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3->''"You know, where ''[[Film/{{Gojira}} Godzilla]]'' was a parable about nuclear war, ''Yongary'' is a parable about copyright infringement."''
4-->-- '''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Jonah Heston]]'''
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6''Yongary: Monster from the Deep'' is a 1967 South Korean/Japanese [[{{Tokusatsu}} Toku]] {{Kaiju}} film directed by Kim Ki-duk and featuring special effects by Kenichi Nakagawa. An attempt to [[FollowTheLeader ape the success]] of the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Film/{{Gamera}}'' series, it tells the story of a monster awoken by nuclear weapons, which then rises up to wreak havoc on a populated city. NeverHeardThatOneBefore, right?
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8Contains parallels to ''Film/SpaceMonsterWangmagwi'', another Korean monster film released a couple ''months'' before this one. Remade as a 1999 film intended to [[FollowTheLeader ape the success]] of ''Film/Godzilla1998,'' simpily titled ''Yonggary''. The following year, yet another remake, titled either titled ''2001 Yonggary'' or ''Reptilian'' depending on the market, was released. Also featured on the Netflix revival of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.'' For the recap, go [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S11E09Yongary here]].
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11!!''Yongary: Monster From The Deep'' Provides examples of:
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13* AchievementsInIgnorance: 12-year-old Icho somehow works the controls of an oil refinery to cut off the oil Yongary is drinking.
14* AlasPoorVillain: Icho half-heartedly mourns Yongary's death at the end of the film.
15* AppliedPhlebotinum: Yongary is defeated by...concentrated ammonia, which does... something that results in what looks like [[spoiler: ''fatal rectal bleeding''.]] Also, the itch ray. It's never explained how it works, what the "side effects" of it are, or why it caused Yongary's horn to glow.
16* ArbitrarySkepticism: Several hours into an attack on the city by a giant reptilian monster, a General laughs off Icho's report that said monster depends on oil, calling it just a childish prank.
17* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Yongary is said to be a 'Giant Reptile.' [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} So]] [[Film/{{Gamera}} what]] [[Film/{{Rodan}} else]] [[Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms is]] [[Film/VaranTheUnbelievable new]] [[Film/{{Gorgo}} right?]]
18* BeneathTheEarth: Where Yongary is from.
19* CaptainErsatz: In addition to the similarities to Godzilla, Yongary is curiously reminiscent of Gamera foe [[Film/GameraVsBarugon Barugon]]. [[SarcasmMode I'm sure this was purely coincidental]].
20* CreepyChild: Icho tortures his newlywed sister and brother-in-law with an "Itch Ray" and has the requisite obsession with Yongary.
21* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Yongary dies [[spoiler: seizing in agony '''''[[BloodFromEveryOrifice while bleeding out the rectum.]]''''']]
22* DeathByAdaptation: Yongary's [[spoiler:decidedly gruesome death]] was added in the American syndication of the movie.
23* DiabolusExNihilo: Yongary's origins are even more vague than your average Kaiju; it just... appears, after having been awoken by a Nuclear Test "Somewhere in the Middle East." Whether the nukes mutated it, making it the fire-breathing, oil-devouring monstrosity it is, or if it was just born that way, is never discussed.
24* DutchAngle: Used during Yongary's rampage through Seoul. A somewhat unusual stylistic device for a 60's Kaiju film.
25* TheEndIsNigh: A brief shot of a priest walking against the fleeing crowd ''toward'' the monster, urging "all you sinners... Repent!"
26* MoodWhiplash: Like most Kaiju films, the ScienceHero finds the right AppliedPhlebotinum to defeat the monster, but the effect it has on Yongary is... [[BloodierAndGorier not what you'd expect]].
27* NonindicativeName: Yongary rises up from the bowels of the Earth, yet the title makes it seem like it's coming from the depths of the ocean.
28* TakeThat: Yongary avoids demolishing Korean landmarks during his rampage in Seoul but does flatten the Government-General Building, which was a symbol of the Japanese occupation of Korea and built on the site of the Gyeongbokgung Palace, itself mostly demolished in the process.
29* WeaksauceWeakness: Yongary is defeated by ammonia.
