History Characters / MonsterVerseMechagodzilla

* SatanicArchetype: As Ghidorah's reincarnation, he continues his predecessor's own analogy to Lucifer, even completing it, by being an intended servant which rebelled against its creators, APEX.

** This is the third time a Mechagodzilla has been depicted in a villainous role, after his Showa counterpart's debut in the 70s and Mechagodzilla City from the anime trilogy (fourth if you count the Mechagodzilla from ''[[Film/ReadyPlayerOne Ready Player One]]''). His hands rotate like Showa Mechagodzilla, and he's also an alien cyborg. Like Mechani-Kong, his arms are long and ape-like and he's capable of using them to punch and grapple with his enemies in ways other Mechagodzilla incarnations lacked the dexterity for. Also, Mechani-Kong was indirectly responsible for King Kong coming into conflict with another heroic faction--in the RKO cartoons, it framed him for crimes committed by its creator Doctor Hu. Here, Mechagodzilla is likewise the indirect cause of Godzilla and Kong's conflict.

* {{Reconstruction}}: Just like Godzilla and his former self, Mechagodzilla has been tweaked so that he's overall more believable as a weapon to kill Godzilla. His body is thinner and not as bulky as Godzilla's, letting him move with more flexibility. His long arms have clawed hands that allow him to grasp Godzilla without getting too close. He's received spine-mounted boosters that massively increase his mobility, allowing him to run circles around his opponent, so he can get in tons of hits before Godzilla can strike back. All of his weapons are explicitly meant to take down Kaiju and work very well; his tail is drill-tipped, giving him a way around Godzilla's tough hide, his Proton Scream is a continuous weapon and thus can overpower Godzilla's by simply pushing the latter until he has to breathe, and he has missile launchers all over his body to attack at any angle or height. Even the logistics behind him are addressed - there might not be any existing human-derived power source that can sustain him for any meaningful amount of time, but such a power source easily exists in a world filled with Kaiju.

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* RocketPunch: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Mechagodzilla can't detach its clawed fists as airborne rocket punches, it ''can'' supercharge its claws with blue energy (called a plasma punch according to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/GODZILLA/comments/niq8wk/comment/gz3lrs5/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Jared Krichevsky]]) to add a devastating extra kick to its punches. And it can do this ''while'' using the propulsors on its back [[JumpJetPack to increase its forward momentum]].

* AdaptationNameChange: {{Zig|ZaggingTrope}}-Zagged. This incarnation of the character is technically called the Mecha in dialog, and Mechagodzilla is what a shocked Josh Valentine dubs it when Team Godzilla witness it. However, the specs screen during its activation dubs it 'Mec.Godzilla,' implying it really ''is'' called Mechagodzilla by Apex and The Mecha is simply a nickname.

* RunningGag: Besides the one with San/Kevin losing his head (see the General folder); in the novelization, it's shown that Josh and Bernie continue bickering over whether the Mecha should be called Mechagodzilla or "Robo-Godzilla". And as fate would have it, Guillerman and Mark Russell have the same debate when they first see the Mecha, despite not having heard either name from Team Godzilla.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Mechagodzilla provides counterparts to villains seen in both the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.

* MechVsBeast: He fights Batman's gigantic Mecha.

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* AttackTheMouth: He attempts to kill Godzilla via the same "Kiss of Death" method that Godzilla originally used to kill the female MUTO in ''Film/Godzilla2014'', but he's narrowly stopped by Kong's timely intervention.

* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: The moment Mechagodzilla gains sentience from Ghidorah's skull, it outright kills [[BigBadWannabe Simmons]] and also causes [[TheDragon Ren]]'s death. Caring nothing for Apex's {{false flag operation}}; Mechagodzilla proceeds to break out of the Apex HQ, [[KillAllHumans razes half of Hong Kong's Island side without provocation]] (which likely ruins any remaining chance Apex had of salvaging their awry MugglePower plan), and the Mecha tries to murder both [[BigGood Godzilla and Kong]] under its own power, nevermind the serious possibility that it'll [[OmnicidalManiac pick right up where Ghidorah left off]] at having the other Titans raze the world.

!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsKong''

* EvilCounterpart: He serves as one to Godzilla, being a robotic reflection of the alpha Titan which Walter Simmons built with the intention of being a tool to enforce mankind’s dominance over the Titans, also making him one to Jaegers in ''Film/PacificRim''.

