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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
2** The opening theme, "Yuusha Oh Tanjou" ("The King of Braves is Born", literally) which is sung by [[Music/JAMProject Endoh Masaaki]]. ''Especially'' the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fW2IK3lnt4 FINAL Grand Glorious Gathering]] version. It's so catchy that you may randomly start singing '''GAGAGA GAGAGA GAOGAIGAR~''' for years after watching the anime.
3** After several years since FINAL's release, we're finally treated to a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJn5teyd9tA new revision of Yuusha Oh Tanjou]], Juvenile Version, to accompany ''Literature/KingOfKingsGaogaigarVSBetterman'', the song being updated to show [=GaoGaiGar=]'s variants throughout the new story. [[spoiler:However, a VERY special moment must be brought up for the end of it, as the song suddenly becomes a VillainSong dedicated to the new antagonist Hakaioh, fitting as they have taken over Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=] to begin their conquest.]]
4** Some of the StockFootage music is also noteworthy - in particular, "Final Fusion" is one of the most heroic ThemeMusicPowerUp tunes in the series, and "Goldion Hammer" is basically music for "[[CurbStompBattle Kiss your ass]] [[FinishingMove goodbye, villain]]!"
5** '''POWER OF DESIRE''' and "Let's Final Fusion!", the latter sung by '''both''' Masaaki Endoh and Hironobu Kageyama.
6** The [[{{Determinator}} aptly named]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koS3I_gbeo0 Yuuki Aru Tatakai]], practically the musical cue that the villains are about to get their sh*t wrecked in a truly epic way. Most of the series's [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome best moments]] have this song accompanied them (the showdown with EI-01, the final battle with the Z-Master, [=GaoGaiGar=] vs Zonuda and Gai's EPIC beatdown of Palparepa)
7** King J-Der's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24G1ip05QJs Utsukushiki Hikari no Tsubasa]] (Beautiful Wings of Light). Plenty of Super Robots have HotBlooded Rock themes. How many have a fricking OPERA? And sung by a legendary stage actor best known for playing Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera in the Japanese production?
8** Another ThemeMusicPowerUp is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z25lFn_sz5o Dividing Driver]]". All the more true during the [[spoiler:activation of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LGS-ywPxWs Goldion Crusher]].]]
9* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Mikoto's photo album in episode 37 inexplicably has live action photos in it, including a woman performing a [[Series/KamenRider henshin pose]] and a shiba inu. Also of note is the conspicuous also live action hand holding the page for one shot.
10* BrokenBase: The darker tone present in ''[[Anime/GaoGaiGarFINAL FINAL]]'' divides quite a few fans. Some view it as out of place and think that it results in the show losing some of the charm the original's kid-friendly ethos gave it, while others welcome it and feel that it was a logical next step for the series and that there wasn't really any way to escalate the villains beyond [[spoiler:the Z-Master]] without dipping into territory that was unavoidably non-kid-friendly.
11* CommonKnowledge: It's been long since believed that Anime/GaoGaiGar was produced as a response to the dark, deconstructive ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''--except it wasn't. Not only was Evangelion a dark twist on ''Ultraman'' instead of mecha anime, Anime/GaoGaiGar released over a year after Evangelion debuted and was the final entry in Takara's long-running Brave franchise, serving as a send-off to that series' themes and aesthetic. Given how long production leads take, Anime/GaoGaiGar and Evangelion were most likely in production at the same time, wholly unbeknowst to each other. Also, [[MerchandiseDriven GaoGaiGar was largely a vehicle for selling toys]]; only in the latter half of the series where it turned out to be more popular with [[PeripheryDemographic older viewers]] did Anime/GaoGaiGar's writing take a more dramatic turn.
12* CultClassic: One of ''the'' biggest examples among the English-speaking anime fandom. Not everyone has heard of it or watched it, but those who have tend to fall in love with it without reservation.
13* GrowingTheBeard: The first 20 or so episodes are fairly standard monster-of-the-week-beaten-with-new-GGG-gadgetry fare and reveal the show as the MerchandiseDriven kid's show it was... but around episode 27 or so, the quality of the story, the acting, the animation, the hot blood, and the absurdity all takes a sharp uptick and the show grows ever more entertaining from there.
14* HilariousInHindsight
15** "Made in China" stamps on Fuuryu and Rairyu toys.
16** When Fuuryu and Rairyu act under UN orders and storm GGG in FINAL, they deploy in deep space which causes them to appear gray. There are ''bootleg toys'' of them in that color.
17** "THE POWER" is the exact same name as both the premiere and finale of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow''.
18** The unfortunate looking hot air balloon in episode 8 looks a lot like the poop emoji.
19* MagnificentBastard: [[TheDragon Arm Primeval]], also known as ZX-07, is the leader of the Seven Magnificent Primevals, a group consisted of the strongest Primevals which he lives up to such title. Being able to make use of Eye Primeval's ability to see through the future, Arm is able to predict every direction Guy is striking towards him. Even after [[ShootTheMedicFirst losing Liver Primeval]], Arm is still able to remain his cool and fused with other Primevals to become Combined Primeval which gives the GGG a hard time. Later, he is able to trick the heroes into destroying missiles which release sand that immobilised them and later used the sand to help him escape. In order to hide their portal that brought the Primevals to Jupiter, Arm created a Zonder Robo to disrupt GGG’s radio sequence so they won’t detect the portal. Always being able to come up with a plan ahead of the heroes and managed to avoid getting purified for three times, Arm Primeval has proved himself to be one of the most competently dangerous Primeval GGG has ever faced.
