Biological Information Niko Tatopoulos | Victor Van Dort | Robin | She prominently produces a bioluminescent glow from under her skin - this glow is normally colored bright-blue, but she changes color to red when provoked to aggression. Mothra Leo | Devon and Cornwall | Batman | Anorak | He pins her to a building and prepares to deliver the killing blow, but Mothra pierces Rodan with her hidden stinger, which incapacitates him. Scylla | Dee Dee Skyes (2020), Live Action Movies You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Donald Kessler | Her fighting style varies depending on what stage of life she is currently in. Mothra (MonsterVerse) | Helga Eveshim | Simply, it has a different shape around the eyes. Mothra's life force flowed into Ghidorah's body, reviving him as the Thousand-Year-Old Dragon, King Ghidorah and giving him an advantage in the fight. Life is attracted to Mothra, which is why her egg's temple is filled with insects and flora. The larval form of Mothra was portrayed through a remote controlled puppet, much like its predecessor, however, the Imago form of the monster would be portrayed through a mix of suitmation and CGI. [33], In Godzilla vs. Mothra, the fairies are renamed the Cosmos (コスモス, Kosumosu) and are played by Keiko Imamura and Sayaka Osawa. Kate Houghton | Mothra's eyespots are intentionally designed to look like Godzilla's eyes. Emily | Frank DeTorre | Dean McCoppin | As Mothra burns up and disintegrates, her ashes fall down onto Godzilla, transferring her power to him. When the second Godzilla lands, Mothra attempts to fight the monster alongside Kiryu, but is killed in the process. During the credits, a news program speculates about the existence of a second Mothra egg, which the director later confirmed. Mothra remains loyal to Godzilla even after Ghidorah becomes the Alpha titan. Does the middle head have full control of the body while the others are just essentially parasitic twins? In the distant future, Gigan returns, under the control of the Xiliens, and is confronted by Mothra. During the character's transformation from larva to adult, it was initially planned to have Mothra's unfolding wings rendered through CGI, though this was scrapped on account of it not looking "sensitive" enough. In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, the guardian monster Mothra's name is spelled in kanji but pronounced the same: 最珠羅? Emma Russell | Carmen | You have to ease people into the more fantastical aspects. [35], In Mothra vs. Godzilla, a Mothra egg appears on the coast of Japan, and is exploited as a tourist attraction. Queen Watevra Wa’Nabi | Imago Her last egg before the 21st century went unhatched in the remote temple for millennia, during which time her religion largely died off[6][7][8], albeit still surviving in some form.[9]. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack does not feature Mothra's fairies, but they are given a nod in the form of a pair of twin girls wearing white clothes during the scene where Mothra flies over Tokyo. They are played by sisters Ai and Aki Maeda. Wingspan Hobby Weight Thumbelina | Rip's Family | In her imago form, Mothra was a fierce enough aerial fighter to match Rodan and keep the latter occupied for a time, before Rodan began to overwhelm her. Primitive Mothra | King Leonidas | 803 feet[1] Origin Robin | (2019). As an adult, her wings can (and generally do) create gales which tear apart buildings and send other kaiju flying. Forms Dick Hallorann | Tom Scoggins | The novelization of the film reveals that \"Mosura\" is the name that is given to her by the natives of a small Indonesian island that worship her, and that the name itself means \"giver of life\". In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Mothra's origin receives its first major alteration. Batman (Lego) | In this film, Mothra is one of the three Guardian Monsters and the Goddess of the Sea. Mothra can fire short, controlled, and sudden blasts of strong, spider-like silk from inside her mandibles in both her larval and imago forms. Along with the other monsters, Mothra is briefly enslaved by the Kilaaks, who force her to attack Beijing and later join Godzilla in the destruction of Tokyo. Though Mothra's chrysalis in the film is largely obscured, behind-the-scenes images reveal it was somewhat flexibly and fleshy like the egg, and that Mothra's imago form emerged from the bottom which opened up like petals. