Protective coloration was only the surface of what this thing could do. It could mimic other states. It could make sonar think it wasn't hearing anything, disguise its radiation signature. Play dead.Narrator (Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization)
Na Kika, also dubbed Titanus Na Kika, is a giant cephalopod Titan in the MonsterVerse created by Legendary Pictures who was introduced in the Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization.
Name
"Na Kika" was the octopus god of the Gilbert Islands in Micronesian and Austronesian mythology and a son of Na Atibu and Nei Teukez who used his arms to lift the earth from the bottom of the sea to form islands, beaches, and rocks.
Na Kika's nickname, "Kraken", refers to a giant cephalopod in Scandinavian folklore that terrorizes sailors by dragging their ships into the depths of the ocean.
Design
Appearance
The Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization describes Na Kika as resembling a massive octopus or a squid with a dense, curving cone of shell that protects its massive brain. The color of its blood is green. In Godzilla Dominion, Na Kika is revealed to have a bulky yet streamlined body with at least eight, thick tentacles akin to an octopus with hundreds of suckers and arrowhead-shaped tips, bright blue eyes, an insectile face, an internal shell, and colorful iridescent skin. Two black wing-like fins extend from the flanks of the monster.
Personality
Historical records gathered by Monarch tell of a "monster cephalopod" that devoured entire ships, and had become a legend and horror tale amongst sailors for centuries. Because of this violent past and its aggressive nature, Monarch classifies Na Kika as a "Destroyer". However, it is intelligent enough to recognize Godzilla as the Alpha Titan, and swiftly swims into freedom so that the latter can annihilate its human captors.
Origins
Something twisted this way comes, propelled by massive tentacles winding through the darkest depths of the ocean, moving as if each one is possessed with a bloodthirsty mind of its own. History speaks of a monster cephalopod that devours entire ships, becoming a sobering and familiar horror tale shared by sailors crossing the sea for centuries. Na Kika is a threat in and out of the water using the viscous adhesive from its suction-cupped tendrils for traversal onto land, and to drain elemental energy from Titans gripped by the unbearable tensile strength of its liquid muscle fibers. Intelligent as it is dangerous, Na Kika can snap off large pieces of jagged seabed mantle or wield submarines as projectile weapons in combat.Monarch Creature Profile
History
Austronesian Expansion
When the Austronesian peoples colonized the island of Kiribati before the arrival of European explorers, they came in contact with Na Kika and worshipped it as one of their gods. Centuries later, some of their modern descendants would continue to revere the Titan during the modern era.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization
Using radiation signatures and bio-sonic emissions, Monarch had discovered an invisible, hibernating Na Kika, wrapped around the remains of a nuclear submarine that had been missing for decades in the Indian Ocean. They built a secret Monarch outpost around it and one of the agents working there called Devlin nicknamed Na Kika "Kraken", as it had not been given an official name. When Ghidorah calls all the Titans, Na Kika disguises itself as dead to break through its containment field, before destroying the classified Monarch outpost and hunting as a pack with the other awoken Titans, destroying structures in the sea as per Ghidorah's orders. When the ORCA calls all Titans to Boston, Na Kika does not arrive in time for the battle and does not see Godzilla become the new alpha of all Titans (except Kong).
Godzilla Dominion
While traversing the ocean, Na Kika is captured by Titan traffickers, who utilize a gigantic electrified net to prevent the Titan from escaping. Godzilla soon arrives and attempts to free Na Kika by clawing open the net, but is fired upon by a nearby submarine. As Godzilla goes after the vessel, Na Kika manages to free itself by prying open the net with its tentacles and escapes. Before resting in his reclaimed lair, Godzilla calls for all Titans to go into hibernation, Na Kika included.
Abilities
Amphibious lifestyle
Though primarily an aquatic creature, Na Kika can traverse on land due to viscous adhesive-covered tentacles.
Bio-virulent nature
Monarch describes Titanus Na Kika as "bio-virulent", for it is able to use its suction-cupped tentacles to drain other Titans' elemental energy.
Camouflage
Like most cephalopods, Na Kika can change the color and patterns of its shell and skin to become virtually invisible. It can also mimic other states, such as death, by disguising its radiation signature.
Intelligence
Na Kika's brain is much larger than necessary to control its body, giving it incredible intelligence surpassing most Titans. It is intelligent enough to recognize that a containment field surrounding it only works on living Titans, something even the Monarch scientists had not figured out. In combat, Na Kika can snap off large pieces of seabed mantle and wield shipwrecks to be used as projectile weapons in battle.
Sex change
Na Kika can change its sex from male to female and vice versa at a whim.
Strength and combat
Na Kika uses its tentacles in combat, which are strong enough to shatter bullet-proof glass with ease, as well as being capable of dragging down an entire marine Monarch outpost.
Trivia
- The Monarch outpost that Na Kika is contained in is mentioned to be top-secret, possibly explaining why it does not appear on the Monarch Sciences website.
- The person who nicknamed Na Kika "Kraken" may be a reference to Dean Devlin.
- According to artist Drew Edward Johnson, Na Kika lost its shell between the events of the Godzilla: King of the Monsters novelization and Godzilla Dominion.[3]
List of appearances
Comics
Novels
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization (First appearance)
- Godzilla vs. Kong - The Official Movie Novelization
References
- ↑ Keyes, Greg. Godzilla Dominion. 2021. Legendary Comics. ISBN: 9781681160788.
- ↑ Legends of the MonsterVerse: The Omnibus. Legendary Comics. pp. 447-452. ISBN: 978-1681161174.
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