Gorosaurus (The Monster King Universe)

## Gorosaurus

Gorosaurus a large member of allosauridae family known as allosaurus ultimas that first appeared in the story Godzilla: The Monster King.

## Name

Gorosaurus' name might be derived from the Japanese word "gorogoro," meaning "thunder," and the Greek word *saurus*, meaning lizard or reptile.

## Design

When designing Gorosaurus, Footyzilla1321 wanted to combine the original Toho design with a more up-to-date reconstruction of an allosaurus. The head is the main change between the two designs. There is a more noticeable crest compared to the originals, which had a bit more of a slanted head. Behind Gorosaurus' crest are a small tuft of feathers, very similar and inspired by the male velociraptors from Jurassic Park 3. Gorosaurus has large eyes that are placed behind his crests, and in front of the crests is a striped head. The jaws of Gorosaurus have small teeth, save for the large fangs. These fangs are the only fangs that would poke out if Gorosaurus were to close his mouth. Gorosaurus' underbelly is practically the exact same as the original, Showa, version of Gorosaurus, with large spikes running along his back, with wrinkles on the neck and patterning across the body. Gorosaurus has powerful limbs, with long arms that have pronated wrists and muscular legs. Gorosaurus has a long tail that has been noted to be much bulkier than the average A. ultimas, allowing Gorosaurus to jump on his tail. The end of Gorosaurus' tail had a large spike protruding out of it, along with two smaller spikes surrounding it.

## Personality

Gorosaurus is one of the most intelligent monsters in the Hollow Earth, being able to plan strategies against other kaiju. Gorosaurus is a very social creature, shown in how Gorosaurus interacts with creatures in the Hollow Earth, specifically communicating with kaiju like Rodan and Godzilla. Gorosaurus' intelligence is comparable to the smartest of animals, being superior to dolphins, chimps and even humans. Gorosaurus is seemingly a bit more stoic overtime, as in Kaiju: Prehistoric Age, he was much more social compared to Monster King and False King, although this may have been because Gorosaurus received more focus in comparison.

## Origins

Gorosaurus was a member of the allosaurus ultimas species that after a battle with another member of his species, fell into the Hollow Earth.

## History

### Kaiju: Prehistoric Age

Gorosaurus first appears to be resting when Rodan flew above him. After that, Gorosaurus stood up and walked around, checking his territory, however, Gorosaurus saw no trespassers, and decided to go back to resting. A day later, it was mating season for Gorosaurus, and as tradition, Gorosaurus began constructing a nest for his mate, grabbing rocks to make said nest. As Gorosaurus was making the nest, another of Gorosaurus' species, Aemulus, stole rocks from Gorosaurus to make his own nest. This didn't slow down Gorosaurus and he eventually created it, attracting a female A. ultimas. Gorosaurus began the mating dance and the female joined in, however, Aemulus decided to fight against Gorosaurus. The two males battled it out, specifically using blunt attacks to avoid fatal injuries. As the two fought, Gorosaurus began to gain the upper hand, Kangaroo Kicking Aemulus through a mountainside and dragging him to a cliffside that led to the Hollow Earth. Eventually, due to their weight, Gorosaurus and Aemulus fell in the Hollow Earth.

Gorosaurus stood back up, shacking off the damage he had took. Gorosaurus then began walking through the Hollow Earth, getting a drink of water before going to hunt for food. Eventually, Gorosaurus found a male Warbat, and engaged in battle with the Warbat, quickly taking it out and killing it. Gorosaurus then dragged away the dead Warbat as Rodan watched. Gorosaurus dragged the corpse back to a mountain, however, Rodan's strike began, grabbing the Warbat, however, Gorosaurus grabbed the other half of the Warbat, tearing it in half. Gorosaurus and Rodan then engaged, however, Aemulus and Anguirus, Gorosaurus and Rodan's arch-nemesis', appeared to battle. Gorosaurus and Aemulus briefly fought, but Gorosaurus got Aemulus to retreat, noticing Anguirus gaining the upper hand on Rodan. Gorosaurus decided to kick Anguirus in the face before performing a Kangaroo Kick, knocking down Anguirus, causing him to retreat. Gorosaurus and Rodan began communicating, before creating a pack that would later expand.

