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3 | The seventh installment of the Showa-era '''Film/{{Gamera}}''' films. Earth is invaded by inhabitants of the planet Zigra, a water breathing race that wants to use humankind as a food source. It’s up to Gamera and a handful of children in the thick of it to save the day. Daiei Studios filed for bankruptcy shortly after the release of this film, leading to a nine-year hiatus until the eighth and final Showa Gamera film was released. |
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5 | This is one of nine films to be used twice on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' – once on the local Minneapolis UHF station KTMA in 1988 during the local run of the show and later when running nationally on Creator/ComedyCentral. For those versions please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E16GameraVsZigra episode recap page]]. |
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8 | !!This film provides examples of: |
9 | * TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The film, while released in 1971, is set in 1985. |
10 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: Zigra |
11 | * AlienInvasion: The planet Zigra wants to take over Earth to use humans for food. |
12 | * ArtisticLicensePhysics: Gamera breathes fire '''underwater'''. While it's not impossible to create fire underwater, this is a bit much. Either that or Gamera's flames are just ''that'' hot. |
13 | * BlatantLies: Lora Lee chases the children with the clear intent to kill them, all the while shouting, "Come back! I won't hurt you!" |
14 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Zigra's henchwoman Lora Lee]], as it turns out. |
15 | * DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Gamera plays his own theme music, using Zigra's fins as a xylophone. |
16 | * DisneyDeath: Gamera gets one, [[OnceAnEpisode naturally]]; but also [[spoiler:the crew of the bathysphere]]. |
17 | * EverythingIsAnInstrument: [[spoiler:Even Zigra's beached corpse]] |
18 | * FlyingSaucer |
19 | * HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:In between being defeated and being roasted to death, Zigra gets ''played like a musical instrument.'']] |
20 | * KillItWithFire |
21 | * LightningCanDoAnything: Including [[spoiler:reviving a giant turtle.]] |
22 | * MissingMom: Helen's mom is said to be in a New York hospital. |
23 | * MsFanservice: Lora spends a few minutes in a skimpy two-piece bikini, and the rest of the movie in a T-shirt and very short miniskirt. |
24 | * MuggedForDisguise: Lora uses her hypnosis abilities to steal a bikini from a trio of pearl divers, and later a more sensible outfit from a fleeing woman. |
25 | * ParentService: The Zigra minion Lora Lee is introduced wearing form fitting SpaceClothes before switching to a bikini in an attempt to blend in with humans, finally settling on a mini skirt for the remainder of the film. |
26 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Lora Lee's eyes flash red when she uses her knockout attack. |
27 | * RussianReversal: '''Zigra:''' We live in the Sea and eat things living on land. |
28 | * SpaceWhaleAesop: Don't pollute the oceans, or Space Sharks will come down and eat us all! |
29 | * TailfinWalking: Ambiguous: it's not clear if Zigra is able to grow legs or if he is just standing on his fins. The puppet Zigra with the tail and the costume Zigra with a human actor inside switch between shots so it's hard to tell. |
30 | * ThreateningShark: The aquatic aliens from planet Zigra resemble goblin sharks. |
31 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Played with; Zigra is afraid of bright light, but unlike [[Film/GameraVsGyaos Gyaos]] it does not actually seem to harm him. |
32 | * WhatYearIsThis: After Kenny and Helen are returned by Zigra to a deserted island, they ask the hermit they meet this question. He replies that they're in [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the present year, 1985.]] |
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