Shockirus

Shockirus Alternate names Shokkirasu, Shokilas, Giant Sea Louse Subtitle(s) Giant Louse (巨大フナムシ,   Kyodai Funamushi) Parasitic Beast (寄生獣,   Kisei-jū) Bloodsucking Insect (吸血虫,   Kyūketsuchū) Species Irradiated sea louse Length 1 meter Weight 45 kilograms Enemies Goro Maki, Hiroshi Okumura Created by Koji Hashimoto, Shuichi Nagahara, Tomoyuki Tanaka Portrayed by Puppet First appearance The Return of Godzilla Roar(s) More roars

Shockirus (ショッキラス,   Shokkirasu) is a mutated sea louse kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in the 1984 Godzilla film, The Return of Godzilla.

Design

Shockirus resembles marine arthropods like the horseshoe crab with its multiple legs and hard shell. Its shell has many bumps, and it has a two-pronged spike tail.

In the manga adaptation of The Return of Godzilla, the Shockirus look like ocean isopods but with facial features resembling cockroaches.

Origins

According to Doctor Hayashida, Shockirus was likely a parasitic sea louse that fed on Godzilla's blood and was mutated by the radiation.

History

Heisei Series

The Return of Godzilla

When Godzilla attacked the Yahata-Maru, Shockirus jumped off his body and came aboard the boat. Shockirus hunted down the crew members that had survived Godzilla's attack and killed them all, draining their bodily fluids and leaving behind desiccated husks. The last survivor, Hiroshi Okumura, was injured by Shockirus and locked himself inside a locker to hide from the creature. When reporter Goro Maki came aboard the ship the next day, he was attacked by Shockirus, who jumped onto his chest and crawled toward his throat. Fortunately, Okumura regained consciousness and stabbed Shockirus in the back with a hatchet, killing it.

Abilities

Shockirus is an extraordinary jumper, and also can suck vital fluids out of a host. Its hard carapace also protects it from harm.

Video Games

• NEW Godzilla (1985) - NEC PC-8801

NEW Godzilla

Shockirus appears in NEW Godzilla, a video game adaptation of The Return of Godzilla, where it attacks Goro Maki aboard the Yahata-Maru.

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  Shockirus in NEW Godzilla

Comics

Shockirus appears in the Dark Horse Godzilla comics where it attacks Kino and Take' when they climb up Godzilla. A creature resembling Shockirus appears very briefly in IDW's Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #1.

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  Shockirus in The Return of Godzilla manga adaptation

Gallery

Main article: Shockirus/Gallery.

Roar

Shockirus' roars are Ebirah and Kumonga roars that have been raised or lowered in pitch and sped up and slowed down respectively. In the U.S. cut, the roars are replaced with a different hissing screech.

Shockirus's roars

Trivia

• Shockirus was the first new monster introduced in the Heisei series.
• Shockirus was the last completely original monster in general to appear in the Godzilla series, being unconnected to any previous monsters, until MUTO. The remaining monsters that appear in the Heisei and Millennium series are linked to Godzilla or another monster (Biollante-Godzilla, Battra-Mothra, Destoroyah-Oxygen Destroyer-Godzilla, Orga-Godzilla, Megaguirus-Meganulon, Monster X-Keizer Ghidorah-King Ghidorah) in some way.

References

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