Hedorah

Hedorah is a monster formed from pollution and the main antagonist of Godzilla vs. Hedorah.

History
Hedorah was an alien that came from space and began feeding on pollution, soon entering a giant monster form. Its action eventually attracted the attention of Godzilla who engaged Hedorah as it was feeding from a smokestack. At first the King of the Monsters had the advantage since the Smog Monster was in a younger form. The two continued to fight in a series of battles across Japan with Hedorah evolving along the way, eventually gaining a flying form that allowed it to destroy numerous factories and spread acidic mist across Japan. Eventually the Smog Monster gained its final form, a humanoid pile of sludge, and engaged Godzilla in a final battle near Mt. Fuji. Hedorah almost emerged the victor tanks to the acidic and poisonous quality of its body and powerful eye beams. However the humans attempted to try and stop the Smog Monster by building a set of electrodes near the battlefield, which could dry out Hedorah since it was made of sludge. During the fight, the Smog Monster succeeded in knocking out Godzilla and was drawn to the electrodes. Unfortunately for the plan, a fuse blew out and the electrodes didn't work. However the King of the Monsters came to the rescue and used his atomic ray to restore power to the electrodes. This badly weakened Hedorah and it attempted to escape, but Godzilla knocked it back into the electrodes, drying it out completely. However the Smog Monster had some wet sludge left inside and the King of the Monsters tore into it, releasing the sludge to the power of the electrodes. Hedorah was finally defeated, but at the price of Godzilla losing one of his eyes and having his right hand burned to the bone. Additionally another Hedorah was shown in some water with the caption "And yet another one?".

Hedorah reappeared in Godzilla: Final Wars where it and Ebirah were blasted out of Tokyo Harbor by Godzilla and sent crashing into a building with the shrimp monster's claw through one of Smog Monster's eyes. Then the two are destroyed by a blast from Godzilla's atomic ray. It is unknown if the Xiliens were using Hedorah as part of their invasion.

Powers
Hedorah's primary attacks were sending out chunks of its acidic body and firing beams from its eyes. In its flying form, it could fly and spread a mist of sulfuric acid and in tis final form, it could change into its flying form. Hedorah is imprevious to many attacks with Godzilla's atomic ray not bothering it even in its weak second form and convential weapons passing through its sludgy body. Hedorah's innards are acidic and proved capable of dissolving Godzilla's hand down to the bone. The Smog Monster also had whip like arm in Final Wars that it may or may not use in battle and in the end credits, it was also shown to be able to spray sulfuric acid from tubes on its body.

Trivia

 * Hedorah's name comes from hedoro, the Japanese word for vomit, sludge, slime, or chemical sludge.


 * It has made appearances in numerous Godzilla video games, such as Godzilla Monster of Monsters, its sequel, War of the Monsters, the Gameboy Godzilla game, and Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, where it appeared in flying form to randomly slow enemy recovery. Hedorah was also going to be playable character in the games after Destroy All Monsters Melee, at first it was hard to create a skeleton for a blob monster. In Godzilla Unleashed, they made a skeleton but the cell-shading took to long and was to hard so it was scrapped. After Battra appeared in Playstation 2, Hedorah became the most wanted playable monster in a Godzilla video game.


 * In the new upcoming Godzilla movie, Godzilla 3D to the Max, the new monster that will fight Godzilla, Deathla, is stated to be based on Hedorah.