History Characters / GaoGaiGar

* BishonenLine: He goes from a silly, cutesy, and cartoony-looking robot shaped vaguely like a jukebox to a cool looking mecha in his Boom Form.

* Meaningful Name: Mamoru's father is "Isamu", meaning "Bravery" or "Courage". His mother's name is "Ai", meaning "Love". Both are extremely valuable traits to pass down to their son.

* {{Expy}}: Of Takeshi Goda from ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''. But his personality and actions are no way near like a bully, and instead is a rather competent [[BigBrotherInstinct big brother figure]] towards his friends.

* {{Expy}}: Of Suneo Honekawa from ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}''.

->Voiced by: Creator/ShinichiYamada (JP) , Christopher Kromer (EN, Hyoryuu), David Wills (EN, EnRyuu)

->Voiced by: Creator/ShinichiYamada (JP)

->Voiced by: Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (JP)

* FusionDance: They can merge together to become Seiryuujin. Later on they can also merge with Shouryuu becoming [[spoiler: [=ShoSeiryuujin=]]]. [[spoiler:This gets TurnedUpToEleven later still when, after freeing Kouryuu and Anryuu from the control of Triple Zero, the four Brave Machines' [=SympaRate=] exceeds 200 percent, and they perform the same Miraculous Symmetrical Docking used by their brother Braves, becoming KiryuuJin (Kouryuu and Nichiryuu) and Shinryuujin (Anryuu and Getsuryuu).]] [[spoiler:In the same chapter, the insanity gets cranked up even further still when the Bettermen fuse to [=ShinRyuuJin=]'s armor and create Musou Shinryuujin.]]

* FusionDance: They can merge together to become Seiryuujin. Later on they can also merge with Shouryuu becoming [[spoiler: [=ShoSeiryuujin=]]].

The beings that will turn all living things into light. [[spoiler: They are actually the missing members of GGG that were lost in the other universe.]] They are the main antagonists of ''Hakaiou: [=GaoGaiGar vs. Betterman=]''.

* ActionGirl

* {{Cyborg}}
* FairCop
* GratuitousFrench

* CallBack: Tenryuujin's "Dance of Light and Dark" is based on an attack Pasder used in Part 1, and [[spoiler: she uses an attack called "Projectile/Bullet X Lite" to [[TakingYouWithMe take out Puranus]].]]

* DualWielding
* {{Fembot}}

* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By Puranus. Doesn't take, as Puranus stabs them straight down the center--naturally, Kouryuu and Anryuu are barely damaged as individuals, and Fusion Out in order to escape.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Anryuu's tomboy and Kouryuu's girly girl
* TransformingMecha

* {{Meganekko}}

* YamatoNadeshiko

* CoolOldLady
* IronLady

A member of Bionet

* {{Cyborg}}
* WarmUpBoss: Serves as this for FINAL

* AIIsACrapshoot

* EvilCounterpart
* GoodThingYouCanHeal
* HealingFactor

* {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s
* PsychoRangers

* AGodAmI

* DeadlyDoctor

* [[spoiler: FamousLastWords: See below.]]
* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: He truly believes that [[SocialDarwinist only the strongest is allowed to exist]], so, when Pisa Sol is destroyed and they start to vanish, he peacefully remarks that as "the law of the material world", accepting the fact that they lost.]]

* {{Nanomachines}}

* SocialDarwinist

* BigOlEyebrows

* EyesAlwaysShut

* BigGood
* BigOlEyebrows
* FatherToHisMen

* HotbloodedSideburns

* EinsteinHair

* GagNose

* TheProfessor

* TheSmartGuy

* BuxomIsBetter

* PermaStubble

* SpockSpeak

* AttackReflector / CatchAndReturn: Enryu's Mirror Shield.

* HeroesWantRedHeads
* [[spoiler: ManchurianAgent]]
* MissionControl

* FamousLastWords: "We are ruined...however..."]]

