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!Japanese Kaiju

[[folder:Anguirus]]
!!Anguirus
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'', 1955
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'' | ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' | ''Film/AllMonstersAttack''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'' | ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' | ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' | ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''[[note]]skeletal remains[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''[[note]]skeletal remains[[/note]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Katsumi Tezuka (''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain''), Hiroshi Tekita ('''') , Yukietsu Omiya (''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''-''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon''), Kin-ichi Kusumi (''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla''), Toshihiro Ogura (''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'')
''AKA'': ''Angilas'', ''Angurus'', ''Anguilosaurus, Killer of the Living''

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The second kaiju to appear in the franchise and Godzilla's first opponent. Anguirus is a giant, aggressive, carnivorous, multi-brained "[[ArtisticLicense ankylosaur]]" with a spiked shell and long spike-lined tail. He's one of the "mundane" monsters, possessing only his teeth, claws, spikes and attitude to battle his foes. Anguirus makes up for his lack of flair with immense stamina and determination, and can take an incredible beating before going down while delivering as much as he gets. After almost defeating and being defeated by Godzilla, Anguirus has been one of his closest allies. While he's not very popular in Japan, he has a huge fanbase in America.\\\

The Showa Era's Anguirus first appeared in a ferocious battle with Godzilla; and though the smaller creature was ultimately defeated, he (or another of his kind) aided Godzilla in fending off the space terror duo of King Ghidorah and Gigan. Later on, he would attempt fighting Mechagodzilla on his own, and inform Godzilla of the mechanical impostor's presence. In 1999, Anguirus would be relocated and moved to Monsterland, alongside many other Earth monsters. After the final death of King Ghidorah, Anguirus would live peacefully on Monsterland for the rest of his days.\\\

The Millenium Era's Anguirus was first seen trampling Shanghai under the orders of the Xiliens alien race. Anguirus aided Rodan and King Ceasar in battling Godzilla at Mount Fuji, but the monster trio were defeated when Godzilla flung the ankylosaur into his two partners, leaving them knocked out in a dazed heap. This incarnation of Anguirus frequently curled into a ball as a form of attack.

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: He is described as being a descendent of Ankylosauridae. There are a number of issues with that classification. For one, the Ankylosauridae were herbivorous, lacked sharp teeth, walked with erect postures instead of Anguirus' sprawling gait, and absolutely did not have flappy porcupine shells and canid-like snouts. Later incarnations work to rectify this classification, with Anguirus commonly being described as a completely unique form of reptile with similar evolutionary roots to the ankylosaurs.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comic ''Godzilla Legends'' he manages to defeat [[HeroKiller Destoroyah]] and send him packing, albeit with aid from the humans. In the Marc Cerasini novels, he fights Gigan one-on-one and kills him. In ''Godzilla: The Half-Century War'', he puts up one helluva fight against Godzilla.
** In the Atari fighting games however, he displays much more of his physical combat abilities as he's fully capable of standing on his hind legs (indefinitely) by fighting directly in hand-to-hand combat against other monsters, making him far more formidable than he was in the films. [[LightningBruiser He's also great at executing highly agile attacks, he's rather fast on his feet along with having his RollingAttack, and exhibits the best defense out of ANY monster thanks to his spiky armored shell.]]
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear whether the Anguirus from later Showa films is the same one who fought Godzilla in ''Raids Again'', having somehow survived getting his throat torn out and then lit on fire, or a 2nd Anguirus who appeared sometime later.
* AnIcePerson: Strangely in the original draft of ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'', his AdaptationalSuperpowerChange was going to involve him having his body partially composed out of ice as well as having his spiked carapace and tail possessing icicle-like appendages that would grow back if one of them were detached.
* AnimalJingoism: The second movie explicitly sets him up as an enemy of Godzilla due to his defensive nature and hatred of "warlike creatures", although later films generally have them as allies. And of course, Anguirus and Godzilla are primarily based on ''Ankylosaurus'' and ''Tyrannosaurus'' respectively, animals which ''would've'' been enemies in life.
* BadassNormal: Anguirus is one of the few monsters that doesn't have a breath weapon and he certainly cannot fly. All he's got going for him are his horns, teeth, claws, and the ability to roll into a spiky ball. And yet he's still considered to be Godzilla's greatest ally.
** In ''Destroy All Monsters'', Anguirus is the first Kaiju to deal a strong enough attack to King Ghidorah to draw ''blood'', something Godzilla himself wouldn't manage until the Heisei era.
* BashBrothers: With Godzilla in the later films.
* BeTheBall: During the initial 3-against-1 match up against Godzilla in ''Godzilla Final Wars'', he essentially becomes the "living projectile" of the group by being in his balled up form as King Caesar takes a major advantage of by sending Anguirus flying with a powerful kick where he's rapidly hurtling towards the Big G as an attempt to stop him... instead, he gets slammed into a rocky hill after Godzilla avoided him.
* BloodFromTheMouth: As a gruesome result from having his jaw forcefully broken by Fake Godzilla AKA Mechagodzilla, trickles of blood starts gushing from his mouth. To make it even more brutal than it already is, his face gets slammed face-first into a small puddle of his own regurgitated blood.
* TheBusCameBack: Prior to his appearance in ''Final Wars'', his last appearance was in ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'' thirty years prior, skipping the entire Heisei Era (efforts ''were'' made to include him in a few movies, but they didn't pan out).
* ButtMonkey:
** In the Showa series, he was burnt to a crisp by Godzilla, took a buzzsaw to the face from Gigan, and got his jaw ripped open by Mechagodzilla.
** In IDW comics, he's rather infamous for losing almost every kaiju fight he's been in.
* CloseRangeCombatant: He notably lacks projectiles or any long range attacks, relying purely on his natural weapons.
* CrownOfHorns: Always possesses an arranged set of horns on his cranium in most of his appearances.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: It was never made clear whether Anguirus was revived from ''Godzilla Raids Again'' or if it's a second member of the species, but after being defeated in that movie Showa Godzilla and Anguirus became allies.
** It is explained in the Japanese version that Anguirus only had a problem with Godzilla because Godzilla was a violence-prone monster, which Anguirus hated. Since Godzilla would soon reform, Anguirus would then have no problem with him.
* {{Determinator}}: Again, mostly a melee fighter, yet his heart won't stop him from fighting. Even taking a buzz-saw in the face from Gigan won't stop him! Or being dropped from a flying Ghidorah and stomped upon repeatedly, at that. [[GameBreakingInjury Getting his jaw broken, though...]]
* DumbDinos: Averted. Like Godzilla, he displays intelligence.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Plenty in his first appearance in ''Godzilla Raids Again'':
** In a few early video games, he had a sonic roar that causes Osaka Castle to crumble, but in all his later appearances he has no breath attack.
** He is as equally radioactive as Godzilla, having also awoken from an H-Bomb testing. His radioactivity is never brought up after his debut movie.
* EpicFlail: Gets ''used as one'' by Godzilla against several Mechagodzillas in the ''Rulers of Earth'' comic. Anguirus takes it in stride.
* AFriendInNeed: Godzilla and Anguirus have quite a few moments of these in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan''.
** When Gigan starts kicking Anguirus in the head, how does Godzilla respond? By chucking a boulder at Gigan's head.
** Anguirus sees Godzilla being attacked by high powered weaponry from the Godzilla Tower at the center of the amusement park where the battle is taking place, while Gigan and Ghidorah look on. Headless of the danger to himself, he charges to the rescue, willing to go headlong into Gigan's buzz saw to try to save his friend. It shows just how far these two have come from their first encounter.
** Godzilla returns the favor when he sees Anguirus being attacked by King Ghidorah.
* HeroAntagonist: In a way. The reason he attacked Godzilla was because he was a dangerous BloodKnight, which is why he was even attacking him.
* HonorBeforeReason: Took Gigan's buzzsaw in the face just to try to help an ailing Godzilla.
* HornAttack: After being kept at bay by Gigan who's preventing him from rescuing Godzilla, he attempted to ram into him with his horn... it sort of worked by nudging Gigan slightly, only to get his face butchered by his buzzsaw.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Lacking any kind of ranged or energy attack, Anguirus uses himself as a weapon, slamming his spike-covered shell into opponents with backwards leaps and rolling over/into them with his RollingAttack. In ''Rulers of Earth'' Godzilla uses him as a weapon by swinging him by the tail.
* InNameOnly: The movies ''say'' he's an ankylosaur, but he far more resembles a spike-covered [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeNonDinosaurianReptiles mahjangasuchid]] than anything else.
** Technically, Anguirus is identified as an "Angilasaurus" in the Japanese version of "Godzilla Raids Again."
* InconsistentSpelling: He was "Angilas" officially in English starting with ''Godzilla Raids Again'' (identified on Toho's English export poster and sales brochure). For unknown reasons, he became "Anguirus" starting in 1974. Toho jumped back and forth from then until 1998 when they decided to run with "Anguirus". His name is ultimately derived from ''Ankylosaurus''.%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Judging from some of his [[SuddenlyVoiced dialogue]] in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan''("Whadya want?"), he comes off as a bit grouchy, but by the end of the day he's a heroic kaiju alongside Godzilla.
* TheLancer: At least when paired with the lighter and softer Showa Godzilla, he's grouchier and relies on fangs and guts.
* LightningBruiser: Anguirus is not only durable and powerful, but surprisingly quick, especially compared to other kaiju.
* MadeOfIron: While most kaiju can take an absurd amount of damage anyway, Anguirus stands out since he often fights monsters much stronger and larger than he is.
* MeaningfulName: A modification of ''Ankylosaurus''.
* NuclearMutant: In ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'', he is also awoken by a nuclear texting in the Pacific Ocean, which is why he {{No Sell}}s Godzilla's atomic breath. Later materials would drop this angle between him and nuclear weapons.
* RollingAttack: The first time he's ever used this ability was in the game ''Godzilla Kaiju Daikessen'' which is his finishing move. The fighting games make this move more spectacular. ''Godzilla Final Wars'' was the first film to have him utilize it as it makes him difficult to intercept and has even struck down a Gotengo ship in '' one blow.''
** That was also how he defeated [[TheDreaded Destroyah]] in one IDW issue.
* {{Sidekick}}: Best known as Godzilla's closest ally.
* SignatureMove: He's able to fling himself backwards with his spiky carapace in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan''. Godzilla "instructs" him to use this move while Gigan and King Ghidorah were bickering as Anguirus plows right into the latter, toppling both of the alien kaiju to the ground. He does this attack once again on King Ghidorah, 3 times in a row repeatedly while Godzilla kept him fully restrained.
** He also has this attack in the Pipeworks trilogy, but only if his back is against an opponent.
* SpikeShooter: How his [[LimitBreak Rage attack]] is seen in ''Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee''. He jumps, curls himself into ball, continuously spins in mid-air, and spreads glowing orange spiky projectiles from his shell.
* TheSpiny: His back is covered in spikes and he often attacks by hurling himself backwards at an opponent.
* SpringJump: Gained this ability in ''Mechagodzilla'' due to subbing for Baragon.
* StarterVillainStays: He was the very first monster Godzilla fought and returned to the series a bit later, but as an ally.
* SuddenlyVoiced: In the English dub of ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'', he and Godzilla briefly speak English to one another.
* SuperScream: His "sonic roar" noted above became his ranged attack in the Atari Pipeworks fighting game trilogy. It's the only ranged beam/energy/sonic weapon that can't engage in a BeamOWar and it has the shortest length, but it pierces buildings/rocks, has a wide range, and can daze opponents for a couple of seconds.
* ToughArmoredDinosaur: He's a kaiju based on an ankylosaur.
* TunnelKing: He's shown burrowing through the earth before confronting a disguised Mechagodzilla.
* UnexplainedRecovery: It is unknown how he had his jaw fixed after ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' when we see him in ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' (chronologically, ''Destroy All Monsters'' is considered the last film of the timeline, not of the series it was made in).
** Then again, we're talking about a creature who possibly survived having his throat ripped out and being burned to a crisp by ''Godzilla'' (and shows no visible scars from any of that to boot), so the broken-jaw becomes rather moot.
* TheWorfEffect: In his first appearance, Anguirus was vicious enough to hold his own against Godzilla with only tooth and claw. Subsequent films decided to use him to establish how dangerous the new monster was.

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[[folder:Bagan]]
!!Bagan
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''VideoGame/SuperGodzilla'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Nintendo]], 1993

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The phrase "Better luck next time, buddy" best describes Bagan, a creature intended to be used in a handful of Toho daikaiju movies, none of which ever came to be: the original draft of ''The Return of Godzilla'', ''Mothra vs. Bagan'' and ''Godzilla vs. Bagan'', before finally appearing in the video game ''Super Godzilla''. The Bagan in ''The Return of Godzilla'' is completely different from the later version of the beast, which would stay more or less the same in each of his subsequent "appearances."\\\

From a shapeshifting creature that heals with each change, to a protector of China freed from ice in the Himalayas seeking to punish mankind for global warming, to virtually unknown about what he was, to a creature from Earth's ultra ancient past controlled by alien invaders and containing [[spoiler:the DNA of Godzilla and King Ghidorah]], Bagan has possibly had the roughest history of all kaiju. His only apparance has been in a video game called ''Super Godzilla'' for the SNES as the Final Boss. Despite this, Bagan has managed to gain quite a following, in part because of how powerful he is in the game requiring Godzilla to turn into [[SuperForm Super Godzilla]] to stand a chance against him. His attacks in the game consist of claw slashes, shooting white stars that look like shurikens from his horns, and a white energy beam.\\\

For tropes pertaining to the numerous versions of the character from scrapped films see [[Characters/GodzillaScrappedKaiju this page]].

Bagan would ''finally'' get his screen debut in ''WebVideo/{{Godziban}}'' after decades.

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* BigBad: Of ''Super Godzilla'', though it could be argued he also shares this with Mecha-King Ghidorah.
* BarrierWarrior: He can create forcefields in ''Super Godzilla''.
* BreathWeapon: A white plasma beam from his mouth that does more damage than anything else in the game.
* TheBusCameBack: He made an unexpected appearance in a 2022 episode of the ''WebVideo/{{Godziban}}'' web-series that also serves as an adaptation of ''Mothra vs Bagan''. His last appearance in any canon before this was in the interactive video game ''Godzilla Movie Studio Tour'' (and even then, it was only a handful of screenshots), released in 1998. His design in ''Godziban'' is identical to how it was in that game. This episode would even get a limited theatrical release along with the rest of the episodes its packaged with.
* ButtMonkey: Meta example. There have been several movie scripts and concepts featuring Bagan, yet every single time they've never been made into a film and he's never had a movie appearance to date. He was also considered for Godzilla Unleashed, and *still* failed to materialize there.
* DiabolusExNihilo: In record time people go from saying "Bagan?" to freaking the hell out when he destroys Tokyo in mere seconds, and right after he's introduced.
* FinalBoss: He's the last enemy in ''Super Godzilla''.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Probably as a result of being a largely unused character, his motivations across various scripts beyond being an evil destroyer are vague. The ''Super Godzilla'' version simply has him as the FinalBoss of the alien invasion.
* GodzillaThreshold: Bagan literally requires you to be Super Godzilla to have any hope in hell of beating him. One can argue that the aliens time traveling to capture Bagan [[spoiler:and enhance him with Godzilla and Ghidorah's genetics]] also counts as by this point Godzilla's pretty much killed everything they threw at him and it seems they were getting incredibly desperate even with Mecha-King Ghidorah as a trump card.
* MadeOfIron: He's got the most health any enemy, and Godzilla's attacks will barely do anything to him, some don't even hurt him at all.
* MagicMissileStorm: Downplayed in ''Super Godzilla''; Bagan's Diamond Storm attack has him use his horns to create three star-like objects and then fire them.
* MeaningfulName: "Bagan" is Indonesian for blueprint and/or draft, which has meaning retroactively considering that Bagan was planned for several movies but ended up as a huge WhatCouldHaveBeen. His first planned appearance was in the original story for ''The Return of Godzilla'' where he had multiple forms.
* NoSell: Essentially what Bagan does to normal Godzilla's attacks in regular gameplay.
* OneShotCharacter: While he wasn't intended to be one, Bagan showed up in one video game[[note]]while he does show up in the obscure Godzilla Studio Movie Tour, he uses a different design there[[/note]], and then disappeared from the face of the earth, not unlike Krystalak and Obsidius. He would ''finally'' subvert this when he'd make his return on ''WebVideo/{{Godziban}}''.
* RedSkyTakeWarning: Happens in Super Godzilla after he destroys all of Tokyo.
* RuleOfThree: For the original draft of Godzilla 1985, he was going to appear as a living giant totem pole of monsters, in Mothra vs Bagan, he was going to appear as a Chinese legend and for Super Godzilla, he is a monster brought to the modern day from Earth's "Ultra Ancient Past" by aliens and aside from his own formidable form and powers, also gains ''extra'' powers after having the DNA strands of [[spoiler:Godzilla and King Ghidorah]] spliced into him.
* ShockAndAwe: In some storyboards for the scrapped ''Mothra vs. Bagan'' he is shown to be able to fire a type of lightning bolt attack out of his nasal horn.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Destoroyah and Monster X seem to act as substitutes of him, given that they take his shtick of having multiple forms.

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[[folder:Baragon]]
!!Baragon
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''[[Film/FrankensteinConquersTheWorld Frankenstein vs Baragon]]'', 1965
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/FrankensteinConquersTheWorld'' | ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' | ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]]
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/HaruoNakajima (1965-1968), Rie Ōta (2001)
''AKA'': ''Subterranean Monster'', ''God of Earth''

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A reptilian monster that survived the dinosaur extinction by going underground. Baragon has large floppy ears and a horn on his nose that glows to illuminate subterranean passages. He can also emit a beam of fire from his mouth to aid in digging and as a weapon.\\\

In his first appearance, Baragon was an antagonistic monster who fed on humans and cattle, which led to battle with Frankenstein and ultimately mutual defeat as the two were swallowed by the earth in a cave-in. From then on, Baragon's history was rocky, as his intended appearances in later films were removed or reduced to cameos as the Baragon suit was heavily modified to play ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' monsters and was too badly damaged, so the costume had to be rebuilt, but it was not finished in time.\\\

Baragon finally returned to the screen in ''Godzilla-Mothra-King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'' as a Yamato Monster, protecting Japan from the wrath of Ghost Godzilla. In contrast to Anguirus, Baragon has a so-so American fanbase but is very popular in Japan.

Not to be confused for the kaiju Barugon that fought Film/{{Gamera}}.

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Characters call him a dinosaur in ''Frankenstein vs. Baragon'', but no real dinosaur ever looked remotely similar to him. In fact, with his external ear flaps and teeth dentition, he looks more like a synapsid than a reptile.
* AdaptationalHeroism: He's a straight villain in ''Frankenstein vs. Baragon'', but by his role in ''Godzilla-Mothra-King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'' he's one of the three guardian monsters defending humanity from Godzilla. Similarly, he’s often on the side of good in the video games.
* {{Acrofatic}}: For his stocky build, he's surprisingly agile. Especially so in the video games, where he fights by ''breakdancing''.
* BigBad: He's only the villain in ''Frankenstein vs. Baragon''. He's a straight hero in GMK.
* BigEater: Has a thing for eating cattle and people.
* BioluminescenceIsCool: His nasal horn glows, helping him see underground.
* BerserkButton: Harm Earth and he'll defeat you.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In GMK; he's the first one to fight Godzilla when he surfaces.
* BreakoutCharacter: Downplayed. He had a major role as the villain in a minor Toho film and then a very small cameo in ''Destroy All Monsters'', but he had a devoted fanbase in Japan, so he shared top billing in GMK with undisputed A-lister kaiju Mothra and King Ghidorah.
* BreathWeapon: He can breathe fire in ''Frankenstein Conquers the World'' and various games (the second Baragon from ''Destroy All Monsters'', the one in the novel ''Godzilla Vs. The Robot Monsters'' and the GMK version all lack the ability). Supposedly, it helps him burrow quicker.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In ''Godzilla: Monster of Monsters'' for the NES, Baragon would occasionally face the screen to mock the player.
* DeadlineNews: People in a news chopper are killed when Godzilla throws Baragon at them in GMK.
* TheCameo: In ''Destroy All Monsters'' he shows up in two quick scenes. He's also had appearances in other shows such as ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* CurbStompBattle: Sadly on the receiving end to Godzilla.
* {{Determinator}}:
** The original Baragon was pretty damned determined to kill Frankenstein's Monster and eat the cast.
** In spite of being heavily outmatched, the GMK Baragon was determined to hold back Godzilla.
* DinosaursAreDragons: An ancient Mesozoic reptile monster which can breathe fire and is even named "rose dragon".
* DishingOutDirt / PlayingWithFire: Baragon can dig quickly and efficiently, and has used his ability to good effect (digging a trap for Godzilla, burrowing around to surprise Frankenstein). He also possesses a fiery beam weapon (either from his mouth or his horn depending on the media). In ''Godzilla: Save the Earth'' and ''Godzilla: Unleashed'', Baragon can cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions by digging.
* EvilIsBigger: Has been on both ends. When he was the antagonist in ''Frankenstein vs. Baragon'', he was much bulkier than Frankenstein, but in GMK, where he's one of the hero monsters, he's much smaller than the evil Godzilla.
* FatBastard: More rotund than most monsters and the antagonistic versions love to eat.
* TheHeart: Fits this to a tee in GMK who died trying to help buy time for people to escape from Godzilla.
* HonorBeforeReason: Baragon knew he couldn't defeat GMK Godzilla but faced him anyway, bad ass.
* MeaningfulName: Portmanteau of ''bara'' (Japanese for "rose") and "dragon". The ridges on his back look like rose petals.
* NeckSnap: How he is killed in ''Frankenstein Conquers the World''.
* PrehistoricMonster: In ''Frankenstein Conquers the World'', Baragon is a dinosaur whose species has somehow survived into modern times, much like Godzilla and other kaiju.
* SpringJump: A good leaper in all versions.
* StockSoundEffects: Showa Baragon shares the same roar as Varan and Gorosaurus. For his 2001 version, his vocal library mostly consists of generic tiger and leopard snarls mixed with elephant rumbles and one bellow taken from the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
* ToServeMan: Baragon eats people in both his original film appearance and in the novel ''Godzilla Vs. the Robot Monsters''.
* TunnelKing: The most powerful digger in Toho's kaiju roster.
* {{Whateversaurus}}: Even more so than other prehistoric kaiju, since he's apparently some sort of burrowing dino-thing with big, dog-like ears.
* VocalEvolution: The Millennium version no longer reuses Varan's roar and instead utters a high-pitched wail along with multiple growling, moaning sounds, likely as an attempt to convey the character's more sympathetic nature this time.
* YouShallNotPass: Attempts this with Godzilla in GMK; while he's quickly taken down, he's able to buy valuable time for people to escape.

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[[folder:Biollante]]
!!Biollante
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'', 1989
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' | ''Film/GodzillaVsSpacegodzilla''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Masao Takegami

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After Godzilla's rampage in ''Godzilla 1985'', his cells were collected from the wreckage and found their way to the hands of a scientist, who began using them to create a strain of bacteria that could feed on radiation and render it safe. However, his laboratory was bombed and his daughter killed in the roses she loved. Distraught, the scientist combined the G-cells with the rose bush, convinced that his daughter's spirit lived in the plant, giving rise to the gigantic repto-flora creature Biollante. Initially a towering plant with a toothy rose flower, she faced Godzilla and was defeated, her physical form burning into golden spores that ascended into the sky. Later, the spores returned when Godzilla was infected with the ANEB and Biollante revealed her newly-evolved crocodilian-like form, a towering behemoth of a creature. Fighting Godzilla to a draw, Biollante returned to the sky, where her particles could have later run afoul of a black hole and be changed into a creature of evil...

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* AdaptationalVillainy: So far, all of her video game and comic appearances as well as the novel ''Godzilla at World's End'' have cast her as a villain, despite her being at worst neutral towards humanity. The one exception for the comics is Cataclysm, which portrays her in a positive light and even has her save some humans from Kamacuras.
* AlienBlood: Chlorophyll may be the reason her blood is green.
* AntiVillain: Despite her downright horrific appearance and the savage fight she had with Godzilla, Biollante may actually be one of the most peaceful monsters in the entire Toho canon. She actively tries to protect humanity against Godzilla and has been also shown to still care for her loved ones due to regaining Erika's memories.
* BenevolentMonsters: She has a human soul and is shown to be kind and docile toward humans. Even in her more aggressive, savage plant beast form, she simply dissipates into spores once her final scuffle against Goji is over (though that was in part because Goji's atomic breath had hit her in a weak spot and fatally injured her) and departs from Earth without causing any further conflict, but not without [[spoiler: Erika giving her father one last farewell]].
* BotanicalAbomination: She's a textbook example of this trope, being the end result of a humble rose that was imbued with human and Godzilla DNA and mutated into a towering, bizarre dino-plant hybrid as a result.
* BreathWeapon: She spits radioactive acidic sap from her fanged tentacles in her first form and is able to unleash it from her main mouth in her second form. It's worth noting that said acid caused red energy to flash across Godzilla's skin when it hit him, so while not a purely energy weapon like Godzilla's Atomic Breath it did seem to carry a current of some type of energy that would "zap" the target at the same time the acid burned their skin.
* ButNowIMustGo: After helping the JSDF defeat Godzilla by raising Godzilla's body temperature and allow the Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria to take effect, she dissolves into spores and ascends into space.
* CombatTentacles: Even used one to pierce through Godzilla's hand! OW!
* GeneticAbomination: She's a [[LegoGenetics genetic chimaera of rose, human, and Godzilla DNA]] that mutated from a towering plant with a toothy rose flower into a titanic, bizarre dino-plant hybrid. She's not actually malevolent, however, and is outright kind and docile towards humans due to having a human soul.
* GentleGiant: Maintains some of her soul in her first form.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: She even regenerates the back of her head after Godzilla blows through her skull.
* HealingFactor: Arguably the best in the entire series.
* HellIsThatNoise: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65hu18vLxJQ Her roar]] sounds rather mournful and haunting in both of her forms. They got those noises off of [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Humpbackwhale2.ogg humpback whales]].
* ImpaledPalm: She skewers Godzilla's palm with one of her CombatTentacles.
* {{Kaiju}}: A giant among giants. She is 120 meters tall (second only to Heisei King Ghidorah who is 150 meters tall) and weighs a whopping ''220,000 tons''. For comparison, Heisei Godzilla was 80 meters tall and only 50,000 tons—at the time. It's worth noting that all the other Heisei monsters with the exception of Mothra, Battra, and the aforementioned Ghidorah were 120 meters tall, and Godzilla received an increase to 100 meters in ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah''. If Godzilla were 100 meters tall in Biollante's film and the scale between them were kept, then Biollante would be 150 meters tall too, just like Ghidorah.
* LegoGenetics: Add one third rose, one third Godzilla, one third human and you get a horrifying, crocodile-mouthed flower monster with snapping tentacle-like vines.
* LightningBruiser: Despite being the size of a small mountain she moves deceptively quickly!
* LongRangeFighter: She makes use of her wrapping tendrils and vines to keep Godzilla restrained while letting her fanged mouthed parts that spray their acid to damage him and using sneaky methods by using her other vines to grope his ankles and have him thrashed around as she was fighting him for the first time. This is highly justified since her Flower Beast form was utterly motionless and was outright defeated. For her second fight against Godzilla, this gets subverted thoroughly in her Plant Beast form where she first uses her mouthed vines again to approach him but they get downed pretty quickly. By then she starts getting closer to him by moving herself forward with surprising mobility and uses her tendrils to puncture through his left hand and shoulder. Hell, she even got close enough to have her mouth around Godzilla's head.
* MightyGlacier: How she plays in ''Godzilla Unleashed''. Her overall strength is on par with Orga's since her attacks can reduce any monster's health to a minimum amount and can wipe out their health cells with no effort, along with having numerous vines that can be extended to insane lengths that gives her a massive attack range. This can give players a strategy by basically having her stay in one area while spamming her strongest attacks to dispatch opponents without having the need to use her mobility, since that's the only thing that's holding her back because her pace is undeniably pathetic as she's even slower than Destroyah.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Is part Godzilla's DNA, part rose DNA, part human DNA. And with the ghost of said human inside.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: In her second form, Biollante has so much teeth that even the roof of her mouth and her ''tongue'' are covered with them.
* OneWingedAngel: One of the most frightening in all cinema. It's a case of FridgeBrilliance as Biollante looks more like Godzilla in her second form as opposed to looking like a rose in her first; she loses the vulnerability to Godzilla's heat ray she had in her first form. She's adapting, mutating herself into becoming more like Godzilla so she is more resistant to his heat ray.
* {{Planimal}}: Between Godzilla, a rose and a human, though only the first 2 are obvious.
* PyrrhicVictory: In her second form, Biollante was able to do massive amounts of damage to Godzilla and [[spoiler: the fight even ended with Godzilla finally collapsing from exhaustion...]] but not before [[spoiler: Godzilla struck her with a fatal blast that made Biollante break apart into spores.]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Downplayed. She's the only non-insectoid kaiju that's explicitly female.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: The closest thing the Godzilla series has to one, given her Final Form loses all of her human soul and becomes practically unstoppable.
* SuperSpit: She's able to spew globs of burning, glowing sap from her mouth.
* TookALevelInBadass: In her second form she is far bigger, far stronger, and far scarier.
* WasOnceAMan: In a sense. Biollante was just a rose that was mixed with the cells of Erika Shirakami in an attempt to preserve her soul. When she was conceptualized, one sketch displays her first form having a woman's face in the center of the flower petals.

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[[folder:Dagahra]]
!!Dagahra
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/RebirthOfMothra2'', 1997
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/RebirthOfMothra2'' | ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''
''AKA'': ''Dagarla''

[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dagahra_611.jpg]]

A monster created by the advanced seagoing civilization Nilai Kinai, Dagahra was meant to consume the toxins and pollution his creators fouled the waters. He did his work too well, however, and used the pollution he consumed to create toxic sea stars called Barems, which overwhelmed and destroyed the civilization. Falling into slumber, Dagahra later awakened from humanity's pollution of the oceans and resumed his mission, filling the waters with Barems and threatening the Earth. Challenged by Leo Mothra and temporarily defeating him, Dagahra was ultimately destroyed by Leo Mothra's new Aqua form, dissipating his Barems and purifying the oceans.

