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|caption =The Millennian UFO in Godzilla 2000: Millennium | |caption =The Millennian UFO in Godzilla 2000: Millennium | ||
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|name =Millennian UFO | |name =Millennian UFO | ||
|targets =[[Godzilla]] | |targets =[[Godzilla]] | ||
|pilot =[[Millennian]]s | |pilot =[[Millennian]]s; [[Orga]] (remotely) | ||
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|width =130 meters{{R|Program|SCW}} | |||
| | |weight =19,000 metric tons{{R|Program|SCW}} | ||
|firstappearance =''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' | |firstappearance =''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' | ||
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The '''Millennian UFO''' {{Nihongo| | The '''Millennian UFO''' {{Nihongo|ミレニアンUFO|Mirenian Yūfō|or ''Mirenian Yūefuō''}} is a [[Millennian]] spaceship which appears in the [[1999]] [[Toho]] ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' [[:Category:Godzilla Films|film]] ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]''. | ||
{{TOC}} | {{TOC}} | ||
==Name== | |||
Before the Millennian UFO sheds the debris on its exterior, it is referred to as a '''rock mass''' {{Nihongo|岩塊|gankai}}.{{sfn|Kawai|2000|p=12}} In publications contemporary to ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'', such as its [[theater program]] and ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium Super Complete Works|Super Complete Works]]'' book, the UFO's true form is simply listed as '''Giant UFO''' {{Nihongo|巨大UFO|Kyodai Yūfō}}.{{R|Program|SCW}} The name "Millennian UFO" {{Nihongo|ミレニアンUFO|Mirenian Yūfō}}, derived from the [[Millennian|alien race]] to which the craft belongs, arose as early as [[2005]] with books like ''[[Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book]]'', which also gives the name in English.{{sfn|Nakamura|Shimazaki|2005|p=203}} Sources since have varied between the two names, and both remain in usage. Interestingly, Godzilla.com, the official international website of the ''Godzilla'' series, lists the craft as "Millennian UFO," but the picture used for it contains 巨大UFO ("Giant UFO") in its filename.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://godzilla.com/filmography/godzilla-2000-millennium-2/|title=Godzilla 2000: Millennium|work=Godzilla.com|accessdate=12 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://godzilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/17111943/巨大UFO.jpg|title=巨大UFO.jpg|work=Godzilla.com|accessdate=12 January 2023}}</ref> | |||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
When the Millennian UFO first appeared, it looked like a massive rock due to having its exterior being covered by rocks and sand during its millions of years being dormant. After it shed off this rock, it looked like a vaguely bullet-like pod, with a white undercarriage and blue fuselage. | When the Millennian UFO first appeared, it looked like a massive rock due to having its exterior being covered by rocks and sand during its millions of years being dormant. After it shed off this rock, it looked like a vaguely bullet-like pod, with a white undercarriage and blue fuselage. | ||
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===[[Millennium era]]=== | ===[[Millennium era]]=== | ||
====''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]''==== | ====''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]''==== | ||
Millions of years ago, the Millennian UFO traveled through the far reaches of space, its [[Millennian|occupants]] having long since discarded their organic bodies to endure the long voyage. The UFO crash landed on Earth in the ocean, and remained there for at least 60 million years. In [[2000]], the ship, initially believed to be an immense meteorite as it was encased in a layer of rock, was retrieved from the Japan Trench by the [[Crisis Control Intelligence Agency]]. With the light of a morning's sunrise, it escaped, and began to fly towards [[Japan]]. As [[Godzilla]] was advancing on the [[Tokai Nuclear Power Plant]], the ship engaged the [[kaiju]]. During the encounter, a strike from Godzilla's atomic breath revealed the UFO's hull, but the UFO blasted its adversary into the ocean through the use of its laser cannon, putting an abrupt end to the [[JSDF]]'s campaign against Godzilla. The UFO flew to the city of Kashima and landed offshore, ceasing activity long enough for the JSDF to construct an electromagnetic barrier around it, but again it escaped as the overcast skies cleared. The ship traveled to Shinjuku, destroying several CCI helicopters pursuing it with shockwaves, before landing atop the Tokyo Opera City Tower. As night fell, it began extracting data from the City Tower's supercomputer and all linked networks throughout the city. As it started altering the atmosphere's oxygen levels, the JSDF attempted to destroy it with Blast Bombs planted inside the Tower, but to no effect, and the UFO retaliated by destroying the building entirely and broadcasting its occupants' declaration of conquest. [[Godzilla]] resurfaced in [[Tokyo Bay]] and came ashore to confront it. Attempting to subdue Godzilla with psychokinetically-animated infrastructural cables, blasts from its laser cannon and shockwaves, the UFO eventually toppled a building onto Godzilla, successfully immobilizing him long enough retrieve a sample of his genetic material to use the regenerative properties of Organizer G-1. From a swirling organic mass manifested below the craft, the [[Millennian]] emerged, having regained its organic form. However, unable to separate Organizer G-1 from Godzilla's genome, the alien mutated into [[Orga]]. Godzilla then emerged from the rubble and destroyed the ship with a direct hit from his atomic breath, splitting it in half. During Orga's fight with Godzilla, the alien mutant used psychokinesis to manipulate the front half of the UFO to attack Godzilla by surprise and later to shield himself from Godzilla's ray, destroying the craft totally. | |||
