Gomora

* EX
 **Last appearance** | Ultraman Decker - Episode 23 "The Sky of Despair"

**Gomora** (ゴモラ) is an ancient dinosaur-like Kaiju species from Earth. It first appeared in episode 26 of the original series, and was the first Kaiju capable of fighting an Ultra Warrior to a draw. While Gomora is frequently portrayed as a hostile Kaiju, starting with the emergence of Rei's Gomora, certain incarnations of it are portrayed as comrades to respective protagonists of the series. Thanks to his species starring in some of the Ultraman Series' most iconic episodes and battles, Gomora has become one of the most frequently recurring monsters in the series, an honour shared with a handful of other monsters from each installment of the franchise which followed.

Subtitles:

* Gomora: Ancient Monster (古代怪獣 *Kodai Kaijū*)
* Cyber Gomora: Cyber Monster (電脳怪獣 *Dennō Kaijū*)
* Sphere-Gomora: Ancient Synthetic Monster (古代合成獣 *Kodai Gōsei-jū*)

## Conception

### Etymology

Gomora's name originates from the Holy Bible, as the Kaiju was named after one of two wicked city destroyed by God, in this case, *Gomorrah*. Interestingly, the second city also has named a kaiju: Sodom.

## History

### Ultraman

Professor Nakaya, guarded by SSSP member Arashi, goes on a scientific expedition to the Johnson Islands. They discover that the legendary Kaiju Gomora is still alive, and Nakaya decides to bring the still-living Kaiju to a museum for the World's Fair. The SSSP agrees to do this task, despite the utter illogic and danger of bringing a living Kaiju to a largely populated city. Before the Kaiju attacks them, Arashi tranquilizes the Kaiju with the UNG Dart, and the Patrol airlifts the Kaiju via nets with the Jet VTOLs. However, the Kaiju awakes an hour early due to atmospheric changes between the island and the mainland and struggles to the point where the VTOLs have to release the nets, thus causing the Kaiju to fall two kilometers to the ground.

Enraged, Gomora goes on a rampage on Mount Rokkô (where he landed), and Ultraman, who comes to the rescue, is unable to stop the Kaiju, and is beaten, much to everyone's shock. Even worse, somehow in the fight, the Beta Capsule is knocked free from wherever it's stored in Ultraman and its retrieved by a kid nicknamed the Monster Prince due to his fascination with Kaiju. The Prince of Monsters: Part 1

When Gomora continues his rampage, Hayata of the SSSP uses the powerful Mars 133 gun, invented by Ito (Ide) to counter the second appearance of the Baltans, and succeeds in severing his tail. But the Kaiju burrows under the ground in retreat, and later appears at Osaka Castle. The Patrol is ordered to save the castle at any cost, however Gomora smashes the castle. As the Kaiju pursues Ide and Arashi, the child returns the Beta Capsule to Hayata. Hayata tells the kid to run and hide then uses the Beta Capsule to transform back into Ultraman. Ultraman saves the day by breaking the Kaiju's nasal horn and left crest and blasting him in the forehead with the Spacium Beam. Hayata rewards the Monster Prince by giving him his communicator-insignia and tells him to study hard and not obsess over kaiju. The Prince of Monsters: Part 2

#### Trivia

* Suit actor: Kunio Suzuki
* Gomora was the first Kaiju to defeat Ultraman (until their second battle which Ultraman won).
	+ Gomora is also the second Kaiju Ultraman had to fight twice, the first being Red King who Ultraman had fought just an episode prior.
* Gomora's roar is a combination of Gaira's roar (from *The War of the Gargantuas*) and an elephant trumpet (which is from the Hanna-Barbera sound library). In later incarnations, Gomora also produces sounds similar to a camels. When exhausted, Gomora makes sounds similar to King Kong and King Caesar.
* Gomora's roar would later be altered for the *Zone Fighter* Kaiju, Jellar and Kastam-Jellar
* Gomora's suit would later be modified to create the kaiju, Zaragas.
* Gomora's original design was to have a second head crest pointing down. This design was used instead for Gomora Ⅱ in *Ultraman 80*.
* The images of Gomora shown to Arashi were actually design concepts drawn for the kaiju.
* Gomora's designs would eventually inspire Greymon, a Digimon from the Digimon franchise, with the reference can be seen on his durable cranial skin, mimicking said Kaiju's horn.

