Gabu

**Gabu**(ガブー *Gabū*) is a green Space Beast Warrior from Episode 1 of Changeman. His name could also translate as **Gaboo**.

He is voiced by **Eisuke Yoda**.

## Personality

Gabu has an undying loyalty to Gozma and will gladly kill anyone who opposes them.

## Appearance

Gabu has a humanoid body structure, but has a big mouth filled with several teeth and two tusks pointing upward. He has no eyes on his face, but is shown with red eyes around chest and has two jaws on his shoulders. He also has several tendrils around his body and one antenna sticking up on top of his head.

## Biography

A space ship holding an evil empire, called the Great Star League Gozma, was traveling through space to conquer planets until they arrive at Earth. One of the leading members, Commander Giluke, sends out one of the generals, Booba, and a Space Beast Warrior that was apart of their crew, Gabu, down to kill anyone who will oppose them. Before they could arrive on Earth, Gozma Fighters are sent out and unleash eggs that hatched into Hidler Soliders to attack an army in training. Gabu and Booba arrive and help kill some of them until there are only five soldiers left Hiryuu, Shou, Yuuma, Sayaka, and Mai. However, a power known as Earth Force spontaneously transforms the last five into the Changeman, with Hiryuu as ChangeDragon, Shou as ChangeGriffon, Yuuma as ChangePegasus, Sayaka as ChangeMermaid, and Mai as ChangePhoenix, giving them powers to easily knock away the Hidler Soliders. The Shuttle Base then arrives and gets the Changeman with Booba and Gabu watching. Later, the Changeman arrive back and fight off another group of Hidler Soliders. After the Changeman fight off the Hidler Soldiers, Gabu faces off against them and starts shooting out fireballs at them from his mouth. The Changeman immediately form the Power Bazooka and use it to blow Gabu up to pieces. Commander Giluke then sends down Gyodai to fire a beam from his eye at Gabu’s remains. The beam creates an explosion which then reshapes and forms Gabu into a giant, reviving him. With Gabu now a giant, Chief Ibuki sends down the already formed Change Robo. When the Changeman aboard Change Robo, they face off against Gabu. After a small fight, they use Change Robo’s Blitzkrieg Sword to perform Super Thunderbolt and finally vaporize Gabu for good.

## Powers/Abilties

**Fanged Tentacles**: On each of Gabu’s shoulders are mouth that when open up, can shoot out tentacles with fanged mouths.

**Fireballs**: Gabu can shoot out fireballs from his main mouth.

**Smoke**: Gabu can shoot smoke from his mouth.

**Electrical Discharge**: Gabu can send a purple-colored electric shock through his fanged tentacles when the red orbs on his body glow purple.

**Double Jaw**: Gabu has a large mouth with a double jaw that allows him to kill his victims by biting their heads.

## Gallery

Concept SketchFanged TentaclesFireballsFirst defeat by the Power BazookaGyodai rebuilding and growing GabuSpraying illusion gas and launching a surprise attack at Change RoboGiant Gabu shooting tentacles at Change RoboDraining Change RoboSecond defeat by Change Robo’s Super Thunderbolt
## Trivia

* The designer, Yutaka Izubuchi, describes Gabu as a grotesque, Western-style alien.
	+ He imagined Gabu to have slimy skin, but the molding of the costume made it felt dry.
* When the fanged tentacles extended out of the mouths on Gabu’s shoulders, the suit actor once took his arms out of the costume’s arms and put them into the tentacles to express a vivid movement.