History Characters / GodzillaMechagodzilla

The Heisei Mechagodzilla was built by humans as a defense against Godzilla and other Kaiju, via reverse engineering the tech that created Mecha-King Ghidorah. It was given an artificial diamond coating that allowed it to absorb the energy of Godzilla's atomic breath and store it to its main weapon: the Plasma Grenade. Mechagodzilla battled Godzilla in Kyoto when he came to rescue Godzilla Jr. and ended up fighting Rodan as well. It was destroyed when Rodan died (who upon dying bequeathed its radioactive energy to Godzilla, granting Godzilla his red spiral breath), and Mechagodzilla's parts were used to construct MOGUERA in [[Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla the sequel]].

* AchillesHeel: Tremendous heat. Two of Mechagodzilla's strongest weapons, the Mega Buster and the Plasma Grenade, generate incredible heat and can only be used sparingly, lest the mech shut down and allow Godzilla to rush in and attack up close like he did during their final fight. In addition, after being powered up by Rodan, Godzilla emitted so much heat that Mechagodzilla's diamond coating melted, leaving it unable to absorb beams and rendering the Plasma Grenade useless.

* BeamOWar: Engages in one against Godzilla, but failed because it couldn't fire its Mega Buster for long enough.

* CripplingOverspecialization: This Mechagodzilla suffers even worse than its Showa counterpart, who was every bit as reliant on its weapons, but could at least hang for a bit in melee combat. This one is almost entirely specialized in ranged combat, preferring to take advantage of its Atomic Breath-resistant armor to keep Godzilla at bay while unloading into him from a distance. The instant Godzilla gets up close, however, the mech is soundly trounced.

* LongRangeFighter: At range, Mechagodzilla's array of weaponry combined with its beam-absorbing armor means that Godzilla is completely overwhelmed and could just possibly be killed. However, once the distance is closed it has just about no means of fighting back.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Two varieties of missiles: Paralyzer Missiles and Tranquilizer Missiles, one aimed high and one aimed low. Both are used to subdue and weaken Godzilla so that Mechagodzilla can fire its Shock Anchors.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: The Heisei Mecha was defeated in its first fight with Godzilla. By combining with Garuda it formed Super Mechagodzilla who put up a bigger fight and would have killed him for good were it not for Rodan's intervention.
* MightyGlacier: Even slower than Godzilla, but it doesn't need a whole lot of movement to make it hurt.
* ShockAndAwe: With two Shock Anchors, basically harpoons on cables, it can deliver cripplingly strong electricity into whatever they hit.
* SuperiorSuccessor: To Mecha-King Ghidorah. While Mecha-King Ghidorah proved to be a match for Godzilla, he was a GlassCannon who could only muster up a MutualKill that was non-lethal on Godzilla's end. Mechagodzilla on the other hand mortally wounded Rodan and nearly killed Godzilla, only failing because Rodan brought Godzilla back from near-death and granted him the [[EleventhHourSuperpower Red Spiral Ray]].

The Heisei Mechagodzilla was built by humans as a defense against Godzilla and other Kaiju, via reverse engineering the tech that created Mecha-King Ghidorah. It was given an artificial diamond coating that allowed it to absorb the energy of Godzilla's atomic breath and store it to its main weapon: the Plasma Grenade. Mechagodzilla battled Godzilla in Kyoto when he came to rescue Godzilla Jr. and ended up fighting Rodan as well. It was destroyed when Rodan died and gave Godzilla his red spiral breath, and its parts used to construct MOGUERA in [[Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla the sequel]].

The Heisei Mechagodzilla was built by humans as a defense against Godzilla and other Kaiju, via reverse engineering the tech that created Mecha-Ghidorah. It was given an artificial diamond coating that allowed it to absorb the energy of Godzilla's atomic breath and store it to its main weapon: the Plasma Grenade. Mechagodzilla II battled Godzilla in Kyoto when he came to rescue Godzilla Jr. and ended up fighting Rodan as well. It was destroyed when Rodan died and gave Godzilla his red spiral breath, and it's parts used to construct Moguera in [[Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla the sequel]].

* TheCameo: Briefly makes an appearance in the ending of the 1993 Godzilla arcade game, created before the movie itself. While only a little bit of him is visible in the story mode ending, in the arcade mode ending he appears in full.

