History Characters / GodzillaAlienRaces

* StupidEvil: To an extent, as their overreliance on technology ends up overruling common sense at times, such as giving Gengo cigarettes with transmitters in them instead of asking for his home address, thinking the heroes escape in a car (not realizing it could be a decoy) and most fatally, assuming the heroes would launch an attack via the Godzilla Tower elevator, realizing too late that they just shot an elevator full of explosives that kill them all.

* TheyLookLikeUsNow: They wear flesh-suits created from human bodies to disguise their true roach forms.

[[folder: In general]]

* DaylightHorror: Their vessel is solar-powered, and initially is only active during the day as a result. An attempt to destroy it with high explosives leads to the vessel simply absorbing all the energy and starting to move around at night.

->'''Voiced by:''' Ellen McLain

* BreakoutVillain: Initially just a one off villainous faction in their first appearance, the Xiliens have grown to become the most popular alien species in the franchise to the point of returning for ''Final Wars'' and being prominently featured in other Godzilla media such as the IDW Comics or the Pinball game.

!!The Cryog
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''ComicBook/GodzillaRulersOfEarth'', 2013

An alien race featured in ''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth''. Let's just say they have big plans for Earth.\\\

* BigBad: For the first portion of ''Rulers of Earth''.
** BigBadDuumvirate: With the Devonians.
* CanonForeigner: They are the first original alien race featured in the IDW Godzilla comics along with the Devonians.

* ShapeShifter: Wouldn't be Godzilla aliens without it.

!!Devonians
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''ComicBook/GodzillaRulersOfEarth'', 2013

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An alien race that appears in ''Rulers of Earth'' along with the Cryog. They have lived under water for centuries, until the Cryog approach them for an alliance.\\\

* BigBad: Of the first 12 issues of ''Godzilla: Rulers of the Earth''
** BigBadDuumvirate: Initially, with the Cryog. [[spoiler:Then they get tired of them]]...

* EvilerThanThou: On the winning end of this with the Cryog.

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Successfully, to the Cryog]].

!!Dianii
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (Dark Horse) #5''

* Our Giants Are Bigger: they have an average height of 25 meters (82.021 feet) which brings them closer to Godzilla's weight class.
* Proud Hunter Race: Unlike other aliens who seek to use the Kaiju as weapons for galactic conquest, the Dianii prefer to hunt them for sport.

!!Kilaaks
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'', 1968
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters''
-->'''Played by:''' Kyoko Ai

Yet another species of aliens attempting to invade the Earth. They hail from planet Kilaak, a world within the asteroid belt. Their 1999 invasion in ''Destroy All Monsters'' is the last faced by Earth in the original Godzilla continuity, making them the FinalBoss for the Showa series. They're quite open about their plans right from the beginning, and are well-versed in MindManipulation for humans and kaiju alike.\\\

!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/Godzilla2000''

!!M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'', 1972
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''
-->'''Played by:''' Zan Fujita (Fumio Sudo), Toshiaki Nishizawa (Kubota)

Aliens that resemble giant, sentient cockroaches, survivors of a world that was much like earth and which evolved sentience after its equivalent of humanity killed itself off through rampant pollution. They came to earth with plans to wipe out the human race and settle there themselves because, while they could survive in the pollution of their homeworld, the planet was so badly damaged it was dying and would soon no longer be able to support even their existence.\\\

* InsectoidAliens: Giant cockroaches.

!!Mysterians
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/TheMysterians'', 1957
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMysterians''
-->'''Played by:''' Yoshio Tsuchiya

A species of aliens from the now-lost planet of Mysteroid -- which became the asteroid belt after their nuclear war obliterated it a few thousand years ago. The modern Mysterians are still suffering severe long-term genetic illnesses from the fantastic amounts of Strontium-90 in their bodies. They try to take over the Earth partly in a desperate attempt to preserve their people and society, and partly to interbreed with humans in order to repair their disintegrating genetic code.\\\

!!Simeans
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'', 1974
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' | ''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla''
-->'''Played by:''' Goro Mutsumi

A species of ape-like aliens from a planet that's progressively getting sucked into a black hole. They arrive with their superweapon Mechagodzilla in 1973 in ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'', only to have their plan thwarted. They make another crack at it in ''Terror of Mechagodzilla''. They also return in the Dark Horse comics, and the IDW series.\\\

* AlienBlood: It's a grayish-green color.

