Category:Monsters
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Kaiju (怪獣 is a kaijū)Japanese word that literally means "strange beast" and is usually translated as "monster" in English. Traditionally, kaiju can refer any sort of strange creature, but in recent times the word has become associated with a genre of tokusatsu entertainment, specifically Japanese cinema that involved giant monsters. The most powerful kaiju are at times advertently referred to as daikaiju (大怪獣 the prefix dai- emphasizing great power or status and is usually translated as "giant monster." daikaijū)
Concept
Kaiju are typically modeled after conventional animals, mythological creatures, and sometimes even plants; however, there are more exotic examples. Choujin Sentai Jetman features monsters based on traffic lights, faucets, and tomatoes; Kamen Rider Super-1 includes a whole army of monsters based on household objects such as umbrellas and utility ladders. While the term kaiju is used in the West to describe monsters from tokusatsu and Japanese folklore, monsters like vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein's Monster, mummies and zombies would fall into this category (Frankenstein's Monster was once a daikaiju in the film Frankenstein vs. Baragon, which was produced by Toho). Kaiju are sometimes depicted as cannon fodder serving a greater evil. Some kaiju are elite warriors which serve as the right-hand man to the greater villain and are destroyed by the heroic forces. Others have a neutral alignment, only seeking to destroy buildings and other structures. During the early eras of tokusatsu, "heroic" monsters were seen in daikaiju eiga films, and it wasn't until later when television tokusatsu productions began using kaiju which aided the hero, saved civilians, or demonstrated some kind of complex personality. These kaiju adopted many classic monster traits, appearing as the "misunderstood creature."
Pacific Rim
- Main article: w:c:pacificrim:Kaiju.
Kaiju are the extra-dimensional monsters that appear in the film Pacific Rim. They serve the sapient inhabitants of their dimension and come through the portal at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean called the Breach.
The Kaiju are seperated into catagories like natural disasters. There are five catagories:
- Category 1 Kaiju: The least powerful category, these Kaiju are the weakest type, often defeatable with individual tactical nuclear strikes and outmatched by Jaegers.
- Category 2 Kaiju: These Kaiju are more powerful than the Category 1 Kaiju and require greater firepower to defeat. The only known kaijiu from category 2 is Onibaba.
- Category 3 Kaiju: These Kaiju are more powerful still and are a significant threat to Jaegers. The only 2 known category 3 kaiju are Knifehead and Yamarashi.
- Category 4 Kaiju: These Kaiju are incredibly powerful, usually requiring more than one Jaeger to defeat them. These kaiju would be Mutavore, Otachi, Leatherback, Raiju and Scunner.
- Category 5 Kaiju: These Kaiju are the most powerful of their brethren. They are extremely strong and can take huge amounts of damage while being unharmed. The only known Category 5 Kaiju is Slattern.
- Kaiju Knifehead.jpg
Knifehead
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Hardship
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Scunner
- Kaiju Raiju.jpg
Raiju
- Kaiju Trespasser.jpg
Trespasser
- Kaiju Slattern.jpg
Slattern
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Leatherback
- Otachi (Spread Wings).jpeg
Otachi
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Mutavore
Subcategories
This category has the following 86 subcategories, out of 86 total.
A
- Ape Kaiju (40 P)
- Ape-like Kaiju (45 P)
- Arachnid monsters (21 P)
- Assault! Human!! kaiju (31 P)
B
- Baby monsters (40 P)
- Bankid Kaiju (3 P)
- Bird monsters (22 P)
C
- Canine Kaiju (9 P)
- Cephalopod Kaiju (17 P)
- Clones (14 P)
- Comic Kaiju (85 P, 1 F)
- Crustacean monsters (18 P)
- Cybercops (6 P)
- Cyborgs (47 P)
D
- Diamond Eye Kaiju (12 P)
- Dinosaurs (79 P)
- Dragons (32 P)
E
- Earth Defenders (7 P)
F
- Female monsters (103 P)
- Fish monsters (12 P)
- Florafauna (11 P)
- Flying Creatures (104 P)
G
- G-Guard Mechas (6 P)
- Gamera Kaiju (33 P)
- Genetically engineered monsters (22 P)
- Ghidorah (21 P, 1 F)
- Godman Kaiju (36 P)
- Godzilla: The Series Kaiju (52 P)
- Greenman Kaiju (54 P)
- Guyferd Kaiju (26 P)
H
- Hanna-Barbera Kaiju (36 P)
- Heisei Godzilla Kaiju (25 P)
- Heisei Kaiju (118 P, 1 F)
- Hero monsters (63 P)
- Hybrid Kaiju (13 P)
K
- Kaiju living on Monster Island (26 P)
- Kaiju living on Monsterland (13 P)
- Kawaii! JeNny Kaiju (3 P)
- Kotaro Ushiwaka Yokai (23 P)
- Kyodai Heroes (6 P, 1 F)
L
- Legendary Godzilla Kaiju (55 P)
M
- Mechagodzilla (20 P, 1 F)
- Megaloman Kaiju (32 P)
- Millennium Godzilla Kaiju (29 P)
- Millennium Kaiju (29 P)
- Minor monsters (54 P, 1 F)
- Moguera (2 P)
- Mutants (8 P)
- Mystical Creatures (60 P)
N
- Non-Toho Monsters (164 P)
P
- Parasites (10 P)
- Plant Kaiju (33 P)
S
- Showa Godzilla Kaiju (40 P)
- Showa Kaiju (270 P)
- Snake Kaiju (12 P)
- SpaceGodzilla (7 P)
- Super Fleet Sazer-X Kaiju (8 P)
- Superorganisms (7 P)
- Superspecies (23 P)
T
- Television Godzilla Kaiju (89 P)
- Television Monsters (324 P)
- The Gransazers Kaiju (11 P)
- The Justirisers Kaiju (5 P)
- Titans (31 P)
- Turtle Kaiju (13 P)
V
- Vampiric Monsters (7 P)
- Villain monsters (484 P)
- Villain monsters turned good (23 P)
Y
- Yokai (45 P)
Z
- Zone Fighter Monsters (34 P)
Pages in category "Monsters"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 1,019 total.
