History Characters / GetterRobo

* ''Manga/GetterRoboDevolution''

In ''Shin Getter Robo,'' however, after the development of the titular robot and the onset of attacks from mysterious enemies specifically targeting the Getter, Ryoma begins having visions of the future of humanity [[spoiler: and what use of the Getter could lead to.]] This alongside [[spoiler: the destruction of Saotome Laboratory]] causes him to quit piloting Getter for sixteen years. Eventually, however, the situation becomes dire enough that the only way to save humanity is for him to pilot Shin Getter once more for the climax of ''Getter Robo Go.''

Though he does not appear in person in the ''Arc'' manga [[spoiler: due to getting [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence absorbed into the Getter]] at the end of ''Go'',]] his legacy continues with his son, Takuma Nagare, piloting the Getter-1... as well as the future beckoned by the Getter Rays looming ever closer.

After [[spoiler: the destruction of the Saotome Laboratory and the death of the Professor]] in ''Shin Getter Robo,'' Hayato continues research into the Getter Rays and becomes a scientist, being one of many invited by Professor Rando to the North Pole. However, Hayato soon discovers that it was a trap to convert the world's greatest minds into cyborg slaves. Managing to escape but suffering injuries in the process preventing him from piloting the physically demanding Getter machines, Hayato recruits a new team to pilot his new ''Getter Robo Go'' in order to fight against Rando's world-conquering schemes.

When the Dinosaur Empire launched all-out attack on Saotome Labs, [[spoiler: Musashi took the original Getter machines and unleashed the full power of Getter Energy to wipe out the enemy forces, dealing a crippling blow to the Dinosaur Empire in order to to save his friends and buy time for the new Getter Robo to be completed. However, this victory was bought at the [[HeroicSacrifice cost of his own life…]] and also started the trend of Getter-3 pilots having an [[BigGuyFatalitySyndrome unfortunate tendency to die]] before the final battle.]]

Young student with unusual physical features, Hayato gets him to pilot Getter Robo Go. He pilots Getter Go [[spoiler: And later Getter-1 in Shin Getter. In the Getter Robo Arc anime, he appears piloting Shin Getter Robo Tarak]]

* {{Expy}}: He's rather similar to the manga version of [[Manga/MazingerZ Dr. Juzo Kabuto]], as they're both balding [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]] who work with giant robots that have a distinctive scar over an eye, with the two main differences aside from Shikishima lacking a mustache is that he's even ''crazier'' than Juzo is as well as that he merely develops weapons for giant robots rather than making them himself.

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[[caption-width-right:350:As seen in ''Devolution'']]

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/AkiraKamiya (classic anime, ''Daikessen''), Creator/HideoIshikawa (''Armageddon'', ''Shin vs Neo'', ''New'', ''Arc''), Creator/YuukiKaji (''Devolution'' in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''), Douglas Taylor (''Armageddon'' dub), Creator/LexLang (''New'' dub), Creator/AdamGibbs (''Arc'' dub)

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[[caption-width-right:350:As seen in ''Devolution'']]

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/KeatonYamada (classic anime), Creator/NaoyaUchida (''Armageddon'', ''Shin vs Neo'', ''New'', ''Arc''), Creator/YasunoriMasutani (''Daikessen''), Creator/YoshimasaHosoya (''Devolution'' in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''), Bill Wise (''Armageddon'' dub), Creator/KirkThornton (''New'' dub, as Todd Crump), Creator/JustinDoran (''Arc'' dub)

* HotBloodedSideburns: however he doesn't have them in the 70s anime adaption, the crossovers, or Getter Robo Devolution.

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[[caption-width-right:350:As seen in ''Devolution'']]

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JojiYanami (classic anime), Creator/ShozoIizuka (''Armageddon''), Creator/MasayaTakatsuka (''Daikessen''), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (''Arc''), Creator/NatsukiHanae (''Devolution'' in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30''), Lowell B. Bartholomee (''Armageddon'' dub)

* AntiHero: Type IV.
** Type III in ''Armageddon''.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: At one point in original manga.

