YMMV / Getter Robo

• Accidental Innuendo: Ryoma Nagare's quote: "If there’s a hole it’s a man’s job to thrust into it!"
• Adaptation Displacement:
  • Armageddon is the most widely known entry in the franchise among the global mecha fanbase, and even the recurring Dinosaur Empire is often overshadowed by the Invaders when it comes to which enemy is more memorable. It becoming the go-to Getter Robo rep for Super Robot Wars starting with the Z2 duology doesn't help. In fact, many new fans are shocked that Ryoma's iconic "hobo" design in Armageddon isn't his usual appearance in the main continuity.
  • Shin Getter Vs Neo Getter may be shaping up to be this due to the mashup meme video "Perfect and Ultimate Getter!" giving it newfound popularity.
• Anime First: Not many are aware of this, but the anime version of Getter Robo Go came first, while the manga version wasn't created until after.
• Audience-Alienating Ending: A portion of the fanbase feels this way towards the episode 13 of Arc. Instead of showing what happened to Bug after the emergence of Saint Dragon, credits roll and the post-credits scene is a timeskip, showing Takuma and Baku (who somehow returned from the future without any explanation) breaking Kamui out of prison on Mars colony and setting off to confront Getter Ten.
• Audience-Alienating Premise: Darkness is generally held up to be the worst adaptation of Getter Robo, almost rivaling the anime version of Getter Robo Go in terms of how disliked it is among fans, with the most cited reasons being the gratuitous sexual assault and gore, the decidedly un-Ishikawa character designs and fan-favorite character Musashi being needlessly gender-flipped and made into a Buxom Beauty Standard Ms. Fanservice. Its unpopularity lead to it seemingly being quietly cancelled during its hiatus.
• Awesome Art: One of the most notable things about the manga's art style are the lovingly-drawn, highly-detailed outfits, mecha, and machines, as well as the incredibly expressive and detailed human/ organic characters starting from Getter Robo Go, but the biggest draw are the GORGEOUS spread pages whenever Ishikawa depicts something absolutely massive while also effortlessly capturing just how vast said thing is, whether it's a humongous starcraft or a titanic mecha.
• Awesome Music:
  • "Ima Ga Sono Toki Da", the title theme for the first few episodes of Armageddon. Not that the Original 70's Theme song isn't as awesome.
  • Getter has had a lot of awesome themes, though. "Ima Ga Sono Toki Da" was replaced by "HEATS" (ATSUKU NARE, YUME MITA ASHITA O~), Shin VS Neo has "STORM", and New had "Dragon", which makes a comeback as the ending for Getter Robo Arc.
  • New itself has multiple: "Warriors", "SAGA", "Hoero!", and ''"Deep Red".
  • From Armageddon/Sekai Saigo no Hi is the instrumental track "TEKIJOU", which is an intense soundtrack suited for both duels and dramatic transformations.
    • Don't forget "YUUSOU", which is often considered the Leitmotif of the Stoner Sunshine and/or the Shin Shine Spark. It's simply impossible not to scream STOOOONER SUUUUUUUUUNSHINE whenever the music starts playing.
  • Despite the worry that the Arc anime might not really reach the heights of its predecessors constantly circulating in the fandom, JAM Project at least puts the musical concerns to rest with "Bloodlines", another Hot-Blooded theme befitting the franchise. BELIEVE IN GETTER indeed. In addition, the anime also introduces 2021 updates of HEATS, STORM, and DRAGON.
  • The Mobile Game Musashi Never Dies/EP 11 of Arc features an epic, orchestral remix of "Bloodlines". It's as badass as it sounds.
  • EP 13 features a full orchestra remix of Ima Ga Sono Toki Da when evolved Shin Getter re-emerges from Mars.
• Broken Base: The end of ep 13 of Arc caused a division in the fanbase with it ending on another cliffhanger. Some are fine with the ending for confirming that Shin Getter becomes Getter Emperor and Getter Dragon becomes Saint Dragon, as well as showing Takuma's team riding out to challenge the Bad Future that has loomed over the franchise for decades while others are dissapointed that the anime did not give a definitive conclusion to Arc. The sudden skipping over what happened to Bug after Dragon appeared and Kamui ends up in prison on Mars as well as the appearance of Getter Ten and inexplicable return of Baku, who had decided to stay in the future with Getter Emperor the previous episode did not not help matters much.
