Kumonga (クモンガ) is a giant spider kaiju that appeared in the Toho produced Godzilla series.
Features
- Height 45-55 metres
- Weight 8,000-30,000 tons
Origins
Kumonga is a giant spider reported to dwell in the jungle of Sogellel Island by the journal of the now dead Dr. Matsumia. However, now exposure to the radioactive storm created by the UN’s failed weather experiment transformed into a 45-meter tall monster.
Powers
Kumonga can shoot a thick webbing and a stinger from his mouth. He is also a great jumper. Kumonga has prehensile pedipalps that can be used to grab small prey. The Showa version was able to survive multiple hits from Godzilla's atomic ray. The Millennium Kumonga's web was able to expand on contact with air from a single thread into a net for incapacitating foes. Kumonga, in Godzilla: Final Wars, is shown to have sharp, sword-like legs which were used to slash trailer cars in Arizona.
History
In the Showa series, Kumonga was a giant spider who lived on Sogell Island. He first appeared when it trapped and poisoned a Kamacuras. Then he trapped Godzilla's son, Minilla, in webbing and closed in for the kill. However, Godzilla arrived and defended his son. Kumonga attacked and nearly succeeded in killing Godzilla, but Minilla helped his father and using their atomic rays, they burned Kumonga's body, severely injuring him. However, Kumonga was not dead and Kumonga was placed on Monsterland, where he lived with many other monsters.
In 1999, aliens known as the Kilaaks, captured and mind-controlled the monsters of the island. The kaiju were released in cities throughout the world. But in the end, the humans broke the mind-control and freed the monsters. Kumonga made his way to Mount Fuji and was present at the final battle against the Kilaaks and King Ghidorah, helping Mothra to trap the three-headed space kaiju in a net of webbing as Godzilla, Anguirus, and Gorosaurus finished him off. After the battle, Kumonga returned along with the rest of the kaiju to Monsterland with the rest of the kaiju.
Kumonga was featured in the 2004 film, Godzilla: Final Wars, as one of the many mind-controlled monsters of the Xiliens. He appears in a desert in Arizona where it destroys a trailer. When Godzilla is freed from the south pole and fights the kaiju, Kumonga is released in New Guinea to battle him. At first, Kumonga was able to trap Godzilla in thick webbing, but Godzilla grabs a webbing that was still attached to Kumonga and swings it around in circles before letting go of the webbing. Kumonga soars into the air and has not been seen since.
Film appearances
- Son of Godzilla
- Destroy All Monsters
- All Monsters Attack (Stock footage)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (Stock footage)
- Godzilla: Final Wars