* EagleLand: In the Mark Cersani books, Heisei Mechagodzilla was built by America and Japan, but more or less owned by the US. This is justified in the Cerasini books because not only have Godzilla and his fellow Kaiju become worldwide threats, a great chunk of the Kaiju are currently in or near the United States and there is a great deal of paranoia that Godzilla might decide to come ''back'' to the US and they barely survived their ''first'' go-round with him.
* EnergyAbsorption: Mechagodzilla could absorb energy from Godzilla and Rodan's [[BreathWeapon Breath Weapons]] and fire it back at them through its [[ChestBlaster Plasma Grenade]].
* EnemyMine: In Godzilla Legends against Hedorah with Godzilla. In the Mark Cerasini books with Godzilla and Moguera, all three of them joining against Mecha-King Ghidorah.
* FinalBoss: Heisei Mechagodzilla is the final boss of ''VideoGame/GodzillaDestroyAllMonstersMelee'' no matter who you play as (unless you use Mechagodzilla; then Mecha-Ghidorah takes over that role). Mechagodzilla 2 is also the final boss of ''Godzilla Battle Legends'' and ''Godzilla: Monster War''.

* HeroAntagonist: In its film debut, Mechagodzilla serves as humanity's weapon against Godzilla, who is pretty much the villain of the Hensei series up to this point. But the film is also a turning point for Godzilla to go from [[HeelFaceTurn villain to antihero]] with the presence of [[MoralityPet Baby Godzilla]], which is why Godzilla destroying Mechagodzilla at the climax is treated as a heroic triumph rather than a downer ending for humanity.
* HeroKiller: Cripples the second brain in Godzilla's waist(even during their first encounter Mechagodzilla had Godzilla backed into a corner until he reversed the electric current of its Shock Anchors), and mortally wounds Rodan, making him fit the "Killer" part to a tee; the "Hero" part depends on which side of the conflict you stand for.

* MidSeasonUpgrade: The Heisei Mecha was defeated in its first fight with Godzilla. By combining with Garuda it formed Super Mechagodzilla who put up a bigger fight and would have killed him for good without Rodan's intervention.

[[folder: Millennium Mechagodzilla AKA Kiryu]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: Kiryu, who went rogue upon its memories of being the original Godzilla being activated.
* AnIcePerson: Kiryu's Absolute Zero Cannon. [[EpicFail It fails to do much of anything to Godzilla, though.]] Well, other than punching a massive hole in his chest. Sorta.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The Absolute Zero Cannon. It freezes and crushes whatever it hits, but it requires Kiryu to stand still and charge it for several seconds, meaning Godzilla can either dodge or counter before it fires. In fact, the only time Kiryu successfully fires it AND hits Godzilla is at the very end of the movie. Kiryu charged it while carrying Godzilla out to sea. The most it did was punch through the skin on Godzilla's chest, which ''did'' give Godzilla a scar in the next film, but doesn't seem to have done anything beyond that.
* BreathWeapon: Kiryu's oral-mounted maser cannons.
* CoolSword: Kiryu's Electric Blade.

* FreezeRay: Kiryu's Absolute Zero Gun.
* GlassCannon: Kiryu. He's pretty quick and deal out plenty of damage, but can't take many hits compared to the first two incarnations of Mechagodzilla.

* MythologyGag: The first Millennium Mechagodzilla had a blue weapon-backpack (later silver) that looks awful similar to the Mechagodzilla-Garuda combo.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Kiryu's berserk mode sports red eyes upon remembering that he too is the original Godzilla being used a weapon.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Kiryu, though he didn't ''die'' per se; he just put himself at the bottom of the ocean.

* ShoutOut: Kiryu is a cyborg mech made from the corpse of a monster to fight other monsters, is possessed, and prone to going berserk. The ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' parallel is made even more explicit with promotional merchandise for ''Film/GodzillaResurgence'' including a model of Kiryu decked out in Unit-01's colors.
* TailSlap: Kiryu is the only [=MechaGodzilla=] to pull off the attack due to actually having a long, fully functional tail. In Tokyo SOS he flung his metallic tail at Godzilla that sent him crashing into a building.

