Hedorah

Species
Pollution spawned Alien


Form(s)
Aquatic Form

Land Form

Flying Form

Final Form


Length
Aquatic form

20 metres

Land form

30 metres

Flying form

40 metres

Final form

60-120 metres


Weight
Final form

48,000-70,000 tons


Air speed
Mach 1


Major enemies
Godzilla


Allies
Ebirah


First appearance
Godzilla vs. Hedorah


Created by
Yoshimitsu Banno


Portrayed by
Shōwa series

Kenpachiro Satsuma

Millennium series

Toshihiro Ogura


Description


Hedorah is a monster from outer space who fed on pollution. In its
first form, it resembled a tadpole. In its second form, it resembled a
quadrupedal reptile. Its third form was like a flying saucer, and its
final form took on a humanoid shape.
Hedorah's transformations are thought to be the inspiration for Destoroyah, who also went through transformations, of which he has four.
Hedorah's species can reproduce asexually, can combine with and
separate from other members of its species, and does not need oxygen to
survive.

Powers and Abilities


Hedorah possesses many special abilities. Hedorah's primary form of
attack was by spurting globs of its own corrosive sludge at its
opponent. It also has a red laser beam that it shoots from its eye. In
its third form it was able to fly, and spread a mist of sulphuric acid
as it went along. Its final form is a bipedal creature, and it could
revert back to its flying form at will.
Hedorah's defensive capabilities include immunity to Godzilla's
atomic breath, and a body so amorphous that conventional weapons would
pass straight through it.

Godzilla vs Hedorah


Hedorah was an alien life form that landed on Earth and began feeding on pollution. Hedorah's actions soon gained the attention of Godzilla,
who attacked the Smog Monster as he was feeding off of a smokestack. At
the time, Hedorah was still in a young form, and was easily trounced by
Godzilla. The two creatures had a series of battles across Japan,
and Hedorah continued to grow bigger and stronger, and achieved a
flying saucer-like form, allowing him to fly and spread sulfuric acid
mist across Japan while destroying many factories. Hedorah and Godzilla
had a final showdown near Mt. Fuji,
in which Hedorah achieved his final form, a bipedal, humanoid pile of
sludge. Thanks to his acidic, poisonous body, as well as his lethal eye
bolts, Hedorah very nearly put an end to Godzilla in their struggle.
However, mankind had built a pair of gigantic electrodes near the
warring kaiju,
planning to use the electrodes to dry Hedorah out. During a period of
the fight where Godzilla was knocked out, Hedorah was lured between the
electrodes. Unfortunately, a fuse was blown, and the electrodes were
useless.
Thankfully, the big lizard
quickly came to the rescue again, using his ray to re-energize the
electrodes. Badly dehydrated by their electricity, Hedorah tried to
escape, but thanks to Godzilla's newfound power of flight, (by firing
his atomic ray continuously at the ground) was returned to the
electrodes and was dried out completely. Sensing that there was still
wet sludge within Hedorah's dried out husk, Godzilla proceeded to rip
out Hedorah's innards, then used the electrodes to fry them. Godzilla
had finally slain the hellacious Smog Monster.
The Hedorahs killed thousands of people, including crewmen aboard
several oil tankers, about 40 people the first time he went on land,
1600 people when it was first scattered its acidic mist through the
air, and a large group of partying youths at the top of Mt. Fuji. Also,
over 3,000,000 people were wounded or killed by Hedorah's smog.

Final Wars




Hedorah grappled with Godzilla for a short time again in Godzilla: Final Wars (this picture is a deleted scene, yet Hedorah was still in the movie).





Hedorah later returned, albeit briefly, in Godzilla: Final Wars (2004). Hedorah, along with Ebirah,
is seen being blasted out of Tokyo Harbor by Godzilla and crashing into
a building, with Ebirah's claw piercing Hedorah's eyes. The two are
then blasted by Godzilla's atomic ray, and may have been destroyed. It
is unknown if Hedorah had been involved in the Xilians'
invasion, or if he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
During the end credits a few deleted scenes were shown, one of which
was Hedorah using his sulfuric acid mist emitted from his body (see
right for example) while walking down a deserted, destroyed city.

Appearances in Other Media

• Hedorah appears as a villain in the 1988 Nintendo game Godzilla: Monster of the Monsters, as well as the sequel, War of the Monsters. Hedorah was also an enemy in the Godzilla Game Boy title, in which it was the only monster unaffected by Godzilla's blows.
  

• Hedorah also makes a cameo appearance in the video game Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, where it randomly appears in disc form and slows the energy recovery. It can be killed, though this is difficult.
  

• Hedorah is the name of a British indie guitar band from Reading (UK).
  

• Hedorah makes an appearance on the cover to Frank Zappa's album "Sleep Dirt".
  

• A creature similar in appearance to Hedorah appears in an episode of the Powerpuff Girls.
  It is made of slime rather than pollution. The plot revolves around the
  creature searching for its pet cat, which is stuck in the creature's
  own body.
  

• A creature named the P.E.M.C appears in the animated series which is similar in appearance to Hedorah, apart from being orange.
  

• In the Teen Titans, a creature made out of radioactive pollution
  attacks a Russian city. It feeds on radiation to become stronger and
  most animals can't touch the monster without fatal side effects.
  

• Class of 3000 Episode "The Hunt for Red Blobtober" there is a giant
  blob made of radioactive waste and sloppy joe. the monster can get
  bigger if he eats radioactive waste or sloppy joe. The monster is
  affected by funk music.
  

• The pokemon Grimer and Muk have similar characteristics as hedorah.
  

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedorah%2C_the_Smog_Monster