Vakishim

:File:Vakishim Ref.png is a Terrible-Monster created by Yapool from the television series, Ultraman Ace. Created with the Terrible-Monster Creating Machine through the combination of a space monster and a caterpillar, the first Vakishim was simply one of Yapool's disguises, though subsequent examples appeared separate from, or together with their master in later installments of the Ultraman Series.
Subtitles:
*Vakishim: 
*Vaximum: 
== Conception ==
=== Etymology ===
Vakishim's name is an anagram of the Japanese word for 'fanged insect', . During Vakishim's design process, the characters of this word were switched to become , with the romaji for this then being reversed to yield Bakishimu, Vakishim.
==History==
===Ultraman Ace===
Yapool as Vakishim decided to take matters on his own to attack Earth, first by menacing Minami (the female co-host of Ultraman Ace). While she managed to survive, Vakishim shot down a passing JAL Boeing 747 and disappeared. Vakishim managed to impersonate a small boy and used him as a puppet to hide from TAC. As the boy, he set his grandparents' and his home village on fire in a brutal display. Once TAC found out about the truth, Vakishim transformed into his true form and fled through his dimensional portal. Vakishim reappeared out from a different portal near TAC's HQ and proceeded to attack, with TAC's fighter jets' attacks doing nothing to the Terrible-Monster. Finally, Ultraman Ace arrived to do battle and after a brutal fight, Ultraman Ace destroyed Vakishim's horn with the Star Beam Cutter and decapitated Vakishim with the Ace Spark followed by the Ultra Slash. Despite Vakishim's defeat, Yapool managed to survive.
Sometime later, it was revealed that the boy Vakishim used to impersonate had, in truth, already died sometime before the Terrible-Monster's own debut. 
====Trivia====
*Actor: Jin Takahashi
*Voice actor: Hiroshi Takada
*Vakishim's appearance was to pay tribute to the Murase family, whom have played a role in both suit-acting and designing monsters from various series' such as Godzilla and Gamera.
*Vakishim is the first Terrible-Monster to be decapitated by Ultraman Ace.
*Vakishim is the first of many Terrible-Monster to utilize possession, but this was actually due to him being a form of Yapool.
*Vakishim's roar is a slowed down Nurse's roar which that itself is a low pitched Ebirah's roar.
*Vakishim was originally set to appear in the film, Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers, along with Astromons, Twin Tail, Tyrant, Eleking, and Gomora. They were replaced for unknown reasons.
**Vakishim, along with the original cast of monsters, were also meant to make up Giga Khimaira.
===Ultraman Mebius===
Vakishim reappeared in episode 24 of the series, Ultraman Mebius.
Appearing out of the sky much like his original appearance, Vakishim attacked Ryu and Mirai (Ultraman Mebius's human form,) injuring Mirai's left arm and abducting Ryu. Upon awakening, Mirai found out that Ryu's body was being possessed by Yapool as his puppet to toy with GUYS and its newest objective.
Once Yapool's identity was revealed to GUYS, Yapool unleashed Vakishim again to further stall GUYS from stopping him. Yapool then threatened Mirai that he had a bomb set up that with go off unless he shoots Ryu. Without any other option, Mirai shot Ryu (who managed to survive), releasing him from Yapool's control, who went on to possess Vakishim and increase his Terrible-Monster's power. Mirai, enraged at Ryu's undeserving demise, transformed into Ultraman Mebius to do battle against Vakishim. However, Mebius' arm was still injured from Vakishim attacking him earlier on, thus Vakishim had the advantage. However after the assistance of Crew GUYS, Mebius managed to transform into Mebius Brave and sliced Vakishim in half with the Acti-Blade Attack, therefore destroying him. 
====Trivia====
*Vakishim's roar is enhanced with an additional roar that comes from the 1957 film, The Land Unknown.
*In the first episode of Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle, when Oki shows Kumano Peguila on his computer, Vakishim's silhouette can be seen along with Alien Mefilas, Saramandora, Birdon, Twin Tail, and Gudon can be seen as well.
===Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey===
Vakishim reappeared in episode 5 of the series, Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey.
In this series, Vakishim was the second monster owned by Alien Metron (after his Doragory was nearly killed by Rei). Alien Metron looked to get vengeance after he was attacked by Reimon when he was in Burst Mode, foolishly provoking a recently rehabilitated Rei for a rematch. He further tried to get Rei's attention by using Vakishim to attack the ZAP SPACY crew. Finally, Reimon returned in his Burst Mode and used his Reionic Burst Gomora to do battle, Despite getting a few lucky hits, he was no match for Gomora and was easily beaten into submission. After a long and brutal smack-down, Gomora was victorious and destroyed Vakishim with his Ultra Oscillation Wave. 
====Trivia====
*The Vakishim suit from Ultraman Mebius was reused for Vakishim's appearance in the series.
