Godzilla is the titular main antagonist of the 2001 film, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. He is an amalgamation of other members of namesake kaiju who killed by Oxygen Destroyer in 1954 and souls of those who perished during Pacific War seeking to lay waste across Japan as vengeance for the country's actions during the era.
He was portrayed by the suit actor Mizuho Yoshida, who also portrayed Mother Legion in Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, Desghidorah in Rebirth of Mothra, Dagahra in Rebirth of Mothra II, and Zedus in Gamera The Brave
Appearance[]
Similar to his late kin on the first glance, this Godzilla has hunched posture and confirmed to have charcoal hide. His most distinct feature however, are white pupil-less eyes, which are meant to give him the appearance of being undead and otherworldly.
Personality[]
As malicious entity possessed by those who perished during Pacific War and therefore filled with nightmares, anguish, and lust for revenge in their last moments, Godzilla is no doubt an entity of pure malice. In fact, he almost never showed any facial expression beyond a cold and terrifying glare. On top of that, he could not be reasoned with and would not stop until all of Japan was reduced to ashes.
Hevertheless, this Godzilla displayed moments of intelligence as demonstrated when fight Guardian Monsters, adapted to their fighting style in order to defeat them.
Origins[]
| “ | Ishiyama: Artillery shells can do nothing to stop him. This animal has survived for eons. Atomic weapons and energy have given him extraordinary capacities for survival. But he's still an animal, and he can be defeated. But I repeat, not with any weapons. This animal represents the collective will to survive of many thousands of people. Yuri: Collective will? Ishiyama: This animal contains the restless souls of the countless people who perished during the terrible battles that took place during the Pacific conflict. Yuri: Their souls in Godzilla? The souls of all those people... But tell me... why is Godzilla attacking Japan? Why does he want to destroy us? Ishiyama: Because the Japanese people want to forget what happened. Yuri: What? Ishiyama: They have deemed it preferable to forget the pain and agony they inflicted on all those people! |
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| ~ Hirotoshi Isayama revealing the second Godzilla's true nature and origins to Yuri. |
As told by Ishiyama, despite being an animal, Godzilla carried restless souls of those killed as a result of the Japanese military's actions during World War II, leading him to come ashore in modern-day Japan to seek vengeance against the nation. This necessitated the prophet to awaken thre Guardian Monsters; Baragon, Mothra, and Yamata-no-Orochi aka. King Ghidorah.
History[]
In 1954, Japan suffered an attack from Godzilla. The monster laid waste to Tokyo, remodeling the once-proud capital of Japan into ground zero of a nuclear catastrophe overnight. Godzilla was subsequently killed with an experimental chemical weapon, with its inventor gave his life so no more of such weapon could be create thus ensured another cataclysm. JSDF took credit or Godzilla's death to ease the public and avoid ridicule from its inability to deal the kaiju on its own. Over the years, more kaijus began to appear, including another irradiated reptilian monster American experts mistaken as Godzilla. Around this time, humanity gradually began to forget about Godzilla, with many assuming the creature never existed and was simply a legend. Taizo Tachibana was among few who knew better that Godzilla existed, having lost his parents during his rampage and therefore determined to ensure history won't repeat itself hence urged his peers to deal possible threats of new kaijus more seriously.
In 2002, Japanese research submersible Satsuma investigated the disappearance of an American nuclear submarine off the coast of Guam. By the time it discovered the wreckage which revealed to have huge claw marks in its hull, something caused the sister craft of Satsuma to crash into a rock, which followed by the sighting of familiar-looking dorsal fins behind several large rocks. This prompted JSDF to scramble to search the waters all around Japan for Godzilla. Even though the prospect of another Godzilla's emergence loomed over Japan more likely in the light of destruction of several houses at Bonin Islands during a stormy night, JSDF had a tough luck in finding him and eventually called off search operations.
Simultaneously, Yuri Tachibana, a TV News Reporter and daughter of Taizo Tachibana, gained some insights regarding the new Godzilla from Ishiyama, learning about his otherworldly nature in process. Although Taizo took her findings, along with the existence of Guardian Monsters, with a grain of salt, he nevertheless not dismissive about such matters hence his worries about Godzilla's return.
As Taizo feared, Godzilla came ashore in Japan once again, destroying a small seaside town before moving on to countryside. While taking his time in pulverizing a hill over people nearby, he was intercepted by Baragon, one of three guardian monsters. Godzilla easily overpowered the smaller monster, and after a short fight obliterated Baragon with his atomic breath before moving on toward Tokyo. Not even fighter jets could stop him as their missiles proved ineffective against Godzilla who then retaliated with his atomic breath.
Upon reaching Yokohama, Godzilla faced off against not just JSDF's last line of defense to protect Tokyo, but also Mothra and Ghidorah. He easily dispatched the former with the latter proved to be more formidable obstacles in his path of destruction. Yokohama Landmark Tower was destroyed by a stray blast of Godzilla's atomic breath while fighting Mothra, and the newly arrived Ghidorah didn't make things easier. Still, as Ghidorah at that time still have three heads and developing wings, Godzilla proved to be more than a match for both Guardian Monsters, knocking Mothra aside with his tail and tearing into Ghidorah's necks with his teeth before slamming him onto a building. Godzilla fired his atomic breath at the unconscious Ghidorah only for Mothra intercepted the beam and sent flying in process. Engaging remaining JSDF forces, Godzilla anticipated Mothra's attempt to attack him from his blind spot thus vaporized her with atomic breath originally aimed at them.
