Destoroyah

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Perfect Destoroyah in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Artwork of Micro Destoroyah from Godzilla 1954-1999 Super Complete Works
Crawl Destoroyah in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Juvenile Destoroyah in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Aggregate Destoroyah in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Flying Destoroyah in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Alternate names Destroyah, Destroyer, Destoroyer,
J-MO7GPM, Subspecies of GanimesGPM,
Reaper Roach (Crawl Form)GZB
Subtitle(s) Perfect Lifeform
(完全生命体,   Kanzen Seimei-tai)[1]
Species
Height 40 meters (Aggregate),[2]
120 meters (Perfect)[2][3]
Length 3-5 millimeters (Micro),[2]
2-30 centimeters (Crawl),[2]
2-18 meters (Juvenile),[2]
60 meters (Aggregate),[2]
65 meters (Flying),[2]
230 meters (Perfect)[2]
Wingspan 80 meters (Flying),[2]
210 meters (Perfect)[2]
Weight 0.5 grams (Micro),[2]
15 kilograms (Crawl),[2]
350 kilograms-260 metric tons (Juvenile),[2]
15,000 metric tons (Aggregate and Flying),[2]
80,000 metric tons (Perfect)[2][3][note 1]
Forms Micro Form, Crawl Form, Juvenile Form, Aggregate Form, Flying Form,
Perfect Form, devilish DestoroyahGiH,
S-Class formGigaBash
Controlled by ZagrethGI, DevoniansGRoE
Relations Daisuke Serizawa (inadvertent creator), Ganimes (possible subspecies of)GPM
Allies MegalonGI, BattraGI, MandaGRoE, TitanosaurusGRoE, GezoraGRoE,
devilish King GhidorahGiH
Enemies Godzilla, Godzilla Junior, Super X3, RodanGI, MothraGI, GRoE, GC, Mothra LeoGI, MechagodzillaGI, GRoE, MOGUERAGI, Medical Jet Jaguar, Fire Fighter Jet Jaguar, Proto-Moguera, AnguirusGL, Jet JaguarGRoE, BiollanteGC, GRBVD, devilish King GhidorahGiH (temporarily)
Designed by Minoru Yoshida (Juvenile to Flying Forms),
Noriyoshi Ohrai,
Hideo Okamoto (Perfect Form)
Played by Eiichi Yanagida (Aggregate),
Ryo Hariya (Perfect),
Masayuki Kuramashi, Rikiya Mune,
Hidenori Yamaoka, Shigehiro Ueda (credited as "Destoroyah Operation"),
Puppets
First appearance Latest appearance
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Godziban
Roar(s)
Juvenile:
Aggregate:
Perfect:Godzilla Island:
More roars
Kensaku Ijuin: “I know Micro-Oxygen does not have that kind of power.
JGSDF general: “What does, then?
Kensaku Ijuin: “The Oxygen Destroyer. It has the power to destroy everything in its path. Destoroyah.
― Dr. Kensaku Ijuin reacting to Destoroyah's Juvenile Forms converging into its Aggregate Form and obliterating the JGSDF's forces (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah)

Destoroyah (デストロイア,   Desutoroia) is a crustacean kaiju who first appeared in the 1995 Toho Godzilla film Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.

Godzilla's final opponent in the Heisei series, Destoroyah is the incarnation of the Oxygen Destroyer, the chemical weapon used to kill the original Godzilla in 1954. When the weapon was detonated at the bottom of Tokyo Bay, it revived a colony of Precambrian crustaceans trapped in the strata, and the resulting anaerobic conditions caused the creatures to undergo an abnormal path of mutation and evolution until they finally came to the surface in 1996. Able to grow and evolve by combining with each other, the creatures took on numerous different forms before finally converging into a single gigantic demonic monster. Destoroyah fought Godzilla at the peak of his power and nearly defeated him, but was finally destroyed by a combination of the JSDF's ULT cryolasers and the extreme heat given off by the near-meltdown Godzilla.

Name

Both Destoroyah's Japanese and English names are derived from "destroyer," which in turn comes from the Oxygen Destroyer weapon that spawned him. A possible reason that the name "Destroyer" isn't the monster's trademarked English name is because the word itself could not be trademarked by Toho. He is referred to as Destroyer in Omni Productions' international English dub for Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, as well as in the English subtitles on Sony's 2014 Blu-ray release of the film, while "Destoroyah" is Toho's official trademarked English name for the character. Destoroyah's subtitle is Perfect Lifeform (完全生命体,   Kanzen Seimei-tai).

Destoroyah's forms are denoted as Micro Form (微小体,   Bishō-tai), Crawl Form (クロール体,   Kurōru-tai), Juvenile Form (幼体,   Yō-tai), Aggregate Form (集合体,   Shūgō-tai) or Intermediate Form (中間体,   Chūkan-tai), Flying Form (飛行体,   Hikō-tai), and Perfect Form (完全体,   Kanzen-tai).

Destoroyah receives his name in the film when Dr. Ijuin witnesses the monster's juvenile forms merge together into their aggregate form. He remarks that Micro-Oxygen does not have that kind of power, and that these creatures have become a living Oxygen Destroyer, giving it the name "Destoroyah." In the novel GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla, Destoroyah is never referred to by name, only given the designation J-MO7 and speculatively called a subspecies of Ganimes (ガニメの亜種,   Ganime no Ashu).

Development

Main articles: Ghost Godzilla, Barubaroi.

When Toho was planning the final film of the Heisei series, it initially considered having Godzilla's final enemy be the restless spirit of the original 1954 Godzilla, under the name Ghost Godzilla. According to Takao Okawara, this idea was discarded because Godzilla's last two enemies, Mechagodzilla and SpaceGodzilla, were also doppelgangers of him.[4]

A later enemy considered was called Barubaroi, a continuously-evolving creature tied to the Oxygen Destroyer that was used to kill the first Godzilla in the original film. Barubaroi would have been much larger than Godzilla and would have defeated an Anguirus Hound and taken on its form. However, Toho worried that the name "Barubaroi" sounded too similar to "Berber," and that it could be considered insensitive.[5]

Noriyoshi Ohrai's advance poster artwork for Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, featuring the original decided design for Destoroyah's Perfect Form

Another route for the concept was taken, and it was decided to change the creature's design to being crustacean-like in appearance, with its name changed to "Destoroyah." Concept artist Minoru Yoshida was the main driving force behind designing Destoroyah, having introduced the crustacean theme during the later stages of Barubaroi and creating the Juvenile, Aggregate, and Flying Forms. However, the design for Destoroyah's Perfect Form is credited to Hideo Okamoto.[6] While the suit more closely resembles some of Yoshida's concepts, the original decided design for the Perfect Form still appears on the illustrated poster by Noriyoshi Ohrai.[7] Devilman, the titular character from Go Nagai's manga series Devilman, was an influence on Destoroyah's design aesthetic.[8] This influence was initially introduced in Minoru Yoshida's crustacean-themed concepts for Barubaroi before being carried over later on into Destoroyah's final designs.

