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Villain Overview

We call him... Gojira.
~ Dr. Ishiro Serizawa in Godzilla (2014).
Godzilla is the son of the atomic bomb. He is a nightmare created out of the darkness of the human soul. He is the sacred beast of the apocalypse. As long as the arrogance of human beings exist, Godzilla will survive.
~ Tomoyuki Tanaka on Godzilla.

Godzilla, (also known in Japanese as ゴジラ, Gojira) is the titular main protagonist of the Godzilla franchise.

He is an enormous reptillian monster powered by radiation that roams Earth, famous for features like his iconic roar and his atomic breath. He either serves as its destroyer, wrecking cities such as Tokyo and New York and serving as an allegory for the dangers of nuclear weapons, or its protector, fighting several other monsters, namely his arch-enemy King Ghidorah, to defend the planet and his own allies.

Since his debut in 1954, Godzilla has become an undeniable icon in the realm of modern popular culture as the first and most famous kaiju, inspiring the creation of thousands of other characters of his kind. However, on the contrary to general assumption, Godzilla was actually NOT the pioneer of modern kaiju genre.[1][2]

Overview[]

GODZILLA

Godzilla in the American MonsterVerse franchise.

Godzilla is a famous daikaijū, or a giant movie monster, who first appeared as the titular main antagonist of Ishirō Honda's 1954 classic giant monster film, Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in over thirty-two Japanese films produced by Toho Co., Ltd., and three American films; one film released in 1998, produced by TriStar Pictures and two films released in 2014 and 2019 by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. While Monsterverse versions gained general popularity, audiences including Shusuke Kaneko himself admits extensive similarities between his films, the Heisei Gamera trilogy and GMK, and Monsterverse films,[3] and a number of audiences especially in Japan regard the Monsterverse incarnation of Godzilla to be more of a "Gamera-like" character where a scrapped Gamera project called Gamera 3D served as one of predecessors of the Monsterverse series.[4] Ironically, despite drastic differences in general characteristics, a number of Japanese audiences regard the 1998 incarnation to be more loyal to the original concept of Godzilla as a victim of humanity and its anti-nuclear messages than the Monserverse incarnation.[5]

With the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Daigo Fukuryū Maru incident still fresh within the Japanese consciousness, Godzilla was conceived as a monster created by nuclear detonations and a metaphor for nuclear weapons in general. As the film series expanded, the stories took on less serious undertones portraying Godzilla in the role of a hero or an ally of humans, but only when facing a common foe or to protect planet Earth. Sometimes he is admired by children, but even in these depictions, most humans still fear Godzilla. In some films, Godzilla has even teamed up with fellow monsters to save the world or themselves, usually teaming with Anguirus, Rodan and Mothra. Godzilla's most famous enemies include King Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla.

Despite being the main protagonist of the series, Godzilla served as the main antagonist in many films and has committed numerous villainous acts of destroying cities, attacking humanity, and wreaking havoc on the world.[6]

Appearance[]

General Depiction[]

Godzilla is a 50-100 meter kaiju (though he can be even taller) who can shoot a nuclear breath beam from his mouth. His appearance has changed between films over the years, but many defining details have endured. In the Japanese films, Godzilla is depicted as a gigantic dinosaur with rough, bumpy, usually charcoal gray scales, a long powerful tail, and generally bone-white dorsal plates, generally shaped like maple leaves, though there are some designs whose traits may differ.

His origins vary somewhat from film to film, but he is almost always described as a prehistoric creature (be it an ancient intermediate reptile that was exposed to nuclear radiation, an ancient reptilian lifeform that fed on natural atomic radiation as food who both intrigued with mankind's usage on atomic power aimed to maintain his home planet's balance with any means necessary, a mutated sea animal created by nuclear wastes, or an ancient being from other dimensions/realities), and his first attacks on Japan are linked to the beginning of the Atomic Age. In particular, mutation due to atomic radiation is presented as an explanation for his great size and strange powers.

Godzilla's iconic design is composed of a mixture of various species of dinosaurs; specifically, he has the body and overall shape of an old upright model of a Tyrannosaurus rex, the long arms of an Iguanodon, and the dorsal plates of a Stegosaurus.

MonsterVerse Incarnation[]

In response of the previous Hollywood incarnation that Toho denounced as a separate kaiju called "Zilla", Hollywood filmmakers, who later worked on the ongoing MonsterVerse series, eventually recreated the Hollywood version of the character which is more faithful with Toho's Godzillas where this Godzilla is designed to resemble his original counterparts.

Even so, the MonsterVerse's iteration of the character was depicted in more realistic light, being the last known member of prehistoric reptilian Titan species called Titanus Gojira who naturally evolved to develop nuclear-based powers thanks to greater amounts of radiation around the planet be in either surface world or Hollow Earth back in the prehistoric times — the same era first generations of his kin and other Titans emerged. That also explained the shape of his scales which more crocodilian than other incarnations which meant to echo keloid scars.

For MonsterVerse's incarnation of the character, his face is shaped very squarely, with a broad neck and possesses gills that enable him to stay underwater indefinitely. He has yellow eyes, and his teeth are small and not nearly as straightly lined up as many previous Godzilla incarnations. His nostrils are more separate than previous incarnations, with them being on opposite sides of the snout. Godzilla's head and neck seem to lean forward more so than any previous design.

His dorsal plates are smaller than the previous designs, but they still retain the core maple-leaf shape, although straighter and very sharp, somewhat like the Godzillas from Godzilla 2000: Millennium, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus and the Kiryu Saga. His claws are a black color, and his feet are wider and resemble an elephant's foot more than the other Godzillas' feet do.

His skin is more reptile-like and crocodile-like as opposed to resembling keloid scars and rougher than the other incarnations and is a blackish color. His body and tail are very wide as well, making him look somewhat bulkier than other Godzilla designs.

Legendary Pictures has confirmed that their Godzilla's tail is 550 feet and 4 inches long, his height is 355 feet, there are exactly 89 dorsal plates running down his back, the palm of his hands are 34 feet and 4 inches each, and that his roar can be heard from three miles away.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters keeps the same general design of the 2014 Godzilla, except that he is now 120 meters (or 389 feet) tall. His dorsal plates now resemble those of the original Godzilla, except with a sharper appearance, which has been explained by a comic that takes place between the 2014 movie and Godzilla: King of the Monsters where his original dorsal plates were shattered by a monster known as MUTO Prime. His feet are also flatter.