• Common Knowledge: It is often believed that the 70's Toei Anime was a watered down version of the original manga. But the anime came first, being aired on April 4, 1974. The manga was released 3 days later on April 7, 1974.
• Complete Monster: Through the years and universes, both the original pilots, their successors and their counterparts have faced enemies whose ambition and sheer cruelty have led to countless suffering.
  • Getter Robo Saga (Original manga continuity by Ken Ishikawa)
    • Emperor B(u)rai of the Hundred Demons Empire started as an unknown scientist who became a threat to the world after finding a ship from the Andromeda Country that turned him into a "demon" to defeat the Getter Robo. Building his army and taking advantage of the invasion of the Dinosaur Empire, the Hundred Demons Empire turns humans into brainwashed demons that are sent to their deaths in a war that ends with the humiliating death of Emperor Gore. In Getter Robo G, the Hyakki Empire turns delinquents such as Hayato's cousin into brainwashed cyborgs; stages a massacre in a building with the intention of using poison gas; attempts an alien invasion; and tries to use a deadly bioweapon. When the Getter Team fights Uzhara, a powerful robot from Atlantis, Brai takes advantage of their temporal absence, sends a small squad to kill the surviving Atlanteans and launches a brutal invasion of Japan where the Hyakki Army burns cities and captures and chains the survivors, taking them as hostages. Saved by the Andromeda Country and turned into a monstrous cyborg to help their attempts to destroy humanity after his defeat, Brai returns in Shin Getter Robo to destroy the Saotome Institute.
    • Getter Robo Go: Professor Alrich zu Lando/Rando is an Evil Overlord whose mission is to Take Over the World. Starting as a scientist working in a joint project in the Arctic known as the Vega Zone, Lando takes control by brainwashing the scientists to turn them into cyborgs. Years later, Lando starts his war of conquest with mass murder, attacking Canadian and American soldiers. Determined to obtain the Getter Robo Go from Japan, Lando has no compunction against using nuclear weapons on a Japanese city and threatening more attacks and the killing of as many people as necessary, all borne out of his desire to rule the world.
  • Alternate Continuity series:
    • Getter Robo Hien: The Earth Suicide, by Naoto Tsushima: Professor Jakob is a misanthropic madman with a desire to destroy humanity. Once a scientist working with methods to heal people using special plants, Jakob became obsessed with the idea of destroying humanity using plants infused with Getter Rays, which he considered the real life form chosen for the Getter. Creating special seeds, Jakob personally infects the master of Goki Hagane and the father of Tsurugi Ryuki, turning them into monsters who murder every human near to them while being painfully aware of their actions, leading to the destruction of Tsurugi's natal city. Jakob also betrays his partner by infecting his wife in front of him before Jakob's son kills him in front of Dan Amakusa, his partner's son. Fusing himself with the "Great Will", Jakob attacks the capitals of multiple countries and their armies with Plant Beasts, leading to the painful deaths of many soldiers and civilians. Managing to steal a Getter Core, Jakob uses it to create a giant plant capable of destroying humanity and when the Getter Team confronts him, Jakob thanks them for reminding him about his victims and mocks the deaths of their loved ones, referring to them as "worthless vermin".
    • Apocrypha Getter Robo Darkness (originally Aprocrypha Getter Robo Dash), by Hideaki Nishikawa: While most Ideas are ruthless murderers, Lord Ionus is one of the worst. The self-proclaimed genius of the Getter of Light, Ionus uses the submarine ship La Mu to destroy several cities in order to create a world dominated by the strongest. During his massacres, Ionus kidnaps millions of women that he finds attractive and uses them in experiments. He murders and mutilates them to create either pets made of women's torsos or beautiful but soulless servants, while using the remains to create deformed yet sapient creatures that he abandons in the wilderness inside La Mu for his own amusement. Creating his "masterpiece", Ionus "marries" her before throwing her into the wilderness after she insults him. When the "Remains" take care of his masterpiece, naming her "Musashi", and try to make her escape La Mu, Lord Ionus decides to murder her to create a replacement and kills the Remains while mocking their love for Musashi. He then decides to activate the self destruction mechanism of La Mu, being willing to sacrifice the lives of loyal servants just to hurt Musashi while being unable to understand why she would be disgusted at him.
