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* [[Alien Invasion]]: "Monster Wars."
* [[Animal Mecha]]: Cameron Winter's "Cyber flies."
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Mocked in "Leviathan":
{{quote|'''Monique''': Indeed. It is almost as laughable a notion as one breathing atomic fire.}}
** Played straight in "Deadloch": Nick doesn't believe in the [[Loch Ness Monster]] despite being the adopted father of a giant fire-breathing lizard.
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* [[Asteroids Monster]]: The silver monster in "Shafted."
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: [[Captain Obvious|It's]] '''[[Captain Obvious|Godzilla]]'''.
* [[Back
* [[Bad Future]]: The episode "Future Shock" has the crew sent forward through time to one of these, where bio-engineered monstrosities have killed all the other [[Kaiju]] ([[Heroic Sacrifice|Including Godzilla]]) and overrun the world.
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]: Let's see -- the Megapede, Fire Monster, Giant Scorpion, [[Giant Spider]], El Gusano Gigante, the Giant Bees, Giant Termites...
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** Also N.I.G.E.L. and Hicks.
* [[Gaia's Vengeance]]
* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: How the Chameleon is created.
** As well as the [[Hero-Killer|D.R.A.G.M.A.'s]] in "Future Shock."
* [[Giant Equals Invincible]]: Unlike the [[Godzilla (film)|film]], this is played straight. The only time a monster would die in this series is by fighting each other or a specialized weapon by the main character. Even when it's specially meant to kill, it could have the possibility to hurt Godzilla himself, as Nick had to be careful when the DNA creature turns into Godzilla and Elise says it could kill him.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Most notably, Big G Junior himself.
* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: Somewhat the trope namer. While Godzilla comes to the human's aid by himself, H.E.A.T decides to use his computerized voice to summon him when there's a kaiju that gives them trouble.
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* [[Hunter of His Own Kind]]: Many of the mutations were caused by radiation like in Godzilla's origin story. Not quite so tragic as most examples as many of them would just as soon as kill Godzilla as look at him.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In "Future Shock":
{{quote|'''Kid:''' [[Catch Phrase|Go go go]]!
'''Nick:''' Kid's kind of bossy, isn't he? }}
* [[I Love Nuclear Power]]: Quite a few mutations are the result of radiation.
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* [[Kaiju]]
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: There's only been a handful of episodes ''officially'' released to video/DVD, including the oft-mentioned "Monster Wars."
** While still not available on DVD, the full series is streamed on Netflix.
* [[Legion of Doom]]: "Monster Wars."
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Insley in "Future Shock."
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** It is played straight fairly often too, if you are human and you do something that can harm Godzilla, Nick will cut a bitch.
* [[Playful Hacker]]: Randy.
* [[Raised by Humans]]: Godzilla imprinted on Nick Tatapolous as his adopted father.
* [[Recurring Character|Recurring Monsters]]: In "Monster Wars," Crustaceous Rex, King Cobra, El Gusano, Queen Bee and Cryptocleidus all made return appearances. In the later episode "S.C.A.L.E.," Crustaceous Rex and King Cobra (as well as the Giant Bat introduced in "Monster Wars"') appeared again, this time as captives on Monster Island.
* [[Recycled: the Series]]
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* [[They Killed Kenny]]: The previously-mentioned N.I.G.E.L.-smashing.
** This led to a perceived rivalry with said trope namesake.
* [[Took a Level
** Also, Nick is much more active than he used to be when [[Matthew Broderick]] portrayed him in the movie.
* [[Tunnel King]]: Godzilla, like his daddy, but even better at it than he was.
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