Meganulon
| Meganulon | |
|---|---|
| Toho character | |
| First appearance | Rodan |
| Species | Prehistoric Insect |
| Affiliation | Mutants |
| Length | 2–8 metres (6.6–26.2 ft) |
| Weight | 500–1,000 kg (1,100–2,200 lb) |
| Meganula | |
|---|---|
| Toho character | |
| First appearance | Rodan |
| Species | Prehistoric Dragonfly |
| Affiliation | Mutants |
| Length | 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) |
| Wingspan | 5 metres (16 ft) |
Meganulon (メガヌロン Meganuron?) are fictional characters that were Paleozoic giant insects reanimated by mining operations in Kitamatsu village, Kumamoto Prefecture, in the 1956 kaiju eiga Rodan. The Meganulon made a return in the film Godzilla vs. Megaguirus after a 44-year absence.
Meganulon are prehistoric insects which resemble gigantic earwigs, they are green-gray in color and have two large pincer claws on each arm. The Meganulon from the 1956 movie Rodan were very big and bulky, with dragonfly faces. When the Meganulon made their second appearance 44 years later in the movie Godzilla vs. Megaguirus their bodies were slender and brown in color. The new Meganulon maintained their sharp pincers on each arm.
The Meganulon from the showa era did not have any powers or abilities other than their ability to lay dormant in suspended animation for millions of years. The Meganulon from the millennium era however had a variety of abilities. They were able to scale walls with ease, and when attacking would fire a thick black liquid poison from their mouths to blind and disorient their prey, much like the Dilophosaurus from Jurassic Park. The Meganulon were able to flood almost 90% of the city where they hatched, it is unknown if they produced the water from within their own bodies or if they simply backed up the sewer systems causing water levels to rise rapidly. The latter seems most likely.
In the film Rodan, Meganulon slaughtered several people working in a mine. Many of the Meganulon were killed in a mine shaft by a number of workmen. A mine collapse followed, separating engineer Shigeru from his fellow miners and police. Before finding his way out of the mine, Shigeru witnessed the hatching of Rodan, who began to devour the comparatively tiny Meganulon. The event traumatized Shigeru and he briefly suppressed the memory. It is believed that all the Meganulon were devoured by Rodan, and none remain in the mine.
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