The Perfect Destoroyah suit under construction

Destoroyah was modeled by Shinichi Wakasa's company MONSTERS. Due to the lengthy design process, the filmmakers had only a short period of 40 days to construct the Aggregate Form suit, the Flying Form prop, and Perfect Form suit. As such a staff of 22 individuals was collected for modeling Destoroyah.[6] The Juvenile and Aggregate Destoroyah suits were built based on the same clay prototype.[6] The various claws and appendages of the Juvenile and Aggregate forms were manipulated either remotely or with wires.[9] In addition to the Juvenile and Aggregate suits, animatronics with built-in mechanisms and an animatronic head were also created.[9] The full animatronics were self-propelled with a wheel system built in under the body.[9] For distant shots of the Juvenile Forms, Bandai vinyl figures were utilized.[10] For the scene where Godzilla is swarmed by numerous Aggregate Forms, only a single model was used and was composited into the shot numerous times to create the illusion that there were several Aggregates.[10]

The Perfect Form suit was modeled primarily by Naruaki Ito of MONSTERS.[11] Every time the suit was damaged to show Destoroyah sustaining injury, it was repaired afterward so the suit could be preserved.[9] Perfect Destoroyah's jaws, fangs, and teeth were created from the same molds as SpaceGodzilla's. Destoroyah's Crawl Form was depicted entirely through CGI.[9]

Design

Destoroyah goes through multiple forms over the course of Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, with each being distinct, though sporting the same core crustacean-like elements such as dark red armor plating or skin, multiple appendages, and spiky protrusions.

Destoroyah's first form, the Micro Form, is never actually seen in the film, though artwork of it gives it a trilobite-like appearance with prominent "horns" at the sides of its body.[2] His second form is the Crawl Form, which is seen in the film and often confused with the Micro Form. It resembles a red miniature horseshoe crab, with two large spikes on its body, eight small legs, a pointed tail, and two prominent mandibles.

Starting with its third form, the Juvenile Form, Destoroyah ceases to be microscopic and its forms retain more common design elements. This form walks on a set of segmented crab-like legs, with a mound of spikes on each of its shoulders, a circular opening on its chest, and a frilled head with two orange eyes that glow yellow, and an extendable jaw inside its mouth. It also has a long tail tipped with a fork-like structure and reddish purple armor plating.

Destoroyah's Aggregate Form resembles a larger version of the Juvenile Form, with the addition of two crab-like claws on its chest and two long spear-like appendages sprouting from its back.

Destoroyah's Flying Form has the body of the juvenile and aggregate forms, but with two wing-like lobes on its sides that allow it to fly. The head of this form is unique, with a reptilian mouth rather than the crustacean-like mandibles of the other forms, along with a prominent orange horn on its forehead.

Destoroyah's Perfect Form is far larger and bulkier than any of its previous forms. It stands upright on two legs, with two large bat-like wings on its back and two smaller wings on its sides. Destoroyah's head in this form is similar to that of the Flying Form, only with much larger frills on its sides and its horn being lighter in color. In addition, it features two developed arms with three claws on its hands, and its tail ends in a pincer-like appendage.

Personality

Destoroyah's evolution process

Destoroyah is often considered one of Godzilla's most merciless, intelligent, and genuinely evil foes, much like King Ghidorah, Gigan, and SpaceGodzilla. Unlike monsters that kill and destroy unintentionally and act only out of instinct or while under mind control, Destoroyah seems fully aware of the death and destruction he causes, and takes pleasure in causing it. His cruelty is most visible when he brutally attacks Godzilla Junior seemingly without provocation during their first encounter, then later kills him after attaining his much larger and stronger Perfect Form while the latter is trying to reunite with his father. While Godzilla is grieving over his son, Destoroyah attacks him on two separate occasions, even appearing to laugh while he drags Godzilla by the neck. Like SpaceGodzilla before him, Destoroyah is one of the few kaiju to exploit Godzilla's relationship to his son in order to attack him emotionally as well as physically. Destoroyah's strategies seem to revolve around causing as much pain to his opponents as possible, as his aggregate form is shown repeatedly stabbing Junior with his limbs and administering extremely painful doses of Micro-Oxygen into the wounds.

Non-film media also depict Destoroyah as incredibly evil and malevolent. According to Destoroyah's bio in the game Godzilla: Unleashed, Destoroyah "seeks nothing else than the total annihilation of all life-forms in existence." In the comic series Godzilla: Cataclysm, Destoroyah is described by one character as a "demon," and at one point splits apart into his juvenile forms and brutally massacres several villagers one by one. Destoroyah exhibits similar behavior in his appearances in other IDW comic series.

The devilish Destoroyah in Godzilla in Hell sought primarily to eliminate Godzilla in endless battle, often in tandem with a devilish King Ghidorah, but turned on the three-headed monster when Godzilla was incapacitated.

Origins

Destoroyah originated as a colony of Precambrian era microscopic crustaceans that had thrived living in anaerobic environments 2.5 billion years ago, and had survived into the 20th century trapped inside the strata under Tokyo Bay.[12] When Dr. Serizawa detonated the Oxygen Destroyer in Tokyo Bay to kill the first Godzilla in 1954, the resulting anaerobic conditions and exposure to the chemical weapon revived and mutated the crustaceans, and they evolved abnormally over the course of 40 years, incorporating Micro-Oxygen into their biological processes. After being disturbed by the construction of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, the organisms moved to the surface and began feeding on organic life, gradually combining with each other into larger and deadlier forms.

In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Destoroyah, like Biollante, is a biological weapon engineered by the undersea-dwelling Devonian aliens to supplement the existing kaiju which they controlled in their war with humanity.

The official description of Godzilla in Hell #4 refers to the Destoroyah who appears in the issue, along with King Ghidorah, as "devilish versions of [Godzilla]'s greatest foes."[13] Both monsters battle Godzilla and occasionally each other endlessly within a walled city.

History

Heisei era

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

Destoroyah's Juvenile Form in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

In 1954, when Daisuke Serizawa detonated the Oxygen Destroyer under Tokyo Bay to kill the original Godzilla, the chemical weapon awakened a colony of microscopic crustaceans that had survived in the strata under the bay since 542,000,000 BCE. The crustaceans, which had once thrived in anaerobic environments, had an unusual reaction to the weapon, causing them to begin an accelerated and abnormal path of evolution and begin incorporating Micro-Oxygen into their biological processes. In 1996, the construction of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line in the same spot where the Oxygen Destroyer was fired drew the attention of the creatures, who destroyed an elevator and then traveled to the surface. The creatures went to the Shinagawa Aquarium, where they used Micro-Oxygen to disintegrate and feed on the fish located there. Growing larger and stronger, the crustaceans began combining with each other, eventually evolving into larger human-sized forms. The creatures traveled further inland and infested the Tokyo Telecom Center. A SWAT team was sent in to exterminate the beasts, but were brutally attacked by the monsters, which proved immune to conventional weaponry. The SWAT team eventually discovered that explosives and flamethrowers were effective against the creatures, and were able to kill several of them. One of the creatures escaped the building and tried to kill reporter Yukari Yamane, but she was saved by Kensaku Ijuin and a SWAT team, who incinerated the beast with flamethrowers.

