Golden Silver (GSH)

Golden Silver, from Gunstar Super Heroes.

*Not to be confused with Golden Silver.*

> “*I feel despair... fear. Immense hate. You are filled with negative emotions. How can you blame me, if you cannot repress them? Your need to rely on me only shows your ineptitude. I am Golden Silver, a mere silhouette mirage of you.”* -Golden Silver, Gunstar Super Heroes.
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Golden Silver is a character that appears in the Gunstar Heroes series. It is the main antagonist of *Gunstar Super Heroes*, and it is based on Golden Silver from *Gunstar Heroes*.

Like the first Golden Silver, it is a robot who is capable of destroying the Earth with no trouble, and is described as a god. However, this version of Golden Silver has many design changes and speaks much more than the previous one, and is immortal.

## Appearance

Golden Silver has a similar appearance to the previous Golden Silver, as it is a golden robot with red eyes. However, it has a much larger upper body and shoulders with gray panels on the sides, and a much more defined head and face with more defined “hair,” which now resembles sharp blades. Its appendages are also green with golden lower arms and silver lower legs, and its hands and fingers are thicker. Its mouth also extends to the sides of its head and it has red, glaring eyes, giving it a much scarier appearance. Unlike the previous Golden Silver, both eyes glow bright red. Its feet are golden and notably smaller than its predecessor.

It also has a thin slit on its back near where the previous Golden Silver’s engine would be located.

## History

After the events of Gunstar Heroes, the previous Golden Silver, having been destroyed, was completely nonexistent. A mechanical fifth moon built by a resurrected Empire reveals a plan to resurrect this new Golden Silver.

After the Treasure Gems were amassed once again, it was revived. It engaged the Gunstars in a long battle, and upon being defeated, it attempted to destroy the Earth.

Gunstar Green then sacrificed himself, destroying Golden Silver and dying in the process. Gunstar Yellow, who was destined to use the Seven Force vehicle, also sacrificed herself.

## Personality

Golden Silver is an intelligent, unfeeling and brutally honest machine who is incapable of having any feelings of happiness or sympathy, and becomes overwhelmed and out of control often, especially when it is trying to get rid of those in its way or destroying the Earth. It sometimes relies on frightening its enemies by giving them menacing expressions and standing tall over them. It is aware of its extreme power and is often very cryptic and formal when speaking, and immensely dislikes those who it considers unworthy or inferior. Golden Silver also gets quite violent, completely destroying its summoner. It also openly admits what it plans to do, as it immediately said it was going to “blow up the Earth” before attempting to do so. It also has a strong dislike for Earth and life in general.

It also commonly does not use its own strength unless directly confronted, as it did not directly attack the 3YE’s members until it attempted to destroy the Earth, in which it initiated an attack pose when Green confronted it.

## Abilities

Similar to the previous Golden Silver, this version of Golden Silver is capable of high-speed flight, and is implied to have immense physical power, as it attempted to destroy the Earth simply by crashing into it or punching it. It can also, like its predecessor, manipulate the Treasure Gems. It also cannot be harmed, and the Treasure Gems, along with the Megalith, are instead are its power sources. Additionally, Golden Silver is immortal.

## Golden Silver

Golden Silver in battle, from Gunstar Super Heroes.

## Appearances

### Game Appearances

* Gunstar Super Heroes

Golden Silver is the final boss of Gunstar Super Heroes. Golden Silver itself does not attack, but prominently stands in the middle of the arena and making contact with it will do damage. The Treasure Gems mainly attack with giant laser beams, and Golden Silver itself has 999 health points. Once it is defeated, the ending cutscene will play.

## Trivia

* This version of Golden Silver is the only character in Gunstar Super Heroes to completely lack a voice, possibly due to the Game Boy Advance’s limitations and the fact that it is the only non-human character to have real dialogue. However, during the game's ending, a voice or explosion-like sound is heard.
	+ When it is first resurrected by General Grey, a loud voice clip can be heard. It is unknown if it is made by Golden Silver or General Grey.
* Unused sprites of Golden Silver walking, jumping, flying, and using melee attacks can be found in the game’s code. There is also what seems to be an unused sprite of it standing towards the viewer.
	+ One of these sprites resembles Axel Stone's signature attack from *Streets of Rage 2*.
* Golden Silver has the least amount of different sprites out of all bosses in *Gunstar Super Heroes*, excluding the unused sprites. It is also one of the only characters to have only one dialogue sprite.
* Golden Silver's size is sometimes depicted inconsistently. During battle, it appears to be slightly taller than the Gunstars. In cutscenes, however, it is shown to be as large as the Seven Force.
* In the final cutscene, its feet were mistakenly colored gray, while they are actually golden.
* Golden Silver is one of the only two characters in *Gunstar Super Heroes* to have a dialogue icon staring directly at the player, the second being Smash Daisaku.
* During one of the cutscenes, Golden Silver uses the phrase “silhouette mirage,” which is likely a reference to *Silhouette Mirage*, which was a game made by Treasure.
* Golden Silver is the only character to not be given a profile in *Gunstar Super Heroes*’ instruction booklet. However, its face appears as a background on some of the pages. This image is also used as a cutscene image in-game.
* It is implied that Golden Silver is capable of becoming a much more peaceful robot, as Gunstar Green has said that it will bring a new age of peace and that it deserves redemption.
* Golden Silver, despite being a genderless robot, has said that it will return from the chaos that it was “born” from. It also refers to itself as a “son” during one of the endings.
* It's possible that this version of Golden Silver was inspired by E-123 Omega from *Sonic the Hedgehog*. They both have similar body shapes and design aspects, and they are also both reawakened from a stasis during their first encounter. Additionally, the former's debut game, *Sonic Heroes*, first came out in 2003, which was two years before the release of *Gunstar Super Heroes.*
	+ In some variations of Golden Silver's introduction cutscene in *Gunstar Super Heroes*, Golden Silver's face is displayed similarly to Omega's from a cutscene in *Sonic Heroes.*

## Gallery

*Main article: Golden Silver (GSH)/Gallery*

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