Shimo

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“	Trapped within their subterranean realm, the Skar King harnessed a terrible power: the ancient Titan, Shimo. He controls her with pain.	„
	~ Ilene Andrews

Background

Shimo is a reptilian Titan who appeared in the 2024 Legendary Pictures film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, serving as the film's secondary antagonist after the Skar King. Her existence was first alluded to in the 2022 Call of Duty collaboration with Godzilla vs. Kong, depicted in a cave painting engaged in battle with Godzilla.

An ancient and legendary Titan with the ability to control ice known for having caused the last ice age, Shimo was was enslaved by the Skar King to assist him in conquering the surface world and fighting Godzilla.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Shimo’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Following a battle between the Skar King and Kong, the older ape revealed an icy crystal at the end of his Whipslash. At sight of this, several of the Skar King's subjects began to heave vines, dropping two massive boulders over a river of lava on one side of the Skar King's prison, revealing a large cave behind the lavafall. The Skar King pointed the crystal at Kong again, and Shimo emerged from the freshly revealed cave, roaring as almost every ape in the vicinity fled. Kong stared at her and prepared for a fight, and the Skar King waved the crystal at her again. Shimo roared in pain and slammed her head against the ground, before she finally took aim at Kong, firing her ice breath at him. Kong dodged her initial blast, and blocked the second with his axe. However, ice slowly encased his arm, forcing the ape to drop the weapon and escape. After the Skar King learned the location of the Iwi's walls hiding exits from Hollow Earth, the ape had her released from her shackles, only to mount her back. Now brandishing Kong's axe, the Skar King rode Shimo towards the wall, accompanied by five other apes. Suko spotted the party as they were nearing the wall, and he traveled back to warn Kong. While Kong, after having been warned, is off on his quest to recruit Godzilla, the Skar King broke down the wall, and he, Shimo, and the rest of his apes entered the Iwi's domain. The Skar King, having noticed the Iwi's attempts to seal the entrances, used the crystal yet again, pointing it at a pair of quartz pyramids, to which Shimo shot another ice beam which froze the pyramids in place. The seven Titans advanced, but were ambushed by a swarm of Vertacines lead by Trapper. The creatures swarmed the invaders, distracting the apes. The Skar King repeatedly jabbed the crystal at the bio-electric fliers, forcing Shimo to freeze them all. In the midst of the chaos, Kong and Godzilla arrive from Egypt, crashing down into Hollow Earth like a meteor. The two duos rushed at one another right as the ice holding off the pyramids gave way, completely negating the gravity in the area. Shimo crashed into Godzilla in the air, but Godzilla was able to push her down and attack her again as she briefly pursued Kong. Shimo froze Godzilla with her beam, only to cease fire after being attacked by Mothra, allowing Godzilla to free himself and tackle Shimo. Soon, the gravity restored itself, and the four warring Titans fell into a portal to the surface. In Rio De Janeiro, waves in the sea all turn into ice, which is shattered as the Skar King and Shimo both fly out onto land. After taking a moment to admire the sun, the Skar King used the crystal to force Shimo to fire her beam into the sky, covering the sun with a large cloud, before having her fire into the city. However, Kong and Godzilla then arrived and resumed the battle. The Skar King tries to get Shimo to attack Kong, but she is pushed into a building by Godzilla as the two saurians resumed their duel. When the Skar King is knocked to the ground by Kong, the evil ape used the crystal once more, and Shimo's tail smacked Kong across the city. Shimo then fired on Kong with her ice breath, which he blocked with the B.E.A.S.T. Glove. With Shimo and Kong locked in a stalemate, Godzilla breaks the Whipslash, detaching the crystal from the end. Godzilla then fired on Shimo with his atomic breath, and tackled her off Kong, freeing the ape to resume fighting the Skar King. The apes both went berserk, fighting tooth and nail over the crystal. However, before either could get a solid grasp on the crystal, Suko arrived with Kong's axe and shattered it, freeing Shimo from the Skar King's control. While Godzilla, Kong and Suko tag-teamed the Skar King, Shimo watched intently, prominent curiosity on her face, as the Skar King angrily pointed at her and Kong, trying to make her attack him. She then joins in on the team-up, freezing the Skar King over entirely. Kong grabs the Skar King's frozen body, staring him in the face, before smashing him into pieces upon the ground, finally ending his reign of pain. Some time later, Kong and Suko then returned to the Skar King's old prison, triumphantly riding upon Shimo's back. They hopped off of her, and Kong offered her a few head pets, before all three of them roared in victory before Kong's new tribe.