*During the opening credits to the series, Vakishim is seen battling normal form Gomora, even though in the series, he only fought Reionic Burst Gomora.
===Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie===
Vakishim reappeared in the movie Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie as one of Ultraman Belial's 100 Monster Army. He teamed up with Hoe, Tyrant, Galberos, Alien Reflect, and Sadola to take down Litra. Vakishim was called back by Belial along with the surviving monsters to watch Reionic Burst Gomora take on the Ultras and was sent back out to fight Ultraman Zero when he arrived. He was eventually the third monster to be destroyed by Ultraman Zero's Wide Zero Shot behind Telesdon and Alien Temperor and followed up by Gudon.
====Trivia====
*Vakishim is one of the monsters that makes up Belyudra's 2nd support group in the movie.
*Vakishim can be seen during the close-up of Ultraman Belial's Giga Battlenizer, along with Verokron, Zoa Muruchi, Zetton, Antlar, Alien Baltan, and Red King.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure===
During the Alien Pedan's investigation on their elderly brethren's hut, Yapool sends in a Vakishim to kill Io Mikura due to his fear of Reionics for their ties to Reiblood. Forced to get out of hiding, Io summoned his Gomora to deal with the Vakishim, but the Terrible Monster's projectiles were more than enough for the Ancient Monster to handle. Dorothy then summoned a King Joe Black and defeated Vaksihim in a single shot from its Pedanium Launcher.
Vakishim appeared in Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS, continuing its role in hunting the protagonist, but was defeated before King Joe Black's arrival.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure NEO===
A Vakishim is part of the Space Alliance Army formed by Yapool and Alien Hipporit to take on Alien Reiblood's EX Zetton, only to be defeated. When Ai Asama and Io confronted Reiblood/EX Zetton with Gomora and Red King, Reiblood responded by resurrecting the Space Alliance Army as his reinforcements. Ultraman and Ultraseven arrived just in time to even the odds, the former putting up a barrier to prevent the alliance army from advancing. With Reiblood/EX Zetton eliminated, the resurrected army had their spirits ascended to the Monster Graveyard.
In Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS NEO, Vakishin and Ace Killer are summoned by Giant Yapool to deal with the protagonist when Kanegon failed to bargain with the Extradimensional Beings to sell his Battlenizer. Because the Space Alliance Army are never adapted into the game, Vakishim and Ace Killer are the only reinforcements that Yapool summoned early in the game and never fought against Reiblood/EX Zetton.
===Ultraman Ginga===
Vakishim appeared in Ultraman Ginga as a Spark Doll. In episode 7, he was seen along with many different monsters are seen as they cheer on Ultraman Ginga while he fights Dark Galberos. 
Vaximum was seen amongst the Spark Dolls in Dark Lugiel's collection alongside Powered Baltan, Andro Mecha Baltan, Deathfacer, Geronimon, Ace Killer and Gatanothor.
It is likely that Vakishim returned to space in his original form after Ultraman Ginga defeated Dark Lugiel. 
===Ultraman Ginga S===
Vakishim returns with Yapool on Ultraman Ginga S episode 5.
Vakishim first appears when it emerges from its dimension to ours under the control of Android One Zero. Hikaru Raido transforms into Ultraman Ginga to fight him. Ginga was about to perform the Ginga Hyper Kick on the Terrible-Monster when Vakishim grabs hold of him and manages to swing him around in circles until letting go and firing his One Horn Missiles and launched his horn at him soon after that. Just when One Zero was about to finish him off, Yapool suddenly appears and takes control away from One Zero, before sending the Terrible-Monster back to its dimension. This event revealed that Yapool was using Vakishim as a disguise, like he had done before, when the monster was turned into a Spark Doll by Dark Lugiel, thus leaving him trapped within Vakishim's spark doll for thousands of years.
Halfway through the episode, Vakishim returns after Sho transforms into Ultraman Victory. Vakishim fired his missiles and Victory dodged them all while the Ultra was flying in mid-air. The Terrible-Monster then fired his Needle Energy Blasts and struck Victory with them. Sho then UITrans King Joe Launcher and both of them fired their energy blasts at each other up to a stalemate until Ginga arrives. Victory then calls back the Launcher to fight him close combat until Yapool lost control over Gouki Matsumoto. He orders Vakishim to retreat, but Victory followed pursuit and eventually brought Vakishim back to our dimension. After Ginga transfroms into Ginga Strium and Sho UITrans his right hand into Gudon Whip, Vakishim fights Victory alongside Yapool, who fights Ginga, After Vakishim was struck with the Gudon Whip multiple times, Victory finishes off the Terrible-Monster with the Victorium Shoot. 
====Trivia====
*Yapool in Vakishim's body from prior events was a tribute to the Terrible-Monster's appearance in Ultraman Ace who originally was a form of Yapool (before the real one would appear in Ultraman Mebius).
