Garoben ()

History: Garoben was a female Youma recruited by Jadeite to help him gather energy from human beings in order to revive Queen Metallia. To this end, Garoben assumed human form and posed as an instructor at a cram school known as Crystal Seminar where she advocated the use of the Crystal Disk, a revolutionary new piece of computer software that could allegedly turn anyone into a genius with prolonged usage. Little did any of her students suspect that the diskette in question actually contained a brainwashing program designed to drain them of their neural energy - the "energy of their knowledge and intelligence" - while simultaneously turning them into mindless human zombies under her complete control.
                Following Usagi Tsukino's appearance at Crystal Seminar in the guise of a nurse and her subsequent transformation into Sailor Moon, Garoben revealed her true from, and, in doing so, vindicated Ami Mizuno, whom Luna had incorrectly suspected of being a Dark Kingdom agent. After incapacitating her Sailor Soldier adversary, the Youma attempted to kill Ami when efforts to drain her of her neural energy proved futile due to the fact that she had relied on her own intelligence for her academic performance instead of on the Crystal Disk. Unfortunately for Garoben, her would-be victim turned out to be a Sailor Soldier herself, who - following her first ever transformation into Sailor Mercury - distracted the monster with her "Shabon Spray" long enough for Sailor Moon to destroy her with her "Moon Tiara Action". 

Height:  Estimated at 6'0'' (183 cm), never accurately measured (human form); estimated at 7'0'' (213 cm), never accurately measured (Youma form)  
Weight: Unknown   
Eyes: Brown (human form); black irises against yellow corneas (Youma form)   
Hair: Brown (human form); green (Youma form)   
Skin: Red (Youma form)   
   
Abilities: Aside from the ability to assume human form, Garoben, in keeping with her title as "The Youma of Knowledge", had the rather unusual habit of quizzing her adversaries and only attacking them if they were unable to provide her with the correct response to her questions. Failure to give the right answer to her first such query on Newtonian physics - "Why did the apple fall from the tree?" - would result in the monster raising her left arm and firing a barrage of razor-sharp test papers at her opponent until such time as the proper response was given, whereupon the projectiles would disappear. The inability of her adversary to meet her second challenge - "Explain gravity in fifty words or less." - would make her send the mindless human zombies her Crystal Disks had helped to create after them. It remains uncertain as to whether or not giving the right answer to the second question would have dispatched this particular threat with equal swiftness, though it is known that the degree of control she maintained over her brainwashed victims was apparently dependant on the strength of her own will and could be disrupted if her concentration were broken, such as by exposing her to cold temperatures, for example. In addition, Garoben was capable of reshaping the tissue of her left arm to form a rather nasty-looking ax which she could use as a weapon.   
Paraphernalia: While masquerading as a teacher at Crystal Seminar, Garoben used a series of special diskettes containing a brainwashing program - known as Crystal Disks - to drain her students of their neural energy and put them under her control. She could then direct these individuals - now reduced to little more than automatons - to act in whatever manner she chose, such as using them to attack her opponents, for example. Garoben also used razor-sharp test papers as projectile weapons. 

Japanese Voice Actress: Hiroko Emori 
North American Voice Actress: Unknown     

This entry first appeared on: May 4, 1998 
This entry was last modified on: December 10, 2000

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