General Information

Name: Shimo

Origin: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

First Appearance: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Latest Appearance: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Company: Legendary Pictures, Toho

Creator: Toho Co., Ltd

Sex: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: Over millions of years old (Noted to be directly responsible for the ice age, which started about 2.6 million years ago)

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Hollow Earth

Story Role: Monster, Mind Controlled Villain

Classification: Blizzard Lizard, Ancestor Titan, Ancient Titan

Species: Reptilian Titan

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Mutant Physiology

Occupation: None

Affiliations: Skar King (While under his control), Godzilla (After Skar King's control is broken), Kong (After Skar King's control is broken)

Enemies: Skar King (After Skar King's control is broken), Godzilla (While under Skar King's control), Kong (While under Skar King's control)

Height: 162.45 meters

Status: Alive

Alignment: Neutral Evil under Skar King's control (Was under the Skar King's control, making her cause widespread destruction and attacking everyone aroud her), Neutral Good regularly (Shown to be friendly and peaceful once the control is broken, allowing Kong and Suko to ride on her back and showed affection from Kong petting her)

Threat Level: Global Threat (Noted to be directly responsible for the ice age)

Codex Statistics

Grade: S (Noted to be directly responsible for the ice age, being one of the most powerful titans in the world, having Godzilla evolve to fight her)

Tier: 7-B

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: City level (Potency) (Fought comparable against Evolved Godzilla, who evolved to a state where his energy capacity increased by 20 times, where prior his atomic breath was noted to have an energy yield of 3.15 x 10^14 joules or 315 terajoules (75.3 kilotons of TNT)), can negate conventional durability with its ice breath

Durability: City level

Striking Strength: City Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: Class M

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Through her sheer size she should be able to move this fast)

Attack Speed: Supersonic (Fought comparable against Evolved Godzilla, who can attack at supersonic speeds)

Reaction Speed: Supersonic

Stamina: Superhuman+ (Has been forcibly commanded by Skar King for years to attack whoever he comamnds without showing any signs of tiring)

Range: Hundreds of Meters through sheer size (Her height is listed as 162.45 meters), Planetary with Ice Manipulation (Noted to be directly responsible for the ice age, a period of colder global temperatures and recurring glacial expansion capable of lasting millions of years)

Intelligence: Animalistic Intelligence

Knowledge: Animalistic level

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Natural Weaponry (Can utilize both her tails and claws in combat), Large Size (Skyscraper Sized; Her height is listed as 162.45 meters), Cold Manipulation & Air Manipulation (Passive; Naturally exudes air cold enough to freeze the ground around it), Breath Attack & Ice Manipulation (With its Frost Bite Breath, it shoots out a breath of ice that can even overpower Kong's ancient axe, that can absorb Godzilla's atomic breath, and can use the energy to attack one in a massive energy explosion. Along with this, the ice was cold enough to where it gave Kong frostbite, making his arm unusable as it had nerve damage and significant tissue loss, using the B.E.A.S.T. glove as a replacement. Noted to be directly responsible for the ice age, a period of colder global temperatures and recurring glacial expansion capable of lasting millions of years), Weather Manipulation (Shooting her ice breath into the air caused a massive storm cloud), Consumption (Physical Consumption; The titans consumed radiation from the Earth during the time its radioactivity was ten times it was now as a food source).

