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===[[Showa era|Showa Series]]=== | ===[[Showa era|Showa Series]]=== | ||
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Gezora | Gezora was created when the alien amoeba [[Yog]] possessed and mutated a cuttlefish in the waters off [[Sergio Island]]. Yog used Gezora to attack the island. Gezora damaged many buildings and killed several people, but the natives and a group of Japanese visiting the island lured him to a field covered in gasoline from an old munitions dump. The gasoline was lit, setting Gezora ablaze. With massive burns and sores covering its body, the giant cuttlefish ran back to the sea, where it presumably died. Yog escaped, and traveled back to the island to continue his attack. | ||
==Abilities== | ==Abilities== | ||
===Tentacles=== | ===Tentacles=== | ||
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*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) [stock footage] | *''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004) [stock footage] | ||
==Video Games== | ==Video Games== | ||
*''[[Monster's Fair]]'' | *''[[Monster's Fair]]'' | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!]]'' | ||
*''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Game Boy)|Godzilla, King of the Monsters]]'' | *''[[Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Game Boy)|Godzilla, King of the Monsters]]'' | ||
*''[[Godzilla Generations]]'' | *''[[Godzilla Generations]]'' | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Trading Battle]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: Trading Battle]]'' | ||
*''[[Godzilla: Kaiju Collection]]'' | *''[[Godzilla: Kaiju Collection]]'' | ||
===''[[Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!]]''=== | ===''[[Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!]]''=== | ||
[[Gezora]], along with [[Moguera]], appears on every world in the game. Its only means of attack is extending a single tentacle, which deals minimal damage. However, it is highly mobile, and often stalls for time by trapping [[Godzilla]] or [[Mothra]] at the edge of the screen, allowing it to regenerate health as the turn ends. Unless the 'DESTR0Y ALL M0NSTERS' code is in effect, Gezora will always be the boss with the lowest health on a given world. | [[Gezora]], along with [[Moguera]], appears on every world in the game. Its only means of attack is extending a single tentacle, which deals minimal damage. However, it is highly mobile, and often stalls for time by trapping [[Godzilla]] or [[Mothra]] at the edge of the screen, allowing it to regenerate health as the turn ends. Unless the 'DESTR0Y ALL M0NSTERS' code is in effect, Gezora will always be the boss with the lowest health on a given world. | ||
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*''[[Godzilla: Rage Across Time]]'' #5 (2016) | *''[[Godzilla: Rage Across Time]]'' #5 (2016) | ||
===''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]''=== | ===''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]''=== | ||
Gezora first appeared in [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Issue 3|issue #3]], where it attacked the survivors of the U.S.S. ''Goldstein'', sunk by Manda, while under the control of the Devonian aliens. In [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Issue 9|issue #9]], it attacked a naval fleet assembled near where [[Godzilla]] fought [[Biollante]], alongside Manda and [[Titanosaurus]]. Godzilla drove the three monsters off, swinging Manda into Gezora while blasting it with his atomic breath. [[Destoroyah]] joined the three monsters to defend the Devonian | Gezora first appeared in [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Issue 3|issue #3]], where it attacked the survivors of the U.S.S. ''Goldstein'', which had been sunk by [[Manda]], while under the control of the [[Devonians|Devonian aliens]]. In [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Issue 9|issue #9]], it attacked a naval fleet assembled near where [[Godzilla]] fought [[Biollante]], alongside Manda and [[Titanosaurus]]. Godzilla drove the three monsters off, swinging Manda into Gezora while blasting it with his atomic breath. [[Destoroyah]] joined the three monsters to defend the Devonian capital against Godzilla in issues [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Issue 11|#11]] and [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Issue 12|12]]. Gezora tried to constrict Godzilla with its tentacles, but was quickly taken out of the fight by two blasts of Godzilla's atomic breath. Gezora evidently survived the nuclear explosions which destroyed the Devonian capital, as a [[Trilopod]] which had absorbed its DNA appeared in Los Angeles four years later. However, Gezora was never seen inside the Trilopod hive, nor did it take part in the final battle between the Earth monsters and the Trilopods. | ||
The cave painting on [[Infant Island]] in [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Issue 9|issue #9]] classifies Gezora as a water monster, along with [[Zilla]], [[Varan]], [[Ganimes]], [[Ebirah]], Titanosaurus, Manda, and [[Kamoebas]]. | The cave painting on [[Infant Island]] in [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Issue 9|issue #9]] classifies Gezora as a water monster, along with [[Zilla]], [[Varan]], [[Ganimes]], [[Ebirah]], Titanosaurus, Manda, and [[Kamoebas]]. | ||
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===''[[Godzilla: Rage Across Time]]''=== | ===''[[Godzilla: Rage Across Time]]''=== | ||
In the early Cretaceous Period, Gezora attempted to steal a pair of dinosaurs killed by [[Ebirah]]. [[Rodan]] claimed the meal instead, knocking both kaiju over as he flew by. | In the early Cretaceous Period, Gezora attempted to steal a pair of dinosaurs killed by [[Ebirah]]. [[Rodan]] claimed the meal instead, knocking both [[kaiju]] over as he flew by. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Despite never appearing in a [[Godzilla (Franchise)|Godzilla]] film (not counting its stock footage appearance in ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''), Gezora has been featured in numerous other Godzilla media, including video games such as ''[[Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!]]'', ''[[Godzilla: Trading Battle]]'' and the comic series ''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]''. | *Despite never appearing in a [[Godzilla (Franchise)|Godzilla]] film (not counting its stock footage appearance in ''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''), Gezora has been featured in numerous other Godzilla media, including video games such as ''[[Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!]]'', ''[[Godzilla: Trading Battle]]'' and the comic series ''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]'' and ''[[Godzilla: Rage Across Time]]''. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Gezora (ゲゾラ Gezora) is a mutated cuttlefish kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in the 1970 Toho film, Space Amoeba.