* In episode 25 of *Ultraman Taro*, Gomora was seen in a animated flashback as part of the Monster Army lead by Alien Empera.
* Gomora's cutout appears in episode 12 of *Return of Ultraman*.
* Gomora cameos in episode 12 of *Return of Ultraman* as a MAT target practice cutout along with Red King.

* Gomora appears in the Japanese variety show, *Takeshi's Castle* in the special "Monster" episode. He participates in the game "Boulder Dash" in which he fails. In the U.S. variation of the show known as "*MXC*," he is called "The Monster under the Bed."
* Gomora made his first variety show appearance in Gaki no Tsukai's 2012's No Laughing Airport game.
* Gomora can be seen as a parallel to Toho's own Godzilla, similar to Jirahs.
	+ Gomora gained a mechanical version of himself that starts with "Mecha", that being Mecha Gomora.
	+ Gomora also gained a 'burning' mode in his Reionic Burst form.
	+ He gained a non-canon 'Space' version of himself with "Meteor Gomora".
	+ He gained a video game 'Super' version, EX Gomora.
	+ Fans frequently refer to him as the "Crown Prince of Monsters", a title similar to Godzilla's title of "King of the Monsters".
* Gomora was originally supposed to appear at *Great Decisive Battle! The Super 8 Ultra Brothers* as one of the monsters fought the Ultra Brothers and later combined into Giga Khimaira (Gomora formed a pair of horns and a tail at the original design) but he was scrapped probably because the monsters' combination was too complex.
* Gomora made an appearance along with fellow Ultraman Series cast members and other famous icons in Hiroyuki Yamaga's two anime short OVA, *Daicon III* and *Daicon IV*, like most of the characters featured in the shorts he is one of the many opponents that a school girl fights against.
* In episode 38 of *Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger*, a child character, Sayoko, carries a Santa plush and a Gomora plush.

### The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army

In this film, Gomora was among the Kaiju awoken (along with Astromons, Dustpan, Dorobon, and Tyrant) who aided the Kaiju in attacking before retreating. After Hanuman arrived, Gomora reappeared to aid the Kaiju in battering Hanuman, Gomora encases Hanuman in a crystal sphere after he is beaten down by Tyrant, Astromons, Dustpan, and Dorobon. Shortly after capturing Hanuman, the Ultra Brothers appear, rescuing Hanuman and weakening Gomora, who burrows away for his own safety. After the other Kaiju are killed, Gomora resurfaces and ambushes Ultraman and Hanuman, emitting a rainbow-colored energy field from his head crest to confuse the duo, and, as a side-effect, cause natural disasters such as flooding. Eventually, the other five Ultra Brothers arrive and rescue Ultraman and Hanuman, using their finisher beams all at once on Gomora, knocking his energy field out of commission. Finally, after Gomora is viciously beaten down by all the other Ultra Brothers, he is sliced in half and killed by Hanuman's Hanu-Crescent Slash. The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army

#### Trivia

* A Japanese picture book dubbed this incarnation of Gomora as **Super Gomora** (スーパー・ゴモラ *Sūpā Gomora*).
* With the exception of Dustpan, Gomora is the only member of the five monsters to have not made his initial debut in *Ultraman Taro*.
* In this film, Gomora's roar (along with all the other Kaiju) differs widely between alternate versions of the film. In the 1974 Thai theatrical version, Gomora uses the Toho Kaiju Gaira's roars[1]. In the Japanese *6 Ultra Brothers* cut, he possesses both Rodan and Megalon's roar. In the 2001 Thai home video versions, Gomora curiously possesses Godzilla's roar.
* The footage used for Gomora's rainbow attack comes from *Return of Ultraman*, where Ultraman Jack fought Pris-Ma.
* Super Gomora, Hanuman, and other Kaiju from the movie all reappear in *Space Warriors 2000*, due to the film being made almost entirely of stock footage.