Shin Godzilla[]

Main article: Godzilla (Shin)#Appearance and Forms

Anime Trilogy[]

Main article: Godzilla Earth#Appearance

Godzilla: Singular Point[]

Main article: Godzilla (Singular Point)#Appearance

Personality[]

Over the course of the franchise, Godzilla is usually portrayed as a destructive, vicious kaiju with a hatred for humanity, or a force of nature without true malicious intent, well-known for causing destruction. The first film of the franchise, Gojira portrayed the original Godzilla as a tragic kaiju who intentionally harmed humans and reduced Tokyo into ruins in retaliation for the nuclear test that both mutated him and killed his entire family.

But the second Godzilla, particularly both, the Showa and Heisei incarnations, began to undergo character development that painted both incarnations as lesser of two evils, when Godzilla begins to defend Earth from threats that are worse than himself such as Hedorah, King Ghidorah, and Destoroyah. Even so, Godzilla's motivation in dealing with those threats is merely for territorial purposes as he makes no special effort to protect human life or property and will turn against his human allies on a whim.

For instance, in Godzilla: Final Wars, Godzilla crashed the Gotengo soon after the Xiliens and their controlled monsters are defeated due to him still believing the ship and her crew to be threats until he was persuaded by Minilla to forgive them. His attacks were not motivated by predatory instinct: he doesn't eat people, and instead sustains himself on radiation and an omnivorous diet.

Godzilla's allegiance and motivations have changed from film to film to suit the needs of the story. When inquired if Godzilla was "good or bad", producer Shogo Tomiyama likened it to a Shinto "God of Destruction" which lacks moral agency and cannot be held to human standards of good and evil. "He totally destroys everything and then there is a rebirth. Something new and fresh can begin."

In various comics, Godzilla's personality remained consistent, as he can be either a neutral protagonist or antagonist depending on the comic's storyline. As with his film counterparts, he displayed persistent and strong determination to survive. For instance, in Godzilla in Hell, after suffering an untimely demise during a ferocious and destructive battle and having arrived in Limbo, Godzilla, having no interest to join either the forces of Heaven or Hell that wage war against each other during his arrival, decided to return to his dying body to live in the world of the living, which he succeeded to do in spite of horrors he gone through in the said journey.

Godzilla had to take the route straight through hell while facing various demonic creatures such as demonic versions of King Ghidorah and Destoroyah, The Thing-esque demonic imitation of himself, demonic bats, and finally Cthulhu-esque Hellgate Guardian, who stood between him and the world of the living. His determination not to give up went to ridiculous levels, for example, when he was devoured alive to the bone by swarms of demonic bat-like creatures, Godzilla unexpectedly possessed the whole swarm, forced them to fuse with his skeleton and reformed his body, what allowed him to defeat the Hellgate Guardian.

As a Hero[]

In some films, Godzilla becomes the lesser of two evils and saves mankind from certain threats, such as King Ghidorah or other malevolent terrestrial monsters such as Ebirah and Kumonga. When portrayed as a protagonist, Godzilla is either a heroic monster, a caring but strict parent, or an animal trying to find its place as the last of its kind. It is to be noted that Godzilla defends Earth only, which does not necessarily include humanity, Godzilla defends Earth solely for territorial purposes, which can be seen mostly in the Heisei and Millennium films. However, he is portrayed as an actual hero in the Showa series.

Godzilla appears as a hero in the films Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, All Monsters Attack, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Terror of Mechagodzilla in the Showa series. In the subsequent Heisei and Millennium films, Godzilla is usually portrayed as an anti-hero that often comes into conflict with humanity but is ultimately sympathetic to some degree and battles against a more malicious creature.

The version of Godzilla from the MonsterVerse is portrayed as a non-malicious creature that only seeks to keep the balance of his home planet in check and ensures other Titans to do the same. While normally avoidjng conflicts with humanity, it's evident that he keeps a close eye on them also, especially after witnessing their capacity to be as destructive as Titans. He also makes an effort in limiting collateral damage he would certainly cause in dealing with threats.

As a hero, Godzilla has gained many allies, such as Mothra, Rodan, Anguirus, King Caesar and Jet Jaguar (just to name a few). In TV series Godzilla Island, Godzilla also befriended G-Guard Commander Beisuke Jinguji and Torema, who keep an eye on him in the titular island, and even actively aided them in the fight against the Xiliens. Their friendship was used against them once when Xiliens sent a Mechagodzilla disguised as Godzilla both to frame him and destroy cities. Predictably, the G-Guard Commander and Torema hesitate to kill their friend's doppelganger and only incarcerate it, only for disguised Mechagodzilla to escape and resume the rampage. Torema was nearly killed in the attempt to stop the disguised Mechagodzilla, in which the real Godzilla immediately came to the rescue and untimely cleaned his name by exposing his doppelgänger's true identity before dismantling it.

Showa Godzilla[]

Starting in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla begins a transition into a hero as he joins forces with Mothra and Rodan to fight off the evil space monster King Ghidorah. In subsequent films in the 1960s, Godzilla is often depicted as the lesser of two evils, doing battle with much more malicious and dangerous creatures such as King Ghidorah, Ebirah, and Kumonga. In the film Son of Godzilla, Godzilla discovers an infant member of his species named Minilla, which he decides to raise as a son and train to take up his mantle. Godzilla's loyalty and love for Minilla eventually lead to him becoming a primarily heroic, charming, and sympathetic character.

Hanna-Barbera[]

Unlike previous incarnations, this animated version of the character was portrayed as a full-fledged hero who helped humanity.

Godzilla the Series[]

In the animated sequel redeveloped from the scrapped live action sequels of the 1998 Tristar film, Godzilla, like the Hanna-Barbera incarnation, served as a heroic protagonist. He as a hatchling accidentally mistook Niko Tatopoulos as his father, and became fond of humanity while his initial intention was to protect Niko. In the episode Future Shock, he sacrificed himself to save a number of humans from a swarm of D.R.A.G.M.A. and died in the process, although this time line was later altered, resulting in Godzilla's resurrection and D.R.A.G.M.A.'s demise.

MonsterVerse series[]

In the MonsterVerse films, Godzilla is also portrayed as a territorial animal like the previous incarnations. He is now portrayed as a force of nature who exists to restore balance to the planet. Perhaps after learning consequences of his past actions in attacking American and Soviet submarines out of curiosity with their usage of nuclear power resulting in mankind retaliating by using atomic bombs against him under the guise of nuclear tests, Godzilla actively avoids another conflict with humanity, which is apparent as he tried his best not to provoke military forces to attack him: When having himself surrounded by navy ships in close proximity during his pursuit for M.U.T.O.s, he carefully (and cautiously) swim near them and even chooses to dive below said ships to escape instead of ramming them. Even when splitting the Golden Gate Bridge in half, the destruction of the bridge was purely accidental due to him reacting to artillery shots on his gills that made him panic and flee in confusion. After killing both M.U.T.O.s, he even peacefully left humanity without any conflict.

