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Spyler (スパイラー Supairā) also known as the Silver Garoga agent or Saicho is a major antagonist in the 1973 Tokosatsu series Zone Fighter, serving as the main antagonist (alongside Wargilgar) of the episode “Invasion! Grand Garoga Army: Godzilla Appears” and later appearing in a brief flashback in “The Terror-Beast Base: Invade the Earth”. He is a Silver Garoga agent that was sent to kill the Zone family and masqueraded as Hotaru’s childhood best friend but later transformed into a terror beast once his true intentions were discovered.
Biography[]
Invasion! The Giant Garoga Army - Godzilla Appears[]
One day, during a hike, the Zone siblings encountered Hotaru Sakimori’s childhood friend “Saicho” who appeared to have miraculously survived their planet’s destruction from the Garogas. While Hotaru was happy to seemingly have her childhood friend back, the rest of the family weren’t so sure. Later that night, the Zone siblings were attacked by the monster Wargilgar. Without a moment’s hesitation, Hikaru transformed into Zone Fighter but before he could destroy it with his Meteor Missile Might attack, Wargilgar was seemingly vaporized by the Saicho using a strange device.
After the fight, the family grew even more suspicious of him and eventually made him leave, much to the dismay of Hotaru. However, she would later found out that her family’s suspicions of him were indeed correct as upon opening a “gift” left by him, the family were attacked by a bunch of toy tanks which started firing at them. One of them even managing to injure Hikaru’s arm.
Soon after this, “Saicho” appeared on their Tv screens laughing maniacally at them before revealing that he was actually a spy sent by the Garogas to kill the Zone family. The imposter Saicho then sent Wargilgar to go on a rampage, revealing that he hid the monster rather than killed it. Hikaru then transformed into Zone Fighter and arrived at the city to eliminate the monster once and for all. Unfortunately, because of his arm injury from earlier, Zone fighter struggled in his fight against it.
While Zone Fighter battled Wargilgar, the imposter-Saicho was confronted by Hotaru. The two had a brief conversation that eventually ended in him getting shot by her and transforming into a silver Garoga. Hotaru then attempted to stop him and was later joined by her younger brother Akira, with both of them at this point having transformed into both Zone Angel and Zone Junior respectively. However, before they could actually defeat him, their violent enemy transformed into the Terror-Beast Spyler and began assisting Wargilgar in his fight against Zone Fighter. The two space monsters began savagely beating Zone Fighter to a pulp. Wargilgar ruthlessly shot him down while Spyler emitted bright flashes of light from his chest, sadistically blinding the titular hero every time he attempted to get up.
All hope seemed lost until Godzilla arrived just in the Nick of time to save him. Having been summoned by Zone Angel and Zone Junior to help Zone fighter, The King of the monsters quickly took note of the evil terror beasts by ripping off Spyler’s back crest and killing Wargilgar by engulfing him in flames with his atomic breath. Zone fighter then finished Spyler off with his Meteor Missile Might attack before throwing him in the air and destroying his whole entire body with his Meteor Proton beam.
The Terror-Beast Base: Invade the Earth![]
Spyler appears in a flashback alongside Red Spark and Dragon King as the Garogas contemplate the many defeats they have suffered at the hands of Zone Fighter. He is shown battling Zone Fighter while surrounded by orange mist. The fight eventually ends with Zone fighter breathing Spyler.
Trivia[]
- Alongsides Jikiro and Red Spark, Spyler is one of three monsters that consistently appears in the show’s intro.
- Spyler is the second kaiju to survive the Meteor Missile Might attack, but the first to be killed by the Meteor Proton Beam.
