Oodako is a giant octopus monster that debuted in King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) and returned in War of the Gargantuas (1966). He's also known as the Daidako (Giant Octopus) and The Giant Devilfish. He also appeared in the alternate ending for the movie Frankenstein vs. Baragon (a.k.a.: Frankenstein Conquers The World) (1965)

History

In King Kong vs. Godzilla, Oodako crawls ashore on Farou Island and attacks a village hut in an attempt to get the special soma berry juice that the natives store there. The natives, along with members of a pharmaceutical company, attempt to defeat Oodako with spears and shotguns, but to no avail. King Kong then appears behind a giant wooden fence, crumbling it with his bare hands and throwing the pieces at Oodako. Kong grabs Oodako, but the octopus holds tightly on to Kong's head. After a short struggle, Kong pulls the monster off and throws it to the ground. He then throws two boulders at Oodako's head. Oodako flees back to the beach and presumably returned to the sea, Kong beating his chest and roaring in victory.

In the alternate ending for Frankenstein Conquers the World, after Frankenstein defeats Baragon, Oodako comes from the sea and fights Frankenstein. Frankenstein battles fiercely, but can't compete with Oodako's numerous and powerful tentacles. Oodako drags Frankenstein in to the water, seemingly to his death.

In War of the Gargantuas, Oodako attacks a fishing boat, but is defeated by the Green Gargantua, Gaira.

Trivia

• The inclusion of Oodako in Toho's vast slate of monsters may be the fulfillment of a dream of special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, who had always wished to make a monster film with a giant octopus (original concept art for Godzilla himself for the 1954 film depicted him as a giant octopus).
• For the Oodako scene in King Kong vs. Godzilla, four live octopuses were used. They were forced to move among the miniature huts by having hot air blown onto them. After the filming of that scene was finished, three of the four were released. The fourth became special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya's dinner. Along with the live animals, two rubber octopus props were built, with the larger one being covered with plastic wrap to simulate mucus. Some stop motion tentacles were also created for the scene where the octopus grabs a native and tosses him.^[23]
• Oodaku was considered for the video game Godzilla: Unleashed, but was dropped due to the fact he has no humanoid features, and thus would not fit well into the fighting roster.
• Each monster that Oodako fought with was of primate origin.

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Non-Godzilla Monsters	Meganulon | Rodan | Moguera | Varan | Orochi | Mothra | Maguma | Dogora | Frankenstein | Baragon | Oodako | Gaira | Sanda | Mechani-Kong | Gorosaurus | King Kong | Giant Sea Serpent | Gezora | Ganimes | Kamoebas | Amano Shiratori | Kumasogami | Kaishin Muba | Utsuno Ikusagami | Desghidorah | Mothra Leo | Dagahra | Grand Ghidorah | Zilla Junior
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