Destoroyah
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Destoroyah (デストロイア Desutoroia?), alternatively Destroyah or Destroyer, is a kaiju from the 1995 film Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. It originated as a colony of Precambrian crustaceans that had been awakened and mutated when the Oxygen Destroyer was detonated to kill Godzilla in 1954 (Godzilla).
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[edit] Appearence
It grows quickly and adopts several appearances throughout the film, including insect-sized, 2-meter, and 18-meter crablike forms, a larger aggregate crablike form, a batlike flying form, and a 120-meter bipedal, winged, demonlike final form. Destoroyah was one of several kaiju in the Heisei series to undergo such transformations.
[edit] Origin
Destoroyah first emerges in its 18-meter form, destroying a bridge and then hiding in a factory. The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) sends in numerable soldiers to attempt to destroy the crabs, but their assault rifles cause no damage to the creatures, who badly wound and kill a number of JSDF. Eventually the JSDF attacks them with flamethrowers, badly wounding the aggregates and causing them to retreat. It becomes known that the aggregates are very vulnerable to temperate extremes, incredible heat or sub-zero cold.
The JSDF deploy a squadron of Maser Tanks and missile batteries armed with Ultra Low Temperature lasers (ULT Lasers) and cooling shells. When the aggregates emerge again, they begin bombarding them with the freezing barrage. It seems to be working against the beasts, until they all converge on one position and merge into one giant crab monster. It's then revealed that micro-oxygen, which was thought to have given birth to the crabs, wouldn't possess that power, only the Oxygen Destroyer would. The giant aggregate then transforms into a giant bat-like form and flies away.
When trying to think of another way to fell the destructive monster, the JSDF decide to try and lure Godzilla to Destoroyah. They reluctantly agree to the plan, despite protests from the psychic Miki Saegusa, and decide to lure Godzilla Junior to Destoroyah, knowing Godzilla will follow. Miki and another psychic fly out to Junior and use there phychic powers to make him change his course for Tokyo. When Junior arrives, Destoroyah attacks him in his flying form. Junior is battered by the stronger monster, until he gets off a lucky shot and brings the flying form down. Destoroyah quickly recovers, attacking Junior in his giant crab form. Destoroyah pins Junior beneath his massive form and tears into his skin with his double jaw, injecting him with micro-oxygen. When all hope seems lost, Junior fires one last blast at Destoroyah, knocking him into the air. Junior then fires one final radioactive burst, sending Destoroyah flying into a factory and his apparent death as the factory explodes.
When Godzilla finally arrives in Tokyo, and reunites with his son, the final form of Destoroyah rise from the fires of the factory. The vile behemoth takes to the air and flies toward Godzilla and his son, striking the monster king to the ground and grabbing Junior in his massive claws. He flies high into the air and drops Junior, sending the young monster plummeting to the ground. Junior smashes into a building, sending smoke high into the air, and Destoroyah makes a final pass over the fallen beast, firing his micro-oxygen ray and killing Godzilla Junior.
Godzilla, witnessing the death of his son, rises from the ground, a violent new rage burning in his veins. Destoroyah lands and bellows at Godzilla, challenging him to a final battle. Destoroyah proves to be a powerful and vicious opponent, even for Godzilla in his most powerful form. He batters the monster king with bursts of micro-oxygen rays and pummels him to the ground with his mass. Destoroyah then wraps his tail around Godzilla and drags him out to sea, dropping him in the ocean. Godzilla rises again and returns to the fight, where Destoroyah unleashes his deadly Horn Katana, slicing through Godzilla's powerful hide as if it were paper. Godzilla unleashes his full fury upon Destoroyah, causing the demon to spurt vast amounts of blood and finally explode. Destoroyah quickly counter attacks in his multiple small aggregate forms. As they swarm upon Godzilla, the monster king is overwhelmed by the mass and unleashes a powerful nuclear pulse, destroying the aggregates.