As a neutral villain/hero[]

Heisei Godzilla[]

This Godzilla became an anti-hero after originally being a villain although he still engaged in attacking Japan and Hong Kong repeatedly without sufficient reasons. Unlike towards humanity, he is compassionate and merciful towards Godzilla Junior, having adopted him and is revealed to possess emotions. He is also shown that he is capable of loving, such as mourning Godzilla Junior when he is seemingly killed by Destoroyah.

1998[]

Godzilla in the 1998 Tristar film was initially depicted to possess an animal-like personality without hostility for humanity, though he/she attacked several ships and New York for feeding and reproduction and killed soldiers in self-defence. After being attacked by military forces and his/her numerous offspring being slaughtered, Godzilla clearly attacked the protagonists out of revenge.

Godzilla 2000[]

In Godzilla 2000, Godzilla retains the destructive anti-heroic persona of the Heisei Godzilla, menacing Japan and battling the J.S.D.F. before fending off a much greater threat, in this case, Orga. He is shown to be more hesitant to retaliate against the military than the Heisei Godzilla, ignoring an entire assault from the J.S.D.F. without ever fighting back and only beginning to charge his atomic breath in response to being injured by Full Metal Missile Launchers.

However, Godzilla displays a fair intelligence which enables him to formulate strategies and study his foes' ability in order to figure out the best way to overcome them. He cleverly leapt into Orga's opened maw and deployed his high-caliber nuclear pulse and atomic breath to obliterate the mutated alien kaiju from the inside out when brute force proved to be not enough.

At the end of the film after defeating Orga and killing one of prominent humans, Godzilla began to destroy Tokyo with his atomic breath.

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus[]

In Godzilla vs. Megaguirus which is not a sequel of the 2000, Godzilla was depicted to be a separate incarnation from the 2000 and is indeed the same individual with the 1954 incarnation although possessing completely different appearance and history.

Not only general appearance and ability, this Godzilla is also similar in intelligence to the 2000 incarnation as he memorized Megaguirus' flight pattern so he could get the opportunity to chomp her stinger off and with it, the energy she stole from him before finishing her off with his atomic breath.

Hostility of this Godzilla against humanity is greater than in the 2000, as he reacts more quick to retaliate against military forces.

Godzilla: Final Wars[]

Kenta Taguchi: Why is Godzilla destroying the town?
Samon Taguchi: Long before you were born, men did a terrible thing and made Godzilla angry.
Kenta Taguchi: A terrible thing?
Samon Taguchi: You're too young to understand. They made a huge fire and burned everything on the land. Godzilla will never forget it.
~ Kenta and his father Samon about Godzilla's motives.

In Godzilla: Final Wars, Godzilla is portrayed as an anti-heroic monster who harbors deep resentment toward humanity, and seemingly had a history of battles against humanity based on the opening scene against the super-battleship Gotengo. It's implied his feud against mankind wasn't motivated by the nuclear testing which irradiated him alone; Godzilla has seen much destruction of Earth's environment by mankind with the aforementioned incident just being one of the worst instances. Still, as with his Showa and Heisei incarnations, he protected Earth from threats that were worse than himself for territorial purposes as shown when he prioritizes the Xiliens and Monster-X over the Gotengo crew despite intending to end his feud with the latter.

Despite his vengeful side, Godzilla nonetheless displays the capacity for mercy and forgiveness. He merely knocked out Rodan, Anguirus, and King Caesar rather than destroying them as with other monsters controlled by the Xiliens and later, abandoned his feud against the Gotengo crew as per Minilla's pleads.

Perhaps due to the film's plot or his experience in various battles against humans prior to being sealed inside a glacier, the Godzilla in this film was surprisingly smart, cunning, and intelligent akin to a seasoned fighter, as he knows how to outsmart most of the Xiliens' brainwashed monsters while saving his energy for finishing his battle with the Gotengo crew. The only opponent he need help in defeating was Monster-X who, in his true form, is known as Keizer Ghidorah. Shinichi Ozaki recharged Godzilla's energy with his powers allowing Godzilla to quickly destroy two of Keizer Ghidorah's heads. Even so, Godzilla still turned against the Gotengo crew because he was unaware of Ozaki's intervention due to being focused on resisting Keizer Ghidorah.

GEMSTONE Shorts[]

In the GEMSTONE Shorts, Godzilla's personality can be compared to his Heisei iteration; while he doesn't hesitate to confront those he perceives as threats, the King of Monsters otherwise remains neutral towards humanity and finds himself facing kaijus worse than him such as Gigan Rex's Gigan Miles army and Megalon.

As a Villain[]

In the original 1954 Godzilla film, Godzilla was a prehistoric creature who was awakened and irradiated by nuclear testing. He destroyed multiple fishing boats. When investigators arrived on Odo Island, they learned that the native islanders believed the attacks were caused by a sea-god named Godzilla ("Gojira" in Japanese), and when the island was attacked by the mutant, the name stuck. Godzilla attacked Tokyo multiple times until he was killed by the Oxygen Destroyer, a powerful weapon created by Dr. Daisuke Serizawa. Dr. Kyohei Yamane implied that the reason for Godzilla's rampage was due to his habitat being destroyed by the American hydrogen bomb test that not only wiped his entire family, but heavily mutated him.

In the later films, either a second Godzilla exists, or Godzilla survived the Oxygen Destroyer (the former is much more likely as by the end of 1954 Godzilla film, Dr. Yamane solemnly warned that it was unlikely Godzilla was the last member of his species and that if mankind continued nuclear testing, another Godzilla would almost certainly appear, which turned out to be true in sequels).

When Godzilla is portrayed as a villain, he is usually retaliating against humanity for the nuclear test that awakened him and presumably killed his companions, fighting back against numerous attempts by the human military to kill him, or attempting to recover and defend a juvenile member of his species. The exception is the film Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, in which Godzilla is a malevolent incarnation of vengeance fueled by the souls of those who died in World War II and aimed to purge Japan for forgetting its bloody past.

Original Godzilla[]

In the 1954 film, Godzilla is portrayed as a tragic monster who lashed out at humanity by destroying any boats that he encountered and later rampaging across and destroying Tokyo in retaliation for the destruction of his home and death of his family by an American H-bomb test. The kaiju was traumatized so much that the mere sight of a bright light made him angrier than ever. Dr. Yamane, who knew that the bright light would provoke Godzilla tried to warn the military but is ignored, motivating Godzilla to cause further destruction in Tokyo.

