Mecha-King Ghidorah is a mechanically modified kaiju that appeared in the 1991 film Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.
Description
Mecha-King Ghidorah has a futuristic technical look, with its middle head mechanicalized as well as its wings, torso and a few other areas. It's considerably more powerful than the purely organic King Ghidorah.
Features
- Height:120 meters
- Weight:80,000 tons
Powers
After being upgraded by Futurian technologies, King Ghidorah had more powers and weapons as Mecha-King Ghidorah. Aside from his gravity beams and the power of flight at mach 4, Mecha-King Ghidorah could fire a Triple Laser Beam from its mechanical central head and was also equipped with Godzilla Capture Cables and the large Machine Hand restraint that can also discharge electricity.
History
Upon defeating King Ghidorah and sending the brass behemoth to its doom in the depths of the sea, Godzilla began to wreck havoc throughout Japan. Emmy Kano, a Futurian who rebelled against her belligerent crew, was asked if King Ghidorah could be revived in the 23rd century. If possible, it could be brought back to the present and used as an anti-Godzilla weapon to protect Japan. Emmy agreed with this request and using the space ship of the Futurians went to the future, where the cold waters of Japan's harbor preserved the still living King Ghidorah, and turned it into a cyborg, replacing the lost body parts with robotic parts (a metal chassis, robotic head, robotic hands, mechanical tail tips, and silicon wings).
As Godzilla continued his rampage through the center of Tokyo, he suddenly heard a sound in the sky. King Ghidorah, now the cyborg Mecha-King Ghidorah, materialized in a flash of pulsing energy. Piloted by Emmy and reinforced with several robotic segments, Mecha-King Ghidorah easily outclassed its predecessor. It fired its gravity beams and triple laser beam at its foe. Though Godzilla managed to fire his thermonuclear breath in retaliation, the gray gargantuan was ultimately sent crashing into the surrounding buildings. Godzilla managed to regain his balance and damage both of Mecha-King Ghidorah's wings. It was time for Emmy to reveal the cyclopean cyborg's most powerful technique. Energy-conducting capture cables were fired, as was the machine hand restraint. Mecha-King Ghidorah lifted Godzilla into the sky and over the sea, but both were sent crashing into the waves when Godzilla fired his thermonuclear ray at his captor. Emmy quickly escaped in KIDS, leaving both monsters trapped on the ocean floor.
Meanwhile, beneath the surface of the sea, Godzilla's eyes glowed eerily. It released its thermonuclear ray into the azure abyss, for it would escape from it restraints and return to terrorize the world another day. The technology used in Mecha-King Ghidorah was later used to create Mechagodzilla 2 and Moguera.
Art/Fiction
- Mecha-King Ghidorah appears in Super Godzilla, Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact, and Godzilla: Domination
- Mecha-King Ghidorah also appears as a playable character in Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, Godzilla: Save the Earth, Godzilla: Unleashed and Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash.