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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* Originally, Garoben asked [[Sailor Moon]] a question on why apples fall from trees, referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Isaac Newton]'s theory on gravity. Her second question was to explain what gravity was in less than 50 words. In the [[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|English dub]], she first asked a math equation and then asked if Sailor Moon wanted to surrender.
 
* Originally, Garoben asked [[Sailor Moon]] a question on why apples fall from trees, referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Isaac Newton]'s theory on gravity. Her second question was to explain what gravity was in less than 50 words. In the [[Sailor Moon in North America#English Dub|English dub]], she first asked a math equation and then asked if Sailor Moon wanted to surrender.
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* The "garo" part of her name is a pun on "ガロ" which means "hungry wolf" and the "ben" part of her name is a pun on the Japanese term 勉学 bengaku which means “study” or “pursuit of knowledge.”
  
 
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[[Category: Youma]]

Revision as of 15:04, 25 October 2009

Character Information
Name: Garoben
Name (kanji/kana): ガロベン
Alignment: Dark Kingdom
Species: Youma
Gender: Female
Lives: D Point, near the North Pole
Occupation: Youma under the command of Jadeite
Family: Unknown
Associates: Jadeite
Aliases: Poses as a teacher at the Crystal Seminar
First Anime Appearance: Is the Genius Girl a Youma? Brainwashing School of Terror
First Manga Appearance: N/A
First PGSM Appearance: N/A
English Name: None
Actors: Hiroko Emori (anime), Maria Vacratsis (dub)
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Garoben

Garoben was a Youma summoned by Jadeite to drain energy from unsuspecting students as part of the Dark Kingdom's continuing energy-gathering efforts. She appeared in anime episode 8. She was a female humanoid creature with red skin, dark spiky hair, a light purple mark on her forehead, and spikes that stretched from her shoulders and back

She was in charge of the Crystal Seminar, a cram school that Ami attended. The students were given special disks to use, not knowing that the disk would activate a program that would drain their energy. Usagi discovered the disk after a new student, Ami, left hers behind. Suspecting Ami to be from the Dark Kingdom, Usagi disguised herself and infiltrated the school.

Usagi confronted Ami and transformed into Sailor Moon, but then Garoben appeared, grabbing Ami by the neck and taking her hostage before transforming into her Youma form. While holding Ami, she first puzzled Sailor Moon with math questions before sending dozens of razor-sharp test sheets at her. Sailor Moon managed to dodge them, but ended up in a corner. Garoben asked if she wanted to surrender now or later, before the hypnotized, energy-drained students began surrounding Sailor Moon.

While Sailor Moon was busy fending off the students, Garoben forced Ami to look at her computer screen in an attempt to drain her energy, only to find it ineffective. Garoben threw her to the ground, and morphed her left hand into a large axe. After managing to dodge the first swing of the axe, Ami transformed into Sailor Mercury. Garoben wound up for another strike, but became lost in the cold mist created by Mercury's bubble attack. As she began shivering, the hypnotized students collapsed, freeing Sailor Moon and allowing her to use her tiara to destroy Garoben.

Video Games

Sailor Moon (Super Famicom)

Garoben was one of the most common enemies in the Super Famicom game. Other Garobens with different colors appeared, with stronger statistics.

Sailor Moon: Another Story

Garoben was one of the monster types that appeared in Sailor Moon: Another Story. Numerous Garobens could be fought in Azabu-Juuban during Chapter One of the game.

Trivia

  • Originally, Garoben asked Sailor Moon a question on why apples fall from trees, referring to Isaac Newton's theory on gravity. Her second question was to explain what gravity was in less than 50 words. In the English dub, she first asked a math equation and then asked if Sailor Moon wanted to surrender.
  • The "garo" part of her name is a pun on "ガロ" which means "hungry wolf" and the "ben" part of her name is a pun on the Japanese term 勉学 bengaku which means “study” or “pursuit of knowledge.”