CATERPILLAR, Giant

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The Caterpillar '15

Species: Unclassified arthropod; Type: Natural
Length: 8 ft (2.4 m, est); Weight: 200 lb (91 kg, est)
Attributes: Enjoys a hookah pipe
Powers: None revealed
Intelligence: Average
Land Speed: Slow
Kaiju Level: Zero (lightweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: Unknown; Enemies: Unknown
Film: Alice in Wonderland (1915)
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Wikipedia
Description: This Giant Caterpillar was observed over a century ago, sitting on a huge toadstool and smoking from a hookah pipe, talking to a young troublemaker named Alice.
Review:
Silent Volume
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The Caterpillar '31

Species: Unclassified arthropod; Type: Supernatural
Length: 5 ft (1.5 m, est); Weight: 100 lb (46 kg, est)
Attributes: Weirdo
Powers: None revealed
Intelligence: Average
Land Speed: Slow
Kaiju Level: Zero (lightweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: Alice; Enemies: Unknown
Film: Alice in Wonderland (1931)
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Description: Since Caterpillars are usually quite small, most people don't know how much they love to smoke; however, the bigger they get, the harder it is to hide their noxious habit.
Review:
Curioser and Curiouser
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The Caterpillar '33

Species: Unclassified arthropod; Type: Supernatural
Length: 8 ft (2.4 m, est); Weight: 200 lb (91 kg, est)
Attributes: Grumpy chain smoker
Powers: None revealed
Intelligence: Average
Land Speed: Slow
Kaiju Level: Zero (lightweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: Unknown; Enemies: Unknown
Film: Alice in Wonderland (1933)
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Description: It's illegal for Caterpillars to purchase tobacco (under aged), but that doesn't stop them; all the law has done has handed millions in black market profits to Caterpillar organized crime.
Review:
Moria
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The Caterpillar '49

Species: Unclassified arthropod; Type: Supernatural
Length: 5 ft (1.5 m, est); Weight: 100 lb (46 kg, est)
Attributes: Yet another nicotine addict
Powers: None revealed
Intelligence: Average
Land Speed: Slow
Kaiju Level: Zero (lightweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: Alice; Enemies: Unknown
Film: Alice in Wonderland (Alice au pays des merveilles, 1949)
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Description: Corporations are the root of the problem; the human tobacco industry has refused to acknowledge the devastation their products have caused in the small, close-knit Giant Caterpillar community. To this day, there have been no charges filed, suits heard, or even an investigation!
Review:
Senses of Cinema

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Mothra Larva

Species: Unclassified demigod moth larva; Type: Super-powered kaiju
Length: 591 ft (180 m); Weight: 15,000 tons
Attributes: Bite, amphibious
Powers: Web spray; super durability and endurance; monster telepathy, grow into Mothra imago
Intelligence: Average
Land/Water Speed: Slow
Kaiju Level: Two (middleweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: Twin Faeries; Enemies: Humanity
Film: Mothra (モスラ, 1961)
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Additional Data:
Toho Kingdom
Wikipedia
Rodan's Roost
Description: Meddling humans stole the tiny Twin Faeries from Infant Island to put them on display in Japan. The twins call out to Mothra in her egg to help, so she hatches out and swims to Tokyo, laying waste to much of the metropolis before making a cocoon on Tokyo Tower.

Reviews:
Toho Kingdom
1,000 Misspent Hours
Million Monkey Theater
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Moon Bull

Species: Unclassified arthropod; Type: Alien
Length: 30 ft (9 m, est); Weight: 13 tons (est)
Attributes: Bite, subterranean
Powers: None revealed
Intelligence: Animal
Land Speed: Slow
Kaiju Level: Zero (lightweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: None; Enemies: Selenites, humanity
Film: First Men in the Moon (1964)
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Additional Data:
Gwangipedia
Description: Moon Bulls have been found in small numbers on the moon, where they were herded as livestock by the Selenites. They didn't take to people very well.
Review:
Moria
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The Caterpillar '72