• Continuity Lockout:
  • Getter Robo Arc, despite featuring flashbacks, has left viewers who are not familiar with the previous manga installments having unanswered questions. This is most notable with Shin Getter Robo which in early flashbacks seemed no more powerful than Arc, but suddenly displays abnormal, Eldritch Abomination abilities with little explanation in EP 7.
• Crazy Is Cool: Everything. It should be noted that Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann gets its craziness gene from this show.
  • Dr. Shikishima, in just about any continuity, mostly due to him being completely and utterly batshit insane in the most glorious and epic fashion possible, possessing a deranged, murderous, glee for anything involving weapons of mass destruction while at the same time being really damn good at designing them, to the point where he designs things like a gigantic mini-gun that fires missiles instead of bullets meant for Getter-1, among other things. Come Getter Robo Arc, he's turned himself into a heavily armed cyborg with a Rocket Punch.
• Designated Hero: Subverted. Hayato in the manga andNew Getter starts off as murderous, sadistic, Ax-Crazy terrorist. Other characters are quick to forget this, even after he tries to kill them all almost immediately after getting control of the Getter, though this is because Hayato is quick to prove himself as a skilled pilot and a reliable hero. Besides, he's their murderous, sadistic, Ax Crazy terrorist.
• Designated Villain: Zigzagged with the Andromeda country. All they're trying to do is prevent the universe from being destroyed by eliminating Getter Robo (which will eventually evolve into the destructive Getter Emperor). However, although their intentions are noble, the fact that they're willing to exterminate planet Earth along with humanity is what makes the "Designated" part complicated.
• Draco in Leather Pants: It seems that whenever the Getter Emperor rears its head the only time it appears heroic is when there is another assimilative enemy on the horizon (The Invaders) or something that is so desperate to stop the Getter that it is destroying the Earth too (Shin Getter Robo manga.) Many see the Getter Emperor as being a simple force of awesome that simply IS — and as a force of awesome, it destroys indiscriminately.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Jack King and his Texas Mack (and his sister Mary King). It's surprising given that he originally had ONE episode and he was too much of a negative stereotype of Americans. After Jack and friends reappear in Shin vs Neo and getting a retool of being crazy, Engrish-spouting Americans that are nevertheless positively patriotic and willingly gave their all to protect their country first and foremost, competing with the Getter team second, the team evolves into this and they became the 'non-main team' fan favorite characters. And even before Shin vs Neo, of all the Getter side characters that Gekiganger 3 (from Martian Successor Nadesico) chose to parody, it's Jack and the Texas Mack (in form of Cowboy Johnny and Texas Robo).
• Even Better Sequel: While the original manga was certainly one that left its mark and is the most generally "iconic" part of the franchise, Getter Robo Go tends to be regarded as the point where the franchise went from merely a significant super robot franchise to a classic. The artwork is far improved, with Ken Ishikawa's style finding its voice, the Cosmic Horror Story themes move to the forefront, and the plotline is far more ambitious and intriguing than the rather basic Monster of the Week structure the original had.
• Evil Is Cool: All the villains in Getter Robo qualify. Emperor Gore, Emperor Burai, Professor Lando, Professor Saotome (in Armageddon), and Cohen and Stinger.
• Fandom Rivalry: It has one with DARLING in the FRANXX, in more than one ways since Getter Robo Arc was announced a few years after Franxx ended its run:
  • Due to the Klaxosaurs being kind of like the Dinosaurs, the Getter Fandom has a tongue-in-cheek way of making fun of the Franxx fandom in general and the Klaxosaur fans in particular, since, well, Getter Rays are memetically their nemesis.
  • Additionally, it also involves the rivalry of 'old school anime' and 'new seasonal anime' fandom (like boomer vs zoomer): Between Franxx fans not even recognizing Getter or insulting it as 'an old anime nobody watches anymore', to Getter fans saying that Franxx is just a temporary seasonal anime (thus one of the memes below) and is just another waifu-bait, while their show is basically one of the Rated M for Manly mecha series (that actually the other premiere mainstream Super Robot anime cited as inspiration) whose origins rooted in the 70's and thus deserving way more veteran/iconic status respect (most of the Franxx fans tends to disbelieve this by just seeing New's run in 2000's and thought it wasn't that iconic).
