History Trivia / Rodan

** The infant Rodan is portrayed as capable of flying not long after hatching, unlike most birds and bats which are helpless for an extended period of time and require parental care. Later findings confirmed pterosaur young were quite capable of flying shortly after hatching, which is why they called "flapplings".

* ScienceMarchesOn: Like in ''Film/Godzilla1954'', its stated dinosaurs and flying reptiles lived 2 million years ago, while in the 1950's the Age of the Earth was somewhat known in the west, in the East especially in Japan it wasn't.

* BadExportForYou: {{Averted|trope}} surprisingly with the Japanese cut of the film, but played straight with the American cut seen on the Classic Media DVD. For the most part the Japanese prints were in poor condition due to improper care to the film negatives and resulted in [[SoOkayItsAverage rather average]] transfers, something the American cuts didn't suffer from. Rodan is one of the rare occasions where the Japanese cut looks and sounds better than the American cut. The American cut, meanwhile, is very grainy and scratchy. It's not the worst example of this trope, but it's noticeable.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: While no, pterosaurs couldn't fly at supersonic speeds or grow that huge, the scene with Rodan diving and swimming underwater actually turned out to be very probable with later fossil finds.

* BadExportForYou: {{Averted|trope}} surprisingly with the Japanese cut of the film, but played straight with the American cut seen on the Classic Media DVD. For the most part the Japanese prints were in poor condition due to improper care to the film negatives and resulted in [[SoOkayItsAverage rather average]] transfers, something the American cuts didn’t suffer from. Rodan is one of the rare occasions where the Japanese cut looks and sounds better than the American cut. The American cut, meanwhile, is very grainy and scratchy. It’s not the worst example of this trope, but it’s noticeable

* BadExportForYou: {{Averted|trope}} surprisingly with the Japanese cut of the film, but played straight with the American cut seen on the Classic Media DVD. For the most part the Japanese prints were in poor condition and resulted in [[SoOkayItsAverage rather average]] transfers. Rodan is one of the rare occasions where the Japanese cut looks and sounds better than the American cut. The American cut, meanwhile, is very grainy and scratchy. It’s not the worst example of this trope, but it’s noticeable

* ThrowItIn: When Rodan is being burned to death in the volcano, the Rodan puppet's strings broke in the middle of filming. The puppeteer desperately tried to pull the burning mannequin out, the result was that Rodan seemed like he was trying to make one last escape attempt before dying, which Creator/EijiTsuburaya liked and kept in for its emotional effect.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: While no, pterosaurs couldn't fly at supersonic speeds or grow that huge, the scene with Rodan diving and swimming underwater actually turned out to be very probable with later fossil finds.