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* BlowYouAway: He once created a water spout!
* BreathWeapon: Can unleash a bright red and black energy blast from his jaws called the Irabushan Beam.
* TheBusCameBack: Makes a very brief cameo destroying Sydney in the prologue of ''Planet of the Monsters'', his first film appearance in twenty years.
* {{Expy}}: Of Hedorah, being a kaiju that feeds on pollution. His backstory also has similarities to the Gyaos from the [[Film/{{Gamera}} Heisei Gamera Trilogy]].
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: He swims, he flies, he walks on land...
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Was created in order to clean up pollution. While he did eat all the pollution, he then spat it all back out in the form of the Bareem which then contributed to the civilization's downfall.
* GreenAndMean: He's more a darker shade of sea-green (along with having orange and light beige tints) and is a deadly kaiju as he went out of his way by destroying to a small village after awakening from his slumber, almost drowned Leo and having him outmatched in the ocean, and has killed the all of the inhabitants of Nilai Kanai with his ceaseless amounts of Barems.
* HollywoodAcid: Before he was shown onscreen one of his Barems opened up and ejected an acidic venom on a fisherman's face.
* LogicalWeakness: His own Barems are created from his biology, after eating nothing but pollution, thus Aqua Mothra uses his Illusion Mirage Aqua and manages to split himself into tinier versions and flew into the inside of his body and destroy all of them by blasting all of the Barems ''VideoGame/{{Galaga}}''-style.
* MakingASplash: Dagarah can conjure up waterspouts and whirlpools whenever he chooses to.
* ManBitesMan: Takes a good bite out of Leo's left wing as he's getting dragged across the water.
* MookMaker: His Barem. They're basically the result of Daragah's consumption of the countless pollutants from Nilai-Kanai. In fact, they're so deadly that not even Leo himself can endure them as he even flew out of the ocean with most of his body being covered in them and spent most of the time resting from his injuries.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: A sea dragon created from an advanced civilization whose purpose was to feed on leftover pollution.
* SeaMonster: In more ways than one.
* ShoulderCannon: Can fire his Irabushan Beams from them. Sometimes he'll shoot his Barems out of them.
* SuperMode: One scene shows him being underwater by sprouting larger protruding spikes from his shoulders that not only shows a visual sign that he's gotten stronger but it also gives him the power to fire two Irabushan Beams at once that are highly increased in range as well as power.
* SuperpowerLottery: In addition to the regular heat beam, Dagahra has shoulder cannons, aerial and swimming capabilities, the ability to summon water spouts, his Barem, and laser discs. No wonder Leo had trouble with him!

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[[folder:Destoroyah]]
!!Destoroyah
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', 1995
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah''
!!!'''Played By:''' Ryo Hariya and Eiichi Yanagida
''AKA'': ''Destroyer''

[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Destoroyah_272.jpg]]

Arising from the graveyard that was created by the Oxygen Destroyer in 1954, Destoroyah is a creature of nihilism, anti-life in origin and function. Near-microscopic crustaceans that lived in anaerobic conditions were awakened and mutated by the Oxygen Destroyer, and they grew in number until they made their existence known in 1995 when they first attacked an aquarium, then an abandoned building, facing the JDF in combat. The creatures have a hive mind and can combine into larger and deadlier forms, from man-sized long-limbed crown-headed crustaceans to a Godzilla Junior-sized crustacean and a flying squirrel-like airborne form to a towering demonic bipedal beast that looms over Godzilla. Their only weakness is extreme temperatures.

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* AchillesHeel: Destoroyah does not deal well with extreme cold or extreme heat.
* AlienBlood: Destoroyah has lime green or yellow blood. He spits or bleeds huge amounts of it in the later phases of the final battle.
* AliensAreBastards: In the IDW comics continuity there was no Oxygen Destroyer. In order to circumvent this, Destoroyah became the result of an alien science project, created by the Devonians to both battle Godzilla, and give them the advantage over their nominal Cryog partners.
* AmbiguousGender: Some fans speculate that the monster is female due to having certain anatomical traits particular to female crabs. Officially, however, Toho does not assign genders to its monsters besides Godzilla, the original Rodans, King Ghidorah or Mothra.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Just like how Godzilla is a walking organic atom bomb, Destroyah is a monstrous living embodiment of the more lethal Oxygen Destroyer.
* AntiVillain: Yes, really. It's easy to forget this due to its EvilLaugh, frightening design, and appearances in other media following its only film, but Destroyah is the way it is because everything has been trying to kill it since it was born. The humans were trying to kill the tiny forms before they became gigantic. The aggregate forms had their territory invaded and reacted on instinct, the flying form correctly saw Godzilla Junior as a huge threat, and the final form killed Junior in response to Junior nearly roasting the collective alive.
* AsteroidsMonster: Can break apart into its Aggregate form at will.
* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Continuously attacks Godzilla for a while in the final battle; as soon as Godzilla hits critical mass it bolts. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard The army freezes it solid, causing it to plummet to the ground and explode on impact.]]
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The floral pattern that's placed on his chest looks like a visible bull's eye target, which is something that Godzilla took advantage of. Three shots of his atomic breath forced the pattern open and inflicted serious damage to Destoroyah's exposed flesh, leaving him [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up blood]], then Godzilla got close enough to begin punching the still-open pattern, eventually forcing Destoroyah to split into a horde of aggregates, then reform just to survive.
* BewareMyStingerTail: His tail ends with a pincer, fitting for a (mutated) crustacean.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Destoroyah coughs up blood after getting hit with the Red Spiral Ray.
* BloodUpgrade: His very own blood oozes out of him right when Godzilla Jr. fired his Atomic Breath and it does quite a number on his spiked claws. His malevolent response was to eject his [[NestedMouths secondary mouth]], and uses it to outright rip into his chest by draining energy out of him and affected his bloodstream by inserting Micro-Oxygen into it.
* BreathWeapon: It can spit a stream of Micro Oxygen, a chemical almost identical to Serazawa's Oxygen Destroyer. This means it can suffocate another kaiju without being anywhere near it as well as dissolve organic material.
* CaptainErsatz: Posses a hive-like mind and extend-able mandibles, along with the fight with military, seems similar to the Franchise/{{Alien}}.
* ChestBlaster: Originally planned on having this power but was never really carried out in the final version of the movie. [[http://gvsdestoroyah.dulcemichaelanya.com/Bsconcept3.htm]] There was a deleted scene where Destroyah's floral patterned chest opens up and blasts Godzilla into a building but the beam animation wasn't included by Special Effects staff. He had his chest beam that's a part of his arsenal in the manga version where [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu it blew off chunks of Godzilla's dorsal spines and the tip of his tail.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: He uses his "tongue" to drill holes in Godzilla Jr.
* CurbstompCushion: Godzilla Jr eventually [[TheDogBitesBack starts fighting back]] at one point. While he's no match for Destoroyah, he does at least manage to injure him somewhat.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Other traces of Godzilla media tend to have Destroyah colored rather inconsistently at times. He'll either be colored as a brown-ish red, a very dark indigo, bright purple, or just fully red to invoke the BigRedDevil image.
* DeathByIrony: Dies at the hands of Godzilla (indirectly), the creature the Oxygen Destroyer killed in the first film.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: He massively blows up when he dies. Thankfully, Godzilla is far enough away he doesn't get hurt.
** After Godzilla overpowers him by ripping into his fractured chest plates, his body basically combusts into a puffy white smoke, although, in reality, he was basically splitting himself into his smaller Aggregate forms.
* DeathFromAbove: His LimitBreak in the fighting games, where he launches a large purple energy ball into the sky. A few seconds later it plummets right onto his opponent that deals horrific widespread damage.
* DragonsAreDemonic: Destroyah's final form looks like a cross between a dragon and the devil itself. Subverted as they're "simply" a mutated micro-organism.
* DynamicEntry: The reveal of Destoroyah's final form is AWESOME. After being blasted into an oil refinery by Junior earlier, Destoroyah had simply been biding his time, allowing the DNA he managed to get from Junior's body by biting him in the chest to be recombined into his own genetic code, giving him the endoskeleton he needed to transform into his Perfect Form. Right as Godzilla and Junior finally reunite, the refinery explodes, and as the flames part, ''there he is'', accompanied by the [[ScareChord blaring brass sting]] that commences his theme.
* EnergyAbsorption: The first time he using this power was when he violently slurps energy and blood right out of Godzilla Jr. like a vampire with his protruding second mouth in his Aggregate Form. At one specific point during the final battle of the film, he's used his pincer-tipped tail in his Perfect Form and leeches some of Godzilla's energy as it can even be visibly seen going into said tail when it was groping around his neck.
* EvilCounterpart: To Godzilla. Both creatures existed before the human race existed, and were woken up by a superweapon that caused their mutation. Unlike Godzilla, who holds a grudge against humans because of what he became, Destoroyah is an AxCrazy murderer that kills ForTheEvulz.
* EvilIsBigger: Often thought to be the most vile kaiju to ever exist, and though his final form is only 120 meters tall like most other Heisei monsters, he has an utterly colossal wingspan.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Yes Kenichi, Destoroyah will "[[SarcasmMode gladly]]" kill Godzilla for you when it was born from the Oxygen Destroyer, even though it had already killed several innocent people by the point he says this line.
* EvilLaugh: When dragging Godzilla by the neck. It also does this in the games.
* FinalBoss: Of the Heisei Era.
* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: In the ''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth'' comic, several Juvenile Destoroyahs invaded a comic convention. Instead of fleeing in terror, the convention goers [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130905031457/godzilla/images/6/67/RULERS_OF_EARTH_Issue_3_-_1.png stayed and took pictures.]] [[spoiler:Until it became clear that they were the real thing.]]
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: He's basically Godzilla's equivalent to [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Doomsday]], an incredibly powerful opponent that appears suddenly to mark Godzilla's death, but with little coherent goal outside of bringing destruction. Similar to Doomsday however, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this has not stopped him from being a very popular character among fans]], despite his appearances since his debut being exclusive to side media, such as video games and comic books.
* GiantEnemyCrab: Well, giant enemy pincered monster with a shell. Officially, it's a [[OverlyLongName "Micro-Oxygen based Precambrian Life-Form"]].
* GiantFlyer: Is even bigger than Godzilla in its final form, but those wings work...except in the video games.
* HeroKiller: Personifies the one weapon that killed Godzilla (however, [[VillainKiller the original Godzilla was the main villain at the time]]); and lives up to its namesake by killing Godzilla Jr and giving Godzilla himself one of his most difficult fights. It receives this treatment in ''Rulers of Earth'' as well, driving Zilla into fleeing to Honolulu, beating Godzilla unconscious, and then facing down he, Mothra, and two of her larvae at once, all in its first appearance.
* HiveMind: The aggregate arthropods that form their body apparently have one.
* HollywoodAcid: Its Micro-Oxygen breath oxidizes anything it comes into contact with and is highly corrosive.
* HomingProjectile: In the Atari Pipeworks fighting game trilogy, he fires spherical versions of his Micro-Oxygen blast called Oxygen Mines that act as a PainfullySlowProjectile that'll travel towards his enemies, "magnetically" drawing them within range, and once they come into contact they instantly implode, which sends them flying.
* HornAttack: His Perfect Form has the Variable Slicer. His singular horn glows with orange energy and becomes extended to increase its range to tear through a nasty chunk of Burning Godzilla's body, mostly around his breastbone and his shoulder, leaving behind a rather unpleasant injury as a result.
* ImmuneToBullets: Even at point-blank range to the face, one of the Juvenile Destoroyahs shrugs it off. They're not immune to being shot by a rocket launcher or burned with a flamethrower though.
* ItCanThink: There's definitely a brain in there, albeit a twisted, sadistic one. Case in point: according to WordOfGod, when Destroyah dragged Godzilla into Tokyo Bay he was deliberately trying to kill him the same way the 1954 original Gojira died, by dissolving him in water. Would have worked too, if Godzilla's burning body hadn't made the water scalding hot, forcing Destroyah to abandon it.
* AnIcePerson: Oddly, despite being vulnerable to immense temperatures, he could exhale a short-ranged ice blast that can freeze enemy monsters in ''Godzilla Save the Earth.''
* InconsistentSpelling: It's pronounced "Destroyer" (in the English dub) but spelled Destoroyah due to odd rights with using the word. Alternately it's been spelled Destroyah.* TheJuggernaut: His battle with Godzilla shows what happens when two of these go head to head.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Attacks Godzilla while the latter is grieving over Junior.
* KnightOfCerebus: And for a [[HeroKiller good reason]]. He also appears to be this for the much [[LighterAndSofter lighter hearted]] ''Rulers of Earth'' comic.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: One of the few monsters to realize that retreating from a very pissed off Godzilla is a good strategy. The [=JSDF=] ensure that it doesn't pay off for him.
* LaserBlade: Its horn could extend into one and slice Godzilla apart. In the comics this is treated as its ultimate attack. In the Atari games it's used as his fierce attack where it can outright devour chunks of health as long he has enough power in the energy meter to do so... Not so much in ''Godzilla Unleashed'' where that attack doesn't even require energy to use and it can be outright spammed continuously, almost to the point where it can easily be seen as ThatOneAttack for most players in this case.
* LEGOGenetics: According to the ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Super Complete Works'' and ''Godzilla Movie Studio Tour'', Destoroyah can absorb the DNA of creatures it bites by dissolving their cells with Micro-Oxygen, and doing so to Godzilla Junior enabled it to transform into its final form.
* MadeOfExplodium: Destroyah explodes after being hit by Godzilla's Infinite Heat Ray and a repeated barrage from the military's freezing weapons.
* MadeOfTitanium: Despite being weak against extreme temperatures, Destoroyah survived repeated hits from Godzilla's red spiral breath - although two hits to his floral pattern managed to leave him coughing up blood - which killed Mechagodzilla and [=SpaceGodzilla=], two of the toughest opponents in the series. Later on, he's able to survive a direct hit from Godzilla's Infinite Heat Ray, though it critically injures him, blowing off a huge piece of his head frill and a sizeable portion of one of his shoulders.
* MeaningfulName: Aside from being an incredibly destructive kaiju, it was also created by the Oxygen Destroyer.
* MetamorphosisMonster: From microscopic organism, to insect sized monster, to ten foot killers, to a Godzilla Junior sized GiantFlyer, to a towering demonic colossus larger than even Godzilla himself.
* MightyGlacier: Once Destoroyah reaches his Perfect Form, he's so huge and so heavily armoured that his walking speed is noticeably slow. However, he's still capable of flying at high speed, and so for most of the final battle he uses his wings as the main means to get around. Don't let his glacial speed fool you; Destoroyah is stronger than ever before once he reaches this point.
* MoodWhiplash: To show how utterly monstrous Destoroyah is, he attacks Godzilla while the nuclear giant's grieving. ''Twice''!
* MookMaker: 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.
* MonochromaticEyes: Has yellow colored pupil-less angular GlowingEyes that gives him an outright vicious vibe.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The name is meant to sound like "Destroyer" after all.
* NestedMouths: Present in its GiantFlyer and smaller mook forms, but not his final form.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Of Junior. In a infamous deleted scene, it was supposed to get a satisfying one from Godzilla [[WhatCouldHaveBeen but the directors decided to have humanity help in finishing it off to maintain the impact of Godzilla's death]].
* OffWithHisHead: In the manga version instead of being axed by the JSDF Godzilla decapitates the bastard. Before dying he fired his Micro Oxygen beam at him.
* OneWingedAngel: As Creator/JamesRolfe said, "It looks like the GODDAMN DEVIL!"
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: His OneWingedAngel form looks very like a big red dragon.
* OutOfTheInferno: How his Perfect Form announces his entrance in this matter, where the oil refinery he was previously hurled into by Godzilla Jr. violently explodes into a heap of fire, where his demonic appearance is shown in silhouette, emerges as he's seen standing while being surrounded by the constant flames.
* PrehensileTail: His vicious pincer-tipped tail can be used for a multitude of ways, which can be used for either grabbing, strangling, or dragging. One of the Juvenile Destroyahs held a SWAT team member suspended in the air with only his tail. His stronger and deadlier Perfect Form used his long tail by having it aggressively groped around Godzilla's neck for a brief strangulation, began taking to the skies, and was violently dragging and scrapping his body across Tokyo Bay at vast distances.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Has a purple beam weapon that can penetrate any material. He's armored with a reddish purple carapace and is able to throw down with Godzilla at his uttermost strongest.
* SatanicArchetype: A giant monster that looks like a BigRedDevil, made from the folly of mankind. His Perfect Form even makes its entrance [[OutOfTheInferno emerging from an explosion]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Desperately tries to bail as soon as Godzilla's overpowered meltdown proves too much for him to handle. The airborne menace is put down by the coldness of the freeze tanks and the Super [=X3=]'s arsenal.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It being a bunch of smaller monsters forming one larger monster, going through different forms throughout the film, and being defeated by the combined efforts of both humans and Godzilla rather than by Godzilla alone is also quite reminiscent of Hedorah.
* TheSwarm: Can break apart into smaller monsters and attack from everywhere.
* SwordBeam: What its horn can do, as seen in Rulers of Earth and the Pipeworks video game trilogy.
* TimeAbyss: He's the oldest monster of the Godzilla franchise born in the Precambrian Era. How old is he? Around 2.5 billion years old.
* WipeTheFloorWithYou: As an immensely vile act of demonstrating his sick-twisted sadism, he grasps Godzilla's windpipe with his tail, then he outright wipes and scrapes the King of the Monster's flesh across the solid ground in skids until he lets go of his grasp when Destroyah attempted to bring him into the water since the blazing heat of Godzilla's temperature was far too hot for him.
* TheWorfBarrage: Destoroyah is the first villain to tank Godzilla's Red Spiral Ray.
* TheWormThatWalks: Made up of thousands of microscopic creatures pretending to be one giant one, functioning like individual cells for one enormous body.
* WouldHurtAChild: He seemingly ''kills'' Godzilla Jr (though to be fair, Junior is a young adult at this point).
* VillainDecay: In ''Godzilla Legends'', it's defeated with one freeze bomb (which only freezes about half of it) followed by [[LiterallyShatteredLives one hit from Anguirus.]] Granted, prior to the bomb it was seemingly a CurbStompBattle in Destroyah's favor. Averted in ''Rulers of Earth'', where it takes on Godzilla, Mothra, and her larvae all at once and still gets away, after beating Godzilla once before in a fair fight.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Tries to fly away when Godzilla starts to take the upper hand, but gets frozen and downed by the military in the attempt.
* ZergRush: At one point, he breaks down into a number of smaller Aggregate Destroyahs and swarms all over Godzilla.

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[[folder:Dogora]]
!!Dogora
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/{{Dogora}}'', 1964
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Dogora}}'' | ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''
''AKA'': ''Dagora''

[[quoteright:155:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Dogora_3502.jpg]]

A mysterious creature that lived in the upper atmosphere of Earth. Growing from a microscopic cell bathed in solar radiation caught by the atmosphere, Dogora began to feed on materials rich in carbon, like coal and diamonds. Now a titanic one-celled being encased in a crystalline shell, Dogora feasted on minerals, using its tentacles to scoop them up, until it was temporarily destroyed by missiles. That was a big mistake, however, as each piece began to grow into new Dogoras. It was discovered that bee and wasp venom was deadly to the cells, and in the final battle was used to utterly defeat the Dogoras.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Giant Jellyfish which eats diamonds and coal! Dogora is actually one of the largest kaiju to appear in the entire franchise, with tentacles easily spanning the 367 metre long Wakato Bridge.
* TheBusCameBack: Gets a brief cameo attacking London in the prologue of ''Planet of the Monsters'', his first film appearance in more than fifty years.
* CombatTentacles: Uses them to lift vehicles and vessels and smash them open to get at the minerals within.
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: A jellyfish-like creature that floats in the atmosphere.
* FromASingleCell: Literally a mutant cell, so when it gets destroyed, lots of Dogoras can form.
* HealingFactor: So much that simply blowing Dogora up would make more of them!
* KryptoniteFactor: Bee or wasp venom is the only known substance that can truly destroy Dogora since it can tank most artillery and blowing it up simply creates ''more'' Dogoras. Contact with the venom causes its flesh to turn into inert crystal chunks.
* MetamorphosisMonster: First appears as an amoeba-like organism before turning into a jellyfish-like monster, and then being blown up and becoming a swarm of flickering ctenophore-like forms.
* MindOverMatter: Maybe. It's able to cause people and cars to levitate, can itself float in the atmosphere, and can suck up mounds of diamonds and coal through some unknown mechanism.
* NonMaliciousMonster: It's a very non-violent monster that is questionably sentient at best and doesn't intentionally cause much destruction until it's shot at by the military, at which point it starts fighting back. Mostly it just seems to be single-mindedly trying to find more sources of carbon to feed on.
* OneShotCharacter: Dogora was only featured in his one film. He is never mentioned or seen in any other films, not even ''Final Wars''.
** Dogora does get a brief scene in ''Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters'' during the montage of giant monsters attacking the world.
* PoisonousPerson: Dogora's body has an acidic corrosion effect on anything that touches it.
* RecycledInSpace: Was an ordinary single celled organism until a collision with a rogue satellite mutated it.
* StarfishAlien: It is arguably the most ''truly'' alien-looking of the kaiju in Toho's film lineup.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Bee venom can kill it.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ebirah]]
!!Ebirah
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'', 1966
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'' | ''Film/AllMonstersAttack''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''
!!!'''Played By:''' Hiroshi Sekida (''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep''), ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' (stock footage only), Toshihiro Ogura (''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'')
[[quoteright:254:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ebirah_1339.jpg]]

An enormous shrimp mutated by the nuclear waste of the terrorist organization Red Bamboo, Ebirah guarded their island base and destroyed any ship that attempted to arrive or leave. The terrorists used the juice of a special plant on the island to drive away the monster so their ship could come and go. During a stormy night, Ebirah attempted to attack two men trying to get to the island to save the enslaved natives of Infant Island, only to engage in battle with an awakened Godzilla. Driven away, Ebirah returned the next day and destroyed Red Bamboo's escaping ship before battling Godzilla again, which ended when Godzilla ripped off Ebirah's claws and forced him to retreat.\\\

In the Millennium series, Ebirah returned in ''Final Wars'' as one of the monsters controlled by the Xilliens. He attacked an industrial site and fought against the JDF's mutant human soldiers, then was later killed by Godzilla along with Hedorah.

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* AngryGuardDog: Somewhat averted, the evil organization has to spray a chemical to keep Ebirah at bay but he doubles as a good guard dog for keeping prisoners ON the island.
* AnArmAndALeg: Godzilla rips off Ebirah's claws during their second battle.
* TheBusCameBack: First seen in ''Ebirah, Horror of the Deep'', returned in ''Final Wars'', thirty-eight years later (disregarding StockFootage used in ''All Monsters Attack'').
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodeNames: Neither the Red Bamboo or Ebirah are referred to by name in the Titan dub.
* CurbStompBattle: Poor Ebirah was way out of his league. The movie was originally going to have King Kong instead of Godzilla, but when the studio couldn't use Kong they substituted Godzilla... without beefing up Ebirah in any way. His ''Final Wars'' incarnation doesn't fare any better against Godzilla, even fighting alongside Hedorah.
* DireBeast: He's basically just a giant red shrimp and has no special powers.
* TheDragon: To the Red Bamboo.
* EyeScream: Accidentally gives one to Hedorah in ''Final Wars.''
* GiantEnemyCrab: Well, shrimp...
* ImAHumanitarian: After Ebirah smashes the canoe two natives were using to try to flee the island, he skewers the two men on the end of his narrower pincer and enjoyed a snack.
* TheLancer: To Hedorah.
* MeaningfulName: ''Ebi'' means "shrimp" in Japanese.
* RedLiveLobster: A crustacean kaiju coloured bright red. Depending on the source, he's either an actual lobster or a giant mutant shrimp.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: As seen in ''Final Wars'', although it could have also been Hedorah.
* StockFootage: Kinda appeared in ''All Monsters Attack'', but not really; due to the film's copious stock footage he gets zero new scenes.
* TennisBoss: Godzilla and Ebirah volley a boulder back and forth at each other in their first encounter.
* VillainDecay: In ''Final Wars'' he gets taken down by (mutant) humans, but is teleported away before they can actually kill him.

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[[folder:Frankenstein's Monster]]
!!Frankenstein's Monster
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Frankenstein vs Baragon'', 1965
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/FrankensteinConquersTheWorld''

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When FrankensteinsMonster was killed in the fire of a burning windmill, his heart survived. Captured by the Nazis during World War II and shipped to Hiroshima, Japan, the still-living heart was caught in the atomic bomb and irradiated. Ten years later, a wild boy was captured and found to be the heart of Frankenstein's Monster, having regenerated a body. The boy quickly grew into a towering giant and escaped into the countryside. Wrongly blamed for the actions of the monster Baragon, Frankenstein battled the reptile in a long and brutal affair that ended with both kaiju entombed in the earth. However, Frankenstein's legacy would continue...

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* AdaptationalBadass: This Frankenstein's Monster lacks the traditional character's pyrophobia, he even uses a pair of torches against Baragon at one point.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Frankenstein's Monster, grown to Kaiju-size!
* BerserkButton: Eating humans, as Baragon soon found out...
* ClearMyName: Before Baragon's existence is revealed, Frankenstein is accused of the disappearance of people and destruction of towns.
* GentleGiant: Is willing to eat cattle, but won't even think of touching a human.
* HealingFactor: One of his hands was left behind after escaping some shackles. It regrows.
* {{Immortality}}: It's stated that his heart will never stop beating. Even after he's sealed underground, his legacy lives on.
* ItCanThink: Smart enough to use fire, set pit traps, and make emotional connections with people, despite being unable to speak.
* TaintedVeins: visible around the neck and upper chest.
* WildChild: Was discovered as a normal-sized feral boy in the ruins of Hiroshima. He was well taken care of and began to grow. And grow. And grow...
* WolverinePublicity: Rather infamously, he's often mentioned in German renames of Showa Godzilla movies despite the fact they've never actually appeared together. Examples include ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'' becoming ''Frankenstein and the Monsters from the Ocean'', ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' becoming ''Frankenstein's Monsters in Battle against Ghidorah'', and ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'' becoming ''Frankenstein's Hell Brood''.
* YouShallNotPass: Intervenes just in time to stop Baragon from finishing off the scientists that raised him, plus the subsequent towns and villages.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gabara]]
!!Gabara
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'', 1969
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/AllMonstersAttack''

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A bully of a beast, Gabara exists only to torment the small and meek Minilla. Created in the imagination of a young boy (who is often bullied by an older boy named Gabara), he uses his size and electrical powers to antagonize Godzilla's son. After Minilla gains enough confidence from Ichiro and turns the tables on Gabara, he takes his frustration out on Godzilla, leading to a throw-down between the pissed-off father and the angry bully. Gabara is defeated and runs away, out of the movie and (so far) out of the series.

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* TheBully: Minya outright states he's this, fighting and picking on monsters too small to fight back.
* BullyingADragon: Attacks Godzilla seemingly out of anger and spite for Minya beating him. He learns the hard way that Godzilla only let him go as long as he did because he wanted Minya to be the one to teach him a lesson.
* ButtMonkey: Out of universe, there have been ZERO talks about bringing this guy back. It also took until March of 2013 for him to even get an entry; for context, this page was created on August of ''2010''.
** He does get a brief appearance in the novel ''Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse''...as a ten-meter tall ogre who causes no destruction and doesn't even get killed by another kaiju or even humans, but ''animal wildlife''.
** He also reappears, of all places, in IDW's second ''Monsters and Protectors'' mini series.
** He appears in an episode of ''Godziban'', once again bullying Minilla until he's frightened away by the arrival of Uncle Zilla and Kamachi.
* CurbStompCushion: While Godzilla hands him his warty ass overall, Gabara ''does'' manage to put him in a bind for a moment with his ShockAndAwe powers on full blast, requiring Minya to come in with the save.
* DirtyCoward: Prefers to pick on Minya since he can't fight back.
* DualBoss: In the manga adaptation the real Gabara enters Ichiro's dream and teams up with Gabara against Ichiro and Minilla.
* InformedSpecies: Sometimes referred to as a mutant toad, but aside from his warty skin, he doesn't bear any resemblance to an amphibian.
** Ironically in the ''Go! Godman!'' continuity, he actually ''was'', canonically at least, a mutant bullfrog.
* JerkAss: He loves beating up Minya.
* MixAndMatchCritter: Face of a cat, green warty skin, reptilian belly.
* NightmareFuel: InUniverse example. Gabara is literally a nightmare in the movie.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Downplayed. He's clearly no match for Godzilla in a straight-up brawl, but for someone talked up as just TheBully he does get a few good licks in, especially since he just lost the fight to Minya.
* OneShotCharacter: He's only appeared in one movie.
* {{Oni}}: It's not clear. According to some sources, he's one, but others claim he's a mutant toad.
* ShockAndAwe: The horn on his head generates electricity but only when he touches his target, which seems to function as a combination of TheParalyzer and AgonyBeam given how Minya and Godzilla react to it.
* UndignifiedDeath: According to ''Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse'', he was injured in a thermite explosion and proceeded to be eaten alive by crocodiles and piranhas in a river: [[IronicDeath the same creatures that he spent his time killing.]] Bonus points for being the only monster who doesn't die at the hands of the other kaiju or humans.
* WouldHurtAChild: Gabara's main victim on Monster Island is Godzilla's son.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gaira]]
!!Gaira (Green Gargantua)
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'', 1966
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'' | ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Go! Godman''[[note]]short film[[/note]]

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Appearing a year after the death of Frankenstein and Baragon, Gaira is one of two monsters that grew from pieces of Frankenstein left after the battle. The piece that became Gaira washed out to sea, and he grew into a vicious and flesh-hungry monster that prized humans as food. After he began to attack ships and devour their crews, the JDF lured him into a trap, but he was saved by his "brother" Sanda. However, Sanda turned against him when he learned of Gaira's dietary habits, and their blood feud carried them across Japan, through Tokyo, and into the sea, where both perished in a volcanic eruption.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: He's much less antagonistic towards Sanda and humans in general in ''Rulers of Earth'', even taking part in the final battle at the end of the series with the rest of the heroic kaiju.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Saves Sanda from a blast of Godzilla's atomic breath in ''Rulers of Earth'' and later saves him again from a Trilopod, showing that despite their constant fighting and disagreements, he really does care about his brother.
* BigEater: Of humans!
* EvilTwin: If only because he eats people, but that's enough for his brother Sanda to turn against him.
* FangsAreEvil: He has large canines that jut out from his lower jaw and he eats people.
* FishPeople: Downplayed. He comes out the ocean and has scaly skin on parts of his body, as well as green, seaweed-like hair (even his name comes from the Japanese word "kai" (海), meaning 'sea'). Earlier concept art even had him with spiny fins along his back.
* HealingFactor: Shares it with his brother and their "father", Frankenstein's Monster from ''Frankenstein Conquers The World''.
* ImAHumanitarian: He loves to munch on humans.
* OurOgresAreHungrier: His face is significantly more ogre-like than his brother.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Becomes a Godzilla enemy in ''Rulers of Earth''.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gamoni]]
!!Gamoni
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Literature/ASpaceGodzilla''

Leading the Sunerian army in an attack on the home planet of a race of alien Godzillas, killing the Godzilla alien Rozan when she returned with her son Lilin. But Ronan's husband, Kunin, rallied the other Godzillas and, with the aid of the Sphinxes, drove off the Sunerians and rescued his son by killing Gamoni and throwing her head in a sea of acid.

