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An executive of the Apex Cybernetics precursor, Applied Experimental Technologies, who directly supervised their Seattle-based office and is involved on May Olowe-Hewitt (Corah Mateo's) past.

!!'''Coral Mateo'''

* DefectorFromDecadence: She used to work for a Seattle-based tech innovation company called Applied Experimental Technologies, [[spoiler:the direct precursor to Apex Cybernetics,]] until she discovered their secret project where they were conducting extremely horrific neural implant-based experiments on chimpanzees with cybernetics. She promptly wiped the company's database on moral principle [[spoiler:at the cost of her bef=ing forced to go on the run]].

A multinational corporation invested in technological advances and the human mind, who are hiding a sinister corporate conspiracy that is connected to Godzilla's rampage.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: A monster variation. They're breeding Skullcrawlers in captivity and then [[spoiler:throwing them at Mechagodzilla as target practice]]. Using captive Titans in such a way as this is something Monarch would never even ''consider'' doing.

* ConnectedAllAlong: A reveal later in the movie [[spoiler:-- that they have the skull of Ghidorah's leftover severed head from ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'', which they're using as part of Mechagodzilla's brain --]] indicates that Apex probably had offscreen interaction with Alan Jonah and his eco-terrorist paramilitary before the movie began. The novelization elaborates, [[spoiler:stating that Walter Simmons purchased Ghidorah's remains from an international criminal who contacted him; one who's all but stated to be Jonah (an ironic interaction, given that Jonah and Apex's respective objectives and their respective worldviews on humans and Titans are very diametric)]].

* VilerNewVillain: Compared to the [[EcoTerrorist eco-terrorists]] from ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'', Apex are also entirely willing to put millions of innocent people in mortal peril order to further their own ends, and they're also led by a dangerous and ultimately self-centered NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist. However, the eco-terrorists at least had a legitimate provocation with their pointers that the idiotic and/or misguided [[TheGovernment government]] and military were about to try exterminating the Titans (which would have likely spelled more trouble than it's worth for humanity in the bigger picture), and Monarch wasn't doing enough to stop that from happening; and the eco-terrorists are presented as [[VillainHasAPoint having a point in the end]] about the benefits of Titans returning to the world. Apex on the other hand have taken virtually nothing away from the events of ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' (which proved that humans can coexist with Titans if they learn to respect nature more), [[spoiler:starting an unprovoked and costly war with Godzilla for entirely impractical and petty ambition]], and the film doesn't present them as having any legitimate points in their defensive arguments: they're just a chauvinist EvilReactionary organization driven by petty, pointless, overbloated pride, and the world would still be in a better place if they'd never acted.

A roguish American ex-patriate who accompanies Kentaro and Cate Randa on their investigation into their father's disappearance.

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'''[[center:[-[[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong King Kong]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMothra Mothra]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMUTO MUTO]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Skull Island Kaiju & Other Creatures]]-]]]'''

* EvilCounterpart: To Monarch. They're both organizations with futuristic hi-tech, bases and outposts on multiple continents, and an active interest in the Titans and the Hollow Earth. But whereas Monarch are mostly naturalists, are highly reverent of the Titans, care about human lives, and attempt to preserve the peace between man and Titan; Apex are modernist human [[{{Pride}} hubris personified]], they're solely committed to overpowering the Titans in the name of "humanity", they don't give a damn how many civilians have to die in the crossfire for their EngineeredHeroics, and they actively go looking to start a fight against Godzilla unprovoked. This is somewhat {{lampshaded}} as an InUniverse case in supplementary Franchise/MonsterVerse materials; which state that Apex have been shadowing Monarch everywhere that the latter organization had a presence for years, and the sourcebook for ''Kong: Skull Island Cinematic Adventure'' makes Monarch and Apex out to be sister organizations ever since the events of ''Film/Godzilla2014''.

** '''Lust:''' Non-sexual. Apex want to {{take over the world}} via a practically ''insane'' methodology, but they specifically want to be loved and hailed by the world as heroes, using EngineeredHeroics, which is fitting since their leader Walter Simmons is a {{narcissist}}. On a more individual basis; Maia Simmons is implied to be a WellDoneDaughterGirl who craves approval from a father whose [[TheSociopath pathology]] would mean that he's only capable of giving her the most fragile love at best, and Ren Serizawa craves the attention of a neglectful father who is now dead and he craves revenge on an AnimalisticAbomination who doesn't even know what its existence cost Ren.
** '''Gluttony:''' They greedily threaten to, in Ilene Andrews' words, "strip [the HollowEarth GreenRocks] for parts" so they can power Mechagodzilla (since the latter requires a truly ''insane'' amount of power to function for more than two minutes), without regards for the potential risks in disrupting such a little-understood part of ''[[PlanetaryCoreManipulation the planet's core]]''. Additionally, earlier drafts of the movie would have depicted Apex harvesting the life force of the Titans that Mechagodzilla kills to be used as fuel.
** '''Greed:''' They're already excessively wealthy, being worth at least ''billions'' of dollars (potentially even trillions depending on how they amassed the funds for Mechagodzilla's budget [[https://www.reddit.com/r/GODZILLA/comments/niq8wk/hey_rgodzilla_jared_krichevsky_here_designer_of/gz3ey6n/ here]]), and they still want even more material gain via [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]].
** '''Sloth:''' Unlike Preston Packard and Alan Jonah, Walter Simmons relegates all the dirty work to his underlings, and he spends most of his time sitting comfortably inside his corporate facilities while he watches his evil plan pan out. The novelization even notes that Simmons hasn't accomplished all that much himself as an individual, and he has a habit of taking the credit for the accomplishments of others. Furthermore, whilst Apex ''have'' developed some truly astounding and groundbreaking new technology, when it comes to their evil plan to usurp the Alpha Titans, they tend to use {{black box}}es scavenged from the Titans themselves or the Hollow Earth in order to make it work instead of patiently developing a more reliable and understood means on their own; which can be justified by the novelization explaining that Apex would otherwise need to wait decades to realize their plan's success, and also by (A) Apex being [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist not-so-well-intentioned extremists]] whom have convinced themselves that they're "solving" an urgent Titan problem in the world, and (B) Walter Simmons likely not having that long to live and see his drream come true since he's already in middle age.

