Dora Boogaranan

Dora Boogaranan (ドーラブーガラナン) is a frog-like Dora Monster from the Japanese live-action series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger.

Characters Consumed

 * Boi
 * Goushi
 * Geki
 * Dan

Personality
Dora Boogaranan had a gleefully ravenous and cruel personality, taking great delight in overpowering the Zyurangers and ultimately devouring them. He verbally mocked the Zyurangers throughout the battle and happily patted his belly after swallowing them.

Motive
He devours the Zyurangers out of hunger and his obligation to fulfill the desire of his mistress, Witch Bandora.

History
In episode 26 of Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, Dora Boogaranan is created and sent by Witch Bandora to battle and destroy the Zyurangers. As two of the Zyurangers, Dan and Mei, are indisposed due to a curse inflicted by Totpat, Dora Boogaranan attacks the remaining three Zyurangers, Geki, Goushi, and Boi.

Dora Boogaranan proves to be a powerful foe, easily fending off the Zyurangers' attacks and delivers several powerful strikes against them. After knocking Boi to the ground, Boogaranan fires an energy beam from his horn that wraps around the Zyuranger and transforms him into a yellow energy sphere. The transformed Boi then flies into Dora Boogaranan's mouth and he swallows him whole. An image of Tiger Ranger's helmet then appears on Dora Boogaranan's belly. Clearly demonstrating his superior strength, Dora Boogaranan forces Geki and Goushi to retreat.

Dora Boogaranan is later confronted by Geki and Goushi again who attack his face believing it to be his weak spot. However, the attack does nothing and Boogaranan easily repels them. After several more failed attacks against him, Dora Boogaranan lands a decisive blow on Goushi and fires his energy tongue at him as well. The Mammoth Ranger is transformed into an energy sphere and Boogaranan swallows him.

Dora Boogaranan fights Geki alone for a short period and continues to dominate the battle. The monster readies to fire his energy tongue to eat Geki, but is stopped by Dan and Mei who have been cured of their curse and knock him over. After getting back up, Dora Boogaranan continues the fight, but Dan and Mei cut off his horn, leaving him unable to use his energy tongue. Frustrated, but unperturbed, Dora Boogaranan retaliates by firing his physical tongue and grabbing Geki with it. He then pulls the Tyranno Ranger into his mouth and swallows him whole. In doing this, however, he exposes the weak spot on his neck to Dan and Mei.

With only two Zyurangers left, Dora Boogaranan begins to approach them hungrily. After he delivers a powerful dive-punch to the both of them, Dan enacts a plan to expose the monster's weak spot, allowing Mei a clear shot. The Tricera Ranger leaps into the air, making himself an easy target. Dora Boogaranan takes the bait and catches Dan with his tongue, pulls him into his mouth, and swallows him.

As Dora Boogaranan swallows Dan, Mei attempts her shot, but is knocked over by Totpat. With the Ptera Ranger totally vulnerable, Boogaranan fires his tongue at her, severely weakening her. Dora Boogaranan and Totpat then chase the fleeing Mei into a nearby forest. After searching for her for a bit, Mei appears before them, apparently giving herself up. Dora Boogaranan wraps his tongue around her, ready to eat her, but Mei then sets off an arrow trap that hits the monster's weak spot, forcing him to release the other Zyurangers. Dora Boogaranan is then destroyed when Mei fires an arrow into his mouth.

Method of Consumption
Dora Boogaranan had two methods of consumption. First, he was able to fire an energy tongue from the horn on his head that would wrap around his victims and turn them into a small energy sphere. Apparently compelled to do so on its own, the sphere would then fly into his mouth and he would swallow it.

After his horn was cut off, he used his second method in which he simply launched his long tongue out and ensnared his victims with it. He would then pull them into his mouth and swallow them whole. A major disadvantage to this method was that, as he swallowed his victims, his neck flaps would undulate, momentarily exposing his weak point and making him vulnerable.

Whenever he swallowed a Zyuranger, an image of their helmet would appear on his belly. This apparently served no practical purpose, aside from possibly psychologically tormenting the remaining Zyurangers as they served as a cruel reminder of the swallowed Zyurangers that were trapped in his stomach.

Appetite
He has an incredibly large appetite and hungrily devoured four of the Zyurangers without difficulty. He claimed to be "full up" after eating Dan (the fourth Zyuranger he had eaten), but still tried to eat Mei afterwards.

Status of Swallowed Prey
The state of the Zyurangers while inside Dora Boogaranan's stomach is unclear since no interior shots are ever shown. Since Geki and Dan were spit out as energy spheres, despite being swallowed whole, it is possible that those who are swallowed whole by Dora Boogaranan are turned into energy inside his stomach. Conversely, it is also possible that the Zyurnagers change back to their normal forms while inside his stomach. In any case, those swallowed by Dora Boogaranan are completely incapacitated as they cannot communicate with their uneaten comrades and can do nothing to affect their escape.