Destoroyah's Aggregate Form attacking Godzilla Junior in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

After further analyzing the creatures, Ijuin determined that extreme temperatures destroyed the Micro-Oxygen in their bodies, meaning they could theoretically be killed using the JSDF's arsenal of freezer weapons. A fleet of Type 90 Tanks, MBT-MB92s, MBAW-93s and CLT-95s, supported by a detachment of AH-64 Apache helicopters, confronted the remaining creatures in the outskirts of Tokyo. The Maser Cannons opened fire on the creatures with their ultra-low temperature (ULT) cryolasers, while the tanks bombarded them with cadmium shells. Several of the creatures were killed, but they then converged and merged together into a single Aggregate Form. The giant beast quickly turned the tables on the JSDF, eradicating their vehicles with a ray of concentrated Micro-Oxygen fired from its mouth. Dr. Ijuin remarked that Micro-Oxygen did not possess this kind of power, but the Oxygen Destroyer did. Ijuin then gave the monster the name "Destoroyah," as it had become a living Oxygen Destroyer. Destoroyah then transformed into a flying form and flew into downtown Tokyo to resume its rampage.

Meanwhile, Godzilla was about to undergo a catastrophic nuclear meltdown that would destroy the world, leaving G-Force with one desperate option: lure him to Tokyo so he would fight and hopefully be killed by Destoroyah. G-Force's psychics Miki Saegusa and Meru Ozawa used their telepathy to bring Godzilla's adopted son, Godzilla Junior, to Tokyo, knowing Godzilla would follow. When Destoroyah saw Junior, he immediately attacked the young monster, transforming into his Aggregate Form and pinning Junior to the ground. Destoroyah bit down into Junior's chest with his secondary jaw, injecting Micro-Oxygen directly into his bloodstream, causing Junior to foam at the mouth and suffocate. Junior then managed to recover and fired his atomic breath at Destoroyah, blasting off the claws on his back and forcing him to get off of Junior. Junior blasted Destoroyah again, sending him flying into a nearby refinery, which exploded. His enemy seemingly defeated, Junior reunited with his father outside of Haneda Airport.

Destoroyah's Perfect Form in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

But Destoroyah was not dead, and used DNA he had absorbed from Junior's blood to mutate further. Another explosion rocked the refinery, and from it emerged Destoroyah's demonic Perfect Form. With vengeance on his mind, Destoroyah flew to Haneda Airport, knocking Godzilla to the ground and grabbing Junior in his clutches. Destoroyah flew high into the sky and dropped Junior onto Ariake Coliseum from hundreds of feet in the air. Destoroyah then blasted Junior with his Micro-Oxygen ray, seemingly killing the young monster. Before Godzilla could grieve for his son, Destoroyah attacked him, dragging him by the neck into Tokyo Bay with his tail pincer, all while bellowing maniacally. Godzilla walked back onto land and engaged Destoroyah in combat near the airport. Destoroyah sliced through Godzilla's flesh with his laser horn, but Godzilla retaliated by firing his atomic breath directly into Destoroyah's chest, opening a gaping wound. Godzilla fired into the open wound, causing Destoroyah to vomit blood. Godzilla punched the wound, sending Destoroyah falling to the ground. Destoroyah vanished into a white mist upon striking the ground, leaving Godzilla apparently victorious. However, Godzilla was quickly swarmed by several of Destoroyah's smaller aggregate forms, which breathed Micro-Oxygen into Godzilla's face and dragged him to the ground. Godzilla got back to his feet and obliterated the creatures with his nuclear pulse, then walked to his fallen son, attempting to revive him.

As Godzilla tried and failed to breathe life back into Junior, Destoroyah returned in his Perfect Form, flying overhead and blasting Godzilla with his Micro-Oxygen ray, then dragging him into the outskirts of Tokyo with his tail. Godzilla rose back to his feet and prepared for one final confrontation with his son's killer. The two monsters exchanged blows, as Godzilla's temperature climbed to critical levels. Godzilla blasted off Destoroyah's shoulder and part of his head frill with his Infinite Heat Ray, then began emitting powerful, uncontrollable nuclear pulses, which set the surrounding area ablaze. Realizing that he could no longer win the battle, Destoroyah took to the sky, attempting to retreat. The JSDF, unwilling to let the demon escape, fired their cryolasers at Destoroyah's wings, freezing them solid and sending Destoroyah plummeting to the ground below, which had been superheated by Godzilla's presence. Destoroyah impacted the ground and dissipated into a white mist, destroyed for good.

Godzilla Island

Destoroyah in Godzilla Island

In this series, Destoroyah is under the control of the Xilien Zagreth. He is frequently deployed to defend or assist the other monsters utilized by the alien.

Reiwa era

Godziban

To be added.

Abilities

Division and recombination

Destoroyah splitting apart into his smaller forms after being severely wounded by Godzilla

Like Hedorah, Destoroyah is a composite lifeform formed from trillions of near-microscopic organisms, and as such he possesses vast capacities to adapt and regenerate. The base organism resembles a miniature horseshoe crab barely larger than a speck of sand. Trillions of these creatures would later combine to form Destoroyah's Juvenile Forms, which manifested as several man-sized crustacean monsters. When threatened by the JSDF, the creatures merged again into a single, massive Aggregate Form, which evolved further into a winged Flying Form. At this point in Destoroyah's evolution, Destoroyah can switch between his Flying and Aggregate Form at will, and used both forms to fight Godzilla Junior. After being temporarily defeated by Junior, Destoroyah regenerated into its demonic Perfect Form and would later temporarily separate into multiple copies of its Aggregate Form in an attempt to overwhelm Godzilla during their battle. It appears that when the individual Destoroyah organisms fuse, they all die if the resulting creature is killed before it can split up into its smaller forms and reform. This is shown when Godzilla critically injures Destoroyah by attacking the exposed floral pattern on his chest, and Destoroyah responds by breaking into a group of Aggregate Forms, then reforming to recover from the damage after attempting to defeat Godzilla by swarming him.

By contrast, when the Super X3 and the military use their ULT lasers to freeze the monster's body at a microscopic level, Destoroyah cannot separate, causing all of the organisms making up the Perfect Form to perish upon colliding with the superheated ground.

In Godzilla in Hell, the devilish Destoroyah regenerated his horn, which Godzilla had broken off prior to the comic's events. Godzilla and the devilish King Ghidorah displayed similar abilities during their battle in the walled city. Throughout their on-panel struggle, Destoroyah repeatedly changed forms to overwhelm or ambush Godzilla.

