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| 7 | ->''"Godzilla. Truly a god incarnate."'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Kayoco Anne Patterson''', ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' |
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| 10 | A character list including Godzilla himself and several closely related characters. |
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| 12 | To return to the main character index, go [[Characters/{{Godzilla}} here]]. For the [[Creator/TristarPictures Tristar]] Godzilla from the [[Film/{{Godzilla1998}} 1998 movie]] and the [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries cartoon series]] go [[Characters/Godzilla1998 here]] and [[Characters/GodzillaTheSeries here]]. For the [[Creator/LegendaryPictures Legendary]] Godzilla from the Film/MonsterVerse, go [[Characters/MonsterverseGodzilla here]]. For the Creator/HannaBarbera Godzilla from ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'', go [[Characters/TheGodzillaPowerHour here]]. For the Creator/MarvelComics Godzilla from the ''[[ComicBook/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1977 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' comic, go [[Characters/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1977 here]]. |
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| 22 | [[caption-width-right:350: A God, for all intents and purposes.]] |
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| 24 | * AmbiguousGender: Believe it or not, Godzilla being male was an idea created solely by the English dub. The original Japanese films always refer to most kaiju with a genderless pronoun akin to "it" to reflect their monstrous natures, and not even Haruo Nakajima himself knew about Godzilla's actual sex. This translation quirk and statement has sparked fierce debate amongst some fans about whether the Big G is a male, female, or hermaphrodite as the creature has never once sexually reproduced on-screen (save for Zilla). Although, this debate has mostly died down thanks to [[AllThereInTheManual apocryphal writings]] penned by Godzilla [[WordOfGod co-creator Tomoyuki Tanaka]], which heavily imply that Godzilla is indeed male. |
| 25 | * AllegoricalCharacter: Since the conception of the original film, Godzilla has been traditionally personified as an atomic bomb, [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki a weapon that heavily traumatized the country of Japan]] since the tail-end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and the not-so subtle reference to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru Daigo Fukuryū Maru incident]] that sparked Tomoyuki Tanaka into creating a giant monster based off of the incident. Creator/IshiroHonda went further with the idea by treating Godzilla as both a nuclear weapon as a ''Hibakusha'' because even something as big and large as Godzilla would have been [[TragicMonster a victim of such weapons as Japan did]]. In a nutshell, Godzilla is the physical manifestation of nuclear weapons and the tragedy it brings, including himself. The ''Minus One'' incarnation subverts this allegory, as he is the personification of war itself. |
| 26 | * AnimalisticAbomination: Barring [[BotanicalAbomination Godzilla Earth and Filius]], most Godzillas are this, being mutated dinosaurs or, Shin's case, a sea creature. Godzilla is a towering behemoth (typically between 50 and 120 meters tall) that is impervious to mundane weaponry, breathes torrents of radioactive plasma, spreads lethal radiation in his wake, absorbs radiation to sustain himself rather than — or in addition to — eating meat, has a healing factor that lets him recover from severe injuries, is capable of fighting gods and Eldritch Abominations to the death and winning, and in several incarnations is named after and seen as the incarnation of a destructive oceanic storm-god by the inhabitants of Odo Island. |
| 27 | * AntiHero: His most common trait whenever he is not a VillainProtagonist. |
| 28 | * AntiVillain: Whenever he is a VillainProtagonist, Godzilla is usually portrayed as not truly malicious but rather a destructive force of nature. |
| 29 | * ArtEvolution: Godzilla's design will often change, sometimes subtly, sometimes dramatically, from movie to movie, usually without explanation and regardless of it's a reboot or not. |
| 30 | * AtomicSuperpower: Godzilla has always had this given his origin of being [[NuclearMutant mutated by a nuclear blast]]. [[BreathWeapon Atomic Breath]], [[HavingABlast Nuclear Pulse]], [[FantasticDietRequirement feeding on radiation]], you name it. Fitting given him originally being an allegory for the atomic bomb and its destructive power. |
| 31 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Each Godzilla's size varies. Original and Showa: 50 meters (164 ft), Heisei: 80 meters (262 ft) in his first two appearances, 100 meters (328 ft) from ''Vs King Ghidorah'' and onwards; Millennium: YourSizeMayVary (but generally in the 50-60m range), Shin: 118 meters (387 ft), [=PotM=]: [[spoiler:318 meters (1043 ft)]], ''Singular Point'':[[spoiler: 45m at first, then eventually in excess of 100m]]. ''Minus One'' dials back to 50.1 meters. |
| 32 | * AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: In the Showa and Heisei continuities, whenever Godzilla shows up, people usually respond by freaking out, and the [=JSDF=] gets sent out to deal with him, and Godzilla always retaliates out of anger. In the Showa continuity, It took the military ''four'' movies to finally not provoke Godzilla, and he becomes a HeroicNeutral after ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''. In the Heisei continuity, it took them ''five'' films, and the G-Force member Takaaki Aso is ''still'' trying to kill him despite living in Birth Island in content. |
| 33 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: So says [[WordOfStPaul Shōgo Tomiyama]], who denies that Godzilla is an evil being. He likens Godzilla to a UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}} "God of Destruction. He totally destroys everything and then there is a rebirth. Something new and fresh can begin." |
| 34 | * BootstrappedLeitmotif: The "Godzilla March" theme was actually intended for the military as far as 1954. It isn't until 1975's ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' that it made its return, but it is used for Godzilla. Each film later on uses the theme whenever Godzilla shows up, up until ''2000'' and as a remix for ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''. ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' uses ''Terror'''s version (known as "Godzilla appears") and the 1954 version in the credits. The theme is also used for Monsterverse Godzilla, and ''Minus One'' even uses it for both Godzilla and the operation against him. |
| 35 | * BreathWeapon: Each Godzilla is able to charge and fire radioactive plasma, originally called "incandescent light" but later renamed Atomic Breath (actually called Heat Ray in the Japanese version), from their mouths. The colors and power varies in each film, although it's ''usually'' blue. Whether it's portrayed as a solid beam of light or more of a wispy vapour also varies between films. Later films also introduced a stronger variant known as the Spiral Heat Ray. |
| 36 | * DependingOnTheWriter: |
| 37 | ** Godzilla's origin varies in each film: He has been a prehistoric monster awakened by a nuclear bomb, a dinosaur mutated by a nuclear submarine, a sea creature mutated by dumped nuclear materials, a {{planimal}}, or he is just sort of there. |
| 38 | ** His connections to nuclear weapons and how radioactive he is varies between plot to plot. Ishiro Honda has reminded us in his films that Godzilla is and always has been a radioactive monster while non-Honda films glosses this over. Geiger counters in his films reminds us about that when characters are looking for him, whereas other films, they happen to find him through random chance. |
| 39 | ** Godzilla's morality is also highly subject to the whims of the writer. His portrayals have ranged from him being a mindless monster hellbent on causing mass destruction and death, to an apathetic force of nature only concerned with its own well-being that doesn't pay much attention to the tiny humans he shares this world with, to him being an outright hero and guardian of Japan and/or the world at large. |
| 40 | ** Godzilla's status as some brand of {{Eldritch Abomination}}. While most Kaiju in general are powerful and break physics by default, Godzilla is limited to mostly being a big lizard breathing atomic energy, which isn't too hard to comprehend. However, versions such as Shin Godzilla, Godzilla Earth, and Singular Point ramp up Godzilla's power and sheer otherworldliness increasingly, to him being in a constant state of mutated evolution to even being a sort of multiversial infection breaking down reality. |
| 41 | * DestructiveSavior: If he's the protagonist, expect a major city in ruins. It makes perfect sense as Godzilla is a personification of a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast God of Destruction]]. |
| 42 | * {{Determinator}}: His defining trait. Over the decades Godzilla has faced other monsters who are stronger, faster, tougher, have a greater HealingFactor, more powers, and generally outclass him across the board. But what sets Godzilla apart is that he never, ''ever'' gives up and just keeps coming back for more until his opponent is dead and gone. |
| 43 | * {{Expy}}: Godzilla was originally based directly on the title creature of ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms''. This portrayal is consistent with Godzilla after 1954. The original Godzilla was meant to be portrayed like this in the original screenplay and ''Literature/GodzillaAndGodzillaRaidsAgain'' where his tragic portrayal became the exception of the rule. |
| 44 | * FantasticDietRequirement: Godzilla's main form of sustenance in multiple continuities seems to be radiation, in spite of his sharp teeth. That being said, in the original film, the first Godzilla is said to have been devouring large schools of fishes at Odo island and occasionally humans (both sacrificed to him by Odo Island natives and hunted in the Tokyo Tower), removed scenes in both this and ''Godzilla vs. Biollante'' had him eating meat (a cow and a [[MixAndMatchCritters fish-rat]] kaiju respectively), and he has sometimes been shown hunting whales. The 14th Edition of Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction shows the original Godzilla and his colony actively hunting giant squids, fish, and whales. Disregarding the 1998 film, however, Godzilla has never been shown to actually eat real food onscreen (indeed, one of the strictest stipulations given by Toho in regards to Godzilla's character is that he is never to be shown eating people). Notably, in ''Minus One'', his pre-mutated form is seen repeatedly chomping on humans, but only to fling them away with his mouth, not to eat them (although it's mentioned in the film's novelization that Odo Island natives gave Godzilla "gifts", it's never mentioned or even alluded to what he actually eats). This is often the focus of certain films, such as ''The Return of Godzilla'', in which the Heisei Godzilla is basically a lost, confused and hungry animal seeking nuclear power plants to feed on. Naturally, two prominent nuclear countries, the USA and the Soviet Union, aren't happy with this development. |
| 45 | * FourFingeredHands: All of his incarnations possess 4 individual fingers in each of his hands. Purely justified design-wise, since his sturdy arms are based on an iguanodon, one of the many species of dinosaur that actually had multiple digits. |
| 46 | * GiantEqualsInvincible: It generally takes specialized weaponry or another kaiju to pierce Godzilla's skin, and most conventional weapons don't even faze him. [[spoiler:Shin Godzilla was made to bleed from GBU-57A/B Massive Ordinance Penetrator bombs]]. Creator/IshiroHonda's vision of Godzilla is that if Godzilla was just a normal dinosaur, a regular cannonball would kill him. But because he is a physical manifestation of the atom bomb, there's nothing ''anyone'' could do. Hence this trope. |
| 47 | * GoKartingWithBowser: If Godzilla ever appears in a movie or commercial doing normal things or showing up at events, it's very telling that those instances are PlayedForLaughs as he is either portrayed as an actor or good friends with humans. Such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNYKgs7dLSw the Snickers commercial]] promoting the [[Film/Godzilla2014 2014 film]]. |
| 48 | * GrandfatherClause: Godzilla's general body shape is heavily based on early depictions of bipedal dinosaurs with upright, kangaroo-like postures and bulky builds, specifically that of ''Iguanodon'' and ''Tyrannosaurus''. This has long since been proven to be inaccurate, but Godzilla has nonetheless kept his bulky, upright shape. The [[Film/Godzilla1998 one attempt]] at a slimmer, horizontally-positioned was very negatively received and later retconned into a different species of kaiju. |
| 49 | * HairTriggerTemper: Many incarnations of Godzilla are always angry, whether towards humanity or other monsters. GMK Godzilla however is a sole exception as he acts on [[{{Sadist}} pure sadism]]. |
| 50 | * HavingABlast: Godzilla is occasionally show to have the ability to unleash a short range explosion of nuclear energy referred to as a Nuclear Pulse, which originated in ''The Return of Godzilla''. Generally it's only used to stun other monsters whenever they're on top of him and Godzilla needs to put some space between them. [[spoiler:''Godzilla 2000'' and ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)'']] are the main exceptions to this; in the first, he defeats [[spoiler:[[HealingFactor Orga]] by unleashing a Nuclear Pulse from inside its mouth]] [[YourHeadAsplode that blows his torso to smithereens]] in an explosion that devastates several city blocks, while in the second, he is upgraded in strength [[spoiler:to Burning Godzilla by Mothra's energy, and unleashes a series of enhanced Nuclear Pulses so powerful, it levels the city of Boston and almost completely vaporizes King Ghidorah]]. |
| 51 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Depending on the film you watch, Godzilla's either a good guy or a bad guy, and he sometimes switches sides ''within the same movie.'' |
| 52 | * InterpretativeCharacter: Godzilla's moral alignment, level of anthropomorphism, power scaling, what he represents, and physical features have changed widely throughout his adaptations and sequels, from a goofy [[BenevolentMonsters ally of mankind]], a misanthropic GenericDoomsdayVillain, an UndeadAbomination fuelled by vengeance, a destructive AntiHero, and [[NonMaliciousMonster a simple, instinct-driven animal]], among other portrayals. The only thing that has remained consistent is that Godzilla is a giant reptilian beast that comes from the sea, with some connection to radiation. |
| 53 | * TheKlutz: As terrifyingly powerful as he is, he is oddly clumsy. The Showa Godzilla definitely had these kinds of moments such as tangling his tail on an electric tower, smacking his face on Nagoya Castle, and so forth. Heisei Godzilla can't seem to stroll into a city without stepping into a pothole or just falling into a hole on the ground ([[RealitySubtext probably had something to do with the suit-actor's head being in the neck]]). |
| 54 | * MeaningfulName: At first, he didn't have one. His name was simply the words "Gorilla" and "Kujira" mixed together. According to ''Film/ShinGodzilla'', "Godzilla" (or rather, his Japanese name, ''Gojira'' ''[ゴジラ]'') officially means "God Incarnate" (''Kami no keshinai''). Considering he is depicted as a PhysicalGod, this makes sense. And yes, this applies to the Legendary version as well, since he was depicted the same way. |
| 55 | * MenacingStroll: Pretty much all Godzilla incarnations default to walking forward at an evenly slow, ominous pace, emphasizing their immense size and badassery. |
| 56 | * MightyGlacier: With the primary exception of the '98 incarnation, Godzilla is a very slow fighter, preferring to tank hits head-on, but usually demolishing his foes in only a few blows. This is probably due to the suits needed to portray Godzilla being ''very'' heavy, making running and jumping in it out of the question (the '98 film's incarnation being portrayed primarily with CG circumvented this issue). |
| 57 | * MixAndMatchCritters: The general design of all versions of Godzilla are derived from the general form of a theropod dinosaur. His large arms from an ''Iguanodon'', the body structure of a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' (or at least [[ScienceMarchesOn the old depictions of T. rex with upright postures]]), and his most prominent feature, his iconic dorsal fins are based off a ''Stegosaurus'', but given a jagged appearance to make them more unique. |
| 58 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: As if his name ''alone'' isn't enough to make anyone flee in terror, there's also his above meaningful name, ''God Incarnate'' (''Kami no kenshinai''). |
| 59 | * NighInvulnerable: Most incarnations of Godzilla are impervious to conventional weaponry, only being capable of being injured by other kaiju or weapons specifically created to do so. |
| 60 | * NonMaliciousMonster: His most consistent trait until [=GMK=]. Even then, incarnations such as Shin are portrayed with sympathy. Keep in mind that when Godzilla enters a major city, he's not even ''trying'' to destroy everything in sight. The 1954 (and his GMK incarnation), the anime Gojis, and Minus One Godzilla are ''huge'' exceptions, and they attack humans directly. |
| 61 | * NuclearMutant: The most common origin of the monster is that radiation is involved in his conception. |
| 62 | * OutsideContextProblem: More often than not, Godzilla is depicted as the first time kaiju have come into conflict with humanity. |
| 63 | * PapaWolf: Giant nuclear monster or not, he is incredibly protective of his child. Harm even one of them, and he will ''absolutely end you''. Showa, Heisei, [=TriStar=], and anime Godzilla demonstrate this in their respective films. |
| 64 | * {{Portmanteau}}: His Japanese name is a blend of the Japanese words gorilla ('''go'''rira) and whale (ku'''jira''') which appropriately fits his aesthetic. Having the intellect and fearsome strength of a gorilla and the aquatic lifestyle of a whale. |
| 65 | * PhysicalGod: In several films -- most prominently the original -- is worshipped and/or depicted as a god of destruction. Fitting as his name as "God Incarnate''. Each film has a commonality that Godzilla is a god from Odo Island legends. |
| 66 | * PrehistoricMonster: With the main exception of the 1998 incarnation (which has him descended from a contemporary iguana with a coincidentally dinosaurian form), most other Godzillas are stated (or at least implied) to have a prehistoric origin, although the specific origin ranges between continuities. Regardless, it's well-known his primary design draws mostly from various dinosaur species. |
| 67 | * Really700YearsOld: Each Godzilla has to be at least thousands to million years old when he survives each extinction event. Shin, in kaiju terms, is perhaps the youngest incarnation out of each Godzilla. |
| 68 | * RedBaron: "King of the Monsters", "God Incarnate", "God of Destruction". |
| 69 | * SeaMonster: All versions of Godzilla have retained the fact he comes from the ocean and has excellent swimming abilities, with some incarnations even giving him gills to play up his semi-aquatic nature. |
| 70 | * SpikesOfVillainy: Every Godzilla has rigid dorsal plates on their backs. While the original, Showa, and Heisei Godzillas have softer spines, the Millennium series Godzillas have more edge and sharper dorsal spines, including the the more villainous Godzillas such as GMK and Minus One. |
| 71 | * StarringSpecialEffects: The main character of the ''Godzilla'' franchise is the eponymous giant atomic dinosaur, usually portrayed through suits, animatronics, and/or computer-generated effects. |
| 72 | * SuperiorSuccessor: The original Godzilla, while powerful, was not a fighter, and most of the destruction was out of vengeance (at least until ''Godzilla vs. Megagirus'', ''GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'', and ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' where he received AdaptationalBadass treatment). His successors on the other hand are much better fighters, to the point of defeating even bigger monsters. |
| 73 | * SuperpowerLottery: Various incarnations of the King of the Monsters courtesy of being an irradiated beast have been granted a plethora of powers, most of which include SuperStrength, SuperToughness, a HealingFactor, EnergyAbsorption, a BreathWeapon, reversing electrical surges, delivering physical blows extracted with energy, destructive energy shockwaves etc. |
| 74 | * TragicMonster: Even the most overtly villainous incarnations are still victims of humanity's hubris in some way and at least get [[AlasPoorVillain a tiny bit of sympathy]]. |
| 75 | * UnstoppableRage: The most common trait about each version of Godzilla tends to get unreasonably pissed off. Most of the time their rage against humanity is reasonable, but other times, they need a little incentive to get mad in general. |
| 76 | * VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Because Godzilla as a concept was conceived through real-life tragedies and life-changing events of Japan by its first director, Creator/IshiroHonda, the films makes use of the metaphor he represents. The original Godzilla was based on the atomic bomb tragedies of World War II and the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru Daigo Fukuryū Maru incident]]'', the Heisei Godzilla was based on then-current nuclear arms race, and Shin Godzilla was based on the Fukushima disaster. |
| 77 | * VillainProtagonist: If he's the main threat and started the main plot, he is this. |
| 78 | * WildCard: He is a giant monster after all. Most of the time he treats the location he's in as a territory. Of course, that depends on the Godzilla. |
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| 81 | !!Live Action Incarnations |
| 82 | [[folder:The original Godzilla]] |
| 83 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla1954.jpg]] |
| 84 | [[caption-width-right:350: You have your fear which might become reality. And you have Godzilla, which ''is'' reality.]] |
| 85 | !!!'''First appearance:''' ''Gojira (Godzilla) / Godzilla, King of the Monsters'', 1954/1956 |
| 86 | !!!'''AKA:''' ''Gojira'' |
| 87 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HaruoNakajima and Katsumi Tezuka (1954), Tsutomu Kitagawa (''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'', ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'', and ''Godzilla: Final Wars''), Mizuho Yoshida (''Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'') |
| 88 | |
| 89 | The original monster. A giant, prehistoric aquatic reptile who lurked in the darkest depths of the ocean, until the fateful day where a nuclear weapons test destroyed his habitat, causing him to absorb massive amounts of radiation. |
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| 91 | Born from the atomic fire and unleashed upon an unsuspecting humanity, Godzilla was a metaphor for the horrors of nuclear destruction. After the death of the monster, his presence haunts the Japanese for the rest of their lives, including his successors that followed. |