### Ultraman 80

Gomora reappeared in episode 22 of the series *Ultraman 80*, as **Gomora II** (ゴモラ二代目 *Gomora Nidaime*). It was one of the many surface-dwelling creatures that migrated to the underground in order to survive the ice age. Gomora's presence was known to the Underground Men, a race of humans that took the same path as Gomora did. As time passed, the heatwaves from the surface mutated Gomora into its current form.

When an UNDA secretary raged war against the Underground Men, Gomora II was awakened as a result of destroying their sun blocker. As UGM failed to even hurt the monster, Takeshi turns into Ultraman 80 soon appeared. Even with Gomora II's seemingly limitless powers wearing him down, 80 didn't give up and used the Succium Beam to kill him with a direct blast to the forehead. Gomora II's body then vanished into the ground.

#### Trivia

* Designer: Osamu Yamaguchi
* Out of all the incarnations of Gomora, Gomora II is the most drastically redesigned. Gomora's body is more bulky compared to his sleeker 1966 design. The rough plate design in his stomach extends beyond it, covering his arms and neck. His eyes are small and beady as well as the horn on his snout. He also possesses an extra head crest similar to his main one, but it faces downwards and is more closely attached to Gomora II's neck.
* When a comic of *Ultraman 80* was released, the plot of that comic was that a Gomora was controlled by Alien Baltan.
* Gomora II's roar is reused from Garaking.
* Because Gomora II's ability to shoot finger missiles and energy rings, anime critic Ryusuke Hikawa suspected that it was modified by an unknown force into a cyborg in his authorized report by Bandai.

### Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero

Gomora appeared in episode 11 of the TV series *Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero* as **Powered Gomora** (パワードゴモラ *Pawādo Gomora*).

His role in this series was very reminiscent to how his role was in his original episode appearance. The only differences was that instead of it being in Japan, the events took place in Los Angeles (as Ultraman Powered was created and produced in America). Powered Gomora was a found in the Andes Mountains as a living fossil, reminisce of his species the Gomorasaurus, he soon awakens after rain and soon grew and went in search of water. Soon he is found and tranquilized and was being carried off until he awoke, causing him to fall from the carrier onto a cliff. Also after landing from falling from being transported he goes on a rampage because he is in search of water. After a short and rather flimsy battle against Ultraman Powered, Powered Gomora eventually dies from dehydration. Afterwards, his body was put on display as a statue in a museum to be remembered.

#### Trivia

* Much like the other Kaiju in the series, Gomora is given a redesign in this series. Unlike most incarnations of Gomora, the horn on the snout of this incarnation points inward and upwards like a regular horn, whereas the other incarnations having it point outwards and forward. The suit also has a forked tongue and the head crest points more upward to the point where they look more like horns. Also unlike his previous incarnations, this Gomora does not display the ability to burrow and does not utilize his tail in combat, however this could be because of his dehydration.

### Ultraman Max

Gomora appeared in the series *Ultraman Max*, episode 21 "Challenge from Underground". This series has a different origin, in that Gomora are wild creatures native to the Republic of Fridnya and naturally 2 meters tall, growing into gigantic as a result of the brutal experiments made by GSTE.

The terrorist organization, GSTE smuggled 5 man sized Gomoras into Japan 20 years before the present time. GSTE planned to turn the Gomoras into living weapons in order to destroy mankind, believing man to be the main cause of destruction on Earth. Dr. Miyahara's was GSTE's main scientist on the project. He altered one Gomora so that it grew to a giant size as well as making it more aggressive. Tortured during its creation, the Kaiju was imprisoned and chained, but the scientist greatly underestimated his dinosaur’s strength. Gomora broke free of his restraints and killed the terrorist, escaping into the countryside with its smaller brethren.

When sightings of the smaller creatures hit news medias, Team DASH was called in to investigate, and was soon aided by Miyahara's own daughter, wishing to atone for her father’s sins and redeem her family name. It didn’t take long for Gomora to burst forth from the ground and assault the land, but the DASH Birds quickly began their counterattack, however Gomora was incredibly durable to most of their attacks on it.

Ultraman Max eventually showed up and used the Maxium Sword to cut off Gomora's tail. After destroying its tail, Max finishes Gomora with the Max Galaxy.

