Skeetera
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Skeetera (巨大モスキート Kyodai Mosukīto, lit. "Giant Mosquito") is a mosquito kaiju that appears in episode 24 of Godzilla: The Series, "S.C.A.L.E."
Design
Being a mutated mosquito, Skeetera strongly resembles one. She possesses a hard, dark brown exoskeleton, a proboscis, yellow eyes, and two indigo insectoid wings as well as a collection of spines sticking out of her back. Her abdomen is massive, dangling down from her body.
History
- Godzilla: The Series (TV 1998-2000) [episode 24; alluded to in episode 22]
Godzilla: The Series
"Future Shock"
In an alternate future in which the D.R.A.G.M.A.s overran Earth, Major Hicks released all of the mutations on Monster Island in a desperate attempt to stop the creatures. Skeetera was likely among the freed mutations and, like the rest, perished in the battle.
"S.C.A.L.E."
A mutated mosquito that lived in the Florida wetlands, Skeetera eventually attacked Miami to find more populated feeding grounds. There, she was attacked by Godzilla, where she demonstrated her power absorption abilities by copying Godzilla's atomic breath. Despite assistance from the eco-terrorist group known as the Servants of Creatures Arriving Late to Earth (S.C.A.L.E.), Skeetera was captured by H.E.A.T. and the local military and transported to Monster Island (formerly the Leviathan Alien base Site Omega). Not long after her arrival, S.C.A.L.E. also arrived to free the mutations contained on the island. Skeetera roamed the island haven, attacking and absorbing blood samples and the energy of various mutations. While Crustaceous Rex and King Cobra were put back in their areas, Skeetera attacked the Giant Bat, slamming it into the ground before Godzilla arrived. The two battled on until Skeetera knocked Godzilla down and tried to drain his blood again. Before Skeetera could do this, however, Godzilla used his tail to smack Skeetera into a power plant and knock her unconscious. After being neutralized, Skeetera was placed in her own isolated area of the island.
Abilities
Energy absorption
When Skeetera drains the blood of another mutation, she will gain their powers and also increase in size and mass. She will then be able to use these powers for a short period of time and can even combine attacks to make them stronger.
Physical abilities
Even for her size, Skeetera is brutal in physical combat, as seen on Monster Island when she was able to take the much bigger King Cobra down to the ground. She also slammed the Giant Bat into structures with no effort at all and held her own against Godzilla.
Weaknesses
Skeetera will become weaker when dehydrated, and also loses her absorbed energy.
Gallery
- Main article: Skeetera/Gallery.
Trivia
- Skeetera is one of only two mosquito monsters in the Godzilla series. The other, Usuru, would not debut until over 25 years later in the 2024 comic book Godzilla: 70th Anniversary.
- Skeetera is similar to the Toho monsters Shockirus and Megaguirus, the latter of which she predates. Like Shockirus, she is mutated by sucking irradiated blood; like Megaguirus, she is a giant flying insect who can copy the abilities of other monsters.
References
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