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Medusa (メドゥーサ) is the central antagonist featured in Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld and its remake Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld ~The 7 Magic Users~ as the secondary antagonist. She is a demoness that serves the Demon King, Demaon.


Whereas the original film portrayed her as a minor demon, her role in the remake is greatly expanded, where she is now revealed as the corrupted form of Miyoko's mother, Ms. Mangetsu. She made a deal to Demaon to save her daughter, but at the costs of having her soul taken away by Demaon and being transformed into a demon.

Appearance[]

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld[]

In the original version, Medusa is a skeletal-looking demon with hair full of snakes.

Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld[]

In the 2007 remake, Medusa has more backstory, and character. As Medusa, she has long, grey, white hair along with a few snakes on her hair. She has purple skin, and wears a grey, bluish gown that matches her snakes' color.

As Mrs. Mangetsu, she wears a white long-sleeved shirt and a blue skirt. She had long, brown hair, fair skin and dark green eyes like Miyoko. When she went on to make a contract with Demaon to save Miyoko, she wears a white cloak with a hood. She wore the hood before the hood fell, revealing her hair during her contract making, and never wore the hood again in the movie. At the end of the movie, when she regained her brief humanity, her clothing and appearance is the same, albeit with a translucent, golden glowing, spectral-like appearance, but can still interact with Miyoko and Prof. Mangetsu for an ephemeral moment before she passes.

Similarly to Miyoko, she wears a a golden-coloured bead necklace with a rhombus-shaped pendant in the center, intricately crafted with a green crystal inlaid in the center. Both Miyoko and her always appeared wearing those necklaces when appeared together. She always wore it when she appeared as Mrs. Mangetsu, usually under her shirt collar on her neck. But when she was making a contract with Demaon, she wore it behind her hood, exposing the beads. This necklace would eventually be left behind by her as she disappered into golden particles at the end of the movie, with Miyoko inheriting it from her.

Story[]

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld[]

She sent by Demaon to hunt down and dispose of Doraemon and Nobita. It chased them through the time tunnel back to the original world and petrified them. After they fell into the tree at the Open Lot, it returned back to the present time and was never seen again afterward, presumably destroyed after Demaon's demise along with the Demon Star.

Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld[]

Background[]

Medusa was once a normal woman who married with Prof. Mangetsu and together have a child in which they named Miyoko. For a long time, they lived happily until the day Miyoko mysteriously became ill due to a deadly disease. Sadly, there's no cure for such disease. Mrs. Mangetsu then decided to seek the ancient spell from an ancient book to save Miyoko without hesitation out of desperation, and came up with forbidden spell where one would surrender his/her soul to Demaon in exchange of their wishes granted. When Prof. Mangetsu discovered this, he was horrified and warned her about other consequences that would happen.

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Miyoko's mother moments before she became Medusa.

Unfortunately for him, Mrs. Mangetsu used that spell anyway, resulting in her getting summed by demonic flames and taken away by Demaon. Prof. Mangetsu tried to stop this, but was too late, resulting in Miyoko to be cured of the disease.

Events in the film[]

Gazing through his crystal ball, Demaon witnessing Doraemon, NobitaSuneo, Gian, Shizuka, and Miyoko would come to foil his plans. So, he sent Medusa to see how powerful they are. He also sent the Monkey Demon both as her companion and to keep an eye on her in case something goes unexpected on her.

Medusa made her presence known to her former family by destroying her former home with a pillar of light. Though they survive the mystical blast, she had a demon to capture Prof. Mangetsu, as she cursed Miyoko into a cute-looking mouse (Nobita and his friends managed to tamper the curse by making her turn into a cute anthropomorphic cat instead later on), before transforming into her to manipulate Doraemon and co. (However, it is distinguished through the necklace's pendant color, which is red instead of green). She played the ruse well as when she fought against a remaining demon soldier who showed up and tried to kill Doraemon and Nobita (though in the fight, it was Doraemon who defeat the demon in the end). Once she and Doraemon and co. gained the possession of Nirnaeth's scroll, she removed her disguise and buried her enemies under a conjured avalanche. Fortunately for Earth, Medusa only gained half of the scroll, which resulted in her being punished by Demaon.