After Godzilla fails to revitalize his fallen son, the grief in his heart causes his meltdown to begin to go critical. The JSDF quickly dispatches the Super X III and the maser tanks armed with ULT Lasers to stop Godzilla's meltdown. As Godzilla continues to mourn his son and his nuclear heart begins to overload, Destoroyah returns again. The evil beast strangles Godzilla with his tail and then throws Godzilla away from his son and prepares to battle again. Godzilla rises, and his spines begin to melt as the meltdown begins. The overload of power causes Godzilla's fire breath to increase in power to exponential levels. Godzilla unleashes his fury upon Destoroyah, who is burned and torn apart by the fiery blasts. Sensing that he is going to lose the fight, Destoroyah takes to the skies to escape. The JSDF quickly turn their ULT Lasers on the escaping monster, destroying his wings. Destoroyah then plummets to the ground, the freezing blasts from the lasers causing his body to rapidly deteriorate. He falls to the ground in front of Godzilla and evaporates into a cloud of mist on impact, finally dead.
[edit] Powers & Abilities
Destoroyah possessed numerous powers, including a micro-oxygen beam that was strong enough to dissolve Godzilla's and Godzilla Junior's hides and a Laser Horn attack that was powerful enough to badly wound Godzilla. He can also stab his tail into enemies and absorb the life energy from them. It also was able to divide himself into smaller, aggregate forms which would combine again to form his final form, these were used to heal himself and attack Godzilla. It was portrayed by fans as the strongest monster in the Heisei series, even stronger than SpaceGodzilla and Mechagodzilla 2 as it is able to withstand several hits from Godzilla's enhanced spiral ray while both SpaceGodzilla and Mechagodzilla 2 were destroyed in one shot. Its general design is reminiscent of the aliens in the Alien movies, complete with double jaws. Destoroyah later appeared in two of Atari's Godzilla videogames, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee and Godzilla: Save the Earth with the new addition to be able to spew purple energy mines, that cause a great amount of damage when used in a group and can draw monsters into them and send them flying.
A possible reason that the name "Destroyer" isn't commonly used in various markets is because the word itself could not be trademarked. So while he is referred to as "Destroyer" when spoken, it is always "Destoroyah" in printed form.
[edit] Trivia
- A cut scene from the film that was completely scrapped and lost (or possibly locked away) by Toho revealed that Destoroyah had a special ability not seen in the finished film release or in any other commercially released product, toy, game, or otherwise. The cut scene showed that Destoroyah could open up the floral pattern on its chest and fire a devastating beam (called a "Wave-Motion Ray"), with oxygen destroying properties and capable of knocking Godzilla over with immense force. Supposedly, the attack was used only the one time in that scene, and nowhere else. It is shown on the Region 2 Godzilla vs. Destroyer DVD.
- Another deleted scene in the movie took place at the end of the film. After Destoroyah is brought to the ground when trying to escape from Godzilla's meltdown, he rises again as opposed to dissolving. Without his wings, he could no longer escape Godzilla's fury, so he was forced to fight Godzilla as the monster king began to meltdown. Godzilla quickly overpowered Destoroyah, grabbing him by his horn and pummeling him repeatedly. As Godzilla melts down, the JSDF rain their ULT weapons upon him, as well as Destoroyah. Unable to stand against the immense heat of Godzilla's meltdown and the freezing cold of the ULT lasers, Destoroyah falls and evaporates. However, it was thought that having Godzilla fight Destoroyah while he melted down took away from Godzilla's death, which was to be the main point of the movie. So the scene was re-edited to have Destoroyah die after the JSDF shoot him down, and allow Godzilla to have center stage as he finally dies.
The scene can be viewed here.
- Some fans believe Destoroyah is a female Kaiju. Destoroyah's anatomy is somewhat crablike- the final form has a wide, triangular patch on its belly which is similar to those found on the undersides of female crabs. It might also be Hermaphrodite with a female look.
[edit] External links
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah fan site
- An Image Showing the Wave-Motion Ray from the floral pattern
- The alternate ending to Godzilla vs Destoroyah
| Toho Tokusatsu | |
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| Kaiju / Mecha: | Godzilla · Anguirus · King Kong · Oodako · Rodan · Moguera · Mothra · Varan · Manda · Frankenstein . Baragon · King Ghidorah · Ebirah · Giant Condor · Magma · Gargantuas · Kamacuras · Minilla · Kumonga · Mechani-Kong · Gorosaurus · Kameba · Gabara · Hedorah · Gigan · Megalon · Jet Jaguar · Mechagodzilla · King Caesar · Titanosaurus · Biollante · Battra · Godzilla Junior · SpaceGodzilla · Destoroyah · Zilla · Orga · Megaguirus · Monster X |
| Technology: | Oxygen Destroyer · Markalite · Gotengo · Super X |
| Other: | Fictional locations · Alien races · Monsterland and Monster Island |
