Maneater
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The Maneater (人喰い植物 is a humanoid plant Hitokui Shokubutsu, lit. "Man-Eating Plant")kaiju that appeared in the 1969 Godzilla film All Monsters Attack.
Name
The Maneater's Japanese name, Hitokui Shokubutsu, literally translates to "man-eating plant," referencing how it grabbed Ichiro Miki and tried to eat him. A 2008 Cast ornament of the creature gives it the longer name of Man-Eating Plant of Dream Monster Island (夢の怪獣島の人食い植物. Yume no Kaijū-tō no Hitokui Shokubutsu)[1]
Design
The Maneater appears to be a humanoid plant, having the same body shape of a human and having arms and legs. Unlike humans, however, the Maneater's body is dark green, and its appendages end in leaves, letting it blend with the jungle environment of Monster Island.
Personality
The Maneater doesn't have a true personality, though it seems to instinctively grab prey that walks in front of it and try to eat them.
Origins
The Maneater, like Gabara, likely does not exist outside of Ichiro's dreams, and is a parallel to one of his real-life problems. In the Maneater's case, it is the robbers kidnapping him.
History
Showa era
All Monsters Attack
The Maneater appears when Ichiro Miki walks in front of it, distracted by watching Minilla trying to fire atomic breath in front of Godzilla but failing. The Maneater sneakily grabs Ichiro, puts him up to his body, and covers his mouth so he can't talk. Ichiro then wakes up from his dream and realizes that he was being kidnapped by the robbers who were hiding out on the same place he was in.
Gallery
- Main article: Maneater/Gallery.
Trivia
- Another man-eating plant-like creature would appear in a Godzilla movie over 50 years later, in the form of the tree mimic from 2024's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
References
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