4th last episode of this series
Average Australian wildlife
Kumonga (1st generation)
Best performance of the spiga
Height: 45 metres/147.6 feet
Weight: 8,000 metric tons/8,818.4 short tons
History
Son of Godzilla
After getting awoken by Minilla, Kumonga rose out of its burrow and webbed up both Minilla and a Kamacuras, killing the Kamacuras before moving onto Minilla, however Godzilla stepped in, teaming up with Minilla to incinerate Kumonga with their atomic breath.
Random/Useless Facts
Kumonga's name is derived from the Japanese word for spider, kumo. The English dub of the film gives Kumonga the name Spiga, which was derived from the word spider
The Kumonga prop was absolutely massive, being roughly 5 metres long and needing nearly 20 people simply to operate. Due to the hot lights the set had, the sweat from the people controlling Kumonga to pour down like rain
Kumonga was one of the kaiju that appeared in the first ever Godzilla video game, Godzilla vs. 3 Giant Monsters. In the fact, two Kumongas are able to appear from the holes Megalon dug up in the previous round
Kumonga has appeared in several different comic books including the IDW trilogy, Half-Century War, Rage Across Time, Monsters & Protectors and Godzilla vs. the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Alongside comics, Kumonga has appeared in several video games such as Heart-Pounding Monster Island!!, Movie Studio Tour, Generations, Trading Battle, Kaiju Collection and the Pinball game
Unlike most spiders, Kumonga is capable of shooting webs out of its mouth. This may have been inspired by a group of spiders known as a spitting spider, which spit their webs from their mouths
In The Art of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, concept art for Kumonga is seen alongside other cut kaiju like Gigan, Anguirus and Gamera. Kumonga like the others were cut due to how much money it would cost for them to appear for so little amount of screentime
Even though Kumonga does not feature in the video game Godzilla: Unleashed, the chirps Kumonga makes can be heard as Jet Jaguar does a series of moves
In a what-if scenario in the book Godzilla: Tokyo SOS Super Complete Works, a mecha Kumonga appears alongside other mechanised kaiju after the JXSDF extracted DNA from Kumonga
In the German dub of Son of Godzilla, Kumonga is stated to be a creation of Dr. Frankenstein. This is a theme that would travel over to other German dubs
Kumonga (Second generation)
Kinda just exists
Height: 45 metres/147.6 feet
Weight: 8,000 metric tons/8,818.4 short tons
History
Destroy All Monsters
Kumonga was one of the kaiju living in 1999, being briefly controlled by the Kilaaks before being freed and battling Ghidorah, webbing the three-headed creature up.
Random/Useless Facts
Unlike Son of Godzilla, the Kumonga in Destroy All Monsters permanently red eyes
Some stock footage of Kumonga would be used in All Monsters Attack
Kumonga (Final Wars)
Best design, sadly does nothing
Height: 35 metres/114.8 feet
Length: 60 metres/196.8 feet
Weight: 30,000 metric tons/33,069.3 short tons
History
Godzilla Final Wars
Kumonga would be mind controlled by the Xiliens and attacked Arizona before being sent off to battle Godzilla, getting flung over the horizon.
Random/Useless Facts
When filming the scene where Godzilla flings Kumonga into the horizon, the scene was filmed with a crane truck in an open set, allowing them to show Godzilla being flung
Though the body height of Kumonga is only 35 metres tall, the height of the legs of Kumonga stand at 40 metres tall, still being 5 metres shorter than the original Kumonga
Despite being shorter than the original, this Kumonga weighs 30,000 metric tons, being 22,000 metric tons heavier than the original and being the largest overall incarnation of Kumonga
Despite being mind controlled by the Xiliens, Kumonga is the only Xilien controlled kaiju that doesn't attack any major city, simply targeting someone's trailer in Arizona
Kumonga (Anime Trilogy)
GODDAMNIT, ANOTHER ONE OF THESE
History
Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse
In the 2030s, a group of Kumongas followed Godzilla's path of destruction.
Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla
A smaller subspecies of Kumongas were found in North Africa and South America.
Random/Useless Facts
The Kumongas are capable of making surprise attacks by absorbing electromagnetic waves
Kumonga (Singular Point)
Interesting designs
Length: 2.8 metres/9.1 feet
History
Godzilla Singular Point
The Kumongas, Kamangas, Kanengas and Zenbungas first appeared when Otaki Factory and Jet Jaguar went to investigate a massive spiderweb. A group of Kumongas tried to attack Jet but the robot easily took them out. During the fight, the Kumongas took one of the group members to their nest, only to have the rest of Otaki Factory get them out, Jet dispatching them before they all retreated.
Random/Useless Facts
This is the first version of Kumonga to have named variations, Kamanga, Kanenga and Zenbunga, although it isn't the first to have different versions specifically, as the anime trilogy ones had smaller subspecies
The Kumonga's designs take inspiration from several different kaiju. The slime inside looks like Hedorah, the body's and drill arms resemble Megalon, the wings resemble Kamacuras and Kamanga and Zenbunga's claws resemble Gigan's
The basic species of Kumonga, Kumonga Cytodes, is based off of a real life species of spider, Scytodes kumonga, a spider discovered in 2020 that was actually named after Kumonga
Hanenga and Kamanga were revealed on the 27th of May, 2021 on the official website and were both trademarked on October 6th. Zenbunga was revealed later on the 4th of June and wasn't trademarked unlike the others
Each of the variations have different names, Kumonga Cytodes for the normal variant, Kumonga Aratus for Kamanga, Kumonga Falcipes got Kanenga and Kumonga Ultima for Zenbunga
And that's Kumonga. As someone who thinks spiders are very adorable, I wanna hug Kumonga. Also, Jet Jaguar is next for the 3rd last episode of this series and the last episode that has a kaiju on the spinwheel. What are your thoughts on Kumonga?
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