Kumonga
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| Kumonga | |
| Species | Giant Spider |
| Alias | Spiga |
| Height | 35-45 metres |
| Weight | 8,000-30,000 tons |
| Major enemies | Godzilla Minilla King Ghidorah |
| Major Allies | Mothra Manda Baragon Varan Rodan Anguirus
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| Controlled by | Kilaaks Xiliens |
| First appearance | Son of Godzilla |
| Created by | Jun Fukuda |
Kumonga (クモンガ?) is a giant spider daikaiju that appeared in the Toho produced Godzilla series.
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[edit] Abilities
Kumonga can shoot a thick webbing from its mouth and there is also a sharp poison stinger inside. The spider is also a great jumper. Kumonga has prehensile pedipalps that can be used to grab small prey. The showa could survive Godzilla's ray several times. In Final Wars, Kumonga's web was able to expand on contact with air from a single thread into a net for incapacitating its foes.
[edit] Showa series
In the Showa era, Kumonga was a giant spider that lived in Sogell Island. He first appeared when it trapped and poisoned 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 the scientists placed Kumonga in Monster Island, where he lived with many other monsters including Gorosaurus, Varan, and Manda. In 1999, aliens known as 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. The monsters were then sent to attack and destroy King Ghidorah. Kumonga took part in the fight by trapping King Ghidorah in the thick webbing. After King Ghidorah was defeated, Kumonga and the other monsters returned to Monster Island and lived peacefully to this day.
[edit] Millennium series
Kumonga was featured in the 2004 movie, Godzilla: Final Wars, not that different in appearance, as one of the many mind-controlled monsters of the Xilians. He appears in a desert in Arizona where it destroys a trailer. Then suddenly, the Xilians teleport the spider and the other monsters around the world. They tell the humans that they took the monsters away to save Earth. However, the humans find that the Xilians were controlling the monsters and the Xilians release all the monsters again to finish destroying the cities they were attacking. 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 over the horizon and is not seen again. His fate is unknown. However, due to how fragile he looks its estimated that he died after hitting the ground. (Note, Kumonga's crash is not shown in the film.)
[edit] Trivia
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- In the dub of Son of Godzilla and Destroy All Monsters, Kumonga is referred to as "The Spiga", and "Aspiga". In all future appearances, its original name is maintained for the dub.
- Kumo (蜘蛛, くも) is Japanese for Spider.
- The name Spiga is a combination of the two words (Spi)der and (Ga)rgantuan.
- A "Powered Up" figure of Kumonga was planned to be produced by the toymaker Trendmasters, but they went bankrupt before it could be made.
[edit] Movie appearances
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- All Monsters Attack (1969) (stock footage)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (stock footage)
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
[edit] Video games
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1993-Game Boy)