Second Showa Godzilla[]

For later Showa films, the second Godzilla undergoes character development. He started off as a destructive villain who indiscriminately attacked and even killed other monsters, like Angurius, and caused destruction as well. He hated mankind and remained a villain until Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, where he became an anti-hero.

According to Mothra's Shobijin's translation of Mothra, Rodan and Godzilla's conversation in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla only "hates humans because they hate him", suggesting that Godzilla never had any truly malicious intent but was only reacting to constantly being attacked by humans. Rodan later agrees with Godzilla's statement.

Heisei Godzilla[]

In the Heisei films, Godzilla was originally portrayed as a villainous monster who found himself lost in human civilization and tried to find his place on Earth but ends up constantly at odds with mankind. He was extremely aggressive with the humanity and other monsters, including Biollante, Battra and Mothra, and he even killed a man who met the monster as Godzillasaurus on Lagos Island and was personally compassionate against the reptile as they were "allied" against the U.S. army. However, after adopting Godzilla Junior, Godzilla's hostility against humanity became less vivid, focusing more on to gain his place on Earth and a place for his son. When Godzilla found out that his son was taken from him in Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla II, Godzilla went on a rampage, and would let nothing stop him, showing his true destructive nature. When Godzilla met his son for the first time since he was taken away, he went back to his home island and began to raise him. However, as above-mentioned, he kept going on rampage and repeatedly attacked humanity even in vs Destoroyah.

Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monster All-Out Attack[]

This is the only Godzilla in the Millennium Era that is portrayed as a "truly" malevolent and acrimonious being. Unlike the rest of his incarnations, this Godzilla was an entity of pure evil rather than a force of nature. Godzilla 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. Isayama, the prophet who had the vision of the Guardian Monsters' emergence to stop the kaiju, explained that despite being an animal like his kin who perished at the hands of Serizawa via the Oxygen Destroyer, this Godzilla carried restless souls of those who perished or left to die in the Pacific War, explaining his more otherworldly existence compared to the rest, perhaps except his Singular Point incarnation.

Kiryu Saga Godzilla (Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla and Tokyo S.O.S.)[]

In the Kiryu Saga films, Godzilla does not display much of a defined personality, unlike previous incarnations due to being depicted more like a destructive force of nature who acts primarily on instinct. It is suggested that a primary reason for Godzilla's rampages is the fact that he is attracted by Kiryu, who contains the remains of another Godzilla desecrated by the Japanese Government as the part of the Kiryu project. This Godzilla does not appear to become violent or attack unless he is attacked first, after which he will lash out and brutally attack his enemies.

Shin Godzilla[]

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Shin Godzilla.

In Shin Godzilla (also known as Godzilla: Resurgence), Godzilla was passive and unaware of humanity's presence due to his enormous size and clumsiness in his second form. Godzilla appeared to be primarily driven by instinct and the will to survive: At first, he had no interest in retaliating against the J.S.D.F. when they attack him and seems to barely notice their assault, at least until he revealed his aggression and awareness once American B-2 Stealth Bombers dropped Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOP) on him that injured his back and blasted off one of his dorsal fins.

In the climax of the film, Godzilla is shown to now perceive humanity as a threat to his existence, and did not hesitate to use his atomic breath and various beam attacks against them. Unfortunately, despite his capacity to learn as shown through developing astonishing ways to utilize his powers, Godzilla was still reckless, unwisely wasting too much energy, providing humanity the advantage in using a specialized blood coagulant to subdue him.

Anime Trilogy[]

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Godzilla Filius.

In the Godzilla Anime Trilogy, Godzilla, a metallic plant organism, has conquered Earth, mercilessly killed the other monsters and driven humanity off of the planet during the 21st Century. Humans discovered a new planet called Tau Ceti e, but upon arrival, the planet became uninhabitable for humans. They decide to return to Earth, where 20,000 years have passed due to time dilation, to take it back from Godzilla and his minions.

As opposed to most villainous incarnations of Godzilla, who are usually on the neutral spectrum, this Godzilla is purely a malicious and aggressive being, with the intent of claiming Earth as his own and actively seeking out to destroy anyone who threatens it, even when not provoked. The reason for his attacks against humanity appeared to be purely territorial, perceiving them as a rival against his title of the dominant species on Earth. His territorial nature also extends towards extraterrestrial life, as shown as when he attacks King Ghidorah, upon the latter’s arrival. However, it appears that Godzilla has somewhat mellowed out over the years of his slumber and would only be awakened by dangerous threats that put both him and his kind at harm, as shown when he awoke in anger towards humanity upon witnessing the death of Godzilla Filius, as well as reacting to the reactivation of Mechagodzilla and the arrival of King Ghidorah.

At the end of the third film, Haruo Sakaki sacrifices himself by flying towards Godzilla as a suicide mission to ensure he and the remaining nanometal cannot pose a threat to humanity anymore, which Godzilla obliges to by blasting the Vulture he is in to bits. The post credits scene shows that humanity still lives on, implying that Godzilla has either chosen to not actively seek out and destroy the last traces humanity anymore, or that he is simply unaware of their presence. By the end of the Anime Trilogy, the last remnants of humanity have accepted Godzilla as a necessity, no worse than a natural disaster.

Singular Point[]

Godzilla Minus One[]

Powers and Abilities[]

Breath Powers[]

Atomic Breath[]

Godzilla's signature weapon is his distinctive atomic breath. Godzilla's dorsal plates glow ominously, and then he lets loose with a concentrated blast of radiation from his mouth. This power is commonly mistaken for breathing literal fire, one of the most common misconceptions of the entire series. Godzilla has been shown apparently being able to adjust the intensity of his ray, varying from a blast of superheated vapor such as in the 1950s and 1960s (in the earliest films, the special effect for the atomic breath was made by spraying baby powder shot with a hose), to a beam with explosive and kinetic properties, in the 1970s and onward. The ray is usually portrayed as being neon blue, though in Godzilla 2000: Millennium and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, it is a reddish orange.

In Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, Godzilla's atomic breath was shown as having incendiary properties and was strong enough to destroy a miniature black hole, while in Godzilla: Final Wars, it possessed incredible range, amazing power and pin-point accuracy, able to hit a target in outer space and kill most kaiju with a single shot. Also in Godzilla: Final Wars, Godzilla also demonstrated his ability to actually change the intensity of his atomic breath when fighting Keizer Ghidorah. With a quick turn, Godzilla's breath went from the iconic blue beam to an intense reddish orange which literally caused the monster Keizer Ghidorah to explode in the upper atmosphere.

