| 1 | There aren't as many {{Kaiju}} in this series of films as ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'', but they are [[OurMonstersAreWeird certainly memorable]], so let's learn about them. The main page is [[Film/{{Gamera}} here.]] Go [[Characters/GameraRebirth here]] for the characters from Anime/GameraRebirth. |
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| 6 | [[folder:Kaiju]] |
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| 8 | !Gamera |
| 9 | [[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/330px_gamera_1965_9.jpg]] |
| 10 | [[caption-width-right:330:Guardian of the Universe]] |
| 11 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see his Heisei design]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gamera_28heisei_image29.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see his 2006 design]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avant_gamera.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 13 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see his 2023 design]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gamera2023.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 16 | !!! '''Portrayed by:''' Teruo Aragaki (1966-1968), Umenosuke Izumi (1961-1970), Takateru Manabe and Jun Suzuki (1995), Akira Ohashi (1996), Hirofumi Fukuzawa (1999), Toshinori Sasaki (2006) |
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| 18 | A gargantuan tusked turtle-like monster, Gamera has had different origins depending on which era he is involved in. In the original Showa Era, he has some absent connection to Atlantis, but not much in the way of details is presented; he is simply one of many monsters who roams the world and is frequently lured to do battle with other monsters. In the Heisei Era, he is a bio-engineered SuperSoldier created by Atlantis after previous misuse of the same technology produced the horrors known as Gyaos, given life for the purpose of slaying Gyaos and surviving through the eons to ensure they are exterminated. |
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| 20 | * AdaptiveAbility: His Heisei version has a slow functioning but noticeably potent one, as he slowly increases in power as his body adjusts itself for combat. |
| 21 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: |
| 22 | ** Odd as it may sound, and at least on a storytelling front, Gamera is to arch-rival Franchise/{{Godzilla}} as ComicBook/SpiderMan is to Franchise/{{Superman}}; yes, he's powerful, but his enemies are usually much, much stronger or have abilities that can immediately put him out of the fight. This forces him to fight with smarts as much as claws, and to learn from his mistakes. (Usually this comes after he's on the losing end of a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutal ass-beating]] by the MonsterOfTheWeek.) Though this only considers the Showa era incarnation. |
| 23 | ** His Heisei counterpart on the other hand is actually capable of defeating monsters with just his powers and can evolve to grow in power, putting him more in line with Godzilla's power and role. Further reinforcing this is the fact that by the time of the last film of the trilogy, Gamera is flat out unstoppable, and only Irys manages to even harm him. |
| 24 | * AnthropomorphicShift: Started off just as a vicious animal with very little personality (Most notably in his first two films), but gradually became a FriendToAllChildren who was smart enough to repair an alien spaceship, and by the Heisei series, stopped walking on all fours and gained a more heroic streak, albeit retaining his aggressiveness towards enemies. |
| 25 | * {{Atlantis}}: Gamera's origin in all continuities, though it's not gone into much detail in the Showa Series. |
| 26 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: |
| 27 | ** In the Showa era, he could spin through space without much harm coming to himself. |
| 28 | ** The Heisei era version of him can too, though it's only shown in one shot alongside the Super Gyaos in the first movie. |
| 29 | * TheBerserker: Gamera does not play around in a fight, simply put. He never shows any hesitation with any of his enemies, and is ''extremely'' brutal and aggressive with them, doing things like gouging eyes, biting throats, tearing off body parts and even entire organs, and even outright ignoring pain and damage in order to land hits. |
| 30 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Gamera is about as nice as a Kaiju can get on a good day, making sure the people around him are safe and even going as far as to play with children when he gets the chance. However, if you so much as harm a hair on the head of his Protectorate, ''may God have mercy on your soul.'' |
| 31 | * BigBad: Was actually the main villain of [[Film/GiantMonsterGamera the first movie]], as the sole kaiju rampaging. Mostly chalked up to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. |
| 32 | * BigGood: He is this for the series as a whole. |
| 33 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: Has spikes on his elbows but he only really uses them once. |
| 34 | * BreathWeapon: In the Showa era, he pretty much has flamethrower breath. In the Heisei era, he shoots fireballs. |
| 35 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: His first movie had him as a violent and destructive monster that attacks and kills people totally unprovoked. ''Gamera vs. Barugon'' portrayed him as a lesser evil and every film since has unambiguously had him as a heroic monster that defends humanity from evil monsters. |
| 36 | * CombinedEnergyAttack: His Mana Cannon/Ultimate Plasma from the Heisei era is a KamehameHadouken fired from his chest. |
| 37 | * DestructiveSavior: His battle with two Gyaos in Shibuya should tell you everything you need to know about what he can be like when he's desperate. |
| 38 | * TheDeterminator: His defining character trait besides being a FriendToAllChildren, because simply put, come hell or high water ''Gamera will not quit.'' He regularly endures injuries that would normally take most monsters out of the fight or just flat out kill them, including getting beaten, slashed, whipped, gored, frozen, and blasted, yet just keeps fighting until he just physically can't. |
| 39 | * EnergyAbsorption: Gamera is able to absorb staggering amounts of energy, including thermal energy, electricity, and even nuclear radiation. The problem being that all of his enemies have deadly attacks that aren't based in any of those. If they are, however, he's able to take them with remarkable ease. |
| 40 | * {{Expy}}: The Heisei's incarnation may possibly (perhaps unintentionally) be one of ''Script/Godzilla1994'' before it was [[ExecutiveMeddling scrapped and replaced with the much disliked 1998 result]]. Both the scrapped 1994 Godzilla and Heisei Gamera were created by ancient civilizations to combat a greater menace. |
| 41 | * {{Flanderization}}: |
| 42 | ** While he is the TropeNamer for FriendToAllChildren, it was really more of a single OutOfCharacterMoment in the original film, considering he mercilessly slaughters countless without provocation bar the main child character (who Gamera put into danger in the first place!). By the third film though, he's totally flipped to being a friendly monster, even taking a boy he rescues to an amusement park. The Heisei era does dial it down a bit, with him still being a FriendToAllChildren, but not being quite as careful about the collateral damage and possible deaths of his battles. |
| 43 | ** It was off-handedly mentioned that Gamera may have originated from Atlantis in the original film while discussing his possible origin, but it's never confirmed. By the Heisei reboot, this is his definitive origin and ties in heavily with his character this time. Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, however, as it added a more unique spin to his character. |
| 44 | * FriendToAllChildren: The TropeNamer, the later versions of his Showa incarnation going out of his way to be friendly and protective towards children. |
| 45 | * GeniusBruiser: Gamera's intelligence is far less ambiguous than most kaiju tend to be depicted, with him explicitly gesturing and emoting towards individual humans, and having very clearly defined motivations. He's also able to work out winning strategies through analyzing his opponent's behavior, such as how he immediately started attacking from behind after figuring out Gyaos couldn't turn it's neck. |
| 46 | * GentleGiant: Gamera is the size of a skyscraper, has a near invulnerability to traditional weapons, is able to wipe a city off the map with relative ease, and is also the TropeNamer for FriendToAllChildren. |
| 47 | * GlassCannon: |
| 48 | ** While he is all but impervious to traditional military weapons, as is standard for a Kaiju, he is often ''badly'' injured by his opponents in some rather gruesome ways. He does have a healing factor, and while it can generally patch it him up from almost anything, it doesn't really work mid-fight unless he absorbs fire. |
| 49 | ** His Heisei counterpart, however, averts this completely, by the time of the third film, it takes Irys' attacks to harm him, and he [[NoSell no-sells]] everything else. |
| 50 | * GoodIsNotNice: In the final film in the Heisei trilogy. He's so determined to destroy the Gyaos, he kills and injures 15,000 - 20,000 citizens in the Shibuya ward. But considering the Gyaos threaten to (literally) eat every single living being to extinction and reproduce quickly and endlessly, it makes his carelessness more understandable. |
| 51 | * GoodIsNotSoft: A protector he may be, Gamera is ''not'' an AllLovingHero, being perfectly willing to inflict a truly jaw-dropping NoHoldsBarredBeatdown and CruelAndUnusualDeath on each of his opponents. |
| 52 | * GrowingWings: Of a sort. Heisei Gamera could transform his forearms into sea turtle-like flippers while only using his leg-rockets to fly. |
| 53 | * GuileHero: |
| 54 | ** Gamera is generally ''weaker'' than any of his kaiju opponents, and usually gets knocked out in his first confrontation with them. However he's also ''smarter'', and once he gets his HeroicSecondWind and starts using his head, is able to turn the tide and defeat them. |
| 55 | ** The Heisei era averts this on the other hand, aside from the Mother Legion, all of Gamera's opponents are at best equals and at worst, Mooks. |
| 56 | * HealingFactor: Has quite a powerful one, but it's not exactly one that's fast enough to work properly mid-combat. Unless he absorbs fire, in which case it's nearly instant. |
| 57 | ** HealItWithFire: Can absorb fire in order to repair his injuries, and in his first film, it was stated that nuclear weapons would only empower him. In fact, a nuclear explosion is what jumpstarted him to begin with! |