Resistance to Extreme Colds (Noted to be directly responsible for the ice age, and felt no effects from being in said ice age), Extreme Heat (Could stand near lava just fine, most likely due to its natural cold air it releases around it), Radiation Manipulation (The titans consumed radiation from the Earth during the time its radioactivity was ten times it was now as a food source)

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Equipment

Nothing notable.

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Notable Techniques

Frost Bite Blast/Breath

Shimo firing an ice beam at Kong

Shimo is capable of releasing an ice beam from her mouth. This ability is referred to as a Frost Bite Blast or Frost Bite Breath on the packaging of her individual Playmates figure, as well as the Godzilla vs. Shimo figure set. Shimo is shown using the beam to freeze over Kong's axe and arm, and to cause a massive ice storm by firing it into the sky. During the former, the beam creates large ice chunks upon contact. The beam was powerful enough to give Kong frostbite and completely freeze the Skar King's body once free of his control. When using the attack, Shimo's eyes, back spikes, and thagomizers glow a bright blue. It was stated in the Iwi's ancient template tablets that Shimo’s ice breath was responsible for triggering the last Ice Age millions of years ago.

Freezing Temperatures

Along with her Frost Bite Blast’s capabilities, Shimo’s mere presence is capable of freezing her surroundings, first shown when the ground in Skar King’s prison iced over. The forests in the Hollow Earth froze as she walked through them alongside the Skar King and his army as they approached the Iwi civilization, and the waters off the coast of Rio de Janeiro even froze when she emerged on the surface.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Shimo while mind controlled is shown to shoot out its ice breath at the opponent, it also will attempt to charge and ram into opponents. While not mind controlled, Shimo is still willing to fight but is far more peaceful and passive.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Note: The opening to Godzilla vs. Kong is admitted by Adam Wingard, director of Godzilla vs. Kong to have some overlooked things in the statistics, though he mainly notes that heights and weight statistics were overlooked, thus using the opening for the atomic breaths energy value is perfectly fine.

Trivia

• The cave painting of Shimo seen in Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted first appeared in the Godzilla vs. Kong/Call of Duty crossover event close to two years prior.
• At 162.45 meters, Shimo is currently the tallest of any known Titans in the Monsterverse, surpassing the previous record holder King Ghidorah in height by 3.65 meters. However, she is not the largest overall, as she is surpassed by the ~258-meter-long Tiamat and ~274-meter-long Na Kika.
• Shimo bears some similarities to Ghidorah, as both are Titans capable of manipulating the weather to such degrees that it can threaten the globe. Unlike him, however, Shimo is docile and friendly, while Ghidorah is ruthless and violent.
• Shimo is the second confirmed-female monster to be a primary antagonist in a Monsterverse film, after the Female MUTO in Godzilla.
• Shimo is the first primary Monsterverse film antagonist to not be killed by Godzilla or Kong.
  • Shimo also the first Monsterverse film antagonist that became a protagonist, after she was freed from Skar King’s influence.
• Shimo is also the first primary Monsterverse film antagonist not to be inherently evil or intentionally destructive in nature as her destructive actions was due to her being controlled and commanded by Skar King.

Battle Records

1-1-0

• Kong - Fight
  • Conditions: Skar got overpowered and summoned Shimo to help him.
  • Location: Hollow Earth
  • Note: Kong would've likely won the fight if Skar did not call in Shimo to aid him, giving Kong a frostbite arm and causing him to run away.

• Godzilla, Kong, & Mothra - Fight
  • Conditions: Godzilla has help from Kong and Mothra, Shimo had help from Skar King.
  • Location: Hollow Earth to Rio
  • Note: Mothra several times during the battle helped Godzilla, such as when Shimo shot him with an ice blast before Mothra got in the way so Godzilla could break out. Godzilla also removed the mind control Shimo was under, making her join with Godzilla and Kong to defeat Skar.

None.