Species: Unclassified arthropod; Type: Natural
Length: 8 ft (2.4 m, est); Weight: 200 lb (91 kg, est)
Attributes: Still smoking after all these years
Powers: None revealed
Intelligence: Average
Land Speed: Slow
Kaiju Level: Zero (lightweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: Unknown; Enemies: Unknown
Film: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
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Description: This snobby Giant Caterpillar lived in an especially frightful Wonderland, one where everybody sang constantly. Total madness!
Review:
Moria
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Giant Caterpillar

Species: Unclassified arthropod; Type: Natural
Length: 30 ft (9 m, est); Weight: 13 tons (est)
Attributes: Noxious spray, bite, subterranean
Powers: None revealed
Intelligence: Animal
Land Speed: Slow
Kaiju Level: Zero (lightweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: Caterpillars; Enemies: Humanity
Film: Mystery on Monster Island (Misterio en la isla de los monstruos, 1981)
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Description: Yet another Monster Island despoiled by people; this one had Giant Caterpillars that had the shuffle of some subterranean passages. This variety was able to spit out a noxious mist to dissuade the curious.
Review:
Cool Ass Cinema
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Battra Larva

AKA: Battle Mothra, Black Mothra; Species: Unclassified arthropod larva; Type: Super-powered kaiju
Height: 118 ft (36 m); Length: 295 ft (90 m); Weight: 20,000 tons
Attributes: Horn, thick carapace, amphibious, burrower, subterranean
Powers: Prism beams, energy pulse; super durability, endurance, and strength; monster telepathy
Intelligence: Average
Land Speed: Moderate
Kaiju Level: Two (middleweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: Unknown; Enemies: Godzilla, Mothra, humanity
Film: Godzilla vs. Mothra (ゴジラvsモスラ, 1992)
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Additional Data:
Toho Kingdom
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Rodan's Roost
Description: The Siberian Battra boasted a prominent horn that was a fearsome melee weapon. He could fire orange lightning-strand prism beams from his horn, along with purple energy blasts from his eyes. He was an excellent burrower and swimmer, and could fight just as well underwater as on land. His carapace was very resilient, and he could even burrow through lava without any apparent discomfort.
Reviews:
Toho Kingdom
1,000 Misspent Hours
Barry's Temple of Godzilla
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Mothra Leo Larva

Species: Unclassified demigod moth larva; Type: Super-powered kaiju
Length: 82 ft (25 m); Weight: 3,000 tons
Attributes: Bite, amphibious; Powers: Mega breast cannon, shock web spray; super durability and endurance; invisibility, monster telepathy, transform into Mothra Leo imago
Intelligence: Average
Land Speed: 18 mph (40 km/h)
Kaiju Level: Three (light heavyweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: Mothra, Twin Faeries, humanity; Enemies: Desghidorah
Film: Rebirth of Mothra (モスラ, 1996)
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Additional Data:
Toho Kingdom
Gojipedia
Rodan's Roost
Description: The super-powered son of Mothra, Mothra Leo did his best to protect his mother from the rampaging Hydra, Desghidorah, but he was not strong enough yet to save the day in his larval form. He did very well though, considering he was a newborn.


Reviews:
Toho Kingdom
Skreeonk!
Million Monkey Theater
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Absolem

Species: Unclassified caterpillar; Type: Supernatural
Length: 20 ft (6 m, est); Weight: 5 tons (est)
Attributes: Chatty, wall crawler
Powers: Transformation into tiny caterpillar and later butterfly
Intelligence: Average
Land Speed: Slow
Kaiju Level: Zero (lightweight)
Weakness(es): None revealed
Allies: White Queen; Enemies: Red Queen
Film: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
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Description: This well spoken Giant Caterpillar has some repute in Underland, where you may find yourself should you ever fall down a Rabbit hole. Absolem is well known for reclining atop a plump mushroom and smoking a hookah pipe, with occasional consultations of the Oraculum as needed.
Review:
Roger Ebert

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