Gama

Gama is a large toad, big enough for Jiraiya to ride upon his back. His orange hide is streaked with blue, bandages wrap his body and one foreleg, and he wears a string of seven sizeable beads, the largest of which bears the kanji for "loyalty." Three swirling marks sit in his left palm, echoing designs sometimes seen on Jiraiya himself. For battle he dons samurai gear made up of a plated cuirass, arm-guards, and traditional pauldrons.

Rarely doing more than croak, Gama reveals little of his temperament, but his devotion to Jiraiya is unmistakable. He trails after his summoner, obeys without hesitation, and is the only toad ever shown mimicking Jiraiya's signature pose.

Gama's size and toad build make him a capable close-range fighter, and his long, stretching tongue, the Whip of Love, easily thrashes even a trained ninja such as Ebisu. His armour lets him take a blow from the mighty Kisame Hoshigaki without having his chakra drained by the sword Samehada. Jiraiya first calls him up to lash Ebisu for pestering him at the hot springs, then summons him again to deliver the toads' contract scroll to Naruto Uzumaki, staying on a while to watch the boy fail to summon a toad of his own.

During the hunt for Tsunade, Gama appears clad in armour to block Kisame's attempt to sever Naruto's arms, and in the anime he rescues Naruto, Sakura, and Sasame from an earth technique. He is also glimpsed in a flashback meditating beneath a waterfall as part of Naruto's training between the two halves of the series.