The battle was not over however, as both energy and souls of honorable protectors of Japan within Mothra transferred themselves into Ghidorah, causing him to mature into Yamata-no-Orochi despite still having three heads. Yamata-no-Orochi formed an energy shield and took to the air, screeching at Godzilla. Godzilla fired his atomic breath at King Ghidorah, but his shield deflected it. Yamata-no-Orochi dropped his shield onto Godzilla, causing a massive explosion that blasted Godzilla into the sea and left a wound on his neck. Yamata-no-Orochi flew out over the water and attacked Godzilla again, but was pulled underwater. Taizo and Commander Yutaka Hirose joins the fray with Satsuma and another submersible respectively, armed with D-03 Missile to kill the supernatural kaiju. The former managed to injure Godzilla by firing at his wound neck but, the latter had a tough luck as Godzilla responded by using Yamata-no-Orochi as meat shield. Even though Yamata-no-Orochi soon recovered thanks to sacred stone Yuri dropped by mistake when she got caught into the battle while reporting the unfolding events all over the country, he soon perished when Godzilla empowered his atomic breath with his absorbed Gravity Beams against the last Guardian Monster.
As ghosts of Guardian Monsters emerged and dragged Godzilla underwater, Taizo made a risky maneuver by bringing Satsuma into the supernatural kaiju's mouth and then fired its missile from the inside. The tactic worked in his favor as it inflicted a lasting damage that ensured Godzilla's doom; breaking free from ghosts' grip, the defiant Godzilla resurfaced and attempt to vapprize Yuri and her friend nearby with his atomic breath only for the beam shot out of his neck wound instead. The next attempt yielded same result, worsening the injury. Noticing Satsuma emerging from the gaping hole on his body, Godzilla charged his atomic breath again. This time however, the supernatural kaiju self-destructed instead.
All remained of Godzilla was his disembodied heart, which still beating in ocean floor as Japan celebrated.
Abilities[]
Atomic Breath
Soul Collective/Bio-Atomic Nature: This Godzilla was disturbed and enhanced by an American hydrogen bomb test as much as his predecessor and even shared same powers and abilities to the boot, though his version of them more distinct in some ways due to housing restless spirits of Pacific War victims within his very being.
- Atomic Breath: Godzilla retains his signature atomic breath where it is once again traditional bluish-hued laser of the Heisei series rather than the incendiary fiery-orange beam, though this clearly attributed to souls of Pacific War victims as 1954 Godzilla's atomic breath being superheated white vapor by contrast. A closer look at the process of him performing this reveals that his dorsal fins actually stand up as they are surrounded by an intense blue glow and he actually inhales particles of energy before firing. Not only it possesses tremendous firepower to vaporize a Guardian Monster and produce a mushroom cloud upon impact at full power, but also has pinpoint accuracy against fast-moving targets distances away. Not even being fired underwater impeded its effectiveness.
- Gravitational Atomic Breath: After absorbing Gravity Beams of Yamata-no-Orochi, Godzilla can combine it with his atomic breath into a more powerful blast akin to other incarnations' spiral heat ray.
- Weakening Aura: In Godzilla Battle Line, by channeling restless spirits of Pacific War victims within his very being, Godzilla can emit an shadowy aura that weakens the attack strength of nearby opponents.
- Immense Durability: One of Godzilla's greatest assets shared by his predecessor is his durability. Not only he can easily shrug off D-03 Missile — armor-piercing warhead designed to penetrate solid rock — with little to no damage on his hide, but also survive various attacks of Guardian Monsters. Only a powerful energy ball fired by Yamata-no-Orochi and powered by Godzilla's own atomic breath is able to penetrate his skin, creating a neck wound that later Tachibana exploited to defeat him.
- Impossible State Survival: Since he hosted restless spirits of Pacific War victims within his very being, Godzilla can survive in a state where death should be unavoidable. Even after reduced into a surviving heart, he is still alive.
- Immense Strength: Aside from his atomic breath, the GMK Godzilla makes use of different tactics to fight the father or mother Monsters. Godzilla stomps Baragon into the ground for the duration of their warfare. He bites down on one of Ghidorah's necks and attracts blood, then easily knocks Mothra away with his tail when she attempts to attack him from in the back of. Godzilla displays impressive power when he flips Ghidorah over onto a building via grabbing him by using one in all his necks. Godzilla additionally grapples with King Ghidorah while underwater, at one factor dealing with to pull one of his heads into the path of a D-03 Missile.
- Intelligence: Godzilla consistently suggests tactical thinking and complicated mind in the course of his fights. while Baragon pounced at him, Godzilla dodged the smaller kaiju and despatched him flying together with his tail. After being attacked from at the back of by Mothra just as soon as, he exploited this method twice, the second one time obliterating her with his atomic breath. In his underwater combat with Ghidorah, Godzilla pulled the 3-headed dragon into the path of a D-03 missile fired at him, causing his opponent to be harmed instead.
Weaknesses[]
- Mortal Vulnerability: Despite his otherworldly nature, Godzilla is still vulnerable to physical damage and therefore can receive painful injuries from sufficent force hence his defeat thanks to the combined efforts of the Guardian Monsters and the JSDF. The supernatural kaiju received a neck wound during his battle with Yamata-no-Orochi, which exploited by Taizo Tachibana who blasted it into a gaping hole on his shoulder from the inside via. Satsuma' D-03 Missile. The injury proved so great that his atomic breath punched through it instead of expelled from his mouth, with subsequent attempts scorched his insides also. Predictably, the final attempt to fire his atomic breath, this time aimed at fleeing Satsuma, resulted his body to self-destruct with his still-beating heart that remained.
Trivia[]
- To the date, this is one of most malicious iterations of Godzilla, a distinction shared by his 1954 predecessor and Minus One iteration. In fact, the latter iteration was inspired by this Godzilla.
- The GMK Godzilla also inhales energy when charging his atomic breath similar to Gamera.
- Noticeable only to astute watchers, Godzilla's dorsal fins actually extend when charging his atomic breath.
Gallery[]
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