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3->''Up from the depths, 30 stories high, breathing fire, his head in the sky! Godzilla! Godzilla! Godzilla... and Godzooky.''
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5The giant radioactive dinosaur from the Japanese films headlined this animated ActionSeries, co-produced by Creator/HannaBarbera and Creator/{{Toho}} for Creator/{{NBC}} in United States in 1978, and TV Tokyo in Japan. It is an animated adaptation of the Japanese Godzilla films produced by Toho. The show continued to air until 1981, for a time airing in its own half-hour timeslot until its cancellation. It's now available to watch on the official Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel hosted by Toho [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg0UgpeODbGF3tBK0IVKOfzTM_DOpu7pE here]].
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7Here, Franchise/{{Godzilla}} had four human friends and a mischievous nephew, Godzooky. The series follows the adventures of a team of scientists on the research vessel called the Calico, which is headed by Captain Carl Majors. The rest of the crew include scientist Dr. Quinn Darien, her nephew Pete, and her research assistant/the ship's first mate, Brock. The group often call upon Godzilla by using a special communicator when in peril, such as attacks by other giant monsters or impending natural disasters. Godzooky is also able to howl to summon Godzilla.
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9The supporting segment, ''WesternAnimation/JanaOfTheJungle'', has its own entry.
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11See ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'' for TheNineties' ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' cartoon.
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14!''The Godzilla Power Hour'' provides examples of:
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16* AdaptationalHeroism: Unlike his film counterpart, Godzilla doesn't attack humans nor bear any ill will to them. In fact, humans see him as a hero without a hint of reluctance.
17* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Godzilla's atomic breath is changed into a more standard fire breath and he's also (rather jarringly) given EyeBeams as an additional power.
18* AliensAreBastards: The Frios Aliens in "The Deadly Asteroid".
19* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Often.
20* AllThereInTheManual: Exactly how did Godzilla & Godzooky first meet the ''Calico'' and its crew, anyway? Only the original production notes for the show ever divulged that information: [[spoiler:the ''Calico'' saved Godzooky from being entangled in some seaweed.]]
21* AlternateUniverse: The world where the Power Dragon and the people of ''The City in the Clouds'' came from. Godzilla got trapped there for a while until Quinn used the thought amplifier to make a portal for him.
22* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: There would be a brief exposition on a scientific instrument or phenomenon in each episode, thus providing an educational segment for the show.
23* AnimatedAdaptation: The first one starring Godzilla, but the second Godzilla production made solely in the US, as ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1977'' was released a year prior.
24** Possibly the third if you count the Godzilla recorded stories by Wonderland Records.
25* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: What Godzilla sometimes regards Godzooky as, and will roar at him to silence him.
26* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: "The Time Dragons" is rife with them. The Calico crew is threatened by a fang-toothed diplodocus, which is a real-life species that's one of the most famous herbivorous dinosaurs in the world. Only later when we meet [[{{AnachronismStew}}the nearby cavemen do we learn that the crew has traveled back in time only seventy thousand years!]]
27* {{Atlantis}}: It appears in the episode ''The Colossus of Atlantis''. It is a technologically advanced society which sank thousands of years ago due to an earthquake but now has risen again due to another. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that the city is an alien spaceship.[[note]]Atlantis being an alien city-ship would later be the premise of ''Series/StargateAtlantis''[[/note]]
28* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Godzilla himself, natch, as well as most of the creatures he was pitted against. Godzooky probably also counts, as he's so big his ''head'' is larger than most doorways and he tends to tower over his human companions. It's shown in the episode ''The Firebird'' that the main reason the Calico rarely uses what appears to be a set of optional hydrofoils to reach fairly impressive speeds is that he's so damn heavy he puts a lot of strain on the ship. Yet in the episode ''The Ghost Ship'' the Calico was able to use them while Godzooky was aboard.
29* BadassAndBaby: Godzilla and Godzooky.
30* BehemothBattle: Often Godzilla is called to fight other giant monsters.
31* BeneficialDisease: What Godzooky ''gives'' to Pete, thereby making him ImmuneToMindControl from Axor.