| 58 | *** He even [[spoiler:generates a fire hand to destroy Irys in the finale of the Heisei trilogy, right after blasting off said hand to cut himself loose off Irys]]. |
| 59 | * HeroicSacrifice: The Showa Gamera dies by sacrificing himself in a kamikaze attack on Zanon's star destroyer. The original Gamera in ''Film/GameraTheBrave'' blew himself up to finish off a swarm of Gyaos. [[spoiler: His incarnation in ''Rebirth'' does this as well, using his Orylium Cannon to kill the Eustace Foundation heads, albeit at the cost of his life.]] |
| 60 | * ImmuneToFire: Simply put, heat and flames can do ''nothing'' to hurt Gamera. For example, when Jiger's heat ray blasted him directly, the part that bothered him was the noise it made rather than the city-vaporizing heat. |
| 61 | * ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Gamera, despite being a turtle, is incredibly agile in a way that most monsters of leaner build can only dream of being. There's a ''very'' good reason him flipping on a giant pole like an Olympic acrobat is considered par for the course when it comes to him. |
| 62 | * LastOfHisKind: The Heisei Era reveals Gamera isn't the only one of his kind Atlantis made, only the last surviving one. This is in part due to [[SuperPrototype being the only one who was able to be successfully bonded with the Earth]] according to 'The Last Hope.' |
| 63 | * LightningBruiser: Despite his immense size and power, Gamera is also ''scarily'' fast for a Kaiju. Not only is he able to fly fast enough to reach space in under a minute, he's also able to react and move fast enough to do stuff like catch projectiles, parry attacks and blindside other monsters with ease. |
| 64 | ** ''Rebirth'' puts this on full display, with him not only being able to hurl and smack around other monsters like ragdolls, but outright break into a sprint, leap through the air, and keep pace with the immensely fast Guiron in melee combat. |
| 65 | * MadeOfIron: A rare Kaiju example. Gamera gets injured ''a lot'' in his fights, yet his ability to keep fighting despite some truly gruesome injures is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Probably best shown during his fight against Irys, in which he gets impaled multiple times, is beaten to a pulp, has some of his life energy drained out, and blows off his own hand. His reaction to all of these injuries after the fight is over is to act ''mildly winded.'' |
| 66 | ** In ''Rebirth,'' he [[spoiler: gets his torso sliced up, his arm cut off, blinded in one eye, impaled all the way through by a blade the length of his entire body, thrown around repeatedly, electrocuted, beaten to shit by Viras, and ''falls from orbit'' with nearly zero time to rest. He ''survives.'']] |
| 67 | * MessianicArchetype: [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, really.]] The Heisei incarnation is surprisingly one of these, up to getting ''crucified.'' Hell, WordOfGod states he's meant to be a partial ''Christ'' allegory. |
| 68 | * NervesOfSteel: Coinciding with his {{Determinator}} status, Gamera is almost comically brave. No matter the overwhelming odds, no matter how badly injured he is, Gamera will charge into battle with no showings of hesitation or fear. |
| 69 | ** Most prominently is that during the events of ''Rebirth,'' [[spoiler:Viras is a gargantuanly powerful destroyer of civilizations, and is also a monster that Gamera likely knows considering his past. His response to this thing being awake, even though he's in incredibly poor shape? Ram into it and start pummeling it.]] |
| 70 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: At his most aggressive he becomes this, immediately jumping into ''extremely'' violent overkill. For example, he doesn't try anything complex against Gyaos in Shibuya, instead constantly spamming finisher-tier fireballs with reckless abandon regardless of whatever is around of him, like the humans beneath his feet. |
| 71 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Gamera is incredibly courageous, that much is true. Yet, even he seems to be unnerved by how threatening Legion is, expressing what can only be described as genuine shock as she gets up despite the fact that he badly damaged a vital point of her body mere moments ago. |
| 72 | * OneManArmy: Gamera, due to his complete lack of Kaiju-sized allies, is this by necessity. This is taken up a notch in the Heisei series, with him regularly taking on hordes of similarly sized monsters in both the movies and supplementary material. |
| 73 | ** In ''Super Monster'' and it's manga adaptation, ''Gamera vs 6 Great Monsters,'' he fights a gauntlet of previous foes. |
| 74 | ** He ''really'' kicks this into high gear during ''Manga Boys Special Edition,'' demolishing most of his rogue's gallery even in a 5-on-1. |
| 75 | ** ''Rebirth'' depicts him single-handedly fighting through another gauntlet of monsters with minimal downtime. |
| 76 | ** In ''Gamera 2000,'' he relentlessly barrels through swarms of Bio-Mecha and Neo-Gyaos. |
| 77 | ** The official manga ''Legend'' depicts him fighting an army of Super Gyaos with nothing but his bare hands. Just to get an idea of how many he's killed, he's also AtopAMountainOfCorpses. |
| 78 | ** [[spoiler:The finale of 3 consists of him preparing to a fight an army of Hyper Gyaos numbering in the thousands, while badly injured. The kicker? According to the director, he ''wins.'']] |
| 79 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Most Kaiju are this, but Gamera takes it a step further by having almost all of his destruction be unintentional collateral damage outside of the first two movies. Despite this, the amount of destruction he causes in his battles can get to the point where it looks like a ''nuke'' went off. |
| 80 | ** His fight against the Gyaos in ''3'' has him decimating Shibuya as collateral. |
| 81 | ** In the 2015 short film, he wipes out a seemingly miles-wide chunk of Tokyo in a single blast just to kill a Gyaos swarm. |
| 82 | ** His fight against Barugon in the 2003 manga implicitly causes tectonic activity, causes hurricanes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, all but annihilating the southern Japanese coastline as a result. |
| 83 | * PosthumousCharacter: In ''Film/GameraTheBrave'' he's dead by the end of the prologue, but his son/reincarnation carries on his legacy and his actions' influence drives the plot. |
| 84 | * SeaMonster: Dwells in the sea a lot, and is based on a turtle. |
| 85 | * SpectacularSpinning: His most iconic mode of aerial transportation. |
| 86 | * StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: This primarily concerns his durability, which wildly fluctuates across not just multiple movies, but even within the movies themselves. For example |
| 87 | ** In ''Vs Jiger,'' he is annoyed by light arms fire, yet later completely shrugs off the full force of Jiger's city-wiping heat beam. Although this seems to be more of a result of his ImmuneToFire status. |
| 88 | ** In ''Guardian Of The Universe,'' he is knocked out of the sky and pained by missiles, yet later sustains no damage from falling onto an exploding refinery from orbit. |
| 89 | * SuperPrototype: According the ''The Last Hope'' (originally a fan comic but made canon), he's this compared to the rest of the Gamera in the underwater graveyard. While all of the Gamera were intended to be bonded to the Earth like he is, it only worked with him and made him much stronger than the others. He was also bonded to the Northern General who conceived his creation rather than soldiers like the rest of them. |
| 90 | * TakingYouWithMe: His "Fireball Ejection Suicide" attack. He only used it in ''Film/GameraTheBrave'' after the Gyaos swarm had mutilated his jaw, thus leaving him unable to use his fireballs. It is powerful enough to vaporize an entire island, but at the cost of Gamera's life. |
| 91 | * TokenHeroicOrc: Yet another thing that sets him apart from Godzilla is that he's the sole heroic Kaiju in his world. Every other monster is at least some combination of highly aggressive, sadistic, invasive, or destructive. |
| 92 | * TookALevelInBadass: The Heisei Era Gamera to the Showa one. To put it simple: Gyaos in Showa gave Gamera a hard time everytime they fought, in the end of the Heisei era, regular Gyaos and it's evolved forms can't even scratch Gamera, with their beams bouncing off his hide effortlessly. |
| 93 | * ToothyBird: A turtle kaiju with large tusks and sharp teeth. |
| 94 | * UnderdogsNeverLose: Gamera is an incredibly strange example. Unlike Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, whose enemies are usually on or around his level, Gamera's RoguesGallery consists of monsters that are much more dangerous than him, often with a SuperpowerLottery to boot. This forces him to fight with his wits as much as his fists. Yet, despite his underdog status, he is absolutely nothing to scoff at in terms of raw power even compared to his enemies, being able to easily hurl around and ruthlessly pummel his foes when he gets his claws on them. Problem is that they're also all able to do the same thing to ''him'' if they get the chance, and have the powers to get said chance quite easily. |
| 95 | ** The Heisei version averts this for the most part, with Legion being the sole exception. |
| 96 | * VillainKiller: Despite being a FriendToAllChildren and GentleGiant, Gamera does not practice mercy towards other monsters ''at all.'' Just ask [[KillItWithWater Barugon,]] [[AMoltenDateWithDeath Gy]][[YourHeadAsplode ao]][[CurbStompBattle s,]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives Viras,]] [[LudicrousGibs Guiron,]] [[ImpaledwithExtremePrejudice Jiger,]] [[KillItWithFire Zigra,]] [[NoBodyLeftBehind Legion,]] [[MegatonPunch Iris,]] or [[TongueTrauma Ze]][[DefeatEqualsExplosion dus.]] Oh wait, you can't, they're all ''dead.'' |
| 97 | * TheWorfEffect: Gamera, to the point of it being borderline OnceAnEpisode, has a tendency of completely tanking some absolutely insane things, including a fall from the exosphere onto an exploding refinery, a nuclear explosion going off right on top of him, and an asteroid hitting him square in the face. Yet this is mostly done to establish how dangerous the villainous monsters are, considering they can inflict some serious Gorn on him. |
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| 99 | !!Toto |
| 100 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toto_4.png]] |
| 101 | [[caption-width-right:350:Guardian of the Universe Jr.]] |
| 102 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see him as a baby]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bca12_gamera2bthe2bbrave2b2.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 103 | Gamera's "son" (actually his reincarnation) and the titular kaiju of Film/GameraTheBrave. |