Codenamed as "Cyborg Guy" [[spoiler:and later, Evoluder Guy]], Guy is the main protagonist of the series. Guy was originally a NewMeat astronaut working for the Space Development Corporation, but was fatally injured by El-01 during one of his space missions, though he was lucky enough to be saved by Galeon and was found in a coma holding a G-Stone. In order to preserve his life, his father turned him into a cyborg, and used the G-stone Guy was holding as his main life support. Because of his new cyborg body, he is stronger, faster and more durable than any human, which is why he considers it his responsibility to use his enhanced body to protect humanity with the rest of the GGG. In battle, he can do a fusion with Galeon to form the SuperRobot [=GaiGar=], which in turn can do another fusion with other "Gao Machines" called the Final Fusion, forming the titular mecha [=GaoGaiGar=]. When on foot, Guy has several abilities which he can use to fight enemies hand-to-hand, including his Will Knife and [[SuperMode Hyper Mode]], the latter which can be activated for two minutes at a time to make Guy even stronger and faster.

A young elementary school boy who after the emergence of El-02 and the following Zonder attacks finds himself discovering hidden powers, involving purification of Zonder cores. Unknown to him, he was found aboard Galeon several years before by his adoptive parents, and got taken in as their child. [[spoiler:It is later on revealed that he is actually Latio, the biological son of Cain, a biological weapon designed to defeat the Zonders, and the Primevals]].

[[spoiler: After the defeat of Z-Master, it's discovered that when Mikoto's house was invaded by EI-01, it implanted her with the seed of a new type of Zonder, the Zonuda, with the power to sublimate technology and absorb energy.]]

* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: When she turns into Zonuda, this is what happens.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Especially jarring for an anime example. It only had a muddled Foreshadowing, happened within seconds, and he was stuck in such a situation, with such a short time frame, that the only thing a genius like him could was to scream "NOOO!" He appears alongside his wife as a SpiritAdvisor to Guy shortly after.]]

GGG America's lead mechanical engineer. He's the elder brother of Leo Shishioh, uncle of Guy Shishioh, and Father to Renais Cardiff Shishioh [[spoiler: and [[{{Anime/Betterman}} Shigeru Akamatsu]].]]

* [[spoiler: TragicKeepsake: The large bow Papillon places in his hair.]]

* StoutStrength: Aversion - he's big and a bit wide, but is of average strength and health. (Hyuuma frequently tells him to work out more, in fact.)

An extraterrestrial robotic lion who saved Guy's life following his encounter with EI-01 and brought Mamoru to his foster parents. [[spoiler: Galeon was originally created by Cain as an 'anti-program' to counteract the 11 Sol Masters, but was reprogrammed and tasked with protecting Cain's son Latio (Mamoru), following the mechanization of the Green Planet.]]

Galeon is able to fuse with Guy to form the mechanoid [=GaiGar=], and form the titular [=GaoGaiGar=] through Final Fusion with the Gao Machines. In FINAL, [[spoiler: with it's original program restored, Galeon is able to combine with Evoluder Guy and the Genesic Machines to form the God of Destruction, Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=].]]

* AnimalMecha

* CombiningMecha
* NoisyNature

* TransformingMecha

* [[spoiler:TheSlowPath: How they come back from one HeroicSacrifice.]]
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe: SUPERNOVA's very powerful, but it requires the brothers to turn their {{ChestBlaster}}s to "infinite" at point-blank range, forcing a win through temperature shock. But they don't walk away from it...]]
* TransformingMecha

* SpockSpeak

* TransformingMecha

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: [[spoiler:Volfogg's AI is based off of an intelligence agent who was killed before the start of the series.]]

* TheStoic
* TransformingMecha

* DontYouDarePityMe: [[spoiler:We find out in a CD Drama that her father is dead and her family, while ''once'' rich, is actually broke - we get a peek at this during episode 26 (when the gang thinks the rest of their class is dead, and Reiko simultaneously is a bit calmer and also a bit more morose about the idea), and that may be ''her'' cheap apartment that she's in front of in her first FINAL appearance. [[MockMillionaire She hides this from her friends but acts 'rich']] for seemingly this trope.]]

