking, and Sanmiitai all have their own stock-footage as well.
274** Just about every single attack ever used, even by some of the bad-guys.
275* SuperMode: Hyper Mode in Cyborg Guy's case. One tug of the battery-canisters on either side of his head and BAM, 3 minutes of high-octane ass-kicking. Demonstrated numerous times to be able to work on [=GaoGaiGar=] as well, especially at the end of FINAL, when we find out, via a split-second showing, that Genesic's "hair" is actually a few ''million'' of those same canisters.
276** Similarly, the G-Stone and J-Jewel can activate each others' Super Modes, demonstrated in ''FINAL'' with J and Renais.
277* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: This series is one of the few Super Robot shows to examine the dangers of piloting a combining mecha. During the second episode, [=GaoGaiGar=] has to be disassembled carefully with each part needing to be cut off independently, and its revealed that the mech has received ''heavy'' internal damage due to the poorly-timed combining sequence. In fact, [=GaoGaiGar=] took more damage from the combining process than it did the Zonder!
278* SuperRobotGenre: By the end of FINAL, about half the cast are robots. [=HyoRyu=], [=EnRyu=], Volfogg, Mic Sounders, [=FuuRyu=], [=RaiRyu=], Soldat-J (Cyborg, but close enough), Renais (also a cyborg), Galeon, Gai, [=KoRyu=], [=AnRyu=], [=GunGlue=], [=GunDober=] (albeit the last two not having a single line throughout the entire series).
279** Gai may disqualify, since he's an Evoluder, and not a Cyborg any longer.
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283* TechnologyPorn: Where do we start? It's a highly epic toy commercial, so all the robots are made of this. On top of that, the Narrator also lovingly describes how every one of the Hero's devices operate.
284* TheManBehindTheMan: The 31 Primevals.
285* ThemeMusicPowerUp: "GA-GA-GA GA-GA-GA GAOGAIGAR!" Also, "Saikyou Yuusha Robo Gundan" for the rest of the team.
286** FINAL had Saikyou Yuusha Robo Gundan ''Ladies'' for the... well... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LQrCSbfGGo Ladies]]
287** And lest we forget, the show plays the trope far straighter than anything has a right to: when Mic Sounders sings "Power of Desire," [[ThePowerOfRock every robot in the main cast within earshot gets a powerup]]. No, really. He also uses it to [[spoiler:help out Repli-Mamoru by knocking out Swan/Raiga/Stallion or riffing it out on the Tower Bridge to destroy Pericurio.]]
288** There's also "Yuuki aru Tatakai", which is pretty much the signal for the heroes to unleash hell (with the expectation that they won't survive it). Most notably used when [[spoiler:Projectile X powers up everyone for a final showdown with Pasder]] and in ''FINAL'' [[spoiler:during Genesic Gaogaigar's NoHoldsBarredBeatDown of Palparepa]].
289** When ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xa-hCJdx0I Final Fusion]]'' starts playing, evil is about to be ass-beaten by the '''POWER OF COURAGE!!!'''
290** Done gorgeously with "[[http://www.esnips.com/doc/79996767-8c09-4150-9a86-07c535c235e4/21-Dividing-Driver Dividing Driver]]" during the last episode of FINAL.
291** There's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uzud3ZZkzs J]] for when Soldat-J uses J-Phoenix in FINAL.
292* ThemeNaming:
293** A lot of the villains' names begin with "P". Pasder, Polonaise, Pizza, Primada, Pinchernone, Pagliaccio, Palparepa, Pillnus, Pia Decem, Palus Abel, Pei La Cain, Pisa Sol, Percurio, P-Vater, Polturn, Puranus, Ptulone. Papillon and Piggy are the only exceptions.
294** Also, note the names of many of the good guys: Gai '''Shishioh''', '''Leo''' Shishioh and his brother '''Liger''', Kotaro '''Taiga''', etc...
295*** Swan White and Stallion White. A swan is a bird and a stallion is another term for a mount (typically a horse).
296*** The Brave Robots also count. [=EnRyu=], [=HyoRyu=], [=FuuRyu=], [=RaiRyu=], [=KoRyu=], and [=AnRyu=]'s names mean ''(Element) Dragon''. Volfogg's name is derived from the word "Wolf" and the word "fog". Mic Sounders... Well, Mic's the only one who doesn't qualify for this, as his name doesn't contain an animal.
297* TitleScream: [[AC:Bokura no Yuusha-Oh...]] '''''GAO GAI GAAAAAR!!!'''''
298* TokyoTower: Pasder and the 4 Machine Kings hang out under here.
299* TookALevelInBadass: ''Mamoru'', of all people. At the start of the series this '''''grade-school kid''''' only has the power to purify Zonder Cores. By the end, he's not only strong enough to purify Primeval Cores as well, but take on Primevals ''directly'', and was putting up a good fight against Zonuda with Galeon's help. And then, of course, he tops it all off in ''FINAL'' by taking on [[spoiler: Pe la Cain]] and handing him his ass on a platter.
300* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Mic's gear gets shown off during one of the {{eyecatch}}es, and his hoverboard is labeled the "Gutsy Galaxy Guard" version... in episode 30, two episodes before the Galaxy Guard are introduced and even before the WhamEpisode that could make you think the Geoid Guard gets completely annihilated. Interestingly, this was printed ''in English'' originally, so it's a little hard to know just how many people picked up on the spoiler in the original broadcast.