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| 105 | * BadassAdorable: Fights against Zedus, a kaiju who's effectively Godzilla without the BreathWeapon, even when the cards are stacked against him due to not being full grown nor having recovered his full power while his opponent grows in size and power after each confrontation. [[spoiler:And wins.]] |
| 106 | * BreathWeapon: Has only flamethrower breathe at first but upon eating the red rocks left behind by his predecessor, he is able to use a fireball as a finisher against Zedus. |
| 107 | * DramaPreservingHandicap: Before he ingests the red stone in the climax, his physical strength is far lower and he can't fly or shoot fireballs, making his fight against Zedus much tougher. |
| 108 | * GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: As a hatchling he's the size of a normal baby turtle, but he eventually reaches apartment building size. |
| 109 | * HeroicSacrifice: Toru persuades him to not pull this in order to defeat Zedus, unlike his father/predecessor. |
| 110 | * LegacyCharacter: The reincarnation of the first Gamera, but with a more child-friendly appearance. |
| 111 | * MiracleGroMonster: He starts off as the size of a normal baby tortoise and rapidly grows to full kaiju size within several days. |
| 112 | * OneManArmy: In one of the novelizations, Toto fights ''almost the entire Showa rogues gallery and Zedus at once.'' |
| 113 | * PlotRelevantAgeUp: In the space of a week, Toto grows from a cute hand-sized turtle to a cute house-sized turtle. It's heavily implied that the red rocks scattered around Japan had a hand in this as they are shown powering him up throughout the film. |
| 114 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Seriously. Just look at him as a baby. |
| 115 | * SpectacularSpinning: Can do this when young but is incapable in monster form until eating the red rocks. |
| 116 | * StockSoundEffects: In stark contrast with his father's screech, his entire vocal library is made of generic monster roars and growls, most of which come from ''Film/KingKong1976''. |
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| 118 | !Barugon |
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| 120 | [[quoteright:346:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Barugon_Rainbow_Beam_8062.jpg]] |
| 121 | [[caption-width-right:346: [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Taste the Rainbow]] indeed]] |
| 122 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see his manga design]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_1192_1.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 125 | A massive, crocodile/chameleon-like kaiju of little intelligence but considerable destructive power, the first enemy monster battled by Gamera in the Showa era. |
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| 127 | * AdaptationalBadass: The manga-only Heisei version of Barugon is able to create massive ice storms and icebergs with his freezing powers. His rainbow is even stronger, considering a single blast on a battleship [[spoiler:creates a ''massive'' tsunami that wipes out a chunk of the Japanese coastline]] |
| 128 | * AlienBlood: He bleeds purple. |
| 129 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: A diamond was used to lure Barugon into a lake but he just snapped it up with his tongue instead. |
| 130 | * AwesomeButImpractical: His rainbow attack as he learned the hard way. |
| 131 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: His rainbow beam abilities and goofy design might not make him look like much, but as the military and Gamera found out the hard way, Barugon is more than capable of cleaning house with his rainbow beam outright vaporizing even metal and his freezing breath being capable of reducing even tanks and jets to icy rubble instantly. |
| 132 | * {{Expy}}: Very strongly based on the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' kaiju [[Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain Anguirus]], being a quadrupedal reptile monster with a spiky body and horned head who is the main kaiju's first opponent that he fights with a pagoda in between them. However, he's also been compared to another Godzilla kaiju, Baragon, due to their horned designs, stance and that their names are only one letter apart. |
| 133 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: The military attempts to kill Barugon by reflecting his rainbow beam back at him. It works, but Barugon simply stops firing his beam and the plan instantly falls apart. |
| 134 | * AnIcePerson: Can shoot ice out of its OverlyLongTongue. Even froze Gamera in place for some of the movie, his ice is so cold it can shatter tanks and planes instantly. |
| 135 | * KillItWithWater: He's drowned by Gamera. |
| 136 | %%* MeaningfulName |
| 137 | * MixAndMatchCritter: Resembles a cross between a chameleon and a crocodile, but with ''weird'' powers such as freezing breath and a rainbow beam emitted from his back. |
| 138 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Bears a strong resemblance to a crocodile, albeit with some chameleon-like features such as the horns and tongue. |
| 139 | * NonMaliciousMonster: At the end of the day, Barugon was just a lost animal in an unknown land. His rampage wasn’t malicious but of confusion. Compared to Gamera’s later opponents who are either completely evil or part of a greater evil, Barugon is possibly the least evil opponent Gamera has ever faced. |
| 140 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Probably the closest thing the series has to a dragon besides the Gyaos, and a really weird one. |
| 141 | * OverlyLongTongue: He even uses it to punch buildings down. |
| 142 | * StarterVillain: Not only is he the very first antagonistic monster to battle Gamera in the Showa series, but he's also this for the entire franchise. |
| 143 | * SuperDrowningSkills: Cannot swim and the military and Gamera uses this to their advantage. |
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| 145 | !Gyaos |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gyaos_3864.jpg]] |
| 148 | [[caption-width-right:325:I appeared in more films than you did!]] |
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| 150 | Most iconic of Gamera's foes, Gyaos are blood-sucking pteranodon-like kaiju with laser beams. They first appeared in the third Gamera film of the Showa era and were later revealed to have spacefaring relatives. In the Heisei era, they were presented as the arc-villains of the trilogy, having been accidentally created by the people of Atlantis and then gone amuck, necessitating the creation of Gamera to destroy them. |
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| 152 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: There doesn't seem to be a single sympathetic member among their entire species, with all of them being nightmarish killing machines who exist to cause mass carnage and devour people by the thousands. |
| 153 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Interestingly, Showa Gyaos can be viewed as this. While clearly a dangerous threat to everyone, Showa Gyaos seemed more content with just being left alone in his cave and only eating either those that intrude his home or what he needs to survive. Notably, Showa Gyaos only goes on a rampage after he is attacked by the military on his own turf. However, he does seem to enjoy the chaos he causes and on occasion does play with his food. So while Showa Gyaos does display evil tendencies, he was also provoked a bunch of times by the humans and seemed like he was fine slumbering in his cave unless disturbed. |
| 154 | * ArchEnemy: To Gamera. At least in the Heisei series. Also could be considered his arch-nemesis as a whole by virtue of simply being the only other kaiju to appear in every continuity. |
| 155 | * BatOutOfHell: The Showa era incarnation is a sort of giant bat. The Heisei era are referred to being giant birds, despite still retaining bat-like features. |
| 156 | * BigEater: Gyaos have huge appetites, which is the motive behind their rampages. Not to mention that they eat a lot. |
| 157 | * BioweaponBeast: The Heisei incarnation was created by the Atlanteans to fight against the Garasharps. Unfortunately, once the Garasharp were gone, the mindlessly aggressive Gyaos quickly TurnedAgainstTheirMasters. |
| 158 | * BreakoutVillain: Appeared in more than one Showa film, which led to their revival in the Heisei era and further cemented their iconic image. They even appear as pivotal antagonists in the first few minutes of ''Gamera the Brave'' and was the first (''and'' last) of Gamera's five kaiju enemies to appear in ''Gamera: Rebirth''. |
| 159 | * CallASmeerpARabbit: They are commonly referred to as "birds", despite the fact they have no feathers or beaks, possess membraneous wings, and more resemble pterosaurs, bats, or just straight-up demons. |
| 160 | * ConservationOfNinjitsu: It's a general rule of thumb that the more Gyaos there are in one place, the more easily Gamera can deal with them, especially in the Heisei trilogy. |
| 161 | * TheCorruption: Their flesh contains mutagenetic properties towards animals, to the point where mutation can start the moment one so much as ''licks'' a piece of them, as Zedus shows. |
| 162 | * GiantFlyer: They are giant bat/pterosaur-like creatures. |
| 163 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Film/GameraTheBrave'' as it's their remains after Gamera killed them all, that mutated the creature Zedus was into a giant man-eating monster. |
| 164 | * HealingFactor: The Showa one was able to regenerate, and regrew his severed foot. |
| 165 | * SuperScream: Their cuttings beams are actually super sonic screams. |
| 166 | * MonstrousCannibalism: In ''Guardian of the Universe'' an old nest is discovered full of the half eaten corpses of baby Gyaos, suggesting that the three Gyaos attacking Japan ate their siblings. |
| 167 | ** Again in the 2015 short film, when one Gyaos that's chasing after the protagonist is eaten by a [[AlwaysABiggerFish second larger Gyaos.]] |
| 168 | * {{Mook}}: By the end of the Heisei era they are pretty much this to Gamera, to the point that their strongest forms can only hope to ZergRush Gamera, and even that proves ineffective. |
| 169 | * MysteriousPast: In the Showa incarnation, where's it's never explained where he came from, although the existence of Space Gyaos might imply him as extraterrestrial. The Heisei incarnation has a clearer origin. |
| 170 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A giant vampire-pterodactyl kaiju. |
| 171 | * OneGenderRace: In the Heisei series, reproducing asexually. |