After the Jurassic extinction, it was noted in the story that both Gorosaurus and Aemulus were the last surviving A. ultimas, due to the others killing each other off. A second thing that was shown was that Aemulus had found an entrance to the Hollow Earth, something that Gorosaurus may have possibly found at that point. In 20,000 B.C, and after hearing a bunch of noise, Gorosaurus inspected, only to see Aemulus and Baragon. In a fit of territorial dispute, Gorosaurus fought against Aemulus, but as Aemulus began gained the upper hand, Baragon attacked, helping Gorosaurus in battle. With another ally fighting alongside him, Gorosaurus was easily able to defeat Aemulus, throwing him off a cliffside before allowing Baragon to set him alblaze, charring Aemulus and causing him to retreat. After this fight, Gorosaurus then recruited Baragon in his and Rodan's pack.

Shortly afterwards, Gorosaurus noticed Hyper Gyaos approaching, and along with the other future and current Hollow Earth pack monsters fought off Hyper Gyaos, the sheer amount of numbers that they had causing Hyper Gyaos to retreat. Afterwards, Gorosaurus decided to rest.

### Godzilla: The Monster King

Just after Godzilla had defeated the initial Hollow Earth monsters, Gorosaurus emerged from one of the nearby caverns to battle Godzilla. Gorosaurus charged at the king of the monsters, constantly dodging any of Godzilla's attacks and hitting Godzilla with attacks just as powerful. Gorosaurus jumped around, but got lazy and was hit by one of Godzilla's attacks. Gorosaurus then started to loose the battle, and was eventually slammed onto the ground several times. Just after he was defeated, Gorosaurus called out to summon Rodan.

Gorosaurus later appeared in the final battle with King Ghidorah. Just after Ichi taunted Godzilla, Gorosaurus rose out of the ground. Ghidorah roared at Gorosaurus, who in response, summoned the rest of the Hollow Earth monsters. Gorosaurus dodged King Ghidorah's Gravity Beams and jumped behind the three headed alien. Gorosaurus then kicked King Ghidorah in the back, pushing Ghidorah away. However, Ghidorah slammed his tail into Gorosaurus, knocking him out of the fight. Gorosaurus would appear later in the battle to distract Ghidorah so Godzilla could charge his Red Spiral Ray. Gorosaurus then returned to the Hollow Earth.

### Godzilla: The False King

Gorosaurus briefly appeared in Godzilla: The False King, watching Godzilla and Mechagodzilla battle it out. After the fight, as Godzilla was healing, Gorosaurus began communicating with him as Godzilla told him about things he had seen on the surface world. After Godzilla left to chase the Gotengo and battle Mechagodzilla, Gorosaurus wouldn't be seen in the story again.

### Godzilla Reawoken

After Titanosaurus had made a kill, Gorosaurus began feasting upon it, however, the Hollow Earth was under attack by an army of Xilien-cloned Ghidorahs. Gorosaurus, along with Varan, Baragon and Manda, all took on the strongest of the Ghidorahs, the Combined Ghidorah, which could manipulate all kinds of Ghidorah energy, although he would be defeated by the Ghidorah army. After Godzilla was taken by Mecha-King Ghidorah, Gorosaurus asked Rodan how they could get Godzilla back, giving Rodan the idea to get help from Mothra. Gorosaurus watched as Rodan and Mothra arrived with Godzilla back, and after the brief encounter with Godzilla and Ghidorah, Gorosaurus returned to the Hollow Earth.

