List of Ultraman Monsters - Skydon

Skydon

First Appearance: Episode 34 "A Gift From The Sky"

An unbelievably heavy space monster with a bloated Ankylosaurus-like appearance, Skydon fell to Earth and quickly became an incredible nuisance by going on brief rampages before going into narcoleptic-type naps. After a disastrous battle with Ultraman, the Science Patrol conducted a series of operations in vain attempts to send Skydon back into space. These too proved disastrous until they succeeded by filling Skydon up with hydrogen through his tail. Unfortunately, the Japanese air force mistook the floating Skydon for a target balloon and shot the gas out of him. As Skydon fell back down, Hayata, who at this point of the story had had enough, transformed into Ultraman, and then simply blew up the troublesome beast in midair.

Skydon is very similar to two other offbeat monsters from the series, Gabadon and Seabone, but unlike those two sympathetic characters, Skydon is a purely comical creation who weighed a shocking 200,000 tons, easily making him one of the heaviest monsters in kaiju history. He was also 196 feet in length.