| 172 | * ProgressivelyPrettier: '''Inverted to horrific degrees.''' The Gyaos, every time they show up, get more and more disgusting and disturbing to look at, with their red-raw skin texture, bulging, outwards-facing eyes, and an OverlyLongTongue. Their ''Rebirth'' incarnation was a little better, if only due to their coloration -- but then we have S-Gyaos, with not only a sickly red and white color scheme, but extremely tattered wings, a bizarre looking frill instead of horns, and six unevenly sized eyes. |
| 173 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: In ''Film/GameraTheBrave'' they only appear in the opening scene, but it's them who force the original Gamera to perform a HeroicSacrifice, and their remains are eaten by a sea creature that ends up mutating into the film's BigBad, Zedus. |
| 174 | * TheSoulless: ''The Last Hope'' mentions that unlike all other lifeforms, Gyaos do not produce Mana. They're just empty shells incapable of anything beyond mindless, endless consumption. |
| 175 | * TookALevelInBadass: Became the most frequent monster in the Heisei series and obtained two new forms, they also lost their weakness to sunlight. |
| 176 | * ToServeMan: Humans are their primary source of food. |
| 177 | * TurnedOnTheirMasters: The Heisei incarnation were created by ancient Atlanteans but soon over-breed and ate their creators into extinction. |
| 178 | * VampireBitesSuck: In the Showa era, the bites suck since you could be killed by a single chomp. |
| 179 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: DoubleSubverted in ''3.'' The Hyper Gyaos are superior variations of the Super Gyaos, apparently. Doesn't help them against Gamera, who inflicts a CurbStompBattle on them. |
| 180 | * VillainousGlutton: Because of its ravenous, borderline endless appetite, Gyaos will never stop eating, and will constantly consume food in large amounts, be it humans, wildlife or livestock. Heck, it even extends to cannibalism. |
| 181 | * WeakenedByTheLight: The Showa version doesn't like the sun, and in fact would die if exposed to the ultraviolet rays for too long. The Heisei ones also preferred night at first but after growing protective eye plates they could fly during the day without much hassle. |
| 182 | |
| 183 | !Space Gyaos |
| 184 | |
| 185 | [[quoteright:151:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Space_Gyaos_5355.jpg]] |
| 186 | [[caption-width-right:151:This is the skin of a killer FROM SPACE]] |
| 187 | A space-faring strain of Gyaos that appears in ''Film/GameraVsGuiron'', it is essentially a Gyaos that can fly from planet to planet under its own power. |
| 188 | ---- |
| 189 | * ApocalypseHow: Almost a Class 3. [[FridgeHorror Makes you wonder why they haven't gone after earth next]]. |
| 190 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: How Guiron dismembers the Space Gyaos. Its head even lives a few seconds longer beyond decapitation! |
| 191 | * GiantFlyer: Just like their Earth-born counterpart, except these can fly in the vacuum of space. |
| 192 | * MadeOfBologna: When Space Gyaos is chopped to bits by Guiron, we see its insides are just solid purple without bones or organs. |
| 193 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Shiny Silver Gyaos from space that are immune to sunlight and attack planets. |
| 194 | * PaletteSwap: Basically the ''Gamera vs. Gyaos'' suit painted silver. But it's so shiny! |
| 195 | * RecycledINSPACE: Gyaos, but shiny silver and IN SPACE. |
| 196 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: Originally meant to be a flying squirrel kaiju called Monga, but budget constraints caused Monga to be scrapped and replaced with a repainted Gyaos. |
| 197 | * TheSwarm: Attacked Terra offscreen and wiped out most of the inhabitants, the last two protected by Guiron. |
| 198 | * WeakenedByTheLight: Averted. The Space Gyaos attack the planet Terra during the day without any apparent harm. Can Presumably fly through space surviving starlight. |
| 199 | * TheWorfEffect: It took Gamera a whole movie to get the hang of killing Gyaos. The Space Gyaos has no sunlight weakness and is carved up by Guiron in a few minutes. |
| 200 | |
| 201 | !Virasians/Viras |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Viras_4350.jpg]] |
| 204 | [[caption-width-right:255:Invading Squid FROM SPACE]] |
| 205 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see his 2023 design]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_1237_2.jpeg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | Viras was the undisguised leader of the Virasians, a sapient race of cephalopod-like beings who desired to conquer the world by exploiting Gamera's friendship with children. |
| 208 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Genzo Wakayama |
| 209 | ---- |
| 210 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the film, he goes down after a fairly short battle with Gamera which ends with the giant turtle flying him to the upper atmosphere, where Viras gets frozen and is later thrown into the sea where he explodes. In the Dark Horse comics, he puts his telepathic abilities to good use to brainwash the very scientist who created him into being his slave in his plan to enslave mankind. He also lasts for the comic's four issues until he meets his end in the last one. He is also the second to last opponent in Gamera Rebirth |
| 211 | * AdaptationalDyeJob: Goes from silvery gray to gold in ''Rebirth.'' |
| 212 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: {{Subverted}}. In the Dark Horse comics set in the Heisei continuity, he's no longer a space alien but is instead a genetically-created monster made by [[MadScientist Dr. Greta Carbone]]... Or at least that's what they mind-controlled her into believing, turns out Viras really was an alien collective in the end and manipulated and controlled Greta into nurturing them. |
| 213 | ** Played straight in ''Rebirth,'' as he's a bio-engineered Kaiju like the rest, albeit one that has a distinctly alien biology and appearance even compared to the rest. |
| 214 | * AlienInvasion: He and his fellow Virasians want to colonize Earth for unknown reasons. Talks about how it's similar to their planet hint their world may be dying. |
| 215 | * BigBad: Of his debut movie as well as the Dark Horse comic. |
| 216 | * TheBusCameBack: Viras returned in ''Gamera Rebirth'' as one of the five kaiju that Gamera battles. He is even the second to last opponent and definitely one of the toughest. |
| 217 | * ColdHam: Both his Japanese and English voices have an emotionless, menacing tone, albeit one that's attached to some pretty over the top stuff. |
| 218 | * CombatTentacles: He fights Gamera with six of them. |
| 219 | * CompositeCharacter: Is given aspects of Legion for his appearance in ''Rebirth,'' such as his more insectoid body posture and ability to fire a particle beam from his open head. |
| 220 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Can combine his three head tentacles into a razor sharp weapon to skewer opponents with. He also meets this fate itself in one of the American comics when Gamera throws it onto the Eiffel Tower. |
| 221 | * OctopoidAliens: He and his race are extraterrestrial [[TentacledTerror Tentacled Terrors]]. |
| 222 | * SeaMonster: Can swim underwater, but is from another planet. |
| 223 | * ShockAndAwe: Possesses the ability to fire out lightning from his open head flower, but only according to guidebooks. However, in the Dark Horse comics and in ''Rebirth,'' he puts his lightning abilities to good use, shocking Gamera severely. |
| 224 | * TheSwarm: Was originally just the leader of an invasion force with underlings using human disguises. Then those underlings combined with Viras for a {{Kaiju}} battle |
| 225 | |
| 226 | !Guiron |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[quoteright:347:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guiron_7566.jpg]] |
| 229 | [[caption-width-right:347:Angry Guard Guillotine]] |
| 230 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see his 2023 design]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gui.PNG[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | The titular monster of ''Film/GameraVsGuiron'', this horror is a bio-engineered SuperSoldier created to protect the dying world of Terra from any and all assailants, predominantly the starfaring haemovores known as Space Gyaos. |
| 233 | ---- |
| 234 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: It can even put cuts on Gamera's carapace. In ''Rebirth'', it's shown cleanly slicing through buildings and battleships, although Gamera is able to tank a number of blows. |
| 235 | * AngryGuardDog: Can and will absolutely attempt to butcher any intruders. |
| 236 | * AttackReflector: Reflected the Space Gyaos's beam back with his face, cutting off its foot |
| 237 | * {{BFS}}: Has a truly gargantuan blade for a head and ''absolutely'' isn't afraid to use it |
| 238 | * TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: How he meets his end. |
| 239 | * TheBusCameBack: Returns well over 50 years after his original appearance for ''Gamera Rebirth'' |
| 240 | * {{Brainwashed}}: How he's persuaded to do his guarding duties by the brain eating HumanAliens. |
| 241 | * EvilLaugh: When slicing up Space Gyaos. |
| 242 | * FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Normally walks on all fours but can stand on his hind feet. |
| 243 | * FuumaShuriken: Has a pair of shurikens in its head which can be launched and guided by psychokinesis. In ''Rebirth'' these are swapped out for sharpened scales he can launch from his back, guiding them via electromagnetic currents. |
| 244 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext After having a missile explode in his head]]. The ''Rebirth'' incarnation [[spoiler:suffers a similar fate, but is sliced in half ''lengthwise'' by Gamera's razor-sharp shell spines]]. |
| 245 | * ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Similar to Gamera himself, he's ''fast'' when he starts jumping around. This is taken to incredible extremes in ''Rebirth,'' as he does backflips and launches himself hundreds of meters with complete ease. |
| 246 | * ItCanThink: Despite his brutish appearance, he's quite crafty. He set up Space Gyaos so he could render it defenseless (by cutting off a wing, no less) and chop it to pieces, and used his shuriken to prevent Gamera from flying. |
| 247 | * MeaningfulName: Named after the guillotine. |
| 248 | * MonstrousMandibles: In ''Rebirth'', the lower half of his blade splits into a pair of mandibles when he opens his mouth. |
| 249 | * RubberMan: In ''Rebirth'', he has a highly elastic torso which allows his blade to strike targets with greater force and from much further away. |
| 250 | * TunnelKing: Is given the ability to burrow through the ground in ''Rebirth'' |
| 251 | * {{Vibroweapon}}: His blade works like this come ''Rebirth'' |
| 252 | |
| 253 | |
| 254 | !Jiger |
| 255 | |