A variation of the standard atomic ray in the Heisei series was the red "spiral ray" which he acquired as a result of absorbing Rodan's life energy. This ray was so powerful that only a few blasts of it were sufficient to completely destroy MechaGodzilla and SpaceGodzilla, though Destoroyah was able to withstand several hits. In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, a variant of his spiral ray was seen when King Ghidorah uses his golden gravity beams on Godzilla.

Godzilla was somehow able to draw strength from the gravity beams and used the absorbed energy to fire a blast of blue energy wrapped in a golden spiral that completely destroyed King Ghidorah. The spiral ray returned in Godzilla: Final Wars, where it was strong enough to push Keizer Ghidorah to the edge of space, destroying him in an explosion visible from the surface of the Earth.

In the MonsterVerse series, Godzilla's atomic breath was initially portrayed in the form of a focused, fiery blast he spewed out. He ultimately unleashed it against the M.U.T.O.s after he had taken a severe beating and was already growing weaker, showing that Godzilla only uses it as a last resort against opponents he can't physically overpower on his own. This version's atomic breath is obviously not as destructive as its predecessors', but still incredibly deadly in its own right as it can be used to both burn and push the female M.U.T.O. However, it's entirely possible that Godzilla didn't use his atomic breath at its full power due to the aforementioned beating and worse, being hampered by the M.U.T.O.s' EMP as noted in his debut film's novelization, something confirmed in the prequel comic Godzilla: Awakening and subsequent battles in which his atomic breath's normal output is shown as far more intense and beam-like in appearance with its explosive properties being stronger. True to this, whenever Godzilla is about to release his atomic breath in normal circumstances, his eyes and numerous orifices around his scales glow neon-blue along with dorsal spines.

Upon being revived by Monarch, the excess energy from the nuclear bomb Serizawa used significantly improves Godzilla's atomic breath to the point of him being able to knock or push back opponents several times heavier than him with a single blast as much as burn them as shown in the final battle against King Ghidorah. From that point and Mothra's energy infusion following her sacrifice, Godzilla's atomic breath has grown more powerful to the point of being able to bore straight into the Earth's core in its maximum output.

In Shin Godzilla, when Godzilla developed the ability to release atomic breath, it initially started out as a thick black smoke that comes from Godzilla's mouth and spreads around the surrounding area before eventually igniting into a stream of flame, producing a huge destructive fireball. The fire condenses further into a thin highly-destructive purple beam capable of slicing through buildings.

In Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla's atomic breath is described to be highly accelerated, particle-charged, and is electronic. It is highly destructive; according to official records, this beam is capable of annihilating single cities and mountains, penetrating the Rocky mountains, melting parts of the Himalayas, and destroying continental plates. In the tie in novel, an event is also described where Godzilla uses a Red Spiral Ray to destroy a meteor heading towards Earth after charging energy for a few years.

The estimated range of the beam is approximately 30 kilometers (18.6411 miles). During the charging process of this attack, Godzilla also produces strong electromagnetic pulses and powerful shockwaves, making any efforts by mankind to hide or withstand meaningless. Anyone at close range will face severe radioactive exposure, and nearby areas will be severely polluted by radioactivity, forcing humanity to abandon the area. Land pollutants were later fixed by technologies provided by the Bilusaludo.

This version takes on the form of a thin, focused beam, almost like the atomic breath attacks of the Legendary Godzilla and Shin Godzilla, but there are notable differences in terms of charging up said ability aesthetically. They include things such as the visible electric nature of the creature's overall body and fins rather than vivid luminescence and the generation of a force field out of in front of the face with a large build-up of energy simultaneously focused in front of the mouth before fired, terminating the need to open its mouth wide to discharge his atomic powers.

Whilst Godzilla's signature atomic breath can easily set entire city blocks ablaze and obliterate most military weaponry on a whim, many of Godzilla's opponents have shown the ability to withstand it, at least in its standard intensity. For example, in the Showa series, both Rodan and King Ghidorah were able to withstand direct hits from Godzilla's atomic breath with little visible harm. In the Heisei series, Rodan was vulnerable to the beam at close range, though King Ghidorah remained immune until Godzilla utilized his more powerful spiral heat ray. The Heisei version of MechaGodzilla possessed a special diamond-plated armor that allowed it to absorb Godzilla's atomic breath and reflect it through the plasma grenade port on its abdomen. Many of Godzilla's more powerful opponents, including King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, SpaceGodzilla, Destoroyah, and Monster X, have proven to be resistant to Godzilla's atomic breath until he was forced to utilizing a more powerful variation of it. The only exception of this is in his fight against Zilla, where Godzilla only needed a single atomic blast to defeat it.

Fire Breath[]

This is another ability used by Hanna-Barbera's take on Godzilla, as well as the Marvel incarnation of Godzilla and the Reiwa Godzilla. However, these are the only three times that Godzilla has been seen using fire breath. It is a common misconception that he uses fire breath instead of his iconic atomic breath since in the Reiwa era, Godzilla breathes fire at Tokyo before releasing his atomic breath. However, this is only true in Marvel and Hanna-Barbera's adaptations, and in Toho's Reiwa era.

Super Oscillatory Wave[]

In GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters, the sheer power of Godzilla’s roar is immense. Likewise, he is able to release a powerful sound wave blast to destroy enemies.

Tail Beam Attacks[]

Atomic Tail Beam[]

In Shin Godzilla, upon realizing his dorsal beam attack spent much of his energy reserves, Godzilla redirected some portion of atomic energy to his tail and projected it in form of atomic laser that fired from the mouth on the tip of his tail. This, when used alongside atomic breath, enable him to cut and slice through multiple adversaries from every direction at once. Godzilla used it to conserve his energy better to take down drones that approach him during Operation Yashiori.

Plasma Cutter[]

In GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters, by concentrating powerful plasma from his fins, Godzilla can swing his tail and produce a massive plasma blade that extends for 600 meters and can reduce anything it touch to ashes, causing massive destruction.

Energy Pulse[]

Nuclear Pulse[]

In addition to his very deadly atomic breath, Godzilla can also emit atomic energy in all directions from every inch of his body in a short-range pulse. The pulse was first seen in his fight against Biollante. Godzilla only used the nuclear pulse in the Heisei series, such as when King Ghidorah was constricting him with its necks, although many consider the climactic scene in Godzilla 2000 in which Orga is destroyed while attempting to swallow Godzilla like a snake to be a use of Godzilla's nuclear pulse; and also, Godzilla uses something similar to a nuclear pulse to prevent Keizer Ghidorah from draining any more of his energy from him after being surged with Ozaki's energy.