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* TheDragon: To the Sunerian Queen.
* NonMammalMammaries: That shoot fire.
* OffWithHisHead: How Kunin kills her.
* OurMonstersAreWeird: She's a reptilian creature with breasts that shoot fire, and is able to shoot swastika shaped throwing knives from her belly button and by now you're probably wondering if the person who created her was high.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ganimes]]
!!Ganimes
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/SpaceAmoeba'', 1970
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/SpaceAmoeba''

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After Gezora was defeated, the space amoeba Yog fled the lifeless body and entered a stone crab, mutating it into the gigantic Ganimes. It returned to the island to seek vengeance on the humans who attacked it, but was quickly destroyed by explosives. Yog then possessed a second stone crab, as well as a turtle and one of the humans, creating another Ganimes along with Kamoebas. The two monsters attacked the islanders, but the man broke Yog's control and released a swarm of bats, which interfered with Yog's control of the monsters and caused them to battle each other. Both Ganimes and Kamoebas fell into a volcano, destroying them and Yog once and for all.

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* BrainWashed: When possessed and grown by Yog. When freed by the sound of bats, the second one immediately battled with Kameba.
* GiantEnemyCrab: Giant stone crab. Well, two of them.
* ALizardNamedLiz: As mentioned below, his name comes from the Japanese word for "crab" (kani), with the suffix "-me" added.
* MeaningfulName: Based on ''kani'', Japanese for "crab".
* SpitefulSpit: Spits blinding saltwater into the enemy's eyes.
* TouchedByVorlons: The Yog entity possessed it and both stone crabs grew to Ganimes.
* WeakenedByTheLight: His eyes are very sensitive to anything too bright.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gezora]]
!!Gezora
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/SpaceAmoeba'', 1970
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/SpaceAmoeba'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]]

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A cuttlefish possessed by the space amoeba Yog and grown to enormous size. Gezora then terrorized the small island Yog had crashed onto, killing several people before being driven off by the high-pitched cries of a swarm of bats and later a pod of dolphins. His final attack saw Gezora lured into a field and set alight by gasoline and torches, mortally injuring the beast and driving it into the sea, where Yog fled the dying body to find another host.

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* AnIcePerson: One of the few Kaiju with ice-based abilities.
* BioluminescenceIsCool: Can emit a low level light when it's dark.
* BrainWashed: Yog possessed him and terrorized the Seiga Island inhabitants.
* ButtMonkey: Almost to the point of {{Woobie}}ness in ''VideoGame/GodzillaMonsterOfMonsters'' In that game, he is only useful as a WarmUpBoss and that's it since he has no offensive ranged attacks, but yet, he keeps getting dragged back into the fight every time Godzilla and Mothra go to a new planet.
* CanonImmigrant: Set to appear in IDW's ''Rulers of Earth''.
* CombatTentacles: Tries to grab people with them. Takes a few tries.
%%* CuteClumsyGirl: It is incredibly clumsy on land.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Despite his rather lacking abilities, and his fairly swift defeat in the movie, Gezora was brought back for the NES videogame ''Godzilla: Monster of Monsters'' with no explanation. He's neither particularly powerful nor even appeared in any Godzilla films, so his appearance in the game is somewhat confusing, since even Mogera and has been in Godzilla films, though admittedly not during the Showa Era, which was what the game was based on. However, given that Gezora, like Ganimes and Kameba was brainwashed and slain and Yog itself is also dead, this may just be a case of ThrowItIn on the part of Toho. Sadly for Gezora, he's less than useless in the game as an antagonist, with no real weapons at all and is one of the easiest monsters to beat within a few rounds at most. And even worse, all the monsters on the previous level are constantly brought back in the next level right up until the finale, so this poor guy gets [[CurbStompBattle Curb stomped]] ''repeatedly''. Almost makes you feel sorry for him.
* HarmlessFreezing: He can emit a very cold atmosphere around himself, freezing the water around him and giving any human he touches frostbite.
* KillItWithFire: His greatest weakness. After he is severely wounded by fire and retreats into the sea, Yog abandons him.
* ALizardNamedLiz: His name comes from the Japanese word for "tentacle" (geso), with the common kaiju name suffix "-ra" added at the end (so his name would be "Tentaclera" if directly translated). And lo and behold, he's a cephalopod monster.
* LogicalWeakness: As a cold-based organism Gezora is extremely vulnerable to, and ultimately killed by fire.
* MeaningfulName: Based on ''geso'', Japanese for "squid tentacle".
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: In the IDW comics, he becomes an adversary of Godzilla. Before this he already appeared in a few Godzilla video games.
* SeaMonster: Unlike Ganimes and Kamebas, Gezora is a regular sea monster Yog possessed.
* TentacledTerror: He's a giant amphibious cuttlefish monster mutated and possessed by an alien.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gigan]]
!!Gigan
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'', 1972
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'' | ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''
!!!'''Played By:''' Kenpachiro Satsuma (1972-1973), Kazuhiro Yoshida (2004)
''AKA'': ''Borodan''

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One of the most unique and popular of Toho's monsters, Gigan is a {{cyborg}} SerialKiller with a sadistic streak a mile wide. Flesh and mechanics combined into a cycloptic engine of destruction, Gigan lives to destroy and mutilate.\\\

His first attack on Earth was alongside King Ghidorah as part of the Space Hunter Nebula M aliens' attempt to take over the planet, and he fought against Godzilla and Anguirus. Though the battle was long and brutal, Gigan and King Ghidorah were defeated and fled back into space. Gigan returned the next year to aid the giant beetle kaiju Megalon in his attack on Japan, and faced Godzilla and Jet Jaguar. Once again Gigan fled into space after being bested, abandoning Megalon to his fate. Gigan was then captured by the alien race known as the Garoga, modified and sent back to Earth, where he faced Godzilla and then Zone Fighter in combat and met his end on the wrong side of Zone Fighter's Meteor Missile Might.\\\

Gigan returned in 2004's ''Final Wars'' as the vanguard of the Xillien invasion force. Having seeded earth with the M mutant gene 12,000 years in the past, Gigan was defeated and mummified by Mothra, then awakened by the Xillien leader to attack mankind. He was defeated by Godzilla in Antarctica, recovered and modified, and aided Monster X against Godzilla before being destroyed for good by Mothra.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the novel ''GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla'', the prequel to the anime trilogy, he's very uncharacteristically presented as a good monster who is sent out to defend humanity from Godzilla, who is highly antagonistic here, and Gigan even becomes highly respected for his [[HeroicSacrifice ultimate sacrifice]] for the sake of mankind.
* AlienInvasion: No one knows where Gigan's from, but it clearly isn't anywhere around here. He's been the vanguard of two separate alien invasions thus far (more if you include some of the video games).
** Japanese sources state Gigan was a "space dinosaur" native to somewhere in Space Hunter Nebula M modified with cybernetic implants. Averted in ''GODZILLA: Project Mechagodzilla'', where he's just a large amphibious dinosaur in a Siberian coast.
* AliensAreBastards: One of the best examples, with his sadism, cowardice, and total lack of redeeming feature being his most prominent qualities.
* AmbiguouslyRelated: In the video game ''Godzilla: Trading Battle'', there is an original kaiju known as "Seagan" which strongly resembles Gigan, including have spiked hands and feet, mandibles and a horn on its head, wings and a rows of spikes on its back, and nearly identical coloration (to the Showa version, as the Millennium version didn't exist yet). Disregarding their similar appearances and Seagan's name almost certainly being a portmanteau of 'Sea Gigan', the game never implies a connection between the two.
** The Showa version of Gigan bears a mild resemblance to Ghidorah with his golden scales and similar fin-like 'wings'—not to mention appearing alongside Ghidorah in his debut film—though nothing is ever really made of this.
* AnArmAndALeg: In one IDW issue, he engages in a galactic battle with [=SpaceGodzilla=]. While he doesn't get killed by the crystal beast, Gigan does get his right arm yanked off by the latter as Space G was too powerful for him.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Botched pronunciation variant -- in the novel ''Literature/{{Godzilla}} At World's End'', when one of the people monitoring the hole in the surface of Antarctica sees him coming out and says "It's gigan-", they're cut off before they can finish saying "gigantic". He's later dubbed Gigan as a result of this.
* ArchEnemy: Is this to Mothra in ''Final Wars'' having battled and lost to Mothra in the past, refacing her in the future. Anguirius has also become a frequent opponent of his in American books and comics.
* ArtEvolution: His revamped Millennium appearance is a sheer contrast/overhaul compared to his original design. He went from a goofy-looking chicken-like alien to a futuristic, menacing, spikier, and edgier looking cyborg. The shape of his body is changed from a bulbous, almost fat torso sitting on top of stubby legs to a sleeker, more humanoid and more agile-looking form. The color of his body in his 2004 look is dark blue with his wings being red rather than yellow. His simplistic hooks that the Showa version had, are longer and are scythe-like in ''Final Wars''. While his face is mostly kept the same, the teeth inside of his beak are much more pronounced and highly visible while being equipped with a long tail with a spike at the tip.
* AsskickingPose: Does this when preparing to duke it out with Godzilla and Anguirus for the first time.
* AxCrazy: Only a maniac would wear a buzzsaw in his stomach. Or attach chainsaws to their hands. On a more serious note, judging from his love of slowly carving his opponents to pieces, calling him insane -- even by {{Kaiju}} standards -- is not much of a stretch.
* BashBrothers: With Megalon and King Ghidorah, whom he fights alongside in ''Godzilla Vs. Megalon'' and ''Godzilla Vs. Gigan'', respectively.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: His {{Hook Hand}}s and double-bladed [[ChainsawGood chainsaws]].
* BrainsAndBrawn: He's this to Megalon's brute force. It shows in the differing fighting styles between the two. When both got curb-stomped by Godzilla, Gigan pretended to be unconscious and waited for Godzilla to come close to make sure, then sprung back up to strike. Since Megalon relies on trying to overwhelm his foes with might without thinking twice, Gigan appears to be much more crafty than he lets on as he's even tried to keep Jet Jaguar hostage by having both of his hooked arms groped around his neck. Before that, he made a gesture that he'll tear into the robot's throat if Godzilla approaches closer... he gets a taste of Atomic Breath instead.
* BewareMyStingerTail: His Showa version possesses a really small spiked tip on his tail even though he's never taken the time to actually use it for striking other kaiju in combat. However in ''Final Wars'' his redesign is equipped with a scorpion-like multi-pronged pincer for a tail where he stabs Mothra with it when he approached her.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: It's practically a given due to how incredibly bizarre his overall design is.
** The Showa version in particular is this as he performed some celebratory goofy dances as a sign of victory, not to mention pulling off comical gestures... but let's not forget that he managed to batter Godzilla into a literal bloody mess and pretty much made Anguirus his personal punching bag.
* BreakoutVillain: Despite debuting in what is widely considered one of the weakest films in the franchise, Gigan has proven to be one of the most beloved and enduring Kaiju outside of the "Big Five" of Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Rodan, and Mechagodzilla, thanks to his striking visual design and sadistic personality. He ended up one of the main villains of ''Final Wars'' despite not appearing in a movie since ''Godzilla Vs. Megalon'', and has shown up in most non-film adaptations, continuing to act as a PsychoForHire.
* ButtMonkey: The ''Final Wars'' incarnation ends up being this for the main quartet of kaiju ([[TheHero Godzilla]], [[TheLancer Mothra]], [[BigBad Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah]] and [[TheDragon himself]]); he gets decapitated by Godzilla himself, then blown up by Mothra.
* TheCameo: Appears very briefly in Godzilla Legends issue 1.
* ChainsawGood: When upgraded in ''Final Wars'', his hook hands are replaced with double-bladed chainsaws, which deliver pain to both Godzilla, and by accident, Monster X (impressive considering Monster X is the only monster to survive Godzilla's thermonuclear breath in the film). He also has a buzzsaw in his stomach.
* CombatPragmatist: If there's one thing Gigan hates, it's playing fair.
* CurbStompBattle: Basically anytime he battles Anguirus, it usually involves him single-handedly overpowering the mutated ankylosaur with nothing but absolute brutality. Anguirus even attempted to desperately ram into him, even though his revving buzzsaw was blocking his progression to rescue Godzilla from getting killed by the Godzilla Tower. It ''did not'' go well for him even he tried.
** He brings the King of the Monsters down with one flying buzzsaw slash to the shoulder, where his own blood gushes out of the painfully inflicted wound. He even takes advantage of his flight mobility to repeatedly floor Godzilla to the ground by aerial ramming the back of his head whenever he tried his best to regain his posture. He later had Godzilla on a platter since he had the inability to fight back in a weakened condition as he [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown literally kicks him as he was already down]], and proceeded to strike his skull numerous times until blood started running down his beaten face.
* CyberCyclops: Yup.
* {{Cyborg}}: There is a living being inside all of that machinery.
* DarkIsEvil: Colored a dark metallic blue in ''Final Wars'' with an even more sinister and wicked design to boot.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: He's killed by the hands of Zone Fighter by getting absolutely pelted by his powerful Meteor Missile Might. Gigan collapses to the ground, his visor dims as foams exits his beak, and finally combusts, putting a gruesome end to the Showa iteration of Gigan.
** He suffers this fate, twice, in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' when he reels Godzilla in with his snaring grappling anchors, only to have his entire head blown apart after it was engulfed by his Atomic Breath. When he "blows up" Mothra with his Scattered Light Beam Gigarium Cluster, the bladed discs that he previously ejected out of his shoulders sliced off his head. Mothra bursts out the explosion he created earlier, with a flaming body, and she dives right into his headless body and gets obliterated to kingdom come.
* {{Determinator}}: Oddly enough in the anime continuity's novelizations, and among the ''many'' ways the monster depicted there is different from other versions of the character. Gigan is thrown into battle alongside human forces on multiple occasions, and despite being outmatched every time, he. Does. Not. Retreat. Progressive battles leave Gigan becoming more and more a cyborg, even gaining extra weaponry originally designed for Mechagodzilla. It takes Godzilla [[NoKillLikeOverkill nearly completely obliterating him]] to finally put an end to Gigan, and even then, human forces rally long enough to recover his remains, taking truly massive casualties in the process.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Gigan is notably the first villain to make Godzilla bleed.
* DirtyCoward: By his second appearance, he'd walked out on his allies ''twice'' mid-battle. It is also worth noting that he prefers to attack opponents who are unable to fight back.
* TheDragon: To King/Kaiser Ghidorah in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'', ''Final Wars'' and ''Half-Century War''. ''Rulers of Earth'' has him as the invading alien Cryog main monster.
* DubNameChange: Strangely, he goes by the name '''Borodan''' in the comic book version of ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', despite the fact that he was never referred to as such for the English Dub of ''Godzilla vs. Gigan''.
* EpicFail: The Millenium incarnation of Gigan is pretty bad with this; engaging a newly-released Godzilla (and not even ''trying'' to dodge the atomic breath that made [[YourHeadAsplode his head detonate]]), and then later, as Upgraded Gigan, he fires off his razor disks, turns around to resume the double-team on Godzilla... [[RunningGag and is decapitated by the razor disks Mothra reflected at him.]] [[MadeOfExplodium He's then blown up by a burning Mothra, though she survives (somehow)]].
* EpicFlail: In ''Final Wars'' he was given four chain-shots to pulls his enemies closer to his buzzsaw.
* EvilLaugh: He can be heard emitting a mechanical chirp that mimics the sound of a petty snicker with a mocking inflection. He even sneers along with Megalon as the 2 are watching to see Godzilla and Jet Jaguar being imprisoned in Megalon's surrounding ring of fire. He laters regrets it when they escape though.
* EvilVersusEvil: In ''Rulers of Earth'', Gigan spends an issue fighting [=SpaceGodzilla=]. It ended in a draw with both monsters seriously injured.
* EyeBeam: For a long time, movie posters and video games had a tendency to give him this despite him not having one in his first two appearances, which most games based him on. Many people believed [[GodNeverSaidThat it was due to budget reasons as to why it was never shown]]. It was later revealed however by [[WordOfGod Teruyoshi Nakano]] that the REAL reason it was never shown was because [[FlipFlopOfGod he didn't believe it fit with the character, so neither film demonstrated this ability for said reason]]. Ultimately, the ability was added and retooled in ''Final Wars'', where it's given a unique twist: he fires a beam that fires a short distance before exploding into a shotgun-blast of projectiles.
** He does it again in the IDW Godzilla comics, first with his Showa design and then his Millenium one.
* EyeLightsOut: The glowing red light in his visor fades in seconds before his death in ''Series/ZoneFighter''.
* EyeScream: In the ongoing Godzilla comic, Rodan shatters his visor by slamming into him.
* FatalFlaw: His [[DirtyCoward cowardice]]. He works great with his allies and is an excellent fighter due to his [[{{Sadist}} sadism]] and [[CombatPragmatist love of cheating]]. The minute he takes even two hits from his foes, however, he runs like the wind, usually abandoning his allies in the process.
* FauxAffablyEvil: For all his sadism, Gigan is remarkably chummy towards whoever he partners up with, doing things like [[HandshakeSubstitute giving Megalon a brofist]] or patting King Ghidorah on the back. Won't stop him from abandoning them when the going gets tough.
* GlassCannon: Downplayed, really. When it comes to battles he can certainly endure physical strikes rather well, and his hooked claws and buzzaw can make things literally bloody. It's Godzilla's Atomic Breath that puts him out of commission. He's mostly this in ''Godzilla Final Wars'', where he's a mechanical tissue paper packed with all sorts of deadly weaponry... [[HoistByHisOwnPetard that can accidentally slice off his own head if their return goes unnoticed.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Godzilla Island'', after being defeated by Godzilla, Gigan turns good guy and assists Godzilla against Destroyah and Megalon and later against Dororin.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Is decapitated by his own razor disks in ''Final Wars'', then is [[MadeOfExplodium detonated by Mothra]].
** In one scene in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'', Gigan notices a boulder laying right next to his foot, and for whatever reason he attempts to kick it at Anguirus... who just so happens to parry it like a volleyball, followed by Godzilla as he punches the aforementioned boulder right into Gigan's face. Strategy seems pretty foreign to space kaiju.
* HookHand: What he normally has in lieu of actual hands. Gigan in ''Final Wars'' has [[BladeBelowTheShoulder scythe-like blades]], and replaces them with [[ChainsawGood dual chainsaws]].
* InformedAbility: [[AllThereInTheManual The Godzilla Movie Studio Tour states that Gigan has a built-in flamethrower within his beak]] which can be used as a BreathWeapon whenever he's not in range. He's had this power the whole time in the Showa era but has never used it in any of his film appearances other than a couple of video games.
** After he was defeated by Godzilla (again) in ''Zone Fighter'', he brought himself back to life by using some of sort of "Ninja Revival Technique". An official book has claimed that Gigan is basically immortal and he was essentially just playing dead when Godzilla was inspecting his unconscious body lying about. Another book has also inclined that he's immortal, just as long as his hooked blades are free from physical damage. While none of those statements seemed to be confirmed, it's worth noting that the latter source ''may'' be openly feasible to a degree, since Gigan accidentally scorched his own claw after striking the back of Zone Fighter's head with the explosive section placed right on it. His other claw even gets blasted by Zone Fighter's Meteor Proton Beam, which might've severed his immortality, and this is what could've lead to his eventual destruction when he succumbs to the aftermath of the Meteor Missiles shot into him.
* IronicName: The "Gi" in his name was derived from "nice guy", which is the last way to accurately describe [[{{Sadist}} Gigan]].
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: He repeatedly rams into the back of Godzilla whenever he tries to get on his feet after drawing blood from him. He literally does the deed to an already weakened Godzilla (who was blasted by lasers from the Godzilla Towers multiple times mind you) the way how he bludgeons his cranium in a brutal fashion until blood oozes down his face just screams cruelty.
* KilledOffForReal:
** His Showa incarnation was killed off in an episode of ''Zone Fighter'' when the titular hero blew him up with his Monster Missiles.
** The novel version from ''Literature/{{Godzilla}} At World's End'' is fatally wounded by Anguirus and dragged into the Caspian Sea to drown.
** The Millennium version is blown up by Mothra's flaming tackle.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Gigan tends to bail whenever the going gets rough. Whether this makes him a DirtyCoward or not is sort of up to you.
* LaughablyEvil: Some of his noticeable actions while in the middle of a battle will often involve him doing a short dance, sporting a overly dramatic fighting stance before a fight begins, and even joyfully hops in place like a skittish child after seeing King Ghidorah battering Godzilla's body into the already ruptured Godzilla Tower, although his brutality speaks volume for being a dynamically threatening and sadistic bloodthirsty beast... while looking like a giant cybernetic space chicken with bladed limbs and a built-in buzzsaw.
* LeanAndMean: His redesign in ''Final Wars'' is visibly sleeker and skinnier than usual, with his body having more of a humanoid-like build, but he's just as destructive and sadistic as before just like his Showa version.
* TheMcCoy: The 1992 art book ''Special Graphix Godzilla vs. Mothra'' compares and contrasts him with [[TheKirk Ghidorah]] and [[TheSpock Mechagodzilla]], claiming that Gigan is a "bloodthirsty, ferocious cutthroat" to Ghidorah's "dignified villain" and Mechagodzilla's "consistently cold-hearted and composed professional."
* MechaExpansionPack: The addition of his double-bladed chainsaws in ''Final Wars''; it's implied they upgraded the rest of his systems as well.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Has a face vaguely resembling a bird's with insect-like mandibles, but he also has scaly skin, a tail like a lizard or a dinosaur, and fishlike fins on his back.
* MutualKill: With Mothra in ''Final Wars''. Although it could be [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] if the Mothra that shows up at the end turns out to be the same one and survived the explosion.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Highly downplayed. He dies a second time in ''Final Wars'' when Mothra destroys the entirety of his newly constructed body from the Xiliens. The only 3 physical things that are left of him is his decapitated head and his pronged chainsaws.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Of Jet Jaguar in ''Godzilla vs. Megalon''. It's a rather jarring scene in an otherwise silly film.
* OffWithHisHead: In ''Final Wars'', where this seems to be the only way to disable him.
* PetTheDog: Subverted. He seems to have a VillainousFriendship with Megalon in ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', but the minute Godzilla and Jet Jaguar gain the upper hand, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he splits]], leaving Megalon to his fate [[DirtyCoward to save his own skin]].
* PsychoElectro: In ''Final Wars'' he adds a set of cables capable of delivering electric shocks to his arsenal.
* PsychoForHire: Despite (seemingly) being under-mind control he seems to enjoy all the stuff he does, and the sheer number of alien species he's fought for can cause one to wonder if he is, in fact, [[HiredGuns for hire]].
* RedemptionEqualsDeath / HeroicSacrifice: Occurs in the series ''Godzilla Island'' where he sacrifices himself to kill another evil monster. This is entirely at odds with his portrayal elsewhere.
* RiddleForTheAges: What exactly Gigan looked like prior to becoming a cyborg has never been revealed.
* {{Sadist}}: His Showa, Millenium, and IDW comic book incarnations all demonstrate this personality trait, causing as much pain as possible for the heck of it.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'' Gigan flies off after taking a couple of shots of Godzilla's atomic breath.
* ShadowArchetype: Gigan can be seen as a sick joke of Godzilla's existence. Both are monsters that are an unholy combination of technology and nature coming into contact. The only difference is Gigan fully embraces the weapon he was made into.
* SinisterScythe: His {{Hook Hand}}s in ''Final Wars'' resemble scythe blades.
* SlayingMantis: Has some elements of this in his design, with his massive {{Hook Hand}}s, insect-like mandibles on his beak and his green coloration. Whether or not this was intentional is unclear.
* SmugSnake: One gets this vibe from him. He taunts and bullies his enemies and prefers to inflict long, drawn-out torture on them rather than kill them outright, but never sticks around once it looks like the tables have turned. It helps that Gigan's mouth appears to be locked in a permanent smirk that denotes complete arrogance.
* StrippedToTheBone: On ''Series/ZoneFighter''.
* SpikeBallsOfDoom: An unused violent weapon that Gigan would've used for ''The Return of King Ghidorah'', (which was one of the earlier planned drafts for ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'') was being able [[https://wikizilla.org/w/images/2/28/The_return_of_king_ghidorah72_art_01.jpg to launch a mace-like projectile]] at his foes from his right arm.
* SpikesOfVillainy: While his Showa version is already pretty sharp, the Millenium version is something else.
* SuperSpeed: His anti-gravity flight speed within the Earth's atmosphere is basically around Mach 3, (which is also comparable to King Ghidorah's). Outside of the Earth's atmosphere, he's also capable of traversing through the outer reaches of space at around ''Mach 400''.
* ThoseTwoGuys: ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'' gives it a {{Narm}} quality to it as seen [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/ce0a8ebf13a4b3f6dcad69e6b2617a4e/tumblr_n60cdyuwve1tw4mm9o1_400.gif here.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Within ''Final Wars'', when his trademark {{Hook Hand}}s are replaced with chainsaws, and his system is upgraded.
* ToothyBird: Just like Rodan, he has small rows of sharpened teeth in both his upper and lower jaw within that metallic beak of his. His rows of teeth are a lot more visibly defined for his ''Final Wars'' incarnation.
* VillainousFriendship: [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/3fe829ded6de2aa437852a1726d47142/tumblr_n5wqvks3eL1qedb29o1_r1_400.gif With Megalon.]] Subverted in that he's [[DirtyCoward perfectly fine with abandoning Megalon as soon as the tides turn in their enemies' favors]].
* VisualPun: One of the Japanese words used for Gigan's name is gan, which is Japanese for goose. Gigan (besides Rodan) has a beak which makes him bird-like in terms of overall looks.
* WeCanRebuildHim: The Xillians resurrect him twice in ''Final Wars''; the second time they add chainsaws to his already impressive arsenal. ''Rulers of Earth'' will have him upgraded from his Showa design to his [[spoiler:Millenium design]].
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: For his first match against Godzilla in ''Final Wars'', he snared one of his his grappling hooks around his jugular to drag Godzilla towards his revving buzzsaw as a means to ensure that any trick that the Big G could do would be fruitless... He didn't account for having his head blown off by a blast of Atomic Breath though.

!!Gigan Rex and Gigan Miles
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGiganRex'', 2022
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGiganRex''
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A group of Gigans that appear in the short film ''Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex''. Twenty-five years after the last kaiju attack, Gigan Rex and his soldiers rampage across Japan, serving as the film's main antagonists against Godzilla.

