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Subtitle | Little Brave (小さき勇者?) Chīsaki Yūsha[1] |
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Nicknames | Gamera |
Species | Giant turtle |
Home world | Earth |
Height | 8 centimeters (day-old),[2] ~1 meter (shortly after),[2] ~8 meters (Shima),[2] 30 meters (Nagoya)[2] |
Length | 50 meters (Nagoya)[2] |
Weight | 900 metric tons (Nagoya)[2] |
Forms | Baby, Shima appearance, Nagoya appearance |
First appearance | Gamera the Brave |
Relationships | Avant Gamera (previous incarnation) |
Enemies | Zedus |
Portrayed by | Toshinori Sasaki (suit), African spurred tortoises, animatronics, full-scale model, CGI |
Roars | More Roars
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Toto (トト?), acknowledged as TotoGamera (ガメラ?) upon reaching adulthood, is a giant turtle kaiju who appeared in the 2006 GameraKadokawa Gamera film, Gamera the Brave. He is the reincarnation of Avant Gamera, who sacrificed himself to destroy a flock of Gyaos in 1973.
Abilities[]
Fireballs and Fire Breath[]
- Main article: Fire Breath
- Main article: Fireball
Flight[]
- Main article: Jet Emission
- Main article: Spinning Jet
History[]
Heisei era[]
Gamera the Brave[]
In 2006, 33 years after Gamera sacrificed himself to stop a flock of Gyaos, a young boy named Toru discovered a turtle egg sitting atop a red gem on an island. The boy took the egg home along with the red gem it was sitting on. The egg hatched into a baby turtle, which Toru named "Toto", a nickname his late mother used to call him. Toto surprised Toru's neighbor when he started to fly. He soon became too big for Toru to take care of in his home, so he was taken to a shed on the shoreline. He disappeared the next day, but he returned to save Toru and his friends when Zedus attacked his village. He fought Zedus and drove him away, but he was seriously injured and captured by the military. Zedus arrived in Nagoya, and was confronted by Toto after he grew larger and escaped military custody. Zedus threw Toto into a building and was ready to kill him, but Toru arrived and tossed the gem found with Toto's egg into his mouth, which super-charged him and gave him the ability to fly and breathe fire. Toto battled Zedus again, and was able to rip out the beast's tongue and then destroy him with a fireball. Toto collapsed to the ground from exhaustion, and was surrounded by the military. Toru and his friends stood in front of Toto, giving him time to regain his strength and fly away. As Toto flew into the distance, Toru stared at him and said, "Sayonara, Gamera."
Gallery[]
- Main article: Toto/Gallery
Trivia[]
- The powerful fireball used by Toto to defeat Zedus was later named "Toto Impact" which was chosen by public subscription.
- As a baby, Toto was played by a African spurred tortoise.
- King Kong's roars in the 1976 film by Peter Cullen was also used for Gamera's roars in Gamera: The Brave. Some sound effects from The Deadly Mantis were also used for King Kong in 1976 and Gamera in Gamera the Brave and Yonggary (the character who has connections to Gamera films) in Reptilian.
- The ambiguous relationship between Avant Gamera and Toto is somewhat similar to the story of the 1995 novelization Gamera vs. Phoenix in which the actual relationship between the Showa Gamera and the New Gamera was never revealed.[1](p.282)
- The sizes of Toto may be a reference to the "Konaka Gamera", one of the earliest drafts of the Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, which also became the basis of Gamera the Brave in which Gamera's size increases from an egg-sized to 8 meters to more than 20 meters.[1](p.240-243)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Heisei Gamera Perfection. Kadokawa. p. 134. February 8, 2014. ISBN: 978-4048918817.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gamera the Brave Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. p. 26. 20 May 2006. ISBN: 4091051081.