Godzilla's ability to fire a salvo of atomic lasers from his dorsal plates in Shin Godzilla may be inspired by/or is a variant of the nuclear pulse ability. When he fires atomic lasers from his dorsal plates, the plates also emit tremendous amounts of radiation in the same direction where he fired the lasers.

While the MonsterVerse Godzilla's closest ability to the 'normal' Nuclear Pulse is the Radioactive Stream he unleashed against MUTO Prime, he also demonstrates an enhanced version of the ability against King Ghidorah. The blast is fiery and themed after Mothra, which makes sense as the latter imbued some of her energies into Godzilla while sacrificing himself to protect him from Ghidorah's killing blow. Each blast of the enhanced nuclear pulse proved more than enough to overcome the extraterrestrial Titan's healing factor, as Ghidorah was ultimately vaporized after sustaining a few barrages — all that was left of him being one of his disembodied heads that Godzilla later disintegrated with his atomic breath.

Radiation Stream[]

As demonstrated in Godzilla: Aftershock, the MonsterVerse incarnation of Godzilla has a variation of Nuclear Pulse which, instead of all-direction blast, is an energy stream focused onto a single direction and apparently projected straight from the kaiju's dorsal fins. The radiation stream is strong enough to gravely wound MUTO Prime.

Electromagnetic Pulse[]

In GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla is capable of releasing an electromagnetic pulse. He can discharge the energy after releasing his atomic breath. The electromagnetic pulse is an ability that the Servum had been endowed with when they evolved separately.

Ferrokinesis[]

In Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, Godzilla found a way to generate powerful magnetic fields from his body after being struck several times by lightning, which proved devastating against his metallic foe. This is the only time Godzilla ever used this power.

Superhuman Durability[]

Chief of Emergency Headquarters: Professor, we're really at a loss. If this continues, we'll soon have to close our international shipping lanes. Do you have any ideas? Even the slightest hint would help.
Dr. Kyohei Yamane: Indeed...
Chairman of Diet Committee: Professor Yamane, I'll be blunt. We want to know if there is a way to kill Godzilla.
Dr. Kyohei Yamane: Impossible. Godzilla was baptized in the fire of the H-bomb and survived. What could kill it now? Right now our priority should be to study its incredible power of survival.
~ Dr. Kyohei Yamane on Godzilla's durability and adaptability.

Godzilla has displayed an uncanny ability to sustain damage throughout his films. Starting in the first Godzilla film, Godzilla displayed an immunity to conventional weaponry, virtually impervious to everything the JSDF threw at him. He has demonstrated the ability to survive complete submersion in magma for an extended period of time, sometimes while under extreme pressure from tectonic plates (as seen in Godzilla vs. Mothra). He has even survived being in ground zero of asteroid impacts. The only times his flesh has been visibly pierced were in a battle with the Super X, Showa Gigan, Biollante, King Ghidorah, Destoroyah, MechaGodzilla's weapons in the Showa, Heisei, and Millennium series, and in a lesser extent, by M.O.P. bombs in Shin Godzilla.

Regeneration[]

In addition to being extremely resistant to damage, Godzilla possesses an extremely advanced and highly efficient regenerative ability. This power was a crucial plot point of Godzilla vs. Biollante and Godzilla 2000: Millennium. In Godzilla 2000: Millennium, it is explained that Godzilla's regenerative abilities may have something to do with his radioactive properties, and Regenerator G-1 ("Organizer G-1" in the Japanese version) is the name given to a substance in his cells that is responsible for Godzilla's swift healing. In Godzilla vs. Biollante, Japanese scientists use samples of Godzilla's cells (called G-cells throughout the Heisei series of Godzilla films) to help create the Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria (ANEB). This healing factor would be inherited by all creatures spawned from Godzilla's DNA, those being Biollante, SpaceGodzilla and Orga. While the M.U.T.O.s are shown to face Godzilla to the point of exhaustion, he manages to get back to his feet and return to the ocean in a matter of hours which could either be a testament to his incredible durability and he was simply exhausted, or he healed off the damage by sunrise.

In Shin Godzilla, Godzilla's healing factor is so potent that pieces of his flesh that are broken off from his body can continue to live on their own and evolve and regenerate into seperate creatures of their own.

In Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla's multi-layered, physaliformed skin enables him to regenerate new skins near instantly, even if the older skin is incinerated or becomes plasma due to several hundred, or even several thousand nuclear bombings, making Godzilla essentially immune to human weapons.

In Godzilla Minus One, Godzilla regenerates extremely quickly from injuries that would be fatal in any ordinary organism, including regenerating from his body being nearly completely destroyed, and regenerating a large chunk of his head being blown off.

Superhuman Strength[]

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Godzilla demonstrating his immense strength, swatting Baragon with his tail.

As attributed to his size, weight, and mass, Godzilla has displayed varied levels of physical strength sufficient to lift weights exceeding 20,000 tons and smash skyscrapers. He has been depicted lifting and throwing monsters in excess of his own weight, such as King Ghidorah, Hedorah, MechaGodzilla, and others including Biollante, and in Godzilla: Final Wars, he was even able to throw Kumonga.

Energy Absorption and Manipulation[]

Ever since the original film, Godzilla has been capable of absorbing huge amounts of energy, often nuclear, with most of his abilities utilising these energies in some manner.

In the Showa series, as a result of being irradiated by a hydrogen bomb explosion, Godzilla's body absorbed a tremendous amount of nuclear energy, so much that his physiology enhanced to the point that he basically becomes a walking nuclear reactor, gaining the ability to emit high levels of radiation and fire his trademark atomic breath. The same thing occurred with the Heisei Godzilla series, he was exposed to the detonation of a Soviet nuclear submarine, which irradiates and mutates him into an 80 meter-tall atomic-powered monster. Since his physiology enhanced to the point of his heart become a biological nuclear reactor, the Heisei Godzilla relies on nuclear power to sustain his metabolism and derives his sustenance from absorbing energy from active man-made nuclear reactors.

Godzilla was also able to absorb the energy that generated from nuclear submarines or other man-made nuclear reactors as well; in one case the energy absorbed from a nuclear sub was enough to allow Godzilla's immune system to purge the Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria from his body and cause him to grow 20 meters in height. When nuclear reactions in his heart caused uranium deposits under Birth Island to ignite and vaporize the island, Godzilla absorbed the radiation given off by the explosion. While this influx of radiation did eventually cause Godzilla's heart to undergo a catastrophic meltdown and kill him, it made Godzilla substantially more powerful for a period of time. According to Kenichi Yamane, Godzilla's heart contained enough nuclear power to create "a burst of energy unseen since time began" which would cause the Earth's atmosphere to ignite if it had exploded. If Godzilla's meltdown was not kept under control by G-Force's freezer weapons, his heart would have melted down into the Earth's core and caused the planet to implode.

