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The '''Mystery Bones of [[Infant Island]]''' {{Nihongo|インファント島の怪骨|Infanto-jima no kai kotsu}} is a turtle | The '''Mystery Bones of [[Infant Island]]''' {{Nihongo|インファント島の怪骨|Infanto-jima no kai kotsu}} is a turtle skeleton created by [[Toho Company Ltd.|Toho]] that first appeared in the [[1964]] [[Godzilla (Franchise)|Godzilla]] [[:Category:Godzilla Films|film]], ''[[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]''. | ||
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The official name for Skeleturtle, "Mystery Bones of Infant Island," is a translation of the name for the creature | The official name for Skeleturtle, "Mystery Bones of Infant Island," is a translation of the name for the creature found on an officially licensed 2012 toy of it,<ref name="2012 Toy">[http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/hukuromusi1017/63638017.html インファント島の怪骨！？ - Yahoo Japan]</ref><ref name="2012 Translated">[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/hukuromusi1017/63638017.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%25E3%2582%25A4%25E3%2583%25B3%25E3%2583%2595%25E3%2582%25A1%25E3%2583%25B3%25E3%2583%2588%2B%25E5%25B3%25B6%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D642 Kai bone of Infant Island! ?]</ref> which reads "Infanto-jima no kai kotsu." Skeleturtle is a fanmade nickname<ref name="TK">[http://www.tohokingdom.com/articles/editorial/06-08_skeleturtle.htm The Case for the Skeleturtle] - [[Toho Kingdom]]</ref> before the official name was known. Officially licensed t-shirts featuring Skeleturtle that were sold in Japan refer to the creature in English as "Infant Island's Kai Kotsu." | ||
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Skeleturtle is purely white and gray, with black eyes, and a bland, pale shell with no visible scutes. It has a fairly long neck, and very short limbs, which have tiny bone fragments visible. | Skeleturtle is purely white and gray, with black eyes, and a bland, pale shell with no visible scutes. It has a fairly long neck, and very short limbs, which have tiny bone fragments visible. | ||
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*Despite | *Despite Skeleturtle's obscurity the character received an officially licensed resin figure from CAST<ref name="2012 Toy"/> in 2012. | ||
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The Mystery Bones of Infant Island (インファント島の怪骨 Infanto-jima no kai kotsu) is a turtle skeleton created by Toho that first appeared in the 1964 Godzilla film, Mothra vs. Godzilla.
Name
The official name for Skeleturtle, "Mystery Bones of Infant Island," is a translation of the name for the creature found on an officially licensed 2012 toy of it,[1][2] which reads "Infanto-jima no kai kotsu." Skeleturtle is a fanmade nickname[3] before the official name was known. Officially licensed t-shirts featuring Skeleturtle that were sold in Japan refer to the creature in English as "Infant Island's Kai Kotsu."
Appearance
Skeleturtle is purely white and gray, with black eyes, and a bland, pale shell with no visible scutes. It has a fairly long neck, and very short limbs, which have tiny bone fragments visible.
Origins
In the context of the film, Skeleturtle's direct origins are unknown.
The bones were included on Infant Island as a reference to a popular 1962 Italian documentary entitled "Mondo cane" (A Dog's Life). "Mondo cane" contains a large number of documented atrocities to nature and animals including turtles on the radioactive contaminated Bikini atoll beaches which are dead or dying which shows the continued fallout from the nuclear tests. The dried bones move in the wind, which are reflected in skeleturtle's movement in Mothra vs. Godzilla
History
Showa Series
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Skeleturtle made a very short appearance on Mothra vs. Godzilla, lasting only about 38 seconds on screen and in the background. It was found on Infant Island, which had a lot of radiation and lifeless skeletons lying around. None of the characters ever directly interact with or notice it.
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Comics
Godzilla: Rulers of Earth
Skeleturtle can be seen on Infant Island running from the battle between Mothra and Battra in Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #19.
Gallery
- Main article: Skeleturtle/Gallery.
Trivia
- Despite Skeleturtle's obscurity the character received an officially licensed resin figure from CAST[1] in 2012.
References
This is a list of references for Mysterious Bones. 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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