Durability

Destoroyah could survive multiple hits from Burning Godzilla's red atomic ray, though blasts to the exposed weak point on his chest caused him to vomit blood. While Godzilla's red spiral heat ray crippled and destroyed both Super Mechagodzilla and SpaceGodzilla after a few hits, Destoroyah withstood multiple blasts of Godzilla's more powerful infinite heat ray near the end of their battle, though it caused major damage to his shoulder and head frill. While Destoroyah himself was shown to be vulnerable to extreme temperatures, the fact that Destoroyah was able to fight the overheating Godzilla many times (and actually win a majority of the encounters) is a testament to his immense strength and durability.

In Godzilla in Hell, the devilish Destoroyah quickly recovered from two blasts of Godzilla's atomic breath.

Physical strength

Destoroyah dragging Burning Godzilla by the neck and throwing him using his tail

Destoroyah battled Godzilla at the peak of his power, to the point where he was on the verge of melting down from the sheer intensity of his own overloading nuclear power. Destoroyah also exploited his superior strength and size in his Perfect Form to easily kill the smaller and weaker Godzilla Junior by lifting him high into the air and dropping him onto Ariake Coliseum. Destoroyah was able to effortlessly drag Godzilla around by wrapping his tail around his neck before taking flight, and in one instance was shown dragging Godzilla for almost the entire length of Haneda Airport’s runway before hurling him into Tokyo Bay.

In Godzilla in Hell, the devilish Destoroyah felled Godzilla with a flying kick.

Micro-Oxygen Beam / Oxygen Destroyer Ray

Destoroyah's Flying Form firing his Micro-Oxygen Beam at Godzilla Junior

In all of his forms, Destoroyah's primary offensive weapon is his ability to expel Micro-Oxygen from his mouth. Destoroyah's Juvenile Forms spewed a whitish blast of Micro-Oxygen from their mouths that could penetrate metal and disintegrate organic matter, shown when it passed through the bodies of humans after they were hit by it. Godzilla Movie Studio Tour notes that Destoroyah absorbs carbon dioxide from the air in order to fire his Micro-Oxygen Beam.

Once he reached his Aggregate Form, Destoroyah gained a more powerful variation of this ability called either the Micro-Oxygen Beam (M-O (マイクロ オキシジェン)光線,   Maikuro Okishijen Kōsen) or Oxygen Destroyer Ray (オキシジェン・デストロイヤー・レイ,   Okishijen Desutoroiyā Rei). This attack takes the form of a purple helix-shaped beam (red in Godzilla Island) which possesses incredible destructive potential. Destoroyah's Aggregate Form used this attack to obliterate the JSDF units attacking it, while the Flying Form was able to level entire city blocks and even knock down Godzilla Junior with it. In his Perfect Form, this beam is even more powerful, visibly injuring Godzilla and finishing off Godzilla Junior in a single blast after he was dropped onto Ariake Coliseum.

This attack is referred to as the Micro Oxygen Spray in Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee and Godzilla: Save the Earth.

In Godzilla in Hell, Godzilla successfully held off the Micro-Oxygen Beam and the devilish King Ghidorah's Gravity Beams simultaneously with his atomic breath. Destoroyah later scored hits against both Godzilla and the devilish King Ghidorah with the weapon, and the combined strength of the three kaiju's beams allowed them to destroyed the wall surrounding the hellish city in which the three monsters had done battle.

Energy draining

Destoroyah's Juvenile Form revealing its secondary jaw

Destoroyah's Juvenile and Aggregate Forms are equipped with a secondary set of jaws inside of their mouths, from which he can fire his Micro-Oxygen beam. Destoroyah can also use these secondary jaws to directly inject Micro-Oxygen into a victim's bloodstream or drain their energy. Destoroyah's Perfect Form is able to drain a victim's energy through his tail, and utilized this ability against Godzilla when Destoroyah wrapped his tail around his neck.

In GigaBash, he can stab an opponent with his tail to drain their health and energy while replenishing his own.

DNA absorption

According to the 1996 book Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Super Complete Works and Destoroyah's bio in Godzilla Movie Studio Tour, Destoroyah can absorb the DNA of creatures he attacks by dissolving their cells with Micro-Oxygen and use their genetic code to evolve. In Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, he absorbed Godzilla Junior's DNA after he bit into his chest and injected him with Micro-Oxygen, allowing him to further mutate into a bipedal form with an endoskeleton rather than an exoskeleton.[14]

Variable Slicer

Destoroyah slicing Burning Godzilla's flesh with his Variable Slicer

The horn protruding from Destoroyah's forehead in his Perfect Form has the ability to generate a blade of energy powerful enough to cut through Godzilla's flesh, an ability named the Variable Slicer (ヴァリアヴル・スライサー,   Variavuru Suraisā), also known as the Horn Katana or Laser Horn. This technique is extremely powerful, as it caused Godzilla to lose great quantities of blood and reel back in pain when Destoroyah cut through his body with it at close range.

In Godzilla in Hell, the devilish Destoroyah's horn could effectively pierce the devilish King Ghidorah's flesh. He also decapitated Godzilla off-panel.

Spikes and pincers

Destoroyah's Aggregate Form is equipped with spiked claws similar to those of a praying mantis, while his Flying and Perfect forms possess a tail tipped with a grappling pincer that was strong enough to even hold Godzilla and pull him along. His tail also has the ability to drain energy and release an energy discharge.

Stomach Beam

Destoroyah was originally planned to have an additional attack: a beam fired from the floral pattern on his chest known simply as the Stomach Beam (腹ビーム,   Hara Bīmu). This was cut from the film, but is present in the manga adaptation, where it is shown to be powerful enough to cut off part of Godzilla's tail and break off one of his dorsal fins. Deleted scenes from the film show Destoroyah using the beam (which is not animated and represented only by light and sparks), which easily knocks Godzilla off his feet.[15]

Oxygen Mines

Destoroyah using Oxygen Mine on Mecha-King Ghidorah in Godzilla Unleashed

In the Pipeworks trilogy of fighting games, Destoroyah can launch oxygen mines. These balls of energy will hover towards their target, pulling nearby enemies in before exploding and knocking them down. This technique was called Oxygen Absorber in Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee and Oxygen Absorber Mines in Godzilla: Save the Earth.

Oxygen Destroyer

Destoroyah unleashing the Oxygen Destroyer in Godzilla: Save the Earth

Another ability featured in the Pipeworks video games, this move involves Destoroyah shooting a ball of energy into the air which then shortly crashes down like a meteor on the target. This deals a lot of damage and knocks the opponent off their feet. In each game, this move is treated as Destoroyah's most powerful ability.

Oxygen Deprivation

In Godzilla: Save the Earth, Destoroyah possesses a close-range technique called Oxygen Deprivation in which he breathes a freezing mist at opponents.