* WorldsBestWarrior: {{Zig|ZaggingTrope}}-Zagged. InUniverse, it was specifically designed by Apex to be able to defeat Godzilla in a fight. While it does become the only being seen thus far capable of absolutely dominating Godzilla once Ghidorah takes it over, WordOfGod and the novelization both suggest that Godzilla would've not done as badly in a fair fight, and perhaps would've won on his own if he wasn't already heavily weakened beforehand. Mechagodzilla also notably struggles more when fighting Kong than it does when fighting Godzilla, even if it does eventually get the upper-hand against the ape (and only fails to drive its tail drill into Kong's skull thanks to Team Godzilla disrupting the Mecha's satellite link) even though Kong is roughly as exhausted as Godzilla; indicating the Mecha was specialized for fighting ''Godzilla'' specifically.

* {{Reconstruction}}: Just like Godzilla and his former self, Mechagodzilla has been tweaked so that he's overall more believable as a weapon to kill Godzilla. His body is thinner and not as bulky as Godzilla's, letting him move with more flexibility.His arms have clawed hands that allow him to grasp Godzilla, and he's received spine-mounted boosters that massively increase his mobility, allowing him to run circles around his opponent, so he can get in tons of hits before Godzilla can strike back. His tail is drill-tipped, giving him a way around Godzilla's tough hide. All of his weapons are explicitly meant to take down Kaiju and work very well. His Proton Scream is a continuous weapon and thus can overpower Godzilla's by simply pushing the latter until he has to breathe. Even the logistics behind him are addressed - there might not be any existing human-derived power source that can sustain him, but such a power source easily exists in a world filled with Kaiju.

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* ExtremityExtremist: Other than using his [[BreathWeapon A-74 Proton Scream]] and his [[MacrossMissileMassacre built-in shoulder padded missiles]], a lot of his physical attacks during his conflict with Godzilla in Hong Kong are spent on him throwing all manner of punches and haymakers with the powerful strikes of his clenched metallic fists (with Hollow Earth infused energy) and various grappling attacks such as groping Godzilla's neck to plow into nearby skyscrapers with his clamped PowerPincers, and effortlessly spinning and tossing him around like a kaiju-sized rag doll. This method of brutalizing his organic counterpart is justified since the elongated length of the mecha's arms obviously have a lot of reach compared to the range of Godzilla's arms, but it's downplayed to an extent where Mechagodzilla is shown pulling off several outward kicks and stomps to both Godzilla and Kong.

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* ExtremityExtremist: Other than using his [[BreathWeapon A-74 Proton Scream]] and his [[MacrossMissileMassacre built-in shoulder padded missiles]], a lot of his physical attacks during his conflict with Godzilla in Hong Kong are spent on him throwing all manner of punches and haymakers with the powerful strikes of his clenched metallic fists (with Hollow Earth infused energy) and various grappling attacks such as groping Godzilla's neck to plow into nearby skyscrapers with his clamped PowerPincers, effortlessly spinning and tossing him around like a kaiju-sized rag doll. This method of brutalizing his organic counterpart is justified since the elongated length of the mecha's arms obviously have a lot of reach compared to the range of Godzilla's arms, but it's downplayed to an extent where Mechagodzilla is shown pulling off several outward kicks and stomps to both Godzilla and Kong.

* ExtremityExtremist: Other than using his [[BreathWeapon A-74 Proton Scream]] and his [[MacrossMissileMassacre built-in shoulder padded missiles]], a lot of his physical attacks during his conflict with Godzilla in Hong Kong are spent on him throwing all manner of punches and haymakers with the powerful strikes of his clenched metallic fists (with Hollow Earth infused energy) and various grappling attacks such as groping Godzilla's neck to plow into nearby skyscrapers with his clamped PowerPincers, effortlessly spinning and tossing him around like a kaiju-sized rag doll. This method of brutalizing his organic counterpart is justified since the elongated length of the mecha's arms obviously have a lot of reach compared to the range of Godzilla's arms, but it's downplayed to an extent where Mechagodzilla is shown pulling off several outward kicks and stomps to both Godzilla and Kong.

* EffectiveKnockoff: He's built in Godzilla's image, and he fully overpowering the former in a straight fight, something that no other incarnation of Mechagodzilla has ever accomplished (although Word of God says the two would've been on much more equal footing if Godzilla wasn't severely exhausted from boring a hole to the HollowEarth and then dueling Kong afterwards).

* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Mechagodzilla is decked out with not only rocket-powered punches but has jets on its back to allow it to have incredible ramming power. As a byproduct, it is able to almost quite literally run circles around Godzilla. It takes Kong and Godzilla working together to pin it down and later having its control panel short-circuited, for them to really land any good blows on it.

* LeanAndMean: His torso is noticeably slim compared to Godzilla's, and he's essentially the reincarnation of the cruelest, nastiest kaiju there is.

