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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.

This film contains examples of the following:

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.

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 * [[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.
+* [[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 (Film)|Jaws]]''-esque.
-* [[Shout Out]]: [[Keroro Gunsou]] - Toru has to remain polite to Mai in order to borrow issues from her.
+* [[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.