King Ghidorah (Godziban)
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— King Ghidorah seeing Monster Zero (Godziban episode 47, "Beat Space and the Future!") |
King Ghidorah (キングギドラ Kingu Gidora) is a three-headed dragon kaiju who appears in the 2019 web series Godziban, specifically its Go! Go! Godzilla-kun segments.
The combined form of the evil Three Dorat Brothers, King Ghidorah has done battle with many of Earth's monsters. The Dorats first attained this form to battle Grandpa Zilla over Moshu-Moshu's egg, later transforming to battle Godzilla-kun and his monster allies and attempt to steal Rodan's fruit, among other misdeeds.
Name
- Main article: King Ghidorah#Name.
The "Ghidorah" (ギドラ Gidora) part of King Ghidorah's name comes from the Japanese word for "hydra" (ヒドラ Hidora), which shares two of its three katakana characters with "Ghidorah." It also, coincidentally or not, sounds very similar to the Russian pronunciation of "hydra" (Гидра, ˈɡʲidrə).
Design
The King Ghidorah in Godziban is modeled after the Heisei incarnation of the character, and looks more or less identical to it. The biggest visible difference between the Godziban and Heisei King Ghidorahs is that the Godziban incarnation's tongues are not forked.
Personality
Like the Three Dorat Brothers who comprise him, King Ghidorah is a hostile and evil creature who seeks to devour anything he comes across, be it a monster egg or a basket of fruit. Upon combining into King Ghidorah, the Dorats will attack any monster who stands in their way, even when outnumbered.
Origins
King Ghidorah is a form that the Three Dorat Brothers can attain by combining with each other. They often transform into King Ghidorah when opposed by a monster of sufficient strength or by multiple monsters that they cannot defeat in their base form.
History
- Godziban (web 2019-2023) [episodes 14, 21, 23, 36, 47, 55-57, 60, 63-66, 76-77, 83, 86, 90, 96-98, 103, and 108; special episodes 11-12]
Godziban
"Godzilla Fest 2019 Show"
When Minilla and Little went to investigate an egg that a strange medallion had led them to, the Three Dorat Brothers appeared and expressed their intention to eat it. Grandpa Zilla arrived to fight the three brothers, who combined into King Ghidorah. Grandpa Zilla then grew to gigantic size so as to fight Ghidorah on equal footing. Using his atomic breath, Grandpa Zilla triumphed over Ghidorah, who abandoned the egg to the Godzillas. The egg then hatched into Moshu-Moshu.
"Fly Towards the Future!"
When the Three Dorat Brothers harassed Minilla as he taught Radon how to fly, Radon took flight and rammed into them, scattering them. Enraged, the Dorats combined into King Ghidorah and attacked both monsters with their gravity beams. Godzilla-kun arrived to defend his brother and attacked King Ghidorah. As the two monsters battled, all of Godzilla-kun's monster allies assembled on the battlefield. Godzilla-kun and his allies then all charged at Ghidorah together, with Ghidorah flying directly at them.
"Three Giant Monsters: The Hungriest One on Earth"
When the Three Dorat Brothers saw Rodan carrying a basket of fruit, they confronted him and tried to claim it for themselves. Godzilla-kun and Moshu-Moshu arrived as well, so the Dorats combined once more into King Ghidorah to fight the three. Rodan took flight, with Ghidorah in pursuit. Rodan turned quickly in the air and rammed Ghidorah out of the sky, only to land on his back while Ghidorah got back to his feet and prepared to attack. Rodan hid behind a rock while Ghidorah unleashed a hail of gravity beams at him. Godzilla-kun helped Moshu-Moshu up a slope and the two entered the battle as well. Godzilla-kun pelted Ghidorah with boulders while Moshu-Moshu bit one of his tails. Ghidorah retaliated by firing his gravity beams at Godzilla-kun's crotch. Moshu-Moshu began spitting her silk at Ghidorah, then climbed onto Rodan's back as he took flight, granting her a better angle to continue spraying her silk. Ghidorah became entangled in Moshu-Moshu's silk, allowing Godzilla-kun to grab him by the tails and hurl him over a cliff. Godzilla-kun threw another boulder at King Ghidorah, prompting him to fly away and retreat.
"Bad Guy Blues"
The Three Dorat Brothers came across Gigan after he froze in place during his training with Little, mocking him for being unable to defeat Little. They offered to "give him a jolt" after they deal with the juvenile kaiju, transforming into King Ghidorah. He fired gravity beams at Little mercilessly as he struggled to avoid them, and eventually knocked him unconscious from the overwhelming power of these beams. Before he could kill him, Gigan intervened and knocked him back, arguing with King Ghidorah before challenging the three-headed behemoth to a battle, though Gigan was effortlessly knocked back each time he tried to land a hit. King Ghidorah then telekinetically lifted Gigan into the air with his gravity beams and threw him repeatedly to the ground before throwing him back. He continued to repel Gigan with his gravity beams until the cyborg fell to the ground and the light in his visor dimmed, seemingly dead. Ghidorah watched as Little attempted to call to Gigan until Godzilla-kun finally arrived, having heard Little's initial cries of distress across the island, and threw Ghidorah to the ground by his tails so hard that he split apart into the Dorats. They promptly retreated to the future as Godzilla-kun and Little checked on Gigan.
"Beat Space and the Future!"
Minilla and Little had nightmares about the Three Dorat Brothers and their combined form King Ghidorah, respectively, causing them to wake up in a panic alongside their brother Godzilla-kun, who had similar nightmares. The next day, the Dorats came across the Three Godzilla Brothers and stole their snacks, announcing their desire to replace the three as the stars of the show. However, when the Xilien Lei Lei arrived and attempted to capture them, they fused into King Ghidorah to fight her off. This inspired her to unleash Monster Zero, a similar-looking alien monster, against them, intending to make the winner her pet. King Ghidorah was confused by this, but regained his composure, and the two engaged in a dogfight to see who the real King Ghidorah was. As they battled in the air, the two Ghidorahs sprayed gravity beams all over the island and wreaked havoc, enraging Godzilla-kun to the point of unsuccessfully trying to fight both Ghidorahs alone as he told his brothers to flee. King Ghidorah continued to fight his doppelganger in an aerial battle with no clear winner in sight as Anguirus arrived to protect Minilla and Little from the two monsters with his carapace. He then attempted to battle the pair, but was easily defeated by Monster Zero and required rescuing from the visiting Rodan. As Godzilla-kun, Anguirus, and Rodan regrouped, Monster Zero and King Ghidorah both struck the trio with stray gravity beams. Godzilla-kun used his atomic breath to create a lightning storm in response to knock Lei Lei out of the fight. Godzilla-kun and Rodan decided to focus on King Ghidorah next, knocking him out of the sky as Rodan picked up Godzilla-kun and they flew straight into the monster. As King Ghidorah remained vulnerable on the ground, Godzilla-kun grabbed him by his tails and split him apart back into the Dorats by slamming him against the ground. The Dorats returned to the future as Godzilla-kun and Anguirus turned their focus to defeating Monster Zero.
Gallery
- Main article: King Ghidorah/Gallery.
Roar
In Godziban, King Ghidorah utilizes a combination of his Showa and Heisei roars, similar in style to his Millennium roar. Unlike the other monsters in the show, King Ghidorah does not usually talk but most frequently roars. However, when he does talk, he has the voices of the Three Dorat Brothers.
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