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Special effects head Koichi Kawakita co-wrote a screenplay entitled Godzilla vs. Gigamoth in 1991, which would have pitted Mothra against Godzilla and an irradiated Mothra doppelganger called Gigamoth, though this was rejected early on and replaced with the final plotline that was seen in the film Godzilla vs. Mothra. Amber | James Conrad | Kate Beringer | [32] The Peanuts did not reprise their role in Ebirah, Horror of the Deep and were replaced by the singing duo Pair Bambi. Mothra's bioluminescence uses different colors and brightness to convey her emotions. Godzilla: King of the Monsters [11] The character was further developed by Shinichi Sekizawa, whose experiences of starving in the South Pacific islands during World War II prompted him to envision a movie featuring an island where mysterious events occurred. Queen of the Monsters Godzilla: Final Wars, which ignores the continuity of the previous film, establishes that Mothra protected the Earth 10,000 years ago from the cyborg Gigan. [48], A post-credits scene in Kong: Skull Island depicts cave paintings of Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra and King Ghidorah. Charlie Bucket | Mothra is a kaiju, a type of fictional monster who first appeared in the book series The Luminous Fairies and Mothra by Takehiko Fukunaga, Shinichiro Nakamura, and Yoshie Hotta. The filmmakers used a mix of different insects' noises to create Mothra's vocalizations, and as an example, they exponentially slowed down crickets' chittering to make it sound like a song. This civilization was destroyed millions of years ago by the dragon Desghidorah, whom Mothra defeated. Eye color Mechagodzilla (1993 • Kiryu Saga • Anime) | Mothra and Godzilla have a symbotic relationship. An astral projection of Mothra's unborn child in their adult form appears in Godzilla: The Planet Eater. The Losers Club (Bill Denbrough, Ben Hanscom, Beverly Marsh, Eddie Kaspbrak, Mike Hanlon, Richie Tozier & Stan Uris) | [12], In her 1961 debut, Mothra's adult form consisted of a wire-operated mechanical puppet, while the larva was a suitmation puppet operated by six stuntmen crawling in single file. Nickname(s) Steve Martin | Their people are the Houtua (フツア, Futsua), descendants of humans that evolved through Mothra's influence with both telepathy and an immunity to the assimilative properties of nanometal. Peter | Hero Boy | The name "Titanus Mosura" comes from the Latin term "Titanus", meaning Titan, with "Mosura" being a Japanese translation of Mothra. However, Rodan survives the wound likely because Mothra stabbed his shoulder and not his heart because she wasn't really trying to kill him. In GMK, Mothra was able to shoot poison darts from her abdomen, but she lacked both her hurricane force winds and her poison powder. Lou | Diggs | Her wings are patterned with black, orange, yellow and blue colors and possess prominent eye patterns (akin to her Showa, Heisei and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. Mecha-King Ghidorah | Godzilla: King of the Monsters It is revealed that Mothra and Godzilla are in a symbiotic relationship which is where two species of animals take care of each other and receive a benefit from the relationship. Mothra Raiden | Billy the Lonely Boy | The egg hatches and the new Mothra, a male larva named Mothra Leo, goes to protect his mother, but sadly Mothra is mortally wounded by Desghidorah while Leo is still too weak to injure the dragon. Mako Mori | Daisuke Serizawa | Mothra would reprise the role of ancient guardian, though with only a passing homage to the Cosmos, in Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Conductor | No information Butch | Mothra is usually accompanied by tiny twin female fairies, which Shinichi Sekizawa termed Shobijin (小美人), meaning "little beauties". Godzilla fired his atomic breath at Mothra, but she avoided the blast, which struck and destroyed the Landmark Tower instead. Rodan | Carter Blake | Mothra has her hatching from an egg after her priestesses are abducted by a Rolisican capitalist hoping to exploit them as media celebrities. Varan, Television and Cartoons Mothra has appeared in several Toho tokusatsu films, most often as a recurring character in the Godzilla franchise. During Legendary Pictures' watch party for Godzilla: King of the Monsters, director Michael Dougherty revealed Mothra is over 10,000 years old.Recently, the studio began holding online watch parties for the MonsterVerse movies. Memphis | "[17] According to Takao Okawara, the Cosmos scenes were among the hardest scenes he had ever filmed, as the actresses had to synchronize their movements without looking at each other.[6]. Nathalie Lake | These changes make Mothra the most heavily redesigned monster in the series. It looks more like like a hornet and moth hybrid. Madison Russell | Severely wounded and weakened, Mothra flies over to Godzilla, who had just been dropped from thousands of feet by Ghidorah. Annie Hughes | Know-It-All | Cyborg | [27], In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Mothra is portrayed as having been one of the three guardians of Yamato, originating 1,000 years before the events of the film. The GMK incarnation of Mothra was briefly mentioned in the Kaiju Guide for the 2014 Godzilla game. Kawakita's depiction of Mothra's adult form was given the ability to fire energy beams, which were rendered via optical effects, and the pollen dust emitted from its wings were given a sparkling effect not seen in prior movies. [2] There are a few moments in the film where she gives off her classic roar such as when she goes berserk in her larval state when she emerges from her cocoon in her imago state, when Ghidorah kills her, and can also be heard within Godzilla's Nuclear Pulse.