Mothra

Mothra (モスラ Mosura?), also dubbed Titanus Mosura, is a giant moth daikaiju created by Legendary Pictures that first appeared in the 2019 film, Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
== History ==
=== Sonic Forces ===
Mothra travels to fight and assists Godzilla in his re-match against Ghidorah. She spits silk at Ghidorah, pinning him to the side of a building and allowing Godzilla to brutally ram him through. Before she can further assist her Alpha, Rodan appears and intercepts her, slamming her into a building.
The two Titans grapple each other in the sky, and a fierce aerial battle ensues. Rodan, being much larger and, arguably, more powerful than Mothra, has the advantage for most of the fight. Rodan then pins her to a building and prepares to deliver the killing blow, only to have Mothra stab him in the sternum with her hidden stinger, which incapacitates him.
Severely wounded and weakened, Mothra flies over to Godzilla, who had just been dropped from thousands of feet by Ghidorah. Using the last of her strength, she flies towards Ghidorah, who blasts her with his gravity beams.
Mothra burns up and disintegrates, her ashes falling onto Godzilla, transferring her power to him. Godzilla, now burning red, blasts Ghidorah with thermonuclear pulses, which take the shape of Mothra's wings. Using these thermonuclear pulses, Godzilla can defeat Ghidorah and secures his position as the Alpha Titan.
Following Ghidorah’s death, Amy Rose founds that another Mothra egg has been discovered.
== Abilities ==
=== Abdominal Stinger ===
Mothra possesses a stinger in her abdomen, in which she used as a last resort to stab Rodan in the sternum when the latter has momentarily pinned her to a building.
=== Bioluminescence ===
Mothra's thorax is capable of emitting beta-wave bioluminescence that can be projected through the patterns of her wings and weaponized as blinding 'god rays' that can disperse clouds.
=== Durability ===
Mothra can take hits from Rodan's attacks and continues on fighting.
=== Energy Dispersal ===
Upon dying, Mothra releases a cloud of energy that empowers Godzilla.
=== Flight ===
Mothra's gigantic wings allow her to fly across the sky at great speed.
=== Raptorial Forelimbs ===
Mothra's legs possess pointed tips, allowing her to fight up close against other Titans if she needs to.
=== Silk Attack ===
Mothra can launch incredibly strong silk from glands inside her mouth, and she can do this in both her larval and imago forms. The silk is shown to be strong enough to temporarily glue humans to the walls of a cave and Ghidorah to the side of a building.
=== Speed and Agility ===
Mothra can swiftly blindside Ghidorah by gluing him to the side of a building with her silk, and she is quick enough to use her stinger to stab Rodan before he can kill her.
=== Strength and Combat ===
Her fighting style varies depending on what stage of life she is currently in. In her larval form, Mothra can knock humans away with her legs, as well as devour them whole with her tripartite mandibles. In her imago form, Mothra uses her raptorial forelimbs and stinger as her primary weapons. A strike from her limbs is strong enough to stagger Rodan for a short amount of time and her stinger is sharp enough to pierce through Rodan’s geothermal armor.
=== Reincarnation ===
Mothra can cheat death by laying an egg upon reaching her imago state.
== Weaknesses ==
=== Relative Fragility ===
Due to her smaller size and delicate frame, Mothra was not the most durable Titan. She was severely wounded after her battle against Rodan and disintegrated within seconds when Ghidorah blasted her with his gravity beams.
== Trivia ==
* This is the first incarnation of Mothra that is not a literal divine creature. Though, she does have aspects that imply her mystical origin.
* This incarnation of Mothra to have long forelegs resembles Mothra's pre-production designs by Toho.
* The revealed image for Mothra reads "Terrasearch #63061: Yucca Province". June 30, 1961 (6-30-61) was the date the original Mothra film released. However, Yucca is a typo as it's supposed to be "Yunnan", and there is no such place as the Yucca Province.
** As seen on the Monarch Sciences website, Monarch Outpost 61, where Mothra is located, homages 1961, the year when Mothra was released.
* Based on the fact that the Nazca Lines are mentioned in Monarch Sciences' description of Mothra, it can be assumed that she has some ties to Nazca culture. Mothra's connection to the Latin American continent is similar to that of her counterpart in the AniGoji continuity.
* This Mothra's bioluminescence-based abilities are similar to a special ability of the male MUTO, originally dubbed 'Hokmuto', in an early version of the 2014 film, Godzilla. Said ability was said to be a lightning-like "shockwave" that created aurora-like lights.
** Furthermore, some scenes of Mothra (MA) are similar to the description of this Mothra's bioluminescence.
* In one interview with Michael Dougherty, he revealed that Mothra's eyespots are intentionally designed to look like Godzilla's eyes because he "wanted to create a connection between [her] and Godzilla". Additionally, he gave her slightly larger feet because he wanted her to be able to defend herself and fight with the other monsters if she needs to.[1]
* Mothra's design in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack by Shusuke Kaneko shares many similarities with the Mothra in the King of the Monsters; much smaller in size comparing to Godzilla, more sharp and aggressive facial expressions, to have long hairless legs with a slender body. Both incarnations of Mothra don't originate from Infant Island and gained new weapons/abilities instead of the iconic poisonous scales. Monsters to inspire humanity to create mystical creatures from the real world is very similar to the cases seen in Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera Trilogy and his Godzilla.
** Shusuke Kaneko confirmed multiple similarities between his GMK and King of the Monsters including Mothra to become "that"[2]
* The Monarch timeline incorrectly states that Mothra was first discovered in her cocoon state when she was still just an egg, as shown in King of the Monsters.
* Much like the land-based Servum, Mothra's larval state shares many similarities to the Ohmu from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind such as the armored carapace, her multiple, dagger-like legs on the front part of her body, and her glowing body changing colors depending on her mood (blue for calm and red for enraged or distressed).