32* BigDamnHeroes. Godzilla owns this trope, but even Godzuki has his moments [[TheLoad when not trying to help Godzilla]], by coming to people's rescue. He's often saved humans fallen overboard from death by drowning/hypothermia.
33* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Watchuki tribe.
34* BlobMonster: The Breeder Beast, a protoplasmic blob that could metabolize any matter to grow bigger... and bigger...
35* BrainyBrunette: Dr. Quinn Darien.
36* BreathWeapon: Some of the giant monsters have this.
37** Godzilla himself can breathe fire instead of having an Atomic Breath. Said fire can reach temperatures that can melt rock as seen in certain episodes such as ''The Sub-Zero Terror'', ''The Beast of Storm Island'' and ''Valley of the Giants''.
38** Godzuki's attempts often result in smoke rings. He can use his smoke breath as a SmokeOut. He was able to breathe fire in the episode ''The Beast of Storm Island'' thanks to a temporary [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands power-up]].
39* TheCaptain: Capt. Carl Majors, although he really shares the leader position with Quinn.
40* ChekhovsGun: One episode had Dr. Darien inventing a new automated-microscope that can orient itself and home in on a small target to visualize within a room. As it happens, Godzilla is later shrunken to microscopic size and accidentally was released from his Petrie dish into the same room as that microscope and that device proves invaluable to locating the shrunken monster and delivering the cure to get him back to normal size.
41* ClassicalChimera: A chimera, depicted as a dragon-like beast with the head of a lion and horns of a goat, is one of the monsters in the episode "Island of Lost Ships". It spends most of the episode trapped inside a cage, being too powerful for the sirens to control. It is eventually released in the climax were it is mind-controlled (and merged with) by [[FusionDance the fused sirens]] in order to fight Godzilla. It is defeated by being tricked to run over the edge of a cliff, where it falls into the water and is destroyed.
42* CloneArmy: Dr. Voltrang has one of these, using his daughter as the template. When he tries to escape Godzilla after his giant squid is defeated, his escape boat is filled with at least a dozen of them.
43* ColonyDrop: In "The Deadly Asteroid", the Frios Aliens tried to use a large asteroid (which is their homeworld) to hit the Earth.
44* ContinuityNod: The penultimate episode "Island of Doom" plays the closest to the original ''Godzilla'' film, as Godzilla is attacked by the island's defense forces and has to rampage his way across to save the ''Calico'''s crew.
45* ConvectionSchmonvection: Episode one. The team brazenly walks right into the lava tubes of a recently-erupted volcano.
46* CoolShip: The ''Calico'', much like Creator/JacquesCousteau's ''Calypso'', but it has a swift hydrofoil mode.
47* CousinOliver: Godzooky. Technically averted as the character is there from the start, but definitely, a Cousin Oliver when the franchise as a whole is taken into consideration. And, yes, that includes the Son of Godzilla.
48* CryptidEpisode: "The Sub-Zero Terror" has the heroes encounter a race of yetis known as the Watchuki, along with their Godzilla-sized guardians, the Great Watchuka.
49* {{Crossover}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jktj_nd76aU With]] WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones.
50* CurbStompBattle: Godzilla effortlessly takes down a paramilitary organization known as 'COBRA'. ''[[Franchise/GIJoe No not that COBRA]]''; besides, this show's COBRA came first.
51* DestructiveSaviour: Subverted. Godzilla ''tries'' not to demolish anything.
52* DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks: The entire reason why Godzilla's helping mankind. After the crew of the Calico came to Godzooky's aid, the giant Kaiju is grateful [[DisproportionateReward and repays them with his continued protection]].
53** Then again, [[PerspectiveFlip from Godzilla's viewpoint]], he's [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter forcing the humans to look after Godzooky]] so [[ItsAllAboutMe he doesn't have to constantly deal with him]], so coming to their aid at [[BigDamnHeroes precisely the right moment]] at least once an episode is probably the absolute least he could do in return.
