Megalon


Megalon is a kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 1973 film Godzilla vs. Megalon.

Overview

Megalon is a bipedal, humanoid, burrowing insect resembling a beetle standing at 55 meters tall and weighing 40,000 metric tons, and the god of the subterranean nation of Seatopia. While Megalon is by no means intelligent, he makes up for it with his strength. Megalon possess two drill-like front appendages, which it uses both for burrowing and as weapons, and a set of wings usually covered by a beetle-like shell. The creature can fly, burrow, and swim at high speeds. Unlike most kaiju under fire from humans who prevail with brute force, Megalon uses retreat and ambush tactics to defeat human forces in his first encounter. Megalon also has a horn from which it can fire lightning-like bolts of electricity and it is capable of spitting fire bombs from its mouth.
In Godzilla vs. Megalon, Megalon is worshipped as a deity by the people of the subterranean kingdom known as Seatopia. The Seatopians unleash Megalon on the surface world as revenge for the damage caused to Seatopia through reckless nuclear testing. During his assault on the surface world, Megalon comes into conflict with Godzilla and Jet Jaguar.

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