Varan

Appearences
Varan made his debuit in a 1958 film known as Varan. Released in America in 1962 as 'Varan the Unbelievable!' it was severely cut and the Americanization is hated. Varan also used gliding and swimming powers and was seemingly killed by a pair of bombs in his stomach. Varan appeared 41 years later on Monster Island in Destroy All Monsters. Along with the Baragon suit, Varan's suit was heavily damaged from being used on the Ultraman show. Beacause of this, he could only appear in the film for a few seconds as an immoble toy. Varan's name was never uttered in the film for reasons unknown. When the announcer is watching the monsters arrive to battle King Ghidorah, he mentions every monster except Varan. Contrary to popular belief, Varan was not thrown in for a few seconds just to say the film had more monsters. He was to have a bigger role, but due to time and budget costs, Toho could not repair the suit damage.

Powers
Varan does not have any beam weapons, as he is an older creation. He has one special ability, however, which is gliding. Varan has skin flaps between his arms and legs, which enable him to glide. In his debut film, he jumped off a cliff and began to glide for the nearest island: Japan. In Destroy All Monsters, he can be seen gliding into view for the final battle, and later on Monster Island. Varan did not fight King Ghidorah in Destroy All Monsters; he merely watched. However, if he did do battle, he may have used his tail to battle his foe, which he used to level buildings in the first film. Varan also has dosal spines, but these have never shown to be of any use.

Games
Varan appeared in Godzilla: Monster of Monsters and a later GameBoy game, but otherwise has not appeared in any games. He was considered for Godzilla: Save the Earth and appeared in Godzilla: Unleashed as an Earth Defender.

He appears in several fan games, including Solgell Island Kajiu Volleystone, Godzilla, Anguirus, Varan: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack II and Dimension Tide