| 256 | [[quoteright:297:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Jiger_9427.jpg]] |
| 257 | [[caption-width-right:297:"Gamera...you're pregnant. And I'm the mother."]] |
| 258 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see her 2023 design]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jigertempbox02.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | ---- |
| 261 | * AdaptationalUgliness: Looks much more disgusting in ''Rebirth,'' with an emaciated appearance, bruised flesh tone, along with sunken red eyes. |
| 262 | * AdaptationalWimp: Lacks the ability to parasitize Gamera with eggs, shoot spikes from her horns, the holes to suck and blow out air, and fire a heat ray in ''Rebirth'', being reduced to only physical attributes for attacking. |
| 263 | * BewareMyStingerTail: Has a deadly stinger hidden in her tail she can use to implant her offspring in other monsters. |
| 264 | * TheBusCameBack: After decades, she finally returns in ''Gamera: Rebirth'' as one of the five monsters Gamera will fight. |
| 265 | * CatsAreMean: Jiger's ''Gamera: Rebirth'' design gives her a face that is feline in appearance. |
| 266 | * CompositeCharacter: In ''Gamera: Rebirth'' she looks like an updated version of her Showa design but also appears to have heavy [[https://twitter.com/chris_kaiju/status/1639554669688025099?s=20 design influences]] from fellow Daiei kaiju Mammoth Nezura whose movie went unproduced. |
| 267 | * DisintegratorRay: Her heat ray vaporizes flesh and entire city blocks. Doesn't have the same effect on Gamera, but still damaging nonetheless. |
| 268 | * FemaleMonsterSurprise: Her gender is discovered when she implanted an egg in Gamera's lung. And it hatched. |
| 269 | * FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: Implanted an egg into Gamera's lung, stunning him. It hatched in his lung and would have probably made its insides a meal if the heroes hadn't killed it. |
| 270 | * HellIsThatNoise: InUniverse, her main weakness is an idol that makes a sound that's able to both weaken her and cause severe illness in humans. White noise is also discovered to be this to her. Her DisintegratorRay also operates on this. |
| 271 | * MonsterIsAMommy: And she will use the nearest monster as the incubator for that egg. Gamera is free. |
| 272 | * MonstrousCannibalism: ''Rebirth'' depicts Jiger as devouring one another if no other food is available. They started as dozens, but whittled themselves down to just one giant individual. |
| 273 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: InUniverse, her name is described as a Mu word meaning Devil. |
| 274 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Wipes out large swathes of Okinawa with singular shots of her heat ray |
| 275 | * SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed away under the earth by the Devil Whistle thanks to it making a special sound which weakens her, keeping her in suspended animation. |
| 276 | * SpikeShooter: One of her numerous powers is the ability to shoot javelins of "solidified saliva" from the horns behind her nose, which she impales Gamera's arms and legs with. |
| 277 | * StickySituation: The baby Jiger can't solidify its saliva into spikes yet, and instead shoots a glue-like adhesive. |
| 278 | * SuperpowerLottery: Can shoot quills that keep Gamera in place and take down jets, has a massively destructive heat ray, the ability to suck opponents toward her, jets behind her head that can grant flight, and can impregnate opponents with her stinger tail. |
| 279 | |
| 280 | !Zigra |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[quoteright:495:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/495px_zigra.jpg]] |
| 283 | [[caption-width-right:495:Space Shark. Enough said]] |
| 284 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see his 2023 design]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zigr.PNG[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 285 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Keiichi Noda |
| 286 | ---- |
| 287 | * AdaptationalSpeciesChange: In GAMERA -Rebirth-, Zigra is no longer an alien, and is instead a monster that hatched from an egg discovered in the coastal waters of Rapa Nui |
| 288 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: His fins act like this and are his preferential weapon. |
| 289 | * AlienInvasion: Wanted to enslave the humans as cattle for his race. |
| 290 | * AnthropomorphicShift: Inverted. The Showa Zigra was clearly sapient and walked on land bipedally. The ''Rebirth'' incarnation merely has animalistic intelligence and can only crawl awkwardly on land. |
| 291 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Mind controlled a captured woman to be her agent and even gave her some brainwashing powers as well. |
| 292 | * TheBusCameBack: Zigra makes his return in GAMERA -Rebirth- as one of the five kaiju Gamera battles. |
| 293 | * ComboPlatterPowers: Zigra has a formidable repertoire of powers, such as teleportation rays, paralysis beams, a blast that can cause earthquakes, the ability to transform between a land and sea form, and sharpened fins. Come ''Rebirth,'' he loses basically all of these besides his amphibious nature, but gains several new abilities in return, such as a prehensile, extendable tail, the ability to create a supercavitation that allows him to move extremely fast underwater, and energy projectiles in the form of micro-metallic projectiles. |
| 294 | * CompositeCharacter: In ''Gamera: Rebirth'', Zigra has a design that takes heavy inspiration from the Ray Gyaos from [[VideoGame/Gamera2000 Gamera 2000]] and the Aquatic Gyaos from the 1999 comic Gamera Gaiden Ver.2.5 (ガメラ外伝Ver2.5). The shape and design of his head also appears to take heavy design influences from fellow Daiei kaiju Iris. Aside from that, the design of Zigra's tail is nearly identical to that of Gyaos. |
| 295 | * EvilIsHammy: Moreso in the English dub of the movie. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GY7z2S-HOY Have]] a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IH8IjMgoEo listen!]] |
| 296 | * TheParalyzer: The beam from the jewel-like organ above his beak can freeze an opponent in time. |
| 297 | * SeaMonster: Like Viras, he's from space. |
| 298 | * SinisterStingrays: Zigra's Rebirth design appears to resemble a ray or skate. |
| 299 | * ThreateningShark: Resembles a goblin shark made out of blades and wants to take over the Earth and use mankind as larder. |
| 300 | * ToServeMan: His race eats humans. They want a fresh supply of them, so... |
| 301 | * VillainousBreakdown: Gamera destroys his ship, so he snaps and attempts to murder humanity as payback. |
| 302 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: ''Gamera vs. Zigra'' is mostly a kid friendly film. Zigra, however, is played straight and comes across as a genuine threat. |
| 303 | |
| 304 | !Garasharp |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[quoteright:331:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Garasharp_220.jpg]] |
| 307 | [[caption-width-right:331:THIS IS FOR CANCELING MY MOVIE!]] |
| 308 | ---- |
| 309 | * AlienBlood: Just like Barugon, she bleeds purple. |
| 310 | * ArchEnemy: Would have been this to Gamera, as WordOfGod says she was intended to be the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} "Ghidorah"]] of the Gamera series. That role ended up going to Gyaos (and to a lesser extent, Iris) instead. |
| 311 | * BewareMyStingerTail: Has a spiked tail which it uses to impale Gamera. |
| 312 | * BreathWeapon: She could have possibly breathed fire or let out poisonous smoke. |
| 313 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Gamera believes it anyway, since he may have killed their mother but rescues the two babies from the military and takes them to a distant tropical island to live alone in peace. He ''is'' the friend to ''all'' children after all. |
| 314 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy, as several of them have attacked the Atlantean capital in the past, ultimately leading to the Atlanteans creating the Gyaos and to an extent, Gamera. |
| 315 | * KingMook: ''The Last Hope'' ends with a Garasharp that's much bigger and more vicious than the others facing down Gamera, whose forced to blow up Atlantis in order to kill it. |
| 316 | * MonsterIsAMommy: Upon dying, two babies wriggled out and Gamera rescued them from the military, since he's the friend of monster children as well! |
| 317 | * MultipleHeadCase: One plan for her was to have two heads. |
| 318 | * PoisonousPerson: One of her proposed powers was unleash a poisonous smog. |
| 319 | * PredecessorVillain: In the Heisei continuity prequel comic ''The Last Hope'' (originally an unlicensed doujinshi, but retroactively considered canon by Kadokawa), [[EvilVersusEvil Garasharp was what prompted the Atlanteans to create Gyaos]]. |
| 320 | * PregnantBadass: In the end, it's revealed the creature had two babies inside of it. |
| 321 | * SnakesAreSinister: Intended to be Gamera's nemesis and resembles a gigantic cobra. |
| 322 | |
| 323 | !Legion |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[quoteright:344:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/queen_legion_front_view.jpg]] |
| 326 | [[caption-width-right:344:Queen of TheSwarm]] |
| 327 | ---- |
| 328 | * AlienInvasion: Though the conflict comes from the fact the conditions perfect for the Legion are negligible to the humans and the human technology interferes with Legion communication. |
| 329 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: The Queen Legion is the biggest, strongest, and smartest of the swarm. |
| 330 | * BeePeople: Her soldiers are this. They even seem to reside in a Honeycomb-like part of her body. |
| 331 | * BigBad: of the second film in the heisei trilogy. |
| 332 | * BizarreAlienBiology: They are silicon-based, are powered by electricity, and move through compressed gases in their body rather than with muscles. When their bodies are punctured, the gas leaks out like steam through the wound hole. |
| 333 | * EnergyAbsorption: They feed on and are attracted to electrical energy and their bodies are described as resembled as similar to semiconductors. |
| 334 | * GiantFlyer: Played straight with the soldiers, but the queen gets her wings destroyed soon after her appearance and relies on burrowing thereafter. |
| 335 | * HiveQueen: The Queen Legion is the brains of the smaller ones. |
| 336 | * IAmLegion: One of the characters quotes from the bible passage and that's the creatures' name from then on. |
| 337 | * InsectoidAliens: Legion and her drones resemble giant arthropods, and even have an ant or bee-like hive structure. |
| 338 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: Completely vaporized by Gamera's "Ultimate Plasma/Mana Cannon". |
| 339 | * NotSoStoic: Upon her horns being ripped off, she goes ballistic and starts using red energy whips. |
