Gappa is a breed of giant, beaked dinosaur which appeared in the monster film Gappa the Triphibian Monster (1967). The film's director, Haruyasu Noguchi, was primarily attempting a cash-in, following swiftly on the success of both Godzilla and Gamera. His masterstroke, however, was that he combined all the classic monster conventions with a breakneck speed usually not seen in the Godzilla films. The result was one of the most genuinely entertaining of all the monster films.

Plot of the movie

A strange baby monster called Gappa is found on a Polynesian island by explorers, and they capture it and take it back to Japan. The mother and father of the kidnapped creature attack Japan shortly afterwards to retrieve their missing child. That is basically all there is to the plot, but Noguchi makes the whole adventure quite entertaining so you don't care in the least about the depth of the film.

Trivia

• Gappa is likely a combination of Godzilla and Rodan, since they resemble Rodan and have the exact same color of Godzilla's blue ray.
• Gappa is the only monster film to be released by the Japanese studio Nikkatsu.
• Gappa appears and is spoofed into an episode of the sitcom Red Dwarf.
• Gappa has had over nine titles, among them: Monster from a Prehistoric Planet, Gappa - Frankensteins fliegende Monster (a title made to cash-in on the success of contemporary Frankenstein movies in Germany) and The Triphibian Monster.
• In Godzilla vs King Ghidorah'(1991), when Godzilla is being stangled in the first battle, the sound he makes when he is choked is similar to the Gappa roar.

Monsters
Monsters in the Godzilla series	Anguirus | Godzilla Junior | Baragon | Battra | Biollante | Deathla | Destoroyah | Dorats | Ebirah | Gabara | Giant Condor | Giant Lizard | Gigan | Godzilla/Godzilla (1954)/Godzilla (Showa)/Godzilla (Heisei) | Godzillasaurus | Gorosaurus | Hedorah | Jet Jaguar | Kamacuras/Gimantis | Kamoebas | King Caesar | King Ghidorah | King Kong (Toho) | Kumonga/Spiga | Kiryu | Manda | Mechagodzilla/Fake Godzilla | Mechagodzilla 2 | Mecha-King Ghidorah | Megaguirus | Megalon | Meganulon/Meganula | Millennian/Orga | Minya/Minilla/Minira/Milla | M.O.G.U.E.R.A. | Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah | Mothra | Oodako | Rodan/Fire Rodan | SpaceGodzilla | Titanosaurus | Varan | Zilla
Other Monsters by Toho	Moguera | Maguma | Dogora | Gezora | Ganimes | Frankenstein | Sanda | Gaira | Giant Sea Serpent | Mechani-Kong | Mothra Leo | Desghidorah | Rainbow Mothra | Aqua Mothra | Light Speed Mothra | Armor Mothra | Eternal Mothra | Garu-Garu | Dagahra | Cretaceous King Ghidorah | Grand King Ghidorah | Amano Shiratori | Kumasogami (Dororin) | Kaishin Muba | Orochi | Utsuno Ikusagami
Monsters outside of Toho	King Kong | Angkara Murka | Allosaurus | Borneo Python | Clover | Cykor | Evil Imoogi | Gappa | Gehara | Good Imoogi | Gorgo | Guilala | Gwangi | Rhedosaurus | Ymir | Yongary | The Giant Claw | MI-6 2 "Miroku" | The Beast Of Hollow Mountain | The Crater Lake Monster | Negadon | Gfantis | Raiga | Reptilicus | Demon | List of Monsters from Skull Island | The Blob | Pulgasarri | Zarkorr
Monsters from Godzilla: The Series	Zilla Junior | Mutant Giant Squids | Crustaceous Rex | Nanotech Creature (P.E.M.C.) | El Gusano Gigante | Cyber Flies | Giant Rats | Cryptocleidus | Reptilians | Crackler | Giant Mutant Bees | Quetzalcoatl | Ice Borers | Nessie | Robo-Yeti | King Cobra | Giant Mutant Termites | Giant Bat | Cyber-Zilla | the Chameleon | Bacillus | Giant Mutant Widow Spider | Sub-Zero Manta | Techno-Sentient | Silver Hydra | DNA Mimic | Lizard Slayers | Giant Sea Anemone | the Swamp Beast | the Fire Monster | Norzzug, the Living Statue | Giant Mutant Hummingbird | Mutant Mania Monsters | Megapede/Cicada | Ts-eh-Go and the Mutant Scorpions | Giant Mutant Vampire Bat | Armillaria | the Shrewster | Skeetera | Mutant Jellyfish | D.R.A.G.M.A. | Giant Turtle | Komodithrax | Area 51 Mutations | Deep-Dweller | the Giant Centipede | the Giant Water Beetle | Rhinosaurus
Monsters from the The Godzilla Power Hour	Godzilla (Hanna-Barbera) | Godzooky | Fire Bird | Earth Eater | Stone Creatures | Megavolt Monsters | Seaweed Monster | Energy Beast | Colossus | Horror | Chimera | Minotaur | Magnetic Monster | Breeder Beast | Great Watchuka | Diplodocus | Time Dragon | Giant Squid | Giant Fly | Axor | Giant Octopus | Cyborg Whale | Giant Ant | Giant Black Widow | Moon Lode | Magma Lizard | Golden Guardians
Monsters from Books	Sasori | Giant Ants | Gopher | Armie | Gecko | Gila | Chuck | Rattler | Yellowback
Monsters from Comics/Mangas	Godzilla (Marvel) | Godzilla (Dark Horse) | Lord Howe Monster | Red Ronin | Stranger | Yetrigar | Hero Zero | Bagorah | Batragon | Centipor | Ghilaron | Lepirax | The Beta-Beast | Triax | Rhiahn | Krollar | All-Terraintula | Burtannus | Cybersaur | Gekido-jin | Robotic Devil Dinosaur | Inagos | Soran
Monsters from Video Games	Super Godzilla | Bagan | Balkzardan | Barugaron | Jyarumu | Razin | Shiigan | Vagnosaurus | Black Godzilla | MGR-IInd | SMG-IInd | Obsidius | Krystalak | The Sphinx
Monsters from Television Shows	Zone Fighter | List of monsters from Zone Fighter | Neo Hedorah | Medical Jet Jaguar | Fire Fighter Jet Jaguar | Black Mechagodzilla | Super Special SpaceGodzilla High Grade Type Two | Hyper Mecha-King Ghidorah | Gororin | List of unmade monsters
Unmade Monsters	Ghost Godzilla | Deutalios | Dogolas | Erabus | Fire Lion | Gigamoth | Gryphon | Hafun | Hitodah | Lightning Bug | Majin Tuol | Mogu | Redmoon | The Visitor | Titans | Nessie

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