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| 93 | * AdaptationDyeJob: |
| 94 | ** His suit was originally brown. The American poster for ''King of the Monsters!'' portray him green (until his actual canon appearance in ''Vs. Megaguirus'' where Toho reused the ''2000'' suit which is green). However subsequent films portray various Godzilla throughout the series as charcoal gray, and so he was given this treatment. |
| 95 | ** His Atomic Breath was actually white instead of blue. The reason is due to the white flashes of nuclear weapons. The breath's change in color was due to Cherenkov radiation being colored blue which every susequent Godzilla film has the atomic breath blue with the exceptions of ''2000'', ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'', and ''Shin Godzilla''. His atomic breath's appearance in ''Vs. Megaguirus'' is orange, a holdover from ''Godzilla 2000''. |
| 96 | * AdaptationalBadass: He was already strong in his debut film, but the sequels in the Millennium series ramps up his combat capabilities. |
| 97 | ** In ''Vs. Megaguirus'', he could leap, uses strategic thinking, and was able to burrow a hole to avoid getting shot by the black hole satelite. |
| 98 | ** In ''GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'', he was given a stronger beam, and can absorb the powers and souls of his opponents. |
| 99 | ** In ''Final Wars'', he can supercharge his atomic breath from blue to red after Ozaki gives him his powers. Even before then, he destroys the meteor Gorath, which is bigger than a continent, before it lands on Earth. Though doing so released Monster X/Kaiser Ghidorah. |
| 100 | * AdaptationalAbomination: In ''Literature/GodzillaAndGodzillaRaidsAgain'', Godzilla is explicitly stated to be a creature unknown to science that's millions of years old and capable of surviving at the bottom of the ocean without issue--and that was ''before'' he was mutated. |
| 101 | * AdaptationalVillainy: |
| 102 | ** Because ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956 King of the Monsters]]'' downplayed his sympathetic qualities, the American version portrays him as a giant monster with a chip on his shoulder similar to the [[Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms Rhedosaurus]]. This is apparent since in the original film, Dr. Yamane gives a double eulogy to Serizawa and an AlasPoorVillain speech for Godzilla. In the American version, he stays quiet while Steven Martin only gives a eulogy to his fallen best friend. |
| 103 | ** In [=GMK=], the resurrected Godzilla is not a tragic monster nor a destructive force of nature. He is a being of pure malevolence who seeks nothing but the utter destruction of Japan and the world. To further illustrate this, he is also a {{Sadist}} who torments and toys with his opponents, namely the Guardian Monsters. |
| 104 | ** In ''Literature/GodzillaAndGodzillaRaidsAgain'', Godzilla intentionally attacks Odo Island to eat their livestock and villagers, and [[AdaptationalAngstDowngrade doesn't have the angst as the film version after being hit by an H-Bomb]]. |
| 105 | * AlasPoorVillain: |
| 106 | ** The reactions of both Kyohei Yamane and the audience in regards to his death. To elaborate, you'd think he's a mindless monster after having destroyed Tokyo twice over by killing thousands of people, and dying in a spectacular way. He is ''not''. He's, in Ishiro Honda's way, an innocent creature who was unlucky to be mutated. Like the Japanese 9 years prior, he is suffering because of what he has become. It's that sad. |
| 107 | ** What's more sadder is that in the two page comic by Tomoyuki Tanaka, [[https://i.imgur.com/UTyhetg.jpg Godzilla had a family]] that mostly lived on fish and whales. Then he was shown as the only survivor of the H-Bomb test. It recontextualizes that the entirety of ''Film/Godzilla1954'' is about a rampaging monster seeking to punish humanity out of rage ''and'' grief. |
| 108 | * AllegoricalCharacter: A very well-known and obvious example. The original Godzilla was a living metaphor representing the horrors of nuclear warfare and the tragedy it wrought, a concept which [[UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki would have been very fresh]] in the minds of the Japanese back then. Godzilla's rampage reduces Tokyo to smouldering, irradiated ruin, his skin texture was based off the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keloid keloid scars]] of radiation burn victims, and he is just as unstoppable and destructive as an atom bomb. Another way to see it is how Godzilla as a TragicMonster is also a personification of the tragedies of nuclear warfare that doesn't just affect others, but also himself. |
| 109 | * AntiHero: In ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' and ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' where at best, he's a neutral force going against Megaguirus and the Xillians sending out their monsters to fight him. |
| 110 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: The original Godzilla was created as an embodiment of the atomic bomb. |
| 111 | * ArchnemesisDad: It is implied that he is the father of the Godzilla in ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'', meaning he's the dad in question and the Godzilla his AntagonisticOffspring. ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'' all but confirms that this is the case. |
| 112 | * TheAssimilator: While regenerating, in ''GMK'', Godzilla has [[YourSoulIsMine absorbed the souls of all those killed in the Pacific War]]. Not just military casualties either; he's powered by 36 million poor lost tormented souls. He is ''full of anger'', [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife and seeks to avenge those dead on a Japan that has forgotten its past]], and [[WarIsHell the horrors of war]]. |
| 113 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Though it would sound unimpressive compared to some of the later Godzilla's, he's still a threat at 50 meters. |
| 114 | * AudienceSurrogate: You wouldn't think a highly radioactive monster that destroyed Tokyo would be this, but for all intents and purposes, he ''is''. He is a nuclear survivor, a victim, and has horrible radiation scars. Just like the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he despises what the nuclear bomb did to him. This brings more tragic light than it already does. |
| 115 | * BackFromTheDead: |
| 116 | ** The Godzilla seen in ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' is the original Godzilla from 1954 reanimated and possessed by the vengeful spirits of the people who died in World War II. |
| 117 | ** In ''Godzilla Against [=MechaGodzilla=]'' his bones are dredged up and used to construct [[HauntedTechnology Kiryu]]. |
| 118 | * BellyFlopCrushing: In ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'', he launches himself to body slam Megaguirus. |
| 119 | * BerserkButton: Godzilla ''really'' hates lights, and he had a damn good reason too, especially from a weapon that scarred him for life. Too bad those reporters during his raid didn't get the memo. |
| 120 | ** Hell, just by the sheer amount of destruction he causes, and the fact that he's pretty much in a rage all the time, one could assume that just ''looking at him'' pisses him off. This is consistent across all his incarnations. |
| 121 | * BigBad: |
| 122 | ** [[Film/Godzilla1954 Of his debut film]]. He caused a lot of damage and took lives by the thousands. However, his TragicMonster portrayal gave him some sympathy points, as the climax illustrates. Posthumously, he casts a ''very'' long shadow over the franchise. It's no wonder the Japanese dread this Godzilla more than his successors. |
| 123 | ** And of ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' where he was revived by the victims of World War II, and continues where he left off... By destroying Japan. |
| 124 | * BigEater: Initially it was planned for Godzilla to have a cow in his mouth when he popped over the cliff on Oto Island, and it's mentioned that his presence was resulting in a fish shortage for the natives, who would [[VirginSacrifice sacrifice young girls]] to appease his hunger. |
| 125 | * BodyHorror: It's not super obvious due to being in black and white, but he has what looks like horrible burn marks, implied to be from the bomb. Considering how much agony this must cause him, it's almost hard to blame him for being pissed at the humans. Prior to this, his species canonically [[https://imgur.com/YZgszkh had smooth skin similar to Minilla]]. |
| 126 | * BookEnds: The original film starts with Godzilla holding a grudge against humanity for his mutation from the H-Bomb test. ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'' and ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' ends his decades-long grudge. After 2004, ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' and ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'' are reboots that his no ties with his debut film. |
| 127 | * BreathWeapon: His Atomic Breath is a stream of nuclear vapor that burns, melts, and irradiates whatever it hits. His ''Vs. Megaguirus'' incarnation has a orange solid-gaseous version, while his ''GMK'' and ''Final Wars'' versions have a solid blue beam. |
| 128 | * CurbStompBattle: To show how ungodly powerful he is, he easily decimates everything in his light of sight, including the [=JSDF=]. To call it a "battle" would imply the army even had a chance to fight back. |
| 129 | * CuttingOffTheBranches: A movie version. The original film is set in 1954 while ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956 Godzilla: King of the Monsters!]]'' is stated to be in 1956. The American version of ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' sets the events in 1956, but later American dubs of the films from ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' to ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' set the film in 1954. Talk about not being able to make up your mind! |
| 130 | * {{Cyborg}}: He becomes this as Kiryu in ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla''. However, [[AIIsACrapshoot his memories affects Kiryu's control systems to the point of rampaging]]. In its sequel, Godzilla as Kiryu does it again, but as a heart-felt farewell to his human pilot rather than destroying everything in sight. |
| 131 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: A giant pissed off prehistoric radioactive monster that goes on a rampage in a major city, attacking innocent people, and then eventually dies as popularized by 1950's monster movies of the time. While he acts like your usual monster out to cause destruction, he ''has a legitimate reason for it'', and his death was treated as a very somber light. In fact his death has such an impact in other series to come. |
| 132 | * {{Deconstruction}}: He is the deconstruction of many 1950's NuclearMutant monsters. Many of his cotemporaries had either been awaken by an atomic bomb (such as Rhedosaurus) or a nuclear creation (such as the giant ants in ''Them!"). Godzilla is both, but unlike those two examples, he is what happens when a monster his size was horrifically mutated as a result of a nuclear testing, and his radiation scars are anything but subtle. As a consequence, he is full of anger and seeks vengeance that made him that way. |
| 133 | * DeaderThanDead: How his death was gruesomely displayed near the end of the film whereafter succumbing to the highly fatal power of the Oxygen Destroyer, he was StrippedToTheBone from total asphyxiation, that even his own skeleton was completely liquified to the point where there's literally nothing left of the nuclear beast. Subverted in ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'' where only his skeleton still remained and was even used for the components to construct Kiryu as a high chance to defeat the second Godzilla. |
| 134 | * DependingOnTheWriter: Has gone through many different retcons and returned in many different ways, especially in the Millenium series. Either he didn't die at all and re-surfaced, was resurrected as [[Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack an undead abomination]], or [[Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla stayed dead and had his bones used to create the cyborg Kiryu to fight his successor]], or [[HarmlessFreezing frozen by an avalanche]] [[Film/GodzillaFinal Wars until the humans have no choice but release him]]. |
| 135 | * DiskOneFinalBoss: He was the first, but definitely not the last of his kind. |
| 136 | * DeathOfPersonality: Implied in ''GMK'' where if you compare both Godzillas, the original Godzilla may had been like the Showa Godzilla, but as a victim of nuclear weaponry. And then you have the utterly vicious ''GMK'' Godzilla where he is far more dangerous than his original self could ever be. ''GMK'' portrays GMK Godzilla as the same Godzilla from 1954, and so went through a great amount of tragedy in his life until his death by the Oxygen Destroyer. That Godzilla no longer exists and is now a zombie fueled by the rage and hatred of the Japanese Imperial Army and their victims. |
| 137 | * TheDreaded: And rightfully so. Even posthumously, as Dr. Yamane states that it's possible that Godzilla might not have been the only one of his kind and that another Godzilla could emerge if nuclear weapons continue to be tested and used. |
| 138 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: He has radiation burns and keloid scars, along with being highly radioactive. In a nutshell, he is basically a monster version of a ''Hibakusha''[[note]]a nuclear weapon survivor[[/note]]. |
| 139 | * DumbDinos: Averted. Godzilla is intelligent, and his rampage is very intentional. |
| 140 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: |
| 141 | ** Of all versions of Godzilla, including Legendary's own, he is the only version of Godzilla who is a TragicVillain -- being portrayed as a radiation burn victim -- while Shin is portrayed as a victim via mutation from consuming radioactive waste. Other versions barely treat nuclear testing as an inconvenience and just attack whenever they want. |
| 142 | ** This is the only version of Godzilla that is alluded to eating people, or even meat. It's offhandedly mentioned that the people of Odo Island used to provide Godzilla with virgin sacrifices to sate his hunger, as he would otherwise deplete local coastal fish stocks (only the [=ToraGoji=] incarnation following this is shown eating fish and his offspring hunting people). No other instance of Godzilla is ever mentioned to feed on anything besides radiation, and he never considers humans to be food. |
| 143 | * FreudianExcuse: One can't deny that he's a destructive behemoth that reduces the majority of Tokyo into a wasteland, but because he was mutated by an H-bomb in the Pacific that also destroyed his habitat, he has every right to be pissed at mankind. This excuse actually ''[[TragicMonster holds water]]''. |
| 144 | * GiantEqualsInvincible: This became a problem in the film. It took the Oxygen Destroyer to kill him, but this caused more problems than resolving it. |
| 145 | * GiantFootOfStomping: Godzilla's ominous footsteps usually precede his appearance. |
| 146 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: He is covered in radiation burns from head to tail. These are scars of constant pain and ''wrath.'' |
| 147 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Posthumously, he casted a ''very'' long shadow over the franchise. |
| 148 | * HeelFaceTurn: At the end of ''Tokyo S.O.S'', he lets go of his hatred of humans, and bids his pilot farewell. |
| 149 | * HumansAreSpecial: He eventually lets go of his hate of humans as Kiryu, and personally drops his own kind into the ocean and deactivates. But not before saying farewell to Yoshido. |
| 150 | * ItCanThink: He knows ''exactly'' what he's doing in his debut film. DumbDinos he is not. |
| 151 | * ItsPersonal: Godzilla's entire hatred of humans stems from this; after all, they ''did'' blow up his home, horribly mutate him and then try to kill him off when he decided he wanted to state his complaints [[GiantFootOfStomping by wrecking Tokyo up]]. |
| 152 | * MightyGlacier: He moves rather slowly in his debut film (this can be attributed to his suit being incredibly heavy). This works well due to his attack being a rolling nuclear explosion. |
| 153 | * MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: In ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'', he gets resurrected by the spirits of vengeful soldiers killed in World War II. |
| 154 | * {{Mutants}}: He was mutated by an H-bomb in the Pacific Ocean. |
| 155 | * NighInvulnerable: Shrugs off everything the JSDF throws at him. |
| 156 | ** GMK Godzilla demonstrates this best: even after blowing up, he still wasn't fully dead, as his disembodied heart continued to beat at the bottom of Tokyo Bay, slowly regenerating a new body. |
| 157 | ** The comic issue #5 of 'Godzilla in Hell' reveals ''nothing'' can stop him. The hell-bats, eldritch abominations in their own right, devour him, [[StrippedToTheBone tearing him apart]]. His response? [[YouWillBeAssimilated Assimilate them]] and their bodies against their will to become his new body, which he puts to good use in crushing the hell guardian, and returning to the world of the living. |
| 158 | * NonMaliciousMonster: A ''very tragic example'', despite unleashing his wrath on the populace. Averted in [=GMK=], where the resurrected Godzilla, driven by the vengeful spirits, seeks nothing more than the annihilation of life itself. |
| 159 | * NuclearMutant: The original Godzilla has shown that he's is ''not'' just a giant monster with a chip on his shoulder. He is a ''victim'' of nuclear warfare. His venting his rage on Japan showcases just how angry he really is at his mutation as he razes Tokyo into the ground just to prove a point. |
| 160 | * OmnicidalManiac: Godzilla in [=GMK=] is a being of pure evil who seeks the destruction of everything. |
| 161 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: The vengeful ghost of the original Godzilla was going to kill the Heisei Godzilla in ''Godzilla vs. Ghost Godzilla'', the prototype for the film that became ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''. While this ultimately didn't occur, Ghost Godzilla has occasionally appeared in merchandise and the idea of the original Godzilla returning as a vengeful undead creature was reused for ''Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack''. |
| 162 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Both literally and figuratively. As for the literal part, his mere presence will give those around him radiation poisoning. |
| 163 | * PetTheDog: Gets one near the end of the original film where he is found sleeping in the ocean. This quote from [[https://andyoucallyourselfascientist.com/2016/10/02/gojira-1954/ this review]] says it best: |
| 164 | -->''We have it here as its compassion reaches out to embrace even the destructive power at the center of its story. Here, for the first and last time, we catch a strangely touching glimpse of Godzilla at peace, going about the normal life from which forces beyond his control or understanding have so violently wrenched him. Even in the face of all the death and chaos, even as mankind strikes back with a power even more terrible than Godzilla himself, the film takes a moment to remind us that Godzilla, too, is in his way a victim." |
| 165 | * PhysicalGod: The original Godzilla was worshipped as a destructive deity by the natives of Odo Island, even before his mutation. The novelization has an old fisherman explain to Hagiwara that it was believed that when Godzilla awakened he would devour all the fish in the sea, then come up on land to devour the people. The only thing capable of repelling him was the sacrifice of a young maiden or a ritualistic ''kagura'' dance, the latter of which is all that remains by the time of the film. |
| 166 | * PosthumousCharacter: In all 3 series; moreso in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' due to the prominence of the Oxygen Destroyer. In fact, because of his first appearance in 1954, he casts a long shadow all over the 3 series. For the Showa series, it's quite unnerving when he's responsible for the actions he causes and his succesor undergoes CharacterizationMarchesOn, while his Heisei and Millennium successors remain the same creature while he either stays alive, or comes back as [[Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack an undead abomination]] or a [[Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla cyborg]]. |
| 167 | * PowerGlows: When charging his Atomic Breath, Godzilla's dorsal spines glow with Cherenkov radiation. |
| 168 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: In-universe, the Japanese government names the kaiju "Gojira" after the malicious storm god of Odo Island. |
| 169 | * RuleOfSymbolism: His survival of the hydrogen bombing mirrors that of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He is heavily affected by the H-bomb that horrifically scarred him, and is apparently the SoleSurvivor of his species (until the sequels). And thus his misery, hatred, and anger was caused by the bomb, and has every right to, which mirrors the ''hibakusha'' in Japan as he, by definition, is one. |
| 170 | * ShadowArchetype: Of your typical giant AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever NuclearMutant monster. To clarify, when a giant monster is on the loose, it's following its instinct, and only attacks when provoked. Or in rare cases, only attacks just because.Godzilla however can [[ItCanThink think]], knows exactly where his targets are (as explained in ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters''), and unlike those monsters, he is actually depicted as a TragicMonster whose existence was created by humanity's mistakes. The film does not sugarcoat the point of how badly his existence is, and it makes him the most sympathetic interpretations of the monster. |
| 171 | * SoleSurvivor: The 14th Edition of ''Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction'' contains a 2-panel comic verifying Dr. Yamane's theory regarding Godzilla's origins; showing a small colony of Godzillas living at the bottom of the ocean until the Castle Bravo nuke wiped all but one -- or two, given the existence of the subsequent Showa Godzilla -- out. |
| 172 | * TheSoulless: Subverted by some 36 million plus souls in ''Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'', where he comes back as an undead white-eyed monster possessed by spirits of the casualties of World War 2's Pacific War. Given his terrifying supernatural aura, it's not clear if this Godzilla had his soul exorcised by the evil spirits, never had one to begin with, fused with them, or is the very incarnation of their anger and hate. |
| 173 | * SparedByAdaptation: In ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' and ''Godzilla Final Wars'' he wasn't killed by the Oxygen Destroyer. |
| 174 | * StarterVillain: He's the first monster in almost every ContinuityReboot untill 2014 ([[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Legendary]]) and Shin. His existence also expands the wider Toho universe where there there's just not another Godzilla, but a whole array of monsters, including space ones such as King Ghidorah and Gigan. |
| 175 | * StoryBreakerPower: At the time, his atomic breath is his most powerful weapon. He also ''point-blank'' kills people with it. To this reason, he's TooPowerfulToLive. |