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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: While the blades of the Gigan Miles can't cut through Godzilla's skin, they can effortlessly destroy the JSDF fighter jets with one slash, spike their tanks like meat on a skewer, and cut buildings in half. Gigan Rex is in a similar boat. Rex's chainsaw whips can't pierce Godzilla's skin, but they can stagger him a little and slice through structures just as smoothly.
* AdaptationDyeJob: For the numerous Gigan Miles, the sharpened edges of their abdominal buzzsaws are colored red instead of silver and the green sections of their bodies are more of a bluish-teal. Gigan Rex is fully red all the way down along with having some shades of dark grey for his "flesh", and his visor is more of a dark magenta.
* AnArmAndALeg: One Gigan Miles activates his buzzsaw to carve Godzilla's flesh, only to be momentarily obliterated by getting blown away by his Nuclear Pulse. It was so powerful that it even severs one of his arms.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Gigan Rex is the leader of the Gigans and the only one capable of actually fighting Godzilla one on one.
* BigBad: Gigan Rex is the main antagonist of the short film and the leader of the Gigan Miles.
* BeamOWar: Gigan Rex's fight with Godzilla ends with its ChestBlaster colliding with Godzilla's white Atomic Breath. Gigan Rex has the advantage until Godzilla pushes back and the resulting explosion kills Gigan Rex.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Gigan Rex and Miles have large metal spikes at the end of their tails, with one Miles attempting to stab Godzilla with his. Rex could split his tail into two and used it to stabilize himself after getting knocked off balance.
* BodyHorror: When ordered by Gigan Rex, the Gigan Miles pull back the skin on their chests and their buzzsaw gruesomely enlarges and pulls out of their body.
* ChainsawGood: Gigan Rex's Rex Blades can transform into long serrated whips that can effortlessly cut through buildings; while still unable to cut through Godzilla's skin, they were able to make him stagger.
* ChestBlaster: Gigan Rex trades out the buzzsaw for a powerful energy cannon. He can supercharge it by tearing out the cores of the Gigan Miles and linking with them.
* CurbStompCushion: The first group of Gigan Miles clearly didn't go down without a fight as they were surely willing to bring Godzilla down even though he has them outmatched. The two cyborgs were able to briefly gang-up on him with one of them revving his buzzsaw into Godzilla's skin while the other fires his laser beam at him from a farther distance. While their attacks weren't enough to injure him outright, their tenacity and coordination deserves mention.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Instead of a buzzsaw, Gigan Rex has another eye in its chest that can fire energy beams.
* KingMook: Gigan is reimagined as an army of weaker Gigan Miles and one, much stronger Gigan Rex.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: The weaker Gigan Miles have the traditional yellow and green colorations from the original Showa incarnation but are easily trounced by Godzilla's might. Their master, Gigan Rex is a vivid red and is shown to be a more of a skilled fighter than his henchmen by being able to take on Godzilla without so much of a struggle but he will use them for strategic ways. His ChestBlaster, which had the same yellow color like the EyeBeams from the numerous Gigan Miles, takes on a blood-red coloration after removing their power cores.
* TheLeader: Gigan Rex is the leader of the Gigan Miles in their fight against Godzilla.
* MadeOfIron: Unlike the Gigan Miles, who go down in one hit when fighting Godzilla, Rex can withstand his physical attacks and atomic breath.
* MadeOfPlasticine: Despite being able to NoSell conventional weaponry such as jet missiles and tank cannon rounds, the Gigan Miles are rather fragile by kaiju standard, being easily destroyed by Godzilla's onslaught. One of them gets his head caved in by his foot while the other gets sent flying by his Nuclear Pulse. A single blast of Atomic Breath was enough to make one combust into flames, leaving nothing behind.
* ManBitesMan: The Gigan Miles that was occupied by dealing with the JSDF's military futile assault of jets, lands from the sky with one last remaining fighter jet helplessly held in his beak, crushing the cockpit (along with its human pilot) into bits.
* MeaningfulName:
** Miles is latin for soldier, and the Gigan Miles act as {{Mook}}s for the Gigan Rex.
** Rex is latin for king, and Gigan Rex is the leader of the Gigan Miles.
* {{Mook}}s: The Gigan Miles serve as minions for Gigan Rex, being much weaker but there's at least 13 of them.
* ThePawnsGoFirst: The first line of the Gigan Miles were the beginning challengers to take on Godzilla, who easily dispatches them as they drop like kaiju-sized flies. Right when it seemed like he won, Gigan Rex decides to arrive on the scene and proves to be a far more experienced combatant than any of his servants.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Gigan Rex's visor illuminates a fuchsia colored light who has the power to give direct orders to his fellow Gigan Miles with telepathy. His forehead gem also glows purple when he telepathically instructs the other Gigan Miles to swarm Godzilla's blindside while he's keeping him distracted.
* RazorWind: During the battle against Godzilla, a single Gigan Miles sliced the air, making an aerial slash that cleanly split apart a nearby building.
* RedIsViolent: Gigan Rex has a deep crimson colored body who's far more wicked than any his servants, where right after Godzilla triggers his SuperMode, Gigan Rex uses the opportunity to outright yank the glowing power cores from the last surviving Gigan Miles left telepathically, and uses them to empower his ChestBlaster to counterattack Godzilla's juiced-up BreathWeapon.
* SlashedThroat: The one Gigan Miles that was tossed in front of the others had multiple wires exposed with red sparks showing that Godzilla had violently slit his neck open.
* StrongAndSkilled: Gigan Rex is a way more formidable opponent compared to his underlings. Rex can fight Godzilla on equal footing and is surprisingly agile despite his size, using his power to fly, his chainsaw whips, and his control over the Miles to his advantage.
* SuperToughness: While the Gigan Miles themselves are less resilient as they're easily killed by Godzilla's physical attacks, Gigan Rex is shown to not only tank a brutal TailSlap from the King of the Monsters, but he even uses his bladed forearms as a shield to withstand a blast from Godzilla's Atomic Breath with no scorch marks on either of his hooked claws. This becomes ''extremely subverted'' for him when Godzilla's strengthened white-hot Atomic Breath overpowers his own ChestBlaster in a BeamOWar.
* TakesOneToKillOne: As with most giant monsters, the Miles are unaffected by the JSDF's weapons; one Miles bit down a jet in its mouth, which made it explode, but even that didn't do anything. [[JustifiedTrope In the JSDF's defense, it's been years since the last kaiju attack, and in that time, they got lazy and were woefully unprepared by the time of the Gigan's attack.]] As always, the only way to take Rex and Miles out was another monster: Godzilla.
* TinyHeadedBehemoth: Their actual heads are strangely a lot more puny compared to their largely rotund torsos.
* WhipSword: Gigan Rex's scythes can transform into whip swords. With [[ChainsawGood chainsaws on the chain.]]
* ZergRush: The Gigan Miles are much weaker than Gigan Rex and Godzilla, but there's at least 13 of them and they can pose a threat to Godzilla if enough dogpile him at once.

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[[folder:Gorosaurus]]
!!Gorosaurus
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/KingKongEscapes'', 1967
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/KingKongEscapes'' | ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' | ''Film/AllMonstersAttack''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]]

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A giant dinosaur who originally lived on Mondo Island before being relocated to Monster Island. Gorosaurus is similar to Anguirus in that he is a "no-frills" type of monster, lacking a breath weapon or energy powers and relying on his size, strength and devastating kangaroo kick. While attempting to eat some visiting scientists, Gorosaurus became embroiled in a duel with King Kong, a savage battle that ultimately ended with Kong breaking Gorosaurus' jaw and sending him into retreat. He survived and healed, and was soon placed on Monster Island, where he soon became part of the Kilaak invasion of Earth, attacking Paris (originally it was Baragon, but the suit was on loan). When humans broke the mind control, Gorosaurus joined Godzilla and the other monsters at Mount Fuji and was one of the main participants in the battle with King Ghidorah, where his determination and kangaroo kick turned the tide against the space monster. Gorosaurus also has an incredibly robust fanbase, and to this day enjoys popularity among Godzilla fans.

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] for once! He is described as being a distant descendent of the Allosauridae, a family of theropod dinosaurs from the Jurassic period. And unlike the other prehistoric monsters in Toho's kaiju lineup, Gorosaurus ''actually looks'' like an accurate representation of the creature he's said to be based on.
* AscendedExtra: Because Baragon's suit was so damaged and he had to be reduced to brief appearances in ''Destroy All Monsters!'', Gorosaurus got to fill in for him for the attack on France and the battle at the end. He even got to show just how awesome he was by being the monster that turned the tide against King Ghidorah.
* BadassNormal: He has no special powers and is basically just a generic carnivorous theropod, but he has faced off against the likes of King Kong and King Ghidorah.
* BewareMyStingerTail: He has a pointed barb at the end of his tail, but it can be hard to notice and he's never shown to actually use it in combat.
* CombatPragmatist: During the final battle in ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'', he was going to initiate his attack and confront King Ghidorah head-on as Anguirus tried to attempted but it proved to be difficult to approach him since his Gravity Beams are dangerous. Eventually, Godzilla keeps the alien hydra grounded with a blast of his Atomic Breath as he tangles with the left head while Anguirus was biting his right head. Gorosaurus sees the opportunity to run past and get behind King Ghidorah to unleash his Kangaroo Kick to have him fully dominated and ''mutilated'' by their combined might so that he'll never have the chance to get up again. It worked quite well for them.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He may not have defeated King Ghidorah alone but he did manage to briefly pin him to the ground with his jaws, only to get thwarted away by his Gravity Beams. He floors the dragon to the ground a second time with his powerful Kangaroo King on his back where he's left open to Godzilla bringing his foot on one of his heads while Anguirus bites the other one to death.
* DumbDinos: In ''King Kong Escapes'', he's shown to be a simple PrehistoricMonster. This later gets averted in ''Destroy All Monsters!'' where he displays cunning in the battle against King Ghidorah. Namely while Godzilla and Anguirus attack Ghidorah in front, Gorosaurus sneaks around behind him and then kangaroo-kicks him down allowing the other kaiju to finish him off.
* EverythingsBetterWithKangaroos: Kangaroo ''kicks'', at least.
* {{Expy}}: He was created just to act as a substitute for the Meat-Eater dinosaur that fought King Kong in the original 1933 film.
* JawBreaker: Courtesy of King Kong.
* MonumentalDamage: In ''Destroy All Monsters''.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Infamously and inexplicably shown tunneling under the Arc de Triomphe in ''Destroy All Monsters''. This is because it was originally going to be Maguma, then Baragon, before finally settling on Gorosaurus after the producers had trouble with Baragon's ears in the scene.
* OneSteveLimit: He was accidentally misnamed Baragon when he attacked Paris in ''Destroy All Monsters'' even though they look nothing alike. Justified for a reason, as the Baragon suit was going through modifications, was used for many monsters in ''Ultraman'', and was still being repaired in the middle of filming.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He first appeared as an enemy for King Kong in ''King Kong Escapes'', but later appeared in ''Destroy All Monsters'' as one of the front-line fighters in the battle against King Ghidorah. His contribution to that fight is so well-remembered by fans, that he has become much more associated with Godzilla than Kong.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale:
** Supposedly (according to WordOfGod), he's only 30 metres tall in ''Destroy All Monsters''...even though he's taller than the 40 metre tall Anguirus, and is as tall as the 50-metre tall Godzilla. Either you follow WordOfGod and he's 30 metres (which would make ''Godzilla'' 30 metres, Anguirus 10 metres and King Ghidorah 40 metres) or you follow the movie's scale and he's 50 metres (which keeps everything at the same scale, even if it goes against WordOfGod).
** He's often stated in official sources to be 35 metres tall in ''King Kong Escapes'', but he's shown to be about the same height as Kong, who's said to be 20 metres tall. For Gorosaurus to be 35 metres tall, Kong would need to be chest-height to him. A few sources do more correctly state him as 20 metres, putting him more in line with his height compared to Kong.
* StockSoundEffect: His roar is sampled from a modified variation of Baragon's roar that originally belonged to Varan. Some of Ebirah's roar can be heard at the start of his screech.
* TRexpy: Created as an obvious homage to the tyrannosaur King Kong originally fought in ''Film/KingKong1933'', similarly being a large theropod without any special abilities (with the exception of a fancy kick) who gets its jaw broken at the end. As stated above, he's said to be descended from ''Allosaurus'' however.

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[[folder:Hedorah]]
!!Hedorah
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'', 1971
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' | ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah2021''[[note]]short film[[/note]]
''AKA'': ''The Smog Monster''

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An alien creature that came to Earth to feed on mankind's pollution. Starting as tiny tadpole-like [[BuffySpeak things]] living in the ocean, the "baby" Hedorah began to seek each other out and combine into an ever-larger form, becoming a giant quadruped mound of shambling muck and filth. In this form Hedorah left the water to feed on pollution straight from the source and soon encountered Godzilla. The two had a short and inconclusive confrontation, which would become a common occurrence as Hedorah continued to grow larger and stronger. The filthy beast then assumed a new form, a UFO/slug-like flying form that left acid mists in her wake, killing thousands and destroying anything it touched. She then faced Godzilla on Mount Fuji in a towering bipedal form, using her own sludge and eye-lasers as weapons. Only through a combination of Godzilla's power and mankind's ingenuity was the pollution-born monster stopped, her body dehydrated to powder. A variation on Hedorah, a mushroom creature called Neo Hedorah, would also appear on ''Godzilla Island''.

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* AdaptationalWimp: The Showa Hedorah was arguably one of the toughest foes Godzilla fought, taking out his hand and one of his eyes, and required the combined efforts of Godzilla and the [=JSDF=] to finally take down, while the anime Hedorah managed to kill both Rodan and Anguirus together before completely razing Beijing and Tianjin and disappearing. Meanwhile the ''Final Wars'' incarnation didn't even last thirty seconds in a two on one with Ebirah against Godzilla (although to be fair, Godzilla's ''Final Wars'' incarnation is arguably one of his strongest in any film).
* AdaptationalBadass: Toho released [[https://youtu.be/OaDfDKIQY5k a short film]] featuring the ''Final Wars'' Godzilla and Hedorah fighting properly, and unlike the movie Hedorah manages to put up an actual fight and even get the upper hand at points.
* AlienInvasion: It's an extraterrestrial that invaded Earth to feed on pollution.
* AliensAreBastards: Gassed hundreds of people, tried to drown Godzilla in sludge, and is generally one of the most sickening beings in the franchise. Further evidence that in this universe, aliens are scum.
* AllThereInTheManual: According to the mobile game ''Godzilla Defence Force'', the Showa Hedorah was female and the Millennium Hedorah was male (distinguished by the red tendrils on its left hand).
* AnimalMotif: It's mentioned in the film that its metamorphic process is similar to that of a frog with the smallest and initial larger forms resembling tadpoles and the penultimate form being crouched down like a frog prior to its most powerful and humanoid form. Additionally, its eyes vaguely resemble toad eyes.
* AsteroidsMonster: Played straight and reversed, actually. It starts out as trillions of pollution eating organisms that are very tiny that pull themselves together as they go through their life cycle--getting bigger. Rip the bugger apart, though, without dehydrating/burning it well enough, those remaining pieces will get up and try to get back to the main organism ASAP.
** Briefly, two Hedorahs exist simultaneously. The younger one split off from the elder when the latter fought Godzilla, then they recombined to form the gigantic form in the picture above. They split again when the elder is killed by Godzilla. This is only barely mentioned even in the Japanese version and not really explained at all in dubs.
** Played with as it can still split into two halves that resemble its previous forms to avoid danger.
* BizarreSexualDimorphism: Well, not that bizarre. According to several sources, Showa Hedorah is female while the Final Wars incarnation is male, with its red markings being a form of sexual dimorphism.
* BloodyMurder: Hedorah's bodily fluids are just as corrosive as everything else it emits.
* BlobMonster: He's literally sludge so most attacks go right through him, although this attribute is inconsistent.
* BodyHorror: Yoshimitsu Banno, the producer of Godzilla vs. Hedorah, even acknowledged that Hedorah's eyes were meant to resemble vaginas. There's a red beam fired from the area where the clitoris would be. And then there's the scene where Godzilla punches his hand straight into one of these [[IncrediblyLamePun vageyenas]] and causes a dark, sludgy liquid to come out.
* ButtMonkey: In ''Final Wars'', he didn't even get introduced before getting impaled by Ebirah and killed by Godzilla!
* DarkerAndEdgier: Hedorah's appearance marked a moment in the franchise where Godzilla would routinely face off against seemingly insurmountable and oftentimes terrifying foes who threatened the very planet itself. Before Hedorah, the only monster that ever fit that criteria was King Ghidorah.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: At one point Hedorah is hanging out by a factory, leaning over the smokestacks and sucking up the smoke and pollutants. And she closes her eyes in bliss while nodding a little. Duuuuuuuude...
* EcocidalAntagonist: This kaiju is an alien organism that came to Earth to feed off mankind's excessive pollution. As it grows in size, the monster develops numerous superpowers, such as an extremely acidic body (strong enough to melt humans and even Godzilla to the bone), flight, eye lasers, and the power to exhale fumes deadly enough to kill thousands of people, all while leaving toxic spills and deadly gas wherever it goes. It ends up causing so much destruction, death, and ecological devastation that Godzilla and the military [[EnemyMine have to work directly together]] in order to kill the smog monster, portraying Hedorah as that much of a threatening, monstrous, and despicable creature that needs to be destroyed, even in comparison to other kaiju in the franchise.
* EldritchAbomination: Hedorah is easily the most Lovecraftian monster in Godzilla's rogues gallery, being a shapeshifting alien entity merged with toxic sludge.
* EvilLaugh: The roar of Hedorah's Perfect Form sounds somewhat like an evil cackle, and it roars/laughs while covering Godzilla in sludge.
* EyeScream: Hedorah gets on both the giving and receiving ends:
** On the giving end, Hedorah shoots a blob of sludge at Godzilla's face during their final clash in ''Godzilla Vs. Hedorah'', which ends up melting one of his eyes.
** On the receiving end, after getting sent flying into a building, his partner, Ebirah, soon follows, and flies into Hedorah's face claw first, taking out his left eye.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: People being reduced to bones from Hedorah's sulfuric acid mist.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Godzilla's injuries at the hands of Hedorah.
* FlyingSaucer: Gets around its slow speed by being able to transform into this, ''with lights and sparkles!''
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Hedorah has glowing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red and orange]] eyes, and is a monster made of toxic sludge.
* KnightOfCerebus: Despite the movie attempting to draw in children Hedorah creates a huge dissonance as it is a very powerful and particularly gruesome monster, even by the series standards, and it nearly succeeds in killing Godzilla!
* LaserGuidedKarma: The projectile sludge of its own body that did little to no effect on Godzilla's body earlier was now able to burn away his eyeball, making him mostly blind with only one eye (not that it hindered him though). Right when Godzilla used his tail to move a boulder behind him, the sound actually distracted it, by then, Godzilla forcefully punches out one of its own eyes as a result. An eye for an eye it seems.
* LogicalWeakness: As a BlobMonster made out of sludge, it will die when completely dried out, which is how it is eventually killed in the film. And in ''Literature/{{Godzilla}} At World's End'', where it died after the rain stopped, allowing Godzilla to dry out its body with his radioactive ray and finally incinerate it. This also comes up in the Godzilla vs Hedorah short film Toho released, where Godzilla wins by knocking Hedorah into power lines, weakening it enough for Godzilla to kill it with his Atomic Breath.
* MeaningfulName: Ken calls the monster Hedorah because it lives in industrial sludge (hedoro) and polluted waters.
* MetamorphosisMonster: Goes through several stages as it rampages through Japan, including a flying form and a crawling form before settling on a bipedal form. It's even mentioned that this process is similar to that of frogs.
* MightyGlacier: Its adult form is slow, but has some pretty dangerous attacks.
* MyBrainIsBig: It appears that at certain times its brain will rise out of its head.
* MuckMonster: Hedorah is not an animal in the same way that the other Kaiju are. She's actually a living mineral.
* PetTheDog: In a rather unusual scene in ''Godzilla vs Hedorah'', right after killing several people playing cards in a nightclub and oozing to the dance scene downstairs, thoroughly terrifying the partiers, it retreated, leaving a small cat covered in sludge but otherwise unharmed.
* PlanetDestroyer: The comet it rode on to get to Earth is implied to have been the remains of the previous planet he visited, which he wiped completely clean of life.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: in his brief appearance in ''Godzilla: Final Wars'', he does this ''a lot''.
* ShakyPOVCam: When Godzilla confronts it a second time, during the day, and he wrestles it to the ground, there is a brief shot from Hedorah's POV when the Big G pulls back to punch it.
* SiliconBasedLife: Unlike most Kaiju that are either earth-bound or alien yet have similar enough physiology, Hedorah is explicitly stated in-universe to be a mineral lifeform, with a base composite of crystallized carbon that bonds with waste particles. This is why it needs to be moist and why electricity is so deadly against it; if it dries out, it becomes nothing but dust.
* SpringJump: The other way it got around its MightyGlacier statues.
* StoneWall: Her greatest asset. Hedorah's gooey body is difficult to injure, both by way of a lack of any weak points, and by way of the corrosive fluids that coat at anything she touches.
* StrippedToTheBone: The end result of being covered in Hedorah's sludge. Even Godzilla gets it, albeit to a smaller degree, after gouging Hedorah's eye out; as a result of being covered in Hedorah's blood, Godzilla's hand is quickly reduced to bone.
* ToiletHumor: A kaiju version. Given that she's fed on mainly anything pollution related, which also involves sewage and fecal matter, fans like to yuck it up that she's jokingly seen as this. Doesn't help that her other method of attack is launching chunks of her flesh from an "opening" from the front of her body. Her trying to drown Godzilla in sludge from wherever she discharged it is a dead giveaway of taking a dump.
* WalkingWasteland: A walking mass of pollution and poison. Everywhere Hedorah goes becomes sludge-infested and toxic. Simply standing too close to it is enough to pretty much destroy human lungs.

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[[folder:Jet Jaguar]]
!!Jet Jaguar
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'', 1973
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon''
-->'''Voiced by:''': Rie Kugimiya
''AKA'': ''Robotman'', ''Superman'', ''King Kong''

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A robot created by Dr. Goro Ibuki, the Seatopians stole Jet Jaguar to guide Megalon in the vengeance on the surface world. Once Ibuki regains control, Jet Jaguar is sent to recruit the help of Godzilla. Once he returned, he gains sentience of his own and somehow grows in size to fight Megalon. He was doing well until Gigan came along but was saved by the arrival of Godzilla. Together, they drove back both monsters and they parted on good terms. Originally going to get his own show, Jet Jaguar didn't get his debut and was tied in legal troubles with Tsubaraya. These troubles were eventually settled in time for the Godzilla video games, where he was much better received.

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* AdaptationalBadass: The video games and comics make Jet Jaguar into a ''far'' more formidable combatant.
* BreathWeapon: In ''Godzilla: Trading Battle'', he emits a blue cloud of some sort as a breath attack.
* CaptainErsatz: Of Series/{{Ultraman}}.
* CripplingOverspecialization: In ''Gojiban'', he was intended to be a diplomat and example of AI technology. He's not very good at fighting, as a result.
* {{Expy}}: He was based off of Series/{{Ultraman}} and Series/{{Spectreman}}.
* {{Flight}}: He can hit Mach 3.5 and hover.
* GlowingEyes: JJ uses bright lights emitted from his eyes to track Megalon as it burrows underground.
* GrowBeyondTheirProgramming: Ibuki gave Jet Jaguar the ability to follow very complex orders, but never intended for him to suddenly become sapient. He ''especially'' didn't intend for him to somehow make himself grow to 50 meters tall.
* HandBlast: In a couple of video games he can launch rays from his hands, in an attack known as the "Plasma Clap".
* HumongousMecha: When he chooses to be.
* IKnowKungFu: In the video games, Jet Jaguar can pull off a lot of fighting moves he didn't in the film. These include roundhouse kicks, heel kicks and other such things.
* MechanicalLifeforms:
** Although not designed as such, its programming evolved to the point where it could make decisions for itself. The suit actor was directed to move in a mechanical fashion in the beginning scenes, and in the later ones to act as though something human had entered Jaguar.
** In ''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth'', he's a refugee from an alien planet who was sent to Earth to save us from the aliens who destroyed his home.
* OneShotCharacter: Has only appeared in one film, although his cult status has led to appearances in several video games and in the comic ''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth'', and featured prominently in many episodes of ''Godzilla Island''. He also ends up being a central character in ''Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint'', with far more screen-time than even Godzilla!
* {{Sizeshifter}}: As per Ultraman. Since his inventor had no idea he could do that, it's unclear just how he pulls it off. ''Gojiban'' treats him like a balloon.
* SuperheroSpeciation: In ''Godzilla Island'', it appears that numerous Jet Jaguars have been designed for different purposes. A silver one (possibly a battle model) gets destroyed early on, but one designed for medical and scientific work manages to become a recurring character, along with its female pilot.
* UltramanCopy: One of the more notable examples, he was conceptualized to capitalize on the popularity of [[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]]. He has a similar colour scheme, pointy silver head, {{sizeshifter}} powers, and fights villainous {{kaiju}} just the same.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kamacuras]]
!!Kamacuras
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/SonOfGodzilla'', 1967
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/SonOfGodzilla'' | ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' | ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' | ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''
''AKA'': ''Gimantis''

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Not one monster but a number of them, the Kamacuras, or "Gimantis", were a species of praying mantids on Sollgel island which had been radiated and subsequently grown to roughly the size of humans. After an intense storm laced with nuclear fallout lashed the island, they grew large enough to attempt to prey on Minilla. Two of them fell to Godzilla and the third became the meal of Kumonga. After their appearance in ''Son'' they were limited to basically cameo shots whenever the action drifted to Monster Island.\\\

In ''Final Wars'', they returned, gaining a camouflage ability and the skill to destroy a Gotengo-level craft. He fell easily to Godzilla.

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* BigCreepyCrawlies: And you think he'd be more of a threat since he's a praying mantis... And it's also interesting that they were already human-sized ''before'' they were mutated.
* ChameleonCamouflage: In ''Final Wars'', he's given this ability, not that it's any use against Godzilla.
* GiantFlyer: While mostly ground-bound, some incarnations also develop wings and fly, making them even bigger threats than before.
* GiantMook:
** Godzilla wipes the floor with them! No seriously he does!
** In the novel ''Literature/{{Godzilla}} 2000'', they're easily destroyed by conventional bombs and missiles, not requiring special technology or other monsters to eliminate.
* KickTheDog: Forcing Minilla to hatch so they can try to feast on him before [[PapaWolf Godzilla destroys two of them]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: This is how he is killed in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''.
* MeaningfulName: Based on ''kamakiri'', Japanese for "mantis".
* RedShirt: Just Watch ''Son of Godzilla''. [[spoiler:Godzilla kills two of them. And the last one is eaten by Kumonga]].
* SlayingMantis: A giant mantis kaiju, although downplayed because it's introduced as fodder for stronger monsters like Godzilla and Kumonga.
* TheSwarm: A giant monster variant in the novel ''Literature/{{Godzilla}} 2000'', where a massive swarm of Kamacuras develop in Kansas and devour everything -- and every''one'' -- in a particular county.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Final Wars version put up a fight against one of the EDF crafts and eventually destroyed it! Also gained ''active camouflage'' powers!

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kamoebas]]
!! Kamoebas/Kameba
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/SpaceAmoeba'', 1970
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/SpaceAmoeba'' | ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS''

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After Yog's second host, the mutated rock crab Ganimes, was fatally injured, the parasitic alien retreated from the body and divided itself into two halves before possessing another rock crab (which became a second Ganimes) and a rock turtle, mutating it into a giant predatory version called Kamoebas. These two monsters working in tandem almost finished off the humans, until they used their weakness to ultrasonic waves to disrupt Yog's control over them, causing the two behemoths to fight and drag each other into a volcano, which destroyed the Space Amoeba once and for all.\\\

Kamoebas made a cameo appearance in ''Tokyo S.O.S.'', washed up on a beach after having been killed by Godzilla.

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* DeathByCameo: Godzilla slaughtered him off-screen, likely either for sport or the two having some territorial dispute over the ocean.
* InconsistentSpelling: Kameba or Kamoebas?
* LongNeck: Similar to an actual mata-mata, he conceals a long neck which he can shoot out for surprise attacks.
* PosthumousCharacter: His first appearance in the Godzilla franchise is as a washed up corpse.
* MeaningfulName: Based on ''kame'', Japanese for "turtle", and "amoeba", referring to the alien that possesses him.
* SacrificialLamb: He only appears to prove that Godzilla can kill other giant monsters and make the humans even more frightened of Godzilla's strength.
* SlashedThroat: How Godzilla offed him.
* TakeThat: Maybe, given that [[Film/{{Gamera}} Godzilla's most well-known rival]] is a turtle as well...
* TouchedByVorlons: Mutated by the Yog.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Caesar]]
!!King Caesar
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'', 1974
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' | ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''
''AKA'': ''King Seeser'', ''King Shisa''

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A strange monster that resembles a humanoid Shisa, or guardian dog-lion spirit, King Caesar is the protector of the Azumi Royal Family. A construct of stone over a mechanical endoskeleton, he is vital to a prophecy of a monster that would destroy the world. The invading Simeans believe this means [=MechaGodzilla=], so they do anything in their power to prevent to its revival. But King Caesar is revived and squares off against [=MechaGodzilla=]. The battle doesn't go in his favor until Godzilla arrives. Together, they manage to destroy [=MechaGodzilla=], and King Caesar returns to dormancy.\\\

King Caesar is not seen again until ''Godzilla Final Wars''. One of many monsters under Xilien control, he attacks Okinawa and fights Godzilla. Like Rodan and Anguirus, he is spared in defeat.

