History Anime / GodzillaThePlanetEater

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[spoiler:The shade of Metphies warns Haruo at the end of the movie that Ghidorah will always have a means of returning as long as intelligent civilizations desire advanced progress.]]

* MayItNeverHappenAgain: After [[BigBad Ghidorah]] is vanquished in the final battle, Haruo finds out that Martin is planning to use the alien nanometal to restore human civilization to a pre-Godzilla technological level, then Haruo has a vision of Metphies gloating that Ghidorah will come back to try destroying everything yet again so long as humanity remains obsessed with advancement. To try and prevent this, Haruo flies with the last of the nanometal towards Godzilla, who atomizes it--and Haruo himself--for good.

* CentralTheme: The [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves cycle of progression will lead to destruction]]. Metphies points out humanity's progression would eventually lead to the rise of monsters, and their own destruction. [[spoiler:Haruo realizes what he means, and chooses to kill himself, along with the repaired Vulture, to break this cycle of vengeance and prevent humanity from progression of creating more monsters]].

* CurbstompBattle: [[spoiler:The fight between Godzilla and Ghidorah is this first in one direction, then the other. At first, Ghidorah is intangible and Godzilla can't really do much at all against him, then when he's rendered material by Metphies' defeat, Godzilla demolishes him in a few hits.]]

* MayItNeverHappenAgain: After [[BigBad Ghidorah]] is vanquished in the final battle, Haruo finds out that Martin is planning to use the alien nanometal to restore human civilization to a pre-Godzilla technological level, then Haruo has a vision of Metphies gloating that Ghidorah will come back to try destroying everything yet again so long as humanity remains obsessed with advancement. To try and prevent this, Haruo flies with the last of the nanometal towards Godzilla, who atomizes it for good.

** Ghidorah himself causes this for the people on the Aratrum. The people who summoned him begin to realize their mistake and freak out, but it's too late. Moments before he destroys the Ship, [[spoiler:the captain realizes that all life signs from the bridge (where he's standing) ceased 40 seconds ago. He looks up and sees Ghidorah's face before Ghidorah crushes the ship, destroying it.]]

* LuddWasRight: Depending on interpretation, [[spoiler:because any advanced civilization will inevitably fall into despair at a finite universe and call up Ghidorah to consume them, because Godzilla Earth is the planet itself lashing out at humanity for developing beyond "natural" constraits, or indeed both]].

* LuddWasRight: Depending on interpretation, [[spoiler:because any advanced civilization will inevitably fall into despair at a finite universe and call up Ghidorah to consume them, because Godzilla Earth is the planet itself lashing out at humanity for developing beyond "natural" constraits, or indeed both]]. But any way you slice it, advanced civilization only leads to degredation and destruction from within or without, and the only presented alternative is primitivism that rejects any form of higher idealism or belief in something more important than the individual's moment-to-moment survival in favor of seeing the world in simplistic shades of "winning/losing."

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: Uh, weren't there THREE space stations that left Earth? Sure, we saw one get destroyed by Ghidorah, but theres no indication the other two aren't still out there somewhere. What happens if they too decide to come back to Earth?

* TheReveal: Turns out that it was the Exif who blew up the shuttle in the first movie (using a human suicide bomber) to get the humans riled enough to go back to Earth.

* ScyllaAndCharybdis: Haruo finds himself caught between the Exif -- who are using him as a figurehead to draw more people to their religion, and the Bilsulado -- who are outraged by his destruction of [=MechaGodzilla=] and take the ''Aratrum'' hostage in an effort to force his execution. Martin Lazzari recommends that Haruo disappear for a while until both sides lose interest, leaving him in the hands of Miana and Maina.

* WhatHappenedtotheMouse?: Uh, weren't there THREE space stations that left Earth? Sure, we saw one get destroyed by Ghidorah, but theres no indication the other two aren't still out there somewhere. What happens if they too decide to come back to Earth?

* UpToEleven: Traditionally, King Ghidorah is the tallest monster in any Godzilla continuity, ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' being the exception. It is therefore both incredibly unusual and incredibly fitting that the King Ghidorah in the anime continuity is ''over twenty kilometres'' long.

''Godzilla: The Planet Eater'' is the sequel to ''Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle'' produced by Toho's animation division and animated by Creator/PolygonPictures, and the third and final installment in the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' 2017/2018 {{Anime}} [[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters trilogy]]. The movie premiered on November 9, 2018 in Japan and was released worldwide on Creator/{{Netflix}} on January 9, 2019.

* BittersweetEnding: There are two versions of this: the short and the long. The short version is that the ending is classic Urobutcher.
** And now for the long version: [[spoiler:Haruo kills Metphies and stops his evil plan, while Godzilla Earth is able to defeat Ghidorah; but that still leaves Godzilla as undisputed ruler of the planet and Hauro realizes that the dangerous cycle of {{revenge}} and hatred will continue and potentially corrupt the Houtua's way of life if he continues living among them. In addition, Martin expresses the desire to use Yuko and the Vulture's nanometal to restore human civilization, causing Haruo to have a vision where Metphies tells him that Ghidorah's time will come again. To prevent this, Haruo takes the comatose Yuko and the remaining Vulture to confront Godzilla, who vaporizes them. On a brighter note, the remnants of humanity have successfully integrated with the Houtua, Maina raises Haruo's child, and Haruo himself is honored as a hero by future generations. With the egg still intact, Mothra's offspring may one day bring Godzilla's reign to an end.]]

** And now for the long version: [[spoiler:Haruo kills Metphies and stops his evil plan, while Godzilla Earth is able to defeat Ghidorah; but that still leaves Godzilla as undisputed ruler of the planet and Hauro realizes that the dangerous cycle of {{revenge}} and hatred will continue and potentially corrupt the Houtua's way of life if he continues living among them. In addition, Martin reveals he plans to use Yuko and the Vulture's nanometal to restore human civilization, causing Haruo to have a vision where Metphies tells him that Ghidorah's time will come again. To prevent this, Haruo takes the comatose Yuko and the remaining Vulture to confront Godzilla, who vaporizes them. On a brighter note, the remnants of humanity have successfully integrated with the Houtua, Maina raises Haruo's child, and Haruo himself is honored as a hero by future generations. With the egg still intact, Mothra's offspring may one day bring Godzilla's reign to an end.]]

* LuddWasRight: Depending on interpretation, [[spoiler:because any advanced civilization will inevitably fall into despair at a finite universe and call up Ghidorah to consume them, because Godzilla Earth is the planet itself lashing out at humanity for developing beyond "natural" constraits, or indeed both]]. But any way you slice it, advanced civilization only leads to degredation and destruction from within or without, and the only presented alternative is primitivism that rejects any form of higher idealism in favor of "winning/losing."