!!Space Amoeba
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/SpaceAmoeba'', 1970
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/SpaceAmoeba''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Ichiro Murakoshi

A strange amoeba-like entity that took over the automatic Helios-7 Space capsule while it was en route to Jupiter. It sent the capsule back to Earth, where it splashed down off the coast of Sergio Island. It possessed a local sea monster named Gezora, and began a campaign of terror that involved controlling and mutating several local animals, and even a person. Why? To TakeOverTheWorld, of course!\\\

!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''

-->'''Voiced by:''' Ellen McLain

* {{Expy}}: They bear a physical and aesthetic resemblance to the Xiliens.

!!Xiliens
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'', 1965
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''
-->'''Played by:''' Yoshio Tsuchiya (Showa), Kazuki Kitamura (Millennium)

A race hailing from the mysterious Planet X which, just like all other alien races in Godzilla canon, have come to conquer the Earth for themselves (and enslave mankind on top of that), using mind-controlled kaiju as their primary means of invasion.\\\

* AliensAreBastards: It's pretty much a rule for alien races in the Toho verse to be invading jackasses who want to take over Earth and subjugate humanity.

[[folder:Mysterians]]
!!Mysterians
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/TheMysterians'', 1957
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/TheMysterians''
-->'''Played by:''' Yoshio Tsuchiya

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mysterians.JPG]]

A species of aliens from the now-lost planet of Mysteroid -- which became the asteroid belt after their nuclear war obliterated it a few thousand years ago. The modern Mysterians are still suffering severe long-term genetic illnesses from the fantastic amounts of Strontium-90 in their bodies. They try to take over the Earth partly in a desperate attempt to preserve their people and society, and partly to interbreed with humans in order to repair their disintegrating genetic code.\\\

[[folder:Space Hunter Nebula M Aliens]]
!!Space Hunter Nebula M Aliens
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'', 1972
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''
-->'''Played by:''' Zan Fujita (Fumio Sudo), Toshiaki Nishizawa (Kubota)

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NebulaM_Hunters-Roach_9567.jpg]]

Aliens that resemble giant, sentient cockroaches, survivors of a world that was much like earth and which evolved sentience after its equivalent of humanity killed itself off through rampant pollution. They came to earth with plans to wipe out the human race and settle there themselves because, while they could survive in the pollution of their homeworld, the planet was so badly damaged it was dying and would soon no longer be able to support even their existence.\\\

Kaiju minions: King Ghidorah, Gigan.

* AncientAstronauts: In ''Godzilla: Rage Across Time'' it's revealed that they were actually the Mongols (and the "divine wind" which drove them away from Japan was Godzilla).
* CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth: They came to rule Space Hunter Nebula M after the previous human-like race died out.
* CreepyCockroach: Another in a long line of hostile alien invaders to Earth and their true forms resemble man-size roaches.
* InsectoidAliens: Giant cockroaches.
* IntelligentGerbil: They're aliens that look exactly like human-sized cockroaches.
* InvadingRefugees: Their homeworld is gradually being polluted beyond habitation for even cockroach people, so they decided to invade Earth because it's similar to their homeworld before it got so polluted.
* TheShadowKnows: How their identity is revealed.
* ShapeShifter: It's ambiguous as to how exactly the aliens assume human form, but this is the most likely candidate.
* StupidEvil: To an extent, as their overreliance on technology ends up overruling common sense at times, such as giving Gengo cigarettes with transmitters in them instead of asking for his home address, thinking the heroes escape in a car (not realizing it could be a decoy) and most fatally, assuming the heroes would launch an attack via the Godzilla Tower elevator, realizing too late that they just shot an elevator full of explosives that kill them all.
* TheyLookLikeUsNow: They wear flesh-suits created from human bodies to disguise their true roach forms.
* VillainTeamUp: In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', they help the Seatopians with their destruction of the surface humans by sending Gigan over to partner up with Megalon. In ''Godzilla Island'' they also send Gigan over to help with a Xilien attack.

[[folder:Venusians]]
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''
The people of Venus, who were savaged by King Ghidorah in the BackStory.

* HomeworldEvacuation: The only ones to survive Ghidorah's rampage did so by fleeing their planet.
* RacialRemnant: Some of them conceived HalfHumanHybrid children after going to Earth, but the pureblooded Venusians are long-gone and their remaining descendants are indistinguishable from humans and don't even seem to be aware of their heritage.
* TokenGoodTeammate: They are the only aliens in the franchise to never have the remotest intention of harming or subjugating anyone on Earth. Part of the reason Ghidorah hurt them so badly was because they were a peaceful people unprepared to defend themsleves.

