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*In ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', [[Kyohei Yamane|Dr. Yamane]] at one point mentions the discovery of "snowman footprints" in the Himalayas when discussing the presence of unknown creatures like [[Godzilla]] in the world.
*In ''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'', [[Kyohei Yamane|Dr. Yamane]] at one point mentions the discovery of "snowman footprints" in the Himalayas when discussing the presence of unknown creatures like [[Godzilla]] in the world.
*The Snowman's head appears much different in posters and promotional images for the film than it does in the actual film.
*The Snowman's head appears much different in posters and promotional images for the film than it does in the actual film.
*It's possible that the Snowman suit was reused to portray [[King Kong]] in [[King Kong vs. Godzilla]], as the suit has a similar body and face. Given that the Kong suit was reused for Ultra Q to portay Goro, it's entirely possible, though it's not confirmed.


==References==
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Snowman
The Snowman in Half Human
Alternate names Yeti, Abominable Snowman,
Half Human[1]
Subtitle(s) Beast Man (獣人,   Kemonohito)[2][3]
Species Yeti
Height 3.5 meters[1][3]
Weight 200 kilograms[1][3][4]
Relations Snowman's Child
Created by Ishiro Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya,
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Played by Fuminori Ohashi
First appearance Half Human
Roar(s)

Snowman (雪男,   Yuki Otoko, lit. Snow Man) is a yeti kaiju created by Toho that first appears in the 1955 Toho film, Half Human.

Design

Snowman has an extremely muscular body and is able to lift a woman and run extremely fast without trouble. The creature has a humanoid face along with human body features, such as opposable thumbs. Snowman is significantly taller than humans, and has shaggy fur all over its body.

Origins

The Snowman's exact origins are unknown, but it is presumed to be a type of large ape that has lived for centuries high in the Japanese Alps. Though only a single adult Snowman and its offspring are living during the events of the film, the skeletal remains of several other members of their kind are found in a cave. The characters speculate that the entire Snowman population was killed by consuming a type of poisonous mushroom found in their habitat, leaving only two individuals alive.

History

Showa Series

Half Human

The Snowman is first seen looking into a tent window while explorers are sleeping in it, and he caresses a female explorer's face. His curiosity is cut short when she wakes up and screams, causing him to run into the forest. It is revealed that villagers worship the Snowman as a deity. The next scene with him in it shows him carrying a deer carcass, when he hears a scream, and goes to help a human, also a member of that explorer party, that almost fell off a cliff. Later, an animal broker, thanks to information from a village girl, discovers the location of the monster's cave and figures that he can catch the monster by using its offspring as bait. The hunter captures the Snowman, but accidentally lets the child escape. He ends up killing the baby and the adult Snowman breaks out of its cage. He kills the hunter and returns to his cave. Later, he captures the same female explorer he saw earlier and brings her to his mountain cave, where he is shot by the explorer team and falls into a pit of sulfuric acid along with the village girl.

Abilities

Snowman's only ability is superhuman strength, it can lift humans and smash down structures with ease. After its young was killed by a circus attempting to capture the creature, Snowman goes berserk and attacks everything in sight, killing many people and destroying the entire circus ground. It then kidnapped the female lead and escaped into the mountains, carrying her with one hand.

Comics

Godzilla: Rage Across Time

Snowman makes a brief appearance looking out from a cave in the first issue of Godzilla: Rage Across Time as Akio and Gorou Suda approach the Shobijin temple.

Gallery

Main article: Snowman/Gallery.

Trivia

  • The Snowman suit originally weighed 30 kilograms and was covered in goat hair.
  • Snowman is most likely based on the Japanese bigfoot, Hibagon, which is said to live in the mountains of Japan.
  • In Godzilla, Dr. Yamane at one point mentions the discovery of "snowman footprints" in the Himalayas when discussing the presence of unknown creatures like Godzilla in the world.
  • The Snowman's head appears much different in posters and promotional images for the film than it does in the actual film.

References

This is a list of references for Snowman. 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]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Encyclopedia of Godzilla (Mechagodzilla Edition). Gakken. 10 December 1993. p. 99. ISBN 405600174X. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia. Shogakukan. 23 July 2014. p. 13. ISBN 4-096-82090-3. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works. Village Books. 28 September 2012. p. 18. ISBN 9784864910132.
  4. Godzilla Giant Monsters Super Encyclopedia (TV Magazine Deluxe 20). p. 65.

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