  • Getter fans also liked to flex that their series has been a staple in Super Robot Wars franchise since day one (despite not having a perfect attendance record), whereas for all the times Super Robot Wars got translated to English language, or went absolutely bonkers in adding more 'mecha' series or featured more modern series (where Franxx would've fitted right in the time period)^note To wit: When Godzilla, Megaman, Zombieland Saga, Minky Momo, Cutie Honey, Little Witch Academia, Robot Girls Z and even Aikatsu got in while Franxx did not... that is a big blow on Franxx. or even getting an actual global release... DARLING in the FRANXX continued to not get included in any of them. This point was pushed even further with the fact that Arc got into SRW DD within 3 month of its anime airing (Despite said anime having not concluded at the time of announcement) and once again Franxx got none.
  • With Gurren Lagann Fans: Getter Robo fans tend to get annoyed by Gurren Lagann fanboys for thinking it's the most badass, manliest mecha anime. The fact that Gurren Lagann takes heavy inspiration from Getter doesn't help (with most of the annoyance coming from the fans that assume any Getter Shout-Out is a Gurren Lagann one). At the same time. Getter fans will acknowledge the respect Gurren Lagann's creator has for Getter Robo given he is it's self-proclaimed #1 fan.
• Fan Nickname:
  • "Batshit Ryoma" - Ryoma - a near permanent Slasher Smile combined with his sheer Hot-Blooded, balls-to-the-wall Determinator personality causes many to doubt his sanity.
  • "Kenny" - Musashi - for having to die in every continuity, Heroic Sacrifice or not.
  • THE RAPE MACHINE - or, more recently, The Doom Getter - The Black Getter from Armageddon, thanks to a kickass design and a really aggressive fighting style.
• Fanon Discontinuity: Even though it's a series with a great deal of continuities, which would usually make the point of discussing canon moot, hardcore fans will NOT talk about the Getter Robo Go anime except as an abomination.
• First Installment Wins:
  • More people know about the first three pilots plus Benkei, probably only the hard-core fans know of the later Power Trios. Most likely due to the Lighter and Softer 70's anime which are adaptions of only the first Getter Robo publication.
  • The second manga trio of Go, Shou, and Gai is also relatively well-known, at least compared to the cast of... well, anything after Go. Even on This Very Wiki, most of the tropes relate to the original team, the team in the Go manga, or the cast as portrayed in Armageddon.
  • It's because of these that so far, in Super Robot Wars, despite Getter being a recurring show to be included, the Go team only made appearance in a grand total of two times on being the sole piloting team of the Getter machines, even at their improved form at Shin vs Neo, the series most of the time tries to play it safe and adheres to this trope by including Getter only when the original trio (plus Benkei) are playable in some sorts. (It would have been three times in total with X-Omega, but that game also featured the original team.)
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • Getter fans tend to get along pretty well with Mazinger Z fans, due to shared creative lineage, frequent crossovers between the two, and similarities in themes and tone. (That said, calling it an outright creation of Nagai is a good way to get people to start drawing knives.)
  • Getter fans have found commonality with Berserk fans due to both series being more violent takes of the mecha and fantasy genre with super strong, manly, stoic, morally questionable protagonsts who had to work hard to get their superhuman strength and had Dark And Troubled Pasts. Additionally, both series suffered from their creators Dying During Production before receiving posthumous continuations via the Arc anime and Berserk resuming serialization under a new team, both continuations coming within less than a year of each other.
  • Due to Oshi No Ko's OP mashup with Shin vs Neo Getter's STORM giving Getter newfound popularity online, Getter fans tend to appreciate Oshi No Ko's success.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: Like many of the works of Ken Ishikawa and Go Nagai, Getter Robo is rather popular in Spanish and Italian speaking countries.
• Growing the Beard:
  • The first 5 episodes of Arc, while enjoyable took its time to get going. C inspired by Go Naome episode 6 with the introduction of Shin Getter Tarak the anime experienced an upturn in quality.
  • The original manga up through G is certainly a lot of fun and is iconic for good reason, but was largely the sort of prototypical Monster of the Week story you'd expect of one of the first super robot narratives. Getter Robo Go marked the point when Ishikawa, having done a number of other works on his own, returned to the series and showed the massive amount of Art Evolution and more ambitious plotting he'd developed in the interim period, and his growth showed even further in stories like Shin Getter Robo and Getter Robo Arc. Nowadays, while First Installment Wins may be in effect, it's almost inconceivable to do a modern Getter Robo story that doesn't make use of the elements from this later period. It doesn't hurt that Armageddon's heavy use of Ishikawa's later ideas ensured they displaced the original anime as the "iconic" vision of Getter.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Anyone who's watched Voltron knows the phrase uttered during the transformation sequence; it's the page quote on this very wiki. Then you realize that not only has Getter Robo been doing those actions with just three units, but more accurately as well (the Black Lion makes up the head and torso, whereas the other lions form a single limb each).
