Godzilla kaiju
Fictional character
Kumonga (Japanese: クモンガ, Hepburn: Kumonga) is a mutated, enormous spider-like kaiju that first appeared in Toho's 1967 film Son of Godzilla and went on to appear in the films Destroy All Monsters, All Monsters Attack (through only stock footage) and Godzilla: Final Wars. In the English dub version of Son of Godzilla, Kumonga is referred to as Spiga, while subsequent films refer to it by its original name.
In 2020, a species of spitting spider, Scytodes kumonga, was named after this kaiju.[1][2] Kumonga's scientific name in Godzilla Singular Point, Kumonga scytodes, pays homage to this species.[3][4]
Overview
Showa
First appearing in the film Son of Godzilla, Kumonga is depicted as a giant mutant spider who was initially found on Solgell Island. It captures Minilla and a Kamacuras in its web, killing the latter with its stinger. Godzilla soon arrives and defeats the monstrous spider with Minilla's help, who incinerate Kumonga with their atomic breath.
As of the film Destroy All Monsters, a second Kumonga was relocated to Monsterland, where it lives with Earth's other monsters until they were captured and brainwashed by the alien Kilaaks, who send them to attack Earth's major cities. After a group of human astronauts destroy the Kilaaks' control device, the Earth monsters converge on the aliens' Earth outpost. They summon King Ghidorah to defend them, but Earth's monsters join forces to kill the space dragon before returning to Monsterland to live in peace.
The Showa Kumonga was 45 meters (150 feet) tall and weighed 8,000 metric tons (8,818 short tons).[5]
Millennium
Kumonga appears in the 2004 film Godzilla: Final Wars as one of many mind-controlled monsters used by the alien Xiliens. After a group of humans free Godzilla from Antarctica to stop them, the Xiliens dispatch Kumonga to New Guinea to battle Godzilla. The arachnid initially outmaneuvers and entangles its opponent in its thick webbing, but Godzilla uses the webbing to throw Kumonga across the horizon.
The Final Wars Kumonga was 60 meters (196 feet) tall, and weighed 30,000 metric tons (33,069b short tons).[6]
Reiwa
Kumonga appears in the 2021 anime series Godzilla Singular Point as a social species of arachnid kaiju that take over a shipyard warehouse and attack it workers. In response, the Otaki Factory team and Jet Jaguar arrive to rescue the workers.
This version of Kumonga is a composite character, taking many design elements from Kamacuras, Megalon, Gigan, and Hedorah.[citation needed]
Powers and abilities
The Showa Kumonga can spit silk and deploy a venomous stinger from its mouth while the Millennium incarnation can jump and spit silk that can transform into canvas nets. The Singular Point Kumonga are capable of surviving being dismembered through their blue shapeshifting innards and are accompanied by multiple congeners, such as the scythe-armed Kamanga and the flying variants Hanenga and Zenbunga.
Appearances
Films
Television
Godzilla Singular Point (2021)
Video games
Literature
