Garu

Body Storage

**Garu**(ガル *Garu*) is a Mechasaurus from Episode 33 of Getter Robo.

## Appearance

Garu has a dark green scaly hide while having a bright yellow underbelly. He has a mechanical abdomen with the middle part of his underbelly exposed and the lower part of his tall, thin neck is steel-plated. His head somewhat resembles a mantis with blank, yellow, bug-eyes and two long, yellow-colored antennas on top. He also has a short tail, elongated feet ending with three dark gray-colored toe claws, tiny sharp teeth in its mouth, and large, axe-shaped wings taking place for his arms.

## Biography

After Emperor Gore sends a group of fighter jets to destroy the Saotome Plant’s barrier device, disabling their protective barrier, he has Chief Galeli prepare a Mechasaurus to drop a super uranium bomb to contaminate the getter rays to make them harmful to humans. Soon enough, Chief Galeli sends out his latest creation, Mechasaurus Garu, piloted by Captain Kalien, to head toward the unprotected Saotome Plant. The Getter Team head out to face Garu, however, Ryoma’s Getter Eagle picks up the radioactive rays from the super uranium bomb that Garu is possessing. Once they combine into Getter-1, they turn on their neutralizer device to protect themselves against Garu’s Uranium Eye Beams. Garu then fights back against Getter Robo’s Getter Tomahawk with it’s Blade Wings until Getter Robo manages to slice off the right wing. Getter Robo prepares to slice Garu’s neck but then Ryoma starts picking up radioactive rays coming from the area, revealing that the super uranium bomb is placed in the neck. Needing to get the uranium bomb as far away from the city as possible, Getter Robo flies Garu up into the atmosphere. Seeing the situation, Captain Kalian activates the timer for the uranium bomb to set off and commands the soldiers stored within Garu’s body to attack the Saotome Plant. So once Garu’s head is separated from the body, the fighter jets leave Garu’s body and make their way to the Saotome Plant while Captain Kalian attempts to blow up Getter Robo along with him with the super uranium bomb. Still needing to dispose of the bomb, Getter Robo continues flying up through the atmosphere and succeeds in throwing Garu’s head into space before the super uranium bomb blows up, killing Captain Kalien. However, despite not getting blown up, Getter Robo gets contaminated by the radiation from the explosion. Needing to save the Saotome Plant without contaminating it with radiation, Getter Robo burrows underground as Getter-2 and remains there until Michiru brings a neutralizer device to cure them of the radiation. Once the radiation is neutralized, Getter Robo fights off and destroys the fighter jets unleashed by Garu.

## Powers/Abilities

**Flight**: Garu is able to fly through the sky with it’s axe-shaped wings.

**Uranium Eye Beams**: Garu can shoot pink-colored beams of uranium from out of it’s eyes.

**Blade Wings**: Garu is equipped with a large set of axe-shaped blades that act like it’s wings and can use them for combat.

**Super Uranium Bomb**: Stored within it’s neck, Garu is equipped with a super uranium bomb that is set with a timer to blow up when activated.

**Detachable Head**: Garu’s head and neck can separate from it’s body when the super uranium bomb in the neck is activated.

**Body Storage**: Garu can store fighter jets within it’s body and can unleash them when the head and neck get separated.

## Trivia

* Garu’s design may have been inspired by the Praying Mantis.