  • Getter Robo Go has Rasetsu and Professor Rando, rather clear Expies of Baron Ashura and Doctor Hell and has Rasetsu set up his master's defeat as a part of triumphant return of ancient race he's a member of. Guess what few years later Baron Ashura does in Shin Mazinger.
  • New Getter Robo has a female Raikou Minamoto. Mama Raikou, anyone? Although there's another female Raikou in the DLC of Nioh 2.
  • Takehito Koyasu voicing a Large Ham villain who gets his ass kicked by a Hot-Blooded Japanese Delinquent. Gee, where did that come from?
    • Speaking of which, his son, voiced by Kensho Ono, killed a capo after passing his test and entered Passione. The real kicker? Said capo also voiced Ryoma in Armageddon and other incarnations after Akira Kamiya retired from the role.
  • The fact that Yasunori Matsumoto voiced a character named Gai/Guy. He also voiced the character, Shinichi Kuruma, from Majuu Sensen, whose design was later used for Ryoma in Armageddon, ironically enough
  • The Youtuber Myuutantobasuta assumed based on Shin Getter Robo Armageddon that Shin Getter would return at some point in Arc in his review of EP 2. Fans of the manga attempted to correct him saying it was impossible. He was later proven correct with the appearance of Shin Getter Tarak in EP 6. Though Tarak appeared far earlier than he expected and lacked the majority of its pilots, it was still quite the surprise.
  • The Devil Getter in the 2010 Devilman vs Getter Robo manga has the heads of Getter 1, 2 and 3 visible throughout its body. In Super Robot Wars DD, the Getter Noir G has similar features on its body except that it uses the Getter Noir equivalents.
• I Am Not Shazam: Getter Robo refers to the entire package of combining jets and the different machines they can form. The red (or blue, in Go's case), demonic-looking machine that typically appears on the covers is typically Getter 1 or its series' equivalent.
• I Knew It!: After seeing the unknown Getter 1 in the Getter Mandala in Arc ep 12, fans speculated it would appear later. EP 13 later proved this true with it appearing in ep 13.
• It Was His Sled: Musashi dies in most Getter Robo continuities.
• Just Here for Godzilla:
  • Arc's anime adaptation has attracted Getter fans for three reasons. It being the first Getter Robo anime in nearly 2 decades, the first ever animated, fully combined Getter Emperor on display and Getter Saint Dragon and Getter Ten
  • Oshi no Ko fans have started watching Shin vs Neo Getter due to the "Pefect and Ultimate Getter" meme.
• Magnificent Bastard:
  • Hayato Jin is introduced as the leader of a brutal group of young terrorists. When the Dinosaur Empire attacks, Hayato is forced to pilot the Getter Robo and proves to be a skilled pilot who befriends his crewmates. In G, when his gang are turned into demons, Hayato allows Ryoma to euthanize his loved ones. In Shin Getter Robo, Hayato becomes Professor Saotome's successor and fights the Andromeda Country. In Go, Hayato trains the next generation. When Lando attacks Japan, Hayato uses ruthless strategies before sending Go to recruit a traumatized Ryoma and use the Shin Getter Robo. Facing the Andromeda Country again, Hayato recruits Ryoma's son Takuma, Baku, and the half human-half dinosaur hybrid Kamui to pilot the Getter Robo Arc. In the anime, after Kamui discovers that the Getter Rays will exterminate all non-humans in the future, Hayato admits tolerating such a Bad Future to ensure the survival of humanity despite admitting that Human and Dinosaur lives have the same value and encourages Kamui to shoot him. Then, Hayato uses his last moments to unleash Getter Dragon and entrust the future to the next generation.
