Gecko

Gecko Species Giant gecko Length 15 feet Place(s) of emergence Cryo Chem laboratory, NevadaGIA, Southern WashingtonGJtMI, Monster IslandGvtSM Allies Kumonga, Kamacuras, Godzilla, Varan, Rattler, Yellowback, Anguirus, Rodan, Mothra, Battra, Armie, Chuck, Gila, Gopher Enemies King Ghidorah Created by Scott Ciencin First appearance Latest appearance Godzilla Invades America Godzilla vs. the Space Monster

Gecko is a reptilian monster who appears in the Scott Ciencin Godzilla novel, Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island and its sequel, Godzilla vs. the Space Monster.

Design

Gecko is described as being a 15-foot-long yellow gecko, with brown bands covering his body and tail.

Origins

Like Kamacuras, Kumonga, and Sasori, Gecko is implied to be a result of experiments with size-changing technology conducted at a secret facility in the Nevada desert. They were possibly experimented on directly after hatching, born from the egg of a parent that was a test subject, or experimented on while in the egg.

Books

• Godzilla Invades America (1997) [allusion]
• Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island (1998)
• Godzilla vs. the Space Monster (1998)

Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island

Gecko is presumably one of several juvenile monsters cared for and fed by Kamacuras and Kumonga in Godzilla Invades America, along with Gopher, Armie, Gila, and Chuck. However, the young monsters are not described and named until Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island, being treated as an undifferentiated menacing horde to human characters that stumble upon a nest of monsters in the Nevada desert.

After the nest was reported to the military, plans were made to destroy it, but upon their arrival only eggshells were found; Kumonga and Kamacuras had evacuated the nest.

Gecko would later be part of the procession of monsters following Godzilla to what would become Monster Island. After a battle broke out between some of the larger kaiju in the procession, Gila and the other younger monsters fled into a crowded city and had to be calmed by the psychic twins Roy and Amy, and led out of the city. During the incident, Gecko's climbing ability made him difficult to corral.

Abilities

Wall climbing

Like most real-world geckos, Gecko had the ability to walk on walls.

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