Matango Island
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- Not to be confused with the unnamed island from the 1963 film Matango.
Matango Island (マタンゴ島 Matango-tō) is a small fictional island in the South Pacific which appears repeatedly in the 1997 television series Godzilla Island. Matango Island lies within swimming distance of Godzilla Island, and was sometimes used as a base by the Xiliens in their villainous plans.
Name
Matango Island is named after the 1963 Toho film Matango and its titular mushroom monsters, due to the location being home to intoxicating mushrooms.
History
- Godzilla Island (TV 1997–1998) [episodes 17, 23–30, 104–113, 115–118, 156–159, 169, 171–172; mentioned in 17, 104–105, 112–113]
Heisei era
Godzilla Island
The Trial of Godzilla
Godzilla attempted to use a trip to the island as an alibi when he was prosecuted by G-Guard, who believed that he had gone rogue and attacked Tokyo, but the monster ruined his defense when he admitted that he nibbled on an inebriating mushroom on the island.
Junior Kidnapped
Godzilla's son Junior was kidnapped by Megalon and held hostage in a cage within an Xilien fortress on the island. Torema, an alien aligned with G-Guard, attempted to tow away Junior's cage with her ship the Panna Torte after knocking out Megalon with sleeping gas, only to be thwarted by Battra. The Xilien Zagreth then erected an Infrared Auto-Blaster to defend the fortress. The weapon proved effective when Godzilla tried to rescue Junior himself and had to be carried away back to Godzilla Island by Rodan due to his injuries, forcing G-Guard to think of other options. Junior was ultimately freed in an all-out assault, the Auto-Blaster's sensors disrupted by Mother Mothra's scales, but Zagreth deployed Destoroyah as a last resort. Destoroyah was finally defeated when Godzilla lured the Auto-Blaster into firing on him.
Goodbye, Torema
Kamacuras suddenly flew over to Godzilla Island from Matango Island, having been chased by Megalon, and landed on the island before passing out. Having attempted to talk to Torema just before passing out, Kamacuras was moved to the Monster Hospital and revealed that Zagreth had called in a horde of 100 space monsters who were gathering on Matango Island, with Kamacuras having narrowly escaped death when he refused to join them. Commander Beisuke Jinguji ordered Torema take Godzilla on a reconnaissance mission despite her suspicions and they did so, only finding Megalon and Destoroyah. Godzilla and Torema followed the duo into a nearby cave under the assumption the other monsters would be in there but were trapped inside the cave when the evil monsters flew past them after hiding on the ceiling and blocked the entrance; Godzilla and Torema were then attacked by Proto-Moguera while Megalon and Destoroyah stood guard outside. Following Proto-Moguera being temporarily defeated, Torema was able to escape the cave by flying out in the Panna Torte thanks to Godzilla but was forced to leave him behind as the break in the blockade wasn't big enough for him to get through. In the meantime, Kamacuras had revealed his true colors as a Xilien pawn and allied with Mecha-King Ghidorah to beat Godzilla Island's monsters into submission and then try to manipulate them into joining the Xilien cause.
Realizing that trying to fight back without Godzilla's help was a lost cause, Torema returned to Matango Island and snuck past the sleeping Megalon and Destoroyah into the cave. She found that Proto-Moguera had returned to action and was continuing to assail Godzilla, but the two eventually defeated the robot with a combination of laser blasts from the Panna Torte and a tail-whip from Godzilla, causing it to go haywire and accidentally free them by burrowing out of the cave. Outside, Godzilla and Torema were immediately attacked by Megalon and Destoroyah. The two battered Godzilla and damaged the Panna Torte, even continuing to do so after Proto-Moguera accidentally interrupted them. They were only stopped when Gigan, who had been training on Matango Island, appeared and struck Megalon down, then helped Godzilla defeat Destoroyah. The two dragged the knocked-out monsters into the cave and sealed the entrance themselves, Gigan explaining to Godzilla that he wouldn't allow any other monster to defeat him before leaving. Godzilla then returned to Godzilla Island to fight off the Xilien forces, Torema joining him after she repaired the Panna Torte.
Second Generation Mothra
After learning that Mothra's hidden egg had been unearthed, Zagreth's replacement Randeth made plans to abduct it for her own purposes. A week after G-Guard entrusted it to its brother Mothra Leo to look after, Randeth sent Destoroyah to battle Mothra Leo and Megalon to steal the egg. Despite the best efforts of Mothra Leo, Moguera, Mechagodzilla, Godzilla, and Misato Jinguji in Medical Jet Jaguar, the pair were successful and flew over to Matango Island. The pair put the egg in place as their ally Battra then flew over and began to incubate the egg himself, hoping to corrupt the baby into becoming a Xilien pawn. The egg successfully hatched and Baby Mothra spotted Battra, mistaking him for her parent. Misato then flew over to Matango Island in her ship the Tart Coupe and found Baby Mothra, convincing her to come home to her sibling. Misato was unaware that this was part of a Xilien plot to have the subverted larva attack Godzilla Island's monsters.
Dororin
Misato Jinguji visited Matango Island while patrolling and came across Gigan in the middle of training, slicing boulders in half. She greeted the monster, but he ignored her. Randeth later sent her spy Cameron to recruit Gigan, but he harshly rejected the idea, as he wanted to best Godzilla alone, flying away. While meditating, Gigan was attacked and knocked out by the shapeshifting Xilien pawn Dororin, disguised as Godzilla. Outraged by this dishonorable action, Gigan immediately flew to Godzilla Island to brawl with Godzilla.
Inhabitants
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