In the MonsterVerse series, Godzilla retains the ability to feed on nuclear radiation for sustenance and to boost his powers. While at first, he was able to feed on the natural geothermal radiation on Earth when radiation was ten times more prevelant than today, he later had to resort to consuming energy from the Earth's core. Godzilla later discovered that he can do the same with man-made nuclear reactors. It was thanks to his natural abilities in absorbing geothermal radiation from the Earth's core that enable him to survive the extinction era. The novelization of Godzilla vs. Kong implied that his ability to perform atomic breath was thanks to mastering the very radiation from Hollow Earth he absorbed at one point in the past. Though speculated, Godzilla's anger when sensing Kong and his human companions reaching a radiation-rich part of the subterranean world is because he knows the dangers of that much energy falling in to the wrong hands.

In Shin Godzilla, Godzilla's ability to manipulate energy was proved more potent than his predecessors. In fact, this version of Godzilla is now able to perform feats never displayed by any of his predecessors as he can fire atomic beams from the tip of his tail and dorsal fins. This Godzilla was explained to be a prehistoric marine animal that evolved due to being surrounded by nuclear waste, and with him developing ability to withstand the radioactive material, he began to feed on it. As a result, he evolved to the point of possessing eight times the genetic information of human beings, becoming the superorganism he is now. Godzilla derives his energy from nuclear fission occurring within his body, fueled by air and water that his body synthesized into radioactive substances that fill his power reserves.

Godzilla can also absorb other forms of energy, such as electricity that not only revitalizes him like nuclear energy but also enable him to perform Ferrokinesis. The revenant Godzilla in Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack can also absorb Ghidorah's gravity beam and combines them with his atomic breath, forming a more powerful atomic beam that obliterates King Ghidorah in a single hit. Godzilla can also absorb plasma energy and Keizer Energy.

Energy Conversion[]

In GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle, the humans attempt a strategy to defeat Godzilla’s that was similar to the strategy used on Filius. However, when the EMP Harpoons send electromagnetic energy to overload Godzilla, he is able to convert the excess energy into heat, and uses it as a heat attack, which melted the surrounding area. It also allows him to return to a safe level of electromagnetic energy, allowing him to use his atomic breath.

Energy Transferral[]

In the 2023 short film Godzilla vs. Megalon, to counter the Seatopian guardian deity's concussive force-empowered drill blows, Godzilla channels atomic energy into his fists, allowing him to properly parry Megalon's melee strikes. He also performs the same technique to rupture his horns.

Amphibious[]

Godzilla has an amphibious lifestyle, spending half of his life in water and the other on land. He is as adept a fighter underwater as he is on land. Capable of marching on the seafloor or swimming by undulating his tail like a crocodile, Godzilla is displayed as being able to breathe underwater, occasionally hibernating in the ocean depths between movies, and being submerged apparently does not impede his atomic ray, as seen in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. He engages opponents in the sea on multiple occasions, fighting King Ghidorah, Ebirah, Battra, Biollante, and Mothra either beneath or on the surface of the waves. In Legendary Pictures' Godzilla, Godzilla now possesses gills so he can stay underwater indefinitely, but he closes them when he's on land and uses his lungs. Godzilla's incarnation in Shin Godzilla is also portrayed with gills that eventually shrink as he evolves.

Flight/Jet Propulsion[]

In a memorable and somewhat infamous scene in Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Godzilla used his atomic breath to fly by aiming it at the ground and lifting off like a rocket.

Godzilla has used this ability two times outside of the said film; in the comic series Godzilla: Ongoing and in Godzilla: The Game, where it is called "Back Charge".

Vengeance Embodiment[]

In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Godzilla carried souls of those who perished during the Pacific War and with it, nightmares of their last moments, anguish, and lust for vengeance against Japan for forgetting and ignoring the past, hence his motivation to punish the nation by obliterating its cities. The most jarring sign of his otherworldly existence is his white, cloudy eyes, looking as if they are suffering from decomposition, leading to a misconception of him actually being the original Godzilla revived by the aforementioned souls as an undead shadow of his former self. He even displayed the capacity to survive despite being reduced to a still-beating heart from accidentally blowing himself up via wounds inflicted by the Guardian Monsters and Taizo Tachibana.

This power is exclusively possessed by the incarnation of Godzilla in Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monster All-Out Attack.

Extrasensory Perception[]

According to an American scientist, Godzilla in Shin Godzilla possesses a "phased-array radar" which allows him to detect threats without even needing to see them. Godzilla utilized this to sense his enemies' presence either when hibernating or in combat. This explained how he can destroy drones that went too close in observing him when hibernating and direct his dorsal plate beams' direction straight to oncoming foes behind him so he won't waste too much energy just to attack them. The same ability also allowed him to fire small bolts of atomic energy that he uses to shoot down drones sent to study him.

Physical Adaptation[]

In Shin Godzilla, one of Godzilla's most unique abilities is his capacity to develop new features and powers through controlled self-mutation in order to adapt to any situation in a short amount of time. According to characters in the film, Godzilla is the most evolved creature on the planet, currently possessing eight times the genetic information of human beings, explaining how Godzilla adjusts his own physiology progressively more to suit his land environment in his last three forms. The same thing also applies to his combat abilities, as not long after releasing his atomic breath, Godzilla immediately developed advanced techniques of energy manipulation. During Operation Yashiori, Godzilla developed a new ability to fire a second atomic breath from the tip of his tail to sweep multiple foes and conserve his energy reserves. When his body began to burn itself due to blood coagulant, he developed the ability to freeze himself solid to prevent a meltdown as foreseen by Yaguchi's team.

The last scene of the film shows that on the tip of his tail, several small Godzillas with a more humanoid form begin sprouting from it, suggesting that Godzilla attempted to break himself into multiple smaller progenies of himself to combat humans better.

Dorsal Plate Beams[]

In Shin Godzilla, upon sensing multiple American bombers approaching him, Godzilla redirected his atomic beam into his dorsal fins, and projected it in the form of a salvo of atomic beams to dispatch them. He would later use it again in conjunction with his extrasensory perception ability to shoot down drones that tried to approach his comatose body and multiple drones that attacked him in Operation Yashiori.

In spite of the beam's effectiveness in dispatching multiple adversaries at once, Dorsal Plates beam technique depleted his atomic reserve more than his atomic breath hence the reason he developed the similarly effective yet more energy efficient tail beam.

Laser Eyes[]

In addition to all of his other abilities, the Hanna-Barbera Godzilla is shown to be capable of firing lasers from his eyes. This ability has never been used by any other incarnation of the character.

