Movies - Gomora

	Movies - Gomora

Gomora (ゴモラ) is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman
. He first appeared in the show's token two-parter, "His Monster Majesty" (Episodes 26 & 27). Gomora has become one of Ultraman's toughest and most popular foes, and returned in subsequent Ultra Series.

Subtitle: Ancient Monster (古代怪獣 - Kodai Kaijû).

Stats

Gomora, a 150-million year old dinosaur, is from the Johnson Islands (a South Seas island, different from Johnson's Island). He is 40 meters (132 feet) tall and weighs 2,000 tons. Having the same height as Ultraman, Gomora is extremely powerful. His massive body is dark brown, has huge horns on the sides of his head, a small horn on the nose, rough plates down the front torso, and a thick, powerful tail. Gomora has the power to burrow underground. Hence, the name "Gomora" was derived from "go mole". (Many have assumed that he was named after the ancient biblical city, Gomorrah.)

In the US English-dubbed version, Gomora was renamed "Gahora".

History

Professor Nakatani, aided by Science Patrol member Arashi (acting as his guard), goes on a scientific expedition to the Johnson Islands. They discover that the legendary monster Gomora is still alive, and Nakatani decides to bring the still-living monster to a museum. Before the monster attacks them, Arashi tranquilizes the monster with the UNG Dart, and airlifts the monster via nets with the Jet VTOL. Unfortunately, when the monster regains consciousness, he accidentally causes the net to break from the Jet VTOL, thus causing the monster to fall two kilometers to the ground. Enraged, Gomora goes on a rampage on Mount Rokkô (where he landed), and Ultraman, who came to the rescue, was unable to stop the monster, and was beaten, much to everyone's shock.

When Gomora continued his rampage, Science Patrol member Ide invented a powerful gun called the Mars 133. He uses it on Gomora, succeeding in severing his tail. But the monster burrows under the ground in retreat, and later pops up by Osaka Castle. Ultraman comes to the rescue, and emerges victorious this time.

Regardless, like other popular monsters, Gomora returns to life time and again to fight Ultraman and his kind!

Shock of the Week

Revered as the only monster strong enough to get a two-part episode in the original Ultraman
series. Supposedly the big news of the week amongst the shocked children of Japan was that Ultraman had lost a fight! (Source(s): , p. 126).

Trivia

The name "Gomora" was derived from something called "Go! Mole." Gomora burrows into the earth.

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