After the ill-attempt to assassinate Demaon, Medusa quickly followed Doraemon and Nobita through the time tunnel and managed to catch up. She emerged from Nobita's desk and chased them through the sky of Tokyo. After a quite troublesome chase, Medusa petrified Doraemon and Nobita which the former fell back into Nobita's room while the latter into the tree at the lot. Succeeded in her mission, she returns back to the present time.

Demaon then gave Medusa her final mission, to destroy the seal on the moon in order to finally allow the demons to invade Earth, knowing that despite her resistance toward the magic of the moon, she will perish when the seal is destroyed.

By the time she goes to destroy the seal, Doraemon and co. showed up, something unexpected happened. Miyoko's begging voice for Medusa to stop caused her humanity to resurface, which made her briefly lose her identity in spite of her ability to resist it, which was enough to destroy the seal.

By the time the seal of the magic of the moon destroyed, the released energy not only killed Monkey Demon, but also destroyed Medusa's demon persona, and she reverts to her former human appearance. Albeit in a translucent, glowing form. Prof. Mangetsu and Miyoko were horrified with this, as they realized that it was really her.

What really happened to her was, even though she used the demonic powers to make a deal with Demaon, her soul remained human. Her physical form, which the demonic form of Medusa, ceased to exist from the moonblast after she broke Niraneth's seal, as it was seen that Medusa's apperance slowly melted as the snakes on her head started to throw up, giving way to her human soul to be revealed. She collapses, and her family rushed in.

Mrs. Mangetsu then revealed that she made a deal with Demaon to save her daughter's life, and apologized to her family for committing such a foolish act as this, but it was all for Miyoko's survival. Her spirit then waned, as she revealed that Demaon has put his heart into the red moon of Magic Planet, which explained how the first attempt to killed him failed.

Before she passes, she turned more translucent, as Miyoko desperately tried to hold her and keep her from passing. In her last words, Mrs. Mangetsu tells Miyoko tearfully that as long as Miyoko lives on, everything will be okay.

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Miyoko's mother's became golden particles...

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...leaving the necklace behind.

Finally, her form turned translucent, and her essence can be seen through her translucent form, and she dispersed into golden particles of her essence, passing through Miyoko's desperate embrace to hold her together, leaving behind a necklace identical to Miyoko's own. Miyoko would then later wear this necklace alongside her own in the final battle against Demaon.

With all knowledge gained, Miyoko then fights alongside Doraemon and Gangs' help until they finally killed Demaon. After that, suddenly, the pendant of Miyoko's mother flashed a beam of golden light which healed the moon, protecting it forever. During the beginning of the credits, Miyoko would then remember her again as she wept while holding her mother's necklace's pendant.

Trivia[]

  • Her name along with her appearance is similar to the Greek mythology with the same name "Medusa".
  • Her necklace, as well as the pendant looks identical to Miyoko's, but the pendant's crystal has a different shade of green.
    MiyokoAndMotherPendants

    Miyoko and her mother's pendants in comparison.

  • Her final appearance was the same as her when she made the contract with Demaon, but with her hood down.
  • Medusa's original name in the remake is not revealed, only that she shared the surname of her family.
  • Her appearance is also surprisingly similar to "The Queen Of The Black Puddle" from the show Courage the cowardly dog.

Navigation[]