301* TransformationIsAFreeAction: [[AvertedTrope Not even close.]] The G-Energy tornado that [=GaiGar=] (yellow for [=GaoFar=] in ''FINAL'') generates at the beginning of the Final Fusion sequence is made to serve as a defense against outside interference. In the very first Final Fusion sequence, the Zonder Beast immediately tries to stop the transformation, thus justifying the tornado. Later enemies, particularly [=EI-15=], showed that it wasn't a ''perfect'' defense; if one can get through it, the titular mecha is a sitting duck. Add in the fact that performing Final Fusion ''at all'' requires authorization from the [=GGG=] command center, and it's about as far from a free action as you get.
302** That said, transforming often ''is'' a free action for the other mecha.
303* TransformationNameAnnouncement: ''Everyone''. Braves, villains, minor side characters, ''everyone''.
304* TransformationSequence: At least two per robot, including combination sequences - ''Gai included''.
305* TransformingMecha: Over a third the regular cast could be mistaken for [[{{Franchise/Transformers}} Autobots]]; which makes sense considering the franchise was made by the same people, and they even recycled a couple of designs from it throughout the various ''Braves'' series.
306* TrashTheSet: The 31 Primevals destroying the [=GGG's=] old base in minutes.
307* TwoKeyedLock: Used to power up the Goldion Hammer. Taiga has one key, which unlocks the console that Utsugi's key goes into.
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311* UnderwaterBase: The Gutsy Geoid Guard's headquarters is the underwater "Harbor Reef Base" located [[spoiler:underneath the Japan Aeronautics headquarters.]] Later, [[spoiler:after the 31 Primevals trash both the Aeronautics headquarters and the base with their attacks]], they relocate to an orbital space station base and become the multi-national Gutsy Galaxy Guard.
312* VillainPossessedBystander: This is the villains MO in the first 26 episodes, where the MonsterOfTheWeek is a human infected with Zonder Metal combined with nearby materials. The role of [[TagalongKid Mamoru Amami]] is to purify the victims, due to being a HumanAlien designed to counter Zonder Metal. The later episodes reveal the true masterminds, and that their goals are an in fact an AssimilationPlot.
313* TheVirus: Zonder Metal, which can corrupt organic lifeforms [[spoiler:as well as cyborgs and sentient AI]] into mechanical monsters.
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317* WaveMotionGun: The Solitary Waves used by the synchronized Mic Force demonstrate immense destructive force.
318* WeaponizedLandmark: The Primevals end up possessing and [[TransformingMecha transforming]] the Great Wall of China, the Sphinx and several Moai to do battle with the heroes. [[spoiler:Later on, we see Weaponized ''Planetoids'' when they possess ''the moons of Jupiter''.]]
319* WeCanRebuildHim: Gai and Renais.
320* WeirdnessMagnet: Whenever the Zonders didn't have a specific target, they always seem to attack wherever Hana happens to be at the time, even if it's miles away from anyone else.
321* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:The Zonderians just want to relieve everybody's stress by turning them into machines, which can't feel stress, albeit who can't feel anything else as well.]]
322* WhamEpisode: Episode 31, [[spoiler:"Goodbye [=GutsyGeoidGuard=]"]].
323* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway[=/=]ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman:
324** Although they did find use for [=DrillGao=] and [=StealthGao=] regularly (as armaments for [=GaiGar=]), finding a use for [=LinerGao=] was usually an obvious attempt to make it useful outside of being [=GaoGaiGar's=] shoulders. The Pliers also fit, in that their specific ability of being able to pull apart [[NegativeSpaceWedgie dimensional disturbances]] wasn't exactly helpful when there weren't dimensional disturbances to pull apart... at least they managed to be helpful in using Goldion Hammer before Goldymarg was built. By the end of the series, though, they show what they're good for. Building stuff quickly, and disassembling a barrage of missiles headed towards the Orbit Base.
325** The Pliers manage to escape this trope entirely when [[spoiler: they're upgraded to the ultimate construction force, the Carpenters. Even get their own moment of awesome when they charge headlong into a massive missile barrage and, almost nonchalantly, disassemble each and every one.]]
326*** [[spoiler:The Carpenters]] also get a moment of heartwarming when [[spoiler:they rebuild the city after Gai and Mikoto[=/=]Zonuda's battle in the final episode.]]
327** This is the pretty much the best description of Mic's Cosmo Robo mode, since he can't fight his way out of a paper bag while in it.
328* WorldOfBadass[=/=]WorldOfHam: It's a classic-style super robot anime. It's a wonder the footage doesn't have [[ChewingTheScenery tooth marks]].
329* YinYangBomb: The Green Planet's "two powers into one" spell, built into [=GaoGaiGar=] as Hell and Heaven. Also [[spoiler:[=ChoRyuJin=]'s FINAL attack]], which uses massive bursts of fire and ice.
330** [=TenRyuJin=]'s Dance of Light and Darkness is this in a way. Rather than manipulating opposed energies, [=TenRyuJin=] simply combines difficult-to-track ReflectingLaser beams with generating sensor-jamming smoke to prevent being targeted. Rather than a fusion of light and dark attacks, it uses light for offense and darkness for defense, and it combines perfect accuracy with perfect evasion.
331* YouShallNotPass: Probably one of the most ridiculous examples in all of fiction, when the Dimension Pliers block Pizza's attack in episode 27, taking a beating but allowing [=GaoGaiGar=] to penetrate the Contra Fall in the process.
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