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* AdaptationalBadass: The only way for Caesar to retaliate against kaiju that have energy beam attacks is to absorb them with one eye and have it fired out of the other to deal damage. While it actually worked against [=MechaGodzilla=] twice, things took a horrible turn as the machine switched from using his Space Beam with Claw Missiles, as that's where he lost to the mechanical beast. For his fighting game appearance, ''Godzilla Unleashed'', while he unfortunately lacks the power to redirect long-ranged beams, he possesses his very own EyeBeams at his disposal, which is said to be generated from intense solar energy according to the manual.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed, as he's actually one of the many mind controlled monsters in ''Godzilla Final Wars'', but when he first appears, he's seen attacking Okinawa before the Xiliens "saved" the residents by teleporting him away.
* AdaptationalWimp: Actually held his own rather well against Mechagodzilla; even though he was beaten he still managed to assist Godzilla in his bid to defeat their common enemy. In ''Godzilla Final Wars'' however he's not as resilient or tenacious; Godzilla, was far too much for him to handle and he was easily defeated alongside Rodan and Anguirus. The ''Final Wars'' version also lacked his notable energy reflection ability.
* AngryGuardDog: He is part dog and his duty is to protect Okinawa.
* ArchEnemy: The expanded material seems to have made Megalon into King Caesar's primary enemy. In the ''Rulers of Earth'' comic series he and Megalon fought a fierce battle in the ancient past that devastated Okinawa, and he also fought Megalon to defend Okinawa in the backstory to the [[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters anime trilogy]].
* AsianLionDogs: He's based on the ''shisa'', the Okinawan versions of these; his original name in Japanese is in fact "King Shisa". He's a stony, lion-like guardian entity who is awakened from his slumber by a {{Miko}} to protect the world from Mechagodzilla.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: King is in his name and in the ''Rulers of Earth'' comics it is implied that he has defeated multiple ''Kaiju'' as the protector of Okinawa
* AttackReflector: One eye absorbs beams, the other shoots it back.
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Slumbers while sealed within a cave, and can only be awakened to battle an oncoming threat by a descendant of the Azumi royal family, summoning him by singing a song.
* BareFistedMonk: He is one of the most physically tenacious of the Kaiju seen in Godzilla. He was faster than Mechagodzilla and damaged his metal body with his physical attacks. He was also able to kick a full sized kaiju around like a soccerball.
** His tackles and punches did more visible damage to Mecha Godzilla than Godzilla's breath attack.
** More or less this trope in ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' where his combat skills are seemingly on par with Jet Jaguar and/or Kiryu's fighting prowess.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The evil twin women controlling Battra in ''Rulers of Earth'' found this out the hard way. After King Caesar notices them demand that Battra return and continue fighting as he retreats from his skirmish with Caesar, he immediately spins around and crushes the twins in his hand like ants.
* BreathWeapon: The only time he used this power was in ''Godzilla Island'' where he could launch [[ShockAndAwe an electrical blast from his mouth.]]
* CallBack: Not seen since ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'', at least until ''Final Wars''.
* CompositeCharacter: How he's depicted in ''Godzilla Unleashed'', appearance-wise. His humanoid-like bodily structure looks highly similar to his Millennium design from ''Godzilla Final Wars'', while his head shape is purely based on his Showa iteration.
* DubNameChange: He's appropriately called King Shisa in the Japanese version, which is a statue that he's primarily based on unlike in the English Dub of the film as he was strangely known as King Caesar (or King Seeser).
* ExpressiveEars: His ears instantly flare upwards like a dog when he approaches Mechagodzilla. He does it again briefly in ''Final Wars''.
* EyeBeams: Can freely do this at will in ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' by storing solar energy and releasing it in the form of concentrated beams. That's right his own beams have ThePowerOfTheSun.
* FaceHeelTurn: In ''Godzilla Final Wars'' he had an antagonistic role where has being mind controlled by the Xiliens. Completely justified mostly because the movie itself had no connection to the Showa era films.
* FallenHero: In ''Rulers of Earth'', King Caesar goes from being a noble beast to being just as savage and unrelenting as Megalon upon seeing the people he was supposed to protect laying dead. He is back to normal and redeems himself in the present battling the alien Trilopods.
* FightingClown: Some people find his design goofy-looking but he is no wimp.
* GentleGiant: He is a large powerful Kaiju but when his battle with Megalon causes severe damage to his city and people he is devastated.
* {{Golem}}: His body is composed of rock and earth. An interesting [[http://i.imgur.com/n4c5DNN.jpg cutaway image]] also shows that King Caesar is actually a construct with an internal metal framework covered with stone.
* IKnowMaddenKombat: He punts Anguirus like a giant spiky curled up soccer ball towards Godzilla in ''Final Wars'', except that Godzilla completely evaded the incoming direction as the balled up ankylosaur is sent rocketing into the hillside where Rodan lays defeated.
* InformedAbility:
** Kuronuma, head of the aliens in ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla,'' states that they'll be in trouble if King Caesar brings other monsters to life. This is the only time he's stated to have this ability and it seems to have been completely forgotten about.
** The instruction manual for the Wii version of ''Godzilla Unleashed'' insists that just like his Showa incarnation, he's capable of absorbing [[BreathWeapon mouth blasts]] and EyeBeams from other monsters and reflecting them back at their respective users as a form of attack. However, there's no way for the player to have him properly use the aforementioned ability in anyway shape or form.
* InASingleBound: For a large building-sized golem deity, his jumping ability is insanely ridiculous. According to the PC game ''Godzilla Movie Studio Tour'', it's been said that he's is able to leap into the air at a whopping maximum distance of ''1,000 meters''. He's only demonstrated this ability once in the official Japanese trailer, where he lunges towards Mechagodzilla. King Caesar makes use of this form of agility in ''Godzilla Final Wars'' where he hurls himself into Godzilla with a flying body block, only to be quickly thrown on top of Anguirus' spiked shell. He makes another huge upward hop, this time to deliver a powerful kick into Anguirus (where he's curled into a ball) as an attempt to stop Godzilla. It didn't work.
* InconsistentSpelling: ''King Seeser'' and ''King Shisa'' are two alternatives, though the latter makes more sense than the alternative and even his official name, since he is based on the Shisa temple guardian.
* {{Irony}}: Caesar was originally the ancient protector and savior of Okinawa in ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla''. The location he's shown attacking in ''Godzilla Final Wars''? Okinawa. Also doubles as a nice bit of {{Foreshadowing}} that he's being mind controlled by the Xiliens, as why else would he attack the place he's supposed to protect?
* KingOfBeasts: He's part lion. Specifically, he's based off the ''Shisa'', lion/dog hybrids said to be able ward off evil and keep good spirits with just their maw.
* LightningBruiser: Is pretty dang fast and one of the more agile kaiju, hits hard enough to visibly damage Mechagodzilla's Space Titanium armor (something Godzilla couldn't manage), and can take one heck of a beating.
* MadeOfIron: It took a HELL of a beating from Mech G., maybe even moreso than Godzilla did, but he kept getting up and fighting.
* NiceGuy: After he recovers from his earlier defeat, he looks upon and sees Godzilla, who's struggling to stand up to Mechagodzilla's strength. He digs himself out of the ditch and goes out of his way to assist him, despite not even knowing who he is at all. It also helps that both him and Godzilla have a common enemy, which is a good reason why he's up there as one of Godzilla's closest friends and allies, up there with Anguirus and Rodan.
* PosthumousCharacter: In ''Rulers of Earth'', it may seem this way. Averted as he along with other ancient kaiju like Gorosaurus, Kamoebas, Megaguirus, and Megalon are all alive and consequently awoken in the present to battle the invading aliens and their Trilopod army.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: A powerful and ancient kaiju who has a pair of glowing ruby encrusted eyes, which are basically his most greatest power by using them as organic reflectors that are capable of sending weapons against kaiju opponents who're unfortunate to have energy beam attacks.
* ShownTheirWork: King Caesar's role in ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'' is very similar to that of the Shisa in Okinawa folklore.
* StockSoundEffects: His roars are actually borrowed from King Kong's.
* SuddenAnatomy: His eyes look more organic in ''Godzilla Final Wars'' rather than resembling jewels.
* SuperStrength: This golem kaiju's physical strength is something not to be taken lightly as he was able to outright ram into Mechagodzilla (who weighs 40,000 tons) with his own mass, as well as briefly overpowering his opponent by catching one of his strikes by grappling and tossing the alien machine to the ground. If that's not enough, he's also managed to actually wreck and dent in Mechagodzilla's Space Titanium crafted armor by pounding into him with multiple tackles. What really makes King Caesar's strength prominent overall is that according to the ''Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia'', the extremely powerful metallic alloy that most of the Black Hole Planet 3 Aliens purposely utilized to build and construct Mechagodzilla with, is said to be 10 times stronger than Earth's steel.
* UseYourHead: Along with his high-speed tackles to strike Mechagodzilla (with Godzilla holding him in place), he also uses his granite skull as a battering ram to further damage the robotic kaiju.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Performs an impressive cross-body block in ''Final Wars''.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Krystalak]]
!!Krystalak
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''[[VideoGame/PipeworksGodzillaTrilogy Godzilla: Unleashed]]'', 2008

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Appearing in the Wii version of ''Godzilla: Unleashed'', Krystalak is a semi-sentient crystal organism, spawned by the same meteor shower that threatens to rip the earth apart. Born from the crystals, Krystalak seeks to bring all of their energies together to make himself into the ultimate monster. Like the crystals that spawned him, Krystalak is quite resistant to most forms of energy weapons, forcing opponents to fight him tooth and claw. Krystalak can expel crystal shards in a solid stream, bludgeoning foes from a distance. Krystalak can also overload his crystal heart -- sacrificing his own physical integrity to damage everything nearby. With no ties to any existing alien or terrestrial powers, Krystalak seeks power at any cost. Like Obsidius, Krystalak is an original creation by Atari but is also considered part of the kaiju family by Toho.

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* ActionBomb: Can overload his heart to create a powerful shockwave that damages everything around him. The manual says he sacrifices his structural integrity to perform the move, but in the game itself it only consumes all of the energy bars to prevent self-inflicted damage that could put the player at a disadvantage.
* BeardOfEvil: He has a row of spikes underneath his chin that's seen as a crystalized version of a goatee.
* BewareMyStingerTail: One of his strong attacks is to whip his tail forward, jabbing the cluster of crystal spines at tend into an opponent's body, and quickly yank it back out to pull the opponent off its feet.
* BreathWeapon: A beam of crystal energy.
* BootstrappedLeitmotif: His theme in the game is more-or-less just Battra's from the [=PlayStation=] 2 version of ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' as that version was released a month before the Wii version.
* CastFromHitPoints: The Crystal Overload attack has horrifically destructive power but unfortunately using it can drain a health cell or two if the player is reckless enough to do so.
* CombatParkour: Performs a lot nifty and athletic flips for his most of kicks and fierce attacks.
* EnergyBall: He's capable of shooting smaller blasts of crystallized spherical energy bullets out of his spiked tail for one of his fierce attacks and his weaker projectile weapons whenever the C button is tapped.
* EvilCounterpart: He's sort of this to Anguirus in a way. Both have massive amounts of spikes on their back, spiked tails, and they even run on all fours. He's also sort of TheLancer to [=SpaceGodzilla=], who's the leader of the Mutant faction, just like how Anguirus is Godzilla's right-hand man and is the leader of the [[ChaoticGood Earth Defenders.]]
* EvilLaugh: His victory animation has him chuckling rather quietly.
* FemmeFatalons: Both of his hands end with insanely lengthened and vicious-looking claws that are created for slashing and tearing into his opponents.
* ForceAndFinesse: Compared to his volcanic brother Obsidius, Krystalak lands his stronger attacks by using his greater agility, speed, and swiftness while combining vicious ferocity that makes him look absolutely feral, whereas Obsidius bludgeons his enemies with more weight and power with sluggish haymakers and grappling like a brutish wrestler. While both kaiju have good attack power at the most, Krystalak is more of a LightningBruiser while Obsidius is a MightyGlacier.
* GemTissue: Has crystals running down his back and even has a beard of them.
* GodhoodSeeker: Krystalak seeks to bring all of the crystal energies together to make himself into the ultimate monster.
* ImmuneToBullets: Krystalak is very resistant to most breath and energy attacks, forcing foes to fight him in melee.
* LeanAndMean: Has a lithe and skinny physique and is partnered with the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Mutant faction]].
* LightningBruiser: Fast, agile, and pretty strong, but his ranged attacks are rather weak.
* MeaningfulName: His name is possibly based on the Czech word ''krystalizovat'' which means crystalize.
* MixAndMatchCritter: Even though he's merely a crystalline organism, his physical features however seem to be an odd blend somewhere between reptilian and mammalian. His extremely long claws and tail look closer to that of various reptiles while his rush attack takes the form of a quadrupedal sprint that's similar to any carnivorous big cat predator chasing after their prey and the crystals on his back can be either seen as his armored carapace or his "fur".
* OneShotCharacter: Like Obsidius, Krystalak was created for ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' and hasn't appeared in anything else so far.
* PrimalStance: Seems to slouch down in a threatening position either while idle or in his fighting stance.
* PowerCrystal: Born of the crystals that impacted Earth at the beginning of the game. A round reddish crystal sits in the center of his chest, and the fleshy parts of his body have a similar white-purple tone some of the crystal growths have.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Crapload of purple pointy crystal spikes on his back, had some shades of purple on him, and is fast and [[MusclesAreMeaningless surprisingly lethal for his frame.]]
* RunningOnAllFours: Breaks into this as a sprint whenever the player has him rushing.
* SlasherSmile: He does seem to sport a toothy and creepy looking grin. It's possibly that the idea of gaining power from the crystals is permanently stirring in his mind as he's on the hunt for them.
* SpikesOfVillainy: His back is completely covered by crystal spines. His tail ends in a ball of crystal spikes. He even has a line of crystals as a beard!
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Aside from looking like a really badly designed attempt at a Spacegodzilla copy, Krystalak's playstyle is [[LightningBruiser very aggressive and quick with weak ranged abilities]], sort of like a Zilla-expy. Makes more sense when you realize Zilla was ''intended'' to be in Krystalak's debut; but was DummiedOut due to his then-current unpopularity.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Has yellow slits for eyes almost as if he's squinting, which appropriately fits his power-hungry nature.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kumonga]]
!!Kumonga
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/SonOfGodzilla'', 1967
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/SonOfGodzilla'' | ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' | ''Film/AllMonstersAttack''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''
''AKA'': ''Spiega''

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A giant spider native to Sollgel Island. It is implied the creature was this large even before the weather experiment. Awakened by a falling rock carelessly cast into its pit during a skirmish between Minilla and the last Kamacuras, Kumonga crawled out in pursuit of both the scientists and Godzilla's son, additionally killing the Kamacuras. Before the spider could poison his son, Godzilla arrived and a long battle ensued, with Minilla joining the fray after freeing himself. With their combined efforts, the two monsters set Kumonga aflame, presumably killing it. This was not the case, as Kumonga was present during the battle against King Ghidorah decades later.\\\

In ''Godzilla: Final Wars'', Kumonga was used as a another kaiju pawn by the Xilliens and was easily defeated by Godzilla in New Guinea.

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* AmbiguousSituation: We never learn if Kumonga's huge size was a result of the weather experiments, or if it was always the size of a kaiju. Notes from Saeko's father, who studied Kumonga, seem to imply it was always that size.
* AnArmAndALeg: A semi-regular occurrence. Unsurprising given that its legs are most of its body.
* BeamOWar: Impressively managed to stalemate Godzilla's Atomic Breath in a beam clash with its webs. It also earns the distinct milestone of being the first monster to beam duel with Godzilla.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: A giant freakish spider.
* TheBusCameBack: Disregarding StockFootage, there was a gap of more than thirty-six years between Kumonga's appearance in ''Destroy All Monsters'' and its next appearance in ''Final Wars''.
* GiantSpider: The largest example of all.
* HeelFaceTurn: Fought Godzilla and Minilla in its premiere appearance, then fought alongside Earth's monsters against King Ghidorah in ''Destroy All Monsters!'', before once again aligning against humanity in "Final Wars".
* MeaningfulName: Based on ''kumo'', Japanese for "spider".
* SuperSpit: Spits highly restrictive webbing from its mouth, similar to Mothra's silk.
* YouHaveToBurnTheWeb: Kumonga's webs are vulnerable to heat, as discovered by Saeko and Maki when they first encounter the creature. Godzilla, naturally, is able to exploit this with his atomic breath.

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[[folder:Maguma]]
!!Maguma
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/{{Gorath}}'', 1962
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Gorath}}''

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A giant walrus living in the frozen reaches of Antarctica. When scientists and technicians arrived to built the giant rockets meant to push Earth out of the path of the oncoming rogue planet Gorath, Maguma was awakened by the noise and activity and attacked in a grumpy rage. He inflicted some damage on the operations before he was killed by a powerful defense laser.

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* AdaptationalBadass: In the novel ''Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse'', Maguma is the kaiju which completely destroyed North Korea and required a nuclear strike to finally bring down. Compare this to his appearance in ''Gorath'', where he only managed to damage a single building before being killed.
* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: The American dub of ''Gorath'' removes Maguma completely, thus eliminating his [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Big-Toothed Walrus Moment]].
* DiabolusExNihilo: Just suddenly appears when humanity is setting up the rockets in Antarctica and dies soon afterwards. Apparently the reason for inclusion was ExecutiveMeddling demanded a giant monster for the movie.
* InformedSpecies: Despite his walrus-like appearance and polar habitat, he's stated to be a reptile (possibly because he was initially meant to be a dinosaur).
* MisplacedWildlife: A walrus in Antarctica?
* NonIndicativeName: His name comes from the word "magma", but he has no lava-based abilities or relation to lava at all.
* OneShotCharacter: Has never appeared outside of his short-lived introduction in ''Gorath'' (which he was even removed from in the American re-edit). He was initially planned to appear in ''Destroy All Monsters'' but scrapped for unknown reasons. However, Maguma has made minor appearances in a few video games and was mentioned in the novel ''Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse''.
* OurMonstersAreWeird: A giant walrus awakened when rockets were attached to the South Pole to steer the earth away from an oncoming rogue star. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* WilyWalrus: A gigantic walrus-like monster who immediately goes on a rampage when he's awakened. That said, he's more of a nuisance than an actual threat and very weak for a kaiju.

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[[folder:Manda]]
!!Manda
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/{{Atragon}}'', 1963
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Atragon}}'' | ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' | ''Film/AllMonstersAttack''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''

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The guardian of the lost kingdom of Mu. Enraged by the intrusion of the battleship ''Gotengo'', he tries to destroy it by constricting it in his long body, but is deterred by electrical shocks and frozen by the ''Gotengo''s Absolute Zero Cannon. Manda was then taken to Monsterland with many other monsters, but an attack by the Kilaak caused him, along with the others, to be mind-controlled by the aliens and sent to attack cities across the world. Manda participates in an attack on Tokyo alongside Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra, and when the mind control is broken he arrives at Mount Fuji to battle the Kilaak, though he doesn't aid in the fight against King Ghidorah.\\\

In ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' Manda battles his nemesis, the ''Gotengo'', once again, and inflicts heavy damage on the battleship before he is frozen and destroyed by the ''Gotengo''s drill.

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* AntiVillain: Manda is the guardian of the lost city of Mu, and generally one of the more peaceful kaiju, unless he's angered.
* AscendedExtra: Appears in ''Rulers of Earth'' as one of the Devonian slave monsters, alongside Gezora and Titanosaurus.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Manda is taken out by a human vessel. Granted, it was a CoolShip and all...
* TheDragon: Figuratively and literally. It's the god of the Mu civilization, and serves as their ultimate defense against the Gotengo.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: In ''Godzilla: Final Wars'', after getting frozen by the Gotengo, he gets drilled into ice cubes.
* HumanPopsicle: In both ''Atragon'' and ''Godzilla: Final Wars'' he gets frozen by the Gotengo. ''Final Wars'' has him drilled into ice cubes.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: His main attack is to use his long body to constrict his opponent.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Manda is basically a gigantic oriental-style dragon.
* SeaSerpents: A sea dragon (whose name is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for "mammoth serpent") that protects the sunken kingdom of Mu. That said, he's not portrayed with any sort of dragon-like powers, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen because he was originally meant to be a giant sea snake]].
* ShesAManInJapan: Manda is set to become a female character in ''Rulers of Earth''.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Manda's ''Destroy All Monsters'' incarnation lacks the horns, spikes, and hair of the other incarnations, looking less like a dragon and more like a snake with legs (which was actually the original idea before he became a dragon).
** ''Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint'' drops the dragon motifs entirely and instead has the face of a ThreateningShark with catfish barbels and crustacean-like claws.

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[[folder:Mechani-Kong]]
!!Mechani-Kong
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/KingKongEscapes'', 1967
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/KingKongEscapes''

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A giant robot facsimile of the real Kong, built by the evil Dr. Who to mine the radioactive Element X. The radiation proved too damaging for Mechani-Kong's circuitry, however, so a hypnotizing strobe was mounted atop its head in order to subdue and control King Kong. When Kong eventually broke free of the hypnosis, Mechani-Kong pursued him to Tokyo and engaged him in a fierce battle that carried them up Tokyo Tower. An attack on Dr. Who's ship crippled Mechani-Kong's controls, and he plummeted off of the tower and smashed to pieces on the streets below.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Unlike Mechagodzilla, no reason is given why he's made to look like a robot King Kong and it's mostly by chance he ends up fighting the real Kong.
* DisneyVillainDeath: After a pitched battle with the real Kong, he falls off Tokyo Tower to his demise.
* EvilKnockoff: One of the earliest examples of the "Mecha-insert name here" monsters, beating out Mechagodzilla by seven years.
* HumongousMecha meets KillerGorilla: Simple as that.
* ImprovisedWeapon: He is one, as he was originally designed for mining in the Arctic. Even the bombs around his waist are meant for blowing apart the ice.
* InNameOnly: Based on a character from ''WesternAnimation/TheKingKongShow'', but his physical appearance, abilities, plot relevance, origin story, circumstances where he fights Kong, and location are completely different.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: A meta example. Few people are aware that Mechani-Kong exists, but are more familiar with Mechagodzilla, whose original concept Mechani-Kong inspired.
* MindControlDevice: Via a strobe on top of his head.
* StrongFleshWeakSteel: Mechani-Kong is unable to withstand the radiation emitted by Element X in order to mine it, but his biological basis, King Kong, has no such issue (the electronic mechanism keeping Kong under control is another matter...).
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Mechani-Kong's ranged offense is a series of grenades on his waist, which he can pluck off and throw at targets.

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[[folder:Megaguirus]]
!!Megaguirus
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'', 2000[[note]]species first appeared in ''Film/{{Rodan}}''[[/note]]
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]]

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A gigantic mutant dragonfly and queen of the Meganulon insects. After an egg was laid by a time-displaced prehistoric dragonfly following the test run of the Dimension Tide, a boy brought the egg to Tokyo and later dropped it into the sewers, where it hatched into many larval Meganula. After causing the city to flood, they crawled up the buildings and metamorphed into adult Meganula, who flew off and found Godzilla and siphoned off some of his energy (during which Godzilla killed many of them). The survivors returned to Tokyo and gave the Godzilla energy as well as their own to their gestating queen, who grew enormous and much more fearsome as she became Megaguirus. One of the fastest kaiju, she can fly circles around her opponents and use her stinger to impale and siphon off their energy, which prevents them from using their special powers while she's draining them.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Her species definitely has a weird life-cycle that's nothing like any real insect. Most unusually, all the workers ''die'' after injecting the Megaguirus' egg the DNA they've stolen to create and strengthen their queen, so it's not made clear how they propagate their species.
* AscendedExtra: Her species began as a minor threat in ''Rodan'', but was elevated to the main antagonist in ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus''.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: She looks like a cross between a dragonfly and a dragon.
* CallBack: The Meganulon appeared in Rodan as bullet-proof village terrors, only to become lunch for a newly born Rodan. Not seen until Godzilla X Megaguirus, where they are shown to be juvenile Meganula who serve a queen, Megaguirus.
* DreadfulDragonfly: A prehistoric dragonfly species specifically, and because of her absorbed Godzilla DNA, she's an almost [[VisualPun literal dragon-fly]].
* FlashStep: By flapping her wings at an incredible speed, Megaguirus can zip to and fro almost too quickly to see, easily evading attacks. In the games she can activate it as a consumable special ability, doubling her movement and attack speed to dart around the arena and pummel her opponent with rapid-fire attacks.
* FragileSpeedster: In contrast to Godzilla's MightyGlacier. She's one of the fastest monsters in the series, and she can still take a physical beating like a champ. Fire, however, will bring her down easily, as demonstrated when she weathered all of Godzilla's attacks just fine, but went down immediately the second he got a direct hit in from his atomic breath.
* GlassCannon: Proved strong enough to knock Godzilla around and even pick him up despite being smaller than he is and painfully weak to fire.
* HiveQueen: Of the Meganulons.
* LifeDrain: She can absorb the life essence of her enemy and heal herself, at least in the games. She can also siphon away weapon energy as well, filling up her weapon energy bar in the process.
* MadeOfExplodium: Blows up toku-style when she dies.
* OhCrap: Once when Godzilla pretends not to know she's behind him, then grabs her stinger with his tail. The second when Godzilla pulls a monster of a jump attack. Another time when she seemingly pierces his head, only to find out he caught the tip of her stinger with his mouth.
* PowerCopying: Megaguirus can utilize the beam weapons and powers of foes she drains energy from. In the film she creates atomic fireballs after drawing more of Godzilla's energy, and in the video games she can use an opponent's beam weapon by firing it from her stinger after absorbing it.
* PrehistoricMonster: Probably the only non-reptilian example, she and the Meganulon/Meganula are huge, vicious dragonflies from ancient times (clearly based on ''Meganeura'') which have survived to the present day either in subterranean stasis (''Film/{{Rodan}}'') or by a rip in spacetime (''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'').
* PurpleIsPowerful: The HiveQueen and strongest of the Meganula, and most of her carapace is a bright purple (with some yellow and red highlights).
* {{Razor Wings}}: Shows them off by cutting a building in two as she flies by.
* SingleStrokeBattle: All she did was lose a pincer, but the effect was the same.
* SlasherSmile: The Queen was rather expressive and got a few wicked grins before pulling a misdeed. [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/835328-godzilla My God]].
* TheSwarm: Her Rage ability in ''Godzilla: Save the Earth'' summons three swarms of Meganula who chase foes and, if they catch a foe, paralyzes them while draining a large amount of health and weapon energy to give to their queen.
* TookALevelInBadass: Went from being Rodan-food to being a threat to Godzilla.
* VisualPun: She's a dragon-fly!

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[[folder:Megalon]]
!!Megalon
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'', 1973
!!!'''Film Appearances''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' | ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'' (2023)[[note]]short film[[/note]]

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A dimwitted subterranean kaiju vaguely resembling a giant beetle with drills for hands, Megalon was worshipped as a god by the underworld civilisation, Seatopia, which tried to deploy him to punish the surface world for their continued nuclear tests damaging Seatopia. In the Atari fighting game trilogy Megalon is allied with the invading alien Vortaak, fighting alongside their space monsters to destroy humanity and protect Seatopia.

