Satan Beetle

Satan Beetle
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Alternative Name(s)	Satanbeetle
Category	Kaiju
Height	49 m
Weight	28,000 t
Home World	Planet Clean
Affiliation	Alien Clean (Master) Destrudos (Combination)
First Appearance	Ultraman Leo episode 25 "The Rhinoceros Beetle Is a Space Invader"
Latest Appearance	Sevenger Fight

Satan Beetle is a monster that appeared in the TV series, Ultraman Leo. He appeared in episode 25.

Subtitle: Space Insect

History

Ultraman Leo

The "pet" of Alien Clean, Satan Beetle was sent to Earth by the alien out of vengeance for their home planet's devastation from rocket testing from Earth, Satan Beetle was sent to "clean" Earth of its pollution by wiping out humanity and its creations. Satan Beetle then appeared in the sky and landed to the ground proceeding the destroy everything that was in his path. Gen noticed a boy trying to reunite with his “hero” (the former, after being tricked by Alien Clean into believe Satan Beetle was a hero) and so he quickly transformed into Ultraman Leo to battle the gigantic insectoid-like kaiju.

During the fight between Ultraman Leo and Satan Beetle, the boy was knocked unconscious and was reunited with Alien Clean in their Dream World and explained their motive on using Satan Beetle to attack humanity. Suddenly Gen entered the dream world as well and after exposing the truth about Alien Clean, managed to regain his trust on humanity. Now with the boys lied faith in Satan Beetle no more, Ultraman Leo had no problem beating down Satan Beetle, tearing off one of his wings and using his Fingertip Beam. Finally, Ultraman Leo finished off the crippled monster with the Leo Kick causing Satan Beetle’s body to erupt in sparks before exploding.

Trivia

• Satan Beetle was originally named King Beetle but was changed since a monster from Jumborg Ace had already used that name.
• Satan Beetle's roar is a reused Gango's and Beacon's roar.
• Satan Beetle was seen as part of the Space Alliance army in the Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure NEO manga.
• In Battle of Dream Noa, Satan Beetle was part of Dark Zagi's monster army, teaming up with Eleking, Gomess, Sadola and Nokogilin to fight the Ultras before being defeated by Ultraman Noa.

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure

Several Satan Beetles are natives of an unnamed alien planet which Io Mikura, Pigmon and an elderly Alien Pedan stranded on. Two Satan Beetles appeared at night and seeing them about to threaten Pedan's hut, Io summoned Gomora to kill two of them, fighting against one before hurling it to its other companion.

In Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS, Satan Beetles appear in trio to face off the protagonist before Alien Hipporit introduced himself.

Ultraman Ginga

Satan Beetle's Spark Doll was seen amongst Dark Lugiel's collection alongside Antlar, King Joe, Alien Metron, Chaos Darkness and many others.

Sevenger Fight

Satan Beetle appears in the Ultra Fight-inspired series, Sevenger Fight, joining Oni-on, Alien Boze, Alien Akumania, Alien Kettle, attacking Sevenger before the monsters met their end at the hands of Ultraman Leo.

Ultraman Z

Satan Beetle's arm coming out from Ultroid Zero's shoulder

Having been contained by GAF at some point prior to the series, Satan Beetle was one of the monsters absorbed by Celebro via Ultroid Zero, with the giant insect's genetic material and energy harvested for use in creating Destrudos. Satan Beetle's DNA manifested as one of his arms extending from Destrudos's left shoulder. ^{The Game to Extinction}

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Stats

• Height: 49 m
• Weight: 28,000 t
• Origin: Planet Clean

Powers and Weapons

• Flight: Satan Beetle can fly with ease using his giant insect-like wings.
• Spiked-Arms: Satan Beetle’s arms are covered in sharp spikes to beat down and injure his victims.
• Poisonous Gas: Satan Beetle can fire a poisonous gas from his mandibles.
• Rocket Bombing : Satan Beetle can fire a barrage of missiles from the sockets on his ribs and chest.

ULTRA MONSTERS

• Beetle Charge

Flight

Spiked-Arms

Poisonous Gas

Rocket Bombing

Beetle Charge

Other Media

Mega Monster Rush Ultra Frontier

King JOE Hunting

Although never seen, Satan Beetle was meant to be the target of one of the missions, apparently having been infected with the Plasma Crystals. However, he was destroyed by Plasma King Joe before they arrived at the location, leading the Space Robot to become their enemy instead.

Merchandise

1991 figure

2009 figure

A Satan Beetle eraser

Gallery

Ultraman Leo

Miscellaneous

Satan Beetle in a stage show