54* EnergyAbsorption: A few examples -
55** The Energy Beast fed on power from a hydroelectric dam to grow bigger and stronger.
56** Also, in a different episode, a turtle can feed on magnetic fields in order to increase in size and power.
57** The Megavolt Monsters needed to absorb energy from an electrical source near their home to use their powers. Without that energy to recharge, they shrank and were rendered powerless.
58* EternalEnglish: Despite traveling back to the time of the dinosaurs, the ''Calico'''s crew has no problems communicating with the local cavemen.
59* EvilTwin: In one episode, a MadScientist makes clones of the crew. In another episode, an alien [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]], the Energy Beast, impersonates Godzilla.
60* {{Expy}}: Many episodes' monsters and human characters are homages to classic monster and fantasy films, several of them being more or less comparable to Toho's own kaiju(at least the Showa era ones):
61** Godzooky resembled Minya from the actual Godzilla movies and has often been confused for the same character by casual viewers. He also has a resemblance to [[Film/VaranTheUnbelievable Varan]] being a triphibian (a creature that can operate on land, sea, and air).
62** The Magnetic Monster, a giant turtle arising from arctic ice, is a ShoutOut to Film/{{Gamera}}.
63** The Fire Bird is a stand-in for Film/{{Rodan}}.
64** The Eartheater is a stand-in for [[Film/FrankensteinConquersTheWorld Baragon]].
65** The Stone Creatures are a possible stand-in for [[Film/{{Mothra}} Larva Mothra]].
66** The Breeder Beast is a stand-in for [[Film/GodzillaVsHedorah Hedorah]].
67** The Great Watchuka is a possible homage to [[Film/KingKongVsGodzilla King Kong]].
68** The Cyclops is probably based on Creator/RayHarryhausen's Cyclops from ''Film/The7thVoyageOfSinbad.''
69** The lightning-breathing Power Dragon from "The City in the Clouds" could be considered a one-headed stand-in for King Ghidorah. The plot for that episode even borrows heavily from ''[[Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster Godzilla vs. Monster Zero]]''.
70** The glowing gas cloud that shrinks Godzilla and enlarges a fly is a shout-out to the ocean-going radioactive cloud in ''Film/TheIncredibleShrinkingMan.''
71** The mad biologist Dr. Votrang strongly resembles Charles Laughton as [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Dr. Moreau]] in ''Film/IslandOfLostSouls''.
72** Judging by both her M.O. and her hairstyle, Morphea is likely based on Magaera from Film/HammerHorror's ''Film/TheGorgon''.
73** COBRA is most likely based on the "Red Bamboo" from ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep''.
74** A more obscure source: the Cyborg Whale, built to rake the ocean for resources, was likely inspired by [[LivingShip Rorqual Maru the Godwhale]] from T.J. Bass's science fiction novel ''The Godwhale,'' which was created for the same purpose.
75** And the ''Calico'' and her crew are obviously based on Creator/JacquesCousteau and his ship the ''Calypso.''
76* EyeBeams: Godzilla has laser vision in addition to fire breath in this version (probably because lasers are easier to animate).
77* FantasyKitchenSink: A show where [[{{Kaiju}} giant monsters]], [[LivingStatue living statues]], [[AlienInvasion aliens]], [[AllMythsAreTrue mythological beasts]], and [[HumanPopsicle frozen U-boats]] are regular occurences for the crew of the ''Calico''.
78* FlawExploitation: Why Godzilla cannot use his full power against the [[HumanShield Cyborg Whale]], for fear of harming Brock and Pete, who are trapped inside.
79* ForScience: Captain Majors sometimes chides Dr. Darien for letting her curiosity lead her into danger. However, her scientific skills end up [[ScienceHero saving the day]] more often than not.
80* FusionDance: The three sirens can fuse into one larger being who then fused with the Chimera to fight Godzilla.
81* GeniusBruiser: There are times when Godzilla himself employs ingenuity, without instruction, and figures out the most practical way to deal with a problem, such as averting a nuclear reactor meltdown.
