| “ | Dreams don't last long but we can give you everlasting nightmares. Wanna try one? Welcome along and join us, won't you? Yeah, you'll have tons of fun. You'll laugh so hard before you know it! | „ |
| ~ All the Lemures who are the primary members of the Dead Moon Circus. |
The Lemures (in Japanese: レムレス), also known as the Remless in the CWi English dub, are freakish and evil monsters that also made up the rest of the Dead Moon Circus and they were used by both the Amazon Trio and Amazoness Quartet during combat against the Sailor Scouts, though their nature was quite different in the anime than in the manga. In the English dub, they were referred to as "Remless"; though the name change was never explained, fans speculate that it could be a reference to their lack of dreams, as dreams come during REM sleep.
Anime[]
In the anime, when Queen Nehelenia, the ruler of the Dead Moon devoured the Dream Mirrors of her subjects in order to remain young and beautiful, they became the distorted creatures known as Lemures that are the living ghosts of their former selves. When they were defeated with Sailor Moon's attack Moon Gorgeous Meditation, they would cry the words, "Stage out!", whereupon Lemures under the control of the Amazon Trio would fade away and those under the control of the Amazoness Quartet shattered, allowing their target's Dream Mirror to return. When Sailor Moon gave Queen Nehelenia a second chance and restored her as a chilr, she restored her kingdom and all her subjects revived on their human forms.
In the manga, however, they were dark, formless creatures, similar to the lemures of Roman mythology.
Amazon Trio[]
- Karakuriko
- Kyokubadanko
- Do Kanko
- Otedamako
- Puko
- Kigurumiko
- Tenko
- Hebihanabiko
- Mizugeiko
- Tsunawataro
- Buranko
- Ayatoriko
- Gomumario
- Gittanko
- Bakkonko
- Autobiko
- Mawashitaro
- Ponko
- Kurumiwario
- Elephanko
- Shufflefuruo
- Tobihaneru
Amazoness Quartet[]
- Mr. Magic Pierrot
- GaraGara Musume
- KeroKero Musume
- ManeMane Musume
- GariGari
- JaraJara Jo
- Tobikiri Yaro
- TogeToge Jo
- PaoPao Musume
- PeroPero
- PakuPaku Yaro
- BiriBiri Yaro
Manga[]
The Lemures in the Sailor Moon manga.
In the Sailor Moon manga, most Lemures were small, dark, formless creatures which attacked in large groups.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Lemures seen at the Dead Moon Circus Tent are always different from the ones chosen to fight the Sailor Scouts.
- In the musical Sailor Moon SuperS - Yume Senshi - Ai - Eien ni..., its revision, and the Sailor Moon SuperS Special Musical Show, there were a number of unnamed Lemures who helped the Amazon Trio.
- In Yume Senshi and its revision, there were also two clown-like Lemures called Pierrot. Many Pierrot later appeared in Shin Densetsu Kourin.
- In Shin Densetsu Kourin, there were three similar characters called Dark Moon, Lemures, and
Nightmare.
- In Pioneer's DVD box set of the anime, Lemures were still referred to as "Remless" in the subtitles.
- In the German dub, the Lemures did not say anything when they were defeated, instead just giving a wordless scream.
- In the French dub, the Lemures were called "Créatures du Chapiteau" (Circus Tent Creatures).
- In the anime, The Lemures are the only Monsters of the Week to all be destroyed exclusively by Sailor Moon with her finishing move. Sailor Moon, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus have (either on their own or combined with each other) destroyed a few Negamonsters, three of the first four Cardians, and, in Sailor Jupiter's case, a Daimon. Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune also killed the first Daimon, and the Doom Tree killed the last Cardian. Although Sailor Moon destroys all the Droids, she destroys Genie of the Time Warp alongside all the other Sailor Scouts. (This only applies to the ones who serve as Monsters of the Week, since the Sailor Senshi wipe out the remaining Lemures at the tent)
- Of all Monsters of the Week in the anime, the Lemures have the highest number of males. There are six male Negamonsters (seven counting Soul Shadow, and nine counting those transformed from scratch), one male Cardian, three male droids, no male Daimons (save their king who is main antagonist), and ten male Lemures.
- The Lemures' origin is similar to that of the Autumn People, the carnival freaks from Mr. Dark's sideshow in Ray Bradbury's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes.' Like the Lemures, the Autumn People supposedly began as ordinary human beings until they were subjected to Dark's carnival attractions, which transformed them into half-mindless parodies of their former selves.