  • Getter Robo Āḥ, by Go Nagai & Ken Ishikawa: Kamui Sho is a Half-Human Hybrid created by the Dinosaur Empire using the DNA of Emperor Gore that is seen as the hope for their species. Growing to become a pilot of Getter Robo Arc, Kamui shows his skill in the fights to protect Earth. Eventually sent to the future, Kamui discovers the Awful Truth that humanity and the Getter Emperor are in a genocidal war against every other sapient species with the Dinosaurs being absent from the future Earth. Accepting McDonald's final plan to destroy the Getter, Kamui returns to the present and overthrows his cruel older brother while avoiding killing him to prevent conflict. Forcing his brother to declare a new war against humanity, Kamui attacks the Saotome Institute to kill his former mentors, completes the mecha Bug and destroys human cities before fighting his former friend Takuma. In the anime, Kamui is last seen reconciling with his former team to fight the Getter itself and challenge fate.
• Memetic Badass:
  • Ryoma Nagare, naturally. Jin also gets this treatment sometimes.
  • You would think that someone subjected to They Killed Kenny Again usually qualifies as Memetic Loser, right? Not for Musashi's fans. No matter which continuity it is, Musashi's death are chock full of awesome moments. Special mention goes to his Shin vs Neo incarnation, where he manages to take out the entire Dinosaur army alongside Manhattan at the cost of his life. Even Getter Emperor is impressed enough that it creates army of Musashi clones out of its memory, although the status doesn't apply to them.
    • To lesser extent, all 3rd pilots, especially Benkei, also gain this status.
  • Getter Robo has in fact, beaten Goku
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Believe in Getter ^ExplanationUsed by Getter fans to show their devotion and loyalty to Getter Robo.
    • X are temporary, believing in the Getter is eternal!^explanationAn expansion of the Believe in Getter meme. Getter Robo being a classic series that started in the 70's means that new generations has a tendency to forget about this and consider it insignificant, preferring to praise the 'hype anime of the season'. Getter fans instead use this phrase to praise Getter as something that lasts forever in the hearts of many, instead of being introduced as the most trendy anime, and then forgotten when another trendy/viral/memetic anime get introduced. During the rivalry period with Darling in the Franxx, the most common form of the meme is replacing 'X' with 'Dinosaur Waifu', but eventually it becomes a snowclone material with whatever new trendy anime that pops up (usually cutesy or isekai anime). Ironically, Getter has gotten a boost in popular because of Oshi no Ko and is almost the inverse of Franxx were Oshi no Ko leads newer generations to Getter whereas Franxx is another "Unlike most mecha" labelled series. To add to this irony, both have very similar elements to Getter with Getter (Franxx has dinosaurs, a gender bender Kamui and the main character passing on) and Oshi no Ko's plot being a revenge plot over a deceased parent, much like how Ryoma and Takuma attempt to avenge their parents as well as it being idol themed, which Macross/Robotech ironically propelled prior in both East and West. So while Franxx is a mecha anime that is hated by mecha fans yet loved by non-mecha fans for reasons other than mecha, Oshi no Ko is loved by non-mecha fans specifically due to the mecha related meme it spawned.
  • Getter can beat Goku. ^ExplanationA response to the meme, But Can they beat Goku, due to the fact that Getter Robo has indeed beaten Goku several times in some shape or form, with the most recent example being in a poll to determine the most influential anime character of all time by Iago-Chan.
  • The voice that quakes the entire universe is indeed that of Ryoma Nagare ^{Explanation MASSIVE SPOILERS}A line from the narration within Shin Getter Robo, often used whenever the Getter Emperor is brought up.]]
  • FUCK DINOSAURS! ^ExplanationAn edited panel of the manga where Ryoma bashes the foot of a particularly big Dinosaur Empire Mook with bare hands from both sides of the foot while yelling the phrase. If there's an evil dinosaur/reptilian-like character popping up (or getting their asses kicked) in media, you can expect this line, along with Ryouma's face to refer to the panel, to be uttered.
    • Not like that! ^ExplanationA very tongue-in-cheek and ribald way of mocking the Darling in the Franxx fandom, especially the fans that claim Zero Two or the Klaxosaur Princess as their waifus.
    • "Let's go find some Dino-gina." ^ExplanationA line said by Takuma Nagare from the dub of Getter Robo Arc's anime adaptation, often said in response to the first meme, quickly followed by the second, typically followed by Ryoma voicing disapproval towards his son.
  • "If there's a hole, it's a guy's job to thrust into it!" ^ExplanationRyoma's quip right when a massive rift in space opens up immediately after he cut a massive Invader in half with a Getter Tomahawk of such power that Shin Getter-1's arms broke from the strain quickly became a popular line to quote both in and out of context.