** '''{{Pride}}:''' The worst of the seven sins is also, fittingly, Apex's defining characteristic. In a setting filled with human arrogance causing catastrophic Titan problems, Apex are easily among the most prideful characters of all. They're extremely proud of human ingenuity and their own technological accomplishments, and even after the Titans have already trampled over humanity more than once as a result of mankind's less radical efforts to combat them going horribly wrong; [[spoiler:Apex are convinced they're going to upstage the Titans and {{take over the world}} by implementing an even ''more'' radical and reckless scheme that involves reanimating [[OmnicidalManiac Ghidorah]]'s undead skull and connecting it to a GreenRocks-filled [[HumongousMecha artificial Alpha Titan]] -- and they're [[TooDumbToLive genuinely blindsided]] when [[EvilIsNotAToy the predictable happens]]]].

* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: DownplayedTrope.

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''' [[center:[-[[Characters/MonsterVerseAlanJonah Alan Jonah]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseRenSerizawa Ren Serizawa]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseWalterSimmons Walter Simmons]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Families]] ([[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell Dr. Emma Russell]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell Dr. Mark Russell]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMadisonRussell Madison Russell]]) | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Monarch]] ([[Characters/MonsterVerseIshiroSerizawa Dr. Ishirō Serizawa]]) | [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Skull Island Expeditions]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseUSGovernmentAndMilitary US Government & Military]]-]]]'''

!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MaeWhitman

* KatanasAreJustBetter: He wielded a Type 98 ''shin-guntō'' that, despite being a cheap, mass-produced sword, was more-than effective at slicing up monsters without rusting, breaking, or losing its edge for 28 years.

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** '''Sloth:''' Unlike Preston Packard and Alan Jonah, Walter Simmons relegates all the dirty work to his underlings, and he spends most of his time sitting comfortably inside his corporate facilities while he watches his evil plan pan out. The novelization even notes that Simmons hasn't accomplished all that much himself as an individual, and he has a habit of taking the credit for the accomplishments of others. Furthermore, whilst Apex ''have'' developed some truly astounding and groundbreaking new technology, when it comes to their evil plan to usurp the Alpha Titans, they tend to use {{black box}}es scavenged from the Titans themselves or the Hollow Earth in order to make it work instead of patiently developing a more reliable and understood means on their own; which can be justified by the novelization explaining that Apex would otherwise need to wait decades to realize their plan's success, and also by (A) Apex being [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist not-so-well-intentioned extremists]] whom have convinced themselves that they're "solving" an urgent Titan problem in the world, and (B) Walter Simmons likely not having that long to live since he's already in middle age.

** '''{{Pride}}:''' The worst of the seven sins is also, fittingly, Apex's defining characteristic. In a setting filled with human arrogance causing catastrophic Titan problems, Apex are easily among the most prideful characters of all. They're extremely proud of human ingenuity and their own technological accomplishments, and even after the Titans have already trampled over humanity more than once as a result of mankind's less radical efforts to combat them going horribly wrong; [[spoiler:Apex are convinced they're going to upstage he Titans and {{take over the world}} by implementing an even ''more'' radical and reckless scheme that involves reanimating [[OmnicidalManiac Ghidorah]]'s undead skull and connecting it to a GreenRocks-filled [[HumongousMecha artificial Alpha Titan]] -- and they're [[TooDumbToLive genuinely blindsided]] when [[EvilIsNotAToy the predictable happens]]]].

* UngratefulBitch: She and everyone else on the ship carrying Kong would have drowned when Godzilla capsized it if Kong didn't flip the ship back over. Despite that, she still belittles him, [[spoiler:and she even orders her pilot to shoot at him to get him out of her way]].

