Deuterious
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Deuterious (デューテリオス Dyūteriosu) is a rat–fish hybrid kaiju included in Shinichiro Kobayashi's original story for the 1989 Godzilla film Godzilla vs. Biollante, but scrapped from the finished product.
Name
Deuterious was named after the chemical deuterium, whose name itself derives from Greek deúteros ("second"). According to Shinichiro Kobayashi, the kaiju's name was meant to symbolize kasaneru (重ねる, "stacking" or "repeating"),[2] likely because a deuterium nucleus is the joining of a proton and a neutron, and Deuterious is the combination of a rat and a fish.
"Deuterious" is the only official English translation of its name, provided by Godzilla vs. Biollante Completion, though it is also known to fans and scholars as Deutalios.[1][3]
Development
Shinichiro Kobayashi invented Deuterious for his 1985 story Godzilla vs. Biollante, a submission to a Toho scriptwriting contest. Though already having the titular Biollante, he decided to include a second monster to avoid potential complaints that Godzilla only fighting a giant plant would be dissatisfying.[2] Deuterious was nonetheless dropped from the film when the script was rewritten by Kazuki Omori, a request of producer Tomoyuki Tanaka.[1] Its scene in Yokohama was replaced by the Lake Ashi fight with Biollante.[3]
Design
Owing to its origins, Deuterious resembles both rodents and various fish. It has fur on its lower body; fish-like eyes; a long, whip-like tail; extended ears with gills growing from them; prominent tusks; and an anglerfish-like lure protruding from its head. In some concept art, Deuterious appears to have fins in place of forelimbs, allowing it to swim.
History
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Deuterious would have been a genetic experiment of Dr. Shiranui (the precursor to Dr. Shiragami) prior to his creation of the human–plant hybrid Biollante. A combination of a rat and fish, it would have escaped from the doctor's lab and sank a ship. After reemerging in Tokyo Bay, it would have been confronted by Godzilla and retreated, but later meet him again in Yokohama. After having its tail severed by a Maser Cannon, Deuterious would have been pounced on by Godzilla, who would kill it by biting its throat and then feast on its carcass.[3]
Abilities
Physical abilities
Deuterious was planned to lack any projectile abilities, instead fighting hand-to-hand. In the story, it uses its tail to swat jets out of the sky.[3]
Amphibiousness
Deuterious would have been capable of travel on both land and sea, retreating from Godzilla in Tokyo Bay but later fighting him ashore in Yokohama.
Gallery
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Summary of Kobayashi's story from Japan's Favorite Mon-Star -
Concept art of Deuterious in Godzilla vs. Biollante Completion
References
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