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Battra is a major antagonist and later deuteragonist in the 1992 Japanese kaiju film Godzilla vs. Mothra.

Thousands of years after being sealed underground by Mothra, a meteorite released Battra from its Siberian prison, prompting it to make its way to Japan.

Appearance

Battra is a large black moth-like creature with vertebrate jaws. It has large red eyes, yellow highlights and horns, and black wings with yellow and red flame-like patterns.

Powers and Abilities

Battra possesses the following powers and abilities:

  • Flight
  • Energy blasts
  • Immense strength

Fate

While carrying Godzilla with Mothra, Battra is killed after Godzilla rips out its throat and blasts it with the atomic breath at close range.

Trivia

  • Godzilla vs. Mothra is the only film in which Battra appears.

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