History Film / GodzillaVsBiollante

* LackOfEmpathy: The Saradia president doesn't care that numerous lives will be lost if Godzilla is released, onl y that his country comes out on top in the biotech race.

* FreezeFrameBonus: In Gondo's office, as the camera pans towards a door, it is possible to see two unusual objects on his desk. Firstly, a statue of Godzilla in his ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' appearance is on top of the desk. However, the second object is more...frightening. Resting against the wall is the '''Oxygen Destroyer''' from the 1954 film. How the military managed to get their hands on a copy of the superweapon is unfathomable. A less horrifying posibility is that it was salvaged after the events of the 1954 film and kept by the JSDF as a memento of Godzilla's defeat.
** It's entirely possible that the navy or someone did dredge the sea (once it was safe) and recovered the containment unit for the oxygen destroyer, as it was made of metal and could very well have survived. The chemical composition of whatever causes the de-oxyfication process was lost and could not fall into the wrong hands, which is the important thing.
** Another possibility is that it's meant to be either a sculpture of the weapon or a replica of the weapon.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: One of the biggest threats early on in the movie is the threat of Godzilla being released from the volcano he's trapped in, with it basically being used as blackmail in order for the terrorist group to get what they want. Given what Godzilla represents, it can easily be taken as an allegory for another bomb being threaten to be dropped on Japan.

[[caption-width-right:220:[[UsefulNotes/ParentalGuidanceSuggestedRating Rated PG]] for "traditional Godzilla violence".]]

''Godzilla vs. Biollante'' is the seventeenth ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' film and sequel to ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla''. Directed and written by Kazuki Omori, the film is notable for introducing psychic Miki Saegusa (Megumi Odaka), who would go on to become the longest serving human character in the Godzilla series. The story originates from a script contest Creator/{{Toho}} held, which was eventually won by a dentist named Shinichiro Kobayashi. This would be the last Godzilla film to be distributed to the United States due to the incident with ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'', which would not be released until 1998 to tie in with the [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} first American film]]. The film is, rather imaginatively, titled ''Gojira tai Biorante'' in Japan.

World politics are kept and joined with the dark underbelly of energy revolution and espionage. After Godzilla's rampage in Tokyo, various groups scramble to get their hands on Godzilla's cells for their own profit. In spite of four years passing since Godzilla's fall into Mt. Mihara the Japanese have created counter measures for Godzilla and wish to use his cells to create a defense against him, with fears they will create a greater threat. However, Dr. Genshiro Shiragami (Koji Takahashi) has already taken one step too far into learning the unknown…

** Godzilla’s, too. Refer to the scene where Biollante [[ImpaledPalm spears his hand through]] with a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade sharpened]] [[CombatTentacles vine]].

* BigBadWannabe: What Bio-Major ends up being in the long run. [=SSS9=] and Biollante end up killing several of their agents, and even when Lee manages to hold Japan hostage with bombs planted around the volcano holding Godzilla, SS9 still ruins the plan, kills Lee and takes off with the G-Cells. After that they cease to factor any further in the film's story.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Godzilla began his rematch with Biollante after being infected by the Anti-Nuclear-Energy-Bacteria. Though he still puts up a valiant fight and forces her to retreat, his strength and stamina were clearly fading as the fight dragged on and his Atomic Breath was getting weaker with each use.

* EvilVsEvil: Neither the Saradia Institute or Biomajor are particularly sympathetic, both being ruthless corporations willing to commit murder in order to take the G-Cells for their own benefit and oppose each other purely for those reasons, with Japan caught in the middle of their corporate war.

* LighterAndSofter: Still very, very dark and only lighter because there isn't a nuclear war hanging over the entire film.

* BigBadEnsemble: At first the plot is driven by John Lee and SS9 competing against each other to get their hands on Godzilla's Cells for their respective employers, Biomajor and a Saradian corporation. SS9 wins and continues being a threat after killing Lee, but his actions also cause Godzilla to escape from his volcano prison and become the more immediate threat.
* BigBadWannabe: What Biomajor ends up being in the long run. SS9 and Biollante end up killing several of their agents, and even when Lee manages to hold Japan hostage with bombs planted around the volcano holding Godzilla, SS9 still ruins the plan, kills Lee and takes off with the G-Cells. After that they cease to factor any further in the film's story.

-->-- Lt. Goro Gondo

-->"''To be honest, I'm kind of hoping that he [Godzilla] '''does''' show up again. Otherwise, I'll be out of a job.''"
--> ~ Lt. Goro Gondo