==Weapons== | ==Weapons== | ||
=== Solar absorption === | |||
The Millennian UFO is powered by solar energy, and any exposure to sunlight after being dormant will immediately restore its power. | |||
=== Flight === | |||
The Millennian UFO can fly at various speeds. | |||
=== Energy manipulation === | |||
The Millennian UFO can manipulate energy in various ways. | |||
==== Lasers ==== | |||
The Millennian UFO can fire lasers from a side-mounted cannon. | |||
==== Tentacles ==== | |||
The Millennian UFO can extend energy tentacles to extract genetic material from other organisms and data from computers. | |||
==== Shockwave ==== | |||
The Millennian UFO can fire powerful shockwaves down to the ground from a port on its underside; these shockwaves were strong enough to blow buildings to pieces and briefly stun Godzilla. | |||
===Psychokinesis=== | |||
Under the control of the Millennians, the UFO can use a form of psychokinesis to rip electrical cables from the ground and use them to restrain Godzilla. Once attached, these cables were strong enough to hold Godzilla in place, and could be pulled at great speed to drag him down to and along the streets of Tokyo. | |||
==Video games== | |||
*''[[Godzilla: Giant Monsters All-Out Typing Attack]]'' (2001) - IBM PC/AT, NEC PC98-NX | |||
*''[[Godzilla Battle Line]]'' (2021; added in 2024) - Android, iOS, and PC | |||
==Comics== | ==Comics== | ||
===''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]''=== | ===''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]''=== | ||
[[File:RoE_Millennian_UFO.png|thumb|200px|[[Gigan]] with the Millennian UFO in ''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]'' [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth | [[File:RoE_Millennian_UFO.png|thumb|200px|[[Gigan]] with the Millennian UFO in ''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]'' [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth issue 6|#6]].]] | ||
In ''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]'' [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth | In ''[[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]]'' [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth issue 6|#6]], the [[Cryog]]s sent [[Gigan]] to Area 51 to retrieve the Millennian UFO. After the UFO was freed, it accompanied Gigan to Las Vegas and began to terrorize the city until [[Godzilla]] and [[Moguera|MOGUERA]] arrived. During the battle, Gigan restrained Godzilla and allowed the UFO to absorb his genetic material and release [[Orga]]. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Merchandise=== | ===Merchandise=== | ||
====Toys | |||
=== Magazines === | |||
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=== Toys === | |||
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small"> | ||
a0180302_10122073.jpg|UFO partially uncovered ornament | a0180302_10122073.jpg|UFO partially uncovered ornament | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
===Bibliography=== | |||
*{{Cite book|title=[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]|type=[[theater program]]|date=11 December 1999|publisher=[[Toho]]|ref={{harvid|Toho|1999}}}} | |||
*{{Cite book|title=[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium Super Complete Works]]|editor-last=Kawai|editor-first=Tsuneyoshi|date=10 January 2000|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=4-09-101471-2}} | |||
*{{Cite book|title=[[Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book]]|last=Nakamura|first=Satoshi|author-link=Satoshi Nakamura|last2=Shimazaki|first2=Jun|date=1 April 2005|publisher=Shogakukan|isbn=4-09-280052-5}} | |||
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The Millennian UFO (ミレニアンUFO Mirenian Yūfō, or Mirenian Yūefuō) is a Millennian spaceship which appears in the 1999 Toho Godzilla film Godzilla 2000: Millennium.
Name
Before the Millennian UFO sheds the debris on its exterior, it is referred to as a rock mass (岩塊 gankai).[3] In publications contemporary to Godzilla 2000: Millennium, such as its theater program and Super Complete Works book, the UFO's true form is simply listed as Giant UFO (巨大UFO Kyodai Yūfō).[1][2] The name "Millennian UFO" (ミレニアンUFO Mirenian Yūfō), derived from the alien race to which the craft belongs, arose as early as 2005 with books like Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book, which also gives the name in English.[4] Sources since have varied between the two names, and both remain in usage. Interestingly, Godzilla.com, the official international website of the Godzilla series, lists the craft as "Millennian UFO," but the picture used for it contains 巨大UFO ("Giant UFO") in its filename.[5][6]
Design
When the Millennian UFO first appeared, it looked like a massive rock due to having its exterior being covered by rocks and sand during its millions of years being dormant. After it shed off this rock, it looked like a vaguely bullet-like pod, with a white undercarriage and blue fuselage.
