History WesternAnimation / GodzillaTheSeries

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "S.C.A.L.E" plays out as a found footage episode, framed as a report Audrey does on the events of the episode, comprising of footage from Animal's camera as well as interviews with the HEAT team and security footage from Monster Island.

* BreathWeapon: They got it right this time, except for how it's ''green''.

* SmallParentHugeChild: Exaggerated. Nick Tatopoulos serves as the surrogate father of Godzilla Jr., and he is the size of a normal human while his "son" is as big as a building.

Not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'', the other American Godzilla cartoon.

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Monique.

* FutureBadass: [[spoiler:Craven]] in "[[BadFuture Future Shock]]".
** Also N.I.G.E.L. and Hicks.
* GaiasVengeance: In "The Ballad of Gens Du Marais".

* HiveMind: The Tacyhon aliens.
* HiveQueen: Queen Bee (or rather, giant radioactive volcano bee) and Termite Queen.

* HumongousMecha: Robo-Yeti; the "Lizard Slayer" machines.

* IndyPloy: Executed more often than plans fully thought through.

* {{Irony}}: "What would ''Gojira'' be doing in Japan?"
** Which also doubles as a MythologyGag.

* JustAStupidAccent: See {{Irony}}.
* {{Kaiju}}: Of course.

* KingKongClimb: See the page picture.

* LegionOfDoom: "Monster Wars."

* MadScientist: Dr. Insley in "Future Shock."
* ManipulativeBastard: Cameron Winter.

* PlayfulHacker: Randy.

* ScienceHero: A whole team of them, really. Even Monique has HiddenDepths like translating ancient Arabian glyphs.

* SpikeShooter: The Giant Bees in "Hive" and the Thorny Devil in "Area 51".

* TurtlePower: The giant turtle in "End of the Line."

* VitriolicBestBuds: Craven and Randy.

* {{Wormsign}}: Junior, of course.

* LeftHanging: Some plot points were left hanging:1. Fire Monster has been accidentally released by a Shark. 2. Colonel tarrington asks when third wave is in production, 3. Nick suspects the Tachyons will return. 4. Cameron Winter still is at large. 5. Dr. Preloran's Fate isn't revealed after he walk through a portal.

''Godzilla: [[RecycledTheSeries The Series]]'' (1998-2000) was an animated television series and the SequelSeries to the 1998 American Film/{{Godzilla|1998}} film, produced by the Adelaide Productions division of Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision, and lasted a total of 40 episodes on Creator/FoxKids.

''Godzilla: [[RecycledTheSeries The Series]]'' (1998-2000) was an animated television series, produced by the Adelaide Productions division of Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision, and lasted a total of 40 episodes on Creator/FoxKids.

In the first episode, the last egg that movie-Film/{{Godzilla|1998}} laid [[note]]Seen hatching at the end of said movie[[/note]] is found, it hatches and imprints on TheHero from the movie, Dr. Nick Tatopoulos. Naturally, he subsequently forms HEAT (the '''H'''umanitarian '''E'''nvironmental '''A'''nalysis '''T'''eam) with four other humans, Drs. [[DeadpanSnarker Elsie Chapman]] and [[TheSmartGuy Mendel Craven]] (both from the movie, as well), as well as [[PlayfulHacker Randy Hernandez]] and [[ActionGirl Monique Dupre]]. With Godzilla Junior loyal to Nick, they defend the world from various {{Kaiju}} that have abruptly sprung up, crazy and/or sinister humans and, eventually, invading psychic aliens (naturally).

* LighterAndSofter: The series is intentionally family-friendly while keeping deaths restricted only towards the monsters. Unlike the film, there is less human bodycount, and anyone getting caught in the cross between Godzilla and his opponent will be miraculously saved at the last minute. The sole exception is the miners who were victims to the Silver Hydra in the 1940's.

* WhamEpisode: "Monster Wars" which has an AlienInvasion, most of the kaiju being mind-controlled as weapons, [[spoiler: Cyber-Zilla]], the HEAT team facing it's DarkestHour, and more. [[spoiler: Just to top it off, several of the recurring kaiju are KilledOffForReal in the big finale.]]

* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Nick
** TheLancer: Randy
** TheBigGuy: Monique
** TheSmartGuy: Craven
** TheChick: Elsie
** SixthRanger: Godzilla Jr.

%%* ActionGirl: Monique.

* SuperiorSuccessor: Zilla Jr ends up defeating cyborg Zilla Snr. (this is also symbolic of Series surpassing the 1998 the movie by by managing to make the character a true “Godzilla”).

* UsefulNotes/AmericanCustomaryMeasurements[=/=]TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay: Measurements in any form tend to switch between the two at times, which isn't surprising considering the prevalence of science and the fact that the team travels all around the world.

* SpotTheImpostor: The shapeshifting DNA Mimic began mimicking Junior at the climax of "Trust No One", and Nick had to tell them apart.
** Which is actually an {{homage}} to the classic sci-fi movie ''Film/TheThing1982''.

** Near the end of "New Family, Part 2", Hicks was getting ready to signal an air strike on Godzilla, even though Godzilla had just defeated the C-rex ''and'' located the missing swimmers and boats; Nick convinced him to spare Junior by pointing out they would need his help with all of the new mutations that would inevitably attack.

