Zaragas

Zaragas (ザラガス, Zaragasu) is a monster that first appeared in Ultraman.

• Subtitle: Transformation Monster (変身怪獣, Henshin Kaijū)

History[]

Ultraman[]

Zaragas was a monster who made its presence known in the form of a blinding flash that appeared in the sky.^[1] Several days later, the bright flash was emitted again, and Zaragas emerged from underground to rampage. Fortunately, the Science Patrol was already on the scene and they fought back against the monster. Surprisingly, Zaragas was taken down by their VTOL's weapons, but just as it seemed that the Science Patrol was victorious, the monster suddenly recovered and molted part of its body to reveal tube-like protrusions all over itself, and it resumed thrashing about even more wildly than before. Before the Science Patrol could resume their attack though, they were ordered to retreat by the Defense Force, who informed them that Zaragas adapts and grow resistant to their assaults, thus the Science Patrol was forbidden to attack Zaragas in fear of it growing stronger. Zaragas rampaged on until he eventually fell asleep.

Later when the Science Patrol was searching for some children who were trapped in the Children's Hall (which was right next to where Zaragas was sleeping,) the monster awoke and resumed its attacked once more, blinding the children and Hayata with its blinding flashes. Out of impulse, Arashi disobeyed the Patrol's orders not to attack and fired on Zaragas with Ide's new weapon, the Q-X Gun. Despite being temporarily stunned by the attack, Zaragas once again adapted and destroyed the Children's Hall in its rampage, resulting in Arashi's termination as a Science Patrol member. Not willing to let Zaragas get away with its actions though, Arashi stole a VTOL to battle the monster himself, only to be blinded by Zaragas's flashes as well. Nearby, Hayata (who was recovering in a hospital) learned of Arashi's predicament and transformed into Ultraman to confront Zaragas himself. While the ultra managed to save Arashi and break off Zaragas's horn. He too was blinded by the monster's flashes. Luckily thanks to an intervention by Arashi, Ultraman managed to recover on his own and he fired on Zaragas with the Specium Ray, killing the monster.^{[2][Don't Shoot! Arashi]}

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie[]

Zaragas ambushed the ZAP SPACY shortly after they had landed on Planet Dent. After some quick retaliation by the team, Rei quickly retaliated by summoning Gomora to do battle. The fight between Gomora and Zaragas was at a standstill, but after the ZAP SPACY discovered Zaragas's vulnerability when he adapts to attacks, they use this weakness to their advantage. Once this was exploited, Zaragas was quickly destroyed by Gomora's Super Oscillatory Ray.

Later, another Zaragas (or possibly the same one as before) had joined the rest of Ultraman Belial's Monsters in forming the Conglomerate Monster, Belyudra. Zaragas is one of the monsters that makes up the left horn.^{[Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie]}

Ultraman Ginga[]

Zaragas was one of the many monsters (and ultras) who were transformed into spark dolls during the Dark Spark War. Its spark doll was used by Gray the Alien Nackle on Kuwabara, a sleazy neat-freak and designer for Ichinotani Construction, when the alien tricked him into stealing the Ginga Spark from Hikaru (in exchange for being let out of a distortion that was surrounding Furuboshi Elementary), only to betray and corrupt him into DarkLiving into the monster's first form. Zaragas was prepared to attack the school, even shrugging off Ultraman Taro from using his Ultra Telekinesis, but was lured away by Hikaru taunting the monster, leading them towards the mountains. As the monster was being lead away, Zaragas was then confronted by Misuzu, who had transformed into Red King with the help of a Ginga Light Spark. Despite Misuzu's fear slightly hindering her, the two monsters fought to a standstill. After Zaragas evolved into his second form though, Red King was quickly overpowered by the monster.

Fortunately, Hikaru was reunited with the Ginga Spark, and transformed into Ultraman Ginga to face Zaragas as well. Working together with Misuzu, Red King and the ultra worked together to turn the fight back to their favor. However, Zaragas evolved into a third form that had his body adorned with spikes, and with his new powers, Zaragas quickly defeated Red King by stabbing the monster with his spikes and electrocuting Misuzu, reducing her and Red King back to normal. Zaragas then tried doing the same to Ginga by bathing him in a barrage of electricity from his spikes as well. However, thanks to Ginga's ability to neutralize the monster's electric attacks, Ginga was more than a match for Zaragas to handle, and the ultra reduced the monster back into a spark doll after striking him with his Ginga Cross Shoot, returning Kuwabara back to normal as well.^{[The Stolen Ginga Spark]}

Ultraman X[]

Zaragas was a spark doll that had belonged to Gina Spectre. After fighting against Asuna of Xio, Gina Spectre took her spark doll of Zaragas and empowered it with her dark energy, transforming it into the monster to have it kill Asuna, Rui, and Mamoru while Gina Spectre made a hasty retreat. Luckily, Dr. Guruman had sent the cyber card and spark doll of Cyber Gomora to Asuna in order for her to fight back against Zaragas. Summoning the Cyber Monster, Cyber Gomora and Zaragas battled. After a relatively short fight though, Cyber Gomora won by blasting Zaragas with his Cyber Super Oscillation Wave, destroying Zaragas and reducing him back into his spark doll form.^{[End of the Rainbow]}

Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga[]

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Other Media[]

New Century Ultraman Legend[]

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Other Appearances[]

Manga[]

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Video Games[]

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Miscellaneous[]

• Zaragas makes a cameo appearance as a drawing (along with Telesdon and Kemular) in the film Terror of Mechagodzilla.

Abilities[]

• Zaragas Flash (ザラガスフラッシュ, Zaragasu Furasshu): Zaragas's signature ability. Upon molting his outer shell and entering his second form, Zaragas gains the ability to emit blinding flashes from the tube-like protrusions on his head, chest, and back. These flashes are measured to be over 60 Million Candela, capable of destroying the Cornea.
• Adaptation: Upon being struck by an attack of a certain strength, Zaragas can alter his body's composition and design to gain both an immunity to the attack that struck him, as well as an increase to his ferocity and strength.
• Fireballs: Zaragas can spit fireballs from his mouth.
• Lightning Ray: In his first form, Zaragas can shoot a bolt of lightning from his forehead. Upon entering his third form, he can launch this attack from his head horn and the spikes that adorn his body.
  • Electrocution: In addition to his electrical abilities, his spikes are also electrified and can cause electrocution to anyone who is stabbed by them.

Weakness

Whenever he is struck by and adapting to an attack, Zaragas becomes temporarily vulnerable to attacks. In addition, there is a limit to how much damage he can withstand before adapting.

Appearances[]

Behind the Scenes[]

Portrayal[]

• Zaragas was portrayed by suit actor, Kunio Suzuki in the original Ultraman series.
• Zaragas was portrayed by suit actor, Kenji Kajikawa in the series, Ultraman Ginga.
• Zaragas was portrayed by suit actor, Hiroyuki Arai in the series, Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga.

Notes[]

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