Mothra Leo

Mothra Leo is the son of Mothra and the main protagonist in the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy.
==History==
===Rebirth of Mothra trilogy===
In Rebirth of Mothra, Leo hatched out from an egg prematurely during a battle between his mother and a space monster called Desghidorah, and immediately set off to help her. After a long battle, the two managed to escape, though by that point, Mothra had been badly wounded, and she collapsed into the sea. Despite his best attempts to help her stay afloat, Leo could do nothing as he watched his mother die and sink into the depths of the ocean. Determined to avenge his mother, Leo cocooned himself against a 10,000-year-old tree, and then hatched out as a fully grown giant moth.
Afterwards he returns to fight Desghidorah, now transformed into his adult form, one more time, Leo emerges victorious, and seals Desghidorah away before returning to Infant Island.
In Rebirth of Mothra II, Leo returns to fight the monster, Dagahra, only to be put at a disadvantage when Dagahra was under the water and infected Leo with the Barem, but Ghogo used his power to revitalize Mothra Leo into Rainbow Mothra.
Afterward, Rainbow Mothra transformed into Aqua Mothra so he could battle at equal terms with Dagahra. Aqua Mothra managed to destroy the beast, killing him once and for all.
In Rebirth of Mothra III, Rainbow Mothra was called into one more battle with King Ghidorah who had kidnapped children, but was clearly no match for him, so he transformed into Light Speed Mothra and travel back in time to kill King Ghidorah when he was weaker.
He went back to the Cretaceous period and got into a fight with King Ghidorah and defeated him, but his tail was cut off and buried in the ground.
King Ghidorah regrew from the tail and arrived in the present only a day later.
However, thanks to three Primitive Mothra larvae, Rainbow Mothra was contained in a time capsule, which was then hatched in the present day and Rainbow Mothra came out as Armor Mothra. Armor Mothra then returns to fight King Ghidorah one more time, and finally managed to destroy him once and for all.
Afterwards, Armor Mothra transformed into Eternal Mothra and flew away in peace.
===Godzilla Island===
In the Godzilla Island series, Mothra Leo is one of the island's residents. Like Rebirth of Mothra, he starts off as a larva before metamorphosing into a moth. When Mothra died in the series, Leo has taken over her role as an ally for Godzilla on multiple occasions.
==Gallery==
===Images===
19424873939 6c0b7308a9.jpg|Mothra Leo Imago
Rainbow mothra 1997 01.jpg|Rainbow Mothra
Acb6c280f540adc80bb2e71eb17d6501.jpg|Aqua Mothra
Light speed mothra 1998 02.jpg|Light Speed Mothra
1f72384d704939c1aa4476945ba63714.jpg|Armor Mothra
6RP9nWCq6p8zC2iGse UcvrDkLk8iztxisvEsu430Y8.png|Eternal Mothra
== Trivia ==
* This is the most powerful version of Mothra ever conceived, most likely to him being the protagonist.
* While Mothra's priestesses were the Shobijin, Leo's aides are called the "Elias".
* Mothra Leo does share theme song like his mother.
* Mothra Leo's aquatic and lightspeed forms resembles the sailfin flying fish.
* In the English dubs for the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy, Leo's gender was changed from film to film. However, Mothra Leo is generally considered to be male, while Mothra herself is female.
* While his mother had short, club-tipped antennae, Mothra Leo has larger, feathery-looking ones. This is similar to how the differences between the antennae of male and female moths differ in real life (thus debunking the misconceptions regarding Mothra Leo's gender).
* This is the first Mothra's incarnations to be male rather female, second would be followed by one of Mothra's larvae in Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S movie.
* Mothra Leo shares some similarities with Godzilla Junior, character whom from same Heisei era series. Both have faith in humanity, both were devoted to protect the balance of universe, both becoming successor of their parents perspectively. While Godzilla Junior becoming new king of monsters following his father demise, Mothra Leo becoming new guardian universe after his mother demise.
== External Links ==
*Mothra Leo on .
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