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Fortunately, Yamane's daughter's fiance, Dr Serizawa, has invented an [[Applied Phlebotinum|Oxygen Destroyer]], capable of killing Godzilla, but he has moral qualms about using it, since the military would use it as a weapon of mass destruction.

 

 

At the end of the film, Yamane says he doesn't believe Godzilla was unique. [[There Is Another|Another will inevitably appear]].

 

 

[[Toho]]'s Godzilla films are traditionally categorized into three eras, according to when they were made: '''Showa''' (1954-1975), '''Heisei''' (1984-1995), and '''Millennium''' (1999-2004). Each era has its own look-and-feel, particularly in its special effects but also in its plotlines.

* ''[[The Godzilla Power Hour (Animation)|The Godzilla Power Hour]]'' (1978-1981)

* ''Godzilla Island'' (1997 - 1998)

 

 

** Godzilla: Final Wars was originally written so that the titular monster was ''Junior''. For unknown reasons, this concept was never used in the finished product and it's never revealed exactly ''which'' Godzilla it's supposed to be.

* [[And Now for Something Completely Different]]: ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'', the Japanese cut, is more of a Japanese [[Salaryman]] comedy, with a satirical take on the Kaiju Eiga genre as a whole. The U.S. cut actually feels more like a conventional monster movie than the original cut.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Godzilla himself, Mechagodzilla, Rodan, Anguirus, Baragon, even King Ghidorah who is often potrayed as [[Big Bad|both Godzilla AND Humanity's biggest threat]].

* [[Artistic License Physics]]: In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', Jet Jaguar -- a human-sized robot built by a human inventor in his spare bedroom -- suddenly grows to over 50 meters tall. The inventor's comment? "He must have reprogrammed himself to change his size somehow."

** [[Eyepatch of Power|Dr. Serizawa]].

** Steve Martin, taking in account he's one of the very few, if not the only, American to be on a city that Godzilla destroyed and actually survive.

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** ''GMK'' has a particularly badass admiral who drives a submarine into Godzilla's mouth and then drills a hole out through his neck. When Godzilla next tries to use his breath weapon, it ''rips him apart''.

* [[Canon Dis Continuity]]: The Godzilla series has multiple separate continuities within it: Showa (The films between 1954 and 1975) and Heisei (the films between 1984 and 1995) being the longest of them. Most films after that are their own individual continuity (But most still keep the original as canonical). This still doesn't prevent fans from picking and choosing amongst them. The fact that the first film's american version was actually re-dubbed in Japanese and shown in cinemas to a great success also adds some confusion to the Japanese fans as to what version was canon.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Shoichi, the main human character from "Raids Again" explains EVERYTHING that is going on in the movie but only in the dub.

** But then said monster also throughout all appearances has a buzzsaw in his torso.

** Rhiahn in the [[Marvel Comics]], with his rotating "helicopter blades of buzzsaw death" tail.

** You can notice that most of the more recent Godzilla films tend to open up with some Godzilla action to hook the audience, then tend to proceed with the usual human story for some while before monster action typically resumes. ''Godzilla vs Destoroyah'', ''Godzilla 2000'', ''Godzilla vs Megaguirus'', ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' and ''Godzilla Final Wars'' all follow this pattern, and even GMK and ''Tokyo: SOS'' still have hints of Godzilla right at the start.

* [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons]]/[[Prehistoric Monster]]: Most kaiju based on prehistoric (or supposedly prehistoric) animals: Godzilla, Anguirus, Varan, Rodan, Baragon and Megaguirus.

* [[Doomed Protagonist]]: Godzilla, due to radiation overdose, in ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''

* [[Downer Ending]]: The ending for the original 1954 film has {{spoiler|One of the main characters choose to die with Godzilla rather than risk having to use his weapon again. Not only that, but it's implied that Godzilla isn't the only one of his kind...}}

* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: Averted in ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla''. The car that falls down a cliff doesn't explode. That is, until Godzilla steps on it.

* [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs]]: [[Prehistoric Monster|Mutant dinosaurs the size of skyscrapers]], that is.

* [[Eye Beams]]: Hedorah, Mechagodzilla (except for Kiryu), King Caesar, Battra (both forms), MOGUERA, ''Final Wars'' Gigan and Monster X.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Dr. Serizawa, the only man to kill Godzilla officially.

** [[Akira Kurosawa]], one of the most respected filmmakers of the 20th century, wanted to direct a Godzilla movie, but Toho didn't want to spend the money (as Akira was known to go overbudget and himself cost a lot to direct a film in addition to the Special Effects cost).

* [[Eye Lights Out]]

** It should be mentioned that this sort of violence is considered much more acceptable for Japanese children compared to American standards, so this is a bit of cultural differences. Just look at the Gamera series, which are loaded with such violence. The Godzilla films in the 1970's started having similar gore most likely because of the Gamera films.

