Terranoid (テラノイド, Teranoido) is a man-made Ultraman and imitation of Ultraman Dyna that appeared in Ultraman Dyna. It later became synthesized with Spheres to become Zeluganoid (ゼルガノイド, Zeruganoido).
- Terranoid Subtitle: Artificial Ultraman (人造ウルトラマン, Jinzō Urutoraman)
- Zeluganoid Subtitle: Super Synthetic Beast Man (超合成獣人, Chō Gōsei Jūjin)
History[]
Ultraman Dyna[]
Terranoid was constructed by the TPC Military Police Agency under the direction of Staff Officer Kihachi Gondo, using resynthesized polymers that constituted the statues of the Ultra-Ancient Giants of Light, with the construction process done in accordance to the long-suspended F Project. Initially a lifeless statue, Terranoid became active after being fed light energy drained directly from the life force of Shin Asuka. At the same moment, a group of Spheres began to attack the TPC Martian base. Terranoid was unleashed against the attacking extraterrestrials, and demonstrated its great power by effortlessly destroying a large number of Spheres. However, Terranoid's energy levels quickly fell as the imitation Ultra approached the three minute time limit, and a few blasts from the remaining Spheres took downed Terranoid.
Zeluganoid[]
Seizing the opportunity, the remaining Spheres latched onto Terranoid, synthesizing the artificial Ultraman into Zeluganoid, which resumed the destruction that the Spheres have begun. Easily shrugging off the powerful attacks fired by the Black Buster Corps' GUTS Shadow aircrafts, the Super Synthetic Beastman seemed invincible. Suddenly, Ultraman Dyna appeared to do battle with the monstrosity, though noticeably staggering in his stance. Zeluganoid easily pinned down the weakened Ultra, and attempted to choke the Giant of Light into submission once Dyna's Color Timer began to blink. Kihachi Gondo entered the light energy converter and sacrificed himself to reenergize Dyna. Reinvigorated, Dyna began his counter attack, easily sending Zeluganoid sprawling with a few strikes. Dyna in Strong Type then threw the synthesized creature a great distance. Dyna returned to Flash Type and shot his Solgent Beam into Zeluganoid's chest, only for it to have little effect against the creature. Dyna shot a second beam directly into Zeluganoid's face as the creature strode towards him. Lowering his aim to the beast's exposed Color Timer, Dyna became engulfed in shrapnel and debris as Zeluganoid exploded into innumerable pieces, mysteriously disappearing with the creature's defeat.
Forms[]
Terranoid
- Statistics
- Height: 55 m
- Weight: 43,000 t
- Abilities
- Fake Solgent Beam (フェイクソルジェント光線, Feiku Sorujento kousen): A copy of Ultraman Dyna's Solgent Beam fired with roughly the same hand pose. Terranoid maintains the plus shape of the arm arrangement, though moves its left arm slightly lower towards the right elbow when executing the attack. Despite the differing arm positions, the beam still originates exclusively from Terranoid's palm. Terranoid's ray also is a very distinct purple color, being markedly different from Dyna's blue ray while maintaining the same flashes of color seen in Dyna's original attack.
- Fake Beam Slicer (フェイクビームスライサー, Feiku Bīmu Suraisā): A copy of Ultraman Dyna's Beam Slicer. Terranoid is only seen firing a bullet-shaped energy blast from its hands, and has not been seen copying Ultraman Dyna's blade-like versions of the projectile. Terranoid's projectiles are also purple in color, contrasting with Dyna's blue.
- Weakness
- Time Limit: Like all Ultras, Terranoid's energy supply is infinite, and will run dry quickly when rapidly expending beam energy. Zeluganoid does not suffer from this issue, however.
Zeluganoid
- Statistics
- Height: 57 m
- Weight: 49,000 t
- Abilities
- Fake Solgent Beam (フェイクソルジェント光線, Feiku Sorujento kousen): A copy of Ultraman Dyna's Solgent Beam fired with the same arm positions. The ray itself is identical to when Terranoid used the attack.
- Fake Beam Slicer (フェイクビームスライサー, Feiku Bīmu Suraisā): A copy of Ultraman Dyna's Beam Slicer. Unlike Terranoid, who shot the projectile from the finger tips of a flat, horizontal palm, Zeluganoid is seen utilizing the attack by firing directly from the palm of its hand. The shape of the projectile is also in the shape of a crescent moon, unlike Terranoid's bullet-shaped blasts. The projectiles are also red in contrast to Terranoid's purple and Dyna's blue.
- Fake Flash Cycler (フェイクフラッシュサイクラー, Feiku Furasshu Saikurā): A copy of Ultraman Dyna's Flash Cycler, launched with the same arm positions. The attack is a bright red color, contrasting with Dyna's original blue.
- Barrier (バリヤー, Bariyā): Zeluganoid can project a circular, orange barrier from the protrusions on its back. Visually identical to Ultraman Dyna's Ultra Barrier, the shield is powerful enough to defend Zeluganoid against 3 simultaneous shots of the GUTS Shadow's Deflection Maxima Beam.
- Flight: Although never demonstrated on-screen, Zeluganoid can fly at the speed of Mach 8.
Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
Terranoid and Zeluganoid are portrayed by suit actor Koji Nakamura.
Notes[]
- Along with Alguros's Imitation Ultraman Agul, Zeluganoid is one of the few imitation Ultras to have exhibited facial expressions. As Ultraman Dyna's Color Timer began to flicker during their confrontation, Zeluganoid can be seen opening its mouth, exposing rows of teeth.
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