Line #1 Film/GameraVsViras


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3	''Gamera vs. Viras'' is the movie where Gamera's love for children became the main plot point, firmly establishing him as the FriendToAllChildren. It features stock footage from ''Giant Monster Gamera'', ''Gamera vs. Barugon'', and ''Gamera vs. Gyaos''. An expedition force of Virians arrive on Earth to take it for their own and kidnap two young boys. Stopping Gamera in his tracks, the aliens learn about his desire to protect humans by probing his memories. The aliens then take control of Gamera and have him attack Japan. The boys plead with the military to not care about their own lives (in a rather noble moment of self-sacrifice) and to destroy the aliens' ship, but the UN refuses. Fortunately, the boys' scoutmaster gives them an idea on how to solve the crisis. Gamera is soon freed from his mind control when the boys screw around with the alien ship's controls, and the ship is destroyed after they escape. The surviving aliens then merge into one giant monster, called Viras, who engages Gamera in a duel to the death. Gamera wins after freezing Viras in the atmosphere.
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6	!!This film contains examples fo the following:
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8	* AdultsAreUseless: Yeah...pretty much.
9	* AlienInvasion: The Viras People have come to Earth because the planet has plenty of nitrogen in its atmosphere, an element that's especially important to their survival.
10	* AllYourPowersCombined: A variation; the Viras leader absorbs the other Viras crewmen in order to grow to Gamera-challenging size.
11	* BehemothBattle: The giant flying turtle Gamera fights a giant squid-like creature to protect the Earth from an alien invasion.
12	* ChekhovsSkill: The two boys' knack for screwing around with device controls and setting them in reverse. It comes in handy later.
13	* CurbStompBattle: The Aliens' first ship is destroyed by Gamera before it can even approach Earth. The next one learns from it and avoids a direct confrontation with Gamera, instead trying to manipulate him through his affection for children.
14	* EvilSoundsDeep: The Virasian leader's voice.
15	* FriendToAllChildren: Gamera is this, and the aliens take advantage of it.
16	* GratuitousEnglish: As the TokenWhite, Jim does this.
17	* KillItWithFire: Gamera destroys the first Viras spaceship with his flame breath.
18	* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: The first alien during the opening scene, leading into the title card.]]
19	* KillItWithIce: Gamera kills Viras by lifting him up into the stratosphere, where he freezes solid. He then lets Viras fall into the ocean, where he breaks up into pieces.
20	* LighterAndSofter: Considerably more lighthearted than the previous films in the series.
21	* LiterallyShatteredLives: Gamera kills Viras by lifting him up into the stratosphere, where he freezes solid. He then lets Viras fall into the ocean, where he breaks up into pieces.
22	* NonIndicativeName: AIP-TV changed the title to the outlandish ''Destroy All Planets''. Their only reasoning behind this was that the company was piggybacking off of their theatrical division's successful release of ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' the year prior.
23	* ReCut: There are three, yes THREE different cuts of the film, the only difference being the amount of stock footage.
24	** Japanese theatrical edition: 72 minutes (available on R2 DVD). Only Gamera's emergence and Eiichi's rescue are shown. Different music track than the other two cuts.
25	** "Extended" edition (version currently used): 81 minutes. Includes the two ''Barugon'' battles, but only the first ''Gyaos'' battle.
26	** International edition (version used for foreign releases and the AIP-TV version; also released on Japanese laserdisc in the 80s): 90 minutes. The other two ''Gyaos'' fights are included, but are curiously sandwiched between the second ''Barugon'' battle and the first ''Gyaos'' battle.
27	* ReverseThePolarity: Masao and Jim use this technique, first to play a prank on the scientists building an experimental submarine, then later on to make Gamera disobey the aliens, then escape from the UFO.
28	* StockFootage: So. Very. Much. Made worse by the fact that a lot of it is used to represent current events... including footage from [[Film/GiantMonsterGamera the first film]], which '''isn't even in color'''.
29	* TokenWhite: Jim
30	* TooDumbToLive: Jim and Masao are smart when it comes to engineering, but they seem to lack, what's it called? Oh yeah, the sense of ''self preservation''.

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