82* GiantFlyer: The Fire Bird, as well as several giant insects.
83** One can conclude that this is what Godzooky would become when he grows up.
84* GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: What the show implies Godzooky will eventually become. Given time, he will become as large and as powerful as Godzilla.
85* AGodAmI: Axor, a mutant cobra-eque kaiju, uniquely demands to be worshiped by humans as a god. By [[HypnoRay shooting mind-control rays]] over them (or any creature for that matter) will [[{{Mooks}} become his slave]].
86* GodzillaThreshold: Crossed once an episode.
87* GoodIsNotSoft: Godzilla may be benign in this incarnation, but the human cast are never complacent around him, sometimes nervous, knowing full well the monster can [[GiantFootOfStomping crush them out of existence at any given moment]], even if he didn't mean to. This is curious because Godzilla behaves more like a BruiserWithASoftCenter. Such as plucking up a construction worker from certain death. For comparison - ever tried to pick up a tiny bug without killing it? [[CrushingHandshake Its not that easy...]] Still, given that Godzilla shows absolutely no hesitation with killing his foes, it's probably wise to give the big guy some space.
88* HeroicSacrifice: Carl and Brock (who, with the ship, have been SwallowedWhole along with a lot of other random objects) are prepared to sacrifice themselves to save the world from the Magnetic Monster. They make it through okay, though.
89* HollywoodPrehistory: "The Time Dragons" has humans living side-by-side with dinosaurs.
90* HumanPopsicle: The frozen German submarine. Interestingly, since these Germans are from the ''First'' World War (and therefore ''not'' Nazis), they turn out to be perfectly decent folks once they finally realize they're in the future and the war is long over. [[DiabolusExNihilo Then a]] [[GiantSquid giant octopus]] attacks after being roused by the German's heat-seeking torpedo!
91** Also the Atlanteans.
92* HumongousMecha: The Colossus of Atlantis.
93* HypnoRay: Axor, the Monster of Storm Island, mind controls with rays.
94* IgnoredExpert: In a double [[ShoutOut shout-out,]] the one Atlantean scientist who tried to warn his people their city would sink was named ''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]-[[Franchise/{{Superman}} El]].''
95* IncredibleShrinkingMan: He even gets small enough in "[=MicroGodzilla=]" that ''bacteria in a petri dish'' become potential foes.
96** When the crew finds a cure for him, [[MakeMyMonsterGrow he starts to quickly rebound back to his normal size]], ''[[OhCrap while he's still on board the ship]]''.
97* InHarmsWay: Godzooky often does this [[CurbStompBattle trying to prove how courageous he is]].
98* IsleOfGiantHorrors: This happens several times throughout the series:
99** In one episode, appropriately titled "The Horror of Forgotten Island", the crew of the Calico found themselves on an island surrounded by a force field which imprisoned a mutant {{cyclops}} that could turn [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]].
100** There's also "Island of Lost Ships", where Godzilla fights a giant Chimera, and "The Beast of Storm Island", where a giant cobra monster with a [[AGodAmI god complex]] enslaved the entire human population of the island. Along with " The Colossus of Atlantis", where Godzilla faces the the titular HumongousMecha that has gone out of control. Given that the series follows the adventures of a scientific research vessel and thus spends a lot of time at sea, the writers certainly got a lot of mileage out of this trope.
101* JustInTime: Practically a CatchPhrase on the show.
102* {{Kaiju}}: Naturally, given [[TropeCodifier Godzilla]] is the main character.
103* KidAppealCharacter: Pete and Godzooky.
104* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl: Though the ''real'' signal device belonged to Captain Majors, Godzooky (Pete's pet super-lizard) could substitute when required.
105* KingKongCopy: As noted under Expy, the Great Watchuka is for all intents and purposes a stand-in for Kong. He even briefly abducts Quinn at one point then sets her atop a tall ledge to fight Godzilla unencumbered, not unlike how Kong treats Ann when he defends her from the Meat-Eater in the '33 film.
106* LifeDrain: The alien Energy Beast sucked some [[LifeEnergy energy]] straight from Godzilla and used this to mimic his appearance.