  • Musashi's tendency to die at least once in every continuity has become a meme.
  • The art style in itself is a meme, as it's common to parody the series by replicating Ken Ishikawa's artstyle with a different series entirely, a la Fist of the North Star.
  • Daremo ga me wo ubawareteku / kimi wa kanpeki de kyuukyoku no - GETTER! ^ExplanationA Japanese Twitter user noted that the OP of Oshi no Ko flows pretty well into STORM, the opening of Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo. This mashup edit was then made, and before you knew it, people are making Getter Robo / Oshi no Ko crossover parodies. The storm then blows strong on Niconico Douga and eventually reaches Yoasobi themselves.
  • It is common to make gag crossover fanart of Big Thin Short Trios, such as the eponymous characters from Ed, Edd n Eddy drawn over the classic trinity (Ryoma, Hayato, Benkei/Musashi).
• Most Wonderful Sound: Every time you hear the words "Open Get!" coming out of one of the pilots' mouth, expect something awesome coming this way...
• My Real Daddy:
  • Go Nagai is often credited as the man behind Getter, but all he did was come up with the concept; Ken Ishikawa handled pretty much everything else (though Nagai did help with monster designs). In recent years, especially following Ishikawa's death, this has been getting better.
  • In general, among closer fans of the series, Ishikawa fits so hard into this that it's common to mistakenly accuse the less faithful anime adaptations of Adaptation Decay when some of them actually slightly predated the manga or were created separately. This is especially the case for Go, where the manga version written by Ishikawa has pretty much completely eclipsed the anime in popularity.
• Narm Charm:
  • The dub for Getter Arc's use of F-Bombs may come off as over the top. But considering the gritty and over the top nature of Getter Robo, it's quite fitting. "Prepare to Die! YOU MOTHERFUCKING BUUUUUGGGSSS!"
  • Arc's anime may have been held back by the CG, but there is no denying that it is made with passion and love for Getter Robo with the well received original content, a hilarious dub and the 2021 remixes of Heats, Storm and Dragon (All to panels from the manga as well).
• Nightmare Fuel: It has its own page.
• Older Than They Think:
  • Much like the Misconception that Mazinger Z invented the Rocket Punch and Calling Your Attacks which was actually inspired by Giant Robo, the concept of combining robots predates Getter Robo with the 1968 manga "Giant Machine" which featured a family of scientists controlling vehicles to combine to form the title mecha, complete with "forming the head" of the Humongous Mecha.
  • Many consider the Getter Robo Go anime to be a terrible anime "adaptation", despite the not-so well known fact that the manga version of Go was actually created after the anime was made, not before it.
  • Those who had only seen Armageddon assumed the Uzahra in ep 11 of 'Getter Arc is based on the Shin Dragon from Getter Robo Armageddon. In actually Uzahra appeared at the end of Getter Robo G's manga. Shin Dragon is in fact a Composite Character of Getter G and Uzahra
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap:
  • The Getter Robo Go anime is supposedly not well-received. Ken Ishikawa would later do his own Darker and Edgier manga reboot of the anime, while connecting it to the original Getter Robo manga. It is considered not only to be a successful redemption take on the anime, but it completely overshadows said anime, due to it being more popular with the fans.
  • Also Jack King's portrayal in the same. He was appallingly offensive in the original anime (even to the Japanese's eyes), but in Shin vs Neo, he's basically a walking, Gratuitous English talking series of Awesome and Funny Moments. He's also supposed to be the stand-in for Schwartz Koff as the 'racist American' character since Shin vs Neo used the Go characters, but did so in a less offensive manner that he's usually known as the redeeming take of Schwartz' former role.
• Retroactive Recognition: In Daikessen!, Go Ichimonji is voiced by a younger and then unknown Jun Fukuyama.