| 340 | * OutsideContextProblem: Unlike every other Heisei-era Gamera foe, Legion has no connection to Atlantis whatsoever. This is probably a slight contributing factor as to why Gamera struggled so much against them. |
| 341 | * PlanetaryParasite: Legions' life-cycle has them landing on a planet in a swarm of comet-like pods, growing their numbers and then nurturing a giant symbiotic plant that fires more of these pods into outer space to repeat the process. Firing these seed pods causes massive collateral damage, enough to obliterate a large city. |
| 342 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Upon her horns being ripped off which reveals she's NotSoStoic. |
| 343 | * SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: ''Much'' stronger than Gyaos, and is debatably the toughest monster Gamera faces in the Heisei era. |
| 344 | * SuperToughness: While Legion is all but immune to the frontal assault by the JSDF and {{No Sell}}s almost every attack Gamera hits her with, [[spoiler:once they figure out that the joints on her smaller claws are vulnerable, they're able to blow them off with anti-tank missiles. It ''still'' takes Gamera's strongest attack powered by the entirety of the Earth to put her down.]] |
| 345 | * TunnelKing: Her ability after being dewinged. |
| 346 | * VillainousBreakdown: See NotSoStoic. |
| 347 | |
| 348 | !Iris |
| 349 | |
| 350 | [[quoteright:640:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iris_6.jpg]] |
| 351 | [[caption-width-right:640:]] |
| 352 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote: Click here to see it's baby form]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baby_irys.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 353 | |
| 354 | ---- |
| 355 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: [[MultipleChoicePast Multiple possible explanations]] are given for its existence, some of which imply it was actually not inherently evil and was corrupted by Ayana's hatred. While it's undoubtedly a dangerous monster and the film's main villain, it's unclear if it does the things it does out of a malicious nature or simply because it thinks its what Ayana wants her to do. |
| 356 | * AmbiguousGender: The dubs, subs, original cut, extended material, and even fan opinions include almost every pronoun under the sun. |
| 357 | * ArchEnemy: It's implied throughout the film that Iris and Gamera are natural enemies. At one point they are compared to the [[TheFourGods Chinese gods]] of the South and the North, who were rivals; and two explanations for Iris' [[MultipleChoicePast past]] say that it was either created to destroy Gamera or is a mutation of the Gyaos, whom Gamera was created to destroy. |
| 358 | * BigBad: Of the third film in the Heisei trilogy. |
| 359 | * CombatTentacles: They have many uses. From the usual uses to doing things like enabling flight, shooting sonic scalpels, and draining life force. |
| 360 | * EvilCounterpart: To Gamera. They are both giant monsters created by the Atlanteans ([[MultipleChoicePast possibly]] in Iris' case) that end up forming psychic links with human girls through the use of mystical stones. |
| 361 | * FluffyTheTerrible: Ayana named them after her dead pet cat. |
| 362 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: It's never made clear where it came from, what it is, what its goals are, or if it's even really sentient. It's not even clear why it fights Gamera -- it could have been corrupted by Ayana's hate, or it could be that it's just evil. |
| 363 | * GiantFlyer: Flies using plasma energy in the form of wing-like membranes between its tentacles. |
| 364 | * ManipulativeBastard: Manipulates Ayana's hatred for Gamera for a power up... Maybe. The film is very ambiguous whether or not they manipulated her or her hatred and anger corrupted ''them''. |
| 365 | * MeaningfulName: Its name in the kanji representation means "Evil God" or "False God." |
| 366 | * MultipleChoicePast: Are they an evil spirit? A monster created to stop Gamera that was corrupted by Ayana's hatred? Or a mutated Gyaos? The film never really gives a clear answer. |
| 367 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: Iris is probably the most abstract of Gamera's opponents, most of which could still be described in relation to some sort of animal, even at their most bizarre. Iris is just some sort of glowing... Spiky... Shelled... Tentacled... ''Thing''. |
| 368 | ** The spikes on its head do seem to suggest some sort of bird... ignoring the fact that those spikes form a conelike guard around ''the single eye at the end of their neck''. Based on coloring, [[EyesDoNotBelongThere the glowing patches on their chest may also be some sort of visual organ as well]]. |
| 369 | * SealedEvilInACan: If they were inherently evil. Was confined to the Moribe shrine where a turtle-like rock sealed it. A sumo wrestler couldn't pick it up. Ayana could. |
| 370 | * SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Similar to Legion prior, is much more threatening than Super Gyaos, and can overwhelm Gamera, who at this point is strong enough to mow through ''Hyper'' Gyaos, in close quarters |
| 371 | * UltimateLifeForm: One [[MultipleChoicePast possible explanation]] for its existence is that it's the ultimate evolution of the Gyaos. |
| 372 | * VillainousBreakdown: When Gamera rips Ayana out of his chest, Iris pins him to a wall by his hand, drains some of his energy, and attempts to use his own weapon against him. Unfortunately, Iris did not count on Gamera being a flat-out pyrokinetic. |
| 373 | |
| 374 | !Zedus |
| 375 | [[quoteright:495:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/495px_gtb___zedus.png]] |
| 376 | [[caption-width-right:495:[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mmmm.... Humans]]]] |
| 377 | ---- |
| 378 | * AdaptationalAbomination: While it's not on display in the movie, Zedus in the novels goes into borderline DraconicAbomination, possessing things like. |
| 379 | ** His spear tongue having multiple protruding spears that snatch up people by ''impaling'' them |
| 380 | ** Literally GrowingWings out of completely nowhere |
| 381 | ** The ability to effectively coerce anything with Gyaos cells to follow his lead |
| 382 | ** Each of his body parts able to move even when separated from him. |
| 383 | ** Most importantly, it's also stated that Zedus would continue evolving in more and more drastic ways if Toto didn't stop him in Nagoya. |
| 384 | * AllThereInTheManual: Only in supplementary material is Zedus' origin story told (he was an ordinary lizard mutated after feeding on Gyaos remains). |
| 385 | * BigBad: Of ''Film/GameraTheBrave'' |
| 386 | * CompositeCharacter: WordOfGod is that Jiger, [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Baragon, Zilla and Varan]] went into his design. |
| 387 | * {{Expy}}: To the Gyaos. Which makes sense as he is a creature mutated by their remains. |
| 388 | * FinalBoss: For over a decade, he was the final villain of the Gamera series until ''Gamera: Rebirth'' finally came about. |
| 389 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: In the movie itself, Zedus just appears randomly and starts attacking cities and eating people, with no explanation of where he came from, what he is, or even how he got his name. Only in an accompanying guide does it give some backstory that helps clear things up. |
| 390 | * KnightOfCerebus: ''Film/GameraTheBrave'' starts off light-hearted aside from a bunch of scenes, but the moment Zedus enters the story, the stakes are raised immediately. To put it simple, his first scene has a ''very'' bloody human death. |
| 391 | * LighterAndSofter: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. But he is still a far more grounded and less creepy monster compared to the other Heisei kaiju. |
| 392 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: He's modeled more after a kaiju from Toho, rather than the more fantastical appearance of those made by Daiei. |
| 393 | * NothingIsScarier: We don't get to see him in his first scene, where he eats a human stranded at sea. All that we see is the aftermath of his rampages. |
| 394 | * NotZilla: A far less parodic form than most, being a horrifyingly vicious maneating monster that's effectively Godzilla without his BreathWeapon on all other accounts. |
| 395 | * OverlyLongTongue: Uses it to stab Toto repeatedly. |
| 396 | * SeaMonster: A sea creature that ate Gyaos' remains and was mutated into a giant monster as a result, developing a taste for human flesh in the process.. |
| 397 | * StarterVillain: He's Toto's first opponent and basically a WarmUpBoss by Gamera standards since he has no long-range attacks or special abilities outside of a chameleon-like spear tongue, with the only reasons Toto has so much trouble with him being both Zedus' physical superiority and how he can't shoot fireballs or fly yet. Once Toto gets his full strength and abilities back, Zedus' advantages go out the window, leading to Toto easily trouncing him. |
| 398 | * TongueTrauma: Toto ''rips out his tongue''. |
| 399 | * ToServeMan: His recent preferred food source that kicks off the conflict. Given that he's for all purposes a Gyaos-mutant (With the Gyaos being well-known man-eaters) this makes sense. |
| 400 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: ''Gamera the Brave'' is a mostly light-hearted throwback to the Showa Era films with a lot of slapstick, protagonists which are young children, and a much cuddlier-looking Gamera. However, Zedus is one of the most violent and vicious monsters in the entire franchise, bloodily devouring crowds of people and relentlessly brutalizing Toto during their battles. |
| 401 | |
| 402 | [[/folder]] |
| 403 | |
| 404 | [[folder: Non-Movie Kaiju]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | !Doublius |
| 407 | [[quoteright:125:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doublas_1.png]] |
| 408 | [[caption-width-right:125:]] |
| 409 | One of the monsters in ''Manga Boys Special Edition: Gamera'' |
| 410 | ---- |
| 411 | |
| 412 | * LampreyMouth: Each of it's heads have one. |
| 413 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has multiple insect-like arms. |
| 414 | * MultipleHeadCase: Apparently those two antennae are it's actual heads, which is backed up by it's title of "Two-Headed Monster" |
| 415 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: Looks like if [[Series/ReturnOfUltraman Twintail and Gudon]] had a baby. |
| 416 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Shows up for a single page before Gamera kills it |
| 417 | |
| 418 | !Garansharp |
| 419 | [[quoteright:394:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/garansharp.png]] |
| 420 | [[caption-width-right:394:]] |
