History Manga / Gon

* GentleGiant: The Orangutan Mother and Orangutan King. Averted with the underground dwellers in Gon Underground, who are violently destructive - especially the giant tarantula.

* ItsAWonderfulFailure: In his game for the SuperFamicom he cannot die, but each hit he takes makes him angrier. In the GameOver animation he destroys the ''whole planet'' before [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace madly hopping around in space.]]

''Manga/{{Gon}}'' is a manga, set in a different setting every time, that allows the creator to draw absolutely breathtaking SceneryPorn on nearly every page.

''{{Manga/Gon}}'' is a manga, set in a different setting every time, that allows the creator to draw absolutely breathtaking SceneryPorn on nearly every page.

''Manga/Gon'' is a manga, set in a different setting every time, that allows the creator to draw absolutely breathtaking SceneryPorn on nearly every page.

''Manga/{{Gon}}'' is a manga, set in a different setting every time, that allows the creator to draw absolutely breathtaking SceneryPorn on nearly every page.

[[http://www.jefusion.com/2012/03/gon-cg-anime-to-air-this-april.html A 50 episode CGI series]] premiered on Creator/TVTokyo on April 2, 2012. A kid-friendly video game and a manga aimed at a younger age set will accompany this new series. Fans of the old school Gon aren't completely left out, thankfully: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-24/masashi-tanaka-gon-dinosaur-manga-to-resume-in-march as the original manga is set to continue in March in the seinen magazine Kodansha Afternoon.]]

For some reason, he appeared as a hidden character in ''{{Tekken}} 3''. We're still not sure what to make of that, besides the fact that he's utterly [[GameBreaker Game Breaking]] (despite being considerably weaker than in the manga).

The main character, [[CharacterTitle Gon]], is a diminutive TyrannosaurusRex who was forgotten by time. [[LandBeforeTime Unlike certain other creatures]], Gon is a SilentProtagonist. In fact, despite there being no humans whatsoever, and a notable amount of communication occurring in every story, there is absolutely no dialogue whatsoever, by ''any'' of the animal characters.

Manga/{{Gon}} is a manga, set in a different setting every time, that allows the creator to draw absolutely breathtaking SceneryPorn on nearly every page.

[[http://www.jefusion.com/2012/03/gon-cg-anime-to-air-this-april.html A 50 episode CGI series premiered in Japan on April 2, 2012]]. A kid friendly video game and a manga aimed at a younger age set will accompany this new series. Fans of the old school Gon aren't completely left out, thankfully: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-24/masashi-tanaka-gon-dinosaur-manga-to-resume-in-march as the original manga is set to continue in March in the seinen magazine Kodansha Afternoon.]]

* AbusiveParents: Gon may seem like this when he raises Ho (biting him, eating all but one of the fish he's caught, giving the rest to Ho), but one must realize he's raising a wild animal, and in order to survive in the wild, you'd have to be tough.
** He also apparently has no idea there's a nest on his head and inadvertently exposes them to all sorts of trauma. The birds do get out of it tough-as-nails, though.
* AnimalsLackAttributes: Averted in the original manga.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever[=/=]BigCreepyCrawlies: Underground animals are huge...
* BadassAdorable: Gon. Oh, Gon...
* BearsAreBadNews: Most bears don't learn...
** The first Gon comic revolved around Gon kicking the shit out of a grizzly and stealing his fish, then using him as a cuddly bed.
** Subverted with Ussu in the anime.

* GuestFighter: His appearance in ''{{Tekken}} 3''.

* PantheraAwesome: Several show up in the manga, and Gon even rides on a lion in one chapter.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Gon himself.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: There's a giant anteater and an ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auk auk]]'' of all things featured in these stories, among others.

* {{Xenofiction}}

Gon is also a stalwart {{Determinator}}, who can be sent crashing ''through'' a tree with no harm done -- to him. Whatever just attacked, though [[DisproportionateRetribution won't end up unscathed]].

{{Gon}} is a manga, set in a different setting every time, that allows the creator to draw absolutely breathtaking SceneryPorn on nearly every page.

[[http://www.jefusion.com/2012/03/gon-cg-anime-to-air-this-april.html A 50 episode CGI series premiered in Japan on the April 2, 2012]]. A kid friendly video game and a manga aimed at a younger age set will accompany this new series. Fans of the old school Gon aren't completely left out, thankfully: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-24/masashi-tanaka-gon-dinosaur-manga-to-resume-in-march as the original manga is set to continue in March in the seinen magazine Kodansha Afternoon.]]

[[http://www.jefusion.com/2012/03/gon-cg-anime-to-air-this-april.html A 50 episode CGI series premiered in Japan on the 2nd of April]]. A kid friendly video game and a manga aimed at a younger age set will accompany this new series. Fans of the old school Gon aren't completely left out, thankfully: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-24/masashi-tanaka-gon-dinosaur-manga-to-resume-in-march as the original manga is set to continue in March in the seinen magazine Kodansha Afternoon.]]

* ValuesDissonance: Gon frequently eats animals, mainly fish, alive, often taking one bite and leaving them to die. While repulsive to most Western audiences, this is common practice in Japanese cuisine.

* NoCartoonFish: Averted. This manga goes to show just why this trope exists, as well - Gon eats fish as relentlessly as he does anything, and it's a little disconcerting at times.

* SuddenlyVoiced: The CGI adaptation has Gon voiced by MotokoKumai, with a cast of speaking animals as opposed to the original manga's silent ones.

* EverythingIsWorseWithBears: Most bears don't learn...
** The first Gon comic revolved around Gon kicking the shit out of a grizzly and stealing his fish, then using him as a cuddly bed.
** Subverted with Ussu in the anime.

* PintsizedPowerhouse: Gon himself.

* LighterAndSofter: The new CGI adaptation is this to the sometimes graphically violent original series, the same goes for it's accompanying manga.

* SceneryPorn: Oh god, yes! This is part of the reason why the Gon comics aren't getting out now - Tanaka exhausted a lot on drawing the scenery, and insisted on working alone, taking up to months or years between updates.

* SilentSceneryPanel: A good portion of the panels.

* TyrannosaurusRex: The video game has one as the final boss. It gets beaten up by Gon as well.

* MixMatchCritter: Metakei from the anime appears to be a dog-armadillo-chalicothere hybrid.

* LighterAndSofter: The new CGI adaptation is this to the sometimes graphically violent original series, the same goes for it's accompanying manga.