DoraemonNobita NobiShizuka MinamotoTakeshi GoudaSuneo Honekawa
Supporting & Minor Characters
Nobi Family DoramiNobiru NobiNobirou NobiNobisukeNobisuke NobiNobita's grandmotherNobita's grandsonNobita's great-grandsonSewashi NobiSewashi's cousinSewashi's motherTamako NobiYukari
Minamoto Family KazuShizuShizuka's motherYoshio Minamoto
Gouda Family Gian's auntGian's fatherGian's motherGian's uncleJaiko GoudaMuku
Honekawa Family ChiruchiruSuneki HonekawaSunekichi HonekawaSuneo's fatherSuneo's grandmotherSuneo's motherSuneo's uncleSunetsugu HonekawaSuneo's wife
Dekisugi Family Akira DekisugiMr. DekisugiDekisugi's wifeHidetoshi DekisugiHideyo Dekisugi
Nobita's Classmates and Friends BotakoEtsukoGaribenHaruoGanko SuwaIchiro AbarayaInako KawaiJiro AbarayaKaoriKenKimiKuraiKawamuraKyoboMasashiMizueMoteo MoteMusukoMasamiNobioNakamuraNon-chanOtonashiSaburo KatakuraSuzumuShigeto SuzukiSuzySaotome SeikoTadashiTamaTamatsuTameTzoTachibanaUranariYasuoYamadaYoshiko
Celebrities AcchanKanna HatomotoLunaNozomi OharaMao AsadaMari MaruiPermanShun AmaguriSumire HoshinoTsubasa Ito
22nd Century Characters BelleBengal RichnessCandyChan, Rin & PonConnieDenjaDepon AlexDice ChoboichiDora EaterDora Leonardo Da VinciDora Med IIIDora the KidDora-nichovDora-rinhoDoramiDorapinEl MatadoraJaidoraJesterKarenLulliMosaroNoramyakoNobita's great-grandsonPawaemonPrincipal TeraodaiPuteraRobokoSabuSewashi NobiSewashi's motherSommelier RobotWang DoraWonderful
Pre-historic Characters Captain JohnnyJohann MarshallKennethMichaelaMigMokkeMusashibō BenkeiMiyamoto MusashiShamate
Important Characters BelleCandyCinderellaConnieDepon AlexHitsujiJohann MarshallKennethLapis SpinelLunaMermaid PrincessMiaMigMiyamoto MusashiMomoNewtonNanaNinaNoraPitoPrincess AreSabuWonderful
Animal Characters ChiruchiruChukenperChuntaHitsujiKontaLunaMiaMii-chanMomoMukuNoraPeekoPeroTeraTsuchinokoWonderful
Key Characters AronBanhouCarlaChippoDakkeDirector BurgerElFreyaFuukoGusukeHariboKoronKuntakkuKurajoKurt HartmanLianLinleiLucaMarimbaPapiParuparuPiisukePokoPoponPrincess SunekoQuizRokorokoSonyaTapTemujinUnderwater BuggyPriest Xuanzang
Supporting Characters AruBettyBrusBubuBulltaroChapekChikoChippoClemDakuDirector FiksElder JieGenbuGingerGorogoroGurioHannaHokuroProfessor HouProfessor HyakkoiIcarusIshmalKamoranKellyCaptain KidKongfighterKukuKururinpaLizaLogLunaMariaMaria (2018 movie)MozoDr. MejinaMikujinMilkMofusukeInspector MustardNakameguroNoajinNobitNobihide NobiOnabePeavePegaPiinaPoporuPupiRoRomiShizukariaSpianaSunTajikaraTaraneThe SowerQueen UndineYukatan
Deuteragonists CarlaChammyFlockIchiJackKiboKukuruLucaLuffinMiyoko MangetsuMorinaPippoRiruruRoppuruPrincess LireSharmeeSapioSarahSophiaTheo
Antagonists AbdilAdjutantAnimal HuntersBalderryBarunaBernardBlack MaskBlizargaBorgantBulkinBull KingCaptain SilverColonel BabylonCommander LiebertDaburandaDiaboloDemaonDesterDr. CloneDoctor RayDolmansteinDracorlDrakonruleDoubtGagaGodartGeneral GilmoreGoradoGuillerminHydeIkarosJillKaitou DXKurayami Tribe (Gigazombie and Tsuchidama) • LedinaLeviathanLockMafugaMebaMechatopian Army LeaderMedusaMoaMr. CashNatalieNekojaraNimugeNyagoProfessor NapogistraProfessor KosGeneral NejirinNekojaraOctogonOdoromeOgonOnigoro KumatoraPhoenixiaPoseidonProfessor PepplerQasimQueen JeanneQueen Iron FanSaberSeagridShermanShirahSkySnakeStormTorihoTragisThree SagesUnoUrandaViviWhale DemonYadori (Yadori Emperor) • YamitemZubu
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