• The Scrappy: You won't find many fans of Schwartz Koff from Getter Robo Go, thanks to him being severely, cartoonishly racist towards Japanese people as well as being racist against Black people and xenophobic towards Mexicans, and he makes it quite vocally clear regarding the first part, to the point where he gets so legitimately caught up in his own racist beliefs that he actually gets into a fight with Go Ichimonji after the latter was provoked into attacking him after he wouldn't stop being violently racist. The fact that he starts losing his racist views after falling in love with Sho Tachibana doesn't do anything to mitigate the disdain fans have for him. Some would argue, however, that he is Rescued from the Scrappy Heap in Armageddon, due to his racism being heavily toned down as well as him being a lot nicer than how he was in the manga, as his racism is portrayed as being more incidental and somewhat understandable, as his hatred is directed towards Japan itself due to their government being responsible for eradicating most of the earths population because of the extreme measures they took against the Invaders on top of him being shown as more reasonable than his manga counterpart.
• Slow-Paced Beginning: The Getter Robo Go anime doesn't fully feature the titular mecha until episode 11, almost a quarter of the way through its total episode count.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Musashi's death. Pick one in any continuity.
  • In the 1974 anime there's plenty of heart-wrenching moments which includes: Miyuki/Gola's death, Ryoma reminicing his little sister Jun's death, Yunke's Redemption Equals Death, and Musashi reuniting with his family.
  • In the 1975 sequel, Getter Robo G, there are episodes which features some characters who died tragically like Lisa, Tekkouki (he wanted a fair duel with Ryoma, but Burai puts an end to that), Hotaru/Kochouki (who wants to live as a human in her next life after succumbing to her wounds after battling Getter Robo), and a broken friendship between Genki and a young boy who happens to be a member of the Hyakki Empire.
  • In Armaggeddon, there's Michiru's death. Her death and the circumstances around it led to the separation of the Getter Team and Prof. Saotome losing his sanity and beginning experiments on the Invaders.
  • Kamui's fate in Arc's anime. After fighting to free his mother from captivity and save his race (and the universe from Getter, he ends up losing his mother and his friends from childhood, being defeated by Getter Saint Dragon, after gaining the one hope of stopping Getter as well as imprisoned.
• Tough Act to Follow: Yura in the 1974 Anime. Outside of his appearance in that anime he was overshadowed by the likes of Manga!Emperor Gore (the anime one was merely a Dragon-in-Chief), Emperor Burai, Professor Rando, Cowen and Stinger, and even Seimei (who got Vindicated by History because he and Dio Brando had the same Voice Actor). Mainly because he has no unique peronality or abilities to begin with, demoting Gore to a Dragon-in-Chief, and having the same appearance as Emperor Burai didn't help matters. No wonder why he wasn't featured in any SRW game.
• Unexpected Character:
  • Fans expecting Getter Robo Arc to be a straightforward adaptation were surprised by the arrival of a Black Shin Getter, Shin Getter Tarak at the end of the 6th episode, marking the inclusion of original material to the adaptation.
  • No one expected the The Uzhara from Getter Robo G to make an appearance, modified by the Andromeda Country to act as its final weapon against the Getter team and piloted by Carter McDonald
  • Most manga readers were expecting Getter Dragon to emerge at the end of the Arc. However most were expecting it to become Shin Getter Dragon not Getter Saint Dragon
  • Even moreso the epilogue reveals that an evolved Shin Getter known as Getter Ten emerged on Mars, giving the most definitive proof yet that Shin Getter does in fact become Emperor.
• Unintentional Period Piece: Shin vs. Neo opens with an attack on New York City... which includes a looooong, lingering shot that goes all the way up the World Trade Center towers, to showcase how much bigger the Dinosaur Empire terraforming device is. That episode was released all of ten months prior to the September 11 attacks. (This is likely what killed the OVA for licensing, making it the strange sole gap in new-millennium Getter exporting.)
• Values Dissonance:
  • The manga draws a lot of ideas and values from eastern philosophy and Buddhism, which may come across as somewhat "hippy" to western readers.
  • The original manga features a black man whose design is... rough, to put it kindly. To Ishikawa's credit, he did get much better about this in later series.
  • Benkei lamenting Genki's Hollywood Autism at the start of Armageddon can be hard to listen to considering how much research on the disorder has progressed in the decades since the OVA's release.^note Not helping matters is that he said "It's a shame he had to become Autistic." It should be noted that this line is only present in the English dub, whereas in the original, Genki's behavior was result of trauma from Michiru's death and seeing her Invader-infected corpse.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: The original manga was pretty much aimed at kids as a way to sell toys, and ran in Weekly Shounen Sunday. Despite this, it features a lot of Family-Unfriendly Violence, a pretty hefty death count in almost every story, and murderous criminals in the main heroic cast.

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