Tengen Toppa Enki Durga (天元突破エンキドゥルガー Tengen Toppa Enki Durugā?, literally "Heaven-Piercing Enki Durga") is Viral's Tengen Toppa Gunmen formed during the final battle with the Granzeboma in the second movie adaptation of the series, The Lights in the Sky are Stars. It is later lost when it is used with the other Tengen Toppa Gunmen to form Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
Mecha[]
Tengen Toppa Enki Durga draws its design from Viral's original Gunmen, Enki, being a predominantly white humanoid Gunmen. It has fourteen arms, a four-eyed face on its chest, and a spiky golden crest on its helmet. It is the second Tengen Toppa Gunmen to appear after the Granzeboma destroys Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
In The Lights in the Sky are Stars[]
Tengen Toppa Enki Durga guarding Tengen Toppa Solvernia
Tengen Toppa Enki Durga prevents the Granzeboma from finishing off Nia Teppelin's Tengen Toppa Solvernia, catching the former's drills with twelve of its hands and wielding swords in the final pair to shatter them. It briefly duels the Granzeboma with eleven swords and a club, and when its swords are shattered, kicks one of the shards into the Anti-Spiral homeworld between Granzeboma's horns. Tengen Toppa Enki Durga is also shown to be able to materialize a pair of pistols, doing so to during its duel with Granzeboma. Viral's mecha quickly makes room for Yoko Littner's Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank, and later joins the rest of Team Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren in focusing fire on the Granzeboma.
After Lordgenome's sacrifice supercharges the Tengen Toppa Lagann, Tengen Toppa Enki Durga combines with its fellow Tengen Toppa Gunmen to form Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
Powers and Abilities[]
Tengen Toppa Enki Swords.
Tengen Toppa Enki Swords: A galactic scale variant of Viral's signature weapon.
Pistols.
Pistols: Tengen Toppa Enki Durga wields multiple galactic scale pistols, which were used in the midst of his swordfight against Antispiral's Granzeboma. They were also used to fire against Granzeboma along side most of the team.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Despite misconceptions, Viral now has Spiral Power, and is thus capable of forming Tengen Toppa Enki Durga, which is supported by its green flame, which outbursts because of Spiral Power's blowing out and leaking.
- In the fansub, its name is mistranslated as Tengen Toppa Enkidulga.
- The Durga in its name is a reference to a ten-armed Hindu goddess. Ironically, Tengen Toppa Enki Durga has more arms than its namesake.
- Interestingly, Tengen Toppa Enki Durga's total number of arms equals those of its namesake plus those of Viral's final personal Gunmen (in the anime), Enkidudu.