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1Characters from ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheBirthOfJapan''.
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3! Prehistoric Times
4!! Kukuru
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6[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kukuru.jpg]]
7A young boy from 70000 years ago who gets sucked into a time portal and meets the gang by chance.
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9* AdaptationalBadass: The original manga and anime leaves him in the sidelines during the climax, but he does partake in the final battle in the remake. He even proves crucial to sabotage Gigazombie's Time Distortion Nuke by ''climbing on the WMD'' and breaking the antenna on it's top, preventing the weapon from going off and ''saving the universe'' in the process!
10* BabiesEverAfter: The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue in the remake shows that he later starts a family of his own.
11* CuteBruiser: A child around Nobita's age, but can kick plenty of ass using a stone spear. The remake gives him even more badass moments by allowing him to beat up Kurayami tribespeople and assist the heroes in fighting Gigazombie.
12* IdenticalStranger: He looks a lot like Nobita in the original version, to the point where Gian and Suneo lampshades if Kukuru is distantly related to Nobita. The remake averts it by making Kukuru a more distinctive character with a different appearance compared to previous versions.
13* LowTechSpears: His preferred weapon is his stone spear, which is a ''real'' weapon and not an artificial gadget (like the spears Doraemon gave the gang). Gian assumes it's fake until a confused Kukuru hits him with it.
14* WakeUpFighting: When Kukuru regains consciousness for the first time in front of Gian, Suneo and Shizuka, the first thing he did is to attack them while in his confused state. He's later knocked out by Gian, who comments he puts up one heck of a fight.
15* WakingUpElsewhere: Two instances; after getting sucked into a time portal and passing out, he wakes up in Nobita's bedroom (to the surprise of Gian, Suneo and Shizuka who's looking for Nobita and Doraemon) and getting into a fight with Gian, who unintentionally knocks him out cold. He then wakes up again... this time back to 70000 years ago, before of Nobita and the gang, in their impromptu cave home.
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17!! Pega, Draco, Gri
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19[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trio_young.jpg]]
20 [[caption-width-right:350:Draco, Gri and Pega can fit in Nobita's clothes as infants.]]
21[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adult.PNG]]
22 [[caption-width-right:350:As adults.]]
23A trio of artificially-created animals consisting of Pega the {{Pegasus}}, Gri the [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent Griffin]] and Draco the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent oriental dragon]] made by Nobita using Doraemon's Original Life Set. Again, Nobita creates them in an attempt to impress his friends for making fun of him earlier, but he develops a special bond with them later on (even moreso in the remake).
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25* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The trio, being fictional animals based on myth, couldn't really fit in society, so the story ends with the Time Patrol sending them to an animal sanctuary in the 22nd Century. In the original manga and anime Nobita bids them farewell knowing they're in safe hands, but the 2016 remake have Nobita tearing up and sobbing at his pets leaving him. The feeling is quite mutual, with Pega, Draco and Gri equally upset they're not going to be with their master, with the remake's goodbye at the ending being a lot, a ''lot'' more emotional than any previous versions.
26* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Even a pegasus, a gryphon and a dragon. Gri the gryphon even loves playing fetch like an actual dog would! Justified since they're artificially created animals.
27* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Gri has purple feathers in the remake.
28* BigDamnHeroes: In all versions, the trio--with Nobita riding on Pega--barges into Gigazombie's cave hideout and rescues Doraemon and the others in the nick of time before they can be FedToTheBeast.
29* CoolHorse: Pega by default, since he's, well, a ''pegasus''.
30* CreatingLife: They're artificially-created animals made by Nobita after he decide to tamper with Doraemon's Original Life Set by combining strains of different animal DNA.
31* ADogNamedDog: A pegasus named Pega, a griffin named Gri, and a dragon named Draco.
32* GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: Being artificial constructs, they start off small enough to be hatched from eggs Nobita can carry in one hand and grow into massive steeds to ride on.
33* GoFetch: Gri the Griffin really enjoys playing fetch with a stick. When Nobita have to bid them goodbye in the remake, he tells the Time Patrol officer leading the animals away that Gri loves playing fetch, so play with him whenever they have the time.
34* HeadPet: In their infant forms, they can sit comfortably on Nobita's cranium. A few early scenes with the trio have one of them riding on it's master's head as Nobita carries the other two on each hand.
