Know Your Monster: 4
BIOLLANTE
The largest of the Japanese movie monsters, Biollante also has the most in common with Godzilla. That’s because Biollante is a mutant created from Godzilla’s skin cells. A mad scientist grafted these cells with living tissue from a rose and from his own daughter to form Biollante. Needless to say, the experiment goes horribly awry. Biollante is not only unstable, but prone to raging violence.
She can shift shapes and forms, sometimes appearing more plant-like, and sometimes more monstrous. In her plant incarnation, she sprouts long, clinging vines and tendrils that she can use to engulf and suffocate her victims. In this guise, she’s a bit like Audrey, the voracious, man-eating plant from Little Shop of Horrors. But Biollante can also transform into a monster resembling a crocodile with sharp fangs. In this form, her tendrils sprout giant, snakelike heads ready to lash out at any opponents. Biollante cannot be killed. When delivered a crushing blow, she disintegrates into golden energy particles that will reassemble upon healing, leaving her rejuvenated and regenerated.
Biollante hasn’t been around as long as some of the other Japanese monsters or Kaiju, making her first appearance in 1989 in Godzilla Vs. Biollante. She returned in 1994, via stock footage, inserted into Godzilla Vs. SpaceGodzilla.
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