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{{Quote|Trapped within their subterranean realm, the [[Skar King]] harnessed a terrible power: the ancient [[Titan]], '''Shimo'''. He controls her with pain.|[[Ilene Andrews]]}} | {{Quote|Trapped within their subterranean realm, the [[Skar King]] harnessed a terrible power: the ancient [[Titan]], '''Shimo'''. He controls her with pain.|[[Ilene Andrews]]}} | ||
'''Shimo''' is a reptilian [[Titan]]{{R|ToyBox|Douyin}} who appeared in the [[2024]] [[Legendary Pictures]] [[:Category:Films|film]] ''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'', serving as the film's secondary | '''Shimo''' is a reptilian [[Titan]]{{R|ToyBox|Douyin}} who appeared in the [[2024]] [[Legendary Pictures]] [[:Category:Films|film]] ''[[Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire]]'', serving as the film's secondary antagonist after the [[Skar King]]. Her existence was first alluded to in the [[2022]] ''[[Call of Duty]]'' collaboration with ''[[Godzilla vs. Kong]]'', depicted in a cave painting engaged in battle with [[Godzilla (Monsterverse)|Godzilla]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Monstermash042/status/1740777607598334231|title=❄️🥶❄️|first=Jared|last=Krichevsky|author-link=Jared Krichevsky|date=29 December 2023|work=X}}</ref> | ||
An ancient and legendary Titan{{R|ToyBox}} with the ability to control ice, Shimo was an old nemesis of Godzilla who was enslaved by the Skar King to assist him in conquering the surface world. | An ancient and legendary Titan{{R|ToyBox}} with the ability to control ice, Shimo was an old nemesis of Godzilla who was enslaved by the Skar King to assist him in conquering the surface world. | ||
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Shimo is a reptilian Titan[4][3] who appeared in the 2024 Legendary Pictures film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, serving as the film's secondary antagonist after the Skar King. Her existence was first alluded to in the 2022 Call of Duty collaboration with Godzilla vs. Kong, depicted in a cave painting engaged in battle with Godzilla.[6]
An ancient and legendary Titan[4] with the ability to control ice, Shimo was an old nemesis of Godzilla who was enslaved by the Skar King to assist him in conquering the surface world.
Name
Shimo (霜) is a Japanese word meaning "frost" or "gray hair." Shimo also means "hole" or "abyss" in Swahili. Her name was first revealed on a Jada Toys Metalfigs figure at the 2023 Singapore Comic Con.[7]
Development
Shimo was designed by Jared Krichevsky.[5] According to him, Shimo was originally intended to be male.[8]
Design
Shimo is depicted as a reptilian monster with some similarities to Godzilla's evolved form. A quadrupedal creature with white scales that have an iridescent sheen, she possesses Stegosaurus-like thagomizers on the tip of her tail and crystalline spines down her back, both of which are a blue color. The spines cover her entire back and thin into a line of spines going down the length of her tail. Shimo is also adorned with many crystals arranged in a crown-like formation protruding at a horizontal angle from the back of her head. A continuous row of sharp scutes located on her sides run from where the back of her head connects to her neck to the thagomizers on her tail. Despite her large size, Shimo's abdomen and legs are very slim. Her eyes appear to be blue with black pupils, though her pupils are obscured when she glows bright blue. While Shimo assumes a bear-like stance when quadrupedal, merchandise reveals a silhouette of the creature taking on a fully upright posture.[9]
Personality
While under the Skar King's control, Shimo was ruthless and aggressive, violently causing widespread destruction and attacking everyone around her, however she appears to do this unwillingly as exemplified when she appeared to struggle and hesitate firing her beam at Kong during their initial encounter. She noticeably becomes much more docile when liberated from the Skar King's influence, no longer posing a threat to the Kongs and even collaborating with Godzilla, Kong, and Suko to defeat the Skar King. After defeating the Skar King, she appears to be friendly to Kong and Suko, allowing them to let them ride on her back willingly and showed affection as Kong petted her head.
Origins
Shimo was captured by the Skar King at some point in the past, and was controlled by him using a blue crystal that would force her to due his bidding and cause her pain.
History
Monsterverse
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Following a battle between the Skar King and Kong, the older ape revealed an icy crystal at the end of his Whipslash. At sight of this, several of the Skar King's subjects began to heave vines, dropping two massive boulders over a river of lava on one side of the Skar King's prison, revealing a large cave behind the lavafall. The Skar King pointed the crystal at Kong again, and Shimo emerged from the freshly revealed cave, roaring as almost every ape in the vicinity fled. Kong stared at her and prepared for a fight, and the Skar King waved the crystal at her again. Shimo roared in pain and slammed her head against the ground, before she finally took aim at Kong, firing her ice breath at him. Kong dodged her initial blast, and blocked the second with his axe. However, ice slowly encased his arm, forcing the ape to drop the weapon and escape.
