Yonggary

Yonggary [[File: HeiseiYonggary.jpg 1999 Yonggary18 (HQ).jpg 1967 |250px|Yonggary in Reptillian]] Alternate names Yongary, Yangari, Yongkari, Godzilla*, Reptilian Species Giant Dinosaur Height 50 meters (1967) 152,4 meters (1999-2001) Length 100 meters (1967) 350 meters (1999-2001) Weight 170 tons or 100 tons (in Japanese version) Forms None Controlled by AliensREP Relations Unknown Allies None Enemies Cykor Created by ? Played by CGIREP First appearance Yonggary Latest appearance Reptilian Design(s) ShodaiYangari, HeiseiYangari Roar(s) Showa noiconHeisei noicon

Yonggary Template:Hangugeo is an ancient reptile Template:Kaiju created by Keukdong Entertainment who first appeared in the 1967 tokusatsu Template:Kaiju film, Yonggary.

History

Yonggary

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Yonggary in Yonggary

Yonggary was an ancient reptile who was awoken by a bomb going off in the Middle East, and a resultant earthquake which traveled through the Earth to his underground home. He rampaged across South Korea in search of gasoline and oil, his favorite foods. After an attack on a refinery in which Yonggary displays a weakness to ammonia, the South Korean government lure him to a river by covering it in oil, and then covers Yonggary in the ammonia when he arrives. Yonggary dies an excruciating death through bleeding from most of his orifices, leaving South Korea safe once more.

Reptilian

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Yonggary in Reptilian

A team of scientists working on a remote dig site find a perfectly preserved Yonggary skeleton. As soon as the beast is uncovered, an alien spacecraft suddenly appears above them and brings the monster back to life! The creature, known as Yonggary, immediately sets about leveling Los Angeles and shrugging off the best firepower the U.S. Military can throw at it. A lone scientist, working on decrypting an ancient set of hieroglyphics, may be on the verge of finding the aliens' weak point, then later found a way to get Yonggary out of the aliens’ control, then the aliens bring in another monster called Cykor, in order to fight Yonggary, both of the monsters fight, and Yonggary defeats Cykor and the aliens retreat back to outer space. Yonggary is then being taken to deserted island so he can live a normal life.

Roar

Yonggary's 1967 roar was made in a similar way to Barugon's roar, but also some of Yonggary's were re-used from Barugon as well.

Yongary's 1999 roars were made with using animal sound effects. Some sound effects from The Deadly Mantis were also used for Yongary in Reptilian, King Kong in 1976, and Gamera in Gamera the Brave.

Abilities

Durability

In the film Reptilian, Yonggary was immensely durable, able to shrug off attacks from jet fighters and airborne soldiers. His durability also granted his great strength, enough to even keep a building from collapsing onto the ground below.

Fire Breath

1967 Yonggary can breathe a concentrated stream of fire from his mouth.

Fireball

1999-2001 Yonggary also displayed the ability to produce fireballs from his mouth. It is unknown how many he can fire at any one time, but they possessed enough force to destroy jets and kill Cykor.

Horn Beam

1967 Yonggary was able to fire a thin, yellow beam from his horn that could slice through anything. However, it was only used once.

Claws

In Japanese DVD, 1999 Yonggary was described to launch claws, reaching Mach.3.5 at velocity.

Energy Emission

Bolts of electricity were seen on 1999 Yonggary and Yonggary emitted a light or an energy from Daemon, by which a pilot of jet fighter lost controlled and crushed, while under the control of aliens.

Energy Shield

1999 Yonggary possessed an energy shield while under the control of aliens.

Weaknesses

1967 version

Despite Yonggary's impressive durability and abilities, he has one major weakness: ammonia. This was shown when Yonggary was having a reaction during an attack on the oil refineries. This causes him to start itching about. Using a more, refined concentrate of ammonia was enough to kill him through causing him to bleed violently from most of his orifices.

1999 version

Yonggary is unable to use his energy shield if the gem on his forehead is destroyed.

Filmography

• Yonggary
• Reptilian

In Other Languages

• Japanese: ヨンガリ/Yonggary, ヤンガリー/Reptilian

Trivia

• Gamera series largely influenced the original Yonggary and the film Yonggary; many staffs from Gamera series joined the film production, and Yonggary's fire breath and nature to dance with music are somewhat akin to Gamera, while cutting beam to Gyaos.
  • Within the anatomical illusion contained in DVD in Japan, Yonggary was said to be 100 tonnes in weight. This makes Yonggary's weight somewhat consistent to the weights of the monsters from Gamera series.
  • Yonggary's body weights which are relatively much lighter than those of Godzilla and Ultraman series are also somewhat similar to weights of monsters from Gamera series, and the descriptions of Yonggary's abilities on the anatomical illustration recorded in the official DVD in Japan were somewhat similar to those of Gamera monsters in Showa; physical strength being compared to the real wrestlers' strengths. Additionally, Yonggary's claws were described to be launched at Mach. 3.5, and the velocity is same as Gamera's flight speed in the Heisei trilogy.
• During the promotions for the planned sequel of D-War, two heroic monsters by Shim Hyung-rae, Yonggary and Imoogi, were considered to be depicted together for a related ride in several theme parks in China.
• In Reptilian, Yonggary's height is estimated at "fifty times the size of a T-Rex". As the largest Tyrannosaurus rex specimen currently known is just over 4 meters tall at the hip, this would place Yonggary as being around 200 meters tall.
  • However, it was confirmed on a description for the film that he is 500 feet (152.4 meters) tall.
• When 1999-2001 Yonggary defeated Cykor, aliens mentioned that it will be dangerous to them if Yonggary has awaken his true power(s).
• 1999-2001 Yonggary was seen to breathe a fire breath during a TV commercial of a tie-uped chicken nugget.
• In the film Reptilian, Yonggary was noted to be "bigger than Godzilla". The film was distributed in the United States by Tristar Film, and Yonggary was also seen to chase and tried to bite a helicopter in a way akin to how Godzilla did so in the 1998 film. Being recorded within the official DVD of the film in Japan, a model of a monster, with a head resembling that of Godzilla 1998 with wings on its back, had been made by a stuff. Consistently, monsters named reptilians appeared in Godzilla the Series.
• In 1993, Young-guwa gongryong Zzu-Zzu, a film with homages to Yongary, Monster from the Deep, was released in South Korea.

References

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