King Ghidorah (MonsterVerse)

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King Ghidorah Incarnations
King Ghidorah 2018
MonsterVerse King Ghidorah
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King Ghidorah in the Godzilla: King of the Monsters trailer
Alternate names Monster Zero,[1][2] The Devil,[1]
The one who is many[2]
Species Giant Three-Headed Dragon
Height 521 feet[2]
Wingspan Unknown[2]
Enemies Godzilla
Played by Jason Liles, Alan Maxson,
Richard Dorton (motion capture)[3]
First appearance Kong: Skull Island
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The Devil has three heads.
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— Footnote from Vivienne Graham's classified field notes on King Ghidorah.[1]

The MonsterVerse King Ghidorah (キングギドラ,   Kingu Gidora) is an incarnation of King Ghidorah that first appeared in a cave painting in the post-credits scene for the 2017 Legendary Pictures film, Kong: Skull Island, and is set to make his debut in the upcoming 2019 film, Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

This will be the first incarnation of King Ghidorah to appear in an American-made film.

Name

King Ghidorah's name is composed of "King" (キング,   Kingu) and "Ghidorah." The "Ghidorah" part of King Ghidorah's name comes from the Japanese word for "hydra" (ヒドラ,   Hidora), which is spelled very similarly to the Japanese katakana for Ghidorah. Monarch gives King Ghidorah the designation Monster Zero. One ancient Sumerian text discovered by Monarch also called him Death Song of Three Storms. Vivienne Graham.[1] also referred to him as The Devil With Three Heads

Design

This incarnation of King Ghidorah has only been depicted in paintings so far, but retains the traditional silhouette of a gigantic dragon with three heads on long serpentine necks, two hind legs, and two large wings at his sides. His heads all have at least two pointed horns, and appear to also possess long manes of hair that run down his necks. His eyes have an amber-like colour on each head. He is depicted in one painting as being covered in scales, which according to Monarch contain trace amounts of gold. According to Monarch files, injuries have been discovered on several locations on King Ghidorah's body "reminiscent of claw and scorch marks."[2]. His eyes have an amber-like colour on each head

Origins

King Ghidorah's origins are currently unknown. Judging by his appearance in ancient cave paintings, he has appeared sometime in the past, and may have clashed with Godzilla. According to the official Monarch timeline, King Ghidorah was discovered buried under ice in Antarctica in 2016 by a Monarch team headed by Vivienne Graham.[1] Monarch links King Ghidorah to mythical creatures such as the Hydra and the Rainbow Serpent, and describes him as a "living extinction event."[2]

History

MonsterVerse

Kong: Skull Island

A cave painting of King Ghidorah battling Godzilla in Kong: Skull Island

After their adventure on Skull Island, Monarch members Houston Brooks and Lin San showed James Conrad and Mason Weaver two cave paintings of King Ghidorah, along with paintings depicting Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan, as proof that the inhabitants of Skull Island were not the only monsters in the world. In the second painting, he was shown fighting Godzilla.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

On July 26, 2014, King Ghidorah was confirmed to be appearing in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, along with Mothra and Rodan.[4]

Abilities

Flight

The muscle tendons in King Ghidorah's wings are described as being incredibly hyper-tensile, and their massive aerodynamics could generate hurricane-force winds when flying. When combined with his body's electro-receptor molecular biology, water vapor in the air would be superheated, creating a localized storm system as he flies. The power of King Ghidorah's flight is so great that as a result, "the stratosphere would be torn open by an otherworldly tempest of thunder and lightning [Earth's] sky has never seen."[2]

Conducting Scales

Monarch scientists theorize that King Ghidorah's scales are gilded with trace amounts of aurum which act as conductors, capable of carrying bio-electrical currents throughout his body.

Gravity Beams

King Ghidorah fires his gravity beams

King Ghidorah's gravity beams possess the appearance of bright yellow rays of plasma, tearing through buildings easily.

Intelligence

According to cranial scans, King Ghidorah has a divergent frontal lobe density in the brains of all three heads, indicating that each of his heads can have disparate levels of cognitive functions, possibly including independent thought.

Filmography

Gallery

Trivia

  • The script for Kong: Skull Island called for the Iwi petroglyphs inside the Wanderer to depict many monsters, including "one with three heads."[5] In the completed film, only Kong and the Skullcrawlers were shown. The film's novelization, however, does mention a three-headed creature depicted on the murals, along with several other creatures.
  • Monarch's designation for King Ghidorah, Monster Zero, is the name given to King Ghidorah by the Xiliens in Invasion of Astro-Monster.[1]
  • The location where King Ghidorah is frozen in Antarctica, Outpost 32, is a reference to the 1982 film The Thing, in which the primary location is an outpost in Antarctica called Outpost 31. The titular alien monster in The Thing is also discovered frozen in the Antarctic ice, much like King Ghidorah.
  • At 521 feet in height, this is the tallest incarnation of King Ghidorah, standing approximately 29 feet taller than the Heisei King Ghidorah. The MonsterVerse King Ghidorah is also the tallest monster featured in a Godzilla film besides Godzilla Earth, who stands over 1,000 feet tall.

See Also

References

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