A classmate of Mamoru's who is silent and always seems distant. He does not play a significant role for most of the series but seems to recognize Pizza whenever he appears. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Kaidou is in fact an Arma unit from the Red Planet in the Trinary Solar System. The ruler of the Red Planet, Abel, decided that Cain of the Green Planet had the right idea and created an entire army of Soldato J cyborgs along with J-Arks and Armas based on the power of the J-Jewel and genetic data from Latio. Unfortunately they still failed and the Red Planet was Zonderised, but Soldato J No. 002 was able to send his Arma and J-Ark away before the final battle. He landed on Earth where he was found and adopted by a human woman.]]

[[spoiler:After Pasder appears, Kaidou's memories of his origin and purpose are restored and he sets to work fulfilling the mission entrusted to him by purifying first Soldato J and then Tomoro-117 in order to reactivate the J-Ark and bring it back to fighting strength.]]

* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman]]: Not especially played up, though.

* PeekABangs

Hana's older middle school female cousin who's into masculine hobbies such as military mechanics, motorbike racing, and professional wrestling. [[spoiler: Married to [[{{Anime/Betterman}} Tsuguo Ushiyama]] in the future]].

* GirlishPigtails
* {{Tomboy}}
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

[[spoiler:But here's the kicker - it turns out Pasder is hardly the most powerful opponent [=GGG=] has to fight. In fact, he was just a mouthpiece for the 31 Primevals and is later absorbed into the other mouthpiece, Pagliaccio, giving them full knowledge of [=GGG=]'s fighting strength and tactics.]]

* DiskOneFinalBoss
* EvilSoundsDeep

The most aggressive and warlike of the four Machine Kings. His martial pride causes him to clash with Guy at several points throughout the series and eventually causes him to remember details of his past. [[spoiler:Pizza was originally one of the cyborg soldiers of the Red Planet, in the Trinary Solar System, who fought against the 31 Primevals but was forced to flee into the wastelands where he was found by Pinchernone and turned into a Zonderian. After remembering his old principles and pride he sacrifices himself to save Guy, and is eventually purified and resurrected as Soldato J.]]

* CoolMask

* TheDragon

* GagNose

* TheRival: To Guy
* [[spoiler: SixthRanger]]

The insidious and calculating member of the Machine Kings, Pinchernone is best known for his sailor uniform/MonsterClown outfit and his downright creepy laugh. He serves as another foil for Pizza, whom he works most often with, and the two could almost be considered friends, if machine lifeforms can have friends. Pinchernone also develops a rivalry of sorts with Volfogg. [[spoiler:Later it is revealed that he was once Tomoro-117, the main computer of the J-Ark, which was zonderised during the 31 Primevals' invasion of the Red Planet, forcing J to fight on foot. Unable to defeat the Arm Primeval, J fled into the wastelands where he was found by Pinchernone and became the Machine King Pizza.]]

[[spoiler:As Tomoro-117 he is very precise, efficient, and unflinchingly loyal to both J and Arma, and proves to be instrumental in defeating the Z-Master. In FINAL, he uses the last of the J-Ark's ES-Missiles to allow Genesic [=GaoGaiGar=] to reach the [=PasQ=] Machine and destroy the replica of the Trinary Solar System.]]

* [[spoiler:CoolStarship - he becomes the main computer for one after his purification.]]

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily

The most outgoing and playful of the four Machine Kings. Primada usually appears as a ballerina with clothes made of car parts, and is almost always dancing in her on-screen appearances. As part of Pasder's final plan, she and Polonaise [[spoiler:form a gigantic energy generator to power the Zonder Metal Plant. She is killed by exposure to the G-Stone energies from [=ChoRyuJin=]'s exposed GS Ride. It's vaguely hinted that Primada and Polonaise were married before they became Zonderians. Interestingly, many Zonderians resembling Primada can be seen in the background during the flashback of the Red Planet being Zonderised.]]

