History Characters / MonsterVerseMothra

* DeathGlare: She give rodan quite the scary glare while stabbing him in the chest and watching him fall down screaming in pain.

* AdaptationalMundanity: {{Downplayed}}. She is still very much a powerful kaiju, but some of her seemingly supernatural abilities here get a DoingInTheWizard explanation, changing her status as an explicit supernatural goddess to a case of MaybeMagicMaybeMundane. Her magical energy rays are re-interpreted as bioluminescence (yet capable of clearing an entire sky full of Ghidorah's stormclouds), her connection with Godzilla is explained as a "symbiotic relationship", her BornAgainImmortality is explained with GeneticMemory, and the iconic Shobijin [[spoiler:are instead humans with an uncanny family history of identical twin girls, descended from priestesses of Mothra]]. However, when Godzilla [[spoiler:becomes Burning Godzilla after Mothra's apparent demise, her wings, and distinctive call can be seen and heard in the radiation waves he unleashes against Ghidorah]], implying her spirit is with him. [[spoiler:It was later confirmed by the head writer that Mothra's power [[SubvertedTrope was intended to be supernatural]], but they opted not to get too mystical with the films' setting.]] ''Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire'' [[spoiler:leans deeper into the supernatural, with her being resurrected by an Iwi ritual and manifesting out of golden light.]]

* AllianceWithAnAbomination: Mothra was always a benevolent protector to humanity since ancient times and she had a symbiotic bond with a primitive culture living in the Yunnan Province more than 10,000 years ago.

* BackFromTheDead: In ''Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire'', [[spoiler:rather than being reincarnated as a larva like usual, Mothra materializes out of golden energy in her imago form]].

* GeneticMemory: When asked about Mothra's [[BornAgainImmortality reincarnation process]], [[https://twitter.com/Mike_Dougherty/status/1137472890016751616 Mike Dougherty commented on Twitter]] that she passes on her memories genetically.

* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: When she [[HopeBringer appears in the sky and beats back Ghidorah's spreading stormclouds]], her God Rays manifest as near-blinding golden-white light emanating off her entire body. Fitting for a Titan who is compared to an angel InUniverse and is the only monster, besides [[BigGood Godzilla]], to reject King Ghidorah's domination. [[spoiler:When resurrected in ''Godzilla x Kong'', she materializes out of gold energy and her wings and bioluminescence are golden.]]
* GoldColoredSuperiority: At Castle Bravo, Mothra's blinding God Rays take on a brilliant golden color, and as the "Queen of the Monsters" she's one of the few Titans that refuses to follow King Ghidorah during the latter's reign of terror. [[spoiler:In ''Godzilla x Kong'' it's revealed the Iwi worship her as a guardian deity, and once resurrected she stops Godzilla from killing Kong and convinces him to work together with his rival.]]

* IconicSequelCharacter: Mothra makes her debut barely in [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 the third installment]], but quickly became a fan-favorite and a BreakOutCharacter. [[spoiler:She is set up to appear in ''[[Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire.]]'']]

* PhysicalGod: She's a gigantic moth creature with [[LightEmUp God Rays]], WeatherManipulation, the ability to [[spoiler:unlock Godzilla's city-nuking SuperMode]], BornAgainImmortality, and implicitly she's psychic. She's been worshiped as a benevolent goddess by numerous civilizations, including China's Yunnan Province, Birth Island in Indonesia, and the Iwi tribe of Skull Island and the Hollow Earth. Whereas the other Titans are overall treated as AnimalisticAbomination megafauna, there are some hints that some of Mothra's abilities might actually be supernatural in nature.

* SealedGoodInACan: Her egg has been hidden away from mankind's world for thousands of years, within an ancient temple high in the mountains of the Yunnan province, China. When she hatches, Monarch attempt to use a ContainmentField on her, but that goes out the window thanks to Jonah's interference which allows Mothra to escape into the rainforest. Fortunately, she's one of the explicitly-benevolent Titans.

* TheHeroine: Alongside Godzilla himself, Mothra qualifies for this trope too. [[spoiler:She only becomes aggressive because someone had the bright idea to shoot her right after she hatched, and even then, she only trapped some of them in silk without killing them. Afterward, she's the only one of the Titans who is in no way responsible for lost human lives. She also had UndyingLoyalty towards Godzilla, to the point she ''works with'' humans to help him. Fulfilling the morality portion of this trope is when she refuses to kill Rodan, merely maiming him enough to take him out of the fight.]] [[spoiler:In ''Godzilla x Kong'' she breaks up the rematch between Godzilla and Kong, and joins them in fighting the Skar King by non-lethally webbing his enforcers to floating boulders and catching the HEAV in her raptorial limbs when it's about to crash.]]

* MessianicArchetype: She evolves into this role by the time of ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire''. Mothra possesses a quasi-divine status within the Monsterverse. The film series hints at Mothra being the source of all the stories with angelic beings, is IncorrupiblePurePureness, and was worshiped as a benevolent goddess by numerous civilizations in the past, further solidifying her association with benevolent intervention. She stands alongside Godzilla as a co-guardian of balance within the Monsterverse, earning herself the title of Queen of the Monsters. Mothra's abilities further align with the trope. Her RaysFromHeaven and healing powers highlight her role as a protector and life-giver. She actively combats threats like Ghidorah, Rodan, and indirectly Skar King, who are associated with the SatanicArchetype. In ''Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire'', Mothra's messianic role is further emphasized. [[spoiler:She is positioned as the fulfillment of a prophecy triggered by Skar King's emergence. The Iwi orchestrate her revival, cementing her role as a savior-like figure who returns to combat a rising threat.]]

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