Name
Gezora's name comes from the Japanese word geso (ゲソ), meaning squid legs, and ra, a common suffix for kaiju names.
History
Showa Series
Space Amoeba
Gezora was created when the alien amoeba Yog possessed and mutated a cuttlefish in the waters off Sergio Island. Yog used Gezora to attack the island. Gezora damaged many buildings and killed several people, but the natives and a group of Japanese visiting the island lured him to a field covered in gasoline from an old munitions dump. The gasoline was lit, setting Gezora ablaze. With massive burns and sores covering its body, the giant cuttlefish ran back to the sea, where it presumably died. Yog escaped, and traveled back to the island to continue his attack.
Abilities
Tentacles
Gezora has ten, long, suction cup-laden tentacles, which are said to be extremely effective for pinning opponents.[5][note 1] Within the film, Gezora uses his tentacles to great effect, being able to strike objects from a distance and knock them over.
Ink
Gezora possesses a tube on its body, from which large quantities of ink can be secreted.[5][note 2]
Freezing Temperature
Gezora is an extremely cold-blooded creature, with a body temperature close to freezing. Because of this, Gezora is said to be able to instantaneously freeze opponents.[5][note 3]
Weaknesses
Because of its extremely low body temperature, Gezora is weakened by high temperatures. This ultimately caused Gezora's demise in Space Amoeba, when it was lured onto a field drenched with gasoline, which upon being lit, fatally burned the creature. Gezora is also extremely vulnerable to supersonic waves, a trait also shared by the other two kaiju spawned by Yog: Kamoebas and Ganimes.[5][note 4]
Filmography
- Space Amoeba (1970)
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) [stock footage]
Video Games
- Monster's Fair
- Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters
- Godzilla Generations
- Godzilla: Trading Battle
- Godzilla: Kaiju Collection
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!
Gezora, along with Moguera, appears on every world in the game. Its only means of attack is extending a single tentacle, which deals minimal damage. However, it is highly mobile, and often stalls for time by trapping Godzilla or Mothra at the edge of the screen, allowing it to regenerate health as the turn ends. Unless the 'DESTR0Y ALL M0NSTERS' code is in effect, Gezora will always be the boss with the lowest health on a given world.
Gezora in Monster's Fair
Gezora in Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!
Gezora traps Mothra
Gezora in Godzilla Generations
Gezora in Godzilla: Trading Battle
Gezora in Godzilla: Kaiju Collection
Books
GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse
Gezora appeared in the Mediterranean in the latter half of the 2010's and hindered refugee movement out of Europe.[6]
Comics
- Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #3-4, 8-9, 11-12 (2013-2014)
- Godzilla: Rage Across Time #5 (2016)
Godzilla: Rulers of Earth
Gezora first appeared in issue #3, where it attacked the survivors of the U.S.S. Goldstein, which had been sunk by Manda, while under the control of the Devonian aliens. In issue #9, it attacked a naval fleet assembled near where Godzilla fought Biollante, alongside Manda and Titanosaurus. Godzilla drove the three monsters off, swinging Manda into Gezora while blasting it with his atomic breath. Destoroyah joined the three monsters to defend the Devonian capital against Godzilla in issues #11 and 12. Gezora tried to constrict Godzilla with its tentacles, but was quickly taken out of the fight by two blasts of Godzilla's atomic breath. Gezora evidently survived the nuclear explosions which destroyed the Devonian capital, as a Trilopod which had absorbed its DNA appeared in Los Angeles four years later. However, Gezora was never seen inside the Trilopod hive, nor did it take part in the final battle between the Earth monsters and the Trilopods.
The cave painting on Infant Island in issue #9 classifies Gezora as a water monster, along with Zilla, Varan, Ganimes, Ebirah, Titanosaurus, Manda, and Kamoebas.
Godzilla: Rage Across Time
In the early Cretaceous Period, Gezora attempted to steal a pair of dinosaurs killed by Ebirah. Rodan claimed the meal instead, knocking both kaiju over as he flew by.
In Other Languages
- Russian: Гезора
- Yiddish: געזאָראַ
Gallery
- Main article: Gezora/Gallery.
Roar
Gezora's roars were later reused for the kaiju Bemstar and King Maimai from The Return of Ultraman. The breathing noises Gezora makes were used for Hedorah in Godzilla vs. Hedorah.
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Trivia
- Despite never appearing in a Godzilla film (not counting its stock footage appearance in Godzilla: Final Wars), Gezora has been featured in numerous other Godzilla media, including video games such as Godzilla: Monster of Monsters!, Godzilla: Trading Battle and the comic series Godzilla: Rulers of Earth and Godzilla: Rage Across Time.
Notes
- ↑ 10 long tentacles and their giant suction cups for pinning. / 10本の長い触手とその大吸盤で押さえ込む。
- ↑ A large quantity of ink spat from ink tube to create a world of darkness. / 墨汁管で大量の墨を吐き暗黒の世界を作る。
- ↑ Because it is a cold-blooded animal with a body temperature of near-freezing point, it can instantly freeze an opponent. / 体温が氷点に近い冷血動物なので、瞬間に敵を凍らせる。
- ↑ It is weak against high temperature fire due to its low body temperature, and is vulnerable to supersonic waves. / 体温が低いので高熱の火に弱く、超音波にも弱い。
References
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