Nessie

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Loch Ness Monster AdultInfant Alternate names Nessie, NyssaKTAS Species Giant mosasaurGTS Forms Baby, adultGTS Relations OffspringGTS Allies GodzillaGTS, Queen IonaKTAS Enemies Godzilla (initially)GTS Designed by Fil BarlowGTS First appearance Godzilla: The Series episode 11, "DeadLoch" Roar(s)

Niko Tatopoulos: “At least they could've hired a real actor. This guy is embarrassing!”

Elsie Chapman: “What do you mean?”

Niko Tatopoulos: “And is that thing made of rubber?”

Elsie Chapman: “I don't know, it's too blurry to tell. Maybe the creature-”

Niko Tatopoulos: “Elsie, please. This is a publicity stunt. Tourism must be down in Scotland, so the locals faked an attack.”

― Niko Tatopoulos and Elsie Chapman discussing the validity of footage of the Loch Ness Monster (Godzilla: The Series episode 11, "DeadLoch")

The Loch Ness Monster, nicknamed Nessie, is a well-known cryptid said to reside in Loch Ness in Scotland. As a popular monster in cryptozoology and folklore, she has been featured in numerous media over the years. An interpretation of the creature was planned to appear in the Toho-Hammer Films co-production Nessie, but the project never materialized. The Loch Ness Monster finally appeared as a giant amphibious reptile monster in episode 11 of Godzilla: The Series, entitled "DeadLoch." Another interpretation faced off against King Kong in the 25th episode of Kong: The Animated Series, "The Aquanauts".

Design

In Godzilla: The Series, Nessie and her child are not depicted with the plesiosaur-like body that is popular in depictions of the cryptid. Both have a long tan serpentine body with a lighter underside, a darker tan dorsal fin running down their back, brown patterns and spots covering their body, and a tailfin. They both have fourteen fins with four claws on each fin. Both the infant and adult have a hanging dewlap. Their head has two orange eyes, two fins on the sides of their head, skeletal-like nostrils, a mouth full of sharp teeth, and two whiskers on the bottom jaw. There are differences between the infant and the adult Loch Ness Monster.

The infant Loch Ness Monster looks like a small version of its mother, and has large eyes, two gills on its neck, small fins on the sides of its head, short whiskers, a small tail fin, a small dewlap, and a mouth with a small number of teeth.

In Kong: The Animated Series, Nessie's design once again deviates from the popular image, with her being depicted as something more like a sauropod with aquatic adaptations, much like how the Aquanauts resemble humans with some aquatic flourishes. She is mostly green with a darker patch on her back, and instead of plesiosaur-like fins, Nessie has four limbs with webbed claws, and a pair of fluke-like fins on her tail. When she is possessed by Ramone De La Porta using his Cyber-Link Computer to become a mutant hybrid of herself and the human, she takes on a highly anthropomorphized look, with more defined webbed fingers, and glowing red eyes.

Origins

In Godzilla: The Series, Nessie is a member of a species of mosasaur that had survived the Ice Age, frozen in a state of suspended animation, that was then later released when glacial flooding creating the Lochs thawed it out.^{[citation needed]}

In Kong: The Animated Series, Nessie's origins are largely unclear, but some time after the Atlantean colony at the future Loch Ness was destroyed by a great flood, either the monster seen in the episode, or one of her ancestors, became their protector. Whether this happened before or after the defeat of their original protector Kong at the hands of the dark god Chiros, and the colonial Atlanteans' subsequent evolution into the modern day Aquanauts is unknown. In the present day, the creature acknowledged as Nessie was named "Nyssa" by her friend Queen Iona of the Aquanauts, who regards her as the "last of her line." Whether this refers to Nyssa as the last of her personal bloodline or of her entire species is unknown.

History

Godzilla: The Series

"DeadLoch"

Nessie is a member of a species of Mosasaur that survived in Loch Ness and only surfaces every 20 years to mate. Nessie and her species lived in peace, until her baby was kidnapped by a scientist who intended to sell the one-of-a-kind newborn; regardless of the fury of Nessie been invoked. H.E.A.T were visiting Scotland, and investigated after seeing a video of what appeared to be Nessie attacking the scientist's facility. Godzilla appeared during one of Nessie's attacks and the two battled both on land and underwater in several fights.

