# Gamera is really neat . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamera-is-really-neat/306083 "2005-05-30T13:07:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamera-is-really-neat/306083/1 "2005-05-30T13:07:46Z")
Having once been a child, Gamera is a friend to me but I first encountered the phrase “Gamera is really neat. He is made from turtle meat.” in [this Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271301). **Smeghead** mentions it in Post#2. I Googled and found the variations: [ul] [li]Gamera is really neat. He is made _of_ turtle meat[/li][li]Gamera is really neat. He is _filled with_ turtle meat[/li][li]Gamera is really neat. He is _full of_ turtle meat[/li][li]Gamera is really neat. _Gamera is_ turtle meat[/li][/ul] But these hits all pretty much showed Messageboard postings, sometimes in sig lines. In all the cases I rummaged through the quote was used as if the reader should understand exactly where the quote comes from. In my case this is a wrong assumption. So which variation is correct and where does it come from? **ouryL** complains (in the linked Thread): “now that f’king song is playing in my head!!” So it’s a song? A for real song or just a little sung phrase? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamera-is-really-neat/306083/2 "2005-05-30T13:10:14Z")
It’s from Mystery Science Theater 3000. Check out “Ward E” under the Songs category. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamera-is-really-neat/306083/3 "2005-05-30T17:43:43Z")
And they used several of those phrases in the song in the show. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamera-is-really-neat/306083/4 "2005-05-30T17:52:39Z")
[Direct link.](http://www.mst3kinfo.com/ward_e/Song312a.html) Hirohito Gamera, Hirohito Gamera, Hirohito Ga-me-raaaaa! ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamera-is-really-neat/306083/5 "2005-05-30T19:55:23Z")
Why, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamera-is-really-neat/306083/6 "2005-05-31T02:25:30Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Having once been a child, Gamera is a friend to me but I first encountered the phrase “Gamera is really neat. He is made from turtle meat.” in [this Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=271301). **Smeghead** mentions it in Post#2. > > I Googled and found the variations: > [ul] > [li]Gamera is really neat. He is made _of_ turtle meat[/li][li]Gamera is really neat. He is _filled with_ turtle meat[/li][li]Gamera is really neat. He is _full of_ turtle meat[/li][li]Gamera is really neat. _Gamera is_ turtle meat[/li][/ul] > > But these hits all pretty much showed Messageboard postings, sometimes in sig lines. In all the cases I rummaged through the quote was used as if the reader should understand exactly where the quote comes from. In my case this is a wrong assumption. > > So which variation is correct and where does it come from? **ouryL** complains (in the linked Thread): “now that f’king song is playing in my head!!” > So it’s a song? A for real song or just a little sung phrase? Curses!! There it begins again!! ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamera-is-really-neat/306083/7 "2005-05-31T03:32:05Z")
I tried to listen closely to this, but it sounds like Joel, Kevin, and Trace are just yelling along with the music and aren’t sticking 100% to what Mike gave them. Which is fine, it’s blindingly funny. God damn Sandy Frank and his long memory, when will we ever get whole season sets of MST3K?