* AntiHero: Type V. Eventually, he softens up slightly to a Type IV.
** Type II in the 70s anime version.
** Type III in ''Armageddon''.

* {{Gorn}}: In the original manga and ''New'' he cuts out a guy’s eyes, ears and tongue with his ''fingernails''.

* TheLancer: For Ryoma

** NotSoStoic: In original manga he starts panicking at the first encounter with dinosaurs, to the point of peeing himself and pass out after piloting Getter for the first time. In ''New'', after helping defeats Oni in Getter for the first time he drops his stoic persona and tries to destroy Satome Research Lab, while grinning like a maniac.

* AntiHero: Type II.

** AudienceWhatAudience: He immediately has to explain to Ryoma who is he talking to.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In every continuity]].

* TheyKilledKenny: Humorously, there's a bit of a running gag involving him dying in some way, due to his HeroicSacrifice in the original manga, to the point where virtually all reboot continuities and games featuring him ''will'' kill him off. The only time it's possible to save him will involve secrets (and these routes are non-Canon as far as story goes).

* ParentalSubstitute: In [[spoiler:''Armageddon''.]]

* AntiHero: Type III

* ScreamingWarrior: In the beginnings of ''Armageddon''. Holy crap!

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Hi, Linda.

** NotSoStoic: She is horrified and shocked when she sees that her brother, Shinichi, was turned into a cyborg.

* LizardFolk: Half-Reptilian.

* EagleLand: Lots of type 2.

* HotBlooded:

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After some character development.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero

* PsychicPowers: A powerful Esper, thanks to his connection to the Getter Rays.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Tayel, Tahir, Tayrr...

* EagleLand: Type II in the original, mostly Type I in ''Shin vs. Neo''.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Gore, Gor or Goru?

* ArchEnemy: With Hayato.

* BadassCape: Probably visits the same store as Gore.

* BigBad: Of ''Getter Robo Go''.

* EvilOverlord / EmperorScientist

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Rando or Lando?

** GreaterScopeVillain: Though it itself doesn't usually take the villain reins directly in most series, with the other villainous factions acting to move the plot against the Getter Team.

** BenevolentAbomination: Despite their [[BlueAndOrangeMorality incomprehensible values]] and [[MysteriousBacker inscrutable motives]], the Getter Rays ''are'' on humanity's side and seem to be committed to ensuring our survival and further evolution... Except we see several [[BadFuture bad futures]] that show that [[DeconstructedTrope this may not be a good thing,]] and even the people the Getter seems to favor most have expressed belief that it could eventually destroy humanity.
** MechanicalAbomination: Due to manifesting through machines most of the time.

-> '''First Apperance:''' Getter Robo manga

-> '''First Apperance:''' Getter Robo manga

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo'' anime

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Go'' manga.

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Go'' manga

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Go'' manga

->'''First Apperance:'''' ''Getter Robo Go Manga''

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Arc'' manga

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Arc'' manga

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Arc'' manga

-> '''First Apperance:''' Getter Robo Darkness

-> '''First Apperance:''' Getter Robo Darkness

-> '''First Apperance:''' Getter Robo Darkness

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Go'' manga.

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Go'' manga.

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Go'' manga.

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo'' anime.

->'''First Apperance:''' '''New Getter Robo''

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo'' manga

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo'' manga

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Go'' manga.

->'''First Apperance:''' Getter Robo manga

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo'' manga

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Go'' manga.

->'''First Apperance:''' ''Getter Robo Go'' manga

->'''First Apperance:''' ''New Getter Robo''

->'''First Apperance:''' ''New Getter Robo''

[[caption-width-right:314: His pilot suit in ''Getter Robo Go'' manga]]

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[[caption-width-right:276: As seen in the ''Getter Robo Go'' manga]]

* FatIdiot: He is both the fattest and the least intelligent member of the group. That being said, he's mechanically apt enough to repair Getter-1 for Ryoma despite the fact that it was his first introduction to the machine, remarking that he learned how to repair machines from stealing motorcycles. [[spoiler:he is smart enough to realize the Getter is dangerous and must be destroyed.]]

* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: To Takuma. Though, in fairness to him, Takuma's mother states that [[NewChildLeftBehindchad he did not know she was pregnant when he departed]] to perform his HeroicSacrifice for humanity's sake.]]

* LizardFolk: What he is revealed to be later on in the manga.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's genuinely batshit insane in a "frothing-at-the-mouth, laughing maniacally way while thrashing around violently and aimlessly", but make no mistake, he is ''good'' at his job.

* {{Expy}}: He's rather similar to the manga version of [[Manga/MazingerZ Dr. Juzo Kabuto]], as they're both balding [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]], with the exception of Dr. Shikishima being ''even'' crazier than Juzo is.
* {{Gonk}}: He isn't exactly winning any beauty contests even without his balding head and the scar over his eye due to his deranged appearance, namely how one of his eyes is wide open and staring (think Uncle Ruckus from WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks) and the inconsistently missing amount of teeth he has, as well as the many exaggerated and OTT expressions he makes.

* GodzillaThreshold: Comes to view [[spoiler: using Shin Getter]] as this, outright stating that it could destroy the world/humanity and coming to blows with Hayato over using it.

* {{Gonk}}: He isn't exactly winning any beauty contests even without his balding head and the scar over his eye due to his deranged appearance.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Their final form]].

* NotSoStoic: Cohen.
* ObviouslyEvil: Seriously, who in their right mind would trust two guys whom both have such an unusual appearance?
* OneWingedAngel: Their King of Invaders form.

* RatedMForManly: Ryouma is macho incarnate. Especially the newer anime versions since ''Armageddon''.
* RetiredBadass: In ''Go'' manga.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: When he's not wearing his pilot suit he tends to go shirtless into battle instead, such as during the assault of the Chiryu clan on Saotome Labs. Why? Uh, [[RatedMForManly manliness,]] we suppose.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He is somewhat nicer in ''Armageddon'', but not by much.

* TheFatalist: As he discusses with Ryoma in ''Shin,'' and Kamui in the ''Arc'' anime, the reason Hayato continues utilising the Getter Rays despite the danger they pose is in part to ensure the sacrifices of the past (such as Musashi and Benkei) are not in vain... and in part because he believes that humanity's fate is tied to the Getter, [[YouCantFightFate and that this cannot be avoided or changed]] no matter what path it sets them on. It proves to be a defining difference between himself and Ryoma.

* GeniusBruiser: He might

* FatIdiot: He is both the fattest and the least intelligent member of the group. That being said, [[spoiler:he is smart enough to realize the Getter is dangerous and must be destroyed.]]

%% * GeniusBruiser

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: It is said by professor Han that Kamui is beloved by the denizens of Dinosaur Empire due to his great skills and courage, and that despite his half-human heritage none of them would mind if he took the throne if something happened to the current ruler. Best exemplified by Getter Saurus Team's loyalty to him [[spoiler:and how in the final chapter of the manga, masses of his loyalists quickly and effectively take over the Dinosaur Empire and force Gore III to step down.]]

->'''Voiced By:''' Kunihiko Yasui (''Armageddon'', ''Arc''), Moriya Endō (''Daikessen''), Dan Bisbee (''Armageddon'' dub)

->'''Voiced By:''' Makio Inoue and Yumi Nakatani (''Getter Robo''), Tamotsu Nishiwaki and Chieko Atarashi (''Shin vs. Neo''

->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/KenichiOgata (classic anime), Tomohisa Asou (''Daikessen), Creator/NorioWakamoto (''Shin Vs Neo'', ''Arc'')

* Hotblooded: Has this in common with Ryoma.