S-Class form

In the video game GigaBash, after gathering a sufficient amount of Giga Energy, Destoroyah can grow to massive proportions, gaining great power and enhanced abilities. Giga Energy is gathered through dealing damage to other Titans or from the surrounding environment.

Weaknesses

Destoroyah being frozen and exploding into a white mist upon colliding with the superheated ground

Extreme temperatures can destroy the Micro-Oxygen in Destoroyah's body and seriously injure him. Destoroyah's juvenile forms were successfully killed using flamethrowers and cadmium shells, and Godzilla's red atomic ray severely injured Destoroyah's final form, forcing him to retreat twice; once Godzilla's meltdown granted him access to the Infinite Heat Ray, Godzilla's attacks became powerful enough to seriously damage even the most resistant sections of Destoroyah's armored body, including his head frill, and the plating and spikes on his shoulders. The combined extreme temperatures of G-Force's ULT weapons and Godzilla's meltdown are what ultimately killed Destoroyah.

When open, the floral pattern on Destoroyah's chest may be a weak point, as shown when Godzilla hits it twice with his atomic breath, making it bleed profusely, and causing Destoroyah to cough up large quantities of yellow blood. When Godzilla shoots the pattern for a third time, then punches it shortly afterwards, Destoroyah collapses and immediately splits apart into several smaller Aggregate Forms to survive. When Godzilla blasts this area with his atomic breath in a deleted scene, it penetrates completely through Destoroyah's body and explodes out of his back.[15]

In Godzilla Island, Destoroyah was injected with a suppressant that weakened his Oxygen Destroyer Ray, as a means of preventing him from escaping prison.

In Godzilla: Legends #1, Colonel Matsumiya dropped a Freon tank on Destoroyah via helicopter, partially freezing him and leaving him open to a rolling attack from Anguirus, which forced him to retreat. In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #12, Jet Jaguar froze Destoroyah using Kiryu's Absolute Zero Cannon, then grew to giant size to shatter him, either killing him or leaving him severely diminished.

In Godzilla in Hell, Destoroyah could be injured by attacks from Godzilla, but always regenerated afterwards, much like Godzilla himself and the devilish King Ghidorah. After Godzilla tricked his foes into helping him blast a hole in the wall surrounding the city where they were battling, the devilish Destoroyah dissolved into nothingness, alongside the three-headed monster and their surroundings.

Video games

Godzilla: Save the Earth

Destoroyah appears in Godzilla: Save the Earth, where his rage attack is the Oxygen Destroyer: a purple blast of energy into the air that rains down on his opponent, inflicting a large amount of damage. An unused model of Destoroyah's Flying Form also exists in the game's files.

Godzilla: Unleashed

Destoroyah as he appears in Godzilla: Unleashed

Destoroyah is a mutant in Godzilla: Unleashed. In all of these games Destoroyah is a "bruiser" character, being able to take a lot of damage while also dishing it, but is also slow. Unlike in the film, he can't fly, but he can jump very high. He gains a new ability to create energy mines that pull his enemies and then send them flying, leaving them very vulnerable. His signature attack in the games is using the Horn Katana sword generated from his horn. The attack is strong, and can't be blocked, the only weakness to it is that uses up energy whenever used. A favored tactic used by the CPU is to repeatedly strike the enemy with the laser blade when they're knocked down, during which the opponent is helpless until either Destoroyah runs out of energy or if another monster attacks Destoroyah. The CPU also favors Destoroyah's use of the Micro-Oxygen ray, and will use it repeatedly to suck in enemies towards Destoroyah, damaging them and preventing them from attacking until he runs out of Energy. In the Wii version of Godzilla: Unleashed, the Horn Katana no longer uses up energy, causing some fans to view Destoroyah as unbalanced in the game (one of his grapple attacks is to impale an opponent with his laser horn and throws his opponent with his tail). However, in the PS2 version, his Horn Katana uses the same amount of energy as in Godzilla: Save the Earth, making the attack more balanced. In Godzilla: Unleashed, Destoroyah can release an orb of Micro-Oxygen energy that will suck in nearby kaiju and then detonate, which has a chance of flinging opponents across the stage. Because of Destoroyah's lack of flight in this game, he can't pull opponents with his tail, but he can strike them with it by jumping and using a special attack in midair.

Height: 110 meters[17]
Weight: 78,000 tons[17]

Destoroyah is death incarnate. Born from anaerobic environments deadly to all other life, Destoroyah seeks nothing else than the total annihilation of all life-forms in existence. Although his massive clawed hands, long crescent-tipped tail, and taloned feet can tear monsters apart in a heartbeat, Destoroyah tends to use ranged attacks in compensation for his sluggish land movement. He can breathe choking clouds of micro-oxygen, emit explosive spheres of micro-oxygen, and create oxygen destroyer comets of pure annihilation. His most fearsome attack, however, is the piercing Laser Horn, which extends from his central horn. This focused energy can slice through even the strongest monster flesh and reduces buildings to rubble.

Godzilla (PlayStation 3 / PlayStation 4)

Destoroyah entering battle in Godzilla

Destoroyah appears as a boss in the game Godzilla for PlayStation 3 and 4. He has a chance of appearing in Area 10 of Stage 4. He attacks by flying at Godzilla, then hitting him with his tail. He also uses the Micro-Oxygen ray and the laser from his horn. If Burning Godzilla is selected in God of Destruction Mode and reaches 100 meters tall, then Destoroyah will appear on the final stage, which is a reference to their battle in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. In the PlayStation 4 version of the game, Destoroyah is playable in the "Invade" variant of God of Destruction Mode, as well as in King of Kaiju Mode.

Moveset

  • Square
    • Tap: Upper Variable Slicer
    • Two Taps: Lower Variable Slicer
    • Three Taps: Rush Variable Slicer
  • Triangle
    • Tap: Tail Whip
    • Forward + Tap: Tail Thrust
  • X
    • Tap: Flying Tackle
  • Circle
    • Tap: Oxygen Destroyer Ray
    • Forward + Tap: Clean Sweep Oxygen Destroyer Ray
    • Roar + Tap: Ultra Oxygen Destroyer Ray
  • R2
    • Tap: Omnidirectional Slicer

Kaiju Guide

Main article: Godzilla (2014 video game)/Kaiju Guide#Destoroyah.

GigaBash

Destoroyah in GigaBash

Destoroyah was added to Passion Republic Games' brawler GigaBash through a DLC pack on December 6, 2022. He primarily fights in his Perfect Form, though his Ultimate ability has him split apart into several Aggregate Forms.

Moveset

All button prompts correspond to the PlayStation 4 and 5 version of the game.

