Vega Monsters

Vega Monsters (vegajuu) are the second monsters of the week from the anime series UFO Robo Grendizer. First appearing in episode 52 with King Gori, the vega monsters completely replaced the saucer beasts as the primary antagonists for the series.
History
After the destruction of Vega in episode 52, King Vega and what was left of the Vegan Empire made their base on the far side of the moon and forced the construction of large cybernetic monsters based on actual animals with cybernetic components to form the vega monsters. It should be noted that unlike the saucer beasts the vega monsters were actually capable of applying physical damage to Grendizer. All saucer beasts either originate from the far side of the moon or were constructed in an underwater base that lasted from episodes 60 to 67. Like the saucer beasts, the vega monsters were often piloted, sometimes by vegan mercenaries although some were capable of functioning without a pilot.
List of Vega Monsters
*King Gori: Appears in episodes 52 and 53. Powers include strength, horn drill, and thick armor. Is based off of a gorilla and is partly a homage to King Kong.
*Banibani: Appears in episode 54. Powers include levitation, whip head tentacle, sharp talons, mouth flames, swimming, electric shocks from the whip head tentacle, and homing torpedoes from the back. Is based off of a hawk and snake.
*Guregure: Appears in episode 55. Powers include swimming, 3-tube guided torpedo launcher in the torso, size increase, whip tail, and electric pulse in the wings. Is not based on an animal, although it is compared to the Loch Ness Monster.
*Daidai: Appears in episode 56. Powers include burrowing, swimming, grab pincer claws, and blinding foam from the underside. Is based off of a king crab.
*Zamizami: Appears in episode 56. Powers include flight, 3-tube missile launchers in each with, mouth flames, and sharp claws. Is based off of a pterodactyl and resembles the mechasaurus Bado from Getter Robo.
*Budobudo: Appears in episode 57. Powers include burrowing, electric eye bolts, explosive mouth flames, finger missiles, flight, and armored wings. Is based off of a beetle.
*Benibeni: Appears in episode 58. Powers include copying any image it sees using a beam from the eyes, armored hands, far jumping, and mouth flames. Is not based off of an animal, although it looks similar to a chupacabra.
**False Grendizer: Appears in episode 58: Powers include a Spazer, Space Thunder, and Hand Beams.
*Dakidaki: Appears in episode 59. Powers include flight, shoulder spike bullets, mouth tractor beam, remote centipede, abdomen missiles, and hip discs. Is based off of a lizard.
*Zunezune: Appears in episode 60. Is essentially a swarm of cybernetically enhanced rats with an enhanced sense of hearing.
*Guwaguwa: Appears in episode 61. Powers include a horse disguise, a spear that fire missiles and lightning bolts, levitation, 2-tube missile launcher in the torso, super speed, and green horn lasers. Is based off of a centaur and beetle.
*Goegoe: Appears in episode 62. Powers include flight, extending whip fingers, pink mouth flames, shoulder spiked missiles, and an ax in the abdomen. Is based off of a lizard and bat.
*Zumezume: Appears in episode 63. Powers include a right hand sword, flight, yellow eye beam, dual freeze rays on the chest, and thick armor. Is based off of a cyclops and aye aye.
*Gudogudo: Appears in episode 64. Powers include swimming, a vegatron bomb stored in it's mouth, a pink force field from the head fin, pink eye lasers, and four capture cables in the mouth. Is based on a tarantula.
*Zasuzasu: Appears in episode 65. Powers include flight, cloud disguise, claw bolts, armored pincer claws, green eye lasers, constricting tail, retractable head, blue acid from the tail, and thick armor. Is based off of a centipede.
*Waguwagu: Appears in episode 66. Powers include swimming, dual missile launchers on the back, thick tail, spike missiles from the armored dorsal fin, can summon giant robotic sawsharks, and capture cable missiles. Is based off of an iguana.
*Eveeve: Appears in episode 67. Powers include swimming, extending tentacles, electric shocks, and pincer claw arms. Is based off of a jellyfish.
*Raguragu: Appears in episode 67. Powers include swimming, thick shell, and shell spike drills. Is based off of a hermit crab.
*Buebue: Appears in episode 68. Powers include cold resistance, flight, bladed wings, hurricane winds from the wings, and icy breath. Is based off of a yeti and bears great similarity to Pikdron from Great Mazinger tai Getter Robot G: Kuchu Daigekitotsu.
*Gaigai: Appears in episode 69. Powers include flight, mouth flames, thick armor, and an electric curtain beam from the eyes. Is based off of a slug.
*Gabigabi: Appears in episode 70. Powers include flight, ax right hand, twin electric tentacles on the torso, and mouth flames. Is based off of a bat and ape.
*Jigajiga: Appears in episode 71. Powers include flight, torso drill, thick armor, and white eye bolts. Is based on a tiger and bat.
*Gragra: Appears in episodes 73 and 74. Powers include flight, twin torso horn bolts, thick armor, beam absorbing mouth, and mouth flames. Is based on a theropod dinosaur.

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