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There aren't as many [[Kaiju]] in this series of films as [[Godzilla]], but they are [[Our Monsters Are Weird|certainty memorable]], so let's learn about them. The main page is [[Gamera|here.]]
== Kaiju ==
=== Gamera ===▼
▲== Gamera ==
[[File:gamera_449.jpg|frame|Guardian of the Universe]]
* [[Badass]]
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: In the Showa era, he could spin through space without much harm coming to himself.
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: So determined to destroy the Gyaos, he kills and injures 15,000 - 20,000 citizens in the Shibuya ward.
=== Toto ===
[[File:Gamera_-_Toto_4453.jpg|frame|Guardian of the Universe Jr.]]
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Fights against Zedus even when the cards are stacked against him.
* [[Breath Weapon]]: Has only flamethrower breathe at first but upon eating the red rock thing, he uses a fireball as a finisher against Zedus.
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* [[Turtle Power]]
=== Barugon ===
[[File:Barugon_Rainbow_Beam_8062.jpg|frame|TASTE THE RAINBOW MOTHERFUCKAA-!]]
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: A diamond was used to lure Barugon into a lake but he just snapped it up with his tongue instead.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: His rainbow attack as he learned the hard way.
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* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Cannot swim and the military and Gamera uses this to their advantage.
=== Gyaos ===
[[File:Gyaos_3864.jpg|frame|I appeared in more films than you did!]]
* [[Arch Enemy]]: To Gamera. At least in the Heisei series.
* [[Breakout Villain]]: Appeared in more than one Showa film, which led to their revival in the Heisei era and further cemented their iconic image. They even cameo in Gamera The Brave!
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* [[Weakened by the Light]]: The Showa version doesn't like the sun, and in fact would die if exposed to the ultraviolet rays for too long. The Heisei ones also preferred night at first but after growing protective eye plates they could fly during the day without much hassle.
=== Space Gyaos ===
[[File:Space_Gyaos_5355.jpg|frame|This is the skin of a killer FROM SPACE]]
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Almost a Class 3. [[Fridge Horror|Makes you wonder why they haven't gone after earth next]].
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: How Guiron dismembers the Space Gyaos. Its head even lives a few seconds longer beyond decapitation!
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* [[The Worf Effect]]: It took Gamera a whole movie to get the hang of killing Gyaos. The Space Gyaos has no sunlight weakness and is carved up by Guiron in a few minutes.
=== Viras ===
[[File:Viras_4350.jpg|frame|Invading Squid FROM SPACE]]
* [[Alien Invasion]]: Want to colonize Earth for unknown reasons. Talk about how it's similar to their planet hint their world maybe dying.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: It fights Gamera with six of them.
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* [[The Swarm]]: Was originally just the leader of an invasion force with underlings using human disguises. Then those underlings combined with Viras for a [[Kaiju]] battle!
=== Guiron ===
[[File:guiron_7566.jpg|frame|Angry Guard Guillotine]]
* [[Angry Guard Dog]]: Is pretty dang determined to butcher any intruders.
* [[Attack Reflector]]: Reflected the Space Gyaos's beam back and cut off its foot!
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Named after the guillotine.
=== Jiger ===
[[File:Jiger_9427.jpg|frame|"Gamera...you're pregnant. And I'm the mother."]]
* [[Beware My Stinger Tail]]: Has a deadly stinger hidden in her tail she can use to implant her offspring in other monsters.
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Spends the entire film trying to destroy the one weapon capable of defeating her, impales Gamera's arms and knocks him on his back to disable him, and generally proved to be one of the most cunning foes Gamera has faced. In fact, she's the Gamera foe who came the closest to killing him in the Showa Era!
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* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Can shoot quills that keep Gamera in place and take down jets, a massively destructive heat ray, the ability to suck opponents toward her, and impregnate opponents with her stinger tail.
=== Zigra ===
[[File:Zigra_4229.jpg|frame|Invading Shark FROM SPACE]]
* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: His fins act like this and are his preferential weapon.
* [[Alien Invasion]]: Wanted to enslave the humans as cattle for his race.
* [[Brainwashed]]: Mind controlled a captured woman to be her agent and even gave her some brainwashing powers as well.
* [[Everything
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: His race eats humans. They want a fresh supply of them, so...
* [[The Paralyzer]]: The beam from the jewel-like organ above his beak can freeze an opponent in time.
* [[Sea Monster]]: Like Viras, he is FROM SPACE!
=== Garasharp ===
[[File:Garasharp_220.jpg|frame|THIS IS FOR CANCELING MY MOVIE!]]
* [[Breath Weapon]]: She could have possibly breathed fire or let out poisonous smoke.
* [[Monster Is a Mommy]]: Upon dying, two babies wriggled out and Gamera rescued them from the military, since he's the friend of monster children as well!
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: Her entire story. Her movie was being planned when Daei fell into bankruptcy. One of her powers was a Sonic Rattler.
=== Legion ===
[[File:Legion_Queen_3314.jpg|frame|Queen of the Swarm]]
* [[Alien Invasion]]: Though the conflict comes from the fact the conditions perfect for the Legion are negligable to the humans and the human technology interferes with Legion communication.
* [[Bee People]]: Her soldiers are this. They even seem to reside in a Honeycomb-like part of her body.
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* [[Tunnel King]]: Her ability after being dewinged.
=== Iris ===
[[File:Irys_5213.jpg|frame|[[In the Name of the Moon]]]]
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: His shoot lasers and can be used to make him fly.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Gamera.
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* [[Ultimate Lifeform]]: One [[Multiple Choice Past|possible explanation]] for his existence is that he's the ultimate evolution of the Gyaos.
=== Zedus ===
[[File:Zedus_1521.jpg|frame|[[I'm a Humanitarian|Mmm...humans]]]]
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: A sea monster that resembles a therapod for some reason.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: His recent preferred food source that kicks off the conflict.
* [[Overly Long Tongue]]: Uses it to stab Toto repeatedly.
* [[Sea Monster]]: A monster that just decided to munch on humans one day.
== Humans ==
=== Kusanagi Asagi ===
* [[The Heart]]: To Gamera. He's more savage once their connection is severed.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Vibes of Les Yay with Nagamine near the end of Gamera 3.
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* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Asagi grows up to be a bit of a tomboy by the time she reunites with Nagamine in the third film.
=== Inspector Oosako ===
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[He's Back]]: Gamera 3.
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* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]
=== Nagamine Mayumi ===
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: If she sees someone spouting nonsense, she won't hesitate to call them out.
* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Gal]]: Bird expert.
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* [[The Worm Guy|The Worm Gal]]: Bird expert brought in to study the Gyaos.
=== Honami Midori ===
* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Gal]]: Like Nagamine, but more quiet and softspoken
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]
=== Hirasaka Ayana ===
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Asagi though she's not outright evil but hurt.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Starts to regret her bond with Iris near the end of the film.
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* [[Weirdness Magnet]]
=== Mito Asukura ===
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]:
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]
=== Tatsunari Moribe ===
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: To Ayana.
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: Not that he really believed it but he did snap Ayana out of a trance.
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