#### Trivia

* This Gomora is different from the original incarnation, in that not only its massive size is a result of said brutal experiments, but this Gomora has a reddish color to its own body. Anime critic Ryusuke Hikawa in Bandai's review site declare this as **Gomora III** (ゴモラ3代目 *Gomora Sandaime*).
* In this series Elly states that the Gomora that appears is a subspecies of the original Gomora, having not as wide of horns and being almost human sized.
* After a popularity poll was setup at the time of the series' syndication, Telesdon was originally going to appear in Gomora's episode, taking Gomora's place, due to him placing higher on a popularity vote.

### Ultraman Mebius

Gomora reappeared in *Ultraman Mebius*, episode 42 "An Old Friend's Visit".

In this series, Gomora is seen very briefly prowling on Johnson Island before "disappearing" shortly afterwards. In reality, he was absorbed by Gadiba, a black entity-like Terrible-Monster created by Yapool, along with a Red King. After Ultraman Mebius defeated the Red King in a short battle, Gadiba emerged from Red King's body and transformed the skull monster into Gomora. Much like Red King before him, Gomora was now much stronger than average as he attacked and beat down the only slightly weakened Ultraman Mebius with great ease. But he was eventually destroyed by the combined forces of both Team GUYS and Ultraman Mebius.

#### Trivia

* The Gomora suit from *Ultraman Max* was reused in *Ultraman Mebius*. Also according to Ryusuke Hikawa, the Gomora in Johnson and Tatara Islands were described as **Gomora IV** (ゴモラ4代目 *Gomora Yondaime*) and **Gomora Alpha** (ゴモラα *Gomora Arufā*).

### Mega Monster Battle series and Ultraman Zero media

In both multimedia series, Gomora is introduced as a heroic Battlenizer Monster belonged to a Reionics named Rei. Together with its master and other monster companions (Litra (S), Eleking and Miclas), Gomora assisted ZAP Spacy in surviving on both alien planets Boris and Hammer, fighting against other Reionics and even joining forces with the Ultra Warriors, particularly Ultraman Zero.

### Ultraman Ginga

In episode 7, he and Reionic Burst Gomora, along with many different monsters are seen cheering on Ginga as he fights Dark Galberos.

#### Trivia

* In a special DVD release *Ginga the Live!* Gomora, along with Alien Godola, and all of the Tyrant's monsters are seen as hosts for the special.

### Ultraman Ginga Theater Special: Ultra Monster ☆ Hero Battle Royale!

Gomora appeared in this special as he was Ultlived by Hikaru Raido to protect Mochiron, who was Ultlived by Misuzu Isurugi, from Gan-Q and Alien Akumania, who were Ultlived by Kenta Watarai and Chigusa Kuno respectively. Gomora did so by slamming both big-eyed monsters against each other. He eventually faced off against his Reionic and EX forms and even Mecha Gomora, all of them were Ultlived by Hikaru's friends. They butted heads and slammed tails against each other until Mecha Gomora fired his weapons on the Gomoras and so all of them decided to team up to defeat him and did so by ripping off his tail. When Yametarenese arrived, all the Gomoras became lazy and sleepy until the new monster left. The true Gomora eventually won by kicking the Reionic Burst Gomora and slamming into EX Gomora.

### Ultraman Ginga S

Gomora reappeared in episode 6 of *Ultraman Ginga S*, alongside Fire Golza.

Originally part of Alien Chibull Exceller's collection, Gomora's Spark Doll was given to Hiyori where she "Monslived" into the monster to get her revenge on the Victorians for destroying her tribe. Having stolen Sho's Victory Lancer prior, Hiyori/Gomora fought Hikaru/Ultraman Ginga. Before she could finish off Ginga however, Hiyori heard Shepherdon's cry then suddenly transformed back and teleported away before Sho could catch her.

