Keronia

Keronia (ケロニア - Keronia) is a fictional kaiju from the TV series, Ultraman. Keronia appeared in Episodes 31.

Subtitle: Blood Sucking Plant (吸血植物, Kyūketsu Shokubutu.)

Small

 * Height: 50 cm
 * Weight: 80 kg

Large

 * Height: 50 m
 * Weight: 10,000 tons

Powers/Weapons

 * Energy Beams : Keronia can fire missile-strength beams of energy from its eyes. When at a human size, these beams can temporarily paralyze a human.
 * Human Disguise : In order to blend in with normal human society, Keronia can disguise itself as a human, Dr. Gotoh, a Japanese botanist, to be exact.
 * Size Change : Keronia is capable of changing its size from that of a man to that of a giant at will.

Ultraman
Deep within the heart of the Amazon rainforests, an unknown force gathered. Countless ages of evolution had spawned a new type of sentient life, a breed of humanoid plant creatures. Discovered by a scientist decades ago, the Keronia were as lethal as they were intelligent. When Dr. Gotoh returned from his adventures in the jungle, he was no longer a man, but an agent for the Keronia. Infiltrating the Science Patrol and looking to create a new plant kingdom in Japan, the man’s dreams slowly began to come true as mushroom-like growths popped up all over the city.

However, as his goals were met, the forces of good began to catch on, and soon Dr. Gotoh’s disguise was lifted. He was revealed to be the vile Keronia, but escaped the custody of the Science Patrol. The invader quickly grew to a gigantic size as his invasion force arrived, blotting out the skies with high-tech war machines.

The Earth fought back, throwing tanks against the invasion force. Keronia, however, aided its army and fired back with its energy beams, demolishing numerous tanks until Shin Hayata summoned Ultraman! The hero of the stars battled the fiendish plant being, using his martial arts skills to keep the attacker at bay.

Keronia offered little challenge for the red and silver giant. Soon the plant was downed and a green spiral of energy launched from Ultraman’s arm. Upon impact with the horrified invader, the spiral exploded, completely destroying Keronia in a huge fireball! With their general down, the forces were at a total loss and were at the mercy of Ultraman, and the hero finished the fight. With swiftness, Ultraman decimated the invasion force, ending yet another threat to mankind.

Trivia

 * Keronia's roars are reused Elephant Trumpets.
 * Although not physically seen, Keronia is one of the monsters that makes up Beryudora's 2nd Support group in Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie.
 * Keronia appears in an eye-catcher in the series, Ultra Zone.

Ultra Fight
Keronia appear several times in the series Ultra Fight.