* WalkingArmoury: Kiryu had all of the usual (missiles, lasers), as well as a CoolSword, and most notably a damn [[AnIcePerson Absolute Zero Cannon]] ([[{{Nerf}} replaced with the far less awesome tri-maser in ''Tokyo S.O.S'']].). Kiryu also had two separate ShoulderCannon add-ons.

[[folder: Anime Mechagodzilla AKA Mechagodzilla City]]

Mechagodzilla is various different robots throughout the Godzilla continuities whose primary similarities are being robotic dopplegangers of Godzilla who have enormous arsenals of weapons. Besides that, [[DependingOnTheWriter the depictions of a character have varied widely.]]

** {{BFS}}: Well, considering he's 50 metres tall...
* CripplingOverspecialization: The Showa and Heisei Mechagodzillas suffered this, as elaborated in their respective folders. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Kiryu, with a bit of FridgeLogic when you realize Kiryu wasn't designed purely to fight Godzilla, as every other version of the monster has been. The fourth Mechagodzilla attempted to subvert this, but it was simply too ''small'' to face Godzilla Earth.

* EyeScream: Heisei Mechagodzilla loses an eye to Rodan. Kiryu also lost the lens on his eye.
* HeroAntagonist: The Heisei and Millenium Mechagodzillas, both of which are owned and operated by the Japanese Self-Defence Force.
* HeroKiller: Mechagodzilla always comes very close to killing Godzilla.

** KillerRobot: The original Mechagodzilla was designed to murder anything it came across. Later versions were piloted by humans, although Kiryu still went berserk once.
** MechanicalMonster: The original Mechagodzilla may look like a clunky seventies robot, but is incredibly powerful nonetheless, and every bit as vicious/dangerous as this trope requires.
*** Heisei Mechagodzilla becomes this after [[EldritchAbomination King Ghidorah's]] soul decides to take over, in addition to being immensely powerful, in the manga adaptation of his film.
*** Kiryu becomes this in ''Godzilla X Mechagodzilla'' when he goes beserk.
** {{Robeast}}: All of them, but particularly the original Mechagodzilla.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: All of them to som extent, but it's Showa Mechagodzilla's specialty in particular.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: The Heisei Mecha was defeated in its first fight with Godzilla. By combining with Garuda it formed Super Mechagodzilla who put up a bigger fight and would have killed him for good without Rodan's intervention.
** Kiryu subverts this in its second movie. The freeze gun is too damaged, and is replaced with a tri-maser gun instead, a great deal weaker weapon.

** The Heisei Mechagodzilla also has weapons up the ass; he's practically armed to the teeth with weapons. [[JustifiedTrope Granted, he's an anti-Godzilla weapon...]]
* NighInvulnerability: All the Mechagodzillas are ridiculously hard to damage, standing up to repeated blows from Godzilla's radioactive breath (and in Showa Mechagodzilla's case, flat out {{No Sell}}ing it). This is in addition to whatever DeflectorShields and other forms of armour they might be equipped with.

* AchillesHeel: The Showa-era Mechagodzilla is at least partially reliant on external hardware for it to function properly. This vulnerability is only exploited after the battle is already won in its original appearance, but was a critical factor in ''Terror of Mechagodzilla''.
** In its original battle against Godzilla and King Caesar, Godzilla also exploited Mechagodzilla's complete absence of rear-facing weapon placements while flying to pull it in and successfully restrain it.

* {{Cyborg}}: In the dub of the 1974 film, Mechagodzilla is referred to as a cyborg, but no reason for it is given. The sequel, ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'', made the Showa incarnation [[BuffySpeak cyborg-ish]], in that it had a human control system, but lacked any organic parts in its own body.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'' is a darker and more serious film that dealt with questions of the humanity of a cyborg, love, and suicide, compared to ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla''. Mechagodzilla seems to lampshade this with his dark gray paint-job and spikier fingers.

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: In ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'' Mechagodzilla is beaten when his head torn off. In the next film Godzilla tries this again, only the aliens were ready for it. They made its head easier to snap off, freeing him, and gave him a secondary, smaller head in the neck. This head even had a beam weapon of its own.

* LogicalWeakness: The moment when Godzilla started to utilize [[EleventhHourSuperPower his magnetic abilities]], Mechagodzilla could only fly around so much until the robot was (literally) dragged down to ground level, right into Godzilla's grasp where he's unable to make a retreat.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Does this to Anguirus. It's not pretty or pleasant to watch, and mechanical or not, the bastard seems to enjoy doing it.