It wasn't until later that Godzilla discovered Nessie was only attacking in order to find and save her baby - due to Randy broadcasting the baby's cries out over the Loch, which the mother reacted to. Godzilla then would team up with Nessie and - after getting her baby back from the scientist - help her rescue her infant by tearing open the cage the baby was locked in. Reunited with her baby, Nessie headed off, with her and Godzilla giving each other a 'parting roar'.

"Future Shock"

It is possible that she and her offspring were slain by the D.R.A.G.M.A.s when they overran the world in an alternate future. However, thanks to the effort of the H.E.A.T. team of destroying all of the D.R.A.G.M.A. younglings when they successfully return to the past, both of them are spared from this fate.^{[citation needed]}

Kong: The Animated Series

"The Aquanauts"

Nyssa was swimming in the loch when she came upon four interlopers: Ramone De La Porta and his thugs. They attacked her with electricity, and while she destroyed De La Porta's sub, he was able to swim out and merge their DNA using his Cyber-Link Computer. They were then happened upon by Kong, who they attacked and despite De La Porta's influence and hatred for Kong, they allow the unconscious beast to sink to the bottom of the loch. They later come upon the sunken city of the Aquanauts and attempt to steal their conduit to the Primal Stone of Water, which allowed the inhabitants to breathe underwater. They then did battle with Kong, who was eventually able to take the mutant monster to the surface and crush the Cyber-Link, forcing the two beings apart. Later, at a feast in Kong's honor, Kong and the back-to normal Nyssa played together outside the palace, where Jason Jenkins remarked that she appeared to be Kong's "new girlfriend."

Abilities

Swimming

The Loch Ness Monster is an adept swimmer and can swim at speeds fast enough to create whirlpools.

Constriction

The Loch Ness Monster can use her long serpentine body to wrap around targets.

Teeth

The Loch Ness Monster uses her mouth full of sharp teeth to bite targets.

Weaknesses

Due to being more of an aquatic creature, Godzilla was able to gain the upper hand against the Loch Ness Monster when they brought their first fight onto land.

Gallery

Main article: Nessie/Gallery.

In other languages

Language Name Meaning Japanese ネッシー Nesshī Transliteration of English name Russian Несси Nessi Transliteration of English name

Trivia

• It has long been rumored that a Loch Ness Monster prop created for the unproduced Toho-Hammer co-production Nessie was later reused by Teruyoshi Nakano as the Dragon for the film Princess from the Moon in 1987. However, Nessie was cancelled almost a decade before Princess from the Moon was released, and only a small maquette is known to have been created for the film. Modeler Nobuyuki Yasumaru has, however, stated that he drew inspiration from the Nessie prototype for the Dragon.
• Nessie is one of the only friendly monsters, other than Godzilla and Komodithrax, to be encountered by H.E.A.T..
• Nessie is referred to as a "mosasaur" in Godzilla: The Series, despite resembling a classic sea serpent more than any known species of mosasaur.
  • The Nessie that appears in the series resembles the cryptid Ogopogo. Most common Nessie sightings have claimed it to look more like a plesiosaur.
• Nessie is one of two Godzilla: The Series monsters to be based on cryptids, the other being the Yeti. However, while Nessie was a real creature in the series, the Yeti was mechanical.
• Another version of Nessie likely appeared in one of the lost episode segments of The King Kong Show, "The Legend of Loch Ness."
• The MonsterVerse Titan known as Leviathan resides at Outpost 49 in Loch Ness, a reference to the Loch Ness Monster.

External links

• Loch Ness Monster on Wikipedia

References

This is a list of references for Nessie. 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]

Bibliography

• Mamiya, Naohiko (1 January 2000). Godzilla 1954-1999 Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. ISBN 978-4091014702.
• Ozawa, Ryoko; Tomoi, Taketo; Nakamura, Tetsu, eds. (4 September 2016). All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book (4th ed.). Yosensha. p. 159. ISBN 978-4-8003-0362-2.

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