| 176 | * StrippedToTheBone: How he dies via Oxygen Destroyer, being reduced to a skeleton before his bones were outright disintegrated. In ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' it only stripped him to the bone. |
| 177 | * SympatheticMurderer: It's telling that even with all the death and destruction his rampages cause, he still easily counts as this. It wasn't his fault he was awakened and mutated by the H-Bomb. If anything, he has a very justified hatred towards humans. |
| 178 | * TheTokyoFireball: He completely destroyed Tokyo in his debut film. The main difference between his and his successors of later films' level of destruction is that he was ''very thorough'' in his destruction. Whereas others will knock a few buildings or set them on fire, in the original movie, Godzilla is shown methodically destroying everything, using his atomic breath to melt structures, blow up cars, and incinerate people. It gives the disturbing imagery of Hiroshima's destruction. |
| 179 | * TorturedMonster: He was a survivor of a nuclear testing in the Pacific. His wrath towards humans is very understandable. |
| 180 | * TragicMonster: Oh ''boy''. He was a prehistoric creature living in the deep sea trenches, minding his own business, before getting nuked. The film does not sugarcoat that he is an innocent victim as much as the humans of nuclear warfare. To illustrate this, Serizawa and Ogata come across him napping at the bottom of Tokyo Bay. In a nut shell, he's a monster version of a ''Hibakusha''. |
| 181 | * TheUndead: Of the [[SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration healing and no rotting]] variety in ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'', [[MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil where he is reanimated by the vengeful spirits of soldiers killed in World War II]]. |
| 182 | * VillainProtagonist: In his debut film, he levels most of Tokyo, and the implication that he could attack other cities not just in Japan, but around the world, is what spurs Daisuke Serizawa to act. |
| 183 | * WalkingWasteland: Fitting for a walking personification of nuclear weapons, Godzilla's mere presence leaves an area heavily irradiated, condemning people who were lucky enough to survive his attacks to suffer from extreme illness, or worse, a slow, torturous death from radiation poisoning. |
| 184 | * WarIsHell: His very existence is a ''byproduct'' of war. Not just his original self, but also his ''GMK'' appearance. |
| 185 | * WasItReallyWorthIt: With his and Daisuke Serizawa's death, Dr. Yamane asks this question as a eulogy to both. As later sequels tell you, the answer is "No." |
| 186 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: This also cannot be understated. His first film depicts him as this: He was a normal dinosaur mutated by the Castle Bravo test in 1954, which gave him powers. This clearly made him stronger ''and'' angrier, not to mention in constant pain from his radiation burns. While destructive, he nonetheless is depicted as a ''TragicMonster'' who just wanted to be left alone. After he destroys most of Tokyo, he goes to the ocean to have peace, but the humans won't let him be, and he dies rather in a TearJerker manner. |
| 187 | * YourSoulIsMine: When he defeats Baragon, Mothra, and King Ghidorah in ''GMK'' he absorbs their souls to become more powerful. He himself is composed of millions of vengeful spirits from World War II's Pacific War. |
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| 190 | [[folder:Showa Godzilla]] |
| 191 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/showagodzilla.png]] |
| 192 | [[caption-width-right:350: Top to bottom: ''Godzilla Raids Again'', ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'', ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah'', ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'']] |
| 193 | !!!'''First appearance:''' ''Godzilla Raids Again'', 1955 |
| 194 | !!!'''AKA:''' ''Gojira'', ''The King of the Monsters'', ''Gigantis'', ''Monster Zero-One'', ''God of Destruction'', ''The Big G'' |
| 195 | !!!'''Portrayed by''': Creator/HaruoNakajima (1955-1972; Water scene only in ''Son of Godzilla''), Katsumi Tezuka (''King Kong vs. Godzilla''; water scene only), Hiroshi Sekita and Seiji Onaka (''Son of Godzilla''), Shinji Takagi (''Godzilla vs. Megalon''), Isao Zushi (''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla''), and Toru Kawai (''Terror of Mechagodzilla'') |
| 196 | |
| 197 | ->''"I cannot believe Godzilla is the [[LastOfItsKind last member of its species]]. But if we continue to conduct nuclear tests, [[ThereIsAnother another Godzilla may appear somewhere in the world again]]."'' |
| 198 | -->-- '''Kyohei Yamane''', ''Film/Godzilla1954'' |
| 199 | |
| 200 | The {{Legacy Character}} to the original Godzilla. [[DependingOnTheWriter Godzilla began as a neutral being]], a living force of nature, but through the years he's also been a protector of the Earth, a [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge monstrous engine of vengeance]], and even a [[PapaWolf caring parent]]. One thing is constant, though: Godzilla is unstoppable and will face all challengers with his size, power, ferocity, and devastating atomic ray. |
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| 202 | * AbusiveParents: Godzilla isn't too thrilled about parenthood the moment Minilla imprints on him after saving his life. He threatens to hit Minilla and stomps on his tail to get him to use Atomic Breath. Somewhat justified, since Minilla needs some way to defend himself on an island full of BigCreepyCrawlies trying to eat him. That being said, the moment Minilla proves himself after helping Godzilla beat Kumonga is when he truly earns respect from his adoptive father. |
| 203 | * AchillesHeel: Played with. He was originally the only incarnation with a clearly defined weakness as the Showa Godzilla showed varying levels of aversion to electric/lightning-based barriers or attacks of a high enough voltage. At least up until 1966, when he is shown to have adapted to electricity, being woken up by lightning strikes channeled through a sword and cable. In 1974, he is shown to have used it to heal wounds suffered at the hands of Mechagodzilla, and further used it to turn himself into a living super electromagnet. |
| 204 | * AdaptationNameChange: The English dub of ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'' renames him as "Gigantis" in order to disconnect the film from ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956'' when producer Paul Schreibman [[BlatantLies tried to explain the second film was called "Anguirus"]] (anyone who knows Japanese would have known "Gojira no Gyakushu" does ''not'' mean Anguirus). As the title character, his film's name became ''Gigantis, The Fire Monster''. |
| 205 | * AdaptationalHeroism: This version of Godzilla is definitely the most heroic one yet. While he starts off villainous, he dials back on his destructive tendencies, staying out of human cities and only leaving his territory to defend Earth from extraterrestrial threats. |
| 206 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Literature/GodzillaAndGodzillaRaidsAgain'', he tries to eat Tsukioka and Kobayashi when they landed on Iwato Island. He doesn't display such behavior in his debut film as he was busy fighting Angurius. |
| 207 | * AllWebbedUp: How he is defeated by Mothra's children in ''Mothra vs. Godzilla''. Kumonga did this to him once as well. |
| 208 | * AntiHero: Showa Godzilla is a Byronic hero who starts off wholly antagonistic but develops into a destructive savior for mankind. |
| 209 | * AnthropomorphicShift: During the Showa Era, Godzilla went from a fairly animalistic monster that fought using his teeth and claws (along with his thermonuclear breath) to something of an anthro-animal superhero who would fight using kung fu moves. This is up to and including an Ali-Shuffle in ''Monster Zero''. And there's that time he put on gigantic sneakers to go one-on-one with Charles Barkley... |
| 210 | * ArtEvolution: Showa Godzilla went from being more or less identical to the original Godzilla in ''Godzilla Raids Again'' to having a frog-like head with bulbous eyes. |
| 211 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He's called the King of Monsters for a reason. |
| 212 | * BashBrothers: With Anguirus and Rodan, depending on the film. Also counts with Gorosaurus, Manda, Kumonga, Varan, Baragon and Mothra, if [[Film/DestroyAllMonsters Destroy All Monsters]] is accounted for. |
| 213 | * BareFistedMonk: Adapts to this during his AnthropomorphicShift. Therefore he's far better in hand-to-hand while in close-quarters and can even do Judo flips as well. |
| 214 | * BeautyEqualsGoodness: In a kaiju way. He went from a radioactive abomination with a mean looking face as an antagonist to a perhaps UglyCute superhero sort of way. |
| 215 | * BeamSpam: During the earlier 60s films of the Showa era, he would often rely on firing his Atomic Ray to fend off targets in case they didn't get the memo to back off. It became even more frequent when he fought Mothra for the first time by using his BreathWeapon many times to attack her, although she proved to be highly nimble in the air for it be effective until he managed to kill her by using it at point-blank. After facing certain kaiju that were outright capable of withstanding the power of his Atomic Ray, such as Rodan and King Ghidorah, this certain aspect of Godzilla would dwindle down over the years, since he merely resorts to overpowering other kaiju with melee combat maneuvers along with his staggering brawn. It's only when he makes use of his Atomic Ray as a way to finish off his opponents properly. |
| 216 | * BloodKnight: Godzilla enjoys a good fight. This is the reason Anguirus had any problem with him in their debut film as while Anguirus is a peaceful carnivore, Godzilla is prone to violence, which is why they had beef with each other. Since Godzilla becomes a lot nicer in the mid-60's all the way into the 1990's, Anguirus becomes his willing ally. |
| 217 | * BreathWeapon: Godzilla's Atomic Breath is a stream of nuclear vapor that makes facing him in combat "like fighting a flamethrower". |
| 218 | * BoisterousBruiser: After ''Ghidorah the 3 Headed Monster'', Godzilla becomes a lot more energetic, vigorous, and incredibly pumped up in the fight scenes, almost as if he enjoys squaring off against his opponents. In '' Godzilla vs. Megalon'' and ''Zone Fighter'' he's like this constantly. |
| 219 | * BullyHunter: In ''Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster'', Godzilla is finally convinced to fight as he sees the caterpillar form of Mothra forced to head out to fight the 3-headed dragon King Ghidorah -- despite Godzilla's destructive ways up until this point. When he sees Ghidorah beating on the smaller, weaker larva Mothra, he and Rodan confront Ghidorah and join Mothra in fending off the space beast. He also helps humanity/Earth defenders Jet Jaguar and, in the eponymous series, Zone Fighter, when alien kaiju gang up on them. |
| 220 | * ByronicHero: Godzilla's FreudianExcuse establishes him as having, initially, a grudge against mankind, with good reason, but he nevertheless helps defend the planet against far worse monsters. |
| 221 | * CharacterDevelopment: If one watches the Showa movies from first to last, one notices Godzilla progressing from destructive and then sometimes cranky and apathetic with a mild, if distant, respect for those he initially was at odds with, the humans, to then leaving his home at Monster Island to help them and Earth out when a monster rampages in a city. ''Son Of Godzilla'' is the start of showing Godzilla's more compassionate side by having him not only adopt Minya as his son, but also hugging him to keep him warm as the island they are both on freezes over. |
| 222 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: From ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'' to ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' (or chronologically, ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters''), his character ranged from an animalistic creature who is destructive as hell to a superhero with anthropomorphic tendencies. |
| 223 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: He started as [[ContrastingSequelAntagonist a grouchy villain when compared to his predecessor]] - who was a TragicMonster - but once humans began to realize that they were attacking ''him'' unprovoked, and thus a few of their cities and villages destroyed due to PoorCommunicationKills, CharacterDevelopment kicks in, and he became a protector of Earth. Unlike the previous Godzilla, he isn't heavily traumatized by nuclear weapons, and he eventually lets go of his hatred of humans. |
| 224 | * DenserAndWackier: As the Showa series progressed and itself became less serious, Godzilla became increasingly comedic, performing victory dances and even talking to Anguirus. |
| 225 | * DestructiveSavior: Depending on the film he appears in. In the Showa series prior to his HeelFaceTurn, he has a tendency to destroy nearby man-made structures. |
| 226 | * DinosaursAreDragons: Like the original, Showa Godzilla is a 164 foot tall "intermediary animal" between land-dwelling theropod dinosaurs and sea-dwelling marine reptiles, which breaths radioactive fire and is immune to conventional weaponry. Admittedly, he's a ''mutant'' dinosaur. |
| 227 | * TheDreaded: When Godzilla shows up in the earlier films, it's a good idea to run. |
| 228 | * DubNameChange: When the American version of ''Godzilla Raids Again'' was drastically edited, Godzilla was renamed Gigantis to give the impression he was a completely new monster. |
| 229 | * DumbDinos: While the English version of ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' describes him as having a brain the size of a marble, this is actually averted -- Godzilla is able to cooperate effectively with other monsters, tailors his fighting style to suit different opponents and abandons tactics that don't work, and cares for his adopted son Minya, teaching him to use his powers. |
| 230 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In his [[Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain debut film]], he retained most of his predecessor's design, which includes three rows of spines on his back, small ears, a snout, and four toes on each foot. Starting from ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'', the ears and fourth toe were removed, a single row of spines, and he was given a less dinosaurian mouth. These traits would carry on until his last appearance in ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla''. |
| 231 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: After decades of fighting, Godzilla finally gets to live in peace at the end of ''Destroy All Monsters''. |
| 232 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: In ''Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster'', Godzilla finally decides to intervene when he sees King Ghidorah attacking the weaker Mothra Larva. It was this moment when Showa Godzilla [[HeelFaceTurn turned]] from villainous brawler monster to an AntiHero. |
| 233 | * EvilerThanThou: What ultimately spurs Godzilla's HeelFaceTurn. He stops being top dog when [[KnightOfCerebus King Ghidorah]] enters the scene. Ghidorah at that point [[AlwaysABiggerFish may outclass]] Godzilla in [[TheWorfEffect sheer power]] and [[SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness villainy]], that he simply cannot compete, and realizes he needs to ally with Rodan and Mothra in order to stop him and save the Earth. |
| 234 | * EyeScream: |
| 235 | ** A webbed dart from Kumonga's mandibles jabbed his right eye in ''Son of Godzilla.'' |
| 236 | ** In ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah'' a splotch of Hedorah's acid burns Godzilla's eye in their third battle and it stays like that for the rest of the film. |
| 237 | * FireForgedFriends: With Rodan and Mothra in ''Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster''. Godzilla appears to have continued this friendship with every generation of Mothra in the Showa Era, and it showed few signs of being rocky. |
| 238 | * {{Flight}}: Godzilla has shown at least once (during the film ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'') that he is capable of using his thermonuclear breath to propel himself through the air. [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain Of course, it's never been shown or mentioned since in the films]], but was used in the 11th issue of one of the ''Godzilla'' IDW comics [[MythologyGag to propel himself upwards like a rocket out of a ravine he gets trapped in during his fight with Hedorah]]. |
| 239 | * FreudianExcuse: Has one in ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''. He says the reason why he once hated humans is because they always attack him, contrary to his actions from ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'' to ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'' where he vented destruction towards humans on his own. The reasoning could also be because the military usually resorts to trying to [[ShootingSuperman pump Godzilla full of lead, missiles and artillery fire]] before trying out any non-violent method of dealing with him. When the military stops attacking him, he really begins his HeelFaceTurn. |
| 240 | * GaiasVengeance: [[Music/BlueOysterCult "History shows again and again]] how Nature points out the folly of man!" |
| 241 | * GodzillaThreshold: The trope namer himself, with Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster being a clear example. When Godzilla shows up, at least one city is going to start turning to rubble in collateral battle damage, depending on how far he travels. [[OnceAnEpisode Quite often, the threshold is crossed.]] |
| 242 | * GroinAttack: Happens twice (painfully) in ''Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster.'' Rodan drops Godzilla from sky level, landing crotch-first onto a power line. The second time (although it's more or less comedic but still agonizing for him) is when one of King Ghidorah's Gravity Beams zapped him below the belt. He even tries to cover up his already damaged groin afterwards. |
| 243 | * HappyDance: After chasing Ghidorah off in ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'', Godzilla does a victory dance as a ShoutOut to ''Manga/OsomatsuKun''. |
| 244 | * HarmlessFreezing: He's buried by a avalanche at the end of ''Godzilla Raids Again'' and winds up in an iceberg, which he breaks out of at the beginning of ''King Kong vs. Godzilla''. He and Minilla also survive being frozen alive at the end of ''Son of Godzilla''. |
| 245 | * HealingFactor: Quite possibly the very first incarnation to use this power. During his third and last battle with Hedorah, some of the thrown acidic gunks has outright melted his left eye completely, leaving it horrifically burnt. When he jabs his entire fist into one of the the polluted monster's eyes, there's no traces of flesh afterwards. In some of the later shots of the movie, his hand is ''slowly'' being restored but only by a small amount. For the very the next film, ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'', his left eye has been fully regenerated and the same can be said for his right hand as well. |
| 246 | ** He receives a gruesome slice to the shoulder from Gigan's buzzsaw and later had his forehead gashed from his hooked claws with a noticeable bloodstain oozing down his face minutes before the final battle. After him and Anguirus succeeded of driving off both King Ghidorah and Gigan, right as he turns around to bid farewell to the human protagonists, the blood that ''used'' to be there is nowhere else to be seen. |
| 247 | * TheHero: His saga revolves around him from a grouchy villain until ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' where he has his HeelFaceTurn. Even at that point, he was an AntiHero in that he happened to keep to himself until outside forces force him to take care of the current problem. In the 70's films, outside of ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'', he actively leaves his Monster Island home and fights other monsters sent by alien invaders on Earth, becoming a heroic icon towards the KidHero protagonists. |
| 248 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: He's a 50 metered radioactive monster that causes damages in major cities after all. However, once he TookALevelInKindness towards humans, he stops treating them with contempt, and the humans becoming willing to fight on his side. |
| 249 | * HeelFaceTurn: He goes from being an arguably malevolent creature venting destruction with a strong grudge against humans to a full-on defender of the planet, teaming up with former enemies like Anguirus, Rodan, and Mothra to save the earth. |
| 250 | * IKnowKungFaux: In later Showa films he developed a proficiency for kaiju-style martial arts. |
| 251 | * {{Irony}}: Electricity (man-made) was his biggest weakness in the early 60's movies but in ''Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster'' lightning was the opposite it actually energized and revived him. Justified as that film was originally meant to a King Kong movie. |
| 252 | ** In an infamous scene in '' King Kong vs. Godzilla'' Kong uproots a tree and lodged it into Godzilla's throat, whereas in ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'' Godzilla uproots a tree and forcefully jabs at Megalon's face pinning him to the ground. |
| 253 | ** In ''Godzilla vs. [=MechaGodzilla=]'' lightning once again was used that not only rejuvenated him but gave him a new power that allowed him to draw [=MechaGodzilla=] in like a magnet. |
| 254 | * ImprovisedWeapon: Starting with ''Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster'', he's gained the idea to use numerous boulders as throwing weapons against King Ghidorah to prevent him from attacking Rodan, although most of them could barely even harm the space dragon other than slowing him down slightly. After being freed from the Xiliens' mind control in ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'', he notices King Ghidorah, who's still being dazed from the severed mind control and kicks a boulder onto his body just to wake him up so that he and Rodan can finish the fight. He even uses a boulder in the ocean as a bludgeoning weapon as he smashed Ebirah's face with it when he was fighting him underwater. Guess he must've learned quite a few things during his fight with Kong. |
| 255 | ** Trees are something that he's also gotten his hands on in ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', whereafter he's beaten Gigan, he (hilariously) beats Megalon thoroughly by using a nearby tree and roughly jabs right it into Megalon's face, pinning him to the ground. |
| 256 | * ItCanThink: Despite being described as having a brain the size of a marble, Godzilla is surprisingly intelligent... possibly due to the secondary brain in his hindquarters. He showed a level of intelligence closer to human than animal, not only being able to strategize well and lead other monsters into battle but also teaching his son how to use his atomic breath and using boulders as weapons in a fight. He also started fighting using martial arts in the 70's, not to mention he even waves goodbye to the human protagonists at the end of films like ''Godzilla vs Gigan'' and ''Godzilla vs Hedorah''. |
| 257 | * IconicSequelCharacter: He, along with his Heisei and Millennium counterparts (2000 specifically) are the most iconic incarnations of Godzilla. |
| 258 | * {{Jerkass}}: |
| 259 | ** In early appearances, he'd sometimes rub an opposing monster's misfortune in. Examples below... |
