Skydon

is an ankylosaurus-like Kaiju that appeared in the TV series, Ultraman. He appeared in episode 34.
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==Conception==
===Etymology===
Skydon's name is a combination of the words "Sky" and "Dawn," Dawn because of Skydon's first arrival at the crack of dawn. Other interpretations claim that Skydon's name is actually a combination of "Sky" and "Down", as Skydon dropped down from the sky but yet another interpretation claims that the "-don" suffix - meaning "tooth", and commonly found in the binomial names of various species, including a number of dinosaurs - alludes to the monster's resemblance to quadrupedal dinosaurs.
==History==
===Ultraman===
Skydon is a monster from space that landed on Earth in a meteor. Landing in a small construction site, a grumpy Skydon immediately attacked and set the site on fire with his flames. The Science Patrol was quick on assault, but their weapons were uselessly shrugged off by Skydon with ease. With the site on fire, Skydon soon went to sleep.
With their first assault a botch, the Science Patrol went through a series of tactics to get rid of the monster, the likes of which included:
#The use of cables strapped to VTOL aircrafts to airlift Skydon away
#The use of a giant propeller to take Skydon into space
#The use of rockets to fly Skydon into space
all of which failed comedically. During their first failed effort to get rid of the monster, Hayata narrowed avoided crashing and transformed into Ultraman to battle the beast, however much like the Science Patrol's follow-up of plans, Skydon easily shrugged off his assaults and went back to sleep, leaving a moderately embarrassed Ultraman to retreat once his Color Timer began to blink. Finally after a series of failures, the Science Patrol decided to fill the monster with hydrogen, inflating Skydon like a balloon, which miraculously succeeded.
Suddenly, the Air Force noticed Skydon and shot at the monster in mid-air causing Skydon to lose hydrogen and plummet dangerously into the heart of Tokyo. After comedically mistaking a spoon with the Beta Capsule for a second, Hayata transformed into Ultraman again and destroyed Skydon by using the Air Body technique on the Hydrogen-filled monster, destroying Skydon in a fiery explosion.
====Trivia====
*Suit actor: Ēichi Matsushima
*Skydon was created by a modified Gamakugira suit.
*According to Tohl, Skydon's head is asymetrical to let the eyelids and mouth move easier.
*Skydon's concept art is derived from Gavadon's initial Walrus-like design, which in turn was adapted from Neronga's concept art.
*Skydon is one of the heaviest monsters in all the Ultra series' at a staggering 200,000 metric tons. While later monsters that weighed in at around this mass would appear and play a vital role at the series' end, Skydon was merely a joke character not to be taken too seriously.
*Skydon's roars are heavily slowed down Gomora's roars mixed with heavily slowed down Telesdon's roars. These roars would be sped up to normal speed for the Zone Fighter Kaiju Jellar and Kastam-Jellar. 
*The scene featuring Skydon appears in the 1969 American film "Midnight Cowboy, with the background music using the outro of the "Ultraman no Uta", and it appears as a television program within the film.
*Skydon is one of the monsters that appears as a picture on the wall of Yuriko's room in episode 18 of The☆Ultraman.
*Skydon makes a cameo appearance in Ultraman Mebius episode 21, Cry from Space, as a ghost in the Monster Graveyard.
*Skydon is one of the monsters that makes up Belyudra's left arm in Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure===
50 years after the incident on Planet Hammer, Skydon was one of the many monsters summoned to Earth by Bullton. Skydon was seen on the news at Io Mikura's home, rampaging at Chiba Prefecture.
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==Other Media==
===Kaiju Busters POWERED===
A black-colored subspecies called  also appeared.
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===The Rise of Ultraman===
Skydon appeared in volume 4 of The Rise of Ultraman, where it was seen trapped in Limbo alongside other Kaiju.
==Gallery==
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Jack and Kaiju picture book IX.png|Skydon vs. Arstron
CCP SKYDON.jpeg|A CCP Skydon figure.
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SKYDON-MANGA.png|Being lifted by Gorian in Ultraman Story 0
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Marvel Skydon.png|Skydon in the Marvel Comics
Skydon eraser.png|Skydon's eraser
Bandai 1989 Skydon.JPG.webp|Skydon figure by Bandai from 1989
==References==
Category:Kaiju
Category:Belyudra's Left Arm
Category:Modified Kaiju Suits
Category:Reused Kaiju Suits
Category:Ultraman Graffiti
Category:Ultraman Graffiti Characters
Category:Kaiju Busters Kaiju