Destoroyah
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| Destoroyah | |
| Species | Aggregate Crustacean |
| Length | Micro form 3-300 mm Juvenile form 2-18 metres Aggregate form 60-40 metres Flying form 65 metres Final form 230 metres |
| Weight | Micro form 0.3-15 kg Juvenile form 350-2600 kg Aggregate form 15,000 tons Flying form 15,000 tons Final form 80,000 tons |
| Wingspan | Flying form 80 metres Final form 210 metres |
| Origins | Oxygen Destroyer |
| Major enemies | Godzilla Godzilla Junior |
| First appearance | Godzilla vs Destoroyah |
| Created by | Takao Okawara |
| Portrayed by | Ryo Hariya |
Destoroyah (デストロイア Desutoroia?), alternatively Destroyah or Destroyer, is a kaiju from the 1995 film Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. He 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). He is one of the most powerful opponents Godzilla has ever faced. Hedorah may be the inspiration for Destroyah because both go through 4 stages of their lifecycle and both have a gas like weapon form their mouths.
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[edit] Appearance
Destoroyah 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 bipedal 120-meter final form.
[edit] Origin
Destoroyah first emerges in its 2-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 vulnerable to extreme heat or 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. The giant aggregate then transforms into a giant bat-like form and flies away.
When trying to think of another way to defeat 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 their psychic 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 body 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.
When Godzilla finally arrives in Tokyo, the final form of Destoroyah rises from the fires of the factory. The vile behemoth takes to the air and flies toward Godzilla and his son, striking the Godzilla 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.
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 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 freezing masers 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 freeze masers 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.
[edit] Powers and abilities
Destoroyah's primary weapon was a spray of micro-oxygen from his mouth, which could destroy oxygen atoms, dissolve organic matter, and emit destructive energy. Micro oxygen is also known to penitrate any metal. Destoroyah's horn could change into a blade of energy powerful enough to cut through Godzilla's flesh. He was also able to divide himself into smaller, aggregate forms which would combine again to form his final form. His general design is reminiscent of the Xenomorphs 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.
Destoroyah is considerd by some to be Godzilla's most powerful foe, a title that could be held by only a handful of monsters such as King Ghidorah and Monster X. This is due to the fact that Destoroyah fought Godzilla when he was at the very peak of his power, and could withstand multiple hits from his red spiral ray, an attack which instantly killed most enemies. Another reason is that Godzilla never actually won the battle himself, but with assistance from the Super-X III.
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, he is always "Destoroyah" in printed form.
[edit] Video Game Appearances
Destroyah has been playable in his final form in both Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee and Godzilla: Save the Earth. It is unknown if his other forms will be playable in Godzilla: Unleashed.
[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 his 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.
[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
- Tohogate main
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