Mothra (Godzilla Final Wars)

Mothra® (2004) Alternate names Mosura Species Giant Divine Moth Height 72 meters Length 25,000 metric tons Weight 216 meters Forms Imago Stage, Fire Mothra Controlled by None Relations None Allies Godzilla Enemies Gigan, Monster X Created by TBA Played by Puppet First appearance Godzilla: Final Wars Latest appearance Godzilla: Final Wars Design(s) FinalMosuImago Roar(s) More roars

The Mothra (モスラ,   Mosura) from Godzilla: Final Wars is an incarnation of Mothra that first appeared in the 2004 Godzilla Template:GFilmC, Godzilla: Final Wars.

Name

The name "Mothra" is the suffixation of "-ra" (a common last syllable in kaiju names) to "moth." Since the Japanese language does not have dental fricatives, it is approximated "Mosura" in Japanese.

Appearance

Main article: SOSMosuImago.

This incarnation of Mothra looks identical to the Mothra imago from Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., due to being portrayed with the same prop. The only difference seems to be that its fur is slightly darker.

Personality

Like her previous incarnations, this Mothra is a benevolent guardian of Earth. Mothra uses her Shobijin to communicate with humanity, and warns them of the impending resurrection of her ancient enemy Gigan. Mothra later comes to Godzilla's rescue when he is being attacked by both Gigan and Monster X, and ultimately sacrifices her life to destroy Gigan.

Origins

An ancient guardian of Earth that lives on Infant Island, Mothra battled the evil cybernetic space monster known as Gigan thousands of years ago. Mothra defeated Gigan, and he was subsequently mummified and buried in Hokkaido. Mothra continued living alongside the Shobijin on Infant Island until the year 20XX, when Gigan's mummified corpse was uncovered by the Earth Defense Force.

History

Millennium Series

Godzilla: Final Wars

Mothra in Godzilla: Final Wars

Thousands of years ago, Mothra defended the Earth from an alien monster known as Gigan, defeating him and entombing him off the coast of Hokkaido. In the year 20XX, the Earth Defense Force recovered Gigan's mummified remains, drawing the attention of Mothra and her Shobijin. The Shobijin appeared to several members of the EDF and warned them that Gigan was evil and could awaken, but promised that Mothra would appear to defend the Earth. When the alien force known as the Xiliens took control of Gigan and an army of monsters and used them to conquer the planet, Mothra flew to Tokyo to aid Godzilla against Gigan and Monster X. Mothra saved Godzilla from being double-teamed by the enemy monsters, then confronted Gigan once again. Gigan fired two razor discs at Mothra, but she used her reflective scales to avoid them. Gigan responded by blasting Mothra with his laser beam, causing her to erupt in flames. Believing himself victorious, Gigan turned around only for his head to be sliced off by his reflected razor discs. Mothra, still on fire, flew into the headless Gigan and exploded, killing them both.

Abilities

Scales

Mothra can deploy yellow poisonous scales from her wings, which are capable of reflecting enemy attacks. This attack allows Mothra to decapitate Gigan when the shurikens he fires at her are reflected back and strike his neck.

Fire Mothra

This Mothra briefly takes a form dubbed Fire Mothra (ファイヤーモスラ,   Faiyā Mosura) when she is blasted by Gigan's eye beam, which causes her to erupt into flames. While in this form, Mothra flies into the decapitated Gigan in a kamikaze attack that kills them both in a fiery explosion.

Weaknesses

Mothra is extremely susceptible to Gigan's attacks, as he is easily able to slice off part of her wing with his chainsaw hand. His eye beam also causes her to erupt into flames, though she is able to kill him by ramming into him while on fire.

Filmography

• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

Video Game Appearances

• CR Godzilla 3S-T Battle
• CR Godzilla: Descent of the Destruction God
• Godzilla (PlayStation 3 / PlayStation 4) [Kaiju Guide]

Godzilla (PlayStation 3 / PlayStation 4)

Kaiju Guide

Mothra, the Giant Moth Monster

A giant moth and the guardian deity of Infant Island in the Pacific Ocean. Starting from an egg, it grew into a larva, cocooned, and became an imago before ultimately maturing into its current colossal state. It flew to Japan to rescue the small, beautiful maidens who were kidnapped by a party of explorers. Later, it flew over again to retrieve its eggs, which had washed up on Japan's shores due to a large-scale typhoon. It was there that it engaged in a desperate battle with Godzilla, who was after its eggs.

The Heisei series Mothra in "Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth" (1992) was the guardian deity of the Cosmos, an indigenous people only 18 centimeters tall. In this version, Mothra hatched from an egg excavated by a Japanese firm that was doing construction and development on Infant Island.

Each of Mothra's appearances in the Millennium series had different backgrounds. In "Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack" (2001), it was "Mothra, Guardian of the Sea", one of the three guardian monsters that protect Japan. In "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S." (2003), it was a descendant of the original Mothra. In "Godzilla: Final Wars" (2004), it was the guardian deity of Infant Island.

Mothra is a quintessential physical-effects monster, appearing more often than any other guest character in the Godzilla series. In addition to the miniature from the original film "Mothra" (1961), a new model was created specifically for appearance in the Godzilla movies. In contrast to the more elliptical eyes of the original model, the new version featured nearly round eyes.

There were two types of props made for the new model: a self-propelled model and a hand-operated model. The mechanics of the self-propelled model later became widely used in TV special-effects miniatures.

● "Godzilla: Final Wars"
Length:
72 meters
Wingspan:
216 meters
Weight:
25,000 tons
Abilities:
Bomber Lariat
Poisonous scale powder
Fire attack
Appearances:
"Godzilla: Final Wars"

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  Mothra in CR Godzilla 3S-T Battle

Trivia

• During the end credits for Godzilla: Final Wars, Mothra is shown flying to Infant Island. Whether this is meant to indicate that Mothra somehow survived her battle with Gigan, or is simply a deleted scene, is unclear.
• Though this incarnation of Mothra is only seen in imago form, a cave painting of two larvae can be seen on Infant Island.