History
Millennium era
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Millions of years ago, the Millennian UFO traveled through the far reaches of space, its occupants having long since discarded their organic bodies to endure the long voyage. The UFO crash landed on Earth in the ocean, and remained there for at least 60 million years. In 2000, the ship, initially believed to be an immense meteorite as it was encased in a layer of rock, was retrieved from the Japan Trench by the Crisis Control Intelligence Agency. With the light of a morning's sunrise, it escaped, and began to fly towards Japan. As Godzilla was advancing on the Tokai Nuclear Power Plant, the ship engaged the kaiju. During the encounter, a strike from Godzilla's atomic breath revealed the UFO's hull, but the UFO blasted its adversary into the ocean through the use of its laser cannon, putting an abrupt end to the JSDF's campaign against Godzilla. The UFO flew to the city of Kashima and landed offshore, ceasing activity long enough for the JSDF to construct an electromagnetic barrier around it, but again it escaped as the overcast skies cleared. The ship traveled to Shinjuku, destroying several CCI helicopters pursuing it with shockwaves, before landing atop the Tokyo Opera City Tower. As night fell, it began extracting data from the City Tower's supercomputer and all linked networks throughout the city. As it started altering the atmosphere's oxygen levels, the JSDF attempted to destroy it with Blast Bombs planted inside the Tower, but to no effect, and the UFO retaliated by destroying the building entirely and broadcasting its occupants' declaration of conquest. Godzilla resurfaced in Tokyo Bay and came ashore to confront it. Attempting to subdue Godzilla with psychokinetically-animated infrastructural cables, blasts from its laser cannon and shockwaves, the UFO eventually toppled a building onto Godzilla, successfully immobilizing him long enough retrieve a sample of his genetic material to use the regenerative properties of Organizer G-1. From a swirling organic mass manifested below the craft, the Millennian emerged, having regained its organic form. However, unable to separate Organizer G-1 from Godzilla's genome, the alien mutated into Orga. Godzilla then emerged from the rubble and destroyed the ship with a direct hit from his atomic breath, splitting it in half. During Orga's fight with Godzilla, the alien mutant used psychokinesis to manipulate the front half of the UFO to attack Godzilla by surprise and later to shield himself from Godzilla's ray, destroying the craft totally.
Weapons
Solar absorption
The Millennian UFO is powered by solar energy, and any exposure to sunlight after being dormant will immediately restore its power.
Flight
The Millennian UFO can fly at various speeds.
Energy manipulation
The Millennian UFO can manipulate energy in various ways.
Lasers
The Millennian UFO can fire lasers from a side-mounted cannon.
Tentacles
The Millennian UFO can extend energy tentacles to extract genetic material from other organisms and data from computers.
Shockwave
The Millennian UFO can fire powerful shockwaves down to the ground from a port on its underside; these shockwaves were strong enough to blow buildings to pieces and briefly stun Godzilla.
Psychokinesis
Under the control of the Millennians, the UFO can use a form of psychokinesis to rip electrical cables from the ground and use them to restrain Godzilla. Once attached, these cables were strong enough to hold Godzilla in place, and could be pulled at great speed to drag him down to and along the streets of Tokyo.
Video games
- Godzilla: Giant Monsters All-Out Typing Attack (2001) - IBM PC/AT, NEC PC98-NX
- Godzilla Battle Line (2021; added in 2024) - Android, iOS, and PC
Comics
Godzilla: Rulers of Earth
In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #6, the Cryogs sent Gigan to Area 51 to retrieve the Millennian UFO. After the UFO was freed, it accompanied Gigan to Las Vegas and began to terrorize the city until Godzilla and MOGUERA arrived. During the battle, Gigan restrained Godzilla and allowed the UFO to absorb his genetic material and release Orga.
Gallery
Merchandise
Magazines
Toys
UFO partially uncovered ornament
UFO ornament
Destroyed UFO ornament
References
This is a list of references for Millennian UFO. 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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Bibliography
- Godzilla 2000: Millennium (theater program). Toho. 11 December 1999.
- Kawai, Tsuneyoshi, ed. (10 January 2000). Godzilla 2000: Millennium Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-101471-2.
- Nakamura, Satoshi; Shimazaki, Jun (1 April 2005). Godzilla Toho Giant Monster Pictorial Book. Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-280052-5.
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