107* LighterAndSofter: Unlike the main series of films, Godzilla is a heroic entity here.
108** According to WordOfGod, It was due to a general opinion of the standards board of the time that the title character shouldn't be depicted demolishing large portions of the landscape and breathing radioactive breath, with any large amounts of damage being done by his enemies, instead of him.
109* LivingStatue: The Golden Guardians
110* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Godzooky is very attached to Pete, and as such, follows him around ''everywhere''.
111* MakingASplash: How Godzilla [[BigEntrance makes his big entrance]].
112* MonsterOfTheWeek: TropeCodifier, perhaps? Even if it had little to do with the plot, there was always an appropriately scaled Kaiju for Godzilla to throw down with, with "Island of Doom" the sole exception (where it's Godzilla vs a more traditional military).
113* MonumentalDamage: The United States Capitol loses its dome in ''The Breeder Beast'' when the titular monster ripped it off and chucked it at Godzilla who then destroyed it with his laser vision.
114* MoodWhiplash: Starts out with a kick-ass theme song until "...and Godzoookeeee..." turns it into a kiddie tune but after that ends, it is back to triumphantly saying "Godzilla".
115* MoralityChain: Godzuki to Godzilla. Otherwise, you'd be dealing with a more [[PersonOfMassDestruction traditional representation]] of the character.
116* MrExposition: Ms. Exposition in this case, as Dr. Darien would often explain scientific principles related to the episode or how the monsters could do what they were doing. Justified by her being the scientific expert of the ''Calico''.
117* NebulousEvilOrganisation: COBRA is one. It's never said what their goals are, but Captain Majors immediately recognizes their logo as bad news.
118* {{Nephewism}}: A double dose -- Godzooky, nephew of Godzilla, as well as Pete, Dr. Darien's nephew.
119* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: In addition to shooting laser beams from his eyes much like Superman's heat vision, Godzilla's trademark atomic breath is altered [[NuclearWeaponsTaboo so he breathes simple fire]].
120* NighInvulnerability: Godzilla for the most part. No matter what the threat, [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin he always triumphs no matter what]]. Admittedly, even the Toho version of Godzilla is depicted as being a nigh-unstoppable force of nature.
121* NotNowKiddo: Godzilla tends to brush off Godzooky's poor attempts at helping, even wagging his finger disapprovingly at him at one point.
122* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfUnits: As well as making errors in translation over Showa-era Godzilla's size, the writing staff by describing the King of monsters as ''"thirty stories high"'', went even further and made erroneous assumptions over ArtisticLicenseEngineering as well. A storey is not ever a measure of height, because there is '''no standard definition''' of how high a building storey should be. Because of this, Godzilla could be towering [[YourSizeMayVary anywhere between 300 to 400 feet tall]].
123* OhCisco: Godzuki often does something silly at the end of the episode with a member of the Calico crew commenting on it.
124* OhCrap: COBRA's leaders pretty much have this reaction when Godzilla starts stomping towards their main complex in "Island of Doom"
125-->''"He's coming after us!" (cue everyone running out of the building as fast as their legs will take them)''
126* PapaWolf: Attacking Godzooky when Godzilla looms overhead [[BerserkButton is the last thing you will ever do]].
127* {{Precursors}}: Some of the threats would come in the form of [[LostTechnology abandoned giant robots]] the [[AdvancedAncientHumans ancient Atlanteans and Egyptians]] left behind and have [[AIIsACrapshoot since gone rogue]].
128* ProfessionalWrestling: Godzilla's fights with other monsters turn into a [[GeniusBruiser wrestling match]] more often than not. Godzuki tries to turn it into a TagTeam, but fails [[TheLoad because he's Godzuki]].
129* RealityWarper: The Dream Stone, although it really only gets used to repeatedly bring the Golden Guardians to life. [[spoiler: It gets smashed]] before we learn if it could do anything else.
130* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The preserved World War 1 U-Boat captain is initially disbelieving that he'd been frozen for decades and the Great War had been long over, but he lets Captain Majors and Doctor Quinn show him the technology and recent news reports aboard the Calico. While shocked, he accepts they were telling the truth, apologizes for the misunderstanding, and tells them about what had happened to his crew.
131* RecklessSidekick: Godzooky.
132* TheRemnant: The Calico discovers a perfectly preserved [=WW1=] era U-Boat trapped in Arctic ice. The crew, upon exiting suspended animation sometime after the ship is freed, still think the Great War is still happening and fire upon the marked American vessel. The usually villainous aspect of the trope is averted soon after however, after the U-Boat captain and first-mate board the surrendering Calico and are shown future technology. While shocked, they realize the Calico crew is telling the truth, immediately call off hostilities and apologize for the misunderstanding. The ending of the episode has them looking forward to returning to a new peaceful Germany.
133* ScienceHero: The whole crew, but mostly Dr. Darien.
134* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Due to a translation error in the American version of the first G-film, [[LostInTranslation most Americans incorrectly believed that Godzilla]] was a LOT bigger than his actual canonical size at the time. Therefore the writers depicted him as being "30 stories high", which puts him in the region of a whopping 300-400ft in height. The Showa Era Kaiju King of monsters was actually topped at 160 feet. Its not until [[CanonUniverse Heisei Era]] does the monster reach that size and scale. And even then, this Godzilla is bigger and yet is dwarfed in the franchise by both the Film/MonsterVerse version and Godzilla Earth of the anime movie trilogy.
135* SeaMonster: The king of monsters himself can create whirlpools to drag his opponents down by simply swimming in a circle.
136* SealedEvilInACan: The Cyclops
137* SimpleYetAwesome: Who would have thought that Godzilla's ''clenched fist'' makes an [[ImprovisedArmor improvised submersible]] for us humans?
138* SlidingScaleOfAnimalCommunication: Godzooky can understand English, but he only makes Scooby Doo-esque grunts and yelps that ''Pete'' understands. Godzilla also seems to understand English and even occasionally says a single word amidst his various growls and roars: "[[BigYes Yeah]]". He even laughs like a human after sending a UFO back up into space in one episode.
139* SolidClouds: The city in the clouds in ''The City in the Clouds'' has and is made of these.
140* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Averted. Although Pete and Godzooky seem to communicate this way, Pete explains to a scientist they just rescued that it's less understanding Godzooky's grumbles and wails and more just knowing what he's thinking. The scientist catches on quick, noticing that Godzooky is about to take off from the Calico (against Pete's words) while Pete's back is turned.
141* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Godzooky is frequently spelled as "Godzooki" and "Godzuki".
142* SpotTheImposter: The fight between Godzilla and his evil energy-absorbing twin descends into a MirrorMatch, Godzuki determined to know who's his, gets too close. Then one of the Godzillas [[NotNowKiddo stops to pick him up]], the one and the original.
143* SummonBiggerFish: Calling for Godzilla.
144* SquareCubeLaw: Godzooky should ''not'' be able to fly with those tiny wings.
145* TagalongKid: Pete.
146* TokenMinority: Dr. Darien's assistant Brock.
147* TimeTravel: Happens a few times in the show.
148* UnstoppableRage: Often happens when a particular threat has ''[[BullyingTheDragon really angered]]'' Godzilla, the humans and Godzooky may sometimes struggle to communicate with him, or keep him calm.
149* WaistDeepOcean: No matter where the Calico was when they called Godzilla, the Kaiju king would come crashing out of the water, standing completely erect, [[WalkOnWater the water swirling around his ankles]].
150* WeirdnessMagnet: The ''Calico'' clearly is one.
151* TheWallsAreClosingIn: In the episode ''The Colossus of Atlantis'' the Calico was destroyed this way.
152* YourSizeMayVary: And vary it certainly does. Godzilla's size (and to a lesser extent Godzooky) shifts radically, sometimes within a single episode or even one scene. For instance, Godzilla's claw can wrap around a large ship, and only minutes later the team of scientists fits rather neatly on Godzilla's palm.

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