| 421 | A cobra-monster that appears in ''Manga Boys'' |
| 422 | ---- |
| 423 | * BewareMyStingerTail: Has a bifurcated tail with spikes in contrast to Garasharp's drill tail. |
| 424 | * SnakesAreSinister: A malevolent monster who is literally titled "Giant Serpent" |
| 425 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Just has an ''N'' in it's name to differentiate it from Garasharp |
| 426 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is basically a dead ringer for Garasharp, but isn't the same monster. |
| 427 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Shows up for a single page before Gamera kills it. |
| 428 | |
| 429 | ! Futakobukarappa |
| 430 | [[quoteright:411:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/futakobukarappa.png]] |
| 431 | [[caption-width-right:411:]] |
| 432 | Another monster from ''Manga Boys'' |
| 433 | ---- |
| 434 | * GiantEnemyCrab: Based on a decorator crab, but with some Yeti crab aspects thrown in as well. |
| 435 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: It's based on the equally strange looking Marukobukarappa, so of course it's weird. |
| 436 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Instead of anything physically descriptive like the other monsters, it's simply called ''Super Evil Beast.'' |
| 437 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is heavily based on the unmade monster Marukobukarappa. |
| 438 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Shows up for a single page before Gamera kills it by slamming into it. |
| 439 | |
| 440 | !Geboras |
| 441 | [[quoteright:698:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/geborasumangaboysgamera2015may01_1.jpg]] |
| 442 | [[caption-width-right:698:]] |
| 443 | A seaweed-like monsters Gamera straight up eats in ''Manga Boys'' |
| 444 | ---- |
| 445 | * EatenAlive: Gamera consumes it for ''some'' unexplained reason |
| 446 | * LampreyMouth: Has a circular mouth lined with sharp teeth |
| 447 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: Just ''look'' at it. |
| 448 | * {{Planimal}}: Heavily resembles living kelp, which is backed by it's title, ''Seaweed Monster'' |
| 449 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Gamera encounters it attacking a freight liner in the middle of the ocean and effortlessly kills it before ''eating'' it. That's all we know. |
| 450 | |
| 451 | !Harinezura |
| 452 | [[quoteright:495:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/495px_harinezura.png]] |
| 453 | [[caption-width-right:495:]] |
| 454 | A mole-like monster that appears in ''Manga Boys'' |
| 455 | ---- |
| 456 | * TunnelKing: Can burrow beneath the ground, with the nickname of ''Subterranean Monster'' only adding to this fact. |
| 457 | * MixAndMatchCreature: Resembles a combination of a stag beetle and a mole |
| 458 | * MoleMonster: Works like a giant mole, bursting from beneath the ground with its giant claws. |
| 459 | * MutualKill: Marugarappa kills it, but at the same time it seemingly kills him |
| 460 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Is stabbed by Marugarappa, but inflicts this on it's opponent at the same time |
| 461 | |
| 462 | !Marugarappa |
| 463 | [[quoteright:159:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marugarappa.png]] |
| 464 | [[caption-width-right:159:]] |
| 465 | A kappa-like monster who appears at a baseball game in ''Manga Boys'' |
| 466 | ---- |
| 467 | * BeTheBall: Can seemingly curl up or retract into a ball-like shape, allowing him to be thrown with high speeds. |
| 468 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: His motivation for fighting Gyaos and Harinezura, as he remembers the kindness humans showed him before |
| 469 | * FastballSpecial: Has a baseball player do this to it so it can strike at Gyaos, growing as it goes along. |
| 470 | * HeroicSacrifice: Is violently maimed in defeating Harinezura |
| 471 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Harinezura stabs it, but it returns the favor at the same time |
| 472 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: Can shrink and grow from the size of a baseball to big enough to hold Gyaos's head down in an instant. |
| 473 | * MutualKill: Kills Harinezura, but is seemingly killed in the process |
| 474 | * TokenHeroicOrc: The only other monster in the franchise to be good, as it helps to distract Gyaos and deals with Harinezura, albeit at the cost of it's own life. |
| 475 | |
| 476 | |
| 477 | !Phoenix |
| 478 | [[quoteright:379:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gamera_vs_phoenix_4.jpg]] |
| 479 | [[caption-width-right:379:]] |
| 480 | An actual phoenix unleashed from far beneath the Earth's crust by ozone damage. |
| 481 | ---- |
| 482 | * CompleteImmortality: Gamera cannot kill it, so he opts to reseal it |
| 483 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's called Phoenix. Three guesses as to what it is. |
| 484 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Gamera cuts it in half... |
| 485 | * HealingFactor: ...Only for it to reassemble like nothing happened. |
| 486 | * PlayingWithFire: Can breathe and manipulate fire like Gamera. |
| 487 | * SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed beneath the Earth's crust until ozone damage caused unfiltered sunlight to open said can. |
| 488 | * TragicMonster: Pretty much the only monster in the franchise to really exhibit this trait, as it's constantly in pain. This is why Gamera takes pity and reseals it. |
| 489 | |
| 490 | !Morphos |
| 491 | [[quoteright:456:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/morphos_1.png]] |
| 492 | [[caption-width-right:456:]] |
| 493 | A mercury-like monster, created by a scientist to replace Gamera as humanity's protector. Unfortunately, it goes horribly wrong, with it escaping it's containment and growing to gargantuan sizes. It also imitates Gamera's appearance and powers. |
| 494 | ---- |
| 495 | * TheAssimilator: Can absorb inorganic material into itself to gain size and power |
| 496 | * BeamSpam: Mimicked a laser that was used against it, allowing it to both escape containment and attack Gamera. |
| 497 | * BlobMonster: Is a massive blob of living metal, [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000 style]] |
| 498 | * HealingFactor: Can regenerate from almost anything. Unfortunately, Gamera unleashing the heat of the Earth's core on it was a bit too much to bounce back from. |
| 499 | * MiracleGroMonster: Went from the size of a softball to dwarfing Gamera in mere days by consuming outside material |
| 500 | * MirrorMatch: Initially pulls this with Gamera, as it perfectly imitates his powers and attempts to kill him. |
| 501 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: How Gamera kills it, with it being completely disintegrated by his supercharged fireball |
| 502 | * PowerCopying: Can copy the look and traits of anything it sees, right down to stuff like being left handed. Except in Gamera's case, it cannot mimic the level of heat resistance he has, which leads to it's defeat |
| 503 | |
| 504 | !Bio-Mecha |
| 505 | |
| 506 | An invading alien force of biomechanical spaceships that Gamera fights in Gamera 2000 |
| 507 | ---- |
| 508 | * AlienInvasion: ''Maybe'' |
| 509 | * AmbiguousSituation: The exact origin of the Bio-Mecha is incredibly mysterious. Their language is near-identical to the Atlantean symbols seen in the Heisei trilogy, they share Gyaos genes in their biological halves, but they're also ''from space.'' |
| 510 | * AmbiguousRobots: They're all biomechanical in nature, but to what extent seems to vary based on type. |
| 511 | * Cyborg: All of them are massive half-machine, half-organic fighters. |
| 512 | * EliteMook: Have several, such as the hulking M-Machine Dread VII, or the fast and agile Quicksilver (Dolphnid) |
| 513 | * MakerOfMonsters: Created the Neo-Gyaos to help in their invasion plans |
| 514 | * ZergRush: They're not exactly hurting for manpower, so unless they have an elite unit out, this is the best they can do against Gamera. |
| 515 | |
| 516 | !Neo-Gyaos |
| 517 | [[quoteright:817:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/untitled_drawing_1_2.png]] |
| 518 | [[caption-width-right:817:]] |
| 519 | Genetically modified Gyaos clones that are commanded by the Bio-Mecha |
| 520 | ---- |
| 521 | * AngryGuardDog: The Gyaos-Dogs. |
| 522 | * BioweaponBeast: Much more explicitly so than their movie counterparts, as they're Gyaos clones specifically designed to be weapons. And it shows, considering they take on a wild number of forms, including ones that barely look like Gyaos, such as the Gyaos-Armadillo or Gyaos-Dogs. |
| 523 | * BishonenLine: Gyaos-Man looks much more humanoid than any other Gyaos. The power boost that usually comes with this however is subverted, as it's not that strong compared to the others. |
| 524 | * EvilIsBigger: Can be utterly enormous, as in Gyaos 3's case. |
| 525 | * MultipleHeadCase: The Neo-Gyaos that Gamera fights at Alcatraz has two heads. |
| 526 | |
| 527 | !Dragon Fortress/Bionic Gyaos |
| 528 | [[quoteright:818:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/biogyao.PNG]] |
| 529 | [[caption-width-right:818:]] |
| 530 | The final weapon of the Bio-Mecha, an extremely powerful Neo-Gyaos created from combining Gamera and Gyaos DNA |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * ClimaxBoss: Is not the final boss of ''Gamera 2000,'' but is easily the bigger threat over the relative victory lap of the Bio-Mecha mothership |
| 533 | * CombatTentacles: Has tentacles in it's second form, but drops them in it's final form |
| 534 | * EvilIsBigger: At roughly ''the size of a small island,'' it absolutely is. |
| 535 | * LivingStructureMonster: Takes the form of a fortress before taking enough damage. |
| 536 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: Gamera completely obliterates it with the Ultimate Plasma after weakening it enough. |
| 537 | * ThatsNoMoon: Starts out as an absolutely enormous Bio-Mecha fortress. That is until you damage it enough, causing it to explode out into it's true form. |
| 538 | |
| 539 | !Unnamed Tentacled Monster |
| 540 | [[quoteright:942:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bubble_kaiju_6.png]] |
| 541 | [[caption-width-right:942:]] |
| 542 | A monster that appears in the 2015 short film, 10 years after Gamera wiped out a swarm of Gyaos when the protagonist was a child. |
| 543 | ---- |
| 544 | * CombatTentacles: Has multiple tentacled limbs, which it uses to toss around buildings and destroy things |
| 545 | * DisintegratorRay: Can seemingly cause objects to disintegrate and explode with the blasts from it's tentacles |
| 546 | * EnergyBall: On contact with an object, it's beams become large spheres that cause whatever is caught in them to degrade and explode. |
