Gokinezura

Gokinezura
Data
Category	Kaiju
Height	42 m
Weight	38,000 t
Home World	Planet Earth
Affiliation	Alien Baladon
First Appearance	Return of Ultraman episode 22 "I'll Kill This Monster!"
Latest Appearance	The☆Ultraman episode 27 "The Flying Monster Island!"
Roar(s)

Gokinezura was a plastic reptile Kaiju that first appeared in episode 22 of Return of Ultraman.

Subtitle: Plastic Monster

Conception

Etymology

Gokinezura's name is a combination of the Japanese words Gokiburi (ゴキブリ) and Nezumi (ネズミ) meaning "Cockroach" and "Rat".

Design

True to their name, the motifs used for the design of Gokinezura are a cockroach and a rat.

History

Return of Ultraman

Gokinezura was a reptilian Kaiju who first appeared living under a landfill site, feeding on the rubbish there and scaring a clown that was collecting trash to recycle. MAT was soon called in to investigate the monster sighting. As Go investigated, the ground started shaking due to the monster’s movements. Soon, methane gases coming off the decomposing rubbish lit on fire, sending jets of flame high into the sky.

MAT arrived, having been sent to extinguish the flames, and brought the situation under control, but then the ground shook once again. Finally, Gokinezura erupted from underneath the trash and litter, scaring the workers. MAT was quickly called in to deal with the Kaiju and attacked him, firing a missile, only for him to catch it in his mouth and throw it away. More missiles were launched, only for the same to happen. Gokinezura then used his webbing to wrap up one of their fighters, forcing them down while the others continued to attack on foot as he began rampaging through the area.

As Hideki Go arrived to attack, his missiles were likewise blocked and Gokinezura cocooned his plane and then caught it, trying to crush it. Go quickly transformed into Jack and began fighting the monster, striking Gokinezura and attacking his legs. Jack prepared the Ultra Bracelet, but an injury Go had sustained prevented him from doing so. Jack had to dodge several web streams and managed to knock Gokinezura down, only for the Kaiju to recover and cocoon him with his webbing, weakening him to the point his timer began to blink, allowing Gokinezura to tackle him to the ground.

Thankfully for Jack, another MAT fighter arrived to distract the monster, but failed to be anything more than an irritant. However, he managed to make Gokinezura become dizzy and fall over, accidentally cocooning himself! However, even then, Gokinezura managed to catch a missile in his mouth, but Jack had recovered from his injuries in time to fire the Spacium Beam into the missile, detonating it and beheading Gokinezura. Moments later, the monster's body fell to the ground dead.

Trivia

• Suit actor: Takanobu Toya (uncredited)
• Designed by: Masahiro Sueyasu
• Gokinezura's roars are sped up Hedorah's roars, which in turn were Kemular's gurgles mixed with various roars from Nurse.
• Gokinezura was originally to be named Zairas , but this name was instead given to the Mirrorman Kaiju, Zailas.
• Gokinezura's suit would later be modified into Sphenodon from Mirrorman.
• The friendly teacher, Grosser from Ultraman Kids and its sequel series, was inspired by Gokinezura.

Ultraman Taro

Gokinezura was part of the Monster Army lead by Alien Empera, and was seen in a animated flashback fighting Father of Ultra along with Dangar and Zagoras in episode 25 of Ultraman Taro.

The☆Ultraman

Gokinezura reappeared in episode 27 of the series, The☆Ultraman.

A powerful monster from the Baladon home world, Gokinezura was the third Kaiju unleashed on the island-disguised spaceship. It joined Arstron and Ghostron in battle, transforming the war into a colossal three-way battle royal. When Aboras and Banila also gave rise and began to duel, the Science Guard Party began bombing all five kaiju, stopping the war for just a brief moment until Red King was set loose by the invaders. As the Party watched on in awe, Ghostron was obliterated by the tyrant monster, but Gokinezura was its next challenger. The strange monster moved in to attack, but Red King effortlessly beat it down, ending its life in a quick couple strikes.

Utraman Blazar

While not actually making a physical appearance in the series, Gokinezura was one of many Kaiju the GGF battled against prior to appearance of Bazanga.

Data

• Normal
• Joneus ver.

Gokinezura

Stats

• Height: 42 m
• Weight: 38,000 t
• Origin: Yumenoshima

Powers and Weapons

• Plastic-Eating Virus: Gokinezura feeds on plastic, and to do so produces a "virus" that allows him to break it down for nutrition.
• Enhanced Reflexes: Gokinezura has great reflexes, allowing him to catch speeding missiles in his mouth or hands with such precision they do not detonate, letting him throw them away unharmed, or dodge them with great ease.
• Webbing: Gokinezura can spit a white vapour from his mouth which condenses into plastic webbing capable of trapping opponents with little effort.

Webbing

Gokinezura

Stats

• Height: 42 m
• Weight: 38,000 t
• Origin: Monster Graveyard

Powers and Weapons

• Morning Star Tail: This variation of Gokinezura sported a morning star-like feature on its tail, but was never demonstrated as a weapon.

Other Media

Redman

Gokinezura, as seen in Redman

Gokinezura first appeared in episode 29 of the series, Redman where he fought Redman alone and ending up getting killed by exhaustion from a brutal beatdown. This left the hero vulnerable to a sneak attack by Dangar (who also got killed later on).

Gokinezura reappeared in episode 30 where he teleported in front of Redman while the hero was looking for him and then disappeared and reappeared behind him to confuse him but he countered that with a judo throw. After an even-sided brawl, Redman threw his Red Arrow at Gokinezura's chest, killing him in the process.

In episode 102, Gokinezura pushed Redman away a couple of times when he tried to grapple/throw him down but Redman grabbed him by the head and then pushed him down the hill where he rolled down. Even with Red Killer's assistance, Gokinezura was no match for the alien hero as he dealt with both him and Red Killer one at a time. When Redman summoned his Red Arrow to kill him, Gokinzura pushed him away at first, but the alien hero overcame that difficulty the second time and killed him by stabbing him in the chest with his weapon, with Red Killer following suit.

Gokinezura reappeared in episode 105 where he teamed up with Gudon to take down Redman. They started out the fight by teleporting away from the alien hero's Red Arrow and then they snuck up on him from behind and gave him quite a sneak attack. Throughout the fight, no matter how many times Redman got back up, the two monsters would find a way to get back and overpower him. Eventually, after he defeated Gudon, the alien hero defeated Gokinezura by slashing him in the chest with his Red Knife, with sparks and smoke being shown on impact.

Merchandise

Figure of Gokinezura by Bullmark

Gokinezura eraser

Gallery

Return of Ultraman

Gokinezura with a missile