[[folder:Vortaak]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Ellen McLain
A race of warmongering aliens from the ''VideoGame/PipeworksGodzillaTrilogy'' who plunder planets for resources. It's what they do. With Earth, they've found a much more effective way of conquest: controlling the kaiju. After their first defeat, their queen Vorticia personally oversees the second and third invasion attempts.
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* BigBad: Serve this role in Destroy All Monsters Melee and Save The Earth.
* BigBadWannabe: Zigzaged in Unleashed. In most campaigns they're demoted to this status by Spacegodzilla, reduced to one of several factions fighting over the fate of the Earth. But if you play as a Kaiju from the Alien faction and beat the game, they'll win in the end and conquer the Earth for themselves as they enslave humanity. Unless you get the Titan Ending, in which case their own Kaiju will turn against them and destroy the planet.
* {{Expy}}: They bear a physical and aesthetic resemblance to the Xiliens.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Vorticia is the Queen of the Vortaak and the BigBad of Save The Earth and BigBadWannabe of Unleashed.
* LaughablyEvil: The Vortaak soldier in Destroy All Monsters Melee is not exactly good at announcing his race's intentions to conquer Earth.
[[/folder]]

* Expy: They bear a physical and aesthetic resemblance to the Xiliens.

[[folder:Venusians]]
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''
The people of Venus, who were savaged by King Ghidorah in the BackStory.
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* HomeworldEvacuation: The only ones to survive Ghidorah's rampage did so by fleeing their planet.
* RacialRemnant: Some of them conceived HalfHumanHybrid children after going to Earth, but the pureblooded Venusians are long-gone and their remaining descendants are indistinguishable from humans and don't even seem to be aware of their heritage.
* TokenGoodTeammate: They are the only aliens in the franchise to never have the remotest intention of harming or subjugating anyone on Earth. Part of the reason Ghidorah hurt them so badly was because they were a peaceful people unprepared to defend themsleves.
[[/folder]]

HauntedTechnology: Exactly what happened to them after their vessel crashed is a bit nebulous, but by the modern day, they’re still inside their vessel and controlling it, though their physical bodies are long gone.

* BigBadWannabe: Zigzaged in Unleashed. In most campaigns they're demoted to status by Spacegodzilla, reduced to one of several factions fighting over the fate of the Earth. But if you play as a Kaiju from the Alien faction and beat the game, they'll win in the end and conquer the Earth for themselves as they enslave humanity. Unless you get the Titan Ending, in which case their own Kaiju will turn against them and destroy the planet.

* BigBad: Serve this role in Destroy All Monsters Melee and Save The Earth. They're demoted to BigBadWannabe status in Unleashed by Spacegodzilla.

A race of aliens that had lost their physical forms prior to Godzilla 2000, now believing Godzilla's healing factor is the key to regaining them

[[folder:Millenians]]

[[folder: Vortaak]]

[[folder: Millenians]]

[[folder:Space Hunter Nebula M Aliens]]
!!Space Hunter Nebula M Aliens
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'', 1972
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/NebulaM_Hunters-Roach_9567.jpg]]

Aliens that resemble giant, sentient cockroaches, survivors of a world that was much like earth and which evolved sentience after its equivalent of humanity killed itself off through rampant pollution. They came to earth with plans to wipe out the human race and settle there themselves because, while they could survive in the pollution of their homeworld, the planet was so badly damaged it was dying and would soon no longer be able to support even their existence.\\\

Kaiju minions: King Ghidorah, Gigan.