| 260 | ** You might say he has a particularly bad attitude in ''King Kong vs. Godzilla''. Towards the end of the fight Godzilla trips Kong with his tail. When Kong regains his balance Goji hits him again and laughs his head off! |
| 261 | ** When Mothra sprays Rodan with silk in ''Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster'', Godzilla laughs so hard he doubles over. |
| 262 | ** The fact that he also taunts Ebirah with his own detached claw in ''Ebirah, Horror of The Deep'' is considered an example. Though he was more or less minding his own business until the hostile giant crustacean challenged him... |
| 263 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be viewed as this on average, given the course of the Showa series. He fits the bill of this trope in Son of Godzilla, showing despite initial apathy that he loves his adopted son. He maintains a bit of an ominous presence even while being heroic, but is perfectly capable of bonding with fellow kaiju like Anguirus, Rodan, and Jet Jaguar to save Earth and its people from more destructive beings. |
| 264 | * KnightOfCerebus: When he's the villain, the movies he appears in treats him in a serious light. Even his less antagonistic but jerkish behavior about midway in the series has vibes of this. |
| 265 | * LegacyCharacter: He is a second mutated member of the original Godzilla's species, functionally identical to his predecessor. |
| 266 | * LightningBruiser: As the films become more about him fighting monsters, he becomes deceptively agile. He's able to leap into the air during his HappyDance. |
| 267 | * MagnetismManipulation: A significantly new power that he utilizes in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla''. He acquires this power right after he was defeated by [=MechaGodzilla=] where he was repeatedly struck by lightning bolts during a thunderstorm on his island and begins surging the electricity within himself. By the time he confronts his mechanical foe in the climax, he begins to test out this ability by drawing forth power lines when he fully activates his magnetic power and eventually brings [=MechaGodzilla=] closer by the second as he's literally pulling him to the ground. This is essentially the '''only''' time he ever uses this ability in the series and it has never been used again. |
| 268 | * ManBitesMan: He violently defeats Anguirus this way in ''Godzilla Raids Again'' after having a long drawn-out duel with him. He has held in his clutches by forcefully having his jaws around his throat with his teeth digging right into his neck... he then scorches him with his Atomic Ray. After having Ebirah clearly on the ropes a second time in ''Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster'', he has his mouth clenched on one of his pincer claws, jerks his head backwards, and effortlessly yanks it off. He also tears off his other claw with his arms, which forces him to swim away as Godzilla taunts the shrimp by teasingly using his already torn off claw in a humorous manner to goad him. |
| 269 | * MonsterInTheIce: At the end of ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'', Godzilla is buried in a snowy avalanche, and this [[BroadStrokes partly]] carries over into the next film, ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'', which is set several years later and begins with Godzilla accidentally being released from inside an iceberg. |
| 270 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Proficiency in martial arts, flight, and magnetism are all abilities Godzilla has spontaneously used once or twice with no foreshadowing. |
| 271 | * NighInvulnerability: Godzilla shrugs off mundane weapons with no effect, and has only been wounded enough to bleed a handful of times. |
| 272 | * NominalHero: In some of the 60's movies, he saves the world not for an outright admirable reason, but because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time and was, by default, saving his own skin. He is not given much of a chance to see people in trouble and prove the trope truly right, mind... Eventually, he starts leaving his turf to stop attacks on humanity and save the world out of his own volition. |
| 273 | * OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Depending how you look at it, he has been around since the Mesozoic era, 66 million years before the events of the original ''Film/Godzilla1954'' while King Ghidorah has been destroying planets for 5000 years. |
| 274 | * PainToTheAss: If painfully enduring two [[GroinAttack outcomes of getting his genitals damaged]] wasn't enough in ''Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster'' he also gets his rear zapped by one of King Ghidorah's Gravity Beams, as he's ''actually'' covering his bruised buttocks while Ghidorah [[PokeThePoodle just outright laughs at him]], literally adding insult to injury. |
| 275 | * PapaWolf: Godzilla adopts Minilla and is very protective of him. |
| 276 | * PowerGlows: When he charges his Atomic Breath, his dorsal fins glow blue with Cherenkov radiation. |
| 277 | * PowerTrio: Godzilla forms one with Rodan and Mothra in ''Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster''. |
| 278 | * ProgressivelyPrettier: While he doesn't really become something one would describe as "pretty," his features do soften up over time as he becomes progressively more heroic. |
| 279 | * RedemptionPromotion: Godzilla becomes ''more'' badass once he undergoes his HeelFaceTurn, going on to win fights against even tougher enemies, showing quicker movement and more thinking strategies. If he does lose, then he always comes back for another round with a new trick or creative solution up his sleeve ready to win the day. |
| 280 | * ReformedButNotTamed: While he has loosened up and change his overall personality, just because he's the savior of Japan (as well as the world in general) doesn't mean he's not forced to resort to violence when facing enemy monsters that're in his territory. Not to mention that he's still an animal after all, so he'll fight back regardless. |
| 281 | * SealedEvilInACan: Breaks out of his iceberg imprisonment (from the end of ''Godzilla Raids Again'') during the events of ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' to the surprise of a wary American nuclear submarine crew. |
| 282 | * SignatureRoar: Fans have typed it as "SKREEEEEEEONNNNNK!", which goes from being a rumbling bass bellow in ''Godzilla Raids Again'' to a shrill shriek in ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' and subsequent films. |
| 283 | * SlideAttack: He infamously slides on his tail to drop-kick Megalon. |
| 284 | * SociopathicHero: In his first few movies, one would expect his apathy towards the human casualties, either directly or indirectly from his actions. Fans also note that he rips off Ebirah's claws and ''taunts him with them'' (as for who attacked first in that fight, the giant crustacean started calling out to G somewhat aggressively before G started the physical attacks), and at the end, he (perhaps) kills Titanosaurus in what appears to be cold blood (though he had little indication despite personal experience with it, that Titanosaurus was mind-controlled into attacking life around him), and [[BloodKnight really seems to enjoy fighting]] in general. But since he is not going out of his way to harm others for no reason as the series goes on, the trope gets quite subverted. |
| 285 | * StoryBreakerPower: While it also doubles as NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, he apparently gain magnetism from being struck by lightning. |
| 286 | * StrippedToTheBone: While it doesn't kill him like the Oxygen Destroyer did to his predecessor, when he literally tears Hedorah apart, his hands starts ''melting''. They do recover in the next film suggesting he has a powerful HealingFactor. |
| 287 | * SuddenlyVoiced: He, ''SOMEHOW'', develops the uncanny ability to speak with '''human speech''' for the English Dub of ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'' after him and Anguirus were listening to the whirring signals from the M Space Hunter Nebula aliens' tapes (since no humans are in said scenes, it's ''possible'' they're meant to be TranslationConvention). Upon sensing a suspicion, he commands Anguirus to Japan's mainlands to see if anything dangerous is happening. The mere notion of Godzilla talking is roughly just as infamous as [[Film/GodzillaVsHedorah using his Atomic Ray to lift off the ground as a method of flying]] or [[Film/GodzillaVsMegalon using his tail to perform a sliding dropkick.]] |
| 288 | -->'''Godzilla:''' Hey Anguirus!\ |
| 289 | '''Anguirus:''' What do you want?\ |
| 290 | '''Godzilla:''' Something funny's going on! You'd better check!\ |
| 291 | '''Anguirus:''' OK!\ |
| 292 | '''Godzilla:''' Hurry up! |
| 293 | * SuperNotDrowningSkills: Godzilla has gills in the form of small holes at the base of his neck,[[note]]An in-universe explanation for the suit actor's air-holes.[[/note]] which let him stay underwater indefinitely without going up to breathe. It's explained in the first film that Godzilla belongs to a family of transitional marine-dwelling dinosaurs. ''Godzilla's Revenge'' retroactively established that Godzilla is also able to breathe underwater, though he is apparently not an amphibian. It may be part of the mutations that gave him powers. |
| 294 | * SuperSpeed: Yes. He shockingly exhibits this staggering feat of being able to move at tremendous speeds in the Tokusatsu series ''Zone Fighter'', which was best shown in the 21st episode, where Godzilla outright '''dashes''' across a vast field to rescue his partner, Zone Fighter, from getting killed by Jellar. |
| 295 | * SuperStrength: He's on strong side for his size, having lifted Mechagodzilla and other similarly-sized kaiju who outweigh him onto his shoulder, as well as ''tossing them, such as King Ghidorah, a decent length over a cliff without much trouble''. |
| 296 | * TookALevelInKindness: ''Ghidorah: The Three-head Monster'' was his turn from being inherently dangerous. ''Son of Godzilla'' was when he started showcasing his more compassionate side. |
| 297 | * UnskilledButStrong: When it came to clashing with other monsters like himself, he started off as a major sluggish brute with fearsome physical power to go with his size, which was something that was infamously mentioned in the English Dub of ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' where he's been stated be "sheer brute force" in comparison to Kong's broader intelligence and craftiness. Other monsters that confronted him seemed to be more resourceful than him as well. However, this characteristic gets highly subverted in later films in the series where the King of the Monsters started to display increased levels of intelligence, (almost to that of human sapience in that regard) and has even improved his fighting capabilities such as performing dozens of human-like martial arts, judo, and even boxing. |
| 298 | * UnscrupulousHero: Temperamental and at first a misanthropic brawler who could at worst be a {{Jerkass}}, but he saves the planet from time to time. |
| 299 | * VillainProtagonist: Of ''Godzilla Raids Again'', ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'', and ''Mothra vs. Godzilla'', where he is an antagonistic force. It's only in ''Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster'' that he became an AntiHero. |
| 300 | * VocalEvolution: Had the original Godzilla's deep and menacing roar in ''Godzilla Raids Again'', but from ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' onward the roar was changed to a higher pitch, most likely to make him sound expressive. |
| 301 | * TheWorfEffect: The mark of a serious monster in this franchise is that it's managed to defeat Godzilla at least once. Nearly all monsters lose the rematch, though. |
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| 304 | [[folder:Heisei Godzilla]] |
| 305 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla_1989_2_7897.jpg]] |
| 306 | !!!'''First appearance:''' ''The Return of Godzilla'', 1984 |
| 307 | !!!'''AKA:''' ''Gojira'', ''The King of the Monsters'', ''Big G'' |
| 308 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Kenpachiro Satsuma |
| 309 | |
| 310 | ->''"Godzilla is like a hurricane, or a tidal wave. We must approach him as we would a force of nature. We must understand him, deal with him, perhaps even try to communicate with him."'' |
| 311 | -->--- '''Steve Martin''', ''[[Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla Godzilla 1985]]''. |
| 312 | |
| 313 | In a separate continuity from the ''Showa'' series, Godzilla was once a mere theropod dinosaur living on Lagos Island, where it was caught in the crossfire between American and Japanese soldiers during World War II. The dinosaur chased away the American soldiers, but was mortally wounded in the process. A group of time travellers called the Futurians, seeking to prevent the creation of the original Godzilla, abducted the dinosaur and left it to die at the bottom of the Bering Sea, where it was mutated by a Soviet nuclear submarine. This Godzilla attacked Tokyo in 1984, fighting a number of foes before eventually absorbing more radiation than his body could handle and undergoing a nuclear meltdown. |
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| 315 | * AffablyEvil: Downplayed. Godzilla isn't openly friendly nor can he be called "evil", yet he demonstrates signs of kindness. He rarely attacks unless attacked first, and is quite a loving father to Junior. By the end of the series, he's content to leave humanity alone and simply live in peace. |
| 316 | * AlienBlood: Strangely bleeds green blood in ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' and ''Film/GodzillaVSBiollante''. His blood color was changed to red afterwards. |
| 317 | * AlternateSelf: The Heisei version of Godzilla exists in a separate continuity from the Showa films that disregards all of the previous films except for the first one. |
| 318 | * AmbiguousSituation: When Godzilla defeats Biollante and [=SpaceGodzilla=] both monsters would emit sparkles upon death (or in Biollante's case, turning into energy and travel to space). When he dies, the same thing happens. None of the three movies involving their deaths/defeat has any elaboration on why this is possible. |
| 319 | * AndIMustScream: At the end of ''Return of Godzilla'', he's trapped inside a volcano and buried beneath its magma. He stays there for ''five years'' before being broken out. |
| 320 | * AntiHero: Unlike the Showa Godzilla, the Heisei Godzilla does not deliberately protect mankind, making him a NominalHero at best. There are actually a few times where humans are in his direct line of sight and he does not attack, however. Humankind's survival relies on him fending off threats such as King Ghidorah, Spacegodzilla and Destoroyah but being TooDumbToLive they're always scheming to destroy Godzilla at every opportunity and provoke his wrath. |
| 321 | * AntiVillain: He's one of the most sympathetic incarnations of Godzilla, albeit while still being an antagonistic force. He doesn't start off as aggressive towards mankind and is simply curious about his newfound man-made surroundings, only causing destruction by accident or in self-defense. He also rarely attacks other kaiju first, instead waiting to see if they're aggressive. |
| 322 | * ArtEvolution: Heisei Godzilla's design changed over the course of the series, though not as significantly as the Showa Godzilla's, with his face becoming almost feline in appearance. The version who appeared in ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' had a permanent KubrickStare, which was done away with for the subsequent films to make his appearance more heroic. |
| 323 | * AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: A Godzilla manga focused on a story where after fulfilling the conditions of being the destroyer of worlds, he becomes a ''literal god''. His God form is basically him with King Ghidorah's wings, and ''absolutely humongous''. |
| 324 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He's called the King of Monsters for a reason. |
| 325 | * AttackReflector: In ''Film/GodzillaVSMechagodzillaII'' Mechagodzilla launches its shock anchors into Godzilla's flesh surging him with electrical shocks. But Godzilla manages to redirect the surge back to its source, which in turn ruptures his mechanical foe's circuits, crippling it. |
| 326 | * BigBad: Is the main antagonist of the first four Heisei films, albeit [[BigBadEnsemble often sharing the role with either another kaiju, a human antagonist or both]] after the events of ''Godzilla Returns''. From ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'' for the rest of the Heisei era he takes a backseat of the antagonist role and becomes more of an AntiHero. |
| 327 | * TheBigGuy: He starts out 80 meters tall, and due to time traveling shenanigans getting him mutated with more powerful modern nuclear energy, he becomes 100 meters tall, and he's definitely a heavy hitter. |
| 328 | * BodyHorror: His Burning Godzilla form may ''seem'' to be a powered up state, but in actuality, the heightened radiation that he's accidentally absorbed from the aftermath of Birth Island is ''constantly'' heating up his body from the inside and out. He's essentially the equivalent of a gigantic nuclear furnace, as he has glowing red-orange cracks around his flesh that take up most of his body in a VolcanicVeins sort of way, and it's no question that he's in nothing but in an ungodly amount of pain from the overwhelmingly intense heat, as well as being on the verge of either imploding the entire Earth or melting into a radioactive puddle. [[spoiler: The latter happened anyway but had to be cooled down.]] |
| 329 | * BreathWeapon: Godzilla's Atomic Breath is a beam of plasma that can burn through almost anything. In ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'', he absorbs Fire Rodan, which supercharges his Atomic Breath into the even more powerful Red Spiral Ray. |
| 330 | * CharacterDevelopment: It's subtle, but Godzilla changes over the course of the series. He starts off as a lost and curious animal confused by his man made surroundings and is docile unless attacked, causing destruction mostly by accident. It isn't until he's trapped inside a volcano by humanity for three years that he becomes actively aggressive. After adopting Junior, he develops into more of a neutral figure who is content to coexist with humanity so long as he isn't bothered. |
| 331 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Compared to his predecessors, he acts more like a territorial animal that will attack anything on sight. His predecessors are capable of thinking and knew where their enemies are. He on the other hand is a NoNonsenseNemesis when it comes to fighting opponents, and acts on primal rage towards humanity because they try to kill him. He eventually lets go of his anger once he adopts Junior, and would rather live in peace with his son. And speaking of Junior, Showa Godzilla was initially dismissive when Minilla was born until [[PapaWolf his own parental insticts kick in]]. Heisei Godzilla was treated as not only lost, but alone until he discovered a Godzilla egg, and went out of his way to recover the egg, but relents after the egg hatched, and leaves. After defeating Super Mechagodzilla, he tries to be gentle to Baby Godzilla, and it took some convincing from Miki for the Godzilla youngling to accept him as his father, and leave together in Birth Island. |
| 332 | * DeadlyUpgrade: His condition in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' proves to be this by the climax of the film. The huge and incessant increase in his body temperature (caused by his own internal "nuclear reactor") would eventually cause him to melt down and die. But as his temperature rises he becomes more dangerous than ever, because his body heat becomes high enough to melt anything and everything in his vicinity, and he becomes able to fire his Spiral Atomic Breath in rapid succession. |
| 333 | * DestructiveSavior: Godzilla does not deliberately protect mankind, but is instinctively drawn to the Tokyo region and is extremely territorial. He does inadvertently save the day against genuinely malevolent monsters. |
| 334 | * DinosaursAreDragons: The first incarnation of Godzilla to specifically be stated to be a dinosaur, being a mutated ''Godzillasaurus''. |
| 335 | * DumbDinos: When compared to his immediate predecessor, this trope can seem apparent. Heisei Godzilla shows little-to-none of the sentience displayed by the Showa Godzilla and is essentially a territorial predator. However, in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'', he is revealed to be able to communicate with psychics and is a caring parent to his adoptive son Godzilla Jr. He's also smart enough to figure out and exploit Spacegodzilla's weaknesses. |
| 336 | * DyingMomentOfAwesome: In ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', he witnesses Destoroyah's murder of his son, and even in the final stages of fatal meltdown he keeps fighting to bring down his final opponent. In the original script it was in fact planned that he die right after beating Destoroyah to death. His meltdown even manages to undo Junior's demise and turn him into a full-grown Godzilla. |
| 337 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: ''The Return of Godzilla'' gives him a very different design than he'd have in every subsequent movie in the Heisei Era. The head was comparatively larger and had a very prominent brow, the neck was shorter, and the body had a pudgier look. Following movies give him a much more ferocious appearance, with a feline-like face, a second row of teeth in his mouth, and much more muscular proportions. |
| 338 | * EarthShatteringKaboom: If he dies by meltdown, he will either cause [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Earth to explode]] or, if unlucky enough, ''the entire universe.'' |
| 339 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: The Burning Godzilla form used in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' hasn't been seen before or since, at least until ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. Justified in that it was explained as the result of being overclocked on radioactive power at levels even ''he'' couldn't absorb all at once and ended up killing him. |
| 340 | * EyeAwaken: Both him and Mecha King Ghidorah plummet into the sea after the former destroys the metallic wings with his Atomic Breath. While Emi herself survived and escaped, the scene shows Godzilla's body, lying motionless on the ocean floor next to the downed Mecha King Ghidorah... the camera then shows a close-up of his eye that quickly opens up with a brightening bluish glow, showing that he's not one to go down so easily. |
| 341 | * FreudianExcuse: |
| 342 | ** ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' suggests that the reason Godzilla rampages through Japan is due to Japanese soldiers leaving him for dead despite saving them from American forces, which later leads to his mutation. |
| 343 | ** At the start of the film series, he's not aggressive and simply a lost and confused animal, only attacking in self-defense and causing destruction through clumsiness and his curiosity about the city. It isn't until he's trapped inside a volcano for five years that he becomes actively violent towards humanity. |
| 344 | * GodzillaThreshold: The trope namer himself. When Godzilla shows up, at least one city is going to be reduced to rubble, depending on how far he travels - but at the same time, he is the only one with the ability to take down something all the more menacing. [[OnceAnEpisode Quite often, the threshold is crossed.]] |