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* AdaptationalBadass: The version of him from the 2023 short film ''Godzilla vs Megalon'' is ''far'' stronger than any previous version with a far more intimidating design. He's able to completely level a huge section of the city with one shockwave attack, and us those same shockwaves to throw Godzilla back. He can also combine both drills into a single massive one for a dash attack so powerful, it carries Godzilla backwards thousands of meters. He's also scaled up to the 100 meter size class while the original used the much smaller Showa scaling.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: The 2023 version is much more intelligent than the original version. Not only can he find his way around much easier, he's capable of strategy and planning in combat.
* ArchEnemy: To King Caesar in the expanded material, having fought against him in the ancient past in the ''Rulers of Earth'' comic series and also in the backstory to the [[Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters anime trilogy]].
* ArtEvolution: His 2023 Reiwa incarnation has been given ''a lot'' of noticeable touch ups, his head is slightly widened along with his eyes having more a bright and glossy pale orange glow. Many sections at the front of his body possess layers of exposed red fleshy tissue around his exoskeleton, and his physique overall is visibly sturdier, bulkier, and most of his scales look extremely armored, harkening the appearance of a gigantic insectoid knight.
* AtrociousArthropods: He's a gigantic bipedal rhinoceros beetle/cicada-like monstrosity who's a godly being to a wrathful undersea civilization, and he's outfitted with forelimbs ending with drills that can rotate at high speeds to burrow underground, a large horn that blasts rays of lightning, and spits out grenade-like explosives out of his mouth who's basically the BigBad of his debut. Too bad that the only thing that held him back from being even more threatening was his lack of intellect and childish behavior.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's questionable whether he knows what he's doing is intentionally destructive. He's been called upon by the leader of Seatopia to kill everyone on the surface in which he does so with the JSDF while laying waste to a city. He even meets Gigan in a friendly and welcoming way and forms a bond with him while they pummel Jet Jaguar to submission.
* BashBrothers: With Gigan, cooperating very well during their battle against Godzilla and Jet Jaguar.
* BoisterousBruiser: Like Gigan he's ridiculously jovial in a battle and seems to enjoy the challenge from his enemies, fighting is more like a game to him.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Meant to resemble a combination of a mole cricket and a rhinoceros beetle.
* BlowYouAway: Even though this specific ability was never sufficiently demonstrated onscreen at all in the film, the ''Toho Special Effects All Monsters Encyclopedia'' explains that his wingbeats are capable of forming sizable gusts of wind that can spread and reach to 1,000 meters per second, with enough force to eradicate skyscrapers.
* BreathWeapon: He can release small round chunks of... whatever that he's firing out of his mouth that usually explodes into bursts of fire.
** A couple of promotional theatrical poster stills from his debut portray him firing a spiral-like beam attack out of his mandibles.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: One look at this dude can make anyone wonder if he's actually meant to be a threat with his downright zany design (his iconic drills for hands speaks volume in particular) and he seems to be an oddball who acts less like a monstrous being and more of an oversized bumbling and eccentric child, especially when he does bizarre gestures. Right when he's ordered to destroy everything by the Seatopian leader, he wasted no time destroying the JSDF, toppling locales and cities, and takes Jet Jaguar head-on without hesitation. As soon as he teams up with Gigan, he switches from being ridiculous to vicious when the 2 of them deviously wreck Jet Jaguar literally left and right with a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. They actually came rather close to destroying him, most notably when Megalon kicked him so hard, that sparks flew out of the robot. It's also worth mentioning that if Godzilla hadn't arrived in time to assist the beaten bot, Megalon could've actually destroyed him with Gigan's help.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: His Reiwa incarnation differs from Gigan Rex in a number of ways. While Gigan Rex is an alien invader, Megalon comes from deep underground. While Gigan Rex was a KingMook, Megalon is a singular threat. While the Gigans are technological aliens, Megalon is once more portrayed as the Seatopians' magical deity.
* DeathByAdaptation:
** The last part of the extremely short four paged ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'' comic newsprint (which was basically the very first licensed Godzilla comic book in the US) shows Godzilla viciously ''sinking his teeth right into Megalon's nape as well as his skull.'' [[note]] In that panel, Megalon's expression signifies that he's suffering as there's even traces of blood oozing down his face.[[/note]] The next panel then shows his body lying on the ground, which is seemingly stating that Godzilla has outright murdered him.
** The 2023 version is [[spoiler:sliced in half at the waist by Godzilla's atomic breath.]]
* DumbMuscle: To the point that he needs a guide (Jet Jaguar) when he surfaces, and is confused and enraged when Jet Jaguar leaves his sight.
* EvilCounterpart: To King Caesar, being the guardian deity to the Seatopians similar to King Caesar being the guardian deity of Okinawa. The difference is that Megalon serves as an attack dog, effectively a sentient weapon for the Seatopians, whereas King Caesar lies sleeping in a cliffside and only awakens when Okinawa is in danger. This contrast is likely why the two are portrayed as each other's ArchEnemy in the expanded material.
** To a degree, Megalon can be viewed as one to Mothra. Both of them are enormous insects that coexist with ancient civilizations that have pre-existed humanity as they're greatly revered and looked up to as godly beings to their own respective clans. While the people of Infant Island are affable, they were disdainful towards mankind for using atomic warfare that destroyed their once thriving inhabitants but eventually allowed them to be allied with Mothra after the Shobijin obliged to have her confront Godzilla, the Seatopians themselves also suffered a similar catastrophic event from nuclear testing and their leader waged war after losing their long-awaited tolerance by releasing Megalon himself to KillAllHumans on the surface. While Mothra did become one of Godzilla's enemies (temporarily), they later began to actually tolerate each other's existence rather peacefully when King Ghidorah made himself known to the world, whereas Megalon is remained despised by Godzilla, especially when both he and Gigan tormented and brutalized Jet Jaguar right in front of the King of the Monsters.
* EvilIsHammy: Out of all the antagonistic and vile monsters in the Showa era, he quite possibly has all of them beat when it certainly comes to expressing his bombastically over-the-top ditzy mannerisms with an oddball outlook on fighting despite being a LaughablyEvil kaiju. His quirky personality may even rival that of Gigan, who's also a jovial psychopathic lunatic himself.
* EvilLaugh: He lets out some deep vile chortles when he pulls off something sadistic, such as when he blew Jet Jaguar right out of the sky with his napalm blast. Sometimes he clangs his drill arms together while laughing maniacally.
* EyeLightsOut: [[spoiler: Moments after his torso is blown apart by Godzilla's white Atomic Breath, his bulbous orange eyes lose their glow as they start fading into lifeless darkened orbs.]]
* {{Fireballs}}: Megalon fires them from his mouth-parts, and they're quite explosive. His Reiwa version reimagines them as red explosive spikes.
* {{EMP}}: This is essentially what his [[LimitBreak Rage attack]] is in the Atari/Pipeworks fighting games. Megalon charges up energy in a badass pose, then gathers electricity around himself while magnetizing his entire body that draws in his opponents, and releases an enormous shockwave. [[note]] Strangely this move doesn't even short circuit mechanical kaiju like Mechagodzilla, Kiryu, and Mecha-King Ghidorah.[[/note]] Even his get-up attack in ''Save the Earth'' makes him disperse a weaker version of the attack that sends monsters flying.
* FeedItWithFire: In the fighting games, Megalon is immune to electrical attacks and is healed by them.
* {{Flanderization}}: He's depicted as an alien in a lot of the spin-off material like the games despite the fact that he's an earth based monster who only teamed up with an alien monster once. The manual for ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' justifies it as the Seatopians lending Megalon to the Vortaak in support of their invasion.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: He's able to fire a lightning bolt from his horn that has demolished tanks and buildings, yet during his battles with Godzilla and Jet Jaguar for no unexplained reason, he's never had the idea to actually use it on either of them. His intellect is either just as bad or somewhat a little higher than Orga's.
* FourLeggedInsect: Tends to be the only insectoid kaiju in the series who is bipedal, and has forelimbs acting as his arms, unlike Mothra, Battra, and the [=MUTOs=] who have multiple limbs.
* GodIsInept: He's a god to the Seatopians, and he's one of the less intelligent Kaiju.
* GroinAttack: Gets blasted in the cojones by Godzilla's Atomic Breath making him appropriately scream in agony.
* GroundShatteringLanding: A highly destructive and powerful one at that in the 2023 version. Right after he initiated his assault on Godzilla with his newly designed dart-like Geothermal Napalms, he rapidly propels and dive-bombed himself into the very pavement with one of his drill arms so hard, ''the result of the impact released a colossal shockwave that wiped out a significant portion of an entire city block with no effort.''
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Godzilla kills him in the 2023 film by slicing him in half at the waist with his white Atomic Breath.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tried to spit his napalm at Godzilla while lying on the ground when it looked like he was down for the count. It [[EpicFail just falls right back into his mouth]] while ash sizzles out. It didn't seem to harm him much, though.
** After Gigan fakes his injury and knocks Godzilla down, Megalon spits his bomb near Godzilla's head (which didn't even explode yet) Jet Jaguar repays his new ally in kind by grabbing it and chucks back at him, and then it detonates.
* HornAttack: His silvery star-shaped horn emits streaks of jagged yellow lightning bolts out of it. He also swings his head upward with his horn, which is one of his powerful LauncherMove attacks in the Pipeworks fighting games. [[spoiler:In the 2023 version, Godzilla breaks the horn off during their battle, robbing him of his lightning powers.]]
* HumiliationConga: Near the end of the movie things took a disastrous turn for both Megalon and Gigan but the former gets his ass handed to him the worst way possible. He suffers an Atomic Ray to the groin, attempted to spit up his napalm bullet right at Godzilla only to have it fall right back into his gullet, Gigan abandons him after being defeated, ergo, leaving him completely defenseless. He painfully endures Godzilla's awesome tail-sliding dropkick twice, gets his tail grabbed by him, gets lifted into the air and being forcefully face-faulted up to 5 times in a row.
* InformedAbility: The star-shaped horn on his head actually works like a "radar" of sorts, but none of the characters not even the people of Seatopia as well as the leader bring it up at any moment in the film. In fact he's shown to have a horrible sense of direction to the point of needing Jet Jaguar to guide him.
* IShallTauntYou: After him and Gigan pulled off a surprise attack on the duo he lands several feet away from Godzilla and does mix between a taunt and a BringIt gesture. He even smacks his ass at the latter two that were imprisoned in his napalm fire.
* InASingleBound: He seems fond of doing this rather often at certain times as it can be seen to be his preferred method of movement whenever he's on the ground by making continuous hops in strides.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fired his napalm blast at Jet Jaguar after realizing that the robot was outnumbered and tried to escape; the bug laughs when he hits the ground. He even beckoned Godzilla to engage in a one-on-one match, forcing Godzilla to charge at him. Megalon dickishly kicks him directly in the face for it.
* KamehameHadoken: One of his Fierce Attacks in ''Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee and ''Godzilla Save the Earth'' involves Megalon firing an electrical EnergyBall-like projectile out of his drill arms called Advancing Energy Arc. While it isn't a particularly strong move on its own, the attack is able to make other monsters briefly flinch whenever they're struck by it.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: By taking notes from King Ghidorah and Gigan, the bug finally accepts his defeat after getting outrageously double-teamed by Godzilla and Jet Jaguar, he escapes with his life and learns his lesson on not to pick a fight with a 50 meter mutant dinosaur.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Megalon and Gigan take the immense pleasure in beating the oil of Jet Jaguar and both kaiju are no doubt enjoying themselves as the battle becomes one-sided as it seems like nothing can stop them... That is until the King of the Monsters himself arrives to show the villainous duo what for, and thus the odds become highly evened as a two-against-two tag-team ensues. After a lengthy battle, Gigan, not taking any chances, [[VillainExitStageRight leaves the scene]] as he outright ditches his partner to save his own skin. The tables are heavily turned on Megalon as he's the one who's forced to suffer a one-sided clobbering by Godzilla and Jet Jaguar. Just like his ally, Megalon has decided that he's had enough punishment and leaves in one piece by going back to Seatopia.
* LightningBruiser:
** He can go one-on-one against Jet Jaguar and especially [[TheJuggernaut Godzilla]], who's also a major physical powerhouse no doubt, shrugs off numerous poundings as he likes since he's too stubborn ''not'' to give up so easily since he'll resort to smashing his enemies once he's up and running, and if that's not enough, he's shown to be stupendously fleet-footed and limber for a 40,000 ton gigantic insect.
** The 2023 version is not only able to keep pace with Godzilla (who's shown to be one of the strongest versions), but is capable of hitting ''very'' hard with his PileBunker style hands. He's also surprisingly agile for his size, doing a lot of jumping attacks.
* MixAndMatchCritter: He's purely an amalgamation of various species of insects. Special effects director Teruyoshi Nakano has stated that his head shape is derived from rhinoceros beetles, the coloration, translucent wings, and his body are based on cicadas, and his preferred method of mobility (which involves hopping) are from grasshoppers.
* MonsterOfTheWeek: He's only had one film appearance so far, but has appeared in many video games, comics, books, and the ''Series/GodzillaIsland'' television series. He'd finally return in 2023 for a short film.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Unintentionally murders the assassin associated with the Seatopians who was controlling Jet Jaguar for their purposes of overtaking the surface.
* PileBunker: His 2023 version gives his drill hands the ability to collapse tighter and then spring forwards on impact to increase the force of his attacks.
* PokeThePoodle: He repeatedly circles around Jet Jaguar just by hovering slightly above the ground multiple times until he ''actually becomes dizzy'' just from watching him do it, which causes the robot to basically fall to the ground. This action alone makes Megalon easily amused as he's heard laughing to himself after doing the deed.
* PowerGlows: His horn glows a brightened yellow and lights up before he fires his Beast Killer Light Ray or whenever he hacks up one of his Geothermal Napalms.
* PhysicalGod: Serves as one for the people of Seatopia that worships him.
* PsychopathicManchild: For all his destructiveness, Megalon tends to give off the vibe that he's a bratty child who treats everything like a game and doesn't really have any idea what he's doing. Without Jet Jaguar to guide him, all he can do is flail around and lash out in confused frustration.
* QuizzicalTilt: After Jet Jaguar suddenly grows to nearly his height the first thing he does is stare vacantly as if he's actually in disbelief... Until he gets sucker punched.
** Megalon does it again two times when Godzilla finally enters the fray.
* RingOfFire: Creates a large pillar of flames surrounding Godzilla and Jet Jaguar with no means of escape but Jet Jaguar lets Godzilla hold onto him while he flies them out safely.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: For a monster having a deep guttural roar he squeals like a pig hilariously.
* ShockAndAwe: Lightning bolts from his horn.
** In ''Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee'' and ''Godzilla: Save the Earth'' respectively, one of his fierce moves involves coating his drills with some kind of electrical force that enhances the power of his strikes.
* SkySurfing: In one scene, he briefly blazed through the air by moving in a surfer-like motion after making one leap... only to clumsily fall on his face.
* SuperToughness: Like most kaiju, this gigantic bug can withstand military weapons as he even took a couple of maser blasts to the eye without suffering any injury. His body is coated with a shell hardened like diamond as he can take wave after wave of physical punishment from Godzilla and Jet Jaguar and can continue to get back on his feet. He's even accidentally swallowed his own Geothermal Napalm, which practically harmed the inside of his mouth as smoke sizzled out of his mandibles.
* TheParalyzer: The 2023 version's horn lightning can stun Godzilla in place, leaving him open to attack. However, Godzilla figures out how to counter it with his nuclear powers on his second attempt, forcing him into melee.
* ThisIsADrill: His arms end in half-drill bits that he can spin separately to attack opponents with, or put together into a complete drill to burrow through the ground. 2023 Megalon's don't spin, but have a new PileBunker feature [[spoiler:but can link together the two into a ''huge'' drill for his strongest attack.]]
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: His Geothermal Napalm Bullets seem to function like organic grenades. While the projectiles tend to explode upon contact at his targets, one of them took at least a couple of seconds before it even exploded, such as when Jet Jaguar managed to grab and toss the explosive away from Godzilla and sent it right back at Megalon instead.
* ThunderBeetle: He is a rhinoceros beetle-like kaiju and one of his (many) attacks is the ability to shoot lightning-like energy bolts from his horn.
* ToughBeetles: He is a giant rhinoceros beetle-like kaiju who, besides being very strong and tough, can also fire lightning from his horn, spit napalm bombs from the mouth, and has got drills for hands.
* TunnelKing: Those drills do something useful!
* UnskilledButStrong: Let's just say that ''strategy'' is something that he hardly ever does nor even bother to do as tenaciously strong as he is. The bug even has many powerful assets in his arsenal that can be potentially fatal to other kaiju opponents, two of which that are his massive drill appendages and his exploding napalms that can come in handy for surprise tactics and long-ranged attacks. He mainly just rushes forward rather aimlessly to get the jump on Jet Jaguar, and later Godzilla, and even if he can hold his own by overpowering them in physical power, they at the very least actually know how to fight and are more proficient in hand-to-hand combat (especially the latter). Justified since this was his first time interacting with kaiju in a battle.
** Even though he's not very intelligent (compared to the rest of the kaiju) he was surprisingly clever enough to create walls of fire to trap Godzilla and Jet Jaguar, especially when the former was too busy helping out the latter to recover.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: After trapping Godzilla and Jet Jaguar in the wall of flames, the humanoid robot uses his flight while Godzilla holds onto him and escape unscathed. Upon seeing this, Megalon becomes hilariously flabbergasted and even does an actual gesture of pure disbelief as a rebuttal.

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[[folder:Moguera]]
!!Moguera
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/TheMysterians'', 1957
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMysterians'' | ''Film/GodzillaVsSpacegodzilla''

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The original Mogueras were used by the Mysterians as a shock trooper in their invasion of Earth. It rampaged across Japan, taking out a power plant and ravaging a town before it was destroyed while crossing a bridge. The Mysterians deployed a second Moguera to defend themselves against the JSDF, but it suffered a mishap with its angle of attack...\\\

The second M.O.G.U.E.R.A., like Mechagodzilla II, was built as an anti-kaiju weapon. Consisting of two massive vehicles, the Land Moguera and Star Falcon. Unfortunately, its mission against Godzilla was interrupted by the appearance of a ''second'' Godzilla from the depths of space. The M.O.G.U.E.R.A. and its crew found themselves in a three-way battle when the new Godzilla proved to be no friend of the original.

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* AdaptationalBadass: The Heisei version is ''much'' more powerful than the Showa one, having ''way'' more weapons and also taking a ton more to actually destroy. Also, the Manga version of the Heisei incarnation is shown to be powerful enough to easily curbstomp a rebuilt Mechagodzilla II.
* AdaptationalHeroism: As much as a robot vehicle has any sort of morality. The Showa version was a war machine created by extraterrestrials as part of an AlienInvasion. The Heisei version is created by the United Nations to defend the human race and ends up ''fighting'' an extraterrestrial.
* BeamSpam: M.O.G.U.E.R.A. fires all its weapons simultaneously in its FinalBattle against [=SpaceGodzilla=] [[spoiler:before being critically damaged]].
* ButtMonkey: In Godzilla vs. [=SpaceGodzilla=], getting continually knocked out of the fight before being obliterated by friendly fire.
* CallBack: Not seen since ''The Mysterians'' until getting revamped for ''[=SpaceGodzilla=]''. Oddly enough, Moguera appeared in the Nintendo game ''Monster of Monsters''.
* ChestBlaster: M.O.G.U.E.R.A. had a large Maser cannon built into its stomach.
* CombiningMecha: Inverted. Can break off into top and bottom halves, forming a burrowing DrillTank (top) and a flying machine (bottom).
* DrillMole: The HumongousMecha version
* DrillTank: Land Moguera.
* EyeBeams: Shared by both versions.
* FragileSpeedster: In the fighting games its's one of the fastest monsters in speed, but pays for it with low defense.
* FunWithAcronyms: '''M'''obile '''O'''peration '''G'''odzilla '''U'''niversal '''E'''xpert '''R'''obot '''A'''ero-type
* GlassCannon: Not surprising, since MOGUERA was built to be a mobile artillery platform. Its weapon systems are comparable to those of Super-Mechagodzilla, but it threatened to go offline every other time Spacegodzilla landed a hit. Its final fate rubs salt in the wound, as the robot's entire body shatters into pieces after Godzilla's red spiral beam strikes ''the ground next to it.''
* GloriousMotherRussia: In the Mark Cerasini Godzilla books, it was Russia that created Moguera.
* GuestFighter: Moguera, along with Mothra and a statue of Godzilla, appears in the 48th episode of ''Anime/SonicX'' (in his ''The Mysterians'' look, with some alterations). He chases the characters around and then fights Sonic, Knuckles and Rouge for a few minutes until he's destroyed by Sonic throwing a bomb inside his body.
* HandBlast: M.O.G.U.E.R.A. can fire "Auto-lasers" from its two cone arms.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In ''The Mysterians''. During the JSDF's attack on the Mysterian's dome, a short-lived second Moguera burrows beneath a Markalite Cannon toppling it over, only to be crushed by the massive piece of military equipment itself.
* HumongousMecha: One of the [[UrExample earliest]] in film for this trope and {{Robeast}}, he debuted in 1957 (six years before the ''[[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Tetsujin-28/Gigantor]]'' anime, and 15 before ''Anime/MazingerZ''). The later M.O.G.U.E.R.A. was a traditional piloted mecha.
* InconsistentSpelling: Used to be called Mogera. Toho later added the U.
* LongRangeFighter: M.O.G.U.E.R.A. was constructed to bombard monsters with its arsenal of laser weapons, its only close range weapon being its drill nose. This is even reflected with its design, having no functional hands for grasping and its feet having tank treads to skate around on the ground and keep distance.
* MeaningfulName: "Mogura" means mole in Japanese.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Despite being much less popular than other mecha in the franchise, the second Moguera was able to hold its own in a three way battle between it, Godzilla and [=SpaceGodzilla=]; [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu even managing to severely wound the latter]].
* PokemonSpeak: In the fighting games, all in a [[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound glorious robot monotone!]]
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: It was initially an obscure mecha that was created by aliens to conquer mankind and had no connection to Godzilla whatsoever. Then, forty-something years later, its brought back as a human-engineered superweapon specifically designed to kill Godzilla.
* TankGoodness: M.O.G.U.E.R.A. doesn't use its legs to move most of the time, but instead has giant tank treads on its feet. Its massive use of ranged weapons and Land Moguera's appearance ring true.
* ThisIsADrill: Both incarnations have a drill on their nose and M.O.G.U.E.R.A. has a giant one that pops out of its chest when in Land Moguera form. The nose drill is actually powerful enough to drill through [=SpaceGodzilla=] hide and draw blood.
* TunnelKing: Thanks to the drill nose.
* WalkingArmory: M.O.G.U.E.R.A. is armed to bear with a large variety of weapons: plasma laser cannons in its eyes; auto-lasers fired from the ends of its cone-arms; spiral grenade missiles fired from inside its arms; a powerful plasma maser cannon in its stomach; in the games it can emit a sphere of electromagnetic energy that persists for several seconds and hits multiple times, and its Rage Attack is a photonic storm that emits rings of powerful energy from its body. In the film Moguera's only melee weapon is its drill nose, while in the games it also uses its arms and legs in combat (but they are inferior to its ranged weaponry).
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[[folder:Obsidius]]
!!Obsidius
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''[[VideoGame/PipeworksGodzillaTrilogy Godzilla: Unleashed]]'', 2008

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An original monster created by Atari for ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' and the winner of a fan poll involving four monster ideas (the other three being Lightning Bug, Fire Lion, and The Visitor). Although most of the crystals deposited on Earth by the meteor showers (sent by [=SpaceGodzilla=] in order to escape from his prison in ''Godzilla: Save the Earth'') embedded themselves in the surface, some of them managed to punch through the earth's crust and enter the lithosphere. There, brought together by the magma flows from within the earth, a sentient creature was brought to life by the accumulated power of the crystals and the raw, ferrous materials of the earth. Obsidius emerged from a volcano onto the surface world only recently in conjunction with fellow mutant Krystalak, and thus far has resisted all attempts at communication. His virtually impenetrable mineral exterior shields him against both physical and energy assaults. He advances single-mindedly toward the most unstable crystal formations on the surface, and as such should be considered extremely dangerous.

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* BreathWeapon: A spray of lava.
* DishingOutDirt: His body is composed mainly of solid rock and cooled magma.
* FlatCharacter: He was brought to life from a crystal embedded in magma and is attracted to the other crystals. That's all there really is to him in regards to "personality" (if one could even call it that).
* MagmaMan: His BreathWeapon, his design...he's got it all
* MightyGlacier: He's one of the slower monsters, but he packs a wallop.
* OneShotCharacter: Like Krystalak, was created for ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' and so far hasn't been in anything else.
* PlayingWithFire: Due to being formed from the crust and magma of the Earth, he can spew molten lava and is immune to fire-based damage.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Plays very much like an [[Film/KingKong ape-like character]] who's been involved with a Nintendo system before.
* PowerCrystal: Obsidius was brought to life by the crystals that impacted Earth at the beginning of the game. Some punched through into the interior of the planet, fusing with magma and rock and creating Obsidius.
* RedSkyTakeWarning: Justified, as he emerges from an erupting volcano that formed in the middle of Seattle during sunset.
* StockSoundEffects: Obsidius' vocal vocabulary consists of classic Hollywood monster and creature vocalizations (mainly made by Creator/FrankWelker), most of them originally from [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Sharptooth]].

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[[folder:Oodako]]
!!Oodako
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'', 1962
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' | ''Film/FrankensteinConquersTheWorld'' | ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas''

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An enormous octopus. It's unknown if he is a mutant or simply a massive member of his kind, but he's certainly not much of a monster, possessing only his eight arms and size. While he's never been actually killed, he's been defeated quickly in all of his appearances save the optional ending to ''Frankenstein vs Baragon''.

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Is this for each of his three appearances. He just shows up out of nowhere each time, with no explanation being given for his appearance or ''why'' he's so big! And he's never brought up again after those appearances.
* CombatTentacles: As a giant octopus, duh.
* DiabolusExNihilo: His completely nonsensical, sudden appearance in the rather anti-climactic alternate ending of ''Frankenstein vs. Baragon''.
* DireBeast: There isn't anything particularly special about him, he's just a really big octopus.
* GiantSquid: Oodako is simply a gigantic red octopus.
* OneShotCharacter: Sort of. His debut appearance was in ''King King vs Godzilla'', where he fought the giant ape and fled. He then appeared in ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'' for a brief moment, threatening a ship before being chased off by Gaira. In an alternate ending for ''Frankenstein Conquers The World'' made for America but not used, Oodako suddenly arrived after Frankenstein's monster defeated Baragon and wrestled him into a lake, pulling him under to his death.
* MeaningfulName: Quite literally just "giant octopus".
* SeaMonster: Not much else to say.
* {{Slurpasaur}}: He was played by several live octopi placed on miniature sets in ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' for a few scenes, with stop-motion and puppets were used in scenes where he was interacting with people and fighting Kong. To get the octopus to move over the sets, warm air was blown on it to encourage it to begin clambering around, but when this didn't work as well, a studio light with a pin filter was instead used to direct it, as the staff found that the octopus would move as long as the light was shining on it. The effect makes this one of the better examples of this trope in action.
* TentacledTerror: A giant ''{{Kaiju}}'' octopus.

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[[folder:Ookondoru]]
!!Ookondoru
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'', 1966
!!!'''Film Appearances''' ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'' | ''Film/AllMonstersAttack''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]]

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A giant condor mutated by the nuclear waste of the terrorist organization Red Bamboo, Ookondoru guarded the island base in the air. It's unknown if Oookondoru is controlled in any manner. At any rate, while searching for prey, he came across Godzilla. The fight between them was short, but fierce. With one hit from Godzilla's atomic heat ray, Ookondoru fell into the ocean, never to be seen again except as StockFootage in ''All Monsters Attack''.

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* ButtMonkey: He gets downed very easily by Godzilla. And for a long while, he didn't even have a profile.
* DireBeast: A condor that has been mutated by toxic waste so that it is big enough to (briefly) tussle with Godzilla.
* {{Expy}}: As its debut movie was originally intended to be a King Kong film, the Condor was likely intended to be one of the pteranodon from the original [[Film/KingKong1933 1933 film]].
* FeatheredFiend: The only one in the Godzilla films. Ever.
* FragileSpeedster: Although very swift, it dies in a single shot from the atomic breath.
* MeaningfulName: "Giant condor".
* OneShotCharacter: Never appears again (except for StockFootage in ''All Monsters Attack'').
* PaletteSwap: Its prop was made by adding feathers to the flying Rodan model from ''Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster'' (which was already modified and used in ''Series/UltraQ'' to portray Litra).
* StockFootage: The closest it ever gets for a reappearance.

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[[folder:Orga]]
!!Orga
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''[[Film/Godzilla2000 Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'', 1999
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/Godzilla2000'' | ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''

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The villain of ''Godzilla: 2000'', Orga is the freak result of a Millennian trying and failing to properly absorb Godzilla's DNA. The resulting mutant spent the remainder of the film trying to devour and consume Godzilla's genetic code, though whether this was instinctive, or out of a desire to save himself is unknown.