20* MemeticMutation: "Symmetrical Docking" became a FanNickname for two women pressing their breasts together after a memorable ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' YonKoma gag comic as seen [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/150779 here]]
21* NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognise: In FINAL, Kotaro is replaced with this old bugger in the command chair, and the UN makes its move to acquire GGG's resources, which they've planned for some time. Turns out the old guy wasn't part of their plan - [[YouShallNotPass he even ends up holding the line.]]
22* {{Padding}}: Especially prevalent in the first half of the series, the mediocre first half would have much shorter episodes if not for the constant blabbering and long transformation sequences during the battles.
23* PeripheryDemographic: The TV series was originally aimed at kids, yet suffered poor TV ratings (from a combination of franchise fatigue - a ''Brave'' series had been on air every year since 1990, making ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'' the eighth in as many years - and running ''directly'' into the electric-mouse-powered buzzsaw that was ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries''. Its popularity actually came from massive DVD sales to older otaku and mecha fans, who were highly impressed with the show's second half.
24* SequelDisplacement: ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'' is the most easily recognized of the eight ''Anime/BraveSeries'', particularly outside of Japan. All but the hardest-core Anglophone mecha fans will react with a blank stare and "Wait... there was a series?" when the ''Brave Series'' is brought up in the context of ''GGG''.[[note]]Even in Japan, it's by far the most visible of the lot and in the [=21st=] century is treated as the franchise's flagship entry; it's pretty much always front and center of ''Brave''-wide promotional material like the [=30th=] anniversary celebration, and thanks to ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' and the like, it's the entry most folks who weren't kids when the shows were airing are likely to be familiar with.[[/note]] This was all compounded by the fact that, for ages, only three other ''Brave Series'' (''Anime/TheBraveFighterOfSunFighbird'', ''Anime/TheBraveFighterOfLegendDaGarn'' and ''Anime/BravePoliceJDecker'') had been fully-subbed in a coherent way, though by 2019 much of ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'', ''Anime/BraveExkaiser'', ''Anime/TheBraveOfGoldGoldran'', and ''Anime/BraveCommandDagwon'' and its OVA had fan-made subtitles available, and an internet meme was born based on ''Anime/TheBraveFighterOfSunFighbird'', giving awareness even without it entering ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''
25* SpoiledByTheFormat: [[spoiler:The Z-Master is destroyed in episode 47, but there are two more episodes left.]] [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Uh oh...]]
26* SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing: ''Damn'' the dub is awesome. Which makes it all the more unfortunate that it was canceled halfway through, just when the show itself was entering its strongest arcs (and thus were going to give the actors even better material). Apparently low sales sealed the dub's fate and season 2 was released subtitled only.
27* ToyShip: Mamoru and Hana. Driven home with a big golden hammer at the end [[spoiler:when their school friends present Hana to Mamoru in a wedding dress, veil and all, before he leaves.]]
28* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
29** Not in the way you might expect -- sure, there are pagers everywhere (in the [[{{Zeerust}} far-off future of ~2005]]), a lot of the kids wear [=90s=] kid fashion, [=GaoGaiGar's=] shoulders are ''specifically'' the then-brand-new [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Series_Shinkansen 500 series shinkansen]], et cetera... but the bit that makes the show stick out somewhat painfully as a [=90s=] product is the tendency of Ushi and Ayame to gush over ''American military equipment''. A number of episodes feature one or the other recognizing an American-made military vehicle and gushing over it (often before it becomes a Zonderized threat); episode 39 even makes a joke of them nerding out together. In 1997, this was a pretty common depiction of military fanboys (which Ayame is on top of being a toku geek), but in the [=21st=] century, ''especially'' UsefulNotes/TheNewTens and beyond, it can come across a ''lot'' differently (and somewhat weirdly, given that this is a Japanese show) thanks to the events at the start of the century. A show of the [=21st=] century could easily be perceived as making a ''much'' different statement than ''GGG'' intends with this, and the military otaku-ism marks the show as a product of its time in a way that the production staff almost certainly didn't intend at all.
30** Episode 4 also hits this problem in a different way. To a lot of Americans, an episode about an out-of-control monster space shuttle might've been [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster a little questionable]] even in '97, but it still would've been at least somewhat acceptable; [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster after 2003]], though, any show anywhere in the world doing this kind of plot would come across as being in terribly bad taste. In 1997, though, the space shuttle program and general interest in space development was still very hot and would only taper off after the events of the new century, so the shuttle story - and even the entire existence of the Space Development Corporation as GGG's public arm - was a natural writing angle.
31* ValuesDissonance: Child characters appearing naked. Not a big deal at all in Japan (where nakedness in that context just indicates innocence) but raised some eyebrows in the West.
32* TheWoobie: It's hard to not feel incredibly terrible for Mamoru after all that happens to him in FINAL.

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