Gamera the Brave

The only Gamera film (so far) to be released in the so-called Millenium Era of Kaiju movies, Gamera the Brave was released in 2006.


 * Big Damn Heroes: Toto conveniently crashing into Zedus before the latter could devour Toru's Dad and Katsuya.
 * A Boy and His X: Toru and Toto.
 * Breath Weapon: Initially, Toto can only burp little bursts of fire, but by the end of the movie he can launch full-powered fireballs.
 * Combat Tentacles: Zedus can extend his tongue to great lengths and repeatedly uses it to impale Toto.
 * Giant Flyer: Toto.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: The adult Gamera in the prologue blows himself up to kill several attacking Gyaos. The possibility of Toto doing this to stop Zedus is also a fairly major plot point.
 * Ill Girl: Mai Nishio, Toru's neighbor.
 * I'm a Humanitarian: Zedus happily munches humans like popcorn.
 * Lighter and Softer: More optimistic than the Heisei series, but the movie opens with adult Gamera's death, how the death of his mother impacted Toru's life, and the people devoured by Zedus.
 * Missing Mom: Miyuki Aizawa had died in a car crash, which has made Toru fairly cynical.
 * Mythology Gag: While exploring Kousuke Aizawa's kitchen, Toto is nearly hit by a dropped knife and breathes fire on it in retaliation. The knife is a reference to the knife-headed monster Guiron, from the Showa era.
 * Plot Hole: At the end of the movie, during the final fight with Zedus, Toto being able to fly and shoot fireballs is treated as a big deal, as though he has finally become a fully-grown Gamera... Except that he was able to do both of those things as a tiny little pet turtle at the start of the movie.
 * Plot-Relevant Age-Up: In the space of a week, Toto grows from a cute little turtle to a cute house-sized turtle.
 * Reconstruction: Sort of. It returns to the Showa era's focus on children, but combines it with the Heisei era's tone and good writing.
 * Re Boot: A good one, but it sadly landed as a dud at the box office.
 * Sea Monster: Zedus just kind of shows up out of the ocean one day. The first scene which foreshadows him is rather Jaws-esque.
 * Shout-Out: Keroro Gunsou - Toru has to remain polite to Mai in order to borrow issues from her.
 * Those Two Guys: Ishimaru and Katsuya, Toru's friends.