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* AdaptationalAbomination: In the manga, Orga is a semi-amorphous GeneticAbomination that dwarfs Godzilla in size when it tries to devour him.
* AdaptationalBadass: When he was introduced as a new enemy to challenge Godzilla, many of his combat abilities weren't exactly up to snuff in ''Film/Godzilla2000'' as he was only able deliver one physical strike to Godzilla (along with biting into him), and he was noticeably sluggish to react to anything, making it far easier for Godzilla to attack him because of his clunkiness. For the Pipeworks fighting games though, Orga has a lot of grappling maneuvers and a full set of exceptional attacks with his dominant WrestlerInAllOfUs attributes, has the strongest attack strength out of any monster by far (alongside Biollante), and he also has a decently-ranged grab because of his elongated arms, thus making him a much more dominant physical fighter.
* AlienBlood: Bleeds brown in ''Rulers of Earth'' when Gigan pierced through the roof of his mouth with his scythed-blade and shredded his fingers with buzzsaw. His innards are shown to be more of a teal-ish color when Jet Jaguar destroys him internally.
* AlienInvasion: Intended to take over the Earth by copying Godzilla's DNA.
* AliensAreBastards: Invaded Earth, killed hundreds of people, and tried to eat Godzilla in order to save itself from its own failures. Further evidence that you just can't trust aliens.
* AlmightyIdiot: The Millennians have successfully acquired the needed genetic structure from Godzilla's DNA and was able to gain a body to use. Godzilla's DNA was likely a blessing as well as a curse on the alien life form as soon as it mutated into Orga. The beast possesses a HealingFactor, high physical strength that's greater than Godzilla's, and a ShoulderCannon to boot but the major problem is that Orga is... lacking in mobility, inexperienced in a battle, and doesn't even take full advantages of his newfound abilities. This is highly justified mostly because he was literally just created not too long after so the inexperience upon him is similar to an adopted pet being unfamiliar to new surroundings.
* TheAssimilator: Basically the Millennians' plan in the film. Using someone else's physical forms can allow them to become solidified. It worked by sampling Godzilla's DNA, but the results weren't... pretty. Even after becoming Orga, he still went out of his way to want more of Godzilla by biting and absorbing him to become a superior clone. By the time he unhinged his jaw to fully devour the King of the Monsters it seemed to be all going according to plan. Until Godzilla started to glow...
* BigEater: He tried to eat Godzilla! Doesn't get much bigger then that. In ''Rulers of Earth'' he tries to devour Godzilla, Moguera, and its own ally, Gigan, in turn.
* TheBrute: To the Cryorg in the ''Rulers of Earth''.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: How most of his roars were emitted in the original Japanese version of the movie as he made dozens of unsettling and screechy-sounding shrills, which can be extremely unexpected for him to have in contrast to his malformed and bulky outward appearance.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Despite having an energy blast from his shoulder, Orga instead relies on up-close brute force attacks.
* ContinuityNod: His bio explains that he joined the Vortaak's campaign to have another go to fight and destroy Godzilla again as it even mentioned his defeat in the manual for ''Godzilla Unleashed.'' It's clearly evident that Orga has some unfinished business with the King of the Monsters, even going into high levels of ItsPersonal territory.
* DeaderThanDead: He's ''violently blown apart'' by a much more destructive and powerful blast from the detonation of Godzilla's Nuclear Pulse. The explosion was so fatal that it destroyed the upper half of his body. His decapitated corpse falls over to the ground as it begins to dry up and starts collapsing into nothing but dust. There's no possible way for his regeneration to bring him from back that.
* DumbMuscle: Not a particularly bright monster in the films, the games, or the comics.
* EvilSoundsDeep: In the US version of ''Godzilla 2000''.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: A hand variant. When Godzilla glances at the burning Millennian UFO, Orga makes himself known as his gigantic knuckle/clawed hand is shown first and comes into view before the very next shot displays his hideously hulking appearance in full view for all to see.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Godzilla: Save the Earth'''s Easy and Medium modes.
* {{Fingore}}: His GiantHandsOfDoom gets bisected into chunks from Gigan's buzzsaw. Considering that Orga was actually attempting to ''eat'' him alive after going berserk earlier, Gigan practically had a good reason to respond to that.
* GiantHandsOfDoom: Arguably the most prominent and well-known physical trait about Orga's form are his freakishly big and powerful clawed hands. Other than clobbering Godzilla up-close with a strong hook to his chin, he really doesn't use them as often as you would think strangely enough.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: The Millennians spent the entire movie trying to get Godzilla's DNA to gain his regenerative abilities and restore their bodies. Instead of doing that, it mutated them into Orga.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Tends to tank a lot of damage thanks to his healing factor.
* HealingFactor: Has a pretty impressive one in the film, and an even better one in ''Rulers of Earth'', where taking one of Gigan's blades through his upper jaw, or being blown apart from the inside out by Jet Jaguar, don't manage to kill him.
* HiveMind: In the manga adaptation of Godzilla 2000, the Millenian were a group of alien entities who accidentally fused together into a single consciousness.
* HorrorHunger: Orga has to absorb new sources of DNA constantly or die in ''Rulers of Earth''. This results in him trying to devour everything in sight, including his own allies.
* HydraProblem: Every single attack that Godzilla does to him whether it's claw slashes, bites, tail bashing, and even blasts of his Atomic Ray will only be quickly nullified because of his advanced HealingFactor. The only proper method to kill Orga outright was to destroy him from the inside out, which is exactly what Godzilla planned when he purposely went inside of his mouth to use his Nuclear Pulse to finish him off for good.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Despite his monstrously humpbacked physique he's ''a lot'' more mobile and athletic in the Atari fighting games as he can perform a variety of agile attacks such dropkicks, elbow drops, and lunging bodyslams. This is even more shocking to see in ''Godzilla Unleashed'' as one of his kick attacks is called Vault Kick, where he ''completely balances his entire body with his gargantuan knuckles that holds up his mass to deliver a sideways kick'' and lands himself on the ground perfectly without even missing a beat.
* InASingleBound: He may looked grounded due to his size, and GiantHandsOfDoom but he can somehow leap somewhere between 100 to 300 meters. Even Godzilla looked up in confusion by his sudden agility.
* ItCanThink: Regardless of his lesser intelligence when he was previously just a group of Millennians (that were more highly more intelligent originally), he does display some CombatPragmatist qualities during his fight with Godzilla. At one point after their brief hand-to-hand battle, he hunches over to show off his glowing ShoulderCannon to Godzilla, fooling him into thinking that he's going to fire another beam... instead he leaps across a city block and telepathically commands his UFO to have it plow into Godzilla's blind side.
* LegoGenetics: Orga can absorb DNA through biting or consuming other beings, and seeks to assimilate Godzilla's. After absorbing Godzilla's DNA, he immediately begins morphing into a Godzilla-like beast.
* LivingShip: The Millennians' UFO is a SapientShip controlled by the collective consciousness of the alien Millennians, and in ''Rulers of Earth'' and ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' it transforms into Orga after copying Godzilla's DNA.
* LudicrousGibs: How Jet Jaguar destroys him in the IDW ''Rulers of Earth'' comic, where he flew into Orga's mouth, down his gullet, and grows from inside of his body, which made him graphically implode and erupt into dozens of Millennian pieces.
* ManBitesMan: Clenched his jaws into Godzilla's arm, which briefly caused him to squeal in momentary pain. Biting is also how he's able to collect genetic properties by extracting his victim's DNA. The longer he bites, the more DNA he absorbs. He was only able to bite long enough to temporarily change most of the skin on his hulking back from gray to green scales.
* MightyGlacier: Lumbering, lethargic, and he doesn't take any effort to make himself move any faster than molasses. Encountering him in range can be really situational however, and he literally packs a punch, such as when he actually baited Godzilla by lowering himself to the ground and throwing an uppercut to his jaw so hard that it made Godzilla stagger from the blow.
* NestedMouths: He can unhinge the ''entirety of his mouth'' to reveal a fleshy net-like casing as he tried to swallow Godzilla whole to gain more of his DNA and transform himself into a stronger Godzilla-clone. It '''almost''' worked.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: He's still able to telepathically use what's left of the Millennian UFO and cleverly made it a battering ram into Godzilla. When he saw Godzilla preparing to use his Atomic Ray, Orga had the smartest idea to use the damaged UFO as a ''shield'' to block it, and given the Big G's animosity towards the space craft he obliterates it in one blast, thus forcing Orga to become rather desperate when Godzilla started to approach him for another fight.
* NoNameGiven: Significantly downplayed in the Japanese version of the film as his name is actually derived from the word, '''Orga'''nizer G-1, as that was also the name of Godzilla's substance in his regenerative cells. In the American version, his name was never even said out loud by any of the human characters.
* NotQuiteDead: One powerful blast of Godzilla's Atomic Ray was enough to make Orga erupt in nothing but massive flames, making the fight coming to a sudden conclusion as the King of the Monsters stares and snarls at the fire, thinking that his opponent has been killed... Orga lives through it all.
* OhCrap: Eyes widen just before Godzilla, who is halfway down his stomach, unleashes his Nuclear Pulse and blasts him to pieces, giving the impression Orga just realized that was a bad idea.
* OneHandedZweihander: How he lifts up buildings in the Pipeworks games in this fashion by using only one hand as opposed to the majority of the monsters who carry buildings with two hands (or legs).
* OutOfTheInferno: Slowly emerges from the explosion set off by Godzilla's beam, with most of his charred flesh sizzling and dangling off of him while continuously regenerating the burn wounds thereafter.
* PainfulTransformation: Before Orga came to be, the Millennians ejected themselves out of their UFO after sampling most of Godzilla's cells in order to make their forms more adaptable to the Earth's atmosphere. As such, their cephalopod-like form suddenly begins to go through an unexpected metamorphosis when Godzilla's borrowed genes started to heavily affect them... very badly as the extraterrestrial begins howling gruesomely with a warbled and distorted yell as its once wiry-looking tentacles start to morph into enlarged thickened hands, sprouts clawed digits, and its head gets widened and stretched out into a mass of muscle that's so heavy, it becomes a prominent humpback as the newly formed abomination lands onto the ground with a thud from its increased mass. Needless to say, Orga's mutation wasn't exactly a welcoming feeling.
* PartialTransformation: After biting Godzilla he starts sprouting green scales; and in mere moments after he starts feasting on Godzilla, his complexion (for his upper body) goes from being a light brown-ish gray to a darkish green coloration and begins sprouting out a singular row of Godzilla's tyrian dorsal spikes out of his back as a result of absorbing Godzilla's DNA. One can only imagine what Orga would've looked like if he actually succeeded in swallowing Godzilla completely.
* RunningOnAllFours: His giant hands allow him to knuckle walk.
* ScaledUp: Started growing scales and dorsal spines as he absorbed Godzilla's DNA.
* SecretCharacter: In ''Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee'' and ''Godzilla: Save The Earth''.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Lets out an high-pitched shriek when Godzilla clamped his jaws on his forearm until he elbowed him off.
* ShoulderCannon: Has a replica of the Millenian ship's energy cannon in his left shoulder.
* StockSoundEffects: A lot of his high-pitched screeches that he emits are actually recycled sounds that originated from Cretaceous King Ghidorah from ''Film/RebirthOfMothra3'' (that was only released a year prior before Orga's debut) where it's only heard in the Japanese version of the film.
* SuperSpit: In the Atari fighting games trilogy, he has the power of hacking up and spitting out a short-ranged green goop out of his mouth that's able to torpefy kaiju opponents.
* TooDumbToLive: You've just spent the last few minutes slugging it out with Godzilla, who has been blowing pieces off of you with his Atomic Beam. Best course of action? Let's try swallowing him head first!
* VillainOfTheWeek: Only appeared in one movie, although he's certainly popular in the games. Although he did make a small cameo in ''Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters'' attacking Turkey in the prologue.
* VocalDissonance: In the Japanese version his... "roar" doesn't quite match despite his hulking look. Lampshaded in the DVDCommentary. His roar was modified in the US version with an appropriate bellow.
* WaveMotionGun: Several official sources have given out several differing names for his long-ranged ShoulderCannon attack, with one being known as Destructive Motion Attack. The secondary name is appropriately called ''Wave Motion Beam''. The enormous width of the blast itself was so huge, it covered the majority of Godzilla's frontal body when it was directly fired at him.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: While he does quite a few grapples in the movie, in the games it's taken up a notch...
* YourHeadAsplode: Him trying to swallow Godzilla results in him getting his head blasted off.

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[[folder:Rodan]]
!!Rodan
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/{{Rodan}}'', 1956
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Rodan}}'' | ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' | ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'' | ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' | ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' | ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''[[note]]skeletal remains[[/note]] | ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' | ''Film/GodzillaVsKong''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HaruoNakajima (1955), Masaki Shinohara (1964-1965), Teruoshi Nigaki (1968), Naoko Kamio (2004)
''AKA'': ''Radon'' ''(Japanese name -- used in some foreign dubs)''

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A giant pterosaur (with some [[AllFlyersAreBirds bird-like traits]]) who is first shown as Godzilla's enemy before becoming one of his allies.\\\

The Showa Rodan's story begins on Kyushu island when a pair of Rodan are spotted amidst some mysterious deaths, including those of village miners and an airbase pilot. The Rodan couple share a nest in the island's Mount Aso volcano. A snapped photograph of the male Rodan's wing is used to identify him as a ''Pteranodon'' (or ''Rodan'', for short). The military theorize that the Rodans were hatched due to nuclear radiation. After terrorizing Kyushu island, the two Rodans return to their volcanic nest, where a military trap causes the volcano to erupt, sending the female Rodan into the lava. The male Rodan drops into the lava shortly after as a result of the scalding heat.\\\

Sometime afterwards, the male Rodan emerges from the volcano, then tracks down and engages in a ferocious battle with Godzilla. The heroic Mothra tries to convince the two beasts to help her defeat the space terror King Ghidorah (thereby saving humanity), but the two beasts feel that humanity hurt them too much to deserve saving. Rodan and Godzilla continued their duel as Mothra defeatedly crawled off to try and face Ghidorah alone. Rodan and Godzilla stop fighting upon witnessing Mothra's courage and selflessness. Together, the three monsters fight King Ghidorah and drive him back into space.\\\

Rodan would later (along with Godzilla) be kidnapped by the Xiliens in a failed bid to use him, Godzilla, and Ghidorah to conquer Earth. In 1999, Rodan is controlled by the Killaks and sent to destroy Moscow. After being freed, the pterosaur joins other Earth monsters in killing King Ghidorah once and for all. Rodan peacefully lives out the rest of his years with his fellow monsters on Monsterland.\\\

The Heisei Rodan is mutated by nuclear waste, and drawn to the egg of Baby Godzilla. Godzilla battles Rodan over the egg and soundly defeats him. Rodan is later revitalized by further radiation (gaining a beam weapon in the process) and intercepts a carrier before being severely injured by Mechagodzilla and Garuda. The pterosaur attempts to intervene while Godzilla and his robotic opponent are in battle; however, Super Mechagodzilla fires upon Rodan, fatally wounding the giant pterosaur. Landing on Godzilla's fallen body, Rodan's energy dissipates as his body disappeared, his life energy and radiation gifting Godzilla with the Spiral Ray, enabling the King of the Monsters to destroy his mechanical nemesis.\\\

The Millenium Rodan is controlled by the Xiliens, and is first seen in an assault on New York, his supersonic flight devastating the windows and raining glass upon the streets of the Big Apple. Under the Xiliens' orders, Rodan teams up with King Ceasar and Anguirus to fight Godzilla at Mount Fuji. Despite their best efforts, Rodan and his two companions are knocked unconscious by Godzilla in a dazed heap, one laying on top of the other.

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* AdaptationalBadass: In ''Godzilla Ongoing'' when he slams into [[spoiler:Gigan]]. The ''Monsterverse'' version of him is also a lot more deadly and destructive than previous Rodans, to the point he's all too willing to confront King Ghidorah himself all by his own.
* AdaptationalWimp: Showa Rodan was a very unrelenting force of nature with devastating powers. He was also [[NoSell utterly immune to Godzilla's atomic breath]] and was even capable of [[SuperStrength of lifting up Kaiju far larger and heavier than he is, such as Godzilla and Mothra in its larvae stage]]. Starting with the Heisei series, however, the poor guy got smaller in size and became something of a punching bag for other kaiju. And while he does put up a relatively decent fight with the Big G, he nonetheless ends up beaten by the atomic dinosaur in a few minutes and is left lying unconscious on his home island. While Godzilla's radiation ultimately powered him up as "[[SuperMode Fire Rodan]]", he's mortally wounded and killed by Super Mechagodzilla in a few seconds, but, on the other hand, Fire Rodan's demise allows him to power up Godzilla with the Spiral Ray which allows the Big G to finish his mechanical double with no effort. The Millenium Rodan seems to possess no powers beyond his supersonic flight and brute strength, and Godzilla dispatches him in a matter of seconds like many other kaiju in ''Final Wars''. His ''Monsterverse'' version goes back to being a frightful and capable opponent.
* AllFlyersAreBirds: He's officially identified as a ''Pteranodon'' but makes bird-like roars and has a face similar to the head of a bird of prey. Heisei Rodan's nurturing behavior towards Baby Godzilla's egg also feels bird-like, as actual pterosaurs would likely abandon eggs like lizards do.
* AlienBlood: In ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'' the color of his blood was more a dark olive-green.
* ArtEvolution: In his debut film, he had a small head, pitch black eyes, enormous wings and a broader beak with more teeth. Subsequent Showa designs were mostly the same, but had notable alterations such as large, expressive eyes, with the 1968 suit in particular having a longer, droopy beak. In the Heisei series, he had a longer beak, a more ferocious look on his eyes and wings that were more bat-like , not to mention him now was portrayed entirely by puppets rather than by suitmation. In the Millenium series, he went back to looking more like his Showa design being portrayed by a suit, but had noticeable fingers, a longer neck as well as longer arms and legs, giving him distinctly more [[AnthropomorphicShift human-like proportions]]. His ''Monsterverse'' design takes heavy cues from his debut appearance, and also has rough skin reminiscent of dried lava.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Like most reptilian monsters in Toho's kaiju lineup, Rodan looks very little like the prehistoric creature he's derived from. No pterosaur stood, walked, or were as large as he is, and his head is more like that of a bird than any known pterosaur. Pterosaurs also did not use their feet to catch prey, and hunted solely with their beaks.
* BigBrotherInstinct: The Heisei Rodan accepted Baby Godzilla as his foster brother and became extremely protective of him.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Godzilla "explains" his reason to Mothra why he won't take action to save humanity: it's because of how he's so hated and disrespected by mankind. Rodan actually agrees with his rival's logic and pretty much had the same thought, being reluctant to help them out as well. Mothra argues that not all humans are bad, and that King Ghidorah is left unopposed, he won't stop until everyone on Earth (kaiju included) are dead. Rodan and Godzilla eventually decide to put their differences aside when Mothra is attacked by Ghidorah.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Goes through his painful experience twice in ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II''. The first time it happen is when Godzilla aggressively grasps his windpipe so hard, blood started to drip on his chest. The second time, which is arguably even more gruesome is when Mechagodzilla finishes him with a point-blank blast of his Plasma Grenade. The poor pteranodon is seen with a partially ripped open chest that has blood oozing out of it, as he's brutally gargling to near-death on his own blood with a nasty plethora of bloody foam bubbling out of his beak.
* BlowYouAway: His trademark power is causing hurricane winds and sonic booms.
* BreathWeapon: In his original film, Rodan emits a strange black smoky substance from his beak, which resembles the early animations of Godzilla's energy ray. Whether or not it was an energy ray or some form of "hurricane breath" is debatable, but he does get his own radioactive breath weapon in ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'' during the Heisei era. After being exposed to ''Godzilla's'' own breath weapon, and with some help from psychic children singing no less!
* ButtMonkey: As the movies went by Rodan started to become this as explained above in AdaptationalWimp, suffering defeat after defeat without receiving as many moments of glory as he did before. Even in the Showa series his last appearance involved him being a victim of an earthquake, with a rock whacking him on the face and sending him into a hole.
* TheCameo: His skeletal remains can be seen in the prologue of ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''. The novelization reveals he and Anguirus attacked Beijing in tandem before being killed by the Chinese bioweapon Hedorah.
* CrisisCrossover: [[CanonImmigrant He made his way to the main franchise]] in ''Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster'', linking not just the Mothra and Godzilla mythos but the Rodan one as well, all to defeat the first version of King Ghidorah.
* CurbStompCushion: Mechagodzilla surely had him on a silver platter with its superior onslaught of weapons so powerful that Rodan could hardly even withstand against. Although before going down for the count, he used a strong BeakAttack to peck and damage one of its eyes, which made the machine lose the power to fire its EyeBeams...though once Mechagodzilla combined itself with Garuda...
* DiedHappilyEverAfter: The first two Rodans, who perished together... at least until the male Rodan was revealed to have survived in ''Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster''.
* FaceHeelTurn: In ''Godzilla: Final Wars'', though he was under mind control.
* FeelNoPain: The Showa Rodan took several of Godzilla's atomic heat rays and Ghidorah's gravity beams without so much as a scratch. In fact, his response to Godzilla's breath was to shake his head and look annoyed.
* FireForgedFriends:
** In ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'', he's hostile toward Godzilla at first and indifferent toward the Mothra larva, but upon seeing how much of a bastard Ghidorah is, he ultimately decides to put his hatred behind and join forces with the other two Earthly monsters. In ''Mechagodzilla II'', he finally decides Godzilla is better fit to be a parent for Baby Godzilla than him and when Super Mechagodzilla fatally blasts him, he makes the dying effort to lay atop Godzilla so he may absorb his energy, revive and obtain the Spiral Ray, enabling Godzilla to destroy Super Mechagodzilla.
** It actually tends to happen a lot. Rodan is tied with Anguirus for being Godzilla's most consistent ally. He's also arguably Godzilla's strongest ally as well, considering how well the pair work together. However, unlike Anguirus, who is a genuine friend toward the Big G, Rodan seems to be more of a lone wolf and his friendship with Goji usually comes out of convenience.
* FlyingBrick: A massive mutated pteranodon with supersonic flight speed of Mach 1.5 and has also tangled against the likes of Godzilla and King Ghidorah as a sheer testament of his strength, most notably with the former when he possessed the sheer physical power to lift him off the ground entirely without even displaying any signs of strain.
* FlyingFirepower: What he amounts to when he becomes Fire Rodan in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII''. He's granted a long-ranged BreathWeapon in addition to his flight. Although, if Mechagodzilla wasn't veneered with a synthetic diamond that can absorb and store energy from mouth rays, his Uranium Heat Beam would've been effective against it.
* GeniusBruiser: He's no slouch as a combatant as he's greatly shown to take on the likes of Godzilla himself and seemed to be evenly matched with him in power in ''Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster'', and he's surprisingly strategic in battle. One example is when he lured King Ghidorah away from Godzilla and flies away from a vast distance enough for him to rapidly turn a 180 and forcefully rammed into him which made both of them plummet to the ground. Another instance is when he "told" Mothra to crawl onto his back and steadily flied in a stationary position where it's far easier for her to spray her silk on King Ghidorah while Godzilla grabs ahold of his tails from behind. ''This'' is how King Ghidorah loses the fight as the three kaiju basically used all of their combined additional strengths to overpower the hydra and retreats back into space.
* GiantFlyer: He certainly is, due to being a giant mutant pterosaur. He can attain supersonic speeds and create devastating winds by flapping his wings. Due to his predatory nature, one scene in ''Destroy All Monsters'' has him swooping down on the sea to catch a dolphin for food.
* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster'', he goes from antagonizing mankind to working with the Big G to take Ghidorah down.
* HeroicSacrifice: In ''Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II'', he ultimately realizes Godzilla would be a better parent to Baby Godzilla than him and sacrifices his energy (and life) to the Big G, enabling him to obtain his Spiral Ray and save the day.
* InformedSpecies: He looks less like a ''Pteranodon'' and more like a featherless bird of prey with membranous wings and scaly skin. Granted, his Heisei version is more pterosaur-like, but he still has a toothy beak and, more jarringly, obvious bat-based wings.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Mothra attempts to interrupt the fight between him and Godzilla, but both are too busy on seeing who beats who so she sprays Godzilla with silk. Rodan takes the opportunity to laugh at his humiliation. While in the middle of giggling, he too gets sprayed and ends up being the victim of getting laughed at by Godzilla.
* LightningBruiser: He's fast enough to cause sonic booms as an offensive weapon, but also strong enough to carry Godzilla.
* ALizardNamedLiz: A giant ''Pteranodon'' named Radon (in Japan) before being respelled into Rodan in other languages.
* MeaningfulName: His original Japanese name (Radon) is taken from ''Pterandon''.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: In ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'', he mutates into Fire Rodan after his battle with Godzilla, gaining his own uranium heat ray and more strength and toughness.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: This happens to him while surging the last of his life energy into Godzilla's paralyzed body after taking one mere blast from Super Mechagodzilla's Mega Buster that fatally injured him. After he finishes his BequeathedPower, his entire body fades away and vaporizes into nothing.
* NoSell: In ''Godzilla: Unleashed'', Fire Rodan is completely immune to heat- and fire-based attacks and hazards, taking no damage from the lava in Seattle and the breath weapons of Obsidius, Megalon and Godzilla 2000 (the fireballs specifically for the latter two).
** Showa Rodan was unharmed by Godzilla's atomic breath and Ghidorah's gravity beams. He even perceives both as mere annoyances.
* PowerupLetdown: When he gains his uranium heat ray, it comes at perhaps the ''worst'' possible time, against a mech that can absorb and fire rays back at their user.
* PowerTrio: With Godzilla and Mothra in the Showa Era.
* PurpleIsPowerful: As apart of his newfound Fire Rodan form, he gains a long-ranged BreathWeapon, which is referred as his Uranium Heat Beam as it's colored a bright and dazzling fuchsia and is roughly equal to that of Godzilla's Atomic Breath. Sadly, this didn't turn out in his favor against Mechagodzilla's NT-1 diamond coated EnergyAbsorption alloy.
* SignatureRoar: A ululating cackle which would be reused countless times for other kaiju, most notably being heavily edited for use as the Heisei era ''King Ghidorah's'' roar and being given a [[DarkerAndEdgier deeper pitch]] for Battra's roar.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He, along with Anguirus and King Caesar, are spared after their battle with Godzilla in ''Final Wars'', as a nod towards them being former allies of his.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Inverted -- After beginning with a starring role, he was forever after reduced to playing second banana to Godzilla.
* SuperStrength: One scene in ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' displays Rodan by uplifts Godzilla's mass and carries him into the sky while airborne, although holding him in mid-air did seem to slightly hinder his flight maneuverability. While the 2 kaiju were both 50 meters in terms of height, the King of the Monsters still outweighs him by being 5,000 tons heavier than the pteranodon. Right after he distracts King Ghidorah in a brief chase segment, he was able to knock the hydra completely out of the sky by indirectly ramming into him at full-speed. Earlier before that, he managed to actually make King Ghidorah flinch after he's struck him with his talons. He's also capable of carrying large and heavy objects such as boulders in ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'' and during the final battle, he carries Godzilla (again) as both of them use their combined weight to slam and tackle King Ghidorah off of a steep cliff, plummeting right into the ocean depths.
* TerrorDactyl: Rodan is one of the more hostile kaiju in the franchise, and appearance-wise, he's basically a textbook example on how pterosaurs were portrayed [[ScienceMarchesOn throught the 20th century]], resembling more a plucked chicken with bat wings. For comparison, [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Pteranodon_longiceps_mmartyniuk_wiki.png this is an accurate Pteranodon reconstruction]]. Granted, the Showa and Millenium versions of him have more membrane-like wings, whereas his Heisei incarnation has more blatant bat-like wings. His Heisei version also has a longer beak more similar to those of real ''Pteranodon''. He still has teeth, however. In the case of the ''Monsterverse'' Rodan, all this inaccuracies can be justified by the fact he no longer is a pterosaur, but rather an ancient lifeform that happens to look like a pterosaur. His appearance in ''Singular Point'' is much closer to the real deal, though, even walking quadrupedally and bearing some small hair, but his toothiness still remains.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Expanded universe material in which the kaiju are heroic beings portrays him as far less concerned with human life and being more of a loose cannon. The ''Monsterverse'' version of him focuses on this trait, as he's a rogue destroyer who causes mayhem as he pleases and will only align himself with the strongest kaiju there is, even if that happens to be [[spoiler:King Ghidorah himself]].
* TookALevelInBadass: It's a really weird case. Rodan was already a rather impressive-looking monster but his various other appearances up the ante some. However, a lot of the time he tends to just be easily-disposed cannon fodder, whether to Godzilla or other monsters, while in the Showa era not only is he a decent match against Godzilla, he actually hands [[DraconicAbomination King Ghidorah]] his ass a few times when he and Godzilla team up.
* ToothyBird: He always has a beakful of teeth, despite being billed as a ''Pteranodon'' (whose name actually means "Wing ''Without'' Teeth"). Averted in ''Series/{{Godzilland}}'', where he's toothless like a real ''Pteranodon''.
* UnexplainedRecovery: In ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'', it's revealed that the male Rodan somehow survived his supposed immolation at the end of ''Film/{{Rodan}}'' when he bursts out of Mt. Aso.

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[[folder:Sanda]]
!!Sanda (Brown Gargantua)
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'', 1966
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas''

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A Gargantua created from Frankenstein's genetic samples, Sanda was raised by human scientists, particularly the motherly Akemi Togawa, giving him a positive perception of humans and making him grow into a compassionate being. When he sees his "brother" Gaira getting heavily injured by the Japanese military, he promptly rescues him, peacefully drives the army away and takes Gaira to a place where he can recover. The moment he sees Gaira eating humans however, Sanda flies into a rage and attacks his brother. When Gaira makes his way to Tokyo in order to feast on yet more people, Sanda has no choice but to confront his brother and put an end to his threat.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Series/GoGodman'' and ''Series/GoGreenman'', he's now an antagonistic force that must be stopped by the heroes.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In ''Go! Greenman'', he's a mutated Minion of Maoh.
* AscendedExtra: See below.
* BerserkButton: Harming humans is a big one for him as Gaira learned the hard way.
* CainAndAbel: He's the Abel to Gaira's Cain.
* CanonImmigrant: He gets to encounter the Big G in ''Rulers of Earth'' alongside Gaira.
* GentleGiant: Found by the military and raised among humans for a few years. Ultimately got bored and returned to living in the wild, but he kept his love of people.
* GeniusBruiser: While both Gargantuas are implied to be near or at human intelligence, Sanda more often shows this than Gaira. During their battle with Godzilla in ''Rulers of Earth'', Gaira attacks through biting and scratching, while Sanda fights through punching and grappling, and eventually drives the Big G away by smelling a gas truck, realizing what's inside and slamming the vehicle in Godzilla's face.
* HealingFactor: Inherited from his "father".
* NiceGuy: Due to being raised by humans, Sanda is kind to all forms of life, even his brother. He only fights Gaira at the end once it becomes clear that the green Gargantua is completely unreasonable.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Becomes a Godzilla foe in ''Rulers of Earth''.

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[[folder:[=SpaceGodzilla=]]]
!![=SpaceGodzilla=]
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'', 1994
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla''

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A mutated clone of Godzilla who comes to Earth to fight the original, [=SpaceGodzilla=] is a vicious minded entity whose control over crystalline energies makes him a threat to everyone around him.

