Mulu-elu Galu-gu

The old Tanzawa Pass, huh? If it was sunny, it would've been beautiful.

― Mulu-elu Galu-gu upon making landfall on Earth.

Template:Tabber2PostMillennium Template:Infobox Characters Mulu-elu Galu-gu (ムルエル・ガルグ^?) was a Bilusaludo, and the Aratrum's Chief Technology Officer, who was introduced in the 2017 Godzilla film, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, and reappeared in the 2018 sequel, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle.

Appearance

Mulu's physique took a detour from previous characters, with his body build being much thicker and muscular in comparison. His skin was also much darker than most other cast members, with his hair being gray, and his eyes being brown.

Personality

Galu-gu's personality was briefly explored in Planet of the Monsters, which showed him as slightly dismissive of humanity's want to give up searching for a new planet to return to Earth, compared to Metphies, who sympathized with the species.

When Galu-gu spoke on Haruo Sakaki's thesis on defeating Godzilla, he showed not only a great interest, but also thought higher of the Captain as a result. When most others showed fear of the nanometal and its assimilation properties, Galu-gu hoped that Haruo and his determination would make him different from the others.

During City on the Edge of Battle, Galu-gu, alongside his associate Rilu-elu Belu-be showed great excitement at the nanometal and its propagation, showing an almost patriotic sense of emotion to it.

While normally calm, Galu-gu would have a slight change of tone with his nanometal assimilation, which would have him becoming irritated easier, as seen with Metphies' intervention.

Relationships

Metphies

Galu-gu's relationship with Metphies was friendly in origin, and both were implied to have a trusting bond, as Galu-gu was the only one who knew of Metphies' leaking of Haruo's thesis. However, he looked down upon the Exif's brainwashing of humanity through their religion, and seemingly held no religious beliefs himself. His statement proclaiming this was veiled as a more tongue-in-cheek joke, however, and he and Metphies both laughed off their statements shortly after.

However, City on the Edge of Battle turned this relationship on its head, as Galu-gu's assimilation with the nanometal would have him angrily deeming the latter a "bastard" and "religious freak" when Metphies attempted to sway Haruo to stop the nanometal's spread.

History

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

Mulu-elu Galu-gu was introduced during the prequel monologue to the film's events, where he was briefly shown trying to persuade Halu-elu Dolu-do to keep attempting to activate Mechagodzilla as Godzilla moved closer. Dolu-do proceeded to drag him out out of the room, shortly before an atomic blast hit.

Galu-gu then made a brief appearance alongside Halu-elu Dolu-do and Rilu-elu Belu-be, with Dolu-do expressing how the destruction of the landing ship carrying the elderly was a blow to the ship's population's morale.

He would then be seen speaking with Metphies on Haruo's thesis on defeating Godzilla. Galu-gu expressed his liking of the thesis and how he thought higher of Sakaki as a result, to which he and Metphies began a tongue in cheek dialogue about either species potentially malicious intentions with regards to humanity.

He would later be seen prepping the Aratrum for the return journey to Earth, and as they returned, would witness the confirmation of Godzilla's survival. Galu-gu would then be part of the crew who'd listen to Haruo's explanation of the plan to defeat Godzilla, prior to making landfall on the planet's surface.

Galu-gu would captain one of the landing crafts making their way to the planet's surface, and would comment on the large, destructive bombings of the planet to clear the way for a proper landing site. As their ship collided with an unknown object upon landing, Galu-gu would exit and make a comment both on their landing site and the newly torn hole in their hull.

He would be seen later, following the Servum attack on Company A, where Adam Bindewald would brief him on Eliott Leland, and his plan of retreat. Galu-gu expressed annoyance, and called Leland a coward, before also showing disappointment in how humanity had their species design a war machine, only for them to abandon it due to overcapacity, referring to their base camp and its set of vehicles.

Following Godzilla's sudden arrival, and the death of Leland at its hands Galu-gu would be seen going over the newly found weakness of Godzilla: a noise pattern that gives away its natural shield drop, and the vulnerable dorsal spine that generated it. As Haruo would be given command over the operation, Galu-gu would be informed on how Haruo intended to command the Exosuit team directly, a decision that surprised him. However, Haruo would inform him on how he wanted to determine the EMP probes' target on site, and that to attack Godzilla's weak point, they'd need to lure him deeper into the valley. Galu-gu would be placed in the artillery squadron, and would give the all clear once the four sets of vehicles were ready to proceed.

As the attack on Godzilla raged on, Haruo would task Adam with using landing crafts to bomb Godzilla and lure him into the trap earlier than expected, a decision Galu-gu questioned outright, deeming it too dangerous, while questioning how they expected to return to the Aratrum in the event of their destruction. Haruo simply responded by saying they were "already home", to which Galu-gu then questioned Haruo's sanity, however, Adam would back up Haruo, and agree to the plan.

Once Godzilla had been led down the newly forged path, and buried under a rockslide following this plan, Galu-gu and the artillery he was with would open fire on the beast once its shield collapsed, resulting in the destruction of its spine. As Godzilla retaliated by firing a blast of its atomic breath, Galu-gu was surprised it still could attack in spite of the damage they caused to it.

As Godzilla began to free itself from the restraints caused by the rockslide it was buried under, Haruo would rush into the fray, jumping onto Godzilla's back and slamming an EMP probe into its spine. When he commanded the artillery to open fire despite him being in the line of fire, Galu-gu would hesitate before Haruo sternly commanded him to, leading to a salvo of artillery bombing the monster, and a subsequent command by Galu-gu for the rest of the Exosuit squad to move in to assist.

The Exosuits then planted their EMP probes in Godzilla's spine, resulting in the monster's growing instability. Galu-gu questioned whether or not the plan worked as Godzilla seemingly began to recover, before Martin Lazzari assured him it did, to which Godzilla violently exploded.

Galu-gu would be seen inspecting Godzilla's corpse following their victory, where he'd refer to Godzilla as a monster, following Belu-be's comment on the creature's body structure. As Godzilla Earth awakened from a mountain nearby, Galu-gu, alongside his allies would be completely blindsided. Haruo would order a swift retreat, with Galu-gu speaking on how they were still attempting to round everyone and everything up, to which Haruo urged the landing craft and personnel to leave, immediately. Following Godzilla's attack on the remaining forces in the area, Galu-gu escaped the carnage.

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle

Galu-gu was first seen in the Houtua's living spaces, following Haruo's arrival with his group of four.

List of appearances

• Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (First appearance)
• Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle

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