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Ymir is the main antagonist of the 1957 American science-fiction/horror film 20 Million Miles to Earth.

A crashed United States rocket is found to contain an infant creature, which escapes captivity and begins to grow to enormous sizes.

Appearance

Ymir is a large humanoid creature with a muscular frame and a long sauropod-like tail. Its face is similar to both an ape and a fish, with a pronounced muzzle, hanging jowls, small eyes, and a fin-like crest on its head.

Powers and Abilities

Ymir possesses the following powers and abilities:

  • Enormous size
  • Superhuman strength
  • Sharp teeth
  • Claws
  • Accelerated growth

Fate

After being shot with a bazooka, Ymir falls to its death off the Roman Colosseum.

Trivia

  • The name "Ymir" refers to the father of all jötnar from Norse mythology.
  • For the climax in the fight against a Roman zoo elephant, they used a real elephant at first, then started using a puppet.

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