* SovietSuperscience: [[spoiler:The Showa Mechagodzilla is made by Russia in ''Rulers of Earth''.]]
* TinCanRobot: The original, proving that even the clunkiest, most barrel-bodied old-school robots can still be [[AxeCrazy bloody horrifying.]]

* ZergRush: [[spoiler:The mass-produced Showa Mechagodzillas do this to Godzilla in ''Rulers of Earth''.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: As opposed to the alien weapon built to conquer Earth in the Showa era, Mechagodzilla in the Heisei and Millennium eras was a man-made weapon designed to defend humanity from Godzilla. The latter was ''built on the bones'' of and has DNA from the ''original'' Godzilla from 1954.

** Design-wise, Kiryu also seems to experience RecursiveAdaptation from something the original Godzilla influenced: the Franchise/SuperSentai mecha [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Dragon Caesar]] / [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Dragonzord]]

The Heisei Mechagodzilla was built by humans as a defense against Godzilla and other Kaiju, via reverse engineering the tech that created Mecha-Ghidorah. It was given an artificial diamond coating that allowed it to absorb the energy of Godzilla's atomic breath and store it to its main weapon: the Plasma Grenade. Mechagodzilla II battled Godzilla in Kyoto when he came to rescue Godzilla Jr. and ended up fighting Rodan as well. It was destroyed when Rodan died and gave Godzilla his red spiral breath.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Tremendous heat. Two of Mechagodzilla's strongest weapons, the Mega Buster and the Plasma Grenade, generate incredible heat and can only be used sparingly, lest the mech shut down and allow Godzilla to rush in and attack up close like he did during their final fight. In addition, after being powered up by Rodan, Godzilla emitted so much heat that Mechagodzilla's diamond coating melted, leaving it unable to absorb beams and rendering the Plasma Grenade useless.

[[folder: Heisei Mechagodzilla AKA Super Mechagodzilla]]

[[folder: Heisei Mechagodzilla]]

Mechagodzilla is various different robots throughout the Godzilla continuities whose primary similarities are being robotic dopplegangers of Godzilla who have enormous arsenals of weapons. Besides that, [[DependingOnTheWriter the depictions of a character have varied widely.]]

* HeroAntagonist: In its film debut, Mechagodzilla serves as humanity's weapon against Godzilla, who is pretty much the villain of the Hensei series up to this point. But the film is also a turning point for Godzilla to turn from [[HeelFaceTurn villain to antihero]] with the presence of [[MoralityPet Baby Godzilla]], which is why Godzilla destroying Mechagodzilla at the climax is treated as a heroic triumph rather than a downer ending for humanity.

* CripplingOverspecialization: It seemed designed mostly to engage Godzilla at long range with its array of weapons, combined with its armor that gave it immunity to his Atomic Breath. While it proved fully capable of beating him if it stayed at distance, when he did manage to get up close to it to fight it hand to hand it was no match for him. It even lost an eye to Rodan when the pterosaur closed the distance.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: All of them to som extent, but it's Showa Mechagodzilla's specialtyin particular.

* TheDragon: Showa Mechagodzilla is this to the Simians in the films and the Vortaak in the video games.

The Heisei Mechagodzilla was built by Humans as a defense against Godzilla and other Kaiju, via reverse engineering the tech that created Mecha-Ghidorah. It was given an artificial diamond coating that allowed it to absorb the energy of Godzilla's atomic breath and store it to its main weapon: the Plasma Grenade. Mechagodzilla II battled Godzilla in Kyoto when he came to rescue Godzilla Jr. and ended up fighting Rodan as well. It was destroyed when Rodan died and gave Godzilla his red spiral breath.

Mechagodzilla is various different robots throughout the Godzilla continuities whose primary similarities are being robotic doppelgangers of Godzilla who have enormous arsenals of weapons. besides that, [[DependingOnTheWriter the depictions of a character have varied widely.]]