*Vakishim was the first monster Victory defeated to not leave a Spark Doll behind.
*The names and descriptions of Vakishim's abilities when Tomoya analyzes it are taken, word for word, from this article.
===Ultra Fight Victory===
Vakishim appeared who summoned by Yapool along with Doragory and Verokron, to deal with Leo and Astra, who were sent by Ultraman King to stop the reviving Space Emperor on Planet Gua. The Leo brothers fought them while Ultraman Victory was fighting Ace Killer and Lunaticks. At first it seemed that Leo and his brother were getting the upper hand until the dimensional distortion expanded and Juda was revived. Finally, Victory, Ace and Ginga arrived to help the Leo Brothers. Yapool likewise assisted his Terrible-Monster, with Leo fighting Vakishim, Astra fighting Doragory, Ace fighting his sworn enemy Verokron and Ginga and Victory fighting Yapool. Doragory, along with Vakishim, tried to finish off the Leo Brothers with their lightning bolts and Angular Missiles respectively, but the brothers dodged the attacks and Astra finished off Doragory with his Astra Kick and Leo finished Vakishim with his Leo Kick. Under Ace's advice, Ginga and Victory merged into Gingavictory and killed Yapool, but everything had been too late: Juda successfully revived as he summons Super Grand King Spectre to fight the Ultramen. 
====Trivia====
*The Vakishim suit from Ultraman Ginga S was reused for his appearance in this mini-series.
===Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA===
Vakishim reappears in this spinoff series of Ultraman Orb.
He first appears floating above the planet of Alien Kanon along with Verokron, both infected with Kugustu thanks to a Bezelb. When Ultraman Cosmos arrives, the Bezelb orders the Terrible-Monster to fire at the ultra. Seeing what he had heard about was true, Cosmos tried to calm them with Full Moon Rect. However, he only snaps them out of their trance, not curing the poison which, luckily for the Bezelb, controls their mind again and fire at the hero. The two Terrible-Monster land on the planet start their rampage, heading toward the Tree of Life. As they fire at it, a golden barrier shields the tree. The one who created it reveals to be Amate, queen of the kingdom. She does her best to defend the tree, but even after spooking Vakishim and Verokron with a beam, the Terrible-Monster, under control of the Bezelb, still continue their attack. As fate is about to take hold, Ultraman Orb and Ultraman Dyna arrive to assist the War Deity. While Dyna battles Verokron, Orb fights Vakishim. Even after Cosmos comes to the assist, the Terrible-Monster don't retreat. However, after the tree is cut down by a vengeful Jugglus Juggler, Psychi calls a retreat, as the Terrible-Monster and Bezelb board the ship as it heads to Earth.
During the final battle, Vakishim, along with Arstron and two Bezelbs, teamed up with Psyqueen to destroy the tree. However, Orb, Dyna, Gaia, Agul, and Cosmos appeared to try and stop them. While Orb tried helping an infected Amate, Gaia and Agul battled Psyqueen, Cosmos fought Vakishim, and Dyna fought Arstron. In the end, Vakishim, along with Amate and Arstron, were cured when Cosmos fed them the seeds of the Tree of Life, and the Kaiju and Terrible-Monster were sent somewhere far from civilization to live in peace. 
====Trivia====
*The Vakishim suit from Ultraman Ginga S was reused for his appearance in the mini-series. However, the only modification on the suit were a group of vein-like structures on its left side where Bezelb stung it.
==Data==
==Spark Doll==
The Vakishim Spark Doll was used by Android Zero One in episode 5 of Ultraman Ginga S. It is revealed that Yapool was hiding within the Spark Doll after the Dark Spark War.
==Merchandise==
Vaximum was part of the EX Series in September 2009, but was discontinued and was never rereleased. His figures are very rare, but can be found on websites, although they are commonly overpriced.
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Vakishim LL01.jpg|X-plus 25cm Vakishim
Vakishim 1991.jpeg|The 1991 figure of Vakishim.
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Vakishim_eraser.png|Vakishim eraser
==References==
ja:バキシム
id:Vakishim
Category:Ultra Kaiju
Category:Ultraman Ace Kaiju
Category:Ultraman Mebius Kaiju
Category:Ultra Galaxy Kaiju
Category:Terrible-Monsters
Category:Ultraman Ginga S Kaiju
Category:Ultra Fight Victory Kaiju
Category:Residents of Yapool's Dimension
Category:Ultraman Ace
Category:Ultra Fight Victory
Category:Ultraman Mebius
Category:Ultraman Ginga S
Category:Ultra Galaxy
Category:Ultraman Orb
Category:Ultraman Orb Kaiju
Category:Spared Kaiju
Category:Kugutsu Victims
Category:Battlenizer Kaiju
Category:100 Monster Army
Category:Belyudra's Left Horn
Category:Dropped Giga Khimaira Body Parts
Category:Kaiju