### Godzilla: The Terror from Above

When SpaceGodzilla had approached Godzilla, Gorosaurus went on the attack, approaching SpaceGodzilla. Before Gorosaurus could do anything, SpaceGodzilla fired his Crown-Clone Beam, attacking Gorosaurus and creating a Crystallum version of him. Although Gorosaurus was able to shake it off, the Crystallum Gorosaurus attacked the original Gorosaurus, knocking him out. The Crystallum kaiju then grabbed Gorosaurus' body and dragged him to the desert, burying Gorosaurus' unconscious body in the ground, trapping him in a crystal structure and draining his energy. After a fight, Mech-G freed Gorosaurus, who burrowed to find the rest of the Hollow Earth kaiju.

## Powers & Abilities

### Durability

Gorosaurus isn't the most bulky kaiju out there, however, he still is quite durable. Gorosaurus has been able to tank Rodan's heated body and getting thrown off mountains, even withstanding the force of Aemulus and his bite. In Monster King, Gorosaurus appears to be able to tank abilities from Godzilla including physical blows from the King of the Monsters, who later was shown to be able to lift and throw kaiju like Ghidorah, who weighs over 164,000 tons.

### Jaws

Like all predatory theropods, Gorosaurus has incredibly large and powerful jaws. Gorosaurus has large fangs in his mouth and sharp, serrated teeth. Due to his serrated teeth, Gorosaurus can also rip flesh off his enemies and cause them to bleed out like a shark.

### Kangaroo Kick

Gorosaurus' main and most powerful attack is known as the Kangaroo Kick. This ability is preformed when Gorosaurus rears backwards onto his tail before pulling in his legs and quickly kicking out in the blink of an eye. Gorosaurus can either hit extremely quickly or charge up his kick to make it more powerful. Gorosaurus can also slash his enemies with his sharp claws. The Kangaroo Kick could also propel Gorosaurus forwards or upwards to jump onto his enemies. The Kangaroo Kick is extremely powerful and was able to knock over Godzilla and even King Ghidorah, despite the weight difference.

### Prehensile Tail

Gorosaurus' most valuable weapon is his prehensile tail. Gorosaurus' tail is basically just one big muscles and can hook around rocks that allows him to climb similar to a chameleon. Gorosaurus also has three tail spikes on the end of his tail that he can use to stab into the ground or stab anything that is attacking him. Gorosaurus can also stiffen his tail that allows him to control himself while running much easier.

### Speed & Agility

Gorosaurus is much lighter than monsters his size, and has long, muscular legs. These features allow Gorosaurus to run extremely easily. Gorosaurus can also stiffen his tail, allowing him to control himself much easier than otherwise, similar to an ostrich's wings or a velociraptor's tail. Gorosaurus can also extremely agile, as he can quickly jump around and dodge different attacks.

### Strength

Gorosaurus is a physical power house, able to contend with the likes of Godzilla himself.

## Weaknesses

### Light Frame

Even though he is nearly the same size as Godzilla, Gorosaurus is significantly lighter. While he is this light for his agility, it means he can be easily thrown around and damaged by kaiju of similar height to him.

## Trivia

* In Godzilla: The Monster King, Gorosaurus was always meant to be paired with Rodan, however, instead of being equal allies, Gorosaurus was going to be Rodan's pawn.
* Gorosaurus was designed to be a combination of outdated and updated dinosaur depictions, taking inspiration from the JP3 raptors, which in Footyzilla1321's opinion, is a combination of outdated and updated depictions.
* Gorosaurus is noted to have a tail that's both longer and bulkier than average, the reason he can perform a kangaroo kick.
* Despite his depiction not having any colour, Gorosaurus is noted to be a light green colour with red crests.
* In Godzilla: The Terror from Above, Gorosaurus is noted to be the strongest Hollow Earth monster alongside Rodan, however, this is somewhat contradicted in Kaiju: Prehistoric Age, Titanosaurus was shown to be able to beat Aemulus much easier than Gorosaurus, somewhat contradicting this.

## List of Appearances

* Godzilla: The Monster King
* Godzilla: The False King
* Godzilla Reawoken
* Godzilla: The Terror from Above
* Kaiju: Prehistoric Age