Who is the oddest Gamera character?

[inlovewithcrow]

I was puzzling over this on the heels of Zigra. That dolphin trainer (the fish arguer) is one strange dude. But then there's Konjo/Cornjob. And gee, how about that original Kenny with Tibby and all.

Not intending to offend, if I'm just being culturist, and these are utterly normal sorts of Japenese people, but from our perspective...wow.

So who would you nominate for the biggest weirdo in the Gamera movies?

[Bix Dugan]

Kondo/Cornjob, because he threatened head-shaving as a punishment for a young child?

But Richard Burton's Mother was kinda wacky too.

Edit:

The eighty-year-old six-year-old girl in Gamera Vs. Guiron can't be left out of the conversation.

[krokodyle]

Kendo aka Cornjob!

[Mr. Atari]

It's tough to be odder than Barugon.

Looks like a dog, has that weird tongue, and shoots rainbows.

Yep. Japan, everybody.

[callipygias]

That apparently normal lady in G vs Barugon who suddenly goes all creepy and sucks that guys boo-boo like she did. There's some deeply hidden oddness there.

[mrsphyllistorgo]

Oscar Wilde hair fetish guy--wait, was that Gamera?

[Torgo]

Even though it was never seen on MST, the space chicks in Super Monster Gamera take it for me. Doing all the Wonder Woman/Power Ranger poses, and the fight at the end where they're jumping and twirling around in those costumes is hillarious.

[doctorz]

Tom Servo plugging the Gamera play set has a whole host of odd Japanese characters that may not be real, but are very plausible! (My vote for #2 best host segement EVER!)

[Bix Dugan]

Oct 3, 2008 11:10:52 GMT -5 mrsphyllistorgo said:

Oscar Wilde hair fetish guy--wait, was that Gamera?

That was Godzilla VS. Megalon, I think. The one with "Rex Dart, Eskimo Spy!"

[CBG]

Oct 3, 2008 15:33:29 GMT -5 Bix Dugan said:

Oct 3, 2008 11:10:52 GMT -5 mrsphyllistorgo said:

Oscar Wilde hair fetish guy--wait, was that Gamera?

That was Godzilla VS. Megalon, I think. The one with "Rex Dart, Eskimo Spy!"

BIX JOHNSON IS RIGHT!

For me it's these chicks:



WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH! (Rzzzzzzz)

[inlovewithcrow]

oh, I had forgotten about Blood Sucking Woman. She is a disturbing one.

[jjb3k]

Those two lunkheaded construction workers from Gamera vs. Gaos are definitely up there. "You! Scaringuslikethaaaaat!" They made for an excellent stinger, too.

There's also that old bearded guy from Gamera vs. Zigra who appears on the rocks and then vanishes from the rest of the film. I still don't know what was up with him.

And I still get a kick out of mentioning Akio's mother from Gamera vs. Guiron and her extraordinarily and ironically stilted line - "If you do not...study...you cannot enter...a good school!"

This series definitely got crazier as it went on, which I guess is only natural when your first film is about a young boy who befriends a gigantic flying turtle who eats fire. I wish Sandy Frank had dubbed Gamera vs. Viras (the one with the bumblebee-looking spaceship that appears in flashback during Gamera vs. Guiron, which causes Servo to remark "Well, this is new!") - I have to wonder if it provided a smoother transition between the kind-of-goofy vs. Gaos and the bat-poopie-insane vs. Guiron.

[ArtCrow]

Let's not forget the goofy fat guy in Barugon who gets killed by the scorpion early on. He deserves a mention.

[ash2]

The kid in Guiron that was obsessed with traffic accidents.

[Pemmican]

Oct 3, 2008 15:33:29 GMT -5 Bix Dugan said:

For me it's these chicks:

I second! The bizzare "monster cold cuts" scene in that episode (I've only seen the KTMA version) just doesn't compare to these two. Not sure of their names or characters, only their very crude acting and voice dubs. The lack of enthusiasm presented by these ladies shines through both obstacles.

To elaborate: They look bored. Their faces say, "When is this dumb director going to call it a day, so we can get back to 15x15 luxury suite and cram instant ramen while we watch Urusei Yatsura?" Not sure if the chronology matches, but eh... Their technology might be more advanced, but their motivation is absent, and I think their acting coach must have gotten his experience from a little known role called "Phantom."

Just think though: This is what Japan was up to before the anime boom of the last 1980's, and dare I mention on this board... the tentacles?

At least when Japan's entertainment industry was focused on people in weird costumes, that gave unemployed Kabuki and Noh actors a place to refine their art. Nowadays, they just churn out "NARUTO: Sky Space Captains 4247" in 39-episode blocks, straight from the animation factories - I mean studios in Soeul.