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* AchillesHeel: [=SpaceGodzilla=]'s shoulder crystals. They're not strong enough to withstand M.O.G.U.E.R.A's spiral grenade missiles and when M.O.G.U.E.R.A blasts them, [=SpaceGodzilla=]'s power becomes drastically weakened. His fat frame and stubby arms don't help him in a fight.
* {{Acrofatic}}: Double subverted. While his ground speed is what you'd expect for his size, he moves/flies much faster in the air thanks to his anti-gravity powers.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the movie, he's the result of G-Cells getting inside a black hole, and combining with a crystal monster. In the IDW comics, he's just another monster that just looks like Godzilla.
* AlienInvasion: A one monster variant.
* AliensAreBastards: Godzilla's cruelest and most openly malicious opponent in the Heisei continuity. What do you expect from this universe's aliens?
* AmbiguouslyHuman: If the first theory of his birth of how he's partially created from the remains of Biollante is any indication, it takes it to a rather disturbing thought that he has some aspects of human genes that originally belonged to Erika whose spirit was within a rosebush that was injected with G-Cells.
* AndIMustScream: After he is defeated by Godzilla, he gets trapped in the form of tiny crystal particles, floating in space for all eternity.
* AnimalisticAbomination: He is created when Godzilla's cells are pulled into a black hole and fused with a crystalline entity.
* AttackReflector: Capable of spawning a crystallized shield deflecting Godzilla's Atomic Ray right at him. Strangely he doesn't redirect Moguera's weaponry.
* BatmanGambit: Him attacking Little Godzilla is actually part of his plan to draw Godzilla out, believe it or not.
* BerserkButton: Destroying his shoulder crystals is a one-way ticket to oblivion. It's practically justified for his case, since he's able to draw large amounts of energy from the crystal foundations of his fortress. Without the use of those shoulder crystals, it weakens his power. The very moment Moguera launches its Spiral Grenade Missiles to blow up one of his shoulder crystals, he quickly turns around to blast his Corona Beam that completely blew off the robot's arm. When it fired another missile, it destroys his second shoulder crystal. By that point, the cosmic beast got so enraged that he actually stops using long-ranged attacks and resorted to using nothing but brute strength by using his [[BewareMyStingerTail crystalized spiked tail]] that punctured right into Moguera's chest, lifts it off the ground entirely, and tosses it into several buildings, which putted the machine out of commission.
* BigBad: Of both his own film, and of the mutant faction in ''Godzilla: Unleashed'', and of the game as a whole since he's responsible the crystals that are wrecking havoc on Earth, usurping the spot from the Vortaak aliens that were the BigBad in the previous two games and actually created him.
* BitchSlap: During his second encounter with Godzilla, at one point he pulled off one physical attack that actually damaged him, which was basically an energy enhanced bop to his shoulder whilst zapping him. It's strangely humorous since his arms, in comparison, are much shorter than Godzilla's.
* BewareMyStingerTail: His crystal tip tail lets him stab things.
* CallBack: [=SpaceGodzilla=]'s physical design was heavily based off of the [[SuperMode 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. [=SpaceGodzilla=]'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.
* CripplingOverspecialization: As much as a major opponent he is to both Godzilla and Moguera, his most devastating weapons are primarily long-ranged as he's practically efficient to use his powers to keep both of them at bay since he's overly reliant on his crystals that energizes his strength to great capacity. That said, fighting enemies up close isn't his specialty, such as when Moguera's nose started drilling into his flesh to draw blood, and even Godzilla was able to briefly overpower him in combat by landing a couple of physical blows [[note]] Although earlier in the second fight, he did strike Godzilla with an energy enhanced claw attack, regardless of his inferior arm length.[[/note]] and was able to bite into him long enough for the G-Force soldiers to launch the Spiral Grenade missiles fired from Moguera to outright blow up one of his shoulder crystals.
* CoDragons: In ''Godzilla: Ongoing'' he, Hedorah, Gigan, and Kaiser Ghidorah are this to the Cryog, who remain offscreen.
* CombatPragmatist: He's shown to be a surprisingly cunning and strategic space kaiju, he's apparently no stranger to demonstrating both brains and brawn. During his first battle with Godzilla, he takes a major advantage of his PapaWolf instincts by flying into the air to blast Godzilla Junior. Godzilla, naturally, protects his flesh and blood by using himself as a meat shield as he's getting continuously blast by [=SpaceGodzilla's=] Corona Beam until he drops to the ground, allowing him to separate Junior from his father and places him inside of a makeshift crystalized prison.
** It's also worth noting that because of his crystal-based fortress that he's created in Fukuoka, his power can be nearly limitless and is able to drawing out the battle much longer than not, due to being able to absorb and manipulate the energies from the surrounding crystals. Even if Godzilla manages to dispose of them, he would simply spawn more of them as he likes. That is until his shoulder crystals were blown off.
* ContinuityNod: The time travel plot of ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'' didn't really affect Biollante's existence at all. Because of that, she's one of the two logical possibilities of how [=SpaceGodzilla=] came to be.
* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: This is the theme of this behemoth.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: How his gruesome demise occurs after succumbing to the sheer might of Godzilla's all-powerful Spiral Ray.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Instead of being incinerated by Godzilla's Burn Spiral Heat Ray in the film, Godzilla ends him by using one of his own crystals as a stabbing weapon to impale his clone in the manga adaptation.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: In both ''Godzilla: Ongoing'' and ''Half-Century War'' he's set up as the big threat, only to be eclipsed by Kaiser Ghidorah in the former, and Gigan and King Ghidorah in the latter.
* TheDragon: Initially this to the Vortaak in the Godzilla games.
* EnergyRingAttack: Within his flying form, he's able to blast ring-shaped attacks with electromagnetic properties called the Photon Hurricane, which has the power to dismantle electronic equipments that made Moguera unable to function and fight back in the battle of the asteroid belt. He doesn't use this attack on Godzilla for whatever reason.
* EvilIsBigger: At one-hundred and twenty metres tall, he is twenty metres taller than the Heisei Era Godzilla. His flying form is also said to weigh ''720,000 tonnes'', making him the most massive kaiju in the series by far.
* EvilTwin: 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.
* EvilVsEvil:
** Opposes the Vortaak in ''Unleashed'' after having previously worked for them before in ''Save the Earth''. Likely because the Vortaak want to take over Earth in order to plunder it for resources, something they won't be able to do if he destroys it in his quest for power.
** Fights Gigan in ''Rulers of Earth'' and later fights the Cryog as well, reluctantly having to team up with Godzilla in the process.
** The intro to the [=PS4=] game shows him fighting King Ghidorah, another evil cosmic entity from space.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: He's a Godzilla from space.
* {{Expy}}: He might look like Godzilla, but his characterization, as an alien being who comes to earth for the express purpose of wreaking havoc and hurting people, coupled with his sheer enjoyment of what he does, and independent nature, make him the Heisei equivalent of the Showa King Ghidorah.
* FatBastard: While it's probably not actually fatty tissue, he is nonetheless outlandishly chunky (even compared to the other infamously bulky suits of the Heisei era), to the point where it actively impedes his movement. Combined with being one of the most unambiguously evil kaiju of the Heisei eras, this trope is definitely in effect.
* FinalBoss: Of ''Godzilla: Save The Earth's'' Hard Mode and ''Godzilla: Unleashed's'' Story Mode.
* FlyingBrick: A flying Godzilla clone.
* ForTheEvulz: Seems to be his motivation.
* GemTissue: Has a pair of giant crystals on his shoulders and depending on the design his back too.
* GeniusBruiser: Clearly possesses at least some degree of human intelligence, and is self-motivated, making it one of the smartest Kaiju in the franchise.
* GlassCannon: In the games, its combat stats are sub-par but it has some pretty nasty ranged attacks.
* GravityMaster: A pro at this. He's used his gravity manipulation on Godzilla to hurl him into a building. (Even though that hardly even hurt him at all.)
* GoodColorsEvilColors: As an EvilCounterpart to Godzilla, his own signature BreathWeapon, the Corona Beam, has a vibrant orange color that's accompanied by a slight reddish outline around it, in contrast to Godzilla's blue Atomic Breath. When he attacked Godzilla with his Space Claw, the energy that was generated from his physical blow is also colored red, whereas Godzilla's own strikes onto [=SpaceGodzilla's=] emitted blue colored energy.
* HealingFactor: Mougera's drill nose was able to shred into his flesh and drew blood from him. In the next shot, his wound is gone. Given that he's inherited Godzilla's regenerative healing power and being cloned from his G-Cells, it makes sense that he has this power. Although it's questionable if he can regenerate the crystals on his shoulders...
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Gets gruesomely impaled by one of his very own [[PowerCrystal Power Crystals]] that Godzilla grabs and uses as an impromptu stabbing weapon to kill him in the manga version.
* HornsOfVillainy: Probably one of the few villainous kaiju to sport a crowned appendage on his forehead.
* HybridPower: He's simultaneously a Godzilla-like beast (via highly evolved genetic clone), and a living crystal. Since the G-Cells became heavily infused with an unseen extraterrestrial crystalline organism, he has both of their powerful biological traits as he's greatly equipped with Godzilla's numerous powers such as having his potent HealingFactor, SuperStrength, and SuperToughness, along with utilizing many crystal-based abilities. His power to spawn crystals, [[AttackReflector having a reflective crystal-like barrier]], composing energy from sources, and gravitational manipulation is vaguely implied to be stemmed from the alien crystal he's (likely) originated from.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: After getting his other shoulder crystal destroyed by Moguera's Spiral Grenade Missiles, he responds by lashing out his dangerously sharpened crystal-tipped tail to skewer Moguera directly in its metallic abdomen out of severe frustration, which is justified for ''him'' in particular as he's on the verge of becoming completely powerless with no traces of energy to draw and gain power from.
** How he's murdered rather graphically in the magna's adaptation of his film appearance. Godzilla goes for the kill by grabbing a crystal, and he violently punctures [=SpaceGodzilla's=] chest, drawing their battle to a conclusion.
* ItCanThink: This is arguably his most dangerous trait, as unlike most kaiju who attack on instinct or are being controlled, [=SpaceGodzilla=] possesses almost human-level intelligence, allowing him to be more strategic in his battles.
* KickTheDog: After defeating Godzilla he goes out of his way to use his telekinesis to levitate Godzilla Jr. opening a crystal prison and places him in there that closes around him [[{{Jerkass}} out of spite]].
* KnightOfCerebus: In his first film, which wasn't all that light-hearted to begin with, he kidnaps Little Godzilla and imprisons him.
* LightningBruiser: Big, fast, hard to injure, and strong on offense. Until his crystals are busted, then he's a lot weaker.
* LogicalWeakness: Since his energy is heavily drawn from the many crystals he creates, destroying the larger crystals on his shoulders takes a disastrous toll on him. Without the use of those blown up shoulder crystals, [=SpaceGodzilla's=] power, durability, and energy gets severely reduced. Even his Corona Beam hardly even affected Godzilla in his weakened state when he desperately attempted to hold him off as best as he can.
* LongRangeFighter: Fairs better at this, since he tends to stay evidently stationary by firing his Corona Beam countless times at Godzilla and Moguera. Fighting up close is a huge struggle for him since Godzilla had the advantage in hand-to-hand seeing as how he's managed to bite him to keep him still, therefore giving the pilots of Moguera the opportunity to blow off his shoulder crystals.
* MixAndMatchCritters: 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'' toy line, 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, as a twisted and evil clone of Godzilla. The origin presented by Trendmasters take partly from the theory of Biollante 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, [=SpaceGodzilla=], headed straight for Earth in both the films and the toy line with a singular thought: defeat Godzilla.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: A crystal version.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Has a jaw full of numerous and serrated looking teeth. If that's not enough, he also has 4 tusks that are located from ''the outer layer of his maw''.
* MultipleChoicePast: The origin of the Godzilla cells that created him are stated to have either come from Mothra's wings when she travelled into space in ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth'' or when Biollante's spores floated in space in ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante''. He has the same tusk structure as Biollante and the core of his crystals resembles her belly, which suggests the latter might be the correct one.
* OffWithHisHead: Beheaded by Godzilla in ''Half Century War''.
* PowerCrystal: The large crystals on his shoulders generate much of his power, and by seeding an area with crystal spires he can increase his own power greatly.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Bluish indigo in color and one of the most challenging monsters Godzilla has ever encountered.
* SlasherSmile: Regularly sports a malicious expression, and desires only to cause destruction.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has piercing and fiery reddish-orange corneas within those sinister eyes of his, who's also a terrifying cosmic being in the form of Godzilla, and is a malevolently vile kaiju.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Giant crystals on his shoulders, crystal spines along his back, a tail ending in a spiked club, and his flying form is a huge ball of crystal spikes.
* ShockAndAwe: Possesses a few electrical attacks of his own as one of which is his preferred standard BreathWeapon the Corona Beam. He's also briefly fired electrical blasts from his shoulder crystals at Godzilla at one point.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Giant spiked crystals protruding out of his shoulders which can allow him to distort gravity on a whim and draw power from the crystals he creates.
* SquishyWizard: In the movie [=SpaceGodzilla=] isn't strong enough to withstand M.O.G.U.E.R.A's missiles and nose drill, and when his crystals are gone he's stuck trying to punch with his stubby limbs. But when he's at full power with his crystals intact, his power is incredible.
* SuperStrength: It may not look like it regardless of the short stature of his arms but he's actually even physically stronger than Godzilla. The latter was able hoist up Heisei [=MechaGodzilla=] who weighed around 150,000 tons. Moguera (a rebuilt version of [=MechaGodzilla=]) was even heavier weighing up to 160,000 tons. The crystal beast impales the mech while he lifted and chucked it into several buildings with just his tail alone!
* StockSoundEffect: His screech is actually Gigan's roar slowed down.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Space G's appearance is mostly similar to his "brother" but with a lengthened snout and is colored midnight blue/purple. He also possesses tusks sprouting from his jaw, a well-known physical trait that Biollante had as well, which overall makes him sort of a mixture of the former kaiju.
* TailSlap: His long tail lets him grab and throw things, something his short arms can't help him with.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In ''Rulers of Earth'' he gets copied by a Trilopod and both he and Godzilla are defeated and trapped inside a crystal prison by it. Though both he and Godzilla are utterly loathe to even think so, [=SpaceGodzilla=] realizes that they have to work together if they want to escape. They do so and defeat the [=SpaceGodzilla=] Trilopod immediately after, but after Godzilla collapses from exhaustion [=SpaceGodzilla=] nearly takes advantage of it to kill his nemesis until the arrival of the Trilopod hive forces him to retreat back into space.
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [=Spacegodzilla=] can change into a weird spiky crystal ball to fly in space with his body being just a small portion of it and his legs disappearing. When you recall that in one possible origin, he is the result of G-cells fusing with alien crystal life forms you realize that this was what it probably looked like before G-cells fused with it. Assuming the Trendmasters origin is true, this means you are seeing the alien itself when Spacegodzilla transforms into his flying form. ...Maybe.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: In ''Godzilla: Unleashed'', in the previous game he was a monster created by the [[AlienInvaders Vortaak]], but by ''Unleashed'' he seems to have turned on them and is focusing on conquering Earth himself.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Only appeared in a single film, although his popularity has ensured a number of video game appearances.

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[[folder:Takora]]
!!Takora
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Series/KureKureTakora'', 1973 -- 1974
-->'''Voiced by:''' Yoshiko Ota
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Takora is a greedy anthropomorphic octopus kaiju.

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* ButtMonkey: He often becomes this due to his greed and selfishness.
* CanonForeigner: Although, Takora never actually appears in any of the ''Godzilla'' movies, {{Crossover}} merchandise of him can be found at the official Godzilla Store and the ''WebVideo/{{Godziban}}'' social media page had Godzilla-kun dress as him for Halloween.
* FunnyOctopus
* {{Greed}}: His defining character trait.
* InterspeciesRomance: His love interest is a walrus named Monro.
* OurMonstersAreDifferent: Compared to any other Toho kaiju.
* TerrestrialSeaLife: An octopus who is never seen anywhere near the ocean.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He suffers a KarmicDeath at the end of some episodes.

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[[folder:Titanosaurus]]
!!Titanosaurus
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'', 1975
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]]

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Similar to Godzilla in that he is believed to be a dinosaur that returned to the sea and survived there through the great extinction, Titanosaurus was a peaceful creature until the Simians returned to earth and used their technology to enslave the aquatic giant, wielding him as a weapon against the human race. When his controller was destroyed, Titanosaurus attempted to flee back into the ocean, but Godzilla pressed his attack and (supposedly) killed him.

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* AdaptationalBadass: For his film appearance, being exposed to supersonic waves can horribly affect and disorient the sea beast, which causes him to start reeling haphazardly. ''Godzilla Unleashed'' has him firing his ''own supersonic beams'' as his actual BreathWeapon, and is able to interact in a BeamOWar against any kaiju who has beam weapons.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' he's on the Mutants' side whose only purpose was to seek out the various crystals and become empowered by them to wipe out everything in existence, though the manual does state he's not specifically evil, more or less seeking power to preserve himself and his lifecycle.
* AntiVillain: A character notes that Titanosaurus was actually quite gentle. And what does he do when the mind-control is temporarily broken? Breaks off his fight with Godzilla and quickly escapes into the sea. All the bad stuff he did was under mind control.
* BadassNormal: Aside from his tail making hurricanes he was a rather good brawler who's beaten Godzilla himself to a stand still. (Under mind control)
* BlowYouAway: His tail (which may be meant to be used like a fluke underwater) can be used like a fan, easily taking Godzilla off his feet.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He's normally a peaceful dinosaur that sleeps on the ocean floor, but he's mind-controlled in ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'' to become a brutal monster made to attack Godzilla.
* CombatParkour: Can pull off a very impressive frontward flip for his Scissor Kick in ''Godzilla Unleashed''.
* DubNameChange: Titanosaurus is called "Titano Kong" in the Italian dub.
* EvilIsBigger: He's actually taller and heavier than Godzilla (by ten meters and 10,000 tons), although he's not actually evil, but forced to fight and destroy via mind control.
* GentleGiant: When free of mind control, he quickly drops whatever destruction he was in the middle of and flees.
* GiantEqualsInvincible: Played with. He is pretty much immune to bullets and mortars, but he is still vulnerable to sonic waves and Godzilla's atomic ray, after receiving multiple hits from it.
* GlassCannon: At first when he attacked a city, he's highly impervious to shrug off military bombardment as well as being able to lay a smackdown onto Godzilla by staggering him with his powerful punches and kicks, showing that he's a great physical threat. However supersonic waves does grievous harm and Godzilla's Atomic Breath can do a number on him, especially when one blast punctured his chest as it made a tiny hole with smoke sizzling out.
* InASingleBound: Made an impressive leap reaching to sky level to let a fighter jet hit his face.
* LightningBruiser: He gave Godzilla one of his more brutal melee fights, and is pretty dang fast for a giant monster.
* ManBitesMan: Gnaws right into Godzilla's upper lip, along with the roof of his mouth, and effortlessly flings his ''20,000'' ton body right into the air using just his mouth.
* MegaMaelstrom: How he makes himself known to the world (as well as making his debut in the movie) when he uses his fan-like tail fin underwater to create a whirlpool, sinking a submarine operated by an expedition team who were trying to locate the remains of Mechagodzilla.
* MixAndMatchCritters: By looking at his design, he has the crocodilian jaw, lengthened neck, and the aquatic back fin of a Spinosaurus, and the shape of his head as seen from a sideview where his fins are placed on the sides of head looks something to that of a seahorse at certain angles.
* NonIndicativeName: He goes by the name of "Titanosaurus", which was a dinosaur that's related to a species of sauropods and he shares practically no resemblance to the actual real-life animal he's named after. Instead, he strongly looks more like an upright Spinosaurus with longer and extended fingers.
* OneShotCharacter: Downplayed; while he's only appeared in one film, because of his strong fanbase he has made numerous appearances in video games and comics.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Has maroon colored flesh that's also covered in dozens of black spots around his body, who is paired with [=MechaGodzilla=] as a duo and tasked with bringing destruction to humanity and their cities. This is drastically subverted earlier in the film where it's stated that Dr. Mafune saw him as a much more gentler and peaceful kaiju who wishes no harm on other beings, which makes his death all the more depressing since Godzilla, who was unaware of him being mind-controlled, merely just saw him as another antagonistic kaiju threat who's causing trouble to the world. If it weren't for Mafuni's technology using him as a living vessel for his vengeance, Godzilla would've likely spared him if given the chance that is.
* RevisitingTheRoots: After making odd sci-fi monsters like Gigan and Megalon, it was a step back to the old-days with Titanosaurus, a giant dinosaur with natural powers.
* SeaMonster: A giant surviving dinosaur that took to life in the oceans.
* ShootTheDog: On his own, he's harmless. But under alien control, he wreaks all kinds of havoc. Also on the receiving end, since Godzilla blasts him off a cliff into the ocean even after he's freed of the aliens' control and no longer a threat.
* SuperScream: In ''Godzilla: Unleashed'', his ranged weapon is a sonic beam. Explained by him using echolocation to navigate the dark depths, but ironic because his weakness in the movie was sonics. (A possible explanation for it is that Titanosaurus' natural sonar, probably used to navigate the depths of the ocean, where little light goes, is turned into a scrambled mess and renders his vision near-useless, but no official explanation is given).
* SuperStrength: Evidently, Titanosaurus is ''incredibly'' strong; strong enough to lift the equal-sized Godzilla by the upper jaw with his head alone. He could also send Godzilla sailing nearly to the horizon with a single kick.
* TragicMonster: Constantly being used and forced to do things beyond his control, he is finally free at the end, only to face the wrath of a tired and bitter Godzilla, who didn't know about the mind control. Katsura can also count, to an extent.
* UncertainDoom: After taking one final blast from Godzilla's Atomic Breath, he plummets over a cliffside and falls directly into the sea. Given that he's an aquatic monster, there's a possibility that he could've swam off somewhere deeper into the waves being undetected by Godzilla as soon as he sets foot in the ocean.
* VillainTeamUp: With Showa Mechagodzilla (although mind control was involved so the partnership wasn't exactly willing).
* WeaksauceWeakness: Averted. Titanosaurus is susceptible to sonic waves and they had to build a special weapon just to take him down. Without it the final battle may have gone very differently.
* {{Whateversaurus}}: He's some kind of aquatic dinosaur sort of resembling a spinosaur (but, weirdly, with a pair of antennae). He coincidentally has the same name as a real (and dubious) dinosaur genus, but bears no similarities.
* YourSizeMayVary: In one brief shot, Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus randomly look like they are the size of mountains, nearly filling up the sky, instead of about 50 and 60 meters tall respectively.

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[[folder:Varan]]
!!Varan
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/VaranTheUnbelievable'', 1958
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/VaranTheUnbelievable'' | ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''[[note]]stock footage[[/note]]

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A rare species of butterfly native to Sibera is found in Japan, and a pair of entomologists are sent to investigate. Two scientists lead the expedition, but are mysteriously crushed by an unknown entity. The natives of the area worship the creature named Varan, their mountain god. After a while, a young boy named Ken runs from the village after his dog, and when they find him again, the mountain god the villagers described, Varan, emerges. The villagers flee and Varan chases them, killing a priest and tearing the huts apart. Content, the beast returns to the lake.\\\

Reports of Varan's existence are sent to Japan, and they prepare for Varan's arrival. Varan does emerge, and is eventually distracted by light bombs. The creature then reveals large flaps of skin between its limbs, and leaps off the mountain and glides away. He returns, however, and the SDF's weaponry prove useless against Varan's armored hide. The beast goes unchallenged until Special Gunpowder-filled light bombs are set, and Varan devours two of them. The first one detonates, causing Varan to retreat into the ocean. Unfortunately for the creature, the second light bomb detonates and the creature is defeated.\\\

Varan (or a second of his kind) would later be rounded up to Monsterland in 1999, where he would live in peace until the Kilaaks take over Earth's monsters and unleash them upon humanity; though Varan, Baragon and Anguirus are unmentioned in the assault on mankind. Eventually, the humans break Varan and the other Earth kaiju free of the alien control and Varan observes the demise of King Ghidorah, then returning to Monsterland to live in peace.

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* AdaptationalBadass: In ''Godzilla: Unleashed''. Varan is the second-fastest Earth Defender, can chain his attacks together into devastating combos, and has great versatility with his gliding (he can even attack during it, and doing his uppercut punch allows him to glide indefinitely). His bite heavy attack also hits deceptively hard and can knock an opponent on its back.
* AdaptationalWimp: In ''Godzilla: Monster of Monsters'', he can't fly or swim, due largely to the fact that the monster fights take place in a featureless void.
* AscendedExtra: He appears in IDW's ''Rulers of Earth''.
* TheCameo:
** He was originally going to have a larger part in ''Destroy All Monsters!'', where he would have attacked San Francisco, but Toho had already blown half the budget on the new Godzilla and Anguirus costumes, giving no time to build a new Varan costume. So we got two quick shots of a Varan prop.
** He also shows up in ''Godzilla Monster of Monsters'' for the NES/Famicom.
* DemotedToExtra: After starring in his own film, he had a few, extremely brief, appearances in ''Destroy All Monsters'' equalling about ten seconds total, and has not appeared in a movie since.[[note]][[WhatCouldHaveBeen He was proposed for multiple films]] such as a draft of what ultimately became ''Godzilla Vs. Gigan'' and later a film that would serve as the finale of the Heisei series; he was also originally intended to star in ''Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack''. In the latter case, he was replaced by Ghidorah due to ExecutiveMeddling (because Toho wanted to play it safer with a more popular kaiju).[[/note]]
* FeedItABomb: How he was defeated in his debut film.
* FragileSpeedster: In ''Godzilla: Unleashed''. He's fast and agile, but his defenses are only mediocre. He must rely on his combo capability and speed to win.
* GiantFlyer: Actually a giant glider due to the design of its wings being similar to flying squirrels and lizards (which glide despite the name).
* LandSeaSky: Varan is described as a "triphibian", capable of flying (or more specifically, gliding), walking, and swimming.
* SuperScream: In ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' Varan is given the ability to project a tightly-focused beam of sound and a ball of sonic energy from his mouth. In his character description it's explained as a specialization of his ability to communicate vast distances using hypersonic sound waves.
* {{Yokai}}: Leaning on Varan's mountain god status and "Obake" description in the English dub, ''WebVideo/{{Godziban}}'' depicts Varan as a shapeshifter that can take on the disguise of a mammalian flying squirrel.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In ''Godzilla: Monster of Monsters'', he's bright purple.

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[[folder:Zone Fighter]]
!!Zone Fighter
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Series/ZoneFighter'', 1973
-->'''Played by:''' Kazuya Aoyama (also human form actor)
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Zone Fighter is an alien from the planet Peaceland who came to Earth along with his family after their homeworld was destroyed by the evil Garoga aliens, leaving them as the sole survivors. On Earth, the Zone family take on the secret identity of the Sakimori family, with Zone Fighter himself being the family's oldest child Hikaru. But with the Garoga having set their sights on Earth, the Zone family take the duty of thwarting their invasion plans. While their parents Yoichiro and Tsukiko and grandfather Raita provide support and monitoring, Hikaru, along with his sister Hotaru (Zone Angel) and his little brother Akira (Zone Junior), battle the Garoga in the field, assuming their superhero forms by chanting "Zone Fight Power". But when the Garoga unleash one of their Terror Beast kaiju, Zone Fighter himself shouts "Zone Double Fight" to increase his size to match those of the monsters and take them down.

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* AnIcePerson: His Meteor Freezer attack can eject a frosty mist that can he spray from his fingers.
* AlienInvasion: Subverted by Zone and his family who protect the Earth from kaiju called "Terror Beasts" but played straight by the vile Garoga who destroyed Planet Peaceland, Zone's homeworld.
* AttackReflector: Zone can make a force field shaped outline like a shield called the Meteor Reflection Barrier which sent King Ghidorah's Gravity Beams right back at him.
* AwesomeButImpractical: Zone Fighter can grow to a 62 meter tall, 55,000 tons giant sentai more powerful than Godzilla, but only for a few minutes.
* BashBrothers: In certain episodes of the series, Godzilla himself will actually come to his aid to even the odds if any Terror Beast is far too powerful for Zone Fighter to overcome. They truly are a powerful duo when it comes to kicking assess, and more often than not, Godzilla will save his life from getting curb-stomped and Zone Fighter likely does the same in sheer gratitude. They also shake hands in victory.
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Fought King Ghidorah in space and can even fly around without gravity affecting his mobility. Justified since he's an alien himself.
* CallingYourAttacks: Has a tendency to yell out many of his attacks in almost every episode whenever he's battling a Terror Beast. It's basically the go-to approach of Tokusatsu after all.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: His Zone Meter, the belt-like structure placed on his waistline, glows a certain color that indicates the varying levels of his power. It glows a blue when his strength is at its greatest capacity, yellow if his power is being drained from him, and when it reaches red, he has only has about 110 seconds left as he's on the verge of morphing back into his human form.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Engages in a competitive sparring bout with none other than Godzilla, a powerful kaiju who's seen as indestructible force and the 2 are seen to be seemingly evenly matched in terms of combat and strength. While Godzilla has had his own share of losses, Zone Fighter was able to best him in combat and topple him down with his Meteor Windmill and wins. Godzilla surprisingly takes this defeat with sheer sincerity afterwards.
* EnergyAbsorption: Only through his antenna whenever his proton power is extremely lowered as his energy can be rejuvenated with the help of Zone Angel and Zone Junior by sharing their own power into his.
* EyeScream: In one episode he karate chops a monster so hard his eyes pop out and then Zone Fighter rips them out!
* ForceAndFinesse: Any time he and Godzilla team up to face a Terror Beast, their own combat styles are highly different from one another since Zone, who's no slouch in strength, utilizes more of his advanced martial arts along with his agility, speed, evasion, and acrobatics while Goji fights more like a boxer by overpowering most of his enemies with his sheer brawn.
* GlassCannon: Zone Fighter can dish out a lot of damage but he has a hard time taking it, needing help from Godzilla on at least five separate occasions.
* GatlingGood: His notorious Meteor Missiles, which are barreled gauntlets that are wrapped around his wrists that launch numerous rounds of missiles at Terror Beasts, which is his primary FinishingMove against them. They're ''mostly'' powerful enough to kill any kaiju if they've taken enough damage that is. He's able to fully upgrade them into stronger variants, which is called Double Anti-Missile Might.
* InASingleBound: Even in kaiju size he can jump to impressive heights at 37 times his height, with almost gymnastic finesse. He even made Godzilla applaud him after sticking a landing during a sparring match.
* LightningBruiser: He can run and fly around at zooming speeds, and is able to overpower and kill almost any Terror Beast that comes in his way. He's called the ''Meteor Human'' for a reason.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His other shielding technique, the Meteor Zone Barrier, involves him creating a red door-shaped barrier that negates and actually halts any attack that's unable to bypass it.
* PowerSource: The Zone Marker (the antenna placed on his head) is where all of Zone Fighter's devastating powers are drawn from. The power he has in his giant form can only last for so long, but luckily for him, the antennas are easily replaceable and they can be refilled by Zone Angel and Zone Junior exchanging their own power into him. They also pilot a flying vehicle, named Smokey, where it can fire a beam into the antenna that can boost Zone Fighter's strength.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: His Meteor Punch technique allows him to punch at machine gun speeds.
* StrongAndSkilled: He's more than capable of duking it out against many Terror Beasts with a powerful combination of his giant form possessing kaiju-like levels of physical strength that's on par with Godzilla's, along with exhibiting a plenty amount of fighting abilities and skillful martial arts maneuvers.
* SuperPowerLottery: He is an absolutely powerful individual in his own right thanks to the crazy arrangement of powers he's been given. Aside from resorting to using his Meteor Missiles to dispatch Terror Beasts, Zone also possesses the power to [[KiManipulation fire arrow-shaped energy blasts from his hands and fingertips]], [[ShockAndAwe can make objects emit electricity by rubbing it on his body at high speeds]], has vast SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, is capable of creating [[BarrierWarrior powerful barriers]] [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe that can reflect attacks and defend himself]], and can fully breathe in the vacuum of space with no negative effects because of his alien physiology.
* SuperStrength: In one episode, he was shown to move a hillside without straining himself, and once held an incoming stomp of a Terror Beast when he was in his human form.
* SuperSpeed: It's stated in the ''Zone Fighter Pictorial Book'' that his running speed is around 1,000 kilometers an hour.
* SuperToughness: His own skin itself has the immense durability to go through such disastrous temperatures ranging from -150 degrees to 1,000 degrees.
* UltramanCopy: While he's got more grey and little red, much like Jet Jaguar, Zone was basically an attempt to cash in on the Ultraman craze.

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* GiantMook: Godzilla wipes the floor with them! No seriously he does!

* RedShirt: Just Watch '''Son of Godzilla'''. [[spoiler:Godzilla kills two of them. And the last one is eaten by Kumonga]].

* GutturalGrowler: How his roar sounds in the American version of ''Godzilla 2000'' as his vocalizations sound definitely low, deeper, and imposing that accurately fits his frighteningly massive figure, whereas in the Japanese version, his "roars" sounded more screechier and high-pitched.
** His roars sounded even more croaky and vicious in the Atari fighting games.

* SpikeBallsOfDoom: An unused weapon that Gigan would've used for ''The Return of King Ghidorah'', (one of the drafts for ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'') was being able [[https://wikizilla.org/w/images/2/28/The_return_of_king_ghidorah72_art_01.jpg to launch a mace-like projectile]] at his foes from his right arm.

* EvilIsHammy: Out of all the antagonistic and vile monsters in the Showa era, he possibly has all of them beat when it comes to expressing his ditzy mannerisms with an oddball outlook on fighting despite being a LaughablyEvil kaiju. His quirky personality may even rival that of Gigan, who's also a jovial psychopathic lunatic himself.