Movies - Moguera

	Movies - Moguera

Moguera (モゲラ - Mogera) is a daikaiju featured in two of Toho's science fiction films. The name is derived from 土竜(もぐら) - mogura, the Japanese word for mole.

Mogera

In the tokusatsu film The Mysterians
, Mogera is a robot used by the alien Mysterians to assist in destroying humanity to make them bend to their will and supply them with a sufficient amount of land and women. It attacked a small village with its optic heat blasts, but was destroyed when the bridge it was standing on collapsed due to the military dynamiting it.

A second Mogera appeared as the Markalite beam cannons assaulted the Mysterians' base. This Mogera tried to destroy one of the Markalites by burrowing underneath it, but the weapon fell on top of it, crushing and destroying the short-lived second Mogera.

M.O.G.U.E.R.A.

A second incarnation appeared in Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla, a U.N.-built mecha designed to fight Godzilla following the failure of G-Force's Mechagodzilla. For this film the designation "M.O.G.U.E.R.A." was assigned the backronym "Mobile Operation Godzilla Expert Robot Aero-Type", the alternative spelling "M.O.G.U.E.R.A." given by the additional word "Universal".

M.O.G.U.E.R.A. has an expansive arsenal of weapons. The most heavily-utilized and standard weapon are the plasma laser cannons built into its eyes, which rapidly fire yellow plasma shots. It's cone-shaped hands are capable of releasing blue energy beams, known as Autolasers. Furthermore, the hands can open, revealing Spiral Grenade Missiles, rapidly rotating tracking missiles that have a great level of effectiveness and damage. Its chest secretly conceals a Plasma Maser Cannon, a powerful energy weapon. It can fly at sea level at Mach 1 and through space at "Mach 44". M.O.G.U.E.R.A. is the aggregate form of two vehicles: Land Moguera, a tracked armoured fighting vehicle able to drill through the earth; and Star Falcon, a VTOL craft capable of space flight.

M.O.G.U.E.R.A.'s first assignment was to intercept Space Godzilla, which was discovered on a course toward Earth. A battle ensued in the asteroid belt leaving M.O.G.U.E.R.A. seriously damaged, though able to return to Earth for repairs. It was during the repairs that it was fitted with the Spiral Grendade Missiles, and the Plasma Maser Cannon. Following the devestation caused by Space Godzilla, M.O.G.U.E.R.A. (under its new pilot Yuki Gondo) aligned itself with Godzilla to defeat the invader. It shattered Space Godzilla's shoulder crystals but was damaged beyond repair during the battle; its remains were subsequently obliterated by Godzilla's enhanced and supercharged Spiral Fire beam.

M.O.G.U.E.R.A. proved unpopular and was often seen as detracting from an acceptable Godzilla vs. Godzilla battle.

M.O.G.U.E.R.A. later appeared in the video game Godzilla: Save the Earth of 2004 for Xbox and Playstation 2.

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M.O.G.U.E.R.A. makes a cameo (of sorts) in the anime series Sonic X, in an episode titled "Sonic vs. the Underground Monster". Sonic and company explore an ancient underground civilization, only to be attacked by a giant cyborg monster bearing a strong resemblance to M.O.G.U.E.R.A.
An army of robots based on both Toho incarnations have been seen in the Choseishin series Genseishin Justrisers.

Filmography

The Mysterians
(1957
)
Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (1994
)

Category:Kaiju Category:Mecha Category:Fictional robots

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