Why should Japan be the only country harassed by giant reptiles?
"200 feet in height, 325 feet in length, weighing over 25,000 tons, ladies and gentlemen, Farmarna is not a problem that can be ignored."
—Dr. Claude Kramer
Giant Monster Farmarna is a 2020 novella written by Constantine Furman. The story concerns the reaction of the world when wayward nuclear weapons tests by the North Koreans awaken some kind of dinosaur-like prehistoric monster from the northern Pacific Ocean. The monster then begins a worldwide campaign of destruction, culminating in a raid of Seattle where a battle for the future of mankind is pitched.
Followed in 2021 by a sequel, Farmarna's Monster Martial Law.
Tropes found in Giant Monster Farmarna
- 20 Minutes into the Future: Set in the not-so-far-away year of 2030.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Dr. Kramer considers how Farmarna felt as he is frozen alive.
- Antagonist Title: Farmarna, the eponymous antagonist.
- Anti-Villain: Farmarna. Despite his great height and strength, he generally behaves like an animal.
- Armor Is Useless: The Red Ariel, an aircraft developed in Area 51 from alien technology, fumes out to be this.
- Artistic License – Biology: How Farmarna's body is supposed to do all the things it does is anybody's guess. Not even Dr. Kramer can explain how he flies. The best he can do is give an educated guess.
- Bilingual Bonus: The title is both in English and Japanese.
- Bilingual Dialogue: Since the story globetrots, people around the world speak their native languages.
- Bittersweet Ending: Mankind has managed to evict Farmarna from the earth in the M-Fusee rocket, but Dr. Kramer wonders if Farmarna will come back to destroy mankind one day.
- Breath Weapon: Farmarna generally fires a blue-white thermonuclear ray concussive in nature. When he becomes really angry, he fires fires orange-red fireballs that are even more powerful.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: What happens when the navys of the world gang up on Farmarna at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
- Deadpan Snarker: Nearly all the main characters at one point or another, including the president.
- Ghost Ship: The 'Aluetian Star' washed ashore on Unimak Island.
- Giant Equals Invincible: None of the military's weapons seem to phase Farmarna.
- Giant Flyer: Farmarna flies around by withdrawing into his shell and sailing around. Dr. Kramer hypothesizes he does this by manipulating magnetic waves.
- Helicopter Flyswatter: When Farmarna surfaces in Puget Sound, he knocks a patrol helicopter out of the air with his tail.
- Hell Is That Noise: Farmarna's roar is described as causing people to wince with pain, scream in terror, and possibly even shit themselves. One person's heart even skips a beat the first time they hear it.
- Homage: The whole thing is a love letter to kaiju eiga.
- Intrepid Reporter: Ken Mackeral. And to a lesser extent, his photographer Anna.
- In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves: The president warns that if nuclear weapons are used on Farmarna, there's no telling what other uses they will lead to.
- Kaiju: The title character, obviously.
- Kill It with Fire: Farmarna's general response to being attacked.
- Mr. Exposition: Dr. Kramer.
- Neverending Terror: Dr. Kramer ruminates that Farmarna could return one day.
- Nuclear Weapons Taboo: It's the North Koreans' testing of substandard nuclear weapons falling into the Pacific Ocean that awakens Farmarna. Also, President Jacobs has to explain to the French and Russian envoys why nuking Farmarna is a bad idea.
- Oh, Crap!: President Jacobs' general reaction when Farmarna wipes out the world's navies at once.
- Plot-Irrelevant Villain: Wapita, the prehistoric shrimp. And the North Koreans.
- Plucky Comic Relief: The Vagabond. And occasionally, the president.
- Red Shirt Army: The American military is this any time they engage with Farmarna.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Blake Jacobs, the President of the United States, is nothing but thoughtful and reasonable the entire time.
- Ridiculously Fast Construction: The M-Fusee rocket is put together suspiciously fast. Possibly inverted considering it was particially complete and the world seems to be working on it together.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: When Farmarna revives and renews his battle against the Red Ariel, he stops playing around.
- Sea Monster: Farmarna, who seems more at home in the sea than when he ventures onto land and causes massive amounts of destruction.
- Shout-Out: The whole thing is a 154-page shout-out to Japanese monster movies. The title even has its Japanese equivilent, Daikaiju Fuarumaruna.
- Token Romance: Reporter Ken Mackeral and photographer Anna Sakurai get a thing going after spending so much time together.
- The Tramp: A homeless woman takes advantage of Seattle's evacuation as Farmarna destroys the city.
- Unstoppable Rage: Any time Farmarna gets angry, be somewhere else.
- Watching Troy Burn: The president and his cabinet watch Seattle be destroyed from the situation room, all the while demanding to know why their superweapon the Red Ariel isn't on the scene.
