History Manga / Gon

* ItsAWonderfulFailure: In his game for the UsefulNotes/SuperFamicom he cannot die, but each hit he takes makes him angrier. In the GameOver animation he destroys the ''whole planet'' before [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace madly hopping around in space.]]

For some reason, he appeared as a hidden character in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 3''. We're still not sure what to make of that, besides the fact that he's utterly [[GameBreaker Game Breaking]] (despite being considerably weaker than in the manga).

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: The video game has a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' as the final boss. It gets beaten up by Gon as well.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Gon is sometimes shown eating fruit. It's a pretty safe bet that ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' was an obligate carnivore. He also has three-fingered hands and a tripodal stance, unlike a real ''Tyrannosaurus''. It gets odd when in the video game, Gon faces off against a ''Tyrannosaurus'' that is more accurate, namely two fingers and a bird-like stance.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Gon is sometimes shown eating fruit. It's a pretty safe bet that ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' was an obligate carnivore. He also has three-fingered hands and a tripodal stance, unlike a real ''Tyrannosaurus''. It gets odd when in the video game, Gon faces off against a ''Tyrannosaurus'' that is more accurate, namely two fingers and a bird-like stances.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Gon is sometimes shown eating fruit. It's a pretty safe bet that ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' was an obligate carnivore. He also has three-fingered hands and a tripodal stance, unlike a real ''Tyrannosaurus''.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Gon is sometimes shown eating fruit. It's a pretty safe bet that ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' was an obligate carnivore.

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: The video game has a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' as the final boss. It gets beaten up by Gon as well. Gon himself is supposed to be a pint-size ''T. rex''... ''supposed''.

* SeldomSeenSpecies:
** There's an ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auk auk]]'' of all things featured in these stories, among others.
** An ''Elasmotherium'' appeared in the seventh episode of the anime.

''Gon'' is a manga, set in a different setting every time, that allows the creator to draw absolutely breathtaking SceneryPorn on nearly every page.

Typically, each story tells of Gon encountering some more modern animal species, how the individuals react to him, and for those where he's sticking up for the weaker, he uses their natural abilities with his own brute strength for some rather unique battles. Examples include a ball of hedgehogs rolling ''over'' an assaulting dingo (Gon acting as propulsion) and the dinosaur using a kangaroo's pouch to give a kick some extra wallop.

* ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology: One chapter set in TheAmazon has an arapaima falling prey to a shoal of piranhas, which eat it down to the bone. Arapaimas have extremely tough scales that even piranha teeth cannot pierce through, and if anything they eat piranhas. Ironically, this is what exactly happens with Gon, who no-sells the piranha bites and eats the predatory fish.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology:
** One chapter set in TheAmazon has an arapaima falling prey to a shoal of piranhas, which eat it down to the bone. Arapaimas have extremely tough scales that even piranha teeth cannot pierce through, and if anything they eat piranhas. Ironically, this is what exactly happens with Gon, who no-sells the piranha bites and eats the predatory fish.
** Gon is sometimes shown eating fruit. It's a pretty safe bet that ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' was an obligate carnivore.

* AnyoneCanDie: In stories where Gon teams up with a group of animals, especially young ones, don't expect all, or in some cases even ''most'' of them to make it to the end. ''Gon Becomes a Turtle'' has him join a newly hatched batch of sea turtles, and almost none of them make it due to [[RealityEnsues predators treating them like an all-you-can-eat buffet.]]

The main character, [[CharacterTitle Gon]], is a diminutive TyrannosaurusRex who was forgotten by time. [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Unlike certain other creatures]], Gon is a SilentProtagonist. In fact, despite there being no humans whatsoever, and a notable amount of communication occurring in every story, there is absolutely no dialogue whatsoever, by ''any'' of the animal characters.

** Gon is sometimes shown eating fruit. It's a pretty safe bet that TyrannosaurusRex was an obligate carnivore.

* TyrannosaurusRex: The video game has one as the final boss. It gets beaten up by Gon as well. Gon himself is supposed to be a pint-size T-Rex... ''supposed''.

* NoCartoonFish: The fish are depicted realistically - but are given anime expressions from time to time. They're usually the only animals Gon is ever seen preying on (though in ''Gon Goes Hunting,'' he does kill and eat a wildebeest).

* NowThatsUsingYourHead: Flying headbutts are Gon's signature move.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: One chapter set in TheAmazon has an arapaima falling prey to a shoal of piranhas, which eat it down to the bone. Arapaimas have extremely tough scales that even piranha teeth cannot pierce through, and if anything they eat piranhas. Ironically, this is what exactly happens with Gon, who no-sells the piranha bites and eats the predatory fish.

* AnyoneCanDie: In stories where Gon teams up with a group of animals, especially young ones, don't expect all, or in some cases even ''most'' of them to make it to the end.

* EyeScream: Gon and his companions in "Gon Goes Through the Underground" bite down on the eyes of a giant spider as retribution for it cocooning a dingo's pup.

* NoCartoonFish: The fish are depicted realistically - but are given anime expressions from time to time.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: One chapter set in TheAmazon has an arapaima falling prey to a shoal of piranha. Arapaimas have tough scales that protects them from piranha teeth, and if anything they eat piranhas. Ironically, this is what exactly happens with Gon.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: One chapter set in TheAmazon has an arapaima falling prey to a shoal of piranha. Arapaimas are one of the many predators of piranhas and have tough skin that protects them from their teeth (which, ironically, is what exactly happened with Gon).

* LastOfHisKind: Gon is the last remaining dinosaur.

%% * PintSizedPowerhouse: Gon himself.

** There's a giant anteater and an ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auk auk]]'' of all things featured in these stories, among others.

%% * BadassAdorable: Gon. Oh, Gon...

* GentleGiant: The Orangutan Mother and Orangutan King (although the latter becomes a StrictTeacher when he is training Gon). Averted with the underground dwellers in Gon Underground, who are violently destructive - especially the giant tarantula.