Sabotendar



Sabotendar (サボテンダー, Sabotenda) was a choju created by Yapool from the TV series, Ultraman Ace. Sabotendar appeared in Episode 12.

Subtitle: Cactus Super Beast (さぼてん超獣, Saboten Choju)

Stats

 * Height: 60 m
 * Weight: 50,000 t, 55,000 t (Reconstructed)
 * Origin: Yapool dimension → Tokyo

Ultraman Ace
One of Yapool's choju, Sabotendar was unleashed in a city where it smashed everything in site, even with TAC and Japan's SDF on the assult. Ultraman Ace was quick to arrive on the scene and both Ultra and Choju battled. Ace's arm was briefly stabbed by the choju in the middle of battle, but backup for Ace came in the form of TAC, who teamed up with the Ultra to attack the choju. However, before it could be finished off, Sabotendar escaped by turning itself into a tiny cactus.

In its Cactus form, it was taken under refuge by an oblivious boy who used the cactus as a pet, feeding it bugs. Eventually, Sabotendar regained its health and resumed its attack on the city. Again, Ultraman Ace and TAC returned to engage Sabotendar in battle into a standstill. Despite revealing some new powers which included its tongue and its ball form, Ace fougth back and caught the cactus monster off guard, hurling it into the air while it was in its ball form and sliced it in half with the Ultra Guillotine, killing Sabotendar.

Trivia

 * Sabotendar's costume would later be reused to create the choju Mazarius.
 * Sabotendar's roar is a heavily modifyed Gyango roar.
 * Although not physically seen, Sabotendar is one of the monsters that makes up Beryudora's Body in Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie.

Ultraman Taro
Sabotendar reappeared in episode 30 of the series Ultraman Taro as Reconstructed Sabotendar (改造サボテンダー, Kaizō Sabotendā).

After Reconstructed Bemstar was starting to lose to Ultraman Taro, Yapool summoned weaker versions of his choju, Sabotendar and Velokron to help it. However, they were no match for Taro's might and ZAT's assaults. In the end, Sabotendar II was destroyed by Ultraman Taro's Storium Ray.

Trivia

 * Sabotendar's costume from Ultraman Ace was reused for his appearance in this series, hence the suit's noticable deterioration.

Powers and Weapons

 * Explosive Thorns : Sabotender can launch the thorns that surround his body at opponents, they are highly explosive on contact.
 * Tongue : Sabotendar's tongue is long and flexible, able to ensnarl opponents.
 * Ball form : Sabotendar can form his body into a ball. In this form he can fly around in the air.
 * Cactus form : Sabotendar can disguise himself as a tiny cactus to hide from his opponents.
 * Flames : Sabotendar can spew flames from his mouth.
 * Acid Spray : Sabotender can emit a stream of acid from his mouth.