* {{Reconstruction}}: Just like Godzilla and his former self, Mechagodzilla has been tweaked so that he's overall more believable as a weapon to kill Godzilla. His arms have clawed hands that allow him to grasp Godzilla, and he's received boosters that massively increase his mobility, allowing him to run circles around his opponent, so he can get in tons of hits before Godzilla can strike back. His tail is drill-tipped, giving him a way around Godzilla's tough hide. All of his weapons are explicitly meant to take down Kaiju and work very well. His atomic breath equivalent is a continuous weapon and thus can overpower Godzilla's by simply pushing the latter until he has to breathe. Even the logistics behind him are addressed - there might not be any existing human-derived power source that can sustain him, but such a power source easily exists in a world filled with Kaiju.

* ThroatLight: His internal power core's red light shines into his mouth whenever he's charging up his psionic scream.

* UndignifiedDeath: Suffers a slightly comical death at the hands of Kong where he is practically hacked apart limb from limb like branches off a tree, before having his head ripped off (spine included) by Kong's bare hands and presented as a trophy. What's more here, [[RunningGag Ghidorah's left head seemingly cannot catch a break when it comes to being decapitated]].

* CompositeCharacter: This version takes aspects from every prior iteration of Mechagodzilla, along with Mecha-King Ghidorah from the Heisei era and Mechani-Kong from the Showa era.
** This is the third time a Mechagodzilla has been depicted in a villainous role, after his Showa counterpart's debut in the 70s and Mechagodzilla City from the anime trilogy (fourth if you count the Mechagodzilla from ''[[Film/ReadyPlayerOne Ready Player One]]''). His hands rotate like Showa Mechagodzilla, and he's also an alien cyborg. Like Mechani-Kong, his arms are long and ape-like and he's capable of using them to punch and grapple with his enemies in ways other Mechagodzilla incarnations lacked the dexterity for. Also, Mechani-Kong was indirectly responsible for King Kong coming into conflict with another heroic faction--in the RKO cartoons, it framed him for crimes committed by its creator Doctor Hu. Here, Mechagodzilla is likewise the indirect cause of Godzilla and Kong's conflict.
** Like his Heisei counterpart, he was made from the remains of King Ghidorah, and his body is designed in ways that counter all of Godzilla's main abilities. His own BreathWeapon is more powerful than Godzilla's and in a BeamOWar Godzilla comes out the loser. His armor is nearly impervious to damage save for fantastic amounts of heat. There are hints of Mecha-King Ghidorah, both in his origin, being made from Ghidorah's corpse, and the plot point of Ghidorah taking over to finish what he started was used in the manga adaptation of ''Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II''. His back spines are modeled on the spines of Mecha-King Ghidorah's mechanical head.
** Like Kiryu, he is a cyborg whose original consciousness reemerges and causes the mech to go berserk. Kiryu's habit of using his jets to shoulder ram and outmaneuver Godzilla also carried over to this Mechagodzilla. He also has a drill, but it's mounted on his tail rather than his right arm.
** Like the anime version, he's more or less autonomous and a threat to the entire planet and operates on a strange energy source that lets him run indefinitely. [[AllThereInTheManual Japanese theatre programs refer to the metal used in his construction as Nanometal, just like the anime MG.]]
** Unlike the inflexible and bulky TinCanRobot designs of the other Mechagodzillas, its body is as lithe, flexible, and powerful as the ''Ready Player One'' version. It also has the same red eyes, unlike previous incarnations that have yellow eyes.

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* DeityOfHumanOrigin: With the analogy that the Titans are gods in mind, Apex Cybernetics created the Mecha to be an artificial god of human origin acting as humanity's vessel through which to usurp [[BigGood Godzilla]] and become the supreme King of the Monsters. However, Apex's plans are not what make Mechagodzilla a Deity of Human Origin, as those plans are characterized as pure, unadulterated [[{{Pride}} hubris]] and [[AmbitionIsEvil evil ambition]] – what makes Mechagodzilla this trope is that after it gains a mind of its own [[UndeadAbomination courtesy of Ghidorah]] and it [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turns against its creators]], Mechagodzilla proves while acting of its own violent will to be powerful enough to seriously challenge (a weakened) Godzilla ''and'' Kong, [[NearVillainVictory and it probably would have beaten them and won under the circumstances]] if not for its satellite uplink being disrupted.

* FullConversionCyborg: Much like Kiryū from ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'', Mechagodzilla is an anti-kaiju mech, which looks completely robotic on the surface but has actually been made by integrating organic kaiju matter (a piece of Ghidorah's DNA in this case acting as a receiver for the BrainComputerInterface in San/Kevin's skull). This organic matter eventually seizes control of the mech's systems and causes it to rampage. It's speculated by Bernie in the movie and explicitly confirmed in the novelization, that there was an entire second Ghidorah skull inside the Mecha, [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole but neither version of the story explains where the hell a second skull could have come from]] after [[NotEnoughToBury the manner in which Ghidorah died]] during the previous movie.