History Franchise / Godzilla

* ''ComicBook/GodzillaHereThereBeDragons''

* ''I'm Home! Chibi Godzilla'' (2020-present)

** Godzilla: Final Wars was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally written so that the eponymous monster was a grown-up Godzilla Junior,]] which would have tied it to the Heisei series. For unknown reasons, this concept was never used in the finished product, and Final Wars instead takes place in its own continuity.

** The Millennium series all share the original movie as {{Backstory}}, but only two of them have any continuity with each other.

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

** After his HeelFaceTurn, the Showa (1955-1975) incarnation of Godzilla is a more heroic character that protects earth from various evil forces.

** Godzilla can ''fly without wings'' (or anti-gravity), but he loses his primary form of ranged combat while he's in flight.

* AscendedExtra (or possibly EnsembleDarkHorse): Bagan. Was considered (and passed on) for multiple films until finally appearing in the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} game ''Super Godzilla''. He has yet to make another appearance in any media, though he was considered for ''Unleashed''.

* AnimatedAdaptation: He [[Series/{{Godzilland}} has]] [[WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour had]] [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries three]] of them! 1998 Zilla is canonically recognized as a totally separate monster. There's also an anime movie coming out in 2017.

*** Though to be fair Kig Caesar was doing pretty well agianst Mechagodzillia until he used his missle fingers. If he did'nt have those its very possible King C. would have won.

** ''[[ComicBook/GodzillaVsMightyMorphinPowerRangers Godzilla vs. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers]]''[[note]]{{Crossover}} with ''Franchise/PowerRangers''[[/note]]

* NoPronunciationGuide: Most of the older French dubs rather blatantly pronounce Godzilla as "Godziya" because of the double L sound.

* HotScientist: ''Final Wars'' has Miyuki Otanashi; a biologist assigned by the U.N., played by Rei Kikukawa. Ozaki even lampshades this for the audience, saying "Are you really a biologist? You look more like a model."

* ''Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest''

* ''Godzilla vs Gigan'' (2022)

* ''Godzilla vs Gigan Rex'' (2022)

* A currently untitled film directed by Takashi Yamazaki (2023)

[[TheDreaded The legendary king of the monsters]]. [[NuclearNasty The atomic dinosaur]]. [[BeastOfTheApocalypse Death, the destroyer of worlds.]] [[GaiasVengeance The invincible force of nature, and the key to all coexistence]]. [[WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour Up from the depths, 30 stories high, breathing fire, his head in the sky,]] '''''GODZILLA!!!'''''

* NuclearNasty: One of THE TropeMakers.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: [[PrehistoricMonster Mutant dinosaurs the size of skyscrapers]], that is.

Creator/{{Toho}}'s Godzilla films are traditionally categorized into eras, according to when they were made: '''Showa''' (1954-1975), '''Heisei''' (1984-1995), '''Millennium''' (1999-2004) and '''Reiwa''' (2016-). Each era has its own look-and-feel, particularly in its special effects but also in its plotlines, with the Showa series going from grim and serious to balls-off-the-walls goofy, the Heisei series having a more serious tone and an episodic continuity, and the Millennium series being an {{Anthology}} series of self-contained films (excepting the Mechagodzilla ones) that wavered between serious and campy. ''Film/ShinGodzilla'', released in 2016, was retroactively declared the first film of the Reiwa era, the latest era in the franchise, which technically began with the ascension of Naruhito to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019. Toho announced they are looking forward to releasing new Godzilla movies every 1 or 2 years starting in 2021 with their "World of Godzilla" universe.

* TurtlePower: Kameba/Kamoebas in ''Space Amoeba''. Though it doesn't save him from being killed by Godzilla in ''Tokyo S.O.S''.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: Although the ending of ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' was not an example of this, major chunks of character development were cut and replaced with scenes involving U.N. scientists and exposition dedicated to explaining bizarre and nonsensical pseudoscience. Though almost the entire soundtrack was replaced with the one from ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' (According to U.S. producer John Beck, it sounded less "oriental"), the [[{{Misblamed}} ending remains the same]] save one minor alteration omitting Godzilla's roar at the end, which covertly implied that Kong had won.

** Kiryu's ultimate weapon, the [[KillItWithIce Absolute Zero Cannon]]. It was capable of obliterating anything in a single shot, (in a [[IncrediblyLamePun rather cool]] aversion of the HarmlessFreezing trope) but it was highly telegraphed and it could only be fired once per battle before having to reload it at the HQ.

%%* DoAnythingRobot: Jet Jaguar.

%%* ManEatingPlant: Biollante.

%%* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Jet Jaguar.

%%* OminousFloatingSpaceship seen in Godzilla: Final Wars

** Both American films are simply titled ''Godzilla'' — although since the original's American title was ''Godzilla: The King of Monsters'', the 1998 one averts this.
%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath:
** Mecha-King Ghidorah and MOGERA (sort of).
** Kiryu, who just happens to a cyborg version of the 1954 Godzilla.

* TranslationNod: The big guy is known in his native Japan as ''Gojira,'' but is arguably better known globally by his Westernized name. This has been referenced in a few different films:

* DoAnythingRobot: Jet Jaguar. Though, considering he was [[GaryStu designed by a little kid and became best friends with the main character...]]