* CripplingOverspecialization: Heisei Mechagodzilla, which seemed designed mostly to engage Godzilla at long range with its weapons armor that gave it immunity to his Atomic Breath. While it proved fully capable of beating him if it stayed at distance, when he did manage to get up close to it to fight it hand to hand it was no match for him. It even lost an eye to Rodan when it got up close to it. The fourth Mechagodzilla attempted to subvert this, but it was simply too ''small'' to face Godzilla Earth.
** Showa Mechagodzilla had this issue as well; in a ranged battle it did perfectly fine. In melee, however, it became less effective. Kiryu seems to be the only one of the three Mechagodzilla incarnations to subvert this trope. FridgeLogic when you realize Kiryu wasn't designed purely to fight Godzilla, as every other version of the monster has been.
** All three, though, seem cripplingly overspecialized in separate things; MG'75 was a supporter, MG'93 was a LongRangeFighter and MG'02 was [[JackOfAllStats the genera]][[JackOfAllTrades lized combatant]].

* HeroKiller: Mechagodzilla always comes very close to killing Godzilla. The Showa era version plays this the straightest, as Godzilla was at his most heroic when the two of them clashed, and the big lizard had to ally with King Caesar to have even a hope of defeating him.
** The Heisei Mechagodzilla is arguably the only kaiju ever to succeed in killing Godzilla, and definitely succeeds in mortally wounding Rodan, making him fit the 'Killer' part to a tee; the "Hero" part depending on which side of the conflict you stand for.

* MacrossMissileMassacre: All of them, Showa Mechagodzilla's specialty.

* MightyGlacier: The Heisei incarnation, who is even less mobile than Godzilla, but packs more firepower.
* MoreDakka: Every Mechagodzilla unloads every single weapon at Godzilla at least once in every movie. Showa Mechagodzilla is especially notable for this.

* ShadowArchetype: In general all incarnations of MechaGodzilla are a reflection of Godzilla’s unnatural side and his mindless destructive nature showing what Godzilla would be if he was nothing but an unthinking weapon.
* WalkingArmoury: All of them. The original (a TinCanRobot if ever there was one) packed EyeBeams, a force field, a powerful [[PsychoElectro electric current]], a WaveMotionGun, forcefields, jets and enough missiles to equip the Red Army.
** The Heisei variant sported a BreathWeapon, EyeBeams, [[ShoulderCannon ShoulderCannons]] (when combined with Garuda), [[EnergyAbsorption Energy Absorbing]] armor, a ChestBlaster, paralysis and tranquiliser missiles, jets, shock cables and the G-Crusher.
** The Millennium had all of the usual (missiles, lasers), as well as a CoolSword, and most notably a damn [[AnIcePerson Absolute Zero Cannon]] ([[{{Nerf}} replaced with the far less awesome tri-maser in ''Tokyo S.O.S'']].). Kiryu also had two separate ShoulderCannon add-ons.

* AchillesHeel: The Showa-era Mechagodzilla is at least partially reliant on external hardware for it to function properly. This vulnerability is only exploited after the battle is already won iin its original appearance, but was a critical factor in ''Terror of Mechagodzilla''. In its original battle against Godzilla and Kind Caesar, Godzilla also exploited Mechagodzilla's complete absence of rear-facing weapon placements while flying to pull it in and successfully restrain it.

* AliensAreBastards: The Showa Mechagodzilla is easily the evilest of the three characters to carry the name, and alongside fellow aliens Ghidorah and Gigan is one of Godzilla's most brutal opponents in ''any'' incarnation.

* TheDragon: Showa Mechagodzilla is this to the Simians in the films and Vortaak in the video games.
* EvilKnockoff: Especially the first one, who was controlled by planet conquering aliens and had no qualms about killing pretty much anything that got in its way.
* InformedAttribute: Some sources describe the Showa Mechagodzilla as having the personality of a nihilistic assassin. However both his films only really show him off as a mindless weapon.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: In "G.vs.MG" Mecha is beaten by getting his head torn off. In "Terror" Godzilla tries this again, only the aliens were ready for it. They made Mecha's head easier to snap off, freeing him, and gave him a secondary, smaller head in the neck. This head even had a beam weapon of its own.