30* WhileRomeBurns: Some of the Koreans don't try to flee Yongary at all, choosing instead to spend their last hours alive pigging out at a restaurant or partying hard at a nightclub.
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34!! The 1999 Remake and 2001 special edition include examples of:
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36* AdaptationalBadass: The '99 version of Yonggary is much, much stronger than the '67 original, being over 4 times taller, having [[AchillesHeel no weakness to ammonia]] and the military's might is [[NighInvulnerability completely ineffectual]] against it. He also kills another monster, unlike the original. Also crossed over with AdaptationalWimp, as while this version of Yonggary is much more powerful, he lacks a couple of the unique abilities his older version had, namely his horn beam and ability to consume flames.
37* AdaptationalNameChange: ''Slightly'' as an extra G is added to Yonggary's name.
38* AssholeVictim: Professor Campbell spends all his screen time being a total {{Jerkass}} to Literally everyone he interacts with, the only exception being Bud and even then with barely restrained condescension. No tears are shed when Yongary steps on him.
39* BigBadDuumvirate: The Galaxions are lead and represented by two aliens that are always seen talking together.
40* BehemothBattle: The special edition has one between Yonggary and Cykor.
41* CombatTentacles: Cykor has these come out of his shoulder after losing his arm, [[spoiler:and then his neck after losing his head]].
42* DecoyProtagonist: IntrepidReporter Bud Black spends the first half of the movie trying to get to the bottom of all the strangeness happens around the dig sight only to disappear as soon as Yonggary is fully resurrected.
43* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Yonggary took down most of the T-Force, until one last member decides to ram ''himself'' into the jewel on Yonggary's forehead, supposedly the creature's weak spot, blowing up the jewel at the cost of his own life. This, however, severs the aliens' control over Yonggary and reverts it back to a neutral monster]].
44* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the end, the Galaxions' plan to have Yonggary resurrected for their own ends winds up stoppling their plan entirely once he breaks free of their mind control, allies himself with the humans, and defeats their other monster thus forcing them to give up.
45* ImportationExpansion: The special edition was the only one that received foreign syndication.
46* ImprobableInfantSurvival: During Yongary’s rampage through the city he destroys an overpass as a bus full of children speeds down the road, once the driver sees the gap he floors it and manages to make the jump.
47* JetPack: The T-Force, a specialized military unit whose members utilize jetpacks to take on behemoth-sized threats like Yonggary. They're apparently better than ''actual'' jets, considering they're deployed ''after'' Yonggary wiped out most of the defenses.
48* JustEatGilligan: It's never explained why the Galaxions actually needed Yonggary to be resurrected in the first place, since Cykor was a monster they already had available for use and whom they even believed was ''stronger'' than Yonggary anyway. Indeed, allowing Yonggary to be resurrected ultimately thwarts their own plan [[NiceJobFixingItVillain when he proves to be the more powerful monster and kills Cykor after being freed from their control]].
49* KickTheDog: Professor Campbell threatens to report his excavation team, made up of illegal immigrants, if any of them leave after he refused to investigate the mysterious deaths on site.
50* MixAndMatchCritters: Cykor looks like a mix between a scorpion and an ankylosaur, with a touch of stag beetle.
51* NonMaliciousMonster: Once freed of the aliens' control, Yonggary's first act is to save a group of civilians from a building toppled from another errant missile salvo.
52* PetTheDog: Yonggary stopping a building from falling on top of a group of innocents is used to show that he’s freed of the Galaxions' control.
53* TakeThat: Prior to engaging Yonggary, the T-Force commander drops this line:
54--> Compared to ''this'' guy [[note]]Yonggary, of course[[/note]], ''Godzilla'' is a pussy!
55* VillainousBreakdown: While he's not so much a villain as he is a bastard, Professor Campbell’s reaction to Yonggary’s resurrection qualifies.
56* VillainExitStageLeft: After Cykor is defeated, the Galaxions retreat, vowing to return.
57* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bud Black and his story arc just disappear after Yonggary wakes up.
58* WholePlotReference: The Special Edition is basically a simplified version of Film/DestroyAllMonsters with only two Kaiju.
59* YouDontLookLikeYou: Yonggary looks drastically different from the original.

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