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MUTO Prime
MUTO Prime on the cover for Godzilla: Aftershock
Alternate names Earthquake Beetle, Dragon Beetle, Jinshin-Mushi
Species Titanus Jinshin-Mushi
Relations MUTO (offspring)
Enemies Godzilla
First appearance Godzilla: Aftershock
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MUTO Prime (ムートー・プライム,   Mūtō Puraimu) is a monster that appears in the 2019 Legendary Comics graphic novel, Godzilla: Aftershock.

Name

MUTO Prime's name refers to it being the progenitor of the two MUTOs which fought Godzilla in 2014. Ancient mythology speaks of the creature as the Earthquake Beetle or Dragon Beetle, while Monarch gives it the official Titan classification Titanus Jinshin-Mushi, or simply Jinshin-Mushi. This name is derived from the Jishin Mushi (地震虫), or Earthquake Beetle, of Japanese mythology, said to carry the Japanese islands on its back and create earthquakes with its movement. Despite the connection, MUTO Prime's name, perhaps erroneously, adds an additional 'n' to jishin, creating "Jinshin."

Design

MUTO Prime has the same basic body shape and appearance as its offspring. However, it is considerably larger and possesses a hardened outer shell along with razor-sharp back spines. MUTO Prime's legs are gigantic and muscular, as are its forelimbs which it uses to knuckle-walk. MUTO Prime's skin is primarily smooth and black, save for its forelimbs which are mostly covered in orange scales.

Origins

MUTO Prime is an ancient superspecies that lived alongside Godzilla and other Titans. Monarch scientist Dr. Emma Russell theorizes that it is either the adult form of a female MUTO or the last survivor of a MUTO plague which caused a mass extinction in prehistoric times. At the same time a group of ancient Phoenicians traveled to Japan, MUTO Prime battled a member of Godzilla's species, known as Dagon by the ancients and later designated Species 5146_Adam by Monarch. MUTO Prime prevailed and infected Dagon with its parasitic spores, eventually killing it before its body became buried in an underground cavern in the Philippines. In 1999, a mining company unwittingly excavated Dagon's skeleton, allowing one of the spores to hatch into the larval male MUTO, while the other dormant spore was taken to the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, where it finally matured into the female MUTO in 2014.

History

Godzilla: Aftershock

This official graphic novel prequel to Godzilla: King of the Monsters will chronicle both a battle between MUTO Prime and Godzilla in the ancient past as well as one in the present day following the events of Godzilla.

Abilities

Sonic Roar

MUTO Prime can emit a sonic roar powerful enough to shatter Godzilla's dorsal plates. MUTO Prime's eyes glow bright red before using this attack.[1]

Reproduction

MUTO Prime was genetically programmed to seek out a Titan host for its offspring. After defeating an opponent in battle, MUTO Prime's flexible, arrow-like ovipositors, guided by the uranium in a Titan's blood, stabbed it and implanted parasitic eggs into the Titan's stomach lining. The eggs incubated by breaking down the hemoglobin in the host's blood to feed on the nuclear material, eventually rendering the host unable to replenish its atomic energy until it finally died. The embryos then continued to develop within the host's carcass for centuries before finally hatching and breaking through its ribcage. The result of this parasitic infection was two subspecies of MUTO Prime, a male and a female which would subsequently mate and reproduce, creating countless offspring capable of overruning the world. Monarch simply designates MUTO Prime's offspring as "MUTOs," an acronym for "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism."

Physical Abilities

MUTO Prime's forelimbs, its primary means of attack, were powerful enough to knock Godzilla off his feet with a single blow. Its smaller legs were also able to draw blood during their battle in France. It also possesses sharp back spines, although it did not use them against Godzilla.

Durability

Though it had a hardened outer shell, Godzilla was able to kill MUTO Prime with a stomp to the head, after blasting it into the air with nuclear energy from his back.

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References

This is a list of references for MUTO Prime. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

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