  • Light Attack (tap Square): Cleaves forward twice in a wide arc with its horn. Has extended range on the final attack.
  • Heavy Attack (hold Square): Empowers its horn and slashes downward. Can be charged for more damage.
  • Special Attack (tap Triangle): Latches its pincer tail onto the enemy and drags them across the battlefield. Press again to release the victim.
  • Charged Special (hold Triangle): Melts through its prey with its Micro-Oxygen beam. Hold down the button to extend the duration of the attack.
  • Air Attack (tap X > tap Square): Flaps its massive wings to send a powerful shockwave downward.
  • Air Grab (tap X > tap Circle): Grabs hold of its prey and dives downward, briefly dragging them across the ground.
  • Air Charged Special (tap X > hold Triangle): Fires its Micro-Oxygen beam downward. Hold down the button to extend the duration of the attack and can move.
  • Block Attack (hold L1 + tap Square): Pierces its pincer tail through the enemy to drain its energy and lifeforce. This attack cannot be blocked.
  • Block Special (hold L1 + tap Triangle): Knocks everything around it into the air and follows up with a Micro-Oxygen beam attack.
  • Grab Special (tap Circle > tap Triangle): Lifts its target high into the sky and drops them down at terminal velocity. Deals more damage if the victim is dropped onto a building.
  • Dash Attack (tap R1 > tap Square): Briefly flies forward with its horn powered up. Can slightly steer its trajectory while in flight.
  • Ultimate (tap R1 > tap Square): Splits apart into multiple aggregates to overwhelm all enemies in a large area around it. It regains some lifeforce at the end of the attack.
  • Double jump (tap X > tap X): Briefly flaps its wing in the air to perform a double jump.

Profile

  • As Seen In: Godzilla vs Destoroyah
  • Japan Release: 1995.12.9

"When the Oxygen Destroyer was successfully deployed against Godzilla in Tokyo Bay back in 1954, an unexpected side effect of the area's sudden oxygen depletion was the re-activation of microcellular organisms that had been buried in the bay since Precambrian times. Decades later, these dormant cells are exposed to the atmosphere during the construction of an undersea tunnel. As a result, they quickly grow, combine and further mutate. In this way, they gradually evolve, growing larger and more destructive in each stage until they reformed into a single creature resembling a terrible perfection. In this perfect form, its weapons include the Oxygen Destroyer Ray and the Variable Slicer. After Destoroyah inflicted heavy injuries on Babygodzilla, Godzilla furiously unleashed a series of destructive attacks. That along with the Self-Defense Force's barrage of gunfire were finally able to take down Destoroyah."

Books

GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla

Destoroyah, designated "J-MO7," was a microorganism strain being studied by Dr. Ijuin as part of a scientific research project to develop a chemical weapon capable of destroying Godzilla in the abandoned former Hedorah Research Laboratory in North America. J-MO7 was discovered on the floor of Tokyo Bay, and was believed to be connected to the Oxygen Destroyer, a chemical weapon invented by Dr. Serizawa according to an urban legend. While the scientists were studying J-MO7, the microbes evolved and combined into a single red crab-like aggregate form, leading scientists to assume it may have been a subspecies of Ganimes. The aggregate creature proceeded to kill all of the researchers except Kane Hilter, who locked himself into a shelter. Hilter quickly sent an email to Akira Sakaki to inform him of what happened to the project, and afterward could only watch helplessly as the aggregate J-MO7 melted the iron door to the shelter. Because North America had been lost by humanity, no further investigation of the incident could be carried out and further details about J-MO7 are unknown.[18]

Comics

Godzilla: Legends

Destoroyah faces off against Anguirus in Godzilla: Legends #1

As one of the world's most powerful monsters, Destoroyah was able to shrug off any and all military resistance with ease as he began rampaging through Sydney, Australia. In a desperate bid to stop him, Colonel Matsumiya ordered Dr. Brian Anders to utilize a device Anders created called the G-Signaler in an attempt to summon Godzilla to fight Destoroyah. Despite their efforts, the device failed to summon Godzilla in time before Destoroyah decimated the Zone 8 KDF Research Facility where they had been located. However, the G-Signaler did ultimately succeed in calling another monster, Anguirus, although Anders cast doubt upon Anguirus's chances of success against a monster such as Destoroyah. Nonetheless, Anguirus attempted to challenge the significantly larger monster and charged at him, only to be sent flying back into buildings by a single kick. Anguirus used his tail to swat debris into Destoroyah's face, which Destoroyah countered by unleashing his Oxygen Destroyer beam on the small kaiju. Destoroyah then used the pincers on his tail to grab Anguirus by the neck and dragged him across the city, at which point Major Samantha Tagger and Anders arrived in a jet to help, planning to lure the monster into nearby Freon tanks to freeze it. After the duo drew Destoroyah's attention away from the wounded Anguirus with missiles, Destoroyah gave chase until Anguirus recovered. Returning to the ground, Destoroyah picked up Anguirus and attempted to break his jaw, only to be disoriented by Anders and the G-Signaler. Before he could attack them, Matsumiya then returned with a helicopter carrying a Freon tank, which he crashed into Destoroyah to freeze half of the monster's body. With Destoroyah vulnerable, Anguirus slammed into him, breaking off parts of his frozen body and sending the powerful foe into a full-on retreat back to sea.

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth

Destoroyah was a biological weapon created by the undersea-dwelling Devonian aliens to aid in their war against humanity. A Juvenile Destoroyah's leg fell off of Zilla in Honolulu after his battle with Godzilla, implying Zilla had a previous encounter with the creatures. The Devonians released numerous Juvenile Destoroyahs in San Diego as a diversion while the Cryog stole a sample of Godzilla's skin from a nearby facility. Swarming a nearby comic convention, the Destoroyahs attacked and killed numerous civilians before moving out into the city, where CKR forces attempted to engage them. After the creatures proved immune to conventional firepower, Steven Woods and his fellow CKR soldiers attempted to use a new weapon on the monsters called the Ice Box - however, they initially struggled to turn the weapon on, forcing Woods to fend off one of the creatures until the device was activated and froze the attacking Destoroyah. Once a few of the creatures had been frozen, the remaining Destoroyahs fled back to the sea, having served their purpose. Godzilla later appeared in the area and was suddenly attacked by a larger Destoroyah underwater, who left a massive gash in Godzilla's chest that caused him to collapse upon making landfall. There, Godzilla came under assault from numerous Juvenile Destoroyahs, but the King of the Monsters recovered and used his nuclear pulse to incinerate them. In response, the giant, Perfect Form Destoroyah rose out of the ocean to confront Godzilla, with the two kaiju exchanging beam fire before Destoroyah charged at Godzilla and grabbed him by the neck. After throwing Godzilla to the ground, Destoroyah took flight to engage a fleet of jets that had fired upon him. Shortly thereafter, however, he was knocked out of the sky by Mothra, who dodged his subsequent beam attacks until Destoroyah managed to grab her with his tail. Before he could kill her, Godzilla returned, having recovered from his injuries by feeding on an aircraft carrier's reactor, and attacked Destoroyah with his atomic breath. Mothra and Godzilla then joined forces against the monster, with Mothra striking Destoroyah's head while Godzilla slammed him to the ground. Mothra closed in and used her poisonous scales on Destoroyah, though he retaliated by using his Horn Katana on her, severely wounding her in front of her larvae. With Mothra dispatched, Destoroyah engaged Godzilla with his horn, but Godzilla caught it and snapped it off. After Godzilla further wounded Destoroyah with his atomic breath, the Mothra larvae encased him within a cocoon, at which point Destoroyah broke off into his smaller Aggregate forms in an attempt to flee. However, Godzilla incinerated most of them with his atomic breath, leaving only a few to escape back into the ocean.