Hiyori then returned, already transformed into Gomora and faced Ginga again. They brawled with Gomora getting the upper hand by beating Ginga into near submission. Ultraman Ginga then transformed into his Strium form but as Ginga attempted to defeat Gomora with his Strium Beam, Shepherdon rose to the surface to protect her, taking the blow in the process. Then Fire Golza appeared, Monslived by Android One Zero, to assist Hiyori. Before they could finish off Ginga, Hiyori had a change of heart and fired Gomora's Ultra Oscillation Wave at her. Fire Golza then knocked her down, but after being protected by Ginga and Shepherdon, she got back up and tried to attack Fire Golza with Gomora's Mega-ton Tail but Fire Golza grabbed it at the last second and tore it clean off. Even though it started to constrict around Fire Golza's neck, she was defeated but not before throwing the Victory Lancer to Sho. Past that was Forgotten

### Ultraman X

In this series, a Spark Doll Gomora was owned by the Oozora family and passed on to Daichi Oozora after his parents' disappearance during the Ultra Flare.

Its consciousness was shared through the creation of Xio's Cyber Kaiju, **Cyber Gomora** (サイバーゴモラ *Saibā Gomora*). However, it refused to participate in battles due to fear for Daichi's safety until Daichi reassured it and finally becomes the first Cyber Kaiju to be materialized. Soon Gomora would be used again, either by Daichi or any other Xio members should they gain it's approval.

Sometime later, the original Gomora was materialized as part of Xio's experiment on Spark Dolls until it fell short into Dark Thunder Energy and mutated into EX Gomora. When Ultraman X returned from his kidnapping, he quickly removes the mutation before Gomora returned to its Spark Doll state.

### Ultraman Orb

Gomora appeared in episode 2 of *Ultraman Orb* as a Kaiju Card, used by Jugglus Juggler with his Dark Ring as part of his plan of waking up Maga-Grand King.

### Ultraman Geed

Gomora's Kaiju Capsule is used by Kei Fukuide as a component of Skull Gomora.

### Ultraman R/B

An ancient monster sleeping underground, Gomora emerged when Saki Mitsurugi was transferring her life energy into the three Gyros, which she planned to use to solidify Leugocyte's gaseous form. Gomora destroyed part of the Aizen Tech building in its rampage, causing some debris to almost fall on Saki but Katsumi Minato pushes her out of the way. The Gyros then return to Katsumi and Isami Minato, and they could once more transform into Ultraman Rosso and Ultraman Blu. The brothers had a difficult fight against Gomora, but they were interrupted by Saki transforming into Grand King Megalos. Gomora tried firing its Ultra Oscillation Wave at Grand King Megalos, who simply deflected the attack and finished off Gomora via the Megalos Blaster. Memory of Stardust

### Ultraman Taiga

While not appearing in person, the genes of Gomora were fused with the genes of Red King and Belial to recreate Skull Gomora.

### Ultraman Z

A tunneling company had to pause their job at Mount Goko due to Gomora sleeping in the path and they feared waking up the beast. The GAF planned to move the ancient monster to the deserted Suflan Island. Director Kuriyama decided to take the opportunity to showcase Sevenger's effectiveness to the American staff who were visiting, in order to convince them to provide the funding needed to complete their next SAA, Windom. Haruki Natsukawa piloted Sevenger to help the drones move Gomora. The operation ran smoothly until the pollen in the air triggered Gomora's hay fever, causing it to wake up and rampage. Sevenger fought against Gomora, impressing the American staff. However, its batteries died and Gomora was still on a rampage, so Haruki had to transform into Ultraman Z Alpha Edge, who also had a fair share of trouble against the monster.

Being slammed into the building behind him where the GAF meeting was held, the impact knocked over Yoko Nakashima and exposed the Ultraman Medal. Z managed to convince her to give it to him, and transform into Beta Smash. As the two posed and preened, a hammer wielding mascot sign fell onto the downed Sevenger, signaling a fight. The two giants clashed, with Beta Smash actually knocking Gomora down into a tree, causing the monster to sneeze and cough.

After sneezing into Z's face, the battle resumed with Gomora using a power line to attempt to attack Z, only to be wrestled backwards. Gomora launched its Ultra Oscillation Wave to attempt to gain the upper hand, only for it to be countered by Z's cutting wave. Z flung Gomora into the air and finished it off with the Zestium Upper, causing Gomora to explode into pieces.