35* HorseOfADifferentColor: Gri and Draco can serve as steeds for Nobita and friends.
36* MixAndMatchCritters: They are born when Nobita is tasked by the gang as "Minister of Pets" to create animals using Doraemon's Original Life Set. Nobita decide to get creative and combine the DNA of various animals, so he creates Pega by mixing equine and avian DNA, adds strains of eagle and lion in one capsule creating Gri, and puts crocodile, bat, and lizard essence in another creating Draco.
37* WhaleEgg: Pega the Pegasus is hatched from an egg, much like his griffin and dragon comrades. Justified since it's Doraemon's gadgets.
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39! Villains
40!! Gigazombie
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42[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gig.PNG]]
43 [[caption-width-right:350:"You stupid robot cat. Don't you know I'm from the 23rd Century?"]]
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45A time-traveling supervillain who travels back to prehistoric times, enslaving an entire tribe and making himself their deity in the process with intentions of changing the world's history.
46* AdaptationalBadass: The remake turns Gigazombie from a generic time-traveling criminal who brainwashed a tribe into making him their leader into an all-powerful supervillain who wants to ''rewrite history'' for himself, with giant robots under his disposal (absent in the original) and a Time Distortion ''nuke'' as a trump card. He also goes down fighting to the last moment, compared to the original Gigazombie who tries to pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere only to accidentally bump into a Time Patrol transport and fall down some steps before he's effortlessly arrested.
47* BigBad: He's the main villain of the story, who time-travels to the past, enslaves an entire ancient tribe and intends to rule as their leader with an iron fist. The remake even have him trying to rewrite history to his liking.
48* BrokenFaceplate: The remake reveals his face when his mask gets split into half. Not so much in the manga and original, where it simply falls off as he tries fleeing from the Time Patrol.
49* CurbStompBattle: He effortlessly defeats Doraemon in their first one-on-one duel, because he's from the 23rd Century - a hundred years ahead of Doraemon.
50* DeityOfHumanOrigin: A 23rd Century human scientist who travels back to prehistoric times and took control of the Kurayami tribe, making himself their "God" and forcing them to wage wars on the peaceful native Hikari Tribe.
51* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Gigazombie's lair is located underground to avoid detection from the Time Patrol, accessible from entering a cave on the surface.
52* EvilGloating: He indulged in these in all versions, notably after defeating Doraemon and in the remake, when he declares his Time Distortion Nuke will change the world.
53* TheFaceless: For most of the story, until his mask falls off (original manga and anime) or breaks off (remake).
54* FedToTheBeast: Gigazombie's lair have an arena where captured prisoners and disobediant slaves are fed to saber-toothed tigers while Gigazombie watches with glee. Doraemon and the gang ''nearly'' suffers this fate until Nobita arrives with his pets to save everyone. The remake have the arena being ''littered with bones and skulls'' to highlight Gigazombie's "Look I'm so evil" nature.
55* HiddenVillain: Him being the true evil manipulating an ancient war and enslaving the peaceful Hikari tribe isn't made clear until more than two-thirds into the story, with his robot minion Tsuchidama acting on his behalf at first.
56* MagicStaff: Variant, his staff is made of 23rd-Century technology allowing him to [[ShockAndAwe electrocute his targets]] and command his robots.
57* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: He traveled back to ancient times to reshape history as he sees fit.
58* TheManBehindTheMan: After Doraemon defeats Tsuchidama, the gang leaves with the liberated Hikari tribe prisoners, only for a later scene to reveal Tsuchidama to be just a pawn serving Gigazombie, the ''true'' actual villain.
59* ParryingBullets: When a desperate Doraemon, in a last-ditch attempt to take down Gigazombie, throws his spear at the villain, Gigazombie simply raises a hand and ''splits the spear into half'' (this was only in the remake by the way, which as mentioned earlier makes him a ''far greater badass'' than his previous incarnations). It was then he gloats to a shocked Doraemon that he's a hundred years ahead in terms of technology.
60* RobotMaster: Creates his own legion of robots made of "memory" ceramic. The remake also gives him two giant elephant-bots as his personal guards.
61* ShockAndAwe: His staff can generate electrical bolts far stronger than Doraemons'.
62* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Underneath that mask, he looks like an ordinary man. The remake gives him "one" eye (he seemingly suffered an EyeScream at some point in the past, with his left eye an empty hole) but besides that, he doesn't appear too different from a normal person.
63* VillainRespect: Gigazombie allows Doraemon to penetrate the depths of his hideout as a show of respect. In the remake, he is also impressed that the heroes managed to reach his lair in the first place.
64* WeaksauceWeakness: (remake) As it turns out, he can effortlessly crack and deflect Doraemon's flung spear because that is a gadget. But the gang throws Kukuru's ''real'' spear, which he couldn't deflect with his barrier, thereby shattering his mask.
65* WorkingOnTheChainGang: His underground lair has mines where enslaved Hikari tribespeople are forced to dig and expand, under the watchful eye of Kurayami guards.
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67!! Tsuchidama
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69[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tsu_2.PNG]]
70A robot minion of Gigazombie tasked with enslaving entire villages to collect slaves for Gigazombie's lair.
71* DemotedToExtra: In the original manga and anime Tsuchidama returns as a regular mook (he can be differentiated from the other robots due to missing a piece from his left arm - the same piece Doraemon collected to study). He hardly have any significant scenes after his initial defeat. The remake instead gives him a YouHaveFailedMe.
72* FaceDeathWithDespair: Spends the last few moments of his life panicking before a pissed-off Gigazombie melts him.
73* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When he reveals himself and starts attacking with his soundwave.
74* LiterallyShatteredLives: In all versions, his first duel against Doraemon ends with Doraemon using the Deflector Cloth to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reflect his supersonic wave]] into himself, causing Tsuchidama to smash into a rock.
75* PullingThemselvesTogether: Thanks to being made from "memory clay" from the 23rd Century. Doraemon actually collected a piece of Tsuchidama's arm after defeating him back to present-day to study, and demonstrates its abilities by smashing the piece with a hammer (before a surprised Nobita who asks, "what'd you do that for?"). The smashed piece rejoins itself from smithereens in ''seconds''.
76* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: In the remake, he visibly panics as he begs for his life in front of a pissed-off Gigazombie. It doesn't work.
77* SuperScream: His supersonic wave attack can create nausea, pain, extreme agony for anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in it. The remake gives his waves the ability to ''shatter rocks''.
78* VoiceOfTheLegion: Commands the Kurayami Tribe as a mouthpiece for Gigazombie. The remake gives him two voices echoling at the same time (a human and a robotic voice simultaneously).
79* YouHaveFailedMe: In the remake, Gigazombie melts him into a mud puddle for his failure to deliver his slaves on time.
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81!! Gigazombie's Robots
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83[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robots.PNG]]
84Mooks serving Gigazombie, who serves as a mouthpiece for him to issue orders for the Kurayami tribe. One called Tsuchidama was defeated by Doraemon early on, only for a later scene to reveal several more, including two giant elephant-headed robots.
85* AnimalMecha: The two elephant-headed robots that guards Gigazombie's personal quarters where the Time Distortion Bomb is stored.
86* EliteMooks: The individual dogu-like robots - which Tsuchidama is a mere minion of - are far more dangerous than the Kurayami tribe minions.
87* GiantMook: The two elephant mecha are as large as half the room they're in.
88* MechaMooks: Robotic minions of Gigazombie, although in this case they're made of "memory clay".
89* MythologyGag: The two elephant mech's defeat is a nod to General Ganbosu being taken out in the same way in the comic, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasThreeVisionarySwordsmen''. One of their trunks even sticks out of the ground before completely sinking in, imitating a panel from the manga version.
90* PraetorianGuard: (Remake only) Two gigantic elephant robots serve as Gigazombie's personal guards outside the chamber where he keeps the Time Distortion Bomb. They're among the harder minions the heroes need to defeat,
91* PullingThemselvesTogether: Thanks to being made from memory clay - a high-tech invention from the 23rd Century - Gigazombie's minions can reform back from being shattered to pieces. The climax have Doraemon giving everyone glue-guns to stick them on solid walls and ceilings instead.
92* QuicksandSucks: In the remake, the elephant robots are defeated when Kukuru and Shizuka sprinkle the Donburi Powder around them turning the floor into quicksand. Unlike the smaller robots, the giant elephant mechs are unable to fly, so they immediately sink into nothing.

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