Z-Plan Rocket
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The Z-Plan Rocket (Zプランロケット is a fictional spacecraft that appeared in the Jī Puran Roketto)1965 and 1966 Gamera films Gamera the Giant Monster and Gamera vs. Barugon, respectively.
History
- Gamera the Giant Monster (1965)
- Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
Showa era
Gamera the Giant Monster
After several failed attempts to stop Gamera, Dr. Hidaka met with several representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union to come up with a new operation to stop the giant turtle's rampage. They formulated a strategy codenamed Z-Plan, and preparations were hurriedly put into place to carry it out. Gamera reappeared, making landfall in Tokyo and causing immense amounts of death and destruction. To buy some time, the JSDF sent trains full of petroleum to preoccupy the monster and put a halt to the mayhem. At night, petroleum was put into the ocean, a trail leading from Tokyo Bay to Izu Oshima. The trail was ignited, attracting Gamera to the flames and leading him away from the city and to the island.

Partway through the journey, a typhoon formed and puts out the flames. Aoyagi, a photographer working undercover on the island, set several tents on fire to keep Gamera's attention, but the storm intensified and the heavy rainfall extinguished them. Just when it seemed the mission was a failure, the island's volcano, Mount Mihara, experienced a minor eruption, attracting Gamera to Izu Oshima again. The next morning, flames were shot out of the exhaust ports of an underground missile silo. As Gamera made his way to its center, the ground opened up and two halves of a capsuled enclose around him. The capsule was attached to the nose cone of a rocket, the Z-Plan Rocket, which rose out of the ground in preparation to be launched. A countdown began and despite Gamera's immense strength, he could not break free. The Z-Plan Rocket successfully lifted off with Gamera as its cargo and left Earth's atmosphere, heading for the Red Planet, Mars.
Gamera vs. Barugon
For six months the Z-Plan Rocket traveled through the vacuum of space, acting as Gamera's prison. But it would never reach its destination - a meteor crashed into the vessel. After a violent explosion, Gamera was free and flew back to Earth like a flying saucer.
Capabilities
Flight
The Z-Plan Rocket is capable of flight.
Space travel
The Z-Plan Rocket is capable of space travel.
Containment
The Z-Plan Rocket can contain Gamera.
Video games
- Gamera: The Time Adventure (1995) - Bandai Playdia
- Gamera: Gyaos Destruction Strategy (1995) - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Gamera: The Time Adventure
The Z-Plan Rocket appears in the first and second levels of Gamera: The Time Adventure, depicted exclusively through stock film footage as the player revisits key moments in Gamera's history. As in the film, the rocket is used to capture Gamera following his rampage until it is later destroyed in space by a meteor.
The Z-Plan Rocket in Gamera: The Time Adventure
Gamera: Gyaos Destruction Strategy
Although a tie-in for the 1995 film Gamera the Guardian of the Universe and using the version of Gamera from that film, Gamera: Gyaos Destruction Strategy's levels make references to several Gamera films from the past. The fourth level takes place on Izu Oshima, and the trap on this level is the Z-Plan Rocket. Similar to the events of the 1965 movie, Gamera will walk into the area where he will be trapped in a capsule and the rocket will promptly take off. Also similar to the 1966 movie, a meteor will crash into the capsule during its flight in space, freeing Gamera.
The Z-Plan Rocket's cameo in Gamera: Gyaos Destruction Strategy
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