Goryu (G1)
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- Gōryū is a Decepticon from the Victory portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Gōryū (ゴウリュウ, "Mighty Dragon") is the leader of the Dinoforce Decepticons. He typically wields a large spiked club, and unlike the rest of his team, is most often seen riding on the back of his Tyrannosaurus rex Pretender shell, rather than controlling it from the inside or fighting alongside it. He and his troops combine to form the goliath Dinoking.
Hot-headed, easily frustrated and generally not too bright, Gōryū demands obedience from his dim-witted troops (especially Kakuryū, whom he often abuses) and respect from the Breastforce... respect which he will never get.
Fiction
Victory cartoon
- Voice actor: Daisuke Gōri (Japanese)
The captain of the Dinoforce, Gōryū is a major player in the Decepticon army. He's just not very good at the game.
Gōryū led the Dinoforce in the attack on a Mars research ship that saw Jean's parents die. Later he led an attack on Earth's moonbase, forcing Star Saber and his forces to come to Earth's defense and make their base there. Throughout Deathsaurus' campaign against Earth for energy, Gōryū was a loyal grunt. Often he and his Dinoforce were the first in the fight and the last to retreat.
However, he was betrayed when Deathsaurus finally acquired enough energy to free his space fortress—the Decepticon commander abandoning Dinoforce, and leaving them to die. As retaliation, Gōryū went to the Autobots, and told them the secret weakness in Deathsaurus's space fortress.
After the destruction of the space fortress, Gōryū and his Dinoforce lived peacefully on Earth alongside the humans.
Victory comic
Gōryū and his Dinoforce rode their Pretender shells into battle, ransacking the planet Earth. They attempted to escalate the devastation by forming Dinoking, but were stopped cold by the power of Landcross. Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!
Gōryū stood watch as Kakuryū went through his daily fitness routine. Warrior of Love, Star Saber!
On Guard, Gōryū oversaw the Decepticons' slave labor as they constructed the mighty King Solon armor for Deathsaurus's protege. Mighty! Victory Saber
As the Autobots infiltrated the Decepticon Space Stronghold, their sudden appearance scattered Goryū and the Dinoforce. The fighting soon ceased as the Decepticons revealed they only sought energy for their families, including the adorable Dinobabies. He has a son. Seriously. Heroic! The Victory War
Toys
Victory
- Gōryū (Dinoforce, 1989)
- Japanese ID number: D-322
- Accessories: Tyrannosaurus rex shell, shell back, "Tyran Gun", Dinoking foot-plate
- Gōryū's inner robot shares the same mold as the Pretender Monster Icepick, transforming into a bipedal, clawed monster. He comes with a rubbery, cyborg Tyrannosaurus rex Pretender-type shell in which he can be stored. The back of the shell can also store his rifle and the Dinoking footplate. Gōryū can also transform into either leg to Dinoforce's combined Dinoking mode, but his nominal placement is as the giant's left leg.
- Dinoking (Multi-pack, 1989)
- Japanese ID number: D-328
- Accessories: Tyrannosaurus rex shell, shell back, "Tyran Gun", Dinoking foot-plate
- All six members of the Dinoforce were available both individually and in a complete gift set. All of the toys are identical to their individual releases, though the packaging has a bio and Tech Spec only for the combined Dinoking mode, and none of the individuals.
Notes
- All of the Dinoforce's rubbery shells are susceptible to developing an oily film, and their gold paint may take on a green patina. Why exactly this happens is currently unknown, but as such, even mint-in-package toys may come out of the package kind of slimy and discolored. Eyuw.
- The Victory anime depicted the Dinoforce members as carrying melee weapons, rather than the blasters the toys actually came with; Gōryū packs a large club which he mainly uses to brain his subordinates. And while they are sometimes depicted as riding their shells (Goryu more often than the others), obviously the toys proper cannot do this. Plus, their mechanical beast modes are never shown, making them kind of the mirror of the Super-God Masterforce Seacons.
- Gōryū is the only combiner team leader other than Scrapper to form a leg—or for that matter, anything that doesn't include the head or upper torso
Foreign names
- English: Icepick (Omni Productions dub)
- Russian: Zadavala (Задавала, "Arrogant")
- Spanish: Ice (America)
