Ogra
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- Do not confuse with Orga.
Ogra is a giant monster that appears in the 1961 British-American film Gorgo. The main characters do not suspect her existence until more than halfway through the story, assuming that her son Gorgo is a fully-grown member of the species.
Name
Ogra's name is partially derived from the name of her son, Gorgo. In-universe, "Ogra" is the name of a legendary sea spirit known to the people of Nara Island.
Design
Ogra has dark green skin with a tan belly and glowing red eyes. She has a pair of small fins on the sides of her head, and also has large and powerful hands. As they were depicted with the same suit, Ogra and her son differ only in size.
Personality
Ogra goes about her rescue mission in a straightforward fashion, pausing only on occasion. For instance, she surfaces to sink a light cruiser, and throttles Big Ben after rockets fired from the ground travel through its massive clock to strike her. After rescuing Gorgo, she ends her attack on London immediately.
History
Gorgo
Ogra first appeared on Nara Island in a fury, several weeks after her son Gorgo was captured offshore by a group of treasure hunters and sold to a London circus. She set a course for London, following the phosphorous trail left by Gorgo during his transport. The British armed forces threw everything they had at her short of nuclear weapons, but she proved impervious to naval cannons, torpedoes, anti-submarine nets, a massive gasoline fire in the Thames, tanks, rockets, fighter jet bombardments, and high tension wires. After demolishing many of the city's landmarks, Ogra stomped one of the walls of Gorgo's enclosure into rubble and the two of them returned to the sea.
Abilities
Physical abilities
Due to her great size and weight, Ogra possesses great physical strength and power.
Amphibiousness
Ogra, much like her son Gorgo, is amphibious, and spends large amounts of time underwater.
Durability
Ogra's durability is notable for a non-Japanese monster of the period, as she was unfazed by large-scale assaults from the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force in quick succession. Unlike her son, fire had no effect on her. Only high tension wires were able to halt her advance, and, even so, she still barreled through them after a few moments. In the Charlton Comics series, her durability was even greater, as both she and her son were able to withstand attacks from atomic bombs, along with withstanding advanced alien weapons that were powerful enough to destroy a planet.
Filmography
- Gorgo (1961)
Comics and books
Ogra appears in nearly every issue of Charlton Comics' Gorgo series. Sometimes she works in tandem with her son against a variety of human, alien, and monstrous threats, but more often than not she plays the role of rescuer when he wanders off and gets into trouble.
- Gorgo #1-19, 22
- Gorgo's Revenge #1
- The Return of Gorgo #2
Gallery
- Main article: Ogra/Gallery.
In other languages
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Japanese
Roar
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Trivia
- Stock footage of Ogra's efforts to storm through high-tension wires appears in the Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Electricity."
See also
References
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