Cell-Division and Terraforming[]

In GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters, using cell-division, Godzilla produced multiple forms of progeny, from the fauna-like organisms such as Filius and the Servum, to the very flora that build up the forest-dominated terrain.

Weaknesses[]

In spite of being very powerful, Godzilla still has some weaknesses:

Electricity[]

In early films such as King Kong vs. Godzilla and Mothra vs. Godzilla, he is shown to be vulnerable to strong voltages of electricity. As the series progressed, lightning (i.e., electricity found in nature) has been shown to have the opposite effect, at times serving to revitalize him as later films portrayed him to have the ability to absorb energy.

A.N.E.B. and Cadmium[]

Both Cadmium shells and A.N.E.B. (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria) can slow down his metabolism and potentially be able to kill him.

Secondary Brain[]

In Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Godzilla is revealed to have a second brain in his spine, with Super Mechagodzilla being able to paralyze him from the waist down by destroying it. Nevertheless, his secondary brain was restored by Fire Rodan and further films seem to ignore this gigantic weak spot.

Sheer Bulk[]

Godzilla's sheer bulk proved to be disadvantageous for him to combat more agile and faster enemies such as Megaguirus, forcing him to perform counterattacks as he relies on his endurance. Also, while he has an endurance level beyond measure, his enemies usually counter by trying to crush and batter him. Mechagodzilla managed to overpower Godzilla by firing more weaponry than he could defend against, although this became useless after Godzilla became magnetized.

Limited Energy[]

In Shin Godzilla, Godzilla has limited energy to use for his atomic beams. After using large amounts, he must refuel, essentially. Towards the end, due to excessive use of energy, he could not attack against the Yahuchi Plan’s forces efficiently.

Freezing Coagulant[]

In Shin Godzilla, the Yaguchi Plan, or Project Yashiori, involved a coagulant that disabled Godzilla’s internal cooling and heating system, which caused his isotope to freeze.

Trivia[]

  • Godzilla was originally going to be a giant octopus or a giant mushroom-headed gorilla before becoming the dinosaur-like creature he would be known as.
  • Starring in 37 films (except the 1998 American version, which is why Toho describes a creature "Zilla" as a non-canon counterpart trademark of the company instead of Godzilla despite its title) since the inauguration release of the 1954 film, Godzilla has appeared in more films than any other not only kaiju, but any films or film franchises in the monster film genre to date.
  • Although Godzilla's first film appearance was in Godzilla, released on November third of 1954, he made his first official debut four months earlier, in July, when an earlier version of the film's script was read on a radio as an 11-part radio drama.
  • In 2004, as a part of the celebration of the release of Godzilla: Final Wars and the 50th anniversary of the franchise, Godzilla was given a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
  • The 2021 Godzilla Singular Point anime marked the 66th anniversary of Godzilla.
  • Among the fights that Godzilla has had over the course of the history of the franchise, his shortest battle was against Zilla in Godzilla: Final Wars lasting only 13 seconds.
    • Some say this was meant to show Toho's displeasure towards Sony and TriStar over their handling of the Godzilla franchise. Others say the significant difference in size, speed, and abilities between the two showed it truly played out the way it should have.
  • Godzilla's characteristics in Shin Godzilla draw parallels from Hedorah and Destoroyah as both are superorganisms with multiple forms and were empowered by hazardous materials to the point of being capable of using them offensively (Hedorah being empowered by and utilizing a sludge full of pollutants, and Destoroyah being mutated and empowered by Oxygen Destroyer in the same way Godzilla empowered himself with radioactive materials).
  • Among buildings that Godzilla destroyed in the 1954 film was the Toho Theater. In fact, some moviegoers who were watching the film in that theater actually thought the theater was being attacked and tried to run outside.
  • Godzilla's famous roar was not based on any kind of real-life animal as during the production of the 1954 film, the sound department was unable to find an animal sound that fit the kaiju. Akira Ifukube came up with Godzilla's roars by rubbing a coarse, resin-coated leather glove up and down the strings of a contrabass (double bass), and reverberated the recorded sound. Also, Godzilla's thunderous footsteps were made by beating a kettle drum with a knotted rope.
  • Godzilla fought his long-time box office rival Gamera in Screwattacks' DEATH BATTLE and won.
  • For Shin Godzilla, some concepts of his ability to create new versions of himself were more disturbing than the in final film, as some concept art of him undergoing the fission process depict him as having morphed into a mountain of radioactive fleshy biomass with several of Godzilla's heads protruding from them as it split into several new progeny of himself.
    • A deleted scene showed JSDF soldiers finding the torn pieces of his dorsal fin which was severed due to M.O.P. bombs already melting into a bloody biomass with a number of eyes growing from them. Due to the scene being deemed disturbing, this was replaced with JSDF soldiers finding the severed dorsal fin still intact albeit beginning to be coated with blood and a small piece of it falling near them, alerting its location above them. The scene then shifts to the protagonists discovering that the fin has begun to undergo fission into a new Godzilla.
  • Godzilla's size is inconsistent, changing from film to film and even from scene to scene for the sake of artistic license. It is confirmed that Godzilla Earth from the Godzilla Anime Series on Netflix is colossal 318 meters in height, by far the tallest height of any incarnation of Godzilla.
  • Koei Horikoshi, creator of My Hero Academia, has made a hero named Godzillo, based off of Godzilla (primarily his Heisei design) for My Hero Academia: Two Heroes as part of a collaboration project.
  • Both Godzilla's shape and roar were used as the basis for the Dragon Minosaur in the first episode of Kishryu Sentai Ryusoulger.
  • The Godzillas that appeared in Godzilla vs Megaguirus and Godzilla: Final Wars are both intended to be the same Godzilla from the 1954 film of the same name with different retcons regarding his fate at the end of the film, whereas every other Godzilla that appeared in the three original eras are intended to be a second Godzilla succeeding the original.
  • Up until the release of the 2012 informational book Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works which properly distinguishes the Godzillas and address their true natures, many fans mistook the Godzilla in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack to be the same kaiju vaporized by Serizawa's Oxygen Destroyer until what remained of his surviving corpse was possessed by restless souls of those killed as a result of the Japanese military's actions during World War II thus regenerating much of it as undead shadow of his former self.

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  2. William Shaw, 2005, "The origin of the species", The Observer, The Guardian
  3. Shusuke Kaneko on Wikizilla
  4. Godzilla 3-D on Wikizilla
  5. GODZILLA1998 on Pixivpedia
  6. Godzilla misconceptions - Is Godzilla evil? on Wikizilla
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