Some time later, the Devonians dispatched a recovered Destoroyah alongside the Devonian-controlled monsters Manda, Gezora, and Titanosaurus to protect the Devonian capital against Godzilla. After Godzilla was restrained by Manda and Gezora, Destoroyah gored him in the chest with his horn. Godzilla shook free and fended the monsters off until military forces unleashed sonic guns on the monsters, sending the three aquatic kaiju retreating further underwater with Godzilla while Destoroyah divided into its Juvenile forms to attack the naval fleet on the surface. Lucy Casprell, Steven, and Chavez held the creatures back on their aircraft carrier before more CKR forces repelled them back into the water with more sonic guns. Rather than retreat, the Destoroyahs combined back into his Perfect form to attack the vessels with his Horn Katana. However, Jet Jaguar appeared to defend the fleet, punching Destoroyah back and utilizing his size-changing abilities and speed to land more hits. During the fight, Destoroyah managed to hit Jet Jaguar with his Oxygen Destroyer beam, leading Jet Jaguar to switch tactics - after shrinking to human size, he flew into the nearby Mechagodzilla to use the mech's Absolute Zero Cannon on the monster. Destoroyah lunged at the mech, but Jet Jaguar managed to freeze him just in time, at which point he grew back into giant size to shatter Destoroyah's body, killing him.

Godzilla: Cataclysm

Destoroyah in Godzilla: Cataclysm

As Hiroshi, Arata, and Shiori attempted to escape the battle between Godzilla and Mothra to protect Biollante's core, Hiroshi suddenly fell to the ground as he psychically sensed the arrival of Destoroyah, whom he referred to as his "demon". Though Arata attempted to escort nearby villages back into the forest to hide from Destoroyah, it was too late - Destoroyah divided into his smaller Juvenile forms and pursued the survivors into the forest, where the monsters proceeded to hunt down and brutally kill as many of them as possible. Amidst the chaos, Hiroshi fell to his knees and prayed for Godzilla to save them from Destoroyah, only for one of the Destoroyahs to attack the trio. After saving Arata by pushing him out of the way, Hiroshi was fatally impaled by the Juvenile Destoroyah, who then set his sights on Arata and Shiori. However, at that moment, Godzilla arrived, leading the Destoroyahs to quickly merge together into their flying form. Wrapping his tail around Godzilla's neck, Destoroyah dragged the King of the Monsters back into the city before slicing him with his Horn Katana while dodging Godzilla's beam attacks. Before Godzilla could be defeated, the heavily wounded Mothra arrived to assist her former foe against the greater threat, striking Destoroyah with her antenna beams and sending him crashing to the ground. Reforming into his Perfect form, Destoroyah blasted Mothra with his Oxygen Destroyer beam, killing her. Godzilla then struck Destoroyah in the back of the head with his atomic breath, knocking the evil creature back to the ground. Before Destoroyah could recover, Biollante's vines suddenly erupted from the earth and restrained him, having taken root in the nearby forest after Shiori dropped the core. With Destoroyah rendered helpless, Godzilla fired a supercharged Spiral Heat Beam directly at his head, incinerating his skull and killing Destoroyah once and for all.

Godzilla in Hell

Destoroyah in Godzilla in Hell

In Hell, Godzilla found himself trapped in an eternal battle between demonic versions of Destoroyah and King Ghidorah. After defeating the duo within a recreation of Tokyo surrounded by a wall of flesh, Godzilla walked away, only for both kaiju to instantly heal their wounds and get back to their feet. Just as Godzilla noticed, Destoroyah and King Ghidorah attacked him with their beams, though he blocked the attack with his own beam and sent Destoroyah flying back with a direct hit. Transforming into his smaller Flying form, Destoroyah retaliated by knocking Godzilla into some buildings, at which point King Ghidorah took over. After regenerating from a fatal blow sustained by King Ghidorah, Godzilla focused his attention on the walls keeping him prisoner and fired his atomic beam at them, though Destoroyah swooped down to stop him. Godzilla blasted Destoroyah with his atomic ray, but Destoroyah divided into his smaller forms. Eventually, Destoroyah managed to decapitate Godzilla, but Godzilla once again recovered and continued to battle. As time went on, Godzilla's demonic opponents continued to kill him time and time again, but it seemed that the battle would never end, as Godzilla was to be subjected to this endless fight for all eternity. In the wake of yet another defeat, Godzilla remained motionless for a moment, at which point Destoroyah and King Ghidorah began attacking each other. The two monsters clashed with their respective beam weapons before Destoroyah gored King Ghidorah with his horn, though they soon noticed that Godzilla had recovered and resumed his previous assault on the wall. Converging on their shared foe, Destoroyah and King Ghidorah fired their beams at him from behind, but after being struck in the back of the head, Godzilla tricked the duo and ducked, forcing them to hit the wall with their beams while adding his own atomic ray to the mix. With all three beams concentrated on one spot, a hole finally appeared in the wall, which began to disintegrate entirely. As Godzilla made his escape, Destoroyah, King Ghidorah, and everything else besides Godzilla disappeared, leaving Godzilla alone in a void of nothingness.

Godzilla Rivals: Biollante Vs. Destoroyah

After BLOOME CEO Annika Rose unleashed Biollante on the world, Dr. Meena Shyam and hacker Needles raced to the former's secret lab to find a means of stopping the monster. Realizing they needed to weaken the plant monster before she could effectively release a chemical concoction against it, Dr. Shyam decided to create another monster to fight Biollante - Destoroyah, a monster who had fought Godzilla in the past. Upon combining microscopic Precambrian crustaceans she had kept frozen in her lab with a bottle of oxygen annihilator in a nearby pool, Dr. Shyam successfully created a horde of Juvenile Destoroyahs. The Destoroyahs were quick to pursue Dr. Shyam and Needles, chasing them through Pittsburgh as the duo led them straight to the rapidly growing Biollante. Upon reaching the plant monster, the Destoroyahs were swatted away by Biollante's tendrils, leading them to combine into a large Aggregate Destoroyah to fight its new foe. After Destoroyah stabbed Biollante's core with a giant pencil sculpture, Biollante picked him with her tendrils and threw him into a river. Destoroyah then evolved into its Flying form as Biollante ventured into the river, where Destoroyah injured Biollante and killed Annika with his Oxygen Destroyer beam. During the fight, both monsters transformed into their final forms, though Destoroyah was unable to get another hit in before Biollante spit corrosive sap in his face and mercilessly ripped him apart with her vines. While Destoroyah was killed, he did manage to weaken Biollante and buy Dr. Shyam enough time to unleash her chemical concoction on the plant monster, which successfully disintegrated Biollante.