| 345 | * GoingCritical: If Godzilla [[AssimilationBackfire absorbs too much radiation]] it becomes too intense for his body to internally control, and he finally succumbs to a total nuclear meltdown. |
| 346 | * GoodParents: For a giant city-destroying monster, he sure is a loving and [[PapaWolf protective father]] towards his adopted son Godzilla Jr., going berserk when Spacegodzilla kidnaps him and when Destoroyah kills him. |
| 347 | * GoodThingYouCanHeal: |
| 348 | ** It was the Heisei series that cranked Godzilla's healing powers up, with him recovering from grievous wounds like being impaled through his hands by Biollante. |
| 349 | ** In the Marc Cerasini novel series (which are based off the Heisei Godzilla series, for the most part), a group of scientists studying Godzilla during a military attack are only able to observe Godzilla's regenerative capabilities with high-speed cameras, the regeneration happening so fast that it looks like missiles and bullets do absolutely nothing to him in real time. |
| 350 | * HavingABlast: The Big G is able to generate a destructive atomic shockwave known as the Nuclear Pulse. At first the ability was actually an unfinished Atomic Ray after being strangled by one of Biollante's tentacles. It happens again when King Ghidorah started to asphyxiate him which resulted in him unleashing it on the dragon. After that he can seemingly do it at will in ''Godzilla vs. Mothra''. |
| 351 | ** It becomes even stronger in ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' during his meltdown StuffBlowingUp ensues with widespread explosions surrounding the area. |
| 352 | * HeelFaceTurn: Much like his Showa predecessor, Heisei Godzilla goes from what can be called a villain if not a tragic force of destruction to AntiVillain, to finally AntiHero over the course of the 90's movies. |
| 353 | * TheHeroDies: He dies as a result of his SuperPowerMeltdown in ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''. |
| 354 | * HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: The Futurians attempted to erase him from history in ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' by moving the ''Godzillasaurus'' from Lagos Island to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, preventing it from being mutated by the Bikini Atoll nuclear test. The ''Godzillasaurus'' was mutated by a Russian submarine in the 1970's and became Godzilla anyway. |
| 355 | * ImMelting: How he ultimately meets his end. After absorbing so much radiation, Godzilla's body begins to go into meltdown, heating up uncontrollably until his flesh oozes off his bones. |
| 356 | * ImpaledPalm: To show how vicious Biollante is in her stronger Plant Beast form, she briefly gained the upper hand on Godzilla in the climax by extending one of her tendrils and punctures through his left hand. He then quickly yanks the tendril out of his palm almost nonchalantly, as if he wasn't even phased. |
| 357 | * ImplacableMan: Godzilla is a lumbering, unstoppable juggernaut. He cannot be overcome or reasoned with, only avoided for as long as possible. Only another powerful monster can give him a challenge. |
| 358 | * ItCanThink: Heisei-era Godzilla also had telepathic abilities that connects him to a psychic human girl named Miki Saegusa. He's also the one who figures out Spacegodzilla's weaknesses and exploits them. |
| 359 | * ItsPersonal: With Destoroyah (who killed his son). The latter is made quite explicit in one of the novelizations. |
| 360 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the time ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'' rolls around in the Heisei continuity, Godzilla could be summed as this. He may still fire off destruction at his surroundings, but less wantonly and has a form of TeethClenchedTeamwork with his human allies at best. |
| 361 | * TheJuggernaut: If he's the villain then the plot of the films tends to be about finding a way to stop him - which half the time fails to kill him or flat out doesn't even work. |
| 362 | * KryptoniteFactor: Cadmium is extremely poisonous to him, and the Anti-Nuclear Bacteria proves highly effective, severely weakening him. |
| 363 | * LegacyCharacter: The Heisei Godzilla is initially assumed to be the same Godzilla that attacked Tokyo in 1954, but is revealed to be a separate individual. |
| 364 | * LightningBruiser: [[DependingOnTheWriter Depends on the film.]] Sometimes he moves so slowly you can easily count the steps he takes, other times he run incredibly quickly and even leap around easily. In either case, beyond his BreathWeapon, he's portrayed as being very physically strong (not just because he's big), able to easily toss around other monsters, even they're bigger than he is. |
| 365 | * LivingBattery: The King of Monsters absorbs radiation and stores it away, ever-growing in mass and power... unless/until he has a SuperpowerMeltdown. |
| 366 | %%* LivingWeapon: The de Bont script had its Godzilla be a living weapon crafted from dinosaur DNA to fend off the Gryphon and its probes. |
| 367 | * ManlyTears: Godzilla, The King of the Monsters, wept for his son, dead at the claws of Destoroyah. |
| 368 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: Godzilla has ravaged Japan, alone or in a brawl with other monsters, in 28 films across at least three continuities. |
| 369 | * MercyKill: In ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'' he finds and, not in typical angered fashion, annihilates Yasuaki Shindo, [[ForgivenessRequiresDeath who blames himself]] for Godzilla's painful mutation and continued miserable existence. Godzilla stares long [[FaceDeathWithDignity at the saluting man before respecting Shindo's wishes and ending the man's life]], letting out a mournful roar afterward. [[DependingOnTheWriter This scene has also been interpreted as Godzilla being tormented by the memories rather than cherishing them.]] |
| 370 | * MetronomicManMashing: When given the opportunity, Godzilla tends to grab an enemy kaiju by their tail and repeatedly slams them up and down. |
| 371 | * MightyGlacier: Of the Godzilla incarnations, he is among the slowest, and for years he was the largest. |
| 372 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Heisei Godzilla sports twin rows of fangs in most of his designs. |
| 373 | * NighInvulnerability: He's nearly indestructible. His tough scaly hide [[ImmuneToBullets is almost impenetrable]] and even such attacks as do harm him are quickly negated by his fast-acting regenerative abilities. The only thing that kills him is a massive overdose of radiation. |
| 374 | * NobleDemon: Godzilla isn't evil in so much as he's foraging for food, as his transformation left him only able to feed off of radiation. He tends not to be actively malicious towards humanity if not provoked, and rarely hurts humans or kaiju if he hasn't been provoked. |
| 375 | * NonMaliciousMonster: In the early Heisei films, Godzilla isn't particularly malicious. He never goes out of his way to cause destruction, with most of it being the result of his size, and he only attacks in self-defense. He eventually becomes intentionally destructive after enough attempts on his life by humanity. |
| 376 | * PapaWolf: Only a [[TooDumbToLive complete moron]] would try to harm Godzilla's adopted offspring. Godzilla is many things but despite the fact that Godzilla Jr. isn't his biological offspring (we ''think''), he is devoted to the care of his child and screwing with him is a pretty effective way of committing [[SuicideByCop suicide]], as Spacegodzilla and Destoroyah found out. |
| 377 | * PhlebotinumOverdose: In ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', Godzilla absorbs too much radiation and begins to [[WorldWreckingWave meltdown]]. |
| 378 | * PowerGlows: His dorsal spines glow blue with Cherenkov radiation when he charges his Atomic Breath, and red when he uses his Crimson Spiral Ray. In his burning form, his body is covered in glowing orange-red molten patches, signifying his SuperPowerMeltdown. |
| 379 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: His design from ''Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle For Earth'' -- in which he kills [[PhysicalGod Battra]] -- has dark red sclera, made more apparent in its SuperDeformed depiction in ''VideoGame/GodzillaKaijuCollection''. |
| 380 | ** His eyes also briefly flashed a glaring red light after reversing the electrical shocks from Mechagodzilla's Shock Anchor harpoons, which isn't too dissimilar to how Baby Godzilla's eyes would flicker red in anguish or fear, although from Godzilla's case, it's likely more being enraged. |
| 381 | ** He has brightened scarlet colored eyes, along with the rest of his glowing molten magma-like flesh in his Burning state in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', where he's in nothing but in constant pain, as well as anger from the amount of radioactivity he's absorbed. He also gives Destoroyah himself a run for his money when he finally reaches his critical state, which forces the former an attempt to escape. It didn't work well for him. |
| 382 | * RedSkyTakeWarning: Justified as a nuke detonated atmosphere brings him back from a losing fight with the Super-X in ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla''. |
| 383 | * SealedEvilInACan: He's trapped in a volcano at the end of ''The Return of Godzilla''. The experience hardens him from a NonMaliciousMonster to actively aggressive. |
| 384 | * SerialEscalation: |
| 385 | ** His breath weapon was kicked up a notch after Rodan's heroic sacrifice in ''Mechagodzilla II'', becoming the Crimson Spiral Ray. |
| 386 | ** ''Destoroyah'' started off with Godzilla's breath attack ALREADY being red, then kicked up to near nuke levels when his power level rises to near-critical near ''Destoroyah's'' end, in conjunction with Godzilla's rage. |
| 387 | * ShownTheirWork: Since this Godzilla is specifically identified as a dinosaur this time around, his relationship with birds is acknowledged in ''The Return of Godzilla''. |
| 388 | * SignatureRoar: The fan-given "SKREEEEEEEONNNNNK!", with a deep undertone accentuating the shrill roar. |
| 389 | * StableTimeLoop: As explained by [[http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007/08/16/godzilla-vs-king-ghidorah-time-travel-and-the-origins-of-godzilla/ this article]], the series implies this is how he was created: what happened in ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'' was that instead of erasing the original Godzilla, the time travel adventure ended-up creating the Godzilla seen from ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' to ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' in the first place. There is evidence in both the sequels (''[[Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla Vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' mentioned Biollante as a possible cause for the [=SpaceGodzilla=]'s origins, and Colonel Gondo from ''[[Film/GodzillaVsBiollante Vs. Biollante]]'' is mentioned as still being dead and two characters having known him, one of whom being his sister; and in ''[[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah Vs. Destoroyah]]'', with the Oxygen Destroyer that killed the original Godzilla being a major plot point); in ''Vs. King Ghidorah'' itself (everyone remembering Godzilla; Miki sensing ''Godzilla'' but not the ''Godzillasaurus''; the ''Godzillasaurus'' being placed in a spot that'd later served as the site of a nuclear sub crash; and lastly, the ''Godzillasaurus'' already being Godzilla when the JSDF sent a sub to the area to mutate the dinosaur). |
| 390 | * StoryBreakerPower: He has two: |
| 391 | ** The Nuclear Pulse. A power that allows him to generate powerful shockwaves to shock opponents if they get too close to him. |
| 392 | ** The Spiral Atomic Breath, which is possibly the most powerful version of the original Atomic Breath. Godzilla was able to use this when he really wants his enemies dead. By the time of ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'', the humans had to make a stronger Super X to even stand a chance while Destoroyah could barely survive several hits. |
| 393 | * SuperPowerMeltdown: His Burning form from ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' is due to him absorbing too much radiation. |
| 394 | * SuperNotDrowningSkills: Godzilla can survive underwater for prolonged periods of time, disappearing from radar. |
| 395 | * SuperStrength: He's easily enough picked up tossed other monsters that are supposedly much heavier than himself. The biggest example of his physical might is when he simply deadlifted Mechagodzilla off the ground and casually threw the machine over a considerable distance from where he was standing. To make this feat of strength even more shocking is that the Heisei incarnation of Mechagodzilla prominently weighs 150,000 tons,[[note]]In retrospect, the mecha itself is even heavier than Keizer Ghidorah, while he's technically ''larger'' than it, he only weighs 100,000 tons.[[/note]] probably the '''heaviest''' kaiju he's ever lifted by far. |
| 396 | * TakingTheBullet: In his initial fight with Space Godzilla, Space Godzilla starts taking shots Godzilla Jr after Godzilla scored a lucky hit on him. Godzilla stops fighting and takes the hits, which costs him the fight. |
| 397 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: Godzilla rarely has any allies to help him defeat whatever monster threatens his home or the entire planet. The humans are the closest he has to actual allies despite attacking their cities and his problems with them. |
| 398 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: |
| 399 | ** Starting with the Heisei series, Godzilla started to REALLY make sure his enemies wouldn't get back up. Notable cases are with Heisei series Mechagodzilla, who he repeatedly blasted till it was barely even a flaming wreck, even though he already damaged it to the point he crew had to abandon it (granted he had no way of way knowing that). |
| 400 | ** Jan de Bont's unmade version of the character was to finish off his opponent, the Gryphon, by [[OffWithHisHead decapitating it]], [[MadeOfExplodium destroying its body with a explosion]] and then [[BattleTrophy piking its head on one of the towers of the Brooklyn Bridge]]. |
| 401 | * TookALevelInJerkass: |
| 402 | ** He doesn't start out as actively aggressive towards humanity, and in his first appearance the destruction he causes is mostly accidental and caused by his sheer size. It isn't until [[AndIMustScream he's trapped inside a volcano]] at the end of the film - and remains there for ''three years'' - that he starts holding a grudge. |
| 403 | ** He's much more straightforwardly villainous than usual in ''The Battle For Earth'', where he tries to destroy Mothra's egg for no reason. |
| 404 | * TookALevelInKindness: In ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'', he adopts Baby Godzilla as his own son. In ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'', he's very aware that humans have landed on Birth Island, but is more content in living in peace with them on the island as long as they don't cause him trouble. [[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant Yuki and SpaceGodzilla]] didn't get the memo, [[TooDumbToLive especially the latter]]. |
| 405 | * TragicMonster: The guy is just as much a victim of humanity as humanity is a victim of him. |
| 406 | * UnstoppableRage: Combined with SerialEscalation in Destoroyah. He's royally pissed when Destoroyah mortally wounds Jr. and then somehow that is topped off when Godzilla fails to save him. Easily the crowning moment of pissed-off for Godzilla. |
| 407 | * VillainProtagonist: From ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' to ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth'' where he's the antagonistic force. ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'' transitions him as an AntiVillain and the final two movies afterwards made him an AntiHero. |
| 408 | * VocalEvolution: He started out having a deep, guttural roar at times like the original Godzilla, but, starting with ''Godzilla vs Mothra'', was given once again a more shrill screech akin to that of the Showa Godzilla. That being said, he was also given a new set of rumbles and groans which would be reused for the Millenium Godzillas. |
| 409 | * WolverinePublicity: This Godzilla often appears in video games, including ''Godzilla/Godzilla Vs'', toys, and promotions. If not him, then Godzilla 2000 is the other one. |
| 410 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', Heisei Godzilla undergoes a literal SuperpowerMeltdown, to the point it actually kills him. Every major human pities him. |
| 411 | * TheWorfEffect: In ''Godzilla vs. Biollante'' he [[CurbStompBattle easily 'kills' her rose form]], but when she comes back in a more monstrous form she turns the tables and nearly eats him. Overall, when another monster gets the upper hand one-on-one for any time being, this trope applies due to his sheer toughness. |
| 412 | [[/folder]] |
| 413 | |
| 414 | [[folder:''Godzillasaurus'']] |
| 415 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Godzillasaurus_2579.jpg]] |
| 416 | !!!'''First appearance:''' ''Godzilla vs King Ghidorah'', 1991 |
| 417 | !!!'''Portrayed by''': Wataru Fukuda |
| 418 | |
| 419 | The dinosaur that would become the greatest kaiju the world has ever known, theorized by Dr. Kyohei Yamane to be an amphibious species intermediary between land-dwelling theropods and sea-dwelling marine reptiles. |
| 420 | |
| 421 | In 1954, a fateful event would mutate one of the species [[SoleSurvivor and killing his family]], setting off the events of ''Film/Godzilla1954''. |
| 422 | |
| 423 | During World War II, another ''Godzillasaurus'' lived on a small Pacific island that was then captured by the Japanese. American forces soon attacked the island and cornered the Japanese forces, until the ''Godzillasaurus'' appeared, chasing the Americans to the beach (and killing many of them with its feet and by knocking trees onto them). Gravely wounded by warship shelling, ''Godzillasaurus'' retreated into the jungle, having inadvertently saved the Japanese troops. A few years later the comatose dinosaur was caught in the blast of an H-bomb test and mutated into the second Godzilla, which attacked Japan in ''Godzilla 1985'' and ''Godzilla vs Biollante''. However, in 1992 the Futurians traveled back in time and teleported the injured ''Godzillasaurus'' to the Bering Strait, where he lay until the 1970's when the radiation of a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine revived and mutated him, and later a modern Japanese nuclear submarine stumbled upon him and was destroyed, the stronger present-day nuclear sources birthing a much larger, stronger, and angrier second Godzilla. |
| 424 | |
| 425 | An incarnation would appear in the Reiwa film, ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'', and unlike his Heisei counterpart, his actions sets the serious tone of the entire film. |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | * AccidentalHero: When the Japanese and Americans fought on Lagos Island, the ''Godzillasaurus'' was walking through the area and the US forces got trigger-happy with a seeming threat. Thus, he attacks the American G.I.s while otherwise unintentionally saving the Japanese Garrison. |
| 428 | * AdaptationalBadass: In ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'', the ''Godzillasaurus'' could take getting shot at by assault rifles and rockets, but gets severely wounded by ship artillery. In ''Minus One'', the ''Godzillasaurus'' has a powerful healing factor, and is implied to be ImmuneToBullets. And once Operation Crossroads detonates its atomic bomb in the Bikini Atoll, its healing factor goes into overdrive, mutating it into Godzilla. |
| 429 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In the Heisei saga, the ''Godzillasaurus'' only attacks the American G.I's to defend its territory before it was mortally wounded and transformed into Godzilla by radioactive residue from a nuclear sub. In ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'', [[spoiler:it was a very territorial and ''extremely'' hostile animal that regularly attacks Odo Island pre-mutation, and is responsible for the deaths of several mechanical engineers right until it mutated into Godzilla, heightening its already aggressive behavior]]. |
| 430 | * AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Discussed in-universe. It was unknown amongst characters if the ''Godzillasaurus'' intentionally saving the Japanese Garrison by its own admission or it simply attacked the G.I.'s for intruding its territory. |
| 431 | * AlternateSelf: As the 1954 film is the origin point for the ContinuityReboot until ''Film/ShinGodzilla'', each varying Godzilla and their species are this to each other. |
| 432 | * BloodFromTheMouth: Some of the battleship's missiles were fired into the lower sections of his jaw as large droplets of blood begin to leak and spill out of his lip. |
| 433 | * CerebusSyndrome: In an already serious film, [[spoiler:he first shows up in the first 10 minutes in ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'' killing and thrashing everything in his way. His appearance and massacre even sets the dreaded mood for the rest of the film]]. |
| 434 | * CombatPragmatist: |
| 435 | ** Even decades before his mutation into the atomic behemoth he is now, he managed to display several attacks that were highly cunning on his part. While walking through the jungle he uses most of the trees as weapons by using his tail to topple them over to kill a number of soldiers in his path. He seemingly "plays dead" after getting painfully shot by battleships just so he could allow most of the soldiers to inspect and examine him, only to get right back up to eliminate them all. |
| 436 | ** In ''Minus One'', [[spoiler:it wrecks damn near everything manmade, and starts stepping and biting the engineers unlucky to be near his line of sight. He kills all but Tachibana and Koichi were the only ones who survived the whole ordeal.]]. |
| 437 | * ImmuneToBullets: |
| 438 | ** Drastically played with. Getting shot by firearms and rocket launchers practically did nothing at all whenever the US soldiers tried to open fire on him. Getting bombarded by the battleships proved to be extremely fatal against him as one of the missiles even ''punctured his chest''. He momentarily lives through it all just enough to kill the rest of the soldiers but the fatal injuries began to take its toll on the creature and was almost on his way to death's door at that point. |
| 439 | ** It's heavily implied that it would be the case in the novelization of ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'' when Koichi hesitates to take a shot. |
| 440 | * InSpiteOfANail: Despite the Futurians meddling with the time stream, the Godzillasaurus still became Godzilla. |
| 441 | * MysteriousPast: |
| 442 | ** The existence of Godzilla's species had been unknown for a long time until ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah''. ''Film/Godzilla1954'' thoroughly explained that theoretically, his species is an intermediary dinosaur that can live on sea and land, and at least ''one'' of them spent their entire life-cycle in underwater caves. It is unknown if this ''Godzillasaurus'' is related or a subspecies to the dinosaur that would become the Godzilla that would eventually strike Japan in 1954, since there were technically ''two'' Godzillas in this continuity. |
