Gaou

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Gaou (ガオウ)^? is a Japanese Wolf, and the main antagonist of Wonderful Pretty Cure!. He was once the leader of a pack of wolves, and currently leads Gaou-tachi.

Bio

Appearance

Gaou is a Japanese Wolf with maya blue fur that includes soft cyan accents. He has a flame-like tail, red inner ears, a dark navy blue nose, turqoise eyes covered with a white mask with blue markings, and turqoise claws. He wears a light black hakama with red and yellow collars, matched with a jet black robe, tied by a black strap and yellow and cyan knots. His boots are black with dark blue markings.

Personality

Gaou hates humans for making his wolf pack go extinct, and plots to destroy the human world.

Relationships

Torame and Zakuro: His companions. He sends both of them out to summon Gaogaons and destroy the human world on his behalf.

Etymology

Gaou is based on the sound "Gao" (ガオー, "Gao")^?, which is Japanese for "roar".^[1]

History

Past

Long ago, Gaou was a leader of a Japanese wolf pack living in the forests of Animal Town. However, he and his pack were eventually driven out of their territory, and went extinct. This made Gaou determined to take revenge on humans.^WPC29

Orchestrating The Garugaru Attacks

Eventually, Gaou spreads his dark force into Niko Garden, turning the Niko Animals and Mey Mey into Garugaru.^WPC01 Niko attempts to counter Gaou's dark influence by turning the harmed Niko Animals into eggs, but Gaou's powers are still able to turn the eggs black.^WPC29

When the Lion Garugaru is resting inside a cave, Gaou appears to order the Lion to wake up and start attacking again. ^WPC07 When the Bear Garugaru is resting deep in the forest, Gaou forces the Bear to wake up and start attacking. ^WPC11 When the Hamster Garugaru is hiding underground, Gaou appears to tell the Garugaru to let its rage burn while also empowering it with a new ability to shrink its opponents.^WPC19

Reviving His Companions

Due to feeling the power of the light, Gaou senses that he can hear humans laughing. Frustrated Gaou questions what happened to the black beasts he had unleashed. Gaou declares that his anger will never fade, no matter how much time passes. Gaou then awakens Zakuro and Torame, who he orders to find the black beasts he released, and the people running rampant in Animal Town. Some time later, he howls to signal to the duo that they must return.^WPC29

Abilities

Enpowerment: Gaou can empower the Garugarus, as seen when he empowers the Hamster Garugaru, granting it the ability to shrink others in addition to itself.