Despite Sevenger's failure to stop Gomora, the American staff were impressed enough with its performance to provide the funding for Windom. Live Coverage! The Monster Transport Operation

It is assumed that Gomora's remains were later used by Shinya Kaburagi to create the Gomora Kaiju Medal. He later uses it to transform into Skull Gomora. His Majesty's Medal

Gomora later appeared in a flashback experienced by Haruki after the first fight with Grigio Raiden while he reflected on the guilt and remorse he felt for killing it, along with the male Red King, Neronga, Guigass and Peguila. The Cry of Life

#### Trivia

* Gomora's appearance is similar to Sodom from *Dyna* who was named after the other city in the Bible. Both suffered from sneezing, hay fever in Gomora's case and a cold in Sodom's which caused them to go on their rampages.

### Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga

Gomora, along with Telesdon, Pagos, and Arstron, were awaken when the Eternity Core became unstable after Carmeara used its power to transform into Megalothor.

### Ultraman Decker

Gomora, a powerful but normally docile Kaiju, was awakened from the underground and displayed aggressive behavior, rampaging a city for an unknown reason. GUTS-Select dispatched to fight the monster, attacking from both the ground and air as GUTS Falcon and GUTS Hawk severed its tail. Unfortunately it was then when the Sphere Soldiers arrived and assimilated with Gomora, rewriting the monster's genetic information into **Sphere-Gomora** (スフィアゴモラ *Sufia Gomora*). Regenerating its lost tail, Sphere-Gomora attacks its opponents with its new set of abilities, forcing Kanata Asumi to transform into Ultraman Decker while protecting a nearby hospital that had not been completely evacuated. Decker struggled with his opponent at first until he changed into Strong Type, overpowering the monster with brute strength and receiving help from Nursedessei during the two giants' beam struggle. Decker then finished the fight with the Dolnade Breaker, sending the monster midair before it exploded. Move Out, GUTS-Select!

Another Sphere-Gomora appeared along with Sphere-Red King and Sphere-Neomegas, having been restored by groups of coalescing Spheres, when Agams used the Terraphaser to call the Spheres to his side to prepare for the arrival of the Mother Spheresaurus. The three monsters easily trounced Decker until he barely managed to finish them off all at once using both the Ultra Dual Sword and Decker Shield Calibur. The Sky of Despair

#### Trivia

* Designer: Masayuki Gotoh
* Sphere-Gomora's costume is created by modifying Skull Gomora, converting elements pertaining to Red King and Belial towards those of Spheres' aesthetics.
* The 295th volume of *Figure-Oh* acknowledges Sphere-Gomora as the first instance of Sphere Synthetic Monster on Earth, despite the previously appearing Spheresaurus had a similar origin.
* In the opening of *Ultraman Decker*, the titular Ultra fought against a normal Gomora with Strong Type, despite in the actual episode the monster had already in its Sphere-infected state by the time Decker appeared.

## Video Games

### Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth

Gomora reappeared in the video game, *Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth*.

Gomora first appeared in episode 2 of the game's story mode. After Ultraman has defeated Bullton, Alien Mephilas has Geronimon revive Gomora and Red King to lure Ultraman into a trap. Ultraman arrives at the kaiju's location and manages to defeat Red King, but Gomora manages to escape, but not without losing his tail to Ultraman. As Gomora was resting underground, he was then disturbed of his sleep and confronted by Ultraman Tiga (who was in pursuit after Kyrieloid,) again Gomora was defeated, but was seemingly killed by Chaos Kyrieloid for energy as the Devil returned to confront Tiga.

Through Alien Baltan's modification, Gomora revived and mutated Gomora into **EX Gomora** (EXゴモラ *I Ekssu Gomora*), a more power and threatening version of himself. With his powers enhanced and his tail regrown as a result of the transformation, Gomora returned to the surface and attacked an oil refinery, with little opposition in the form of Japan's SDF. Ultraman Cosmos arrives shortly after and battles EX Gomora. After Cosmos using the Full Moon Rect on him, Gomora turns back to normal and wanders away, not to be seen again for the rest of the Story Mode.

#### Trivia

* Gomora's legs would become the hind legs of EX Tyrant.
* The EX Gomora of *Ultraman Fighting Evolution Rebirth* was later termed "Reconstructed Gomora" to avoid confusion between the two Gomoras that appeared. The same later went for Red King when was billed as EX Red King in *Ultra Galaxy NEO*.