Alien Mephilas
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is a race of alien creatures originally featured in the 1966 tokusatsu
Tokusatsu
is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects ....

 TV series, Ultraman
Ultraman
is Japanese television series that first aired in 1966. Ultraman, the first and best-known of the "Ultra-Crusaders," made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, , a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q...

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History

Alien Mephilas, much like the other aliens of the show came to Earth to conquer it. Unlike his fellow aliens before him, his intentions for Control over the Earth was not by mass extinction of the humans but merely to save his species from dying on his original home planet. With no other option however, Mephilas had to conquer the planet in order to save his species.

Hiding in a forest inside his ship, Alien Mephilas's main source of conquest over the planet was to use illusions to trick or fool the humans into believing he had greater power than he actually does, from lifting boats and planes telepathically, to "reviving" monsters whom had died in the past (ex. Alien Baltan, Alien Zarab
Alien Zarab
is a race of alien creatures originally featured in the 1966 tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman.Subtitle: .- History :In order to take over the planet, The Alien Zarab tried to gain Earth's trust by returning a damaged spaceship and promised to get rid of a deadly poison mist that was plaguing the city....

, and Kemur.) He used these illusions against the humans as threats that if they did not surrender in time he would unleash his "power" upon the Earth. During which, Mephilas had taken both a young boy whom had spied on him, Fuji the female member of the Science Patrol, and Hayata (the human host of Ultraman) as his hostages, fully intent on forcing the earth to surrender. Eventually, the Science Patrol and the military found his ship and attacked him.

With his ship under attack and again with no other option, Alien Mephilas turned into a giant and faced off against the military while the Science Patrol rescued Fuji and the boy. Although they could not rescue Hayata in time, Hayata manages to transform into Ultraman to face off against Mephilas and offered him to leave the planet or die like the other aliens. Mephilas chose to fight and both Ultraman and Mephilas went head-to-head in a very, evenly-matched battle as all of Mephilas's attacks were strong enough to counter Ultraman's attacks and his physical strength was on par with Ultraman's. Then shockingly in the middle of the fight, Alien Mephilas surrendered realizing that if he died he could no longer save, nor protect his home planet and thus left peacefully. However before leaving, he promised to Ultraman that they would meet again and he would get his revenge in the future.

Ultraman Taro

This alien reappeared in the series Ultraman Taro
Ultraman Taro
is the 6th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, this series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 6, 1973 to April 5, 1974, with a total of 53 episodes....

, as Alien Mephilas II.

After the first Alien Mephilas left Earth in Ultraman's time to find a new colony for his species, another member sought to dominate Earth and succeed where the original had failed. This Mephilas tried to use a highly advanced bio-weapon called the Mandarin Flower to slowly kill off humans one by one. However after it was destroyed by ZAT, Mephilas revealed himself and decided to take matters into his own hands. Before the situation could get worse, Kotaro turned into Ultraman Taro to do battle. Mephilas was easily tossed around by Taro and after the hero punched a hole through his body the Storium Beam was used, reducing Mephilas into slime.

This Mephilas was silghty different from the original Mephilas's appearance. This Mephilas had a golden-colored hip and his neck was stretched out more to make him look taller. The white color around his eyes were dark pink and the lights in his "mouth" moved in a triangular motion when he spoke rather than a vertical motion like the original.

Ultraman Mebius

This alien reappeared in the series Ultraman Mebius
Ultraman Mebius
is a Japanese television series produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting. It is the 17th TV series and 40th anniversary production in the Ultra Series, which first began in 1966. It premiered on the Tokyo Broadcasting System on April 8, 2006...

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In this series, Alien Mephilas has formed an alliance with Yapool
Yapool
is a fictional kaiju and the main antagonist from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman Ace.- Ultraman Ace :Yapool, an ancient creature from another dimension with similarities to Satan and Legion, was an extremely skilled being of many conciousnesses with a nack for creating biological creations known...

, Deathrem, and Glozam to create "The Four Heavenly Kings." A Coalition of aliens that serve a higher up entity known simply as "The Emperor."