Gallery

Main article: Destoroyah/Gallery.

Sightings

  • In the Mecha anime Godannar, Milla almost lost her life to defeat a monster that resembles Destoroyah's Aggregate Form. The battle reappears many times throughout the anime, meaning the Destoroyah-like kaiju has multiple cameos.[citation needed]

Roar

In some episodes of Godzilla Island, Destoroyah possesses the roars of Godzilla and Megalon.

Destoroyah's roars
Destoroyah's roars and sound effects in Godzilla: Unleashed

In other languages

Language Name Meaning
Chinese Flagicon Hong Kong.png Cantonese 狄斯亞 Dik6 si1 ngaa3 (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, theatrical dub)
毀滅魔獸 Wai2 mit6 mo1 sau3 (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, DVD dub)
Transcription of Japanese name
Destroying Devil Beast
China and Taiwan Flags.png Mandarin 核能大恐龍 Hénéngdàkǒnglóng Nuclear Big Dinosaur
Flagicon Israel.png Hebrew דסטרויא Transliteration of English name
Flagicon Poland.png Polish Destruktor Destroyer
Flagicon Russia.png Russian Разрушитель Destroyer
Flagicon Latin America.png Latin American Spanish Destructor Destroyer

Trivia

Destoroyah dying in the hands of a melting-down Godzilla in the Rippu Shobo Godzilla vs. Destoroyah manga adaptation
  • A deleted scene at the end of the film shows that after Destoroyah is brought to the ground when trying to escape from Godzilla's meltdown, he rises again as opposed to dissolving. With his wings torn up from the ULT lasers, he could no longer escape Godzilla's fury, thus was forced to fight Godzilla as the monster king began to meltdown. Godzilla quickly overpowered Destoroyah, grabbing him by his horn and pummeling him repeatedly. As Godzilla melts down, the JSDF rain their ULT weapons upon him, as well as Destoroyah. Unable to stand against the immense heat of Godzilla's meltdown and the freezing cold of the ULT lasers, Destoroyah falls and evaporates. However, it was thought that having Godzilla fight Destoroyah while he melted down took away the focus from Godzilla's death, which was to be the main point of the movie. So the scene was re-edited to have Destoroyah die after the JSDF shoots him down, and allow Godzilla to have center stage as he finally dies.[19]
  • Destoroyah is the only kaiju in the Godzilla series to have been mutated by a source other than radiation, instead being mutated by the chemical reactions given off by the Oxygen Destroyer.
  • Unlike the majority of his enemies from the Heisei series, Destoroyah was not directly defeated by Godzilla. Rather, he is brought down by the combined efforts of Godzilla and the JSDF.
  • Destoroyah is Godzilla's first completely original kaiju opponent since Titanosaurus in Terror of Mechagodzilla. Every other enemy Godzilla fought during the Heisei era were either opponents he has faced before, clones of him, or derived from or based on an existing monster.
  • Because Destoroyah originated as a colony of crustaceans from the Precambrian era, he is the oldest known monster to appear in the Godzilla series, being 2.5 billion years old.[12] In reality however, crustaceans did not evolve until the Cambrian.
  • Destoroyah is Godzilla's only opponent in the Heisei series who does not engage in a rematch with Godzilla, excluding Rodan, who first fights Godzilla, then later returns as an ally. Destoroyah is only fought by Godzilla once, whereas all his other opponents reappeared for a final battle after their first encounter with Godzilla, often in different forms.
  • Destoroyah shares many similarities with Hedorah. Both are composed of countless microorganisms sharing a single body; both possess multiple forms including microscopic, flying, and gigantic bipedal perfect forms; both are extremely difficult opponents for Godzilla, and both are incredibly deadly to organic life. The monster Shinomura from the comic Godzilla: Awakening also shares some of these traits.
  • Destoroyah possesses the most unique forms of any transforming kaiju in the Godzilla series, at a total of 6. Though, according to the theater program for Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Destoroyah's evolution may not have ended with his Perfect Form.

Video

Wikizilla: YouTube Kaiju Profile: Destoroyah

Notes

  1. While the vast majority of books state that Destoroyah's Perfect Form weighs 80,000 metric tons, the 1995 Godzilla Giant Monster Diagram Encyclopedia says that Perfect Destoroyah weighs 150,000 metric tons (p. 20).
  2. Episodes 29-30, 57, 66, 72, 85, 87-93, 106-107, 111, 115-118, 127-128, 153-155, 166-167, 222-223, and 229-233.

References

This is a list of references for Destoroyah. 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. Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia. Shogakukan. 23 July 2014. p. 96. ISBN 4-096-82090-3.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Godzilla 1954-1999 Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 1 January 2000. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-4091014702. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 J.D. Lees, Marc Cerasini (24 March 1998). The Official Godzilla Compendium. Random House. p. 122. ISBN 0279888225 Check |isbn= value: checksum (help).
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  4. Takao Okawara Interview III - davmil.org
  5. Kawakita, Koichi (Supervisor) (1 February 2012). Heisei Godzilla Perfection. ASCII Media Works. pp. 92–94. ISBN 978-4-04-886119-9.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 1 January 1996. p. 71. ISBN 409101450X.
  7. Kawakita, Koichi (Supervisor) (1 February 2012). Heisei Godzilla Perfection. ASCII Media Works. p. 93. ISBN 978-4-04-886119-9.
  8. Heisei Godzilla Chronicle. Kinema Junposha Co. Ltd. 30 November 2009. p. 197. ISBN 4873763193.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah theater program. Toho. 9 December 1995.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 1 January 1996. p. 79. ISBN 409101450X.
  11. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 1 January 1996. p. 72. ISBN 409101450X.
  12. 12.0 12.1 All Toho Monsters Pictorial Book (4th Edition). Yosensha. 4 September 2016. p. 260. ISBN 978-4-8003-0362-2.
  13. "GODZILLA IN HELL #4 (OF 5) 10 COPY INCV". Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  14. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Super Complete Works. Shogakukan. 1 January 1996. p. 64. ISBN 409101450X.
  15. 15.0 15.1 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah unfinished deleted scene where Destoroyah uses the Stomach Beam
  16. "Godzilla Destruction - Unreleased Content [Android/iOS]". Toho Kingdom. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Blackheart_Goji (26 May 2023). "Godzilla unleashed card animations w/sfx final". YouTube.
  18. Oki, Renji (25 April 2018). GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla. Kadokawa. pp. 112–139. ISBN 9784041063453.
  19. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah alternate ending

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