Megaguirus

**Megaguirus** (メガギラス *Megagirasu*) is a queen Meganulon kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in the 2000 *Godzilla* film, *Godzilla vs. Megaguirus*.

## Name

Megaguirus' name, like the Meganulons', comes from *Meganeura*, a species of extinct dragonflies from the Carboniferous period approximately 300 million years ago. The "girasu" part was turned into "guirus" due to that being the case with Anguirus' name.

## Design

### Appearance

Megaguirus looks like a cross between Godzilla and a Meganula. She has bumpy purple skin and greenish spikes all over her body. Her head is more reptilian than insectoid in appearance, as she lacks antennae and possesses a reptilian tooth-filled mouth instead of two mandibles like her Meganula subjects. Megaguirus also has visible pectoral and abdominal muscles on the underside of her body.

### Roar

Megaguirus' roar is shrill and high pitched in tone, being short in length, much like the call of a cricket, and other insects.

## Personality

Megaguirus is a vicious and greedy creature who exists to dominate. She stops at nothing to try and kill Godzilla and steal the rest of his energy. Megaguirus relies on her speed and agility to outflank, confuse, and batter Godzilla.

Megaguirus appears to show a high sense of intelligence, being able to fully understand the pain she inflicts upon Godzilla. Megaguirus is also very expressive, which is noticeable when she smiles sadistically before she drops a structure onto Godzilla, and later when her eyes widen in surprise before Godzilla bodyslams her. Due to her malevolent nature, Megaguirus takes pleasure in causing pain to Godzilla.

## Origins

Megaguirus was created when a black hole weapon that would send Godzilla into another dimension allowed a Meganula to arrive on present day Earth and lay an egg which would later be discovered by a young boy and then hatch into several Meganulons.

After molting into Meganula, the swarm attacked Godzilla and absorbed some of his energy, then transferred it into their queen. The queen then molted her cocoon and became Megaguirus.

## History

### *Godzilla vs. Megaguirus*

In the flooded streets of Tokyo, a large Meganulon queen waited beneath the waves for her hive to return. The Meganula flew over the city and under the water to give their queen the energy they had taken from Godzilla. They quickly injected her with the energy, giving their lives in the process. Megaguirus then shed her skin and took flight. She flew off, shattering windows and reducing buildings to rubble with her gusts of wind and sonic waves.

After a few days, Godzilla hit the shores of the city, with Megaguirus detecting his presence. She flew with great speed to attack the beast, and proved to be more than a match for him. She flew too quickly for Godzilla to blast her with his atomic beam, and she could easily out maneuver his other melee attacks. She attacked Godzilla with her sharp, deadly claws, and managed to knock him into a building. Thinking he was defeated, she started to fly away, only to be met by another attack. Godzilla charged his beam, but Megaguirus stabbed him with her stinger. She absorbed Godzilla's nuclear energy, and attempted to attack him with a ball of fire from her wings. She fired the attack, but required more energy. She charged at Godzilla with her tail forward, but unfortunately for the queen, her stinger was caught in Godzilla's jaws.

Godzilla then slowly crushed the stinger and ripped it off, leaving him with the upper hand. Megaguirus shrieked in pain and backed away, stunned. Godzilla took this opportunity and charged his beam, then blasted it out, causing her to explode in combustion of flames. Megaguirus' fiery corpse crashed on the ground, and Godzilla roared in victory.

## Abilities

### Agility

Megaguirus is one of the fastest and most agile kaiju in the Godzilla franchise. Even when stationary she can accelerate so fast that she can vanishes into a blur instantly, enabling her to surprise an opponent from an unexpected quarter. This high-speed flight also produces high-frequency sonic waves that are capable of shorting out nearby electrical equipment. The sharp edges of her wings can even cut through steel and concrete.

### Stinger

Her large abdomen ends in a vicious stinger used to pierce into an opponent's hide and drain energy from it. During this process, the opponent is incapable of launching any additional energy-based attacks upon her. She can also use the energy she siphons from her opponents to shoot her own energy weapon, a fireball from her wings.

## Weaknesses

### Fragility

However, Megagurius is a relatively frail kaiju and is very vulnerable to surprise attacks or getting overpowered. While she is the Queen of the Meganulon, she needs their stolen life energy to evolve and survive, at least until she becomes a matured adult. One burst of Godzilla's atomic breath was capable of killing her.

## Trivia

* Skeetera from *Godzilla: The Series* has similar powers as Megaguirus.
* Megaguirus is the first prehistoric insect to fight Godzilla.
* There is a useful glitch in *Godzilla: Unleashed* where Megaguirus is able to use a beam indefinitely by taking the weapon after stealing the opponent's energy first.
* The Meganulon are based off of an actual prehistoric species of dragonfly, called *Meganeura*. These dragonflies lived before the dinosaurs, in the Carboniferous era, and were as large as seagulls. Many giant insects evolved during the Carboniferous because of the high amount of oxygen in the air.
* Because Megaguirus is from the Carboniferous period, she is the second oldest *Godzilla* monster, with at least 298.9 million years of age. Destoroyah is the absolute oldest, being from the Precambrian period.
* The Pokemon Scyther and Yanmega bear some resemblance to Megaguirus.
* Her design may be a pun on a literal interpretation of a **dragon**fly.

## List of appearances

### Films

* *Godzilla vs. Megaguirus* (First appearance)

### Video games

* *Godzilla: Save the Earth*
* *Godzilla: Unleashed* (Wii and PlayStation 2)
* *Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash*
* *Godzilla*(2014 video game) (Kaiju Guide)
* *Godzilla: Kaiju Collection*

### Comics

* *Godzilla: Rulers of Earth*
* *Godzilla: Cataclysm*