| 443 | ** ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'' shows a version where [[spoiler:It's a 15-metered aquatic dinosaur resembling a modern depiction of ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' with dorsal spines]]. |
| 444 | * NonMaliciousMonster: |
| 445 | ** In the Heisei saga, the thing was simply living on its island minding its own business. Its home became the battlefield for the Japanese and the Americans. While the Japanese ''didn't'' attack, the Americans did, and it starts to attack in self-defense. Unfortunately, this results in a developing anger Godzilla would possess after being attacked by the Navy. |
| 446 | ** Completely averted in ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'' where [[spoiler:it was a highly aggressive animal before mutation, and attacked Odo Island at night]]. |
| 447 | * PlayingPossum: Rather debatable if it was highly intentional or not, he was brutally shot by battleships (in the chest no less) and keeled over forcing the US soldiers to walk up close to see if he's truly dead. It seemed to work well for him, as he popped back up to annihilate the rest of them - although he did succumb to his injuries overtime sadly... |
| 448 | * PrehistoricMonster: Somewhat literally; it's a monster-sized prehistoric animal. |
| 449 | * StableTimeLoop: As mentioned under the Heisei Godzilla, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210220222754/https://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007/08/16/godzilla-vs-king-ghidorah-time-travel-and-the-origins-of-godzilla/ this article points out]] that the Futurians' attempt to rid the world of Godzilla ended up causing the ''Godzillasaurus'' to wind up mutated with more powerful modern nuclear energy and change into the Godzilla in the Heisei series in the first place. |
| 450 | * SoleSurvivor: According to ''14th Edition of Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction'', the ''Godzillasaurus'' were social predators that were content in living underwater. But an H-Bomb test kills all but one that would become the Godzilla in the first film. |
| 451 | * StockSoundEffect: When the US army opened fire his agonized shriek sounds a lot like Gamera, while his default roar is actually Rodan's roar in a lower pitch. |
| 452 | * SuperNotDrowningSkills: In Toho's canon, the ''Godzillasaurus'' is a species of dinosaur capable of dwelling on both land and in the deep sea. |
| 453 | * TailSlap: Knocks over a couple of trees with his tail that crushes a couple of the American soldiers. |
| 454 | * TRexpy: |
| 455 | ** He was originally intended to be a ''T. rex'' but was made into a new, unknown (and fictional) species of amphibious theropod. Nevertheless, ''Godzillasaurus'' definitely calls to mind the tripod-stance look of ''Tyrannosaurus'' in older films. |
| 456 | ** In ''Minus One'', [[spoiler:his appearance looks like a modern depiction of the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' which includes a hunched posture and similar skull structure]]. |
| 457 | * TookALevelInBadass: Not that he wasn't badass already, but he eventually became one of the most terrifying monsters to ever exist. |
| 458 | * {{Whateversaurus}}: A huge, semiaquatic, tyrannosaur-like theropod which Godzilla originated from.[[note]]There's also a real dinosaur known as ''Gojirasaurus'' named after Godzilla but it bears little resemblance to this one.[[/note]] |
| 459 | * WormSign: In ''Minus One'', school of decompressed fish are forced into the surface with their internal organs popping out to indicate he's nearby. |
| 460 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: |
| 461 | ** In the ''14th Edition of Definitive Edition Godzilla Introduction'', fully-grown ''Godzillasauruses'' have fully-developed dorsal spines, but in ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'', the first on-screen ''Godzillasaurus'' barely have any noticeable back spines. Either it's an adolescent, or a subspecies. |
| 462 | ** In ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'', he looks very similar to the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' from ''Film/JurassicPark1993'', down to the skull structure and posture. |
| 463 | [[/folder]] |
| 464 | |
| 465 | [[folder:Millennium Godzillas]] |
| 466 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/millenniumgodzilla.png]] |
| 467 | [[caption-width-right:350: Clockwise: ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'', ''GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'', ''Tokyo S.O.S'', and ''Godzilla: Final Wars'']] |
| 468 | !!!'''Portrayed by''': Tsutomu Kitagawa (1999-2004), Mizuho Yoshida (''Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'') |
| 469 | |
| 470 | !!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/Godzilla2000'', 1999; ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'', 2000; ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack '', 2001; ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'', 2002; ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', 2004 (respectively) |
| 471 | !!!'''AKA:''' ''Gojira'', ''The King of the Monsters'', ''Big G'' |
| 472 | ---- |
| 473 | * AdaptationDyeJob: ''Film/Godzilla2000'' and ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' marks the very first time Godzilla is colored green, (in a live-action film) unlike his typical charcoal gray skin tone. His dorsal spines also have a dark purple hue, as well as having a non-spiral ray reddish orange-coloured BreathWeapon. |
| 474 | * AdaptationalBadass: |
| 475 | ** [[spoiler:Unlike other films, where it could merely stun enemies, ''Godzilla 2000'' sees Godzilla use the Nuclear Pulse to kill Orga.]] |
| 476 | ** ''Final Wars'' has quite possibly one of the most powerful versions of the character to date, being the Kaiju equivalent of a OneManArmy. |
| 477 | * AdaptationalSlimness: The design for the ''Final Wars'' incarnation of Godzilla maintains a major lack of physical bulk in comparison to the far more burly Heisei and heavily stout GMK versions, and trades in said mass in exchange by having a near-humanoid and leaner athletic body. Granted, being less bulky doesn't truly make the King of the Monsters any less powerful beforehand since he's '''far''' from being weak as he does possess remnants of having considerable muscularity as he curb-stomped nearly every monster in the film. |
| 478 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Depends on the viewpoint. GMK Godzilla is often stated to be the only unambiguously evil incarnation of the character. An argument can be made that he's not really at fault for what he does, as the GMK version is ''explicitly'' stated to be ''possessed'' by millions upon millions of ghosts from WWII who are driving his actions. |
| 479 | * AlternateSelf: Most of the films in the ''Millennium'' series are in their own distinct realities and (aside from the two appearances of Kiryu in ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' and ''Tokyo SOS'') are each different interpretations of the creature. This explains why his atomic breath is gold/orange in two films, and blue/silver in the others, as much as it explains why the plots of the films effectively ignore each other, to the point of seeming to contradict everything said about Godzilla and his motivations and powers from one film to another, except for the two Mechagodzilla films. |
| 480 | * ArtEvolution: Over the course of the Millennium series, Godzilla's design changes several times: |
| 481 | ** In ''Godzilla 2000'' and ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' he has an elongated, pointed snout, enormous purple dorsal spines, green scales, and orange-red Atomic Breath. |
| 482 | ** In ''Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'' he has black scales, glowing white eyes, and an appearance reminiscent of Heisei Godzilla, as well as a stooped-over, [[TheIgor hunchback-like posture]] to drive home that he's a villain this time around. |
| 483 | ** In ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' and ''Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.'' he has a similar appearance to the ''Godzilla 2000'' design but with dark charcoal-grey scales and smaller, bone-white dorsal spines. |
| 484 | ** In ''Godzilla: Final Wars'' he resembles a mixture of the Showa and ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' designs, with a slimmer body, smaller head with larger ears, and smaller dorsal spines. |
| 485 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He's called the King of Monsters for a reason. ''Final Wars'' emphasizes this by having him CurbStompBattle every monster he faces up to Monster X. |
| 486 | * TheCameo: The 2000 suit appears in the Japanese comedy film ''All About Our House'' where a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlQJxfR9O30 camera crew appears outside his apartment... and awkwardly runs off as people stare at him]]. |
| 487 | * CatchingTheSpeedster: He quickly starts adapting to Megaguirus' rapid maneuvers and uses her own speed against her. He turns his back against the insect queen to appear "vulnerable" from her perspective, unbeknownst to her is that the minute she approaches Godzilla's backside, her stinger is instantly wrapped around by his PrehensileTail, and yanks her right out of the sky. He pulls off this strategic tactic a second time where after being tossed around a few times from Megaguirus' ramming into him with her momentum, he slowly regains his footing and intentionally stands still for her to fly closer to his face and prepares to attack him with her stinger. The tip of her stinger just so happens to be blocked by Godzilla's jaws, which he then crunches it into pieces, giving him the opportunity to finish her off with only a single blast of his nuclear breath. |
| 488 | * CompositeCharacter: ''Final Wars'' Godzilla's backstory suggests that he's the original Godzilla, but he later shows that he can upgrade his atomic breath to the Red Spiral Ray like Heisei Godzilla. |
| 489 | * ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Depending on the film, he fluctuates between this and being an antagonist. |
| 490 | * CreepyShadowedUnderEyes: His ''Final Wars'' incarnation has a noticeable facial build involving his eyebrows basically "hooding" over his own eyes by mostly obscuring them with nothing but intimidatingly darkened shadows. |
| 491 | * CurbStompBattle: The ''Final Wars'' Godzilla dishes out one to every monster he meets until he faces Monster X. |
| 492 | * DeathGlare: All Godzillas have this, but ''Final Wars''[='=] version in particular seems to have this as his default facial expression. |
| 493 | * DestructiveSavior: In ''Godzilla 2000'' he vanquishes an alien entity intending to take over the world, then proceeds to raze Tokyo himself. In ''Final Wars'' he lays waste to several cities while chasing the Gotengo. |
| 494 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: In ''Final Wars'', Ozaki supercharges Godzilla with his Kaiser power, enabling him to use his Crimson Spiral Ray to vanquish Kaiser Ghidorah. |
| 495 | * EnergyAbsorption: |
| 496 | ** During the final battle in ''GMK'', he starts drawing energy from King Ghidorah's Gravity Beams as his dorsal fins are becoming electrified and glowing gold as a result. Godzilla, by then, uses the reserved energy and combines the stored-up power of the Gravity Beams with his own Atomic Breath, as his BreathWeapon is shown to have golden spirals wrapped around the blue-colored beam, as it absolutely destroys Ghidorah with one blast. |
| 497 | ** Right after Keizer Ghidorah delivers a horrific CurbStompBattle against Godzilla in ''Final Wars'', he proceeds to leech and sap his power out of his body. With no other option, Ozaki channels his Keizer powers into the cannon of the Gotengo and surges Godzilla with a fully-concentrated blast of his Keizer energy, as it successfully powers up Godzilla's strength, enabling him a HeroicSecondWind and he begins to turn the tables on Keizer Ghidorah with his newfound boost of energy. |
| 498 | * EvilIsBigger: The ''GMK'' Godzilla is the only version that's actually bigger than his ArchEnemy Ghidorah (because Ghidorah was originally going to be Varan), and is also one of the most explicitly malicious of his incarnations, while the ''GMK'' Ghidorah is also the only completely heroic incarnations of Ghidorah. |
| 499 | * ExplosiveOverclocking: Godzilla 2000's nuclear pulse creates a massive explosion that levels a large chunk of Tokyo and blows Orga to smithereens. |
| 500 | * FireballEyeballs: Happens right when Godzilla is finally freed from his frozen chamber where he was kept in Antartica, in ''Final Wars'' a close-up of his eye is shown displaying a fiery inferno, emphasizing his rage. |
| 501 | * FireForgedFriends: Godzilla's Showa era friendships with Rodan, Anguirus, and King Ceasar are given a nod in ''Final Wars'', as they are the only monsters he spares in his rampage. |
| 502 | * GenderFlip: In ''Godzilla 2000'' and ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'', the [=MireGoji=] version of Godzilla is referred to with male pronouns. In ''WebVideo/{{Godziban}}'', the [=MireGoji=] version of Godzilla is called "Mirei-san" and is Godzilla-kun's mother. |
| 503 | * GreenAndMean: Godzilla's first appearance in the Millennium series in ''Film/Godzilla2000'' depicts him being colored dark green and just like the 54 and Heisei incarnations before him, he's viewed as a major force of nature that cannot be stopped or dealt with. It becomes a slightly downplayed as he likely has an anti-hero attitude and he does ''save'' the earth from getting taken over by the Millennians (as well as Orga) but that doesn't mean he'll be merciful towards anyone who he deems as an enemy. |
| 504 | * GodzillaThreshold: Invoked in ''Final Wars'', where Godzilla is freed from his icy tomb in order to stop the Xilian invasion after humanity's best and brightest fail to do so. |
| 505 | * GoodThingYouCanHeal: [=G2K=] attributed Godzilla's healing factor to a type of cell called Organizer G1 (or Regenerator G1 in the American dub). It's so potent that Orga, who stole it, was able to regenerate almost a quarter of his own body in ''seconds''. |
| 506 | * HumanPopsicle: At the beginning of ''Final Wars'', Godzilla is BuriedAlive in a glacier by the Gotengo. |
| 507 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Some of the Millennium movies will likely involve having his own Atomic Breath being used against him from his enemies as means of incapacitating Godzilla. |
| 508 | ** In the final fight of ''Vs. Megaguirus'', he gets downed by a launched EnergyBall variation of his stolen beam that Megaguirus syphoned from him with her stinger. At first, Godzilla seemed to be okay after tanking a direct blast, only for him to quickly tumble to the ground a few seconds later, indicating that it indeed damaged him. |
| 509 | ** For ''[=GMK=]'', Ghidorah has gained supernatural power after being powered up with Mothra's spiritual essence, Godzilla retaliates by firing his Atomic Breath at the dragon, except this time, the golden energy that's surrounding Ghidorah shields him from the attack, and he sends it right back at Godzilla with his Atomic Breath being in the form of an enlarged whitish-blue EnergyBall, sending him flying into the ocean, followed by a gigantic explosion, and has injured him with a visible wound seen around his neck. |
| 510 | * ImplacableMan: In ''[=GMK=]'' and ''Final Wars'', Godzilla is a lumbering, unstoppable juggernaut who easily crushes his enemies. |
| 511 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: ''Final Wars'' Godzilla somehow notices a meteor aimed at him and hits it while its in Earth's upper atmosphere. |
| 512 | * InASingleBound: |
| 513 | ** In ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'', Godzilla, after getting stung again, plants Megaguirus' tail into the ground beneath her and as an unexpected form of attack, the nuclear saurian suddenly leaped into the air so high, the mere sight alone even made Megaguirus herself [[OhCrap express nothing but dumfounded astonishment]] as he completely bodyslams the insect, which could be seen as an attempt to crush her with all of his weight. |
| 514 | ** This agility feat was shown again in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' where Godzilla engages in a three-on-one fight with Anguirus, Rodan, and King Caesar. Godzilla charges at the quadruped ankylosaur first and stomps on his head to use it as a stepping stool/springboard that launches himself to sky level, as he effortlessly evades both Rodan and King Caesar altogether, which caused both kaiju to accidentally crash into one another as the King of the Monsters skids across the ground upon landing. What makes this impressive in particular is that the ''Final Wars'' Godzilla is just as large as the Heisei incarnation and he's indeed the most athletic of the bunch. |
| 515 | * ItCanThink: |
| 516 | ** In ''Godzilla 2000'', Godzilla lets himself get swallowed by Orga so he can [[YourHeadAsplode use his nuclear pulse to blow off Orga's upper body]]. |
| 517 | ** In ''Vs. Megaguirus'', he pretends to be impaled by Megaguirus' stinger, only to crush it in his jaws and then finish Megaguirus off. |
| 518 | ** The undead Godzilla in ''GMK'' is practically ''diabolical'', and gives off the impression that everything is all going JustAsPlanned when a human tries to help Ghidorah by shooting a missile at him, only for him to grab his three headed enemy and swing him ''right into the path of the missiles.'' |
| 519 | ** In ''Final Wars'' he shows the ability to strategize when fighting opponents. |
| 520 | * ItsPersonal: |
| 521 | ** His motive for attacking the UFO in ''Godzilla 2000: Millennium'' - he just went after it because he was mad at it for blasting him early in the film. Ditto with Katagiri, who ordered the Full Metal Missile attack on Godzilla. |
| 522 | ** Godzilla steamrolls through his opponents in ''Final Wars'' while chasing the Gotengo, intending to finish the fight that left him buried in a glacier. He has them dead-to-rights at the end of the film, but Minya persuades him to let go of his grudge. |
| 523 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At the end of ''Final Wars'', Godzilla has the Gotengo dead to rights and is about to annihilate it and its crew, but stops when Minya intervenes and departs into the ocean. |
| 524 | * TheJuggernaut: In ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', Godzilla fights about a dozen monsters throughout the film and appears invincible up until the fight with Monster X. |
| 525 | * LegacyCharacter: The Godzilla from ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'' is presented as being a separate individual from the original Godzilla, with Tezuka & Tomiyama commenting in ''Godzilla x Mothra x [=MechaGodzilla=]: Tokyo SOS Fantastic Collection'' that it's possible he's the original Godzilla's son. The others are either the same monster or left ambiguous. |
| 526 | * LeanAndMean: Subverted for the ''Final Wars'' version of Godzilla, his heavy bulk was toned down considerably and sports more of an athletic and fit physique while still having a brawny build. In the movie, he's portrayed as a violently destructive anti-hero but resolves his destructive habits at the end of the movie by getting over his personal grudge and sparing the rest of humanity. |
| 527 | * LightningBruiser: ''Final Wars'' Godzilla is the largest of the Millennium era incarnations, [[note]]and was just behind the Hesei Godzilla for largest Godzilla incarnation until the 2014, Shin Godzilla, and Godzilla Earth started taking the top spot[[/note]] and is also the fastest, easily running and leaping into the air. |
| 528 | * MonochromaticEyes: ''GMK'' Godzilla has solid white eyes, signifying his status as a MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil. |
| 529 | * MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: GMK Godzilla was reanimated by the vengeful spirits of everyone who died as a result of the Japanese in WWII and the country is now trying to forget. |
| 530 | * MonsterInTheIce: In the prologue of ''Final Wars'', Godzilla is defeated by the Gotengo trapping him inside an Antarctic glacier. Fifty years later, an AlienInvasion with an army of {{kaiju}} threatens the Earth and the humans [[SummonBiggerFish decide to release]] Godzilla from his frozen dormancy to fight back. |
| 531 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: Godzilla is typically bulky and ripped (with the Heisei and Legendary versions being the prime examples) however, his incarnations from ''Film/Godzilla2000'' and the Mechagodzilla movies are slightly skinny but have muscular builds that are able to be physically imposing. The ''Final Wars'' Godzilla stands out the most in particular design wise. While he does have some visible muscle tone, he's probably the slimmest he's ever been and he can take down even the most strongest of kaiju with no visible effort... That is until [[CurbStompBattle Monster X decided to challenge the king to a duel.]] |
| 532 | * NighInvulnerability: ''Final Wars'' Godzilla tanks a meteorite impact and isn't even fazed. |
| 533 | * NominalHero: In ''Godzilla 2000'', Godzilla is not fighting to protect mankind but to defeat a powerful enemy intruding on his territory. In ''Final Wars'', Godzilla isn't even trying to save the earth, but is chasing the Gotengo in order to finish their last battle. |
| 534 | * NonMaliciousMonster: While the GMK Godzilla is very much an evil entity, some consider his nature as an undead monster to be somewhat sympathetic in this film since it's implied Godzilla's actions aren't of his own free will due to being possessed by some 36 million angry ghosts. |
| 535 | * ObviouslyEvil: GMK Godzilla is the most intentionally malicious version of the character, and he's designed to look the part from the ground up, with [[DarkIsEvil black flesh]], soulless white eyes, and [[FangsAreEvil large vampiric canine teeth]]. |
| 536 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: The GMK incarnation of Godzilla is the 1954 Godzilla re-animated and driven by the vengeful spirits of the forgotten soldiers who died in WWII to destroy Japan. |
| 537 | * PetTheDog: ''Final Wars'' Godzilla spares Anguirus, Rodan, and King Caesar after their fight, rather than kill them like he did with the other monsters. |
| 538 | * PointyEars: The ''Final Wars'' Godzilla's ears are noticeably larger and pointier than other versions. |
| 539 | * PowerGlows: His dorsal spines glow blue with Cherenkov radiation when he charges his Atomic Breath. ''Godzilla 2000'' and ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' give him a reddish-orange glow with incendiary properties. |
| 540 | * PrehensileTail: Used this ability for the first time in the series in a strategic method, such as when he intentionally turned himself around as Megaguirus attempted to approach the former from behind with her stinger... Only to have his tail to grab ahold of her's and forcefully pulled the dragonfly into the ground. |
| 541 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes and sclera in ''Final Wars'' have a deep crimson/orange coloration, along with having a constant DeathGlare that gives him a frighteningly wrathful personality, and he's indeed one of the most powerful versions of the King of the Monsters. |