** In "Where Is Thy Sting", after Godzilla takes a shot from First Wave, Colonel Tarrington orders his men to fire on Godzilla; Hicks calls him out on this, saying he took a hit for him.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: The team's lawyer gives one to the hury in the state of Florida, asking them if the property damage set off by HEAT's weapons to stop Shreetka is more important than human lives caught in the crossfire. Though the team left before they could hear the final hearing, they were declared innocent.

** The mutated Ice Borers in the Antarctic from the episode "Freeze" lived underground and hunted their prey by tunneling under them before pulling them down. Apparently someone on the staff was a fan of ''Film/{{Tremors}}''.

* WhatTheHellHero: Nick calls Georges out on this in "The Ballad of Gens Du Marais" when [[spoiler: the Swamp Monster trashes Dimanche's paddle boat during a Mardi Gras celebration. Nick points out that Georges was [[NotSoDifferent no different]] than Dimanche on not caring who gets hurt in the process during the pursuit of their goals]].

%%* AlienInvasion: "Monster Wars."

* AdaptationalHeroism: The lead monster is the third most heroic version of Godzilla, behind the [[Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain Showa Godzilla]] after his HeelFaceTurn, and the Hanna Barbera Godzilla whereas his father was the [[AntagonistTitle antagonist of his movie]]. His siblings were also the secondary antagonists, attacking humans because they smell like fish, and thus started hunting them out of hunger. While he nearly eats Nick, he instantly realizes Nick was his "father", and thus is very protective of him. His own protectiveness brings to mind the {{Gentle Giant}}s Minilla and Godzilla Junior in the Toho canon.

* AnimationBump: The intro has slightly more fluid animation than the rest of the show, and is noticeably digitally inked and painted, resulting in a broader color palette.[[note]]The show itself used traditional cel animation[[/note]]

** Also, Major Hick was a Colonel in the film; it's not clear why he was suddenly reduced in rank.

** During Godzilla's fight with the Megapede and later the Giant Cicada, both fights happen in an amusement park, kinda what happened in ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth''. Hell, there's even a Ferris Wheel involved.

* PlotHole: The Area 51 episode, which shows people who believe that aliens are being housed at Area 51 are crazy and wrong, and Elsie is mocked for believing in such things... despite that the previous year, not only did they find an alien spaceship, but said aliens orchestrated a massive, world-wide invasion plan, suborned members of the military, took control of Elsie herself, and resurrected the original Godzilla as a cyborg. It's an especially strange event from a production standpoint, since the aliens not only played a central role in the series' only three-part story, but also a episode which set up that one ("Leviathan") and the aftermath was the impetus for making Monster Island.

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Kind of a strange case in the first two episodes, when Nick claims that the military was "Wrong" for trying to kill Godzilla Junior, as "He wasn't hurting anyone." This despite the fact that the ''previous'' specimen nearly leveled the city, and the ''current'' one is seen shooting atomic fire out of his mouth, even ''before'' the military showed up. In fact, Nick was previously advocating the creature's destruction, and was trying to force the military to do that exact thing. He gets a little better.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The series has quite a bit in common with WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour: a team of [[ScienceHero scientists]] travelling around the world on a CoolShip (bonus points for the Heat-Seeker having a hydrofoil mode for high-speed travel, just like the ''Calico'') who [[SummonBiggerFish can summon Godzilla]] with an audio signal, a heroic Godzilla that heavily deviates from standard depictions of the character (both in appearance and abilities), and a MonsterOfTheWeek format that pits Godzilla [[BehemothBattle against all manners of giant monsters]].

* StrongFleshWeakSteel: Likely in part because of censors regarding violence, flesh and blood giant monsters are always more durable than anything mechanical, most notably shown in "Competition" Godzilla manages to stay in the fight after the King Cobra tries to crush him, but the Robo-Yeti gets knocked of the fight both times, the second time actually leading to it's head getting broken off.

* UngratefulBastard: Despite Godzila defeating the Monster of the Week, the Military would sometimes fire on him.
** Near the end of New Family Part 2, Hicks was getting ready to signal an Air Strike on Godzilla, even though Godzilla had just defeat C-rex and located the missing swimmers and Boats, but Nick convinced him to spared him.
** In Web Site, two Soldiers fire on Godzilla after the Spiders gots paralzyed, but Hicks stops them.
** In Where's a Thy Sting, Godzilla takes a shot from First Wave, Colonel Tarrington orders his men to fire on Godzilla, but Hicks calls him out saying he took a hit for him.

** In Where's a Thy Sting, Godzilla takes a shot from First Wave, Colonel Tarrington orders his men to fire on
Godzilla, but Hicks calls him out saying he took a hit for him.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The lead monster is the third most heroic version of Godzilla, behind the [[Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain Showa Godzilla]] after his Heel–Face Turn, and the Hanna Barbera Godzilla whereas his father was the [[AntagonistTitle antagonist of his movie]]. His siblings were also the secondary antagonists, attacking humans because they smell like fish, and thus started hunting them out of hunger. While he nearly eats Nick, he instantly realizes Nick was his "father", and thus is very protective of him. His own protectiveness brings to mind the {{Gentle Giant}}s Minilla and Godzilla Junior in the Toho canon.