| 547 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Has no explanation or origin whatsoever other than that it exploded out of a building in Toyko, started rampaging, and as a result was faced with Gamera. |
| 548 | * TentacledTerror: Has an unknown number of tentacles, some of which can fire out blasts of highly destructive energy. |
| 549 | |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[/folder]] |
| 552 | |
| 553 | [[folder: Unmade Kaiju]] |
| 554 | !The Ice Giant |
| 555 | A giant of ice who was also the trump card for the "Ice-Men" invaders. |
| 556 | ---- |
| 557 | * AnIcePerson: While not much is known about it's powers, the fact that it's masters are "Ice-Men," who freeze the planet, indicates it would have had ice-based properties. |
| 558 | * OurGiantsAreDifferent: Apparently made out of ice despite being a living thing, and is based on the Jötunn of Norse Myth. |
| 559 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Apparently would've been the only humanoid opponent faced by Gamera. |
| 560 | |
| 561 | !Monga |
| 562 | [[quoteright:376:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monga_concept.png]] |
| 563 | [[caption-width-right:376:]] |
| 564 | A flying squirrel-like monster that was replaced by Space Gyaos |
| 565 | ---- |
| 566 | * BewareMyStingerTail: Had a mace-like attachment on it's tail |
| 567 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Considering what happened to Space Gyaos, let's just say it got lucky. |
| 568 | * NotQuiteFlight: Could glide via the membranes under it's arms. |
| 569 | |
| 570 | !W |
| 571 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1200px_wiv.jpg]] |
| 572 | [[caption-width-right:1000:]] |
| 573 | A monster Gamera would have faced in ''Gamera vs the Two-Headed Monster W.'' |
| 574 | ---- |
| 575 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Looks very similar to King Ghidorah, differentiated by it's two heads instead of three, hawk-like faces, and fire/ice powers instead of lightning. |
| 576 | * FireIceDuo: It's heads acted as this. |
| 577 | * AnIcePerson: One head had ice-related breath. |
| 578 | * MultipleHeadCase: Two heads, clear as day. |
| 579 | * PlayingWithFire: One of it's heads could breathe fire. |
| 580 | |
| 581 | !!Namagon |
| 582 | [[quoteright:929:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gaira.PNG]] |
| 583 | [[caption-width-right:929:]] |
| 584 | A monster Gamera fought in the unmade ''Gamera 3D'' |
| 585 | ---- |
| 586 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Similar to [[Film/GodzillaVsHedorah Hedorah,]] which makes sense given that it was Yoshimitsu Banno's idea. |
| 587 | * BishonenLine: Became more humanoid as it gained in strength |
| 588 | * FallenAngel: Of a sort, being a nature goddess that was corrupted into a monster. |
| 589 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: It's second form looks more like an [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Angel]] than anything Gamera has fought before |
| 590 | |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | |
| 593 | |
| 594 | |
| 595 | [[folder:Humans]] |
| 596 | |
| 597 | !Heisei Trilogy |
| 598 | |
| 599 | !!Asagi Kusanagi |
| 600 | !!! '''Portrayed by:''' Ayako Fujitani |
| 601 | |
| 602 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: She's Gamera's version of Miki Saegusa, a human with a psychic link to the main kaiju. |
| 603 | * TheHeart: To Gamera. He's more savage once their connection is severed. |
| 604 | * TheLancer: To Gamera in a way. |
| 605 | * SheIsAllGrownUp: She was a high schooler in the first movie. In college by the third film. |
| 606 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Asagi grows up to be a bit of a tomboy by the time she reunites with Nagamine in the third film. |
| 607 | |
| 608 | !!Inspector Tsutomu Osako |
| 609 | !!! '''Portrayed by:''' Yukijiro Hotaru |
| 610 | |
| 611 | %%* ButtMonkey: |
| 612 | * HesBack: In ''Film/Gamera3AwakeningOfIrys''. |
| 613 | %%* PluckyComicRelief: |
| 614 | * TookALevelInBadass: Actually kind of helpful and heroic in the third film. |
| 615 | * WeirdnessMagnet: Can't catch a break. |
| 616 | |
| 617 | !!Dr. Mayumi Nagamine |
| 618 | !!! '''Portrayed by:''' Shinobu Nakayama |
| 619 | |
| 620 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: If she sees someone spouting nonsense, she won't hesitate to call them out. |
| 621 | * TheSmartGirl: Bird expert. |
| 622 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Is a bit quieter and more reserved in the third film, while Asagi has matured into a bit of a tomboy. |
| 623 | * {{The Worm G|uy}}al: Bird expert brought in to study the Gyaos. |
| 624 | |
| 625 | !!Midori Honami |
| 626 | !!! '''Portrayed by:''' Miki Mizuno |
| 627 | |
| 628 | %%zce* TheSmartGirl: Like Nagamine, but more quiet and softspoken |
| 629 | |
| 630 | !!Ayana Hirasaka |
| 631 | !!! '''Portrayed by:''' Ai Maeda, Aki Maeda (child) |
| 632 | |
| 633 | * EvilCounterpart: To Asagi, though she's not outright evil, just hurt. |
| 634 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Starts to regret her bond with Iris near the end of the film after watching the death and destruction Irys brought. |
| 635 | * TheCorrupter: One potential backstory for Irys is that Ayana's hatred and anger corrupted him into the monster he's become. |
| 636 | * TheQuietOne: Due to her trauma she's quiet and reserved. |
| 637 | * WeirdnessMagnet: Not only involves herself with Irys, but Gamera and the Gyaos, too. |
| 638 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She lost her parents during the battle between Gamera and the first Super Gyaos, her adopted family openly talks bad about her, she and the one part of her foster family she cares about are bullied by the neighborhood. Yeah, she's directly responsible for Iris (and depending on which choice you pic from his MultipleChoicePast, perhaps directly responsible for what he became), but the poor girl's been through hell. |
| 639 | |
| 640 | !!Mito Asakura |
| 641 | !!! '''Portrayed by:''' Senri Yamazaki |
| 642 | * AffablyEvil: Despite her ambitions, Asakura is shown to be quite polite. |
| 643 | %%* BigBadWannabe: |
| 644 | %%* HoistByHisOwnPetard |
| 645 | %%* IJustWantToBeSpecial |
| 646 | * MeanCharacterNiceActor: In stark contrast to the character's reserved yet sadistic personality and her shadowy nature, Mito's actress Senri Yamazaki is actually [[NiceGirl a very pleasant and friendly woman]] in real life. |
| 647 | %%* TooDumbToLive |
| 648 | |
| 649 | |
| 650 | !!Tatsunari Moribe |
| 651 | !!! '''Portrayed by:''' Yu Koyama |
| 652 | |
| 653 | * DoggedNiceGuy: To Ayana. |
| 654 | |
| 655 | !''Film/GameraTheBrave'' |
| 656 | |
| 657 | !!Toru Umeda |
| 658 | !!!'''Played by:''' Ryo Tomioka |
| 659 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryo_tomioka.jpg]] |
| 660 | [[caption-width-right:150:''"Your name is going to be Toto. Grow up and be strong, you hear?"'']] |
| 661 | The main protagonist of ''Film/GameraTheBrave''. A young boy that finds the original Gamera's egg and bonds with Toto helping the reborn Gamera against the threat of Zedus. |
| 662 | ---- |
| 663 | * ABoyAndHisX: One of the main plot points of ''The Brave'' is the relation between him and Toto, his pet tortoise that grows into the reincarnated Gamera. |
| 664 | * ContrastingSequelProtagonist: Though ''The Brave'' is a ContinuityReboot to the Heisei Trilogy, Toru can be considered one to Ayana, who while antagonistic was one of the previous film's main characters, in various ways: |
| 665 | ** While both children suffered from losing their parents (in Ayana's case both her birth parents during Gamera's fight with Super Gyaos and in Toru's case, his mother in a car accident) in accidents and it clearly impacted them, the way they both dealt with it differentiates them; Ayana allowed her loss to fill her with resentment and hatred towards her new adoptive family, whereas Toru mostly remained happy with his life and father. |
| 666 | ** Both bonded with a baby kaiju until its adulthood, but while Irys grew into a violent and uncontrollable beast or had his evil further amplified due to Ayana's influence eventually refusing to listen to her in the climax, Toto grew into a caring and heroic kaiju thanks to Toru's unconditional kindness and love and even listens to him when Toru begs Toto not to sacrifice himself. |
| 667 | ** Ayana wanted Gamera dead, Toru wants to prevent Gamera/Toto from dying or sacrificing himself. |
| 668 | * CynicismCatalyst: The death of his mother made Toru gain some levels in cynicism, Toto's entrance into his life ends up helping him recover his optimism. |
| 669 | * FreeRangeChildren: He's able to get around very freely in both his town and others nearby. However, it's implied that he only has that much free range because his father is busy at work, notably when he goes to Osaka to deliver the Red Stone to Gamera/Toto, his father ends up very angry at Toru going missing and nearly ending in the risk zone of Zedus' rampage. |
| 670 | * KidHero: One of the main protagonists of the film and a kid who takes in the infant Gamera/Toto. |
| 671 | * MissingMom: His mother died in a car crash a year before the events of the film, her loss still impacts him and plays a part in his character arc in the film. |
| 672 | * ShipTease: ''Friends: Gamera the Brave'', a novelization of the film, shows him slowly develop feelings for Mai; this was actually meant to be shown in the film itself but the scenes of it were cut out. |
| 673 | |
| 674 | !!Mai Nishio |
| 675 | !!!'''Played by:''' Kaho |
| 676 | A friend of Toru who lives next door with her balcony being right next to his, she has a heart problem that requires her to be sent in the hospital for an operation. She also knows about Gamera and helps Toru find out more about the turtles' legacy and past. |
| 677 | ---- |
| 678 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: She's one of the film's main characters who while out of action for some parts, still has a big presence in the film itself. |
| 679 | * GirlNextDoor: She's a close friend of Toru who lives next door and serves as one of the deuteragonists of the film. |
| 680 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: She and Toru are very close and have many familiar romantic tropes, despite this the film ultimately only shows them being friends. The novelization, ''Friends: Gamera the Brave'' does change Mai into a full-blown LoveInterest however. |
| 681 | * NiceGirl: She's in general a nice girl to Toru and everyone else. Once she realizes that Toru's found an infant Gamera she makes a big effort to help him keep the turtle safe and a secret from his father. |
| 682 | * SecretKeeper: Initially helps Toru keep Toto's existance a secret from his father. |
| 683 | [[/folder]] |
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