| 542 | * ReusedCharacterDesign: ''Godzilla 2000'' and ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' both use the same Godzilla suit, despite the two films featuring different versions of the character. The same thing also applies to the Kiryu suit for Godzilla's appearances in ''Godzilla X Mechagodzilla'' and ''Tokyo SOS''. |
| 543 | * SealedBadassInACan: In ''Godzilla: Final Wars'' he is trapped in a glacier by the Gotengo. |
| 544 | * SinsOfTheFather: WordOfGod is GMK Godzilla is the wraith owed to Japan for it's downplaying/whitewashing its participation in Usefulnotes/WorldWarII. |
| 545 | * SpikesOfDoom: A majority of his dorsal fins look jagged and serrated for his ''2000'' design. He actually took advantage of those things and weaponized them in ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' as he ran towards the dragonfly and swooped beneath her, right when Megaguirus collided past him as a streak of light gleamed from his fins. In fact, his dorsal fins are so sharp, that one of her pincers were cleanly sliced off. |
| 546 | * SpikesOfVillainy: His iconic maple-leaf dorsal fins in ''2000'' and the two Kiryu films are more lightning bolt shaped and jagged-looking, ending with sharpened edges. Whereas the green incarnation wasn't completely evil per se, he still wrecked cities in his path and ended an AlienInvasion from occurring while the one featured 2002 and 2003 was portrayed more as a full-on antagonist whereas [=MechaGodzilla=]/Kiryu had a heroic role. The ''Final Wars'' Godzilla has dorsal fins that aren't as spiky looking than his previous versions in comparison, but they've looked extremely pointy as he's portrayed as a vicious, frightening, and unstoppable apocalyptic beast like in ''GMK'' but he ended up being more as an AccidentalHero. |
| 547 | * SuckingInLines: How his Atomic Breath powers up in GMK, as many blue particles of energy are shown being sucked into his maw before it's released as a radioactive beam. Given that the GMK Godzilla is supernatural, it could be the countless WWII spirits that are drawing in power directly to him. |
| 548 | * SuperStrength: ''Final Wars'' Godzilla tosses other kaiju around like ragdolls, and throws Kumonga over the horizon. |
| 549 | ** At times, Godzilla ''more'' than likely shows off his devastating might against enemies whenever he's not in the mood to use his Atomic Breath for up-close and personal battles. For the ''2000'' Godzilla, even if he's nowhere near as gigantic and bulky as the Heisei incarnation, he still manages to dominate Orga in a fight, who's basically a much larger and hulking monstrous 40,000 ton alien/Godzilla hybrid by briefly grappling with him, staggering him backwards with a strike of his fist, toppling him over with a tail sweep, along with two thrashing tail strikes on his face, and causing him to shriek in agony just by viciously biting into his forearm until Orga retaliates. Even before he encountered Orga, during his second battle with the Millennian UFO, he's struck down the extraterrestrial vessel with a single downward slam of his powerful tail, regardless of its enormous size in comparison to Godzilla, making the ship getting scraped and slid across several buildings in the process. |
| 550 | ** For ''GMK'', he has more of a StoutStrength build as he physically overpowers each and every single one of the Guardian Monsters with no issue as he gave Baragon a difficult fight by literally tossing him around as well as stomping and kicking him multiple times. When Baragon attempt to lunge towards Godzilla off a cliff, he lowers down and delivers a fast TailSlap that was so powerful, the impact sent him sailing into the skies and plummets onto a news chopper on his way back down. After getting briefly bested by Ghidorah, he charges towards the Orochi and begins to grapple with him by chewing and tearing into one of his necks with his crushing jaw strength until blood pours out of said neck while he simultaneously knocks Mothra several meters back with another quick TailSlap that almost made her fall into a group of soldiers. When one of Ghidorah's head starts electrocuting him again, Godzilla just outright flings him across the city farther enough to crash into a building. |
| 551 | ** The ''Kiryu Godzilla'' mostly [[BeamSpam Beam Spams]] his Atomic Breath every now and then to destroy everything in sight whether it's tanks, masers, buildings, or JSDF fighter jets. However, he too doesn't shy away to resorting to using all kinds of brute force to take on the likes of Mechagodzilla (AKA Kiryu). He's capable of engaging in a momentary BrawlerLock with his cybernetic counterpart, demolished his last remaining shoulder-mounted back unit missile launchers to pieces with one claw swipe, and in one scene, after blowing apart Kiryu's blade, he also performed a powerful Sparta-like kick onto Kiryu's torso by sending him dozens of feet away from him and made him flew head-first through a building as well as stomping on his chest to keep Kiryu held down by his weight. In ''Tokyo S.O.S.'', his tail was also strong enough to swoop beneath Kiryu's legs, putting him off-balance just so he can prepare his Atomic Breath to defeat him by blasting one of his eyes. |
| 552 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: |
| 553 | ** The Godzilla from ''Godzilla vs Megaguirus'' managed to fatally Megaguirus. Even while the bug is already literally going down in flames, he completely incinerates it before it hits the ground. |
| 554 | ** ''Final Wars'' Godzilla smashes Zilla into the Sydney Opera House, then cuts loose with his Atomic Breath until the building explodes. |
| 555 | * ThroatLight: A newly added feature to the Millennium incarnations of Godzilla is that the inside of his mouth starts glowing just like his dorsal fins whenever he's charging up his Atomic Ray. |
| 556 | * TookALevelInKindness: In ''Final Wars'', Godzilla spares the Gotengo and its crew from his wrath when Minya gets between his mouth and them. He also allows Rodan, Anguirus, and King Ceasar to live after defeating them in their fight, likely as a nod to the Showa series where he allied with them (and was more or less BashBrothers with Anguirus and Rodan).[[note]]A scrapped version of the scene was going to have Godzilla kill them like he did all of the other kaiju.[[/note]] |
| 557 | * TragicMonster: Even the unrepentantly evil ''GMK'' Godzilla is a victim of mankind, being possessed and reanimated by the vengeful spirits of those who died in World War II. |
| 558 | * VillainProtagonist: In ''GMK'' Godzilla is indisputably villainous, being an undead monstrosity formed from an amalgamation of evil spirits. |
| 559 | [[/folder]] |
| 560 | |
| 561 | [[folder:Shin Godzilla]] |
| 562 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shin_godzilla_0.png]] |
| 563 | [[caption-width-right:350:Fourth form, emerging from Kamakura]] |
| 564 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Second form attacking Kamata district]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kamata_kun.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 565 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Third form attacking Shinagawa Ward/City]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinagawa_kun.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 566 | !!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/ShinGodzilla'', 2016 |
| 567 | !!!'''Portrayed by''': Mansai Nomura (motion capture) |
| 568 | |
| 569 | The incarnation of the King of the Monsters seen in ''Shin Godzilla''. |
| 570 | |
| 571 | Godzilla is an organism of an unknown species, heavily mutated by nuclear waste in 1956 and gradually evolving as a result. Unlike past incarnations, Godzilla is treated as a walking nuclear death reactor that needed to cool down to contain his radioactive properties. |
| 572 | ---- |
| 573 | ->''For further information, see the '''Characters/ShinGodzilla''' page.'' |
| 574 | [[/folder]] |
| 575 | |
| 576 | [[folder:Godzilla (Minus One)]] |
| 577 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minusgoji.png]] |
| 578 | !!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaMinusOne'', 2023 |
| 579 | |
| 580 | The incarnation of Godzilla that appears in ''Godzilla Minus One''. |
| 581 | |
| 582 | [[WorldWarII/TheAftermath After the end]] of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, the defeated nation of Japan starts to rebuild; but the large reptilian monster, Godzilla, attacks the mainland two years later, and begins his wrath of destruction on the unprepared populace, dragging the country's social and economic status from zero... to minus. |
| 583 | ---- |
| 584 | ->''For further information, please see the '''Characters/GodzillaMinusOne''' page.'' |
| 585 | [[/folder]] |
| 586 | |
| 587 | !!Animated Incarnations |
| 588 | |
| 589 | [[folder:Godzilla Earth]] |
| 590 | %% |
| 591 | %% Image selected per Image Pickin thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17015938660.58351500 |
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| 593 | %% |
| 594 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla_filiustransparent.png]] |
| 595 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'', 2017 |
| 596 | |
| 597 | The incarnation of the King of the Monsters seen in ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'', ''Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle'', and ''Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater''. |
| 598 | ---- |
| 599 | ->''For further information, see the '''Characters/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''' page.'' |
| 600 | [[/folder]] |
| 601 | |
| 602 | [[folder:Godzilla (Singular Point)]] |
| 603 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultimatum_1.png]] |
| 604 | [[caption-width-right:350:Godzilla Ultima]] |
| 605 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Godzilla Aquatilis]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla_aquatilis.jpg[[/labelnote]]\ |
| 606 | [[labelnote:Godzilla Amphibia]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla_amphibia_9.png[[/labelnote]]\ |
| 607 | [[labelnote:Godzilla Terrestris]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla_terrestris_1.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 608 | |
| 609 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint'', 2021 |
| 610 | |
| 611 | The King of the Monsters as seen in the 2021 anime series, ''Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint''. |
| 612 | ---- |
| 613 | ->''For further information, see the '''Characters/GodzillaSingularPoint''' page.'' |
| 614 | [[/folder]] |
| 615 | |
| 616 | !!Offsprings |
| 617 | |
| 618 | [[folder:Minilla / Minira / Minya]] |
| 619 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Freakbeast_4464.jpg]] |
| 620 | |
| 621 | !!!'''First appearance:''' ''Son of Godzilla'', 1967 |
| 622 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Masao Fukazawa (''Showa''), Naoko Kamio (''Godzilla: Final Wars'') |
| 623 | |
| 624 | Godzilla's son in the 1950's-70's Showa series, and in the last entry of the Millennium series ''Godzilla: Final Wars''. An enigma, his origins are unknown. Minilla's egg was uncovered by several Kamacuras on a Pacific island from inside a pile of rock. Godzilla soon appeared, having been drawn to the location by Minilla's powerful electromagnetic cries. Saving Minilla from the Kamacuras, Godzilla took the infant under his wing and began raising him (after a rough start). Minilla later faced Kamacuras, the spider Kumonga, and then participated in a giant brawl against King Ghidorah during an alien invasion. He later appeared in a young boy's dreams, and had a small but pivotal role in ''Final Wars''. |
| 625 | ---- |
| 626 | * ArtEvolution: While the original Minilla was just a miniature Godzilla with more human-like traits, ''Final Wars'', 37 years later, instead opted for a mix of a turtle and mammalian-like appearance while still borrowing elements from Godzilla's design. |
| 627 | * BadassAdorable: He's a cute, pudgy infant Godzilla, but was also one of the many monsters that finally put King Ghidorah down in ''Destroy All Monsters''. |
| 628 | * BreathWeapon: His "Smoke Ring" attack has evolved from being a RunningGag to becoming his Signature Weapon. |
| 629 | * ButtMonkey: Poor little guy goes through a lot of pain, often getting beat up and bullied by bigger, more powerful monsters. And it's often PlayedForLaughs. |
| 630 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: While he might be weaker and even sillier looking than Godzilla, he's still no slouch; just look at King Ghidorah, who had his middle head ''strangled to death by his smoke rings.'' |
| 631 | * CuteGiant: Goofy and strange-looking, sure, [[UglyCute but there's likely a charm in it for some.]] |
| 632 | * {{EMP}}: An unintentional and very similar effect that happens due to his kind of {{Telepathy}}. |
| 633 | * GentleGiant: Benign and friendly toward humans. |
| 634 | * {{Gonk}}: Bizarre looking even by {{Kaiju}} standards. |
| 635 | * KickTheDog: On the receiving end. To count: |
| 636 | ** The Kamacuras whacking and stabbing him after he just hatched. |
| 637 | ** Godzilla stomping on his tail so that he can perform a full-powered Atomic Breath. |
| 638 | ** Gabara's brutal beating of Minilla in ''Godzilla's Revenge'' counts, too. |
| 639 | * KidHeroAllGrownUp: A popular fan theory held that the more heroic Godzilla seen from ''Vs Hedorah'' onwards is Minilla all grown up. This was never confirmed or denied in the movies or compendium books, but official Toho books mention this as a possibility. |
| 640 | * MoralityPet: For Godzilla in the Showa series. And especially in ''Final Wars'', when [[spoiler:Godzilla ultimately decides to spare the humans simply because Minilla asked him to.]] |
| 641 | * {{Sizeshifter}}: He has the ability to either shrink or grow in size in ''All Monsters Attack'' and ''Final Wars''. |
| 642 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Referred to as Minya or Milla by some American distributors. |
| 643 | * SuddenlySpeaking: Depicted as able to talk in ''Godzilla's Revenge'', although since he only appears in {{Dream Sequence}}s and was never shown to have this ability before or since, it's not clear how canonical this is. |
| 644 | * {{Telepathy}}: Sort of; while not full-blown psychic in nature, Manilla can keep tabs with Godzilla even from great distances by sending his brainwave patterns through radio frequencies, alerting him whenever he's in danger. |
| 645 | * VocalDissonance: Even though he's meant to be a child, the English dub for ''Godzilla's Revenge'' gives him an adult-sounding SimpletonVoice. |
| 646 | [[/folder]] |
| 647 | |
| 648 | [[folder:Godzilla Jr.]] |
| 649 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla_junior.png]] |
| 650 | [[caption-width-right:350:Left: Baby Godzilla, right: Little Godzilla, bottom: Godzilla Junior]] |
| 651 | !!!'''First appearance:''' ''Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II'', 1993 (as Baby Godzilla) |
| 652 | !!!'''Portrayed by''': Hurricane Ryu (Baby and Junior), Little Frankie (Little Godzilla) |
| 653 | |
| 654 | ''AKA: Junior, Baby Godzilla, Little Godzilla |
| 655 | |
| 656 | Godzilla's (adopted) son in the 1990's Heisei series. Discovered as an egg on an island that was used as a nuclear waste dump site, he is taken to Japan, where he hatches. In contrast to Godzilla, Junior is a peaceful herbivore and kind to humans. He undergoes considerable physical changes as he matures, shifting from a very lizard-like newborn to a tubby, big-eyed reptillian child to a proto-Godzilla teenager. Though killed by Destoroyah, Godzilla's meltdown releases enormous amounts of radiation, which he absorbs, reviving and empowering Junior, maturing him into the new Godzilla. |
| 657 | ---- |
| 658 | * AccidentalHero: His resurrection at the very end of ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah''. Junior's sudden mutation into becoming the very next Godzilla himself unintentionally prevented all of Tokyo from becoming an abandoned nuclear graveyard, after being fully resuscitated from the fatal aftermath of Godzilla's cataclysmic meltdown that has unleashed dozens upon dozens of radiation in the proximity. |
| 659 | * BadassAdorable: By the time of ''Godzilla vs Destoroyah''. He's the first to do some actual damage to the titular villain, one of the most badass enemies in the whole franchise. |
| 660 | * BerserkButton: Destoroyah finds out that harming humans near him is a bad idea. |
| 661 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Even as a teenager, he doesn't do much harm. When lead to Destoroyah, though, he puts up quite a fight. |
| 662 | * BreathWeapon: Near the end of ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'' he spews out a weaker variant of his father's beam that looks like bubbles. It becomes stronger as he ages into adolescence and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu even manages to draw blood from Destoroyah's aggregate form.]] |
| 663 | %%* CuteGiant |
| 664 | * CuteLittleFangs: As a hatchling, he sports enlarged canines that are more adorable than menacing. Not so much the case as he matures and starts resembling his papa more. |
| 665 | * {{Determinator}}: Against Destoroyah. [[AlwaysABiggerFish He doesn't survive against Destoroyah's final form, sadly.]] |
| 666 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He effortlessly brings down Destoroyah's Flying Form with his Atomic Ray when the latter attempted to pursue Miki and Meru inside of a chopper. Despite being heavily outmatched by Destoroyah's brutality in his Aggregate Form, Junior managed to dismember a couple of his pincers by blasting them apart where even his own blood leaked and gushed out of his mutilated limbs. At the very last moment of their battle, Godzilla Jr. achieved his first victory by firing his Atomic Ray at Destoroyah, which sent the vile beast hurtling into an oil refinery, where it exploded from the impact, ''after'' Godzilla Jr. had his chest torn open and was infected by his Micro-Oxygen. His very victory even impressed Miki Saegusa and Meru as he lets out a roar of triumph after winning the fight. |
| 667 | * DisneyDeath: In ''Godzilla vs Destoroyah'' he is killed by the titular villain, but after the original Godzilla dies (permeating the area with his excess radiation), he is resurrected into an adult. |
| 668 | * DoNotGoGentle: He puts up one ''hell'' of a fight against Destoroyah, and despite lacking any battle experience, is utterly fearless in the face of a greater and more powerful foe. He may be adopted, but clearly Junior inherited Godzilla's courage and fighting spirit. |
| 669 | * FutureBadass: Dialogue in ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'' implies that Junior is the Godzilla that didn't destroy Japan. Considering he is the sole Godzilla standing after his father passes and he comes back to life at the end of ''Godzilla Vs. Destoroyah'', there's credence to his survival in the future. There's also the fact that, thanks to his human upbringing, Junior is more likely to have Japan thrive enough to be a global superpower well into the 23rd century. |
| 670 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: As a newborn Godzillasaurus, his eyes will start glowing a bright red within his pupils, but not as a sign of sheer intimidation but rather, exhibiting immense fear. He's even reacted by being utterly frightened when he was finally greeted by his newfound adoptive father, Godzilla, (despite the latter being as gentle as he can be) while having the same glowing eyes until he was convinced by Miki's telepathy to go to him for a new home. He shows this sign of fear again when he comes across [=SpaceGodzilla=], who's arguably more terrifying to look at compared to Godzilla as he even attempted to escape from his attack to have his father come and protect him. |
| 671 | * GentleGiant: The most "threatening" thing he does to humans is frighten a bunch of beachgoers. |
| 672 | * GreenAndMean: Absolutely inverted as Little Godzilla in ''Godzilla vs. [=SpaceGodzilla=]'' where he developed green scales on most of his body as a toddler, but even if he grew bigger he was still as harmless as ever unlike his father. He still remains pacifistic towards humans as an adolescent in ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' where during that time, he unintentionally frightened a crowd of people at a beach, since he highly resembles more like Godzilla, but luckily for them he didn't go out of his way to attack them as he mainly just changed direction to go back to his original birthplace where Rodan originally looked after him. |
| 673 | * HappilyAdopted: By both his human caretaker Azusa Gozo, and later by Godzilla. Even in his teenage years Junior still sees them both as his parents. |
| 674 | * HealingFactor: Destoroyah injects his NestedMouths straight into his chest, slurping the energy right out of him while inserting micro oxygen molecules, leaving behind a horrendous wound. In the scene right before he reunites with his (dying) father, the wound is no longer visible indicating that it healed offscreen. |
| 675 | * JuniorCounterpart: As the (adopted) offspring of the King of the Monsters, it didn't take that long for the little prince to gain and mimic traits from his father. After he's been freed from [=SpaceGodzilla=]'s prison, he starts learning to use a less harmful bubbly version of Godzilla's Atomic Ray. This certain aspect gradually becomes a lot more distinguished in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', where he grows and matures even larger where he visibly appears to resemble an adolescent 40 meter version of Godzilla and like his battle-hardened father, he confronts a powerful monster, that just so happens to be Destoroyah, and wins on his own. To drive the point even further, he's even directly referred to as Godzilla Jr. by some of the human characters in the film. |
| 676 | * KidAppealCharacter: InUniverse the young girls escorted by Miki are dying to see Baby Godzilla and adore him. |
| 677 | * LegacyCharacter: At the end of ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'', he is resuscitated by the radiation given off by Godzilla's death, absorbing it to age to adulthood. |
| 678 | * MoralityPet: For Godzilla throughout the Heisei series. Notably, after adopting him, Godzilla only actually rampages due to outside forces (chasing Spacegodzilla down to rescue Junior, going berserk due to a nuclear blast sending him into a meltdown), whereas previously, anytime Godzilla was "awoken", he needed little incentive to rampage against humanity. |
| 679 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Another visual sign of his StrongFamilyResemblance during his adolescent age as Godzilla Jr., he grew a secondary row of fangs within his jaws. They're very much identical to Godzilla's incisors. |
| 680 | * PuppyDogEyes: Played straight in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'', but they're massive in ''Film/GodzillaVsSpacegodzilla''. Probably intentionally done this way to make him look even more cute than he already is. |
| 681 | * RaisedByHumans: Junior's first direct visual impression of anyone was Azusa, his adopted human mother. While he is eventually adopted by Godzilla himself, it's very clear that Junior ''never'' stops considering humans to be his friends, and thus always acts in a benign manner towards humanity as a whole. |
| 682 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Surprisingly inverted, as his eyes only glow red out of fear, or due to immense stress. Azuza is the only human character able to soothe his anxiety, very similar to a mother giving a crying baby a pacifier. |