* AncientAstronauts: In ''Godzilla: Rage Across Time'' it's revealed that they were actually the Mongols (and the "divine wind" which drove them away from Japan was Godzilla).
* CockroachesWillRuleTheEarth: They came to rule Space Hunter Nebula M after the previous human-like race died out.
* CreepyCockroach: Another in a long line of hostile alien invaders to Earth and their true forms resemble man-size roaches.
* InsectoidAliens: Giant cockroaches.
* IntelligentGerbil: They're aliens that look exactly like human-sized cockroaches.
* InvadingRefugees: Their homeworld is gradually being polluted beyond habitation for even cockroach people, so they decided to invade Earth because it's similar to their homeworld before it got so polluted.
* TheShadowKnows: How their identity is revealed.
* ShapeShifter: It's ambiguous as to how exactly the aliens assume human form, but this is the most likely candidate.
* StupidEvil: To an extent, as their overreliance on technology ends up overruling common sense at times, such as giving Gengo cigarettes with transmitters in them instead of asking for his home address, thinking the heroes escape in a car (not realizing it could be a decoy) and most fatally, assuming the heroes would launch an attack via the Godzilla Tower elevator, realizing too late that they just shot an elevator full of explosives that kill them all.
* TheyLookLikeUsNow: They wear flesh-suits created from human bodies to disguise their true roach forms.
* VillainTeamUp: In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', they help the Seatopians with their destruction of the surface humans by sending Gigan over to partner up with Megalon. In ''Godzilla Island'' they also send Gigan over to help with a Xilien attack.

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

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yog.JPG]]

A strange amoeba-like entity that took over the automatic Helios-7 Space capsule while it was en route to Jupiter. It sent the capsule back to Earth, where it splashed down off the coast of Sergio Island. It possessed a local sea monster named Gezora, and began a campaign of terror that involved controlling and mutating several local animals, and even a person. Why? To TakeOverTheWorld, of course!\\\

* AsteroidsMonster: When Ganimes is blown apart by explosives, Yog is split into three parts. This just lets it take over more individuals at once.
* EldritchAbomination: It's surprisingly difficult to pin down exactly what Yog really is. It seems to be somewhere between a BlobMonster and an EnergyBeing, with a host of bizarre powers and abilities. It definitely has the look and name of a Lovecraftian creation down.
* EldritchTransformation: Can do this to animals it possesses. It seems to be able to turn this ability on and off at will. It's hinted that it possessed a couple of crabs to turn them into Ganimes, and a turtle to transform it into Kamoebas.
* KillItWithFire: Extremely high temperatures are the only known way to really destroy Yog for good.
* MakerOfMonsters: Can possess animals and turn them into kaiju.
* MindHive: The original English dub has Yog explain themselves as being "a colony of Astro-Quasars".
* PowerEchoes: Yog has an echoing voice, even while speaking through a human being.
* PuppeteerParasite: Yog's favored M.O., it can take over people, machines, and animals, and even kaiju, since it's hinted Gezora was a giant before Yog even showed up.
* RedRightHand: After being taken over by Yog, Obata quickly develops CreepyShadowedUndereyes.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Sonar waves -- even those produced by animals -- can disrupt its hold on its victims. Gezora is forced to retreat after running into a pod of dolphins. Later, Kamoebas and Ganimes are driven mad by a swarm of bats. Obata is forced to try to burn every bat on the island in their caves.

Kaiju minions: Gigan, Orga

* AlienInvasion: Well, duh.
* AliensAreBastards: Duh, again.

Kaiju minions: Manda, Gezora, Titanosaurus, Destoroyah, Biollante

* AlienInvasion: An interesting example as they colonized Earth long ago.
* AliensAreBastards: Standard Godzilla trope.

* AlienInvasion: Are much more up-front about it than most aliens in the franchise, immediately taking over Monsterland and announcing themselves to the world when the Moonlight SY-3's crew goes to investigate.
* AliensAreBastards: As per usual.

* AlienInvasion: The first in the Toho lineup.
* AliensAreBastards: Desperate, greedy bastards.

* AlienInvasion: Indeed, though they seem to put all their eggs in one basket with Mechagodzilla.
* AliensAreBastards: As per usual.

* AlienInvasion: Using Gigan and King Ghidorah.
* AliensAreBastards: What else to say?

[[folder:Xiliens]]
!!Xiliens
!!!'''First appearance:''' ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'', 1965
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'' | ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xiliens_showa.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see the Xiliens in ''Godzilla: Final Wars'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xiliens_millennium.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

A race hailing from the mysterious Planet X which, just like all other alien races in Godzilla canon, have come to conquer the Earth for themselves (and enslave mankind on top of that), using mind-controlled kaiju as their primary means of invasion.\\\