* TheDarkChick

Often taking the human form of a silent old train conductor, Polonaise is the most unassuming of the four Machine Kings. As part of Pasder's final plan, he and Primada [[spoiler:form a gigantic energy generator to power the Zonder Metal Plant. He is killed when [=GaoGaiGar=] injures him severely, followed by his purification by Mamoru.]]

* EvilGenius

A seemingly robotic clown who gives orders to the 31 Primevals. Pagliaccio is actually [[spoiler:a "terminal program" created by the most powerful of them all, the Heart Primeval, in order to gather intelligence on Earth and direct the actions of the others. It is seen absorbing Pasder at the conclusion of the battle and eventually starts analyzing THE POWER so that the Primevals can take it for themselves.]] Oddly, neither [=GGG=] nor the J warriors take note of its presence.

* VillainousHarlequin

* BeardOfEvil

The combined form of the 31 Primevals and the master program controlling every Zonder Metal and Zonder lifeform in the universe [[spoiler:(except the Zonuda)]]. It was originally created by the Purple Planet to eliminate stress and negativity. However, it decided that the best way to do so would be to absorb all life into itself. Not only does it have full knowledge of [=GGG=]'s tactics and capabilities thanks to the efforts of the Primevals, but it is able to attach itself to Jupiter and drain '''[[color:orange: THE POWER]]''', making it all but invincible.

* AIIsACrapshoot
* AllYourPowersCombined
* AssimilationPlot
* EldritchAbomination
* [[spoiler: FamousLastWords: "We are ruined...however..."]]
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan]]

* SpikesOfVillainy: Lots, including on her collar and headband. She even has spikes ''[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar where her nipples would be]]''.

* BigBad: Of Final, while Palparepa does most of the heavy lifting among the Masters of Sol, Abel is the one leading them all.

!Other Continuities

[[folder:New Generation GGG Mecha]]

[[folder:Bettermen (Somniums)]]

** It doesn't help that Hakaiou has multiple meanings due to the kanji used. 覇界王 mean supreme, world, and king respectively. The English translation for the novel and manga uses Overlord before it was changed to King of Ruin.

* GoneHorriblyRight: They were created to absorb stressful emotions and convert them into energy to relieve stress. They're still acting on that goal, they simply believe that [[AssimulationPlot they need to assimulate all life in the universe to do that.]]

* InTheHood: With exception of three members, all of them wear hooded cloaks.

* EvilKnockoff: Of the real Cain.

A TeenGenius who was once a kidnapped by Bionet in her childhood. She joins GGG as their programmer and operator.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:New Generation GGG Mecha]]
!!Porc-Auto / Big Porc-Auto
A robot designed to help Renais on her missions as a part of Chasseur. His Ai was based on Eric "Gentleman" Fowler, Renais's partner who was killed in battle.

!!Alouette
A young girl kidnapped by Bionet and turned into a super genius.

* AllThereInTheManual: She is the one who created the Final Fusion program for [=GaoFighGar=].
* BroughtDownToNormal: She lost her memories and her intelligence during the battle with Bionet allowing her to live as a normal girl... at least until she regain her memories in ''Hakaiou: [=GaoGaiGar=] vs. Betterman''.
* ChildProdigy
* EasyAmnesia: A blow to the head was all it takes to erase her memories.
* RescueRomance: Falls for Kaidou after he saves her from a Bionet agent.

!!Shu
A former friend of Guy and agent of Bionet that is a cyborg powered by Zonder Metal.
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->Voiced by: Creator/MikiNarahashi (JP), Erica Schroeder (EN)

** Not helping this is are the ''robot names''. The whole conceit of the titular robot is, of course, that it's a combination of its components - the '''Gao''' Machines, '''Guy''' (or Gai) Shishioh, and "long ga" from '''Gal'''eon (which of course runs into ''its own'' issue). And of course, the robot's name is consistently spelled, in Japanese, Gao'''Gai'''Gar. Ditto the base form [=GaiGar=].