** Justified, as bullets do not affect kaiju generally.

** In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', the agents from Seatopia used ''knockout gas guns.''

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: The franchise and its related films feature dinosaurs that have survived until the present day to be mutated by atomic testing, present-day animals mutated by atomic testing, nearly a dozen different intelligent alien races trying to conquer us with various monsters and [[Humongous Mecha]], [[Time Travel]], mystical creatures and gods of religions that don't really exist, a massive sentient plant made by mixing a rose's DNA with Godzilla's and giving the result a human soul, ghosts, a living pile of sludge, two unrelated subterranean civilizations, [[Frankenstein]]'s monster, [[King Kong]], humans with powerful psychic powers, a force made of humans born with supernatural strength and agility, a gun that fires black holes, a giant magic gliding lizard whose very presence creates [[Dramatic Wind]], a giant walrus(!) and all other manner of wacky shit. And that's what fans love about these films!

* [[Filk Song]]

** [[Big Bad]]: Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah

** [[The Dragon]]: Gigan

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Manda

** [[Tagalong Kid]]: Poor Hedorah...

** [[The Hero]]: Godzilla. Also makes a good [[Big Guy]].

** [[The Lancer]]: Anguirus. Grouchier, and has only melee attacks.

* [[Freeze Ray]]: Kiryu and The Gotengo's Absolute Zero Cannons

** ''Godzilla vs Destoroyah'' features several mecha with freezing beams, including the Super XIII and special maser tanks.

* [[From a Single Cell]]: Organizer/Regenerator G-1

* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: Godzilla was just your average run-of-the-mill dinosaur before being mutated into the radioactive badass we all know and love.

* [[Gone Horribly Right]]

* [[The Good Captain]]: Captain Gordon.

** '''1954, 1955 and 2004'''

** {{color|green|1962, 1965, 1973, 1984, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2002}}

*** A version of ''Destroy All Monsters'' was ''supposed'' to be available in October 2011, but there's no evidence it actually hit the streets. The only thing Allegro has under that name as of the end of 2013 is a soundtrack CD.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Destoroyah had several of these moments in goring Godzilla Junior in the chest, killing him by dropping him from up high just as Godzilla arrives in Tokyo to meet him, and dragging Godzilla by the throat while he's mourning his son.

** The college Students in GMK try to drown a dog until Mothra comes and kills the students.

** SpaceGodzilla being the Complete Monster he is imprisoning Little Godzilla

* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: One of Kiryu's mode of attacks.

** And Showa Mechagodzilla, combined with [[Beam Spam]].

** Actually, it was the aliens that did that. He didn't know about it until the movie was almost over, and he was quite upset about it when he found out.

* [[Magma Man]]: Obsidius in ''Godzilla: Unleashed''.

*** ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'' was recently released on DVD in Germany, with a new dub made for it.

** The Japanese version of ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' has not been released on DVD outside of Japan.

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: ''Frankenstein Conquers The World''. Dr. Frankenstein's not in it, and there's no conquering of any kind. Also ''Godzilla vs. The Thing'', though you can be forgiven for expecting to hear [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|"IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!"]] at some point.

* [[Not Evil, Just Misunderstood]]: The original 1954 film shows that he's as much a victim of the atomic bomb as everyone else.

** In GMK Ghidorah is explicitly referred to as an Orochi who was woken before all his heads had developed

** And of course, the actual Orochi, in ''Yamato Takeru''.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: King Ghidorah, who is loosely based on the Yamata No Orochi. There's also Manda, who is essentially a Chinese Dragon. And Orochi itself, in ''Yamato Takeru''.

* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: GMK Godzilla is essentially a zombie version of the 1954 Godzilla possessed by the souls of those who died in WWII.

* [[Villain Override]]

* [[Weather Control Machine]]: In ''Son of Godzilla''.

** ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'': Xilians from Planet X ask Earth for help in driving King Ghidorah off their planet by sending them Godzilla and Rodan, and in return they'll give us a drug that will cure all known Earth diseases. We send them Godzilla and Rodan, and everything seems just dandy... until the Xilians reveal that they have all three monsters under their control and unleash them on Tokyo.

** ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'': An awesome new amusement park called Children's Land opens in Japan, promoting peace for all mankind... until it's revealed that the staff of the park are really giant intergalactic cockroaches that want to rebuild their own civilization which was destroyed by the human-like species on their own planet, and they unleash Gigan and King Ghidorah on Tokyo.

** ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'': A trio of humans arrive from the future and declare that, very soon, Godzilla will destroy all of Japan (even worse than he usually does), and that they must go back in time and make it so he is never created to make sure this never happens. Along with the main characters, they go back in time and prevent Godzilla's creation... only to secretly leave behind the Dorats, who end up merging and turning into King Ghidorah from the same radiation that created Godzilla. And the future people control Ghidorah.

** ''Godzilla: Final Wars'': When every monster ever starts attacking major cities around the globe at once, the Xilians (again) show up and teleport them all away, saying they only want peace between Earth and Planet X. But then it turns out they were planning on conquering the Earth (albeit through peaceful means). With their cover blown and the rash hot-head taking over command, all the monsters are released back on Earth, this time backed up by Gigan and the Xilians' numerous warships.

{{quote| '''Audrey Timmonds:''' If he's the first of his kind, how can he be pregnant? Doesn't he need a mate?<br />

'''Dr. Niko Tatopoulus:''' Not if he reproduces asexually.<br />