Monster of the Day #1153

Updated on May 18, 2015 By Ken Begg 8 Comments

One of the greatest thing about this program is that the tone of the episodes varied wildly from episode to episode, so you never knew going in what you would get. Of course, most of the episodes were straight giant monster shows. Then you would get a very kid-oriented episode, a fact I loved. This is one of those, a whimsical story about a boy whose greed turns him into a zany monster.

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  • Flangepart

    Yup…gotta be japan. No country does weird kids shows like japan. Everyone else wished they were as weird as japan…

  • The Rev.

    Ah, good ol’ Kanegon, from “Kanegon’s Cocoon,” Episode 15 of “Ultra Q.” One of the rare monsters from that show to subsequently pop up in other Ultra series, albeit in cameos for the most part.

    “Zany” is a perfect word for a monster with a head that looks like a high-hat cymbal with snail eyes who feeds on money.

  • sandra

    AWWW ! it’s cute.

  • That shrimp looks a little shellfish to me. Maybe even a little cray cray, fishing for a pun though I might be. Perhaps I should clam up myself before oyster up trouble

  • bgbear_rnh

    Sounds like a pearl of wisdom

  • Flangepart

    Better squid seahorsing around, afore ya go into a state of shark.

  • Eric Hinkle

    I thought this was Ultra Q just from the description. And I wish that American kid’s TV of the time had monsters half as wacky as the Japanese ones.

  • David Fullam

    One of the best and most iconic eps of Ultra Q, both funny and heart rending. A shame to see the Ultra franchise devolve into Pokemon style flotsam, but we have the memories of when it was good.