After Yapool, Deathrem, and Glozam were all defeated, Alien Mephilas comes to Japan in a new ship and this time he uses mind control on the populance to turn them all, as well as Team GUYS against Ultraman Mebius. He further panders to the people of Japan by demonstrating his power to destroy a Gromite he creates only to destroy shortly after out of false heroism and accolade. All the while, the original Ultraman
Ultraman
is Japanese television series that first aired in 1966. Ultraman, the first and best-known of the "Ultra-Crusaders," made his debut in the tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, , a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q...

 returns to confront Mephilas into stopping him from doing any harm to the humans. However seeing as Mephilas has not harmed any humans, Ultraman cannot fight him. Eventually Ultraman Mebius (as Mirai) manages to show Team GUYS the control that Mephilas has put them under, Mephilas tries to attack them out of self-defense and shortly afterwards appears himself to battle Mebius. Ultraman shows up and both Ultraman and Ultraman Mebius shortly double-team Mephilas. After shrugging off one of Mephilas's lightning attacks, Ultraman persuades Mephilas to surrender in order to save his own life knowing that he cannot beat two Ultras and Team GUYS. Once again, Mephilas wisely surrenders and even acknowledges to Team GUYS of their efforts from defeating the other three Aliens. However before leaving, he promises to Ultraman that he would return to personally challenge him again. However, the promise was shortly broken as Mephilas was then killed himself by the entity of the Emperor himself: Alien Empera
Alien Empera
is the main antagonist of Ultraman Mebius. He is the master of Mephilas, Glozam, Deathrem and Yapool. Alien Empera appeared in the final 3 episodes in the series Alien Empera, as well as his creation, Armored Darkness are among the most powerful foes in the Ultra series...

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This Alien Mephilas is in fact the original Alien Mephilas that fought the original Ultraman. He shows signs of experience as he tries to occasionally warn the other aliens not to underestimate the humans or the Ultras as well as respect to those who have bested him in the past (namely Ultraman.)

Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey

This alien reappeared in Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey
is the second season and the 25th entry in Tsuburaya Productions' long-running Ultra Series. Like its predecessor Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle, NEO is a pay-per-view service. The first episode was distributed for free online on December 12, 2008, and remained available until January 31, 2009....

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In this series, Alien Mephilas wielded a battle nizer until he was defeated and left for dead by an Alien Temperor
Alien Temperor
is a race of alien creatures originally featured in the 1973 tokusatsu TV series, Ultraman Taro.Temperor appeared in Episodes 33-34.Subtitle: .- History :Alien Temperor was an alien tyrant of awesome power...

 prior to certain events in the show. After discovering Armored Darkness's sword, Mephilas is transformed into "Armored Mephilas" and thus goes on a killing spree for those who mock him or get in his way, all while being controlled by Armored Darkness's conscience. He kills a Dada that mocked him earlier, and attacks Reimon for standing in his way. He later confronts the Alien Temperor that defeated him earlier for a rematch and winds up killing both and his monster, Arigera. Shortly afterwards, Armored Darkness appears and kills Armored Mephilas to retrieve the sword he had taken away.

During the series finale, Armored Mephilas returns giant-sized, and as a mindless slave being controlled by Alien Raybrad. After facing off against Rei's monsters (Gomora
Gomora
is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu television series Ultraman, and first appeared in the show's only two-part storyline, The Monster Prince . Gomora has since become one of the franchises' toughest and most popular monsters, returning in subsequent Ultra Series...

 and Miclas
Miclas
is a fictional kaiju from the tokusatsu TV series, Ultra Seven. Miclas appeared in Episodes 3 and 25. This monster is one of Ultra Seven's Capsule Monsters.Subtitle: .- History :...

), Mephilas is eventually freed from both Raybrad's control and the Armor that possessing him.

After being transformed back into his normal form, Mephilas frees the Pendragon from an interdimensional rift underground created by Raybrad to keep them from contacting Rei out of gratitude to Rei for saving him.

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy

This alien reappeared in the movie Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy.

Alien Mephilas is one of Ultraman Belial's 100 Monster Army.

Ultraman Mebius Side Story: Ghost Rebirth

This alien reappeared in the prequel to Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy.

Alien Mephilas is one of the four major antagonists in this prequel to the above movie. He, along with Deathrem, Glozam, and Yapool (In the form of Mebius Killer) assault the Ultra Brothers in an attempt to reunite the Giga Battle Nizer and Zamusha (now known as Mecha-Zamu,) in an attempt to resurrect Alien Empera
Alien Empera
is the main antagonist of Ultraman Mebius. He is the master of Mephilas, Glozam, Deathrem and Yapool. Alien Empera appeared in the final 3 episodes in the series Alien Empera, as well as his creation, Armored Darkness are among the most powerful foes in the Ultra series...

. However, their plans are foiled when Ultraman Mebius looses the Giga Battle Nizer and Mecha-Zamu sacrifices his life to keep the Emperor from being revived.
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