After the Skar King learned the location of the Iwi's walls hiding exits from Hollow Earth, the ape had her released from her shackles, only to mount her back. Now brandishing Kong's axe, the Skar King rode Shimo towards the wall, accompanied by five other apes. Suko spotted the party as they were nearing the wall, and he traveled back to warn Kong. While Kong, after having been warned, is off on his quest to recruit Godzilla, the Skar King broke down the wall, and he, Shimo, and the rest of his apes entered the Iwi's domain. The Skar King, having noticed the Iwi's attempts to seal the entrances, used the crystal yet again, pointing it at a pair of quartz pyramids, to which Shimo shot another ice beam which froze the pyramids in place. The seven Titans advanced, but were ambushed by a swarm of Vertacines lead by Trapper. The creatures swarmed the invaders, distracting the apes. The Skar King repeatedly jabbed the crystal at the bio-electric fliers, forcing Shimo to freeze them all. In the midst of the chaos, Kong and Godzilla arrive from Egypt, crashing down into Hollow Earth like a meteor. The two duos rushed at one another right as the ice holding off the pyramids gave way, completely negating the gravity in the area. Shimo crashed into Godzilla in the air, but Godzilla was able to push her down and attack her again as she briefly pursued Kong. Shimo froze Godzilla with her beam, only to cease fire after being attacked by Mothra, allowing Godzilla to free himself and tackle Shimo. Soon, the gravity restored itself, and the four warring Titans fell into a portal to the surface. In Rio De Janeiro, waves in the sea all turn into ice, which is shattered as the Skar King and Shimo both fly out onto land. After taking a moment to admire the sun, the Skar King used the crystal to force Shimo to fire her beam into the sky, covering the sun with a large cloud, before having her fire into the city. However, Kong and Godzilla then arrived and resumed the battle. The Skar King tries to get Shimo to attack Kong, but she is pushed into a building by Godzilla as the two saurians resumed their duel. When the Skar King is knocked to the ground by Kong, the evil ape used the crystal once more, and Shimo's tail smacked Kong across the city. Shimo then fired on Kong with her ice breath, which he blocked with the B.E.A.S.T. Glove.
With Shimo and Kong locked in a stalemate, Godzilla breaks the Whipslash, detaching the crystal from the end. Godzilla then fired on Shimo with his atomic breath, and tackled her off Kong, freeing the ape to resume fighting the Skar King. The apes both went berserk, fighting tooth and nail over the crystal. However, before either could get a solid grasp on the crystal, Suko arrived with Kong's axe and shattered it, freeing Shimo from the Skar King's control. While Godzilla, Kong and Suko tag-teamed the Skar King, Shimo watched intently, prominent curiosity on her face, as the Skar King angrily pointed at her and Kong, trying to make her attack him. She then joins in on the team-up, freezing the Skar King over entirely. Kong grabs the Skar King's frozen body, staring him in the face, before smashing him into pieces upon the ground, finally ending his reign of pain.
Some time later, Kong and Suko then returned to the Skar King's old prison, triumphantly riding upon Shimo's back. They hopped off of her, and Kong offered her a few head pets, before all three of them roared in victory before Kong's new tribe.
Abilities
Shimo's Playmates toy's packaging describes her as a "legendary ice Titan with unstoppable, world-ending powers."[4]
Frost Bite Blast/Breath
Shimo is capable of releasing an ice beam from her mouth. This ability is referred to as a Frost Bite Blast or Frost Bite Breath on the packaging of her individual Playmates figure, as well as the Godzilla vs. Shimo figure set.[10][4][11] Shimo is shown using the beam to freeze over Kong's axe and arm, and to cause a massive ice storm by firing it into the sky. During the former, the beam creates large ice chunks upon contact. The beam was powerful enough to give Kong frostbite and completely freeze the Skar King's body once free of his control. When using the attack, Shimo's eyes, back spikes, and thagomizers glow a bright blue. It was stated in the Iwi's ancient template tablets that Shimo’s ice breath was responsible for triggering the last Ice Age millions of years ago.
Kong attempting to block Shimo's ice breath
Shimo, atop a self-created iceberg, firing her beam into the sky, resulting in a massive ice storm over Rio de Janeiro
Freezing Temperatures
Along with her Frost Bite Blast’s capabilities, Shimo’s mere presence is capable of freezing her surroundings, first shown when the ground in Skar King’s prison iced over. The forests in the Hollow Earth froze as she walked through them alongside the Skar King and his army as they approached the Iwi civilization, and the waters off the coast of Rio de Janeiro even froze when she emerged on the surface.
Physical capabilities
Shimo was shown to be able to utilize her tail when she smacked Kong with it, sending him hurtling through the air and into a building. She also used her limbs and jaws numerous times during her duels with Godzilla.
Durability
To be added.
Video games
- Call of Duty: Warzone (2020; added in 2022) - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S [cave painting]
- Call of Duty: Vanguard (2021; added in 2022) - Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S [cave painting]
- Lords Mobile (2016; added in 2024) - Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, iPadOS, Fire OS [photo]
Cave painting of Godzilla battling Shimo in Call of Duty
Cave painting of Shimo in Call of Duty
"Shimo's Rise" photo in Lords Mobile
Photo of Shimo from Lords Mobile
Books
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization
To be added.
Comics
- Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted (2024) [cave painting]
Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted
As Kong investigated a bone-filled cave in the Hollow Earth, he uncovered several massive cave paintings depicting different monsters. The last displayed a battle between Godzilla and Shimo.
Gallery
- Main article: Shimo/Gallery.
In other languages
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Mandarin Chinese
Trivia
- The cave painting of Shimo seen in Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted first appeared in the Godzilla vs. Kong/Call of Duty crossover event close to two years prior.
- At 162.45 meters, Shimo is currently the tallest of any known Titans in the Monsterverse, surpassing King Ghidorah in height by 3.65 meters. However, she is not the largest overall as she is surpassed by the ~258-meter-long Tiamat and ~274-meter-long Na Kika.
- Shimo is the second confirmed-female monster to be a primary antagonist in a Monsterverse film, after the female MUTO in Godzilla (the gender of the Skull Devil from Kong: Skull Island is unclear).
- Shimo is the first primary Monsterverse film antagonist to not be killed by Godzilla or Kong.
References
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