** '''Lust:''' Non-sexual. Apex want to {{take over the world}} via a practically ''insane'' methodology, but they specifically want to be loved and hailed by the world as heroes, using EngineeredHeroics, which is fitting since their leader Walter Simmons is a {{narcissist}}. On a more individual basis; Walter Simmons is implied to be a WellDoneDaughterGirl who craves approval from a father whose [[TheSociopath pathology]] would mean that he's only capable of giving her the most fragile love at best, and Ren Serizawa craves the attention of a neglectful father who is now dead and he craves revenge on an AnimalisticAbomination who doesn't even know what its existence cost Ren.

** '''Envy:''' They want to kill and usurp Godzilla so that they can assume his position as the reigning alpha over the other monsters and the dominant lifeform on Earth, feeling insulted and slighted that they aren't in Godzilla's shoes as the apex power of the planet. On an individual basis, the novelization also reveals that Ren is motivated by envy that Godzilla drew his father's attention away from him and he regards Godzilla as something of [[CainAndAbel an Abel to his Cain]].

** '''Lust:''' Non-sexual. Apex want to {{take over the world}} but they ''specifically'' want to be loved and hailed by the world as heroes, using EngineeredHeroics, which is fitting since their leader Walter Simmons is a {{narcissist}}. On a more individual basis, Maia Simmons is implied to be a WellDoneDaughterGirl who craves approval from a father whose [[TheSociopath pathology]] would mean that he's only capable of giving her the most fragile love at best, and Ren Serizawa craves the attention of a neglectful father who is now dead and he craves revenge on an AnimalisticAbomination who doesn't even know what its existence cost Ren.
** '''Gluttony:''' They greedily threaten to, in Ilene Andrews' words, "strip [the HollowEarth GreenRocks] for parts" so they can power Mechagodzilla (since the latter requires a truly ''insane'' amount of power to function for more than two minutes), without regards for the consequences of disrupting such a little-understood part of the planet's core. Additionally, earlier drafts of the movie would have revealed that Apex essentially "eat" the life force of the Titans that Mechagodzilla kills, capturing said life energy and storing it for fuel.

** '''Sloth:''' Unlike Preston Packard and Alan Jonah, Walter Simmons relegates all the dirty work to his underlings, and he spends most of his time sitting comfortably inside his corporate facilities while he watches his evil plan pan out. The novelization even notes that Simmons hasn't accomplished all that much himself as an individual, and he has a habit of taking the credit for the accomplishments of others. Furthermore, whilst Apex ''have'' developed some truly astounding and groundbreaking new technology, when it comes to their evil plan to usurp the Alpha Titans, they tend to use {{black box}}es scavenged from Ghidorah's anatomy or the Hollow Earth in order to make it work instead of patiently developing a more reliable and understood means on their own; which can be justified by the novelization explaining that Apex would otherwise need to wait decades to realize their plan's success, and also by (A) Apex being [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist not-so-well-intentioned extremists]] whom have convinced themselves that they're "solving" an urgent Titan problem in the world, and (B) Walter Simmons likely not having that long to live since he's already in middle age.

** '''Envy:''' They want to kill and usurp Godzilla so that they can assume his position as the reigning alpha over the other monsters and the dominant lifeform on Earth, feeling insulted and slighted that they aren't in Godzilla's shoes as the apex power of the planet.

** '''{{Pride}}:''' Their defining characteristic. In a setting filled with human arrogance causing catastrophic Titan problems, Apex are easily among the most prideful characters of all. They're extremely proud of human ingenuity and their own technological accomplishments, and even after the Titans have already trampled over humanity more than once as a result of mankind's less radical efforts to combat them going horribly wrong; [[spoiler:Apex are convinced they're going to upstage he Titans and {{take over the world}} by implementing an even ''more'' radical and reckless scheme that involves reanimating [[OmnicidalManiac Ghidorah]]'s undead skull and connecting it to a GreenRocks-filled [[HumongousMecha artificial Alpha Titan]] -- and they're [[TooDumbToLive genuinely blindsided]] when [[EvilIsNotAToy the predictable happens]]]].

** '''Lust:''' Non-sexual. Apex want to {{take over the world}} but they ''specifically'' want to be loved and hailed by the world as heroes, using EngineeredHeroics, which is fitting since their leader Walter Simmons is a {{narcissist}}. On a more individual basis, Maia Simmons is implied to be a WellDoneDaughterGirl who craves approval from a father whose [[TheSociopath pathology]] would mean that he's only capable of the most fragile love at best, and Ren Serizawa craves the attention of a father who is now dead and he craves revenge on an AnimalisticAbomination who doesn't even know what its existence cost Ren.

** '''Sloth:''' Unlike Preston Packard and Alan Jonah, Walter Simmons relegates all the dirty work to his underlings, and he spends most of his time sitting comfortably inside his corporate facilities while he watches his evil plan pan out. The novelization even notes that Simmons hasn't accomplished all that much himself as an individual, and he has a habit of taking the credit for the accomplishments of others.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Being a {{wild child}} with {{no social skills}}, she's ''[[BrutalHonesty very]]'' [[BrutalHonesty blunt]], and she isn't always considerate about how it affects the people around her, [[spoiler:such as dropping the bombshell that Mike's "dying" on Charlie without elaborating]].