Line #20 Film/GameraVsZigra


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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.]]

Context Film / GameraVsZigra