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A
- Aburasumashi
- Agon
- Akumon
- Alien Dorok
- Alien spaceship (10 Cloverfield Lane)
- Alien Tiborus
- All-Terraintula
- Aller-Ghidorah
- User:Allosaurus/Sandbox/Allosaurus
- Almunga
- Aloe turtle
- Amano Shiratori
- Amefurikozo
- Amhuluk
- Amphibion
- Anguirus
- Anguirus (First Generation)
- Anguirus (Godzilla Singular Point)
- Anguirus (Millennium)
- Anguirus (Second Generation)
- Anguirus Hound
- Antaleess
- Antguirus
- Anthropoid
- Aobozu
- ApBats
- Apceros
- Arachno-claw
- Area 51 Mutations
- Arkitius
- Armie
- Armillaria
- Arrowsoras
- Arsinoitherium
- Asperdorsus
- AstroGodzilla
- Asuka Fortress
- Avant Gamera
- Axor
- Azukiarai
B
- Baby Gappa
- Baby Godzilla (TriStar)
- Baby Kong
- Babylla
- Bacillus
- Bagan
- Bagorah
- Baiken
- Bakugon
- Balgaras
- Balkzardan
- Bankid
- Baragon
- User:Baragonfan65/Sandbox/Deep-Sea Life
- Barakidon
- Barem
- Barubaroi
- Barugaron
- Barugon
- Bat Man
- Bat Men
- Bat Sister
- Batragon
- Batrod
- Battra
- User:Bearussian Vodkazilla/Sandbox
- Behemoth
- Berserk
- Beta-Beast
- Bijira
- Biollante
- Biollante-King Ghidorah Hybrid
- Biono-bot
- Biono-bot giant squid
- Biono-bot pterodactyl
- Biono-bot Triceratops
- Biono-bot Tyrannosaurus
- Black Mechagodzilla
- Blanker
- Boarain
- Bolguiss
- Bombaron
- Bosskonger
- Botila
- Brambleboar
- Breeder Beast
- Bride of Godzilla
- Brontosaurus
- Buffalone
- Bulgario
- Bulguerrilla
- Bullman
- Bullpull
- Burrigane
- Burtannus
- Butterfly Bush
C
- Camazotz
- Captain Dagger
- Carnictis
- Carnivorous Plant
- Cave bear
- Centipor
- Ceratopsian
- Chamelegon
- Chameleon
- Chaos
- Charles Barkley
- Chibi Anguirus
- Chibi Biollante
- Chibi Ghidorah
- Chibi Godzilla
- Chibi Hedorah
- Chibi Mechagodzilla
- Chibi Minilla
- Chibi Mothra
- Chibi Rodan
- Chibikurolla
- Chibilla
- Chimera
- Chiros
- Chonbo
- Chuck
- Clover
- Cokra
- User:Collector1/Sandbox/Tartarusaurus
- Colossal Monster
- Colossal Titan
- Colossus
- Commander Hell
- Coonjo
- Coralmouth
- Core-Braver
- Cow People
- Crackler
- Croc Monster
- Cross-Dressing Kaijin
- Crustaceous Rex
- Cryptocledius
- Crystal Godzilla
- Cupad
- Custom Jellar
- Cyber Fly
- Cyber Godzilla
- Cyber-Link Mutant
- Cybersaur
- Cyborg Whale
- Cyclops Creature
- Cycor
D
- D.R.A.G.M.A.
- Dagahra
- Dagon
- Daigoro
- Daigoro's mother
- Daimajin
- Daimon
- Danbaraki
- Dead End
- Deafrog
- Death Jackal
- Death Kappa
- Deathber
- Deathferd
- Deathla
- Deathper
- Deathrunner
- Debulla
- Deep-Dweller
- Demeking
- Deplector
- Desghidorah
- Destoroyah
- Destro-King
- Detragon
- Deuterious
- Devil Mecha
- Diablosaurus
- Diamond Eye
- Diplodocus
- Django
- DNA Mimic
- Dobra
- Doggross
- Dogolas
- Dogora
- Dogzilla (monster)
- Dongolar
- Doppelganger demon
- Dorat
- Dorcrus
- Dorola
- Dororin
- Doublius
- Doug
- Dradozer
- Dragon
- Dragon (Son of Kong)
- Dragon King
- Dragonda
- Dragos