Dorola
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Dorola (ドロラ Dorora) is a genetically-altered tribrid kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in episode 3 of the 1973 tokusatsu kaiju series Zone Fighter, titled "Strike! The Garogas' Underground Base".
Design
Dorola is a bipedal reptilian kaiju who is bluish-gray in color and has porcelain-like scales covering his body. He has a long crab-like claw on one arm and a rose vine on the other. He has two lizard-like heads on opposite sides of his body, with orange eyes lacking features. He has two horns adorning his heads, with a third horn sticking out of the top of both of their foreheads.
History
- Zone Fighter (TV 1973) [episode 3]
Showa era
Zone Fighter
"Strike! The Garogas' Underground Base"
After Zone Fighter and Zone Angel defeated the Garoga commander of a secret base beneath Mount Fuji, the Garoga managed to limp over to the base's microphone and ordered the Garoga Space Station to launch Dorola towards Earth. Baron Garoga, though disappointed with the commander's failure, complied. Shortly after the Terror-Beast Missile containing the kaiju exploded, releasing Dorola. After the tribrid began to stomp around, Zone Fighter ran towards him and transformed into his giant state. Fighter charged towards the beast and battered him with physical attacks. His advantage was short-lived, as Dorola sprayed his Fourth-Dimensional Gas at the hero, causing him to gasp for air and eventually collapse. With his foe on the ground, Dorola kicked Zone Fighter around before assailing the hero with his vine arm. At that moment, Zone Junior arrived in Smokey and landed to meet up with Zone Angel. Noticing their brother was low on power, the two siblings performed a Zone Marker Change from their helmets' antennae, empowering Zone Fighter. Now back to full strength, Fighter overwhelmed Dorola once more, cutting off its crustacean claw with his single-handed Meteor Slice Chop. With the claw now in his possession, Fighter wielded it like a sword and cut off Dorola's vine arm before throwing the claw into Dorola's face. Fearing death, the helpless monster began spraying his mist onto himself, causing him to vanish from the third dimension. This also caused Zone Fighter to perceive that Dorola was teleporting around, as the tribrid shoved him around while his Fourth-Dimensional Gas disrupted Fighter's senses. Fighter managed to negate the fourth dimensional net by using his Meteor Proton Cut, leaving Dorola defenseless. Zone Fighter then summoned in his Meteor Gauntlets and finished off the monster with a single volley of his Meteor Missile Might attack. After the missiles stopped firing, Dorola stiffened up before falling backwards.
Abilities
Physical abilities
Dorola has a serrated crab claw for a left hand and a rose vine for a right hand. Though Dorola did not land any blows against Zone Fighter with the former, its capabilities were shown when Fighter cut it off and wielded it to slice off Dorola's vine arm. The rose vine, meanwhile, was used to great effect, whipping and constricting Zone. The vine is also tipped with a rose which can clamp down on an opponent like a pair of teeth; Dorola used this to grab Zone Fighter by the face, pull him off the ground, swing him around the canyon they were fighting in, and finally slam him against the ground. Dorola also kicked Zone Fighter repeatedly while he was floored, and rammed into him from behind after losing his arms.
Fourth-Dimensional Gas
Dorola can expel reddish-pink Fourth-Dimensional Gas (四次元ガス Shijigen Gasu)[3] from his mouth, which envelops the surrounding area in a "four-dimensional net" (四次元ネット shijigen netto), transforming everything around it into a fourth-dimensional space.[2] This was not only able to conceal a Garoga base from the third dimension, but also gave Zone Fighter the impression that Dorola was teleporting. Moreover, when Zone Fighter was caught in the gas, it clung to his body and caused him to gasp for air, ultimately causing him to collapse.
Vision
As noted in All Kaiju Kaijin (First Volume), due to the way Dorola's heads are placed, he is able to see a full 360 degrees.[3]
Durability
During his fight with Zone Fighter, Dorola endured a multitude of physical attacks, including being thrown to the ground, having his crustacean claw thrown in his frontal face, and various Meteor Punches and Meteor Kicks. His most impressive feats were displaying no pain at all after having both of his arms cut off, his crustacean arm from a single-handed Meteor Slice Chop and vine arm from Zone Fighter slicing it off with the aforementioned crustacean arm. Dorola was finally killed by a single volley of Fighter's Meteor Missile Might, with the tribrid slumping backwards after the attack finished.
Gallery
- Main article: Dorola/Gallery.
Roar
Dorola reuses roars from the Ultraseven kaiju Giradorus, which themselves are slowed down from Pestar who used sped up Gamera roars.
Notes
- ↑ Noted as unknown due to Dorola occupying the fourth dimension.
References
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