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* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: 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.

* [[Papa Wolf]] - Only a [[Too Dumb to Live|complete moron]] would try to harm Godzilla's offspring.

* [[Physical God]]: The original Godzilla was worshipped by the natives of Oto Island.

* [[Power Trio]]: With Rodan and Mothra in the Showa Era.

* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: So much so that a certain [[Steven Spielberg|filmmaker]] is inspired by his sailor father's tales of UFO's and a prehistoric monster on a lush island.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Godzillasaurus' screams of agony are the roars of his most famous non-Toho rival, [[Gamera]].

* [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]: Averted, as it is a new unknown species, but Godzillasaurus definitely calls to mind the tripod-stance look of ''Tyrannosaurus'' in older films.

 

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: One of the most frightening in all cinema.

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: In her second form she was much cooler and could take more hits from Zilla's breath weapon.

 

=== Dagahra ===

* [[Metamorphosis Monster]]: From microscopic organism, to insect sized monster, to ten foot killers, to Godzilla Junior sized [[Giant Flyer]], to a towering demonic colussus larger than even Godzilla himself.

* [[Mook Maker]]: Played straight and inverted. The big Destoroyah grew from a bunch of little ones joining together. It can break apart into smaller kaiju ones and swarm Godzilla.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Of Junior.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: As [[James Rolfe]] said, "He looks like the goddamn devil."

* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: Subverted, a number of fans, possibly mostly American, call Destoroyah a 'she' though Toho officially stated it's a 'he', despite the fact Destoroyah is more of an 'it'.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: It's pronounced "Destroyer" but spelled Destoroyah due to odd rights with using the word.

* [[The Swarm]]: Destoroyah could break apart into smaller monsters and attack from everywhere.

* [[Sword Beam]]: What its horn may have really been doing.

* [[Cyborg]]: Mecha-Ghidorah, who has a mechanical head and wings, plating over his chest and legs, and a vast array of built-in weapons. How much of him is mechanical tends to vary depending on the media and the continuity.

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: In ''Godzilla vs King Ghidorah'' where Godzilla beats him and takes over as [[Big Bad]]. King Ghidorah doesn't take this lying down, returns as Mecha-Ghidorah and fights Godzilla to a [[Mutual Kill]]. King Ghidorah and Mecha-Ghidorah also serve as literal Disc One Final Bosses in several of the Godzilla video games.

* [[The Dragon]]: Plays this role to various aliens.

* [[Dynamic Entry]]: When Showa Ghidorah re-awakens from a meteorite it's bad ass.

* [[And I Must Scream]]: Before [[Karmic Death|getting killed by Godzilla]].

* [[Badass]]: It's a clone of '''''GODZILLA'''''. You were expecting a pushover?

* [[Biological Mashup]]: Part Godzilla, part rose, part human, part crystalline space entity. Maybe. Two potential origins exist for this guy in the movies and a third was introduced by the Trendmasters ''Godzilla Wars'' toyline, and was considered definitive within the line. Both with at least one factor in common. One theory's starting point sees a few stray Godzilla cells parting ways from Biollante at the end of ''Godzilla vs. Biollante'', and the other sees Mothra accidentally taking some of Godzilla's DNA into space with her at the end of ''Battle for Earth''. In either case, the theories then state that somehow these cells were exposed to the energy of a black hole and emerged from a white hole, emerging as a twisted and evil clone of Godzilla. The origin presented by Trendmasters take partly from the theory of Mothra being the one responsible for Godzilla cells ending up in space. However the twist is that these cells encountered a crystalline life form, one that may or may not have been malevolent from the outset. Whatever the case, the resultant creature, Space Godzilla, headed straight for Earth in both the films and the toyline with a singular thought: defeat Godzilla.

* [[Call Back]]/[[Shout-Out]]: Space Godzilla's physical design was heavily based off of the [[Super Mode|Super Godzilla]] design from the videogame of the same name for the SNES. In fact, aside from turning the spines along his back and tail and the massive growths on his shoulders into crystal, he's almost an [[Expy]] for Super Godzilla. Right down to the crest on his head, which was edited out of the American version of the game. Space Godzilla's mouth also shows some similarities to Biollante's mouth, and the way his body breaks down after death is similar to Biollante as well.

* [[Crystal Spires and Togas|Crystal Spires]]: This is the theme of this behemoth.

* [[Evil Twin]]: A twisted clone of Godzilla, created when his cells fused together with an alien entity and some sort of crystalline lifeform within a black hole.

* [[For the Evulz]]: Seems to be his motivation.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Clearly possesses at least some degree of human intelligence, and is self-motivated, making it one of the smartest Kaiju in the franchise.

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]?: Subverted, sure Titanosaurus just has that fin at the end of his tail. It kinda looks stupid, doesn't it, so it must be crap right? Wrong! The hurricanes it can create crumbles buildings and totally threw Godzilla off his game! Plus, uppercuts!

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]?: As noted above, his defeat/possible death is really unnecessarily cruel, especially, since he's a peaceful creature being controlled against his will.

 

=== Varan ===

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* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]

 

== Vehicles ==

* [[More Dakka]]: ''Final Wars'' gives ''Gotengo'' eight missile launchers and several laser cannons.

* [[This Is a Drill]]: The bow of the ship is a huge drill, allowing ''Gotengo'' to move through the ground.

=== Super-X / Super-X II / Super-X III ===

[[File:Super-X_3193.jpg|frame|So a tadpole, a shoebox and a Stealth bomber walk into a bar...]]

* [[More Dakka]]: Super-X and Super-X III. Super-X II mainly used the Fire Mirror, only using missiles in the second confrontation.

* [[Power Creep, Power Seep]]: The first Super-X was able to defeat Godzilla by firing cadmium missiles into his mouth, neutralizing his atomic cells. But when Godzilla was revived by a nuclear storm, the Super-X couldn't use that trick again, and both combatants simply unloaded at each other until Godzilla finally brought down the Super-X. The Super-X II did amazingly until the Fire Mirror was overloaded by Godzilla's ray, then it faired poorly in the second fight until Godzilla destroyed with a final blast. Subverted by the Super-X III, which not only temporarily defeated Godzilla by freezing him but also landed the killing blows on Destoroyah.

=== Maser Cannon ===

[[File:Maser_9500.jpg|frame|Satellite television wherever you go!]]

* [[Unbuilt Trope]]: Masers are first mentioned by that name in ''War of the Gargantuas'', but very similar predecessors are depicted in ''The Mysterians'' (where they are referred to as Markelites), and ''Mothra'' (Atomic Heat Rays). In ''Mysterians'', the Markelites thoroughly avert the above mentioned [[The Worf Effect|Worf Effect]], being the primary weapon used to defeat the invaders.