| 683 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: In his first and second appearances he does look rather adorable. |
| 684 | * SingleTear: At the end of ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'', he obviously wanted to stay with Azusa even after she said her tearful goodbyes to him. He came back by snagging onto her shirt with his mouth as a way begging her to take him but she clearly informs the baby that he cannot be with her anymore and has to live with Godzilla. Her words were able to make one tear fall from Junior's eye after coming to cope with the heartbreaking realization. |
| 685 | * SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: He matures into a teenager so quickly because of the aftermath of Bass Island's radioactive disposal. This not only irradiates his father even more but him as well. But instead of going critical, it just unnaturaly speeds up Junior's aging process. |
| 686 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: In ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' Junior as an adolescent looks more like a smaller green version of Godzilla. At the very end of the movie after absorbing his father's remaining radiation he is bacisally a carbon copy of his father, minus the VolcanicVeins. |
| 687 | ** May be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact that Junior is effectively what Godzilla ''could'' have been had he been raised by humans. Add in that he clearly inherits his surrogate father's raw courage and fighting spirit, and it's little wonder people could mistake the son for the father, even in that adolescent stage. |
| 688 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Created as a replacement to Minilla (because Toho wanted to bring the character back, but the director of ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'' didn't) that's functionally the same character: the adopted son of Godzilla who actually likes humans. |
| 689 | * TakeUpMySword: When Godzilla dies, Junior's body soaks up the excess radiation, causing him to grow into the splittig image of his father. |
| 690 | * TeensAreMonsters: Only in strength. Teenage Junior's actually pretty friendly--unless you happen to be Destoroyah. |
| 691 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 692 | ** People liked Baby Godzilla (''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'') all right but disliked Little Godzilla (''Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla''). He outgrows this to become the kick-ass Godzilla Jr. (''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'') and (initially) mops the floor with Destoroyah in the process. |
| 693 | ** Final Wars was originally written as Junior's adventures, but it remains vague enough that one could still interpret it that way and see the movie as Junior continuing the legacy, while surpassing his father in ass-kicking ability. |
| 694 | * VegetarianCarnivore: It is specifically noted that in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'' Baby Godzilla is apart of the Godzillasaurus species, that can eat plants (despite having ''fangs'') which is shown in a scene where Azusa feeds the baby flowers. In ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' Junior mortally wounds and feasts on numerous whales. Justified because he has to obtain some sort of nourishment after Birth Island's flora is destroyed. |
| 695 | * VocalDissonance: Baby Godzilla can already utter some low, deep gravelly grumbles for such a small hatchling. |
| 696 | * VocalEvolution: During his newborn life as an infant, his roars were a lot more squeaky and even makes some dog-like growls. His vocalizations in ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'' sounded more like warbled squeals, along with emitting many various high-pitched trills and shrieks. By the time he becomes Godzilla Jr. in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', he was basically given a roar that basically sounds like a falsetto version of Godzilla's roar. [[note]] The high-pitched roar Godzilla emits whenever he's taken gruesome damage from his foes. [[/note]] At the end of the film when Junior absorbed his deceased father's scattered radiation, his echoed roars as a full-grown adult sounded similarly like the Showa Godzilla during the early 60s. |
| 697 | [[/folder]] |
| 698 | |
| 699 | [[folder:Godzilla Filius]] |
| 700 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla_monster_planet_trailer_3.jpg]] |
| 701 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Godzilla: Planet Of The Monsters'', 2017 |
| 702 | |
| 703 | Godzilla Earth's offspring seen in ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''. |
| 704 | ---- |
| 705 | ->''For further information, see the '''Characters/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''' page.'' |
| 706 | [[/folder]] |
| 707 | |
| 708 | !! Other versions |
| 709 | [[folder:Space Godzilla (''A Space Godzilla'')]] |
| 710 | !!Space Godzillas |
| 711 | |
| 712 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Literature/ASpaceGodzilla'', 1979 |
| 713 | |
| 714 | A race of aliens that resemble Godzilla. |
| 715 | ---- |
| 716 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The Godzillas are a ''peaceful alien race''. |
| 717 | * AdaptationalSpeciesChange: The original and Showa Godzillas were dinosaurs mutated from constant H-bomb testing in the Pacific. The Godzillas shown here (such as Rozan, her husband, and their child) are ''aliens''. |
| 718 | * AllThereInTheManual: ''Literature/ASpaceGodzilla'' is a story authorized by Toho, and it's apparently meant to be the backstory of Godzilla's species. |
| 719 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: The Godzilla race can apparently breathe in space without difficulty. |
| 720 | * BizarreAlienBiology: The Godzilla race has a HealingFactor that can repair ''anything'' except for diabetes, and can use their eyes as grenades. |
| 721 | * HealingFactor: Rozan somehow can regrow her ''eyes'' after ripping them out and using them as grenades. |
| 722 | * MartialPacifist: Rozan and her species are stated to be pacifists, but Rozan ''was'' guilty of destroying Tokyo several times -- ostensibly in self-defence. |
| 723 | * {{Retcon}}: ''A Space Godzilla'' was planned to be the 16th film in the series and was going to reveal that the Showa Godzilla was an intelligent [[MartialPacifist pacifistic]] female alien named Rozan, who was pregnant with a child named Lilin. |
| 724 | [[/folder]] |
| 725 | |
| 726 | [[folder:Snow Godzilla]] |
| 727 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snow_godzilla.png]] |
| 728 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Anime/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion the Movie: The Marvelous Fast ALFA-X That Comes From The Future'' |
| 729 | |
| 730 | A "Giant Monstrous Beast" created by the Valhallan, Snow Godzilla attacks a ski resort in Hokkaido -- creating a massive blizzard -- and is confronted by Miku Hatsune,[[note]]Not ''[[Music/{{Vocaloid}} that]]'' Miku, but a character based on her.[[/note]] and later battled by the other Shinkalion mechs. |
| 731 | ---- |
| 732 | ->''For further information, see the '''Characters/ShinkansenHenkeiRoboShinkalion''' page.'' |
| 733 | [[/folder]] |
| 734 | |
| 735 | [[folder:EVA-01 Godzilla Awakening Form]] |
| 736 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eva_01_godzilla_awakening_form.png]] |
| 737 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Godzilla vs. Evangelion'', 2016 |
| 738 | The result of Shin Godzilla using his Atomic Breath to inject the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion EVA-01]] with his cells, which results in a fusion between EVA-01 and Godzilla to fight King Ghidorah. |
| 739 | ---- |
| 740 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: What happens when Godzilla deliberately used his Atomic Breath on EVA-01? The result is EVA-01 ''becoming'' Godzilla. |
| 741 | * BreathWeapon: One of the powers the Eva-Godzilla hybrid inherits is his signature Atomic Breath, which she uses against Angel King Ghidorah. |
| 742 | * BodyHorror: While Shinji Ikari does not undergo any horrific transformation thanks to Shin Godzilla's Atomic Breath, the EVA-01 becomes part Godzilla--with the left half of her face being mutated, her sprouting a tail and green dorsal spines, and even gaining Godzilla's roar. |
| 743 | * BreakoutCharacter: EVA-01 Godzilla Awakening Form first appeared as a piece of merch for the 2016 ''Godzilla vs. Evangelion'' collaboration alongside a Godzilla/EVA-02 Beast Mode hybrid, Evangelion-colored Kiryus, and an EVA-style Mechagodzilla before being added to the 2019 ''Evangelion: Breaking Dawn'' mobile game alongside EVA-02's Godzilla hybrid form and eventually starring in the 2022 ''P Godzilla vs. Evangelion: G Cell Awakening'' pachinko game. |
| 744 | * HybridMonster: EVA-01's Godzilla Awakening Form is an amalgamation of [[AngelicAbomination Angel]] and [[DraconicAbomination whatever Shin Godzilla is]] born from the former being infused with the latter's cells, granting her the inherit abilities of both. |
| 745 | * OneWingedAngel: Being infused with Godzilla's cells causes Unit-01 to undergo a transformation into a Godzilla/cyborg Angel hybrid based on the figurine released for the 2016 ''Godzilla vs. Evangelion'' crossover. |
| 746 | * PowerGivesYouWings: EVA-01's Godzilla Awakening Form can manifest draconic wings made out of atomic energy. |
| 747 | * TwoFaced: The left half of Unit-01's face is mutated by Godzilla's cells, her eye turning red and her purple armor breaking away to reveal rough scales similar to Godzilla's own. |
| 748 | [[/folder]] |
| 749 | |
| 750 | [[folder:Godzilla (''Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex'')]] |
| 751 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla_godzilla_vs_gigan_rex.png]] |
| 752 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his Burning Form]]\ |
| 753 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/godzilla_burning_form_godzilla_vs_gigan_rex.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 754 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGiganRex'', 2022 |
| 755 | First appearing in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex'', the Big G returns after years of peacetime to fight the rampaging Gigan Miles and their leader, Gigan Rex. He later returns in ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'' to combat the newly-awakened Megalon. |
| 756 | ---- |
| 757 | * AdaptationalSkill: Aside from the Showa Godzilla being more of a highly hand-to-hand melee fighter, most incarnations of the Big G have the power to withstand numerous overwhelming attacks of any kind with their SuperToughness from their enemies, and if they spill any blood after getting hit, their HealingFactor mitigates the issue and can continue fighting. This Godzilla (whether if it is Junior or not) ''definitely'' has the capacity to take damage but rather than outright eating hits, he adapts to using far more defensive measures and techniques during his battles by being able to block, parry, and even counter melee strikes from the army of Gigan Miles while also destroying most of them without much difficulty. Even when he's facing off against Gigan Rex, Godzilla was able to use his own chainsaws against him by merely yanking him out of the air to bring him to the ground, and swatting him aside with a horizontal TailSlap swing. |
| 758 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's not confirmed, but it's implied he's the fully grown Godzilla Junior. The opening shot being a shot for shot recreation of Junior's resurrection accompanied by his lullaby from ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'', the timeline of him being gone for a quarter of a century lines up with ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', the short's narrator is Miki Saegusa's actress, Megumi Odaka, and he also possesses a Nuclear Pulse, one of the Heisei Godzilla's signature abilities. Junior is also known to view humans as his friends and family, and he never once retaliate against the JSDF even when they are shooting at him. |
| 759 | * BareHandedBladeBlock: |
| 760 | ** One of the Gigan Miles leaps at him with a flying slash and he catches it with one hand. He then catches its tailblade with the other before slamming it into the ground and crushing its head. |
| 761 | ** After parrying several hits, he catches Gigan Rex's chain swords and uses them to drag him into a tail swipe. |
| 762 | * BeamOWar: His battle with Gigan Rex ends with his white Atomic Breath colliding with Gigan Rex's supercharged ChestBlaster. While losing at first, he pushes it back until the beam explodes between them. Gigan Rex is left a scorched corpse and Godzilla is left roaring in victory. |
| 763 | * BigDamnHeroes: Humanity's weapons all fail to stop the Gigans which are rampaging unchecked...then Godzilla arrives to save the day. |
| 764 | * ChargedAttack: For his secondary appearance in ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', he demonstrates a new specific power by manipulating the use of his Nuclear Pulse to transfer its coursing energy and amplifying his physical attacks to astronomical degrees. He uses a fully-charged nuclear punch against Megalon, and has also used a RecoilBoost variation of his Nuclear Pulse to intercept Megalon's incoming attack by delivering a powerful mid-air dropkick. |
| 765 | * CompositeCharacter: His introduction at the beginning of the short shows him as a silhouette in a darkened city where it's identical to Godzilla Junior's resurrection at the end of ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah''. And just like what happened to Godzilla in the film, he too has access to his own Burning form, albeit it's white-hot instead of having glowing orange sections on his frontal body but fortunately for him, he doesn't even perish from the outcome and comes out unscathed. |
| 766 | ** His highly empowered Atomic Breath is colored white, which is essentially like how the original 1954 Gojira's BreathWeapon was shown in his debut film but it's depicted as an actual beam rather than looking misty and gaseous. |
| 767 | ** At one point, he fends off the swarm of the Gigan Miles' attacks by firing various beams of light seemingly out of his dorsal fins, which is one of the attacks that Shin Godzilla uses to destroy airborne targets. |
| 768 | ** He's capable of boosting the strength of his punch by manipulating energy at will to clobber Megalon a sheer distance, which is a power that [[VideoGame/SuperGodzilla Super Godzilla]] could also do. |
| 769 | * DashAttack: In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', he uses his Nuclear Pulse to launch himself feet-first at Megalon in a reference to the infamous tail-slide kick from the original movie. |
| 770 | * DestructiveSavior: He's stated to have just left humanity alone for the last quarter of a century and only resurfaces to stop the Gigan invasion, and is also implied to be the adult Junior. However, his attacks are still extremely destructive and his battle with the Gigans causes a lot of property damage. |
| 771 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: After severing Megalon's upper body with his powerful white-hot Atomic Breath, Godzilla, who's standing with partial burns around his chest and left arm, brings out a roar before collapsing in the smoky destroyed city, giving the impression that he has perished. He lives after the credits were over.]] |
| 772 | * EnhancedPunch: In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', he channels Nuclear Pulses into his claws to deflect Megalon's pile-bunker like arm-blades, blasting the giant beetle backwards with the force of the impacts. |
| 773 | * EyeAwaken: [[spoiler: The Big G heavily slumps over after [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe separating Megalon's used to be full body]]. In TheStinger, he's shown to be lying on the ground in the aftermath of his battle... his eye begins to quickly open after a few seconds have passed.]] |
| 774 | * FinishingStomp: Crushes one of the Gigan Miles' head with one violent stomp of his foot right after slamming him into the curbside. |
| 775 | * GentleGiant: The opening narration and the implications he's the adult Junior (who generally views humans in a friendly way) suggest he's left humanity completely alone for the last quarter of a century and things have been peaceful. He only resurfaces to fight off the Gigan invasion. When he returns in ''Vs. Megalon'', he's implied to have just come ashore to intercept the newly awakened Megalon. Despite the military firing on him, he never actually retaliates outside of one Atomic Breath shot into the sky rather than at them. |
| 776 | * TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: Subverted: while he's more than capable of taking hits from the Gigans, he notably goes out of his way to block, parry, or dodge attacks. Part of this is it makes him more capable of counterattacking. |
| 777 | * LawOfChromaticSuperiority: His strongest attack bucks the trend and instead of being the red/orange colored Spiral Fire Ray, this Godzilla's attack is a ''white'' Atomic Breath. |
| 778 | * LightningBruiser: He, ''surprisingly'', possesses astonishing reflexes regardless of his gargantuan mass by being able to easily counterattack rather swiftly and has even ''dodged'' a skyward slash that can cleave a building in half, uses his natural durability (like many other incarnations) to tank horrific buzzsaws shredding into him from the Gigan Miles and an EyeBeam from Gigan Rex, and has the dominating strength to deliver a beatdown on them. |
| 779 | * MegatonPunch: Sends Megalon hurtling backwards at a ginormous distance by outright decking him in the face with an atomic-powered mighty claw attack. |
| 780 | * NighInvulnerability: Godzilla gets struck several times by the Gigan's blades (including Rex's ''[[ChainsawGood chainsaws]]'') but Big G's skin never show so much as a graze. This is particular notable as Gigan is widely known to have consistently drawn blood from the King of the Monsters throughout all other continuities. |
| 781 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Both of his hands distinctively have 5 fingers in total (just like a human's hand), making this version of Godzilla, in particular, stand out visually from the previous incarnations prior since they usually maintain FourFingeredHands for each of their various designs. |
| 782 | * OfficialFanSubmittedContent: His film was the result of Takuya Uenishi winning the GEMSTONE Godzilla Contest, and one of the prizes was getting an official, Toho backed sequel. |
| 783 | * OneManArmy: He's capable of handling the Gigan Miles army without much trouble. It isn't until nine of them dogpile him all at once that he struggles, and even then, he just powers up a bit and blows most of them away with one nuclear pulse. |
| 784 | * StrongAndSkilled: |
| 785 | ** He's extremely powerful, capable of casually manhandling and killing the Gigan Miles, but is skilled enough in a fight to catch, parry, and dodge enemy attacks rather than just taking them (though he is ''very'' capable of taking them). |
| 786 | ** ''Godzilla vs Megalon'' shows he has far finer control of his nuclear pulse than most Godzillas, being able to channel it to enhance his blows as well as launch himself for a dropkick. |
| 787 | * SuperiorSuccessor: If he ''is'' the adult Godzilla Junior, he's a much better fighter than his predecessor. Best shown with his equal of the Spiral Fire Ray, which burns ''white'' rather than red/orange, and he seems to be able to enter a meltdown-like state without any ill effects. |
| 788 | * SuperMode: After getting briefly overwhelmed by the multiple Gigan Miles' buzzsaws cutting into his flesh, his power erupts greatly when he enters a form similar to his Meltdown stage in ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', as his chest displays a brightened white glow as well as his Atomic Breath shifting from blue to white. One blast of his strengthened beam destroys one of the Gigan Miles in one hit and it even overpowers Gigan Rex's ChestBlaster during the BeamOWar, which in turn, outright obliterates the alien cyborg. |
| 789 | * SuperReflexes: Throughout the battles, he demonstrates a lot of volant reactions to almost any attack, such as instantly catching an incoming TailSlap from a Gigan Miles. During his clash with Gigan Rex, he easily counters his {{Whip Sword}}s by flinging them away with each of his hands and grabs both of them the second they slice a nearby building in half. |
| 790 | * SuperStrength: Even by Godzilla standards, he's absurdly strong. Best shown when he casually brings a flying, full strength slash from a Gigan Mile to a dead stop [[BareHandedBladeBlock with one hand]], does the same with its tail strike, and then effortlessly slams it into the ground by the tail with one hand. Note, said kaiju is almost as large as Godzilla himself. |
| 791 | * TookALevelInBadass: He's implied to be the adult Godzilla Junior and ''extremely'' powerful. |
| 792 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: As a nod to the infamous dropkick attack in the original film, Godzilla pays direct tribute to his Showa counterpart as he uses a Nuclear Pulse to launch himself into the air to dropkick Megalon right out of the sky. |
| 793 | [[/folder]] |
| 794 | |
| 795 | [[folder:Chibi Godzilla]] |
| 796 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chibi_godzilla.png]] |
| 797 | [[caption-width-right:250: ''"My dream is to become a big monster so that Dad can hug me!"'']] |
| 798 | !!!'''Modeled after:''' Godzilla |
| 799 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''[[Literature/ChibiGodzilla Do Your Best, Chibi Godzilla]]'' (2018) |
| 800 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Serika Hiromatsu (''I'm Home, Chibi Godzilla''), Creator/JunFukuyama (''Anime/ChibiGodzillaRaidsAgain'') |
| 801 | |
| 802 | A character created by Chiharu Sakazaki, features in ''Godzilla'' media that were aimed at very young children. |
| 803 | |
| 804 | In the children's book series, Chibi Godzilla is a young version of Godzilla, and in stark contrast to other continulity's Godzilla, he is a crybaby. In ''I'm Home, Chibi Godzilla'', Chibi Godzilla is living with a human named Satomi in Japan, training himself to be the king of monsters. |
| 805 | |
| 806 | In ''Anime/ChibiGodzillaRaidsAgain'', he is instead a son of Godzilla who lives in Monster Island, and is more of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, much to Chibi Mechagodzila's chagrin. |
| 807 | ---- |
| 808 | ->''For further information, see the '''Characters/ChibiGodzilla''' page.'' |
| 809 | [[/folder]] |
| 810 | |
| 811 | [[folder:Chibi Minilla]] |
| 812 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cgra_chibi_minilla.png]] |
| 813 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"Well, he's definitely a handful, but he's fun!"'']] |
| 814 | !!!'''Modeled after:''' Minilla |
| 815 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Anime/ChibiGodzillaRaidsAgain'' season 2 (2024) |
| 816 | !!!'''Voiced by''': Creator/MaayaUchida |
| 817 | |
| 818 | The chibi version of Minilla, first appearing in ''Anime/ChibiGodzillaRaidsAgain''. |
| 819 | |
| 820 | Despite only being 5 years old, Chibi Minilla is more sensible than her brother Chibi Godzilla, whom she admires despite his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies. |
| 821 | ---- |
| 822 | ->''For further information, see the '''Characters/ChibiGodzilla''' page.'' |
| 823 | [[/folder]] |
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