* AliensAreBastards: Like every other alien species in the series, but it ''is'' shown both times that some are less despicable than others.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In both appearances, the Xiliens put on a guise of peace when they show themselves to mankind, only to reveal their intentions were hostile from the very beginning later on.
* BizarreSexualDimorphism: In ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'', all Xillien women look [[DittoAliens exactly alike.]]
* BoldlyComing: Sometime in the past, Millennium Xiliens and humans interbred, creating super-powered hybrid mutants to those that inherited these crossed genes.
* EngineeredHeroics: In ''Final Wars'', they teleported away all the kaiju that were attacking the Earth and declared they had saved mankind, but ''not'' revealing that they had been controlling the monsters the whole time.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Although in the end he still wanted to conquer the Earth and harvest humans for their mitochondria, the Xilien Commander in ''Final Wars'' wanted their invasion to be as nonviolent as possible and discreetly taking humans for harvesting. Unfortunately, his subordinate didn't have the same morals, [[KlingonPromotion killing him]], and taking over the planet by a show of destructive force and then intending to enslave the survivors as livestock.
* HumanoidAliens: The ''Final Wars'' iteration wear human disguises over their real bodies, which sort of resemble bio-mechanical FishPeople.
* RubberForeheadAliens: The Showa version, which resemble extremely pale humans with mechanical implants. All they have to do is tan themselves and they can easily pass off as a regular human.
* FlyingSaucer: The Showa Xiliens use them as their primary mode of transport.
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: Downplayed. When the Millennium Xiliens are killed their human disguises messily burst open to reveal their true inhuman appearances underneath.
* TheyLookLikeUsNow: Both incarnations put on human disguises. The Showa version are very pale and tan themselves to pass off as human, while the Millennium version wear artificial human skins in order [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith to appear more amicable to the actual humans]].
* ToServeMan: The ''Final Wars'' versions intend to make humanity into their personal cattle and harvest their mitochondria.
* TokenHeroicOrc: The Showa Xiliens have Namikawa, who was sent to Earth as a spy, [[BecomingTheMask but came to sincerely care]] for her human lover and eventually reveals the Xiliens' secret weakness to him, resulting in her execution but allowing the invasion to be thwarted. It ''is'' implied there are other more peaceful Xiliens on their homeworld however.
* TranslatorMicrobes: The Showa Xiliens use a universal translator to communicate with humans.
* TheUnblinking: The only detail that reveals the Millennium Xiliens as not really being humans while they're disguised is the fact they don't blink.
* WeaksauceWeakness: The Showa Xiliens are extremely vulnerable to certain high-frequency sounds, which can paralyze them with pain.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: Gold is so common on Planet X that it's basically dismissed as junk. Water, on the other hand, is rare and valuable enough that it's their primary incentive to invade Earth.

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

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yog.JPG]]

A strange amoeba-like entity that took over the automatic Helios-7 Space capsule while it was en route to Jupiter. It sent the capsule back to Earth, where it splashed down off the coast of Sergio Island. It possessed a local sea monster named Gezora, and began a campaign of terror that involved controlling and mutating several local animals, and even a person. Why? To TakeOverTheWorld, of course!\\\

* AliensAreBastards: A surprisingly creepy example.
* AsteroidsMonster: When Ganimes is blown apart by explosives, Yog is split into three parts. This just lets it take over more individuals at once.
* EldritchAbomination: It's surprisingly difficult to pin down exactly what Yog really is. It seems to be somewhere between a BlobMonster and an EnergyBeing, with a host of bizarre powers and abilities. It definitely has the look and name of a Lovecraftian creation down.
* EldritchTransformation: Can do this to animals it possesses. It seems to be able to turn this ability on and off at will. It's hinted that it possessed a couple of crabs to turn them into Ganimes, and a turtle to transform it into Kamoebas.
* KillItWithFire: Extremely high temperatures are the only known way to really destroy Yog for good.
* MakerOfMonsters: Can possess animals and turn them into kaiju.
* MindHive: The original English dub has Yog explain themselves as being "a colony of Astro-Quasars".
* PowerEchoes: Yog has an echoing voice, even while speaking through a human being.
* PuppeteerParasite: Yog's favored M.O., it can take over people, machines, and animals, and even kaiju, since it's hinted Gezora was a giant before Yog even showed up.
* RedRightHand: After being taken over by Yog, Obata quickly develops CreepyShadowedUndereyes.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Sonar waves -- even those produced by animals -- can disrupt its hold on its victims. Gezora is forced to retreat after running into a pod of dolphins. Later, Kamoebas and Ganimes are driven mad by a swarm of bats. Obata is forced to try to burn every bat on the island in their caves.