* KnightOfCerebus: Following four of the goofiest, campiest movies in the series, the two Showa Mechagodzilla movies returned to the series earlier DarkerAndEdgier tone.
* LightningBruiser: The original Mechagodzilla, who in addition to his firepower, could also fly so fast Godzilla struggled to even hit him.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Showa Mechagodzilla does this to Anguirus. It's not pretty or pleasant to watch, and mechanical or not, the bastard seems to enjoy doing it.
* OffWithHisHead: Showa Mechagodzilla was decapitated ''twice'' by Godzilla; only the first one stuck.
* PsychoElectro: The original could deploy a powerful electric current.

* RoboticReveal: Showa Mechagodzilla starts off in a Godzilla costume, but as he and Godzilla battle in a refinery, Mechagodzilla's "skin" keeps falling off and revealing its true identity. Anguirus also scrapes off one of the disguise's scales earlier in the movie.
* SoLastSeason: The second Showa Mecha could lose his head and keep fighting. Much to Godzilla's chagrin.

The Heisei Mechagodzilla was built by Humans as a defense against Godzilla and other Kaiju, via reverse engineering the tech that created Mecha-Ghidorah. It was given an artificial diamond coating that allowed it to absorb the energy of Godzilla's atomic breath and store it to its main weapon: the Plasma Grenade. Mechagodzilla II battled Godzilla in Kyoto when he came to rescue Godzilla Jr. and ended up fighting Rodan as well. Was destroyed when Rodan died and gave Godzilla his red spiral breath.

* BreathWeapon: Heisei's Megabuster.

* EnergyAbsorption: Heisei Mechagodzilla, which could absorb energy from Godzilla and Rodan's [[BreathWeapon Breath Weapons]] and fire it back at them through its [[ChestBlaster Plasma Grenade]].

* FinalBoss: Heisei Mechagodzilla is the final boss of ''VideoGame/GodzillaDestroyAllMonstersMelee'' no matter who you play as (unless you use Mechagodzilla; then Mecha-Ghidorah takes over that role). Mechagodzilla 2 is the final boss of ''Godzilla: Monster War''.

* TakingYouWithMe: Heisei Mechagodzilla attempts to self-destruct after latching himself onto Godzilla to destroy him as a last-ditch resort.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Kiryu, who went rogue upon its memories of being the original Godzilla being activated. Averted by the Showa version, which is every bit the bastard it was intended to be.

* {{Cyborg}}: Kiryu was made using the original Godzilla's skeleton and DNA. In the dub of the 1974 film, the first Mechagodzilla is referred to as a cyborg, but no reason for it is given. The sequel, ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'', made the Showa incarnation [[BuffySpeak cyborg-ish]], in that it had a human control system; but lacked any organic parts in its own body.

* GlassCannon: Kiryu. He's pretty quick and deal out plenty of damage, but can't take many hits.

* MythologyGag: The first Millennium Mechagodzilla had a blue weapon-backpack (later silver) that looks awful similar to the Mechagodzilla-Garuda combo. Also Showa's rainbow eyes were reincarnated as Heisei's mouth-beam attack.

* TailSlap: Kiryu is the only [=MechaGodzilla=] to pull off the attack. In Tokyo SOS he flung his metallic tail at Godzilla that sent him crashing into a building.

* MythologyGag: Mechagodzilla, while having a completely new redesign, is a calvacade of these.

* AchillesHeel: The Showa-era Mechagodzilla is at least partially reliant on external hardware for it to function properly. This vulnerability is only exploited after the battle is already won iin its original appearance, but was a critical factor in ''Terror of Mechagodzilla''. In its original battle against Godzilla and Kind Caesar, Godzilla also exploited Mechagodzilla's complete absence of rear-facing weapon placements while flying to pull it in and successfull restrain it.

* * ShadowArchetype: In general all incarnations of MechaGodzilla are a reflection of Godzilla’s unnatural side and his mindless destructive nature showing what Godzilla would be if he was nothing but an unthinking weapon.

* AlienInvasion: Showa Mechagodzilla, who serves as TheDragon to the Simians in the films. The Heisei Mechagodzilla is this to the Vortakk in ''Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee''. ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' has Showa Mechagodzilla back in this role alongside several other space monsters and Megalon.

[[folder: Millennium Mechagodzilla AKA Kiyu]]

* ThisIsADrill: Kiryu's drill hand

[[folder: Anime Mechagodzilla]]

-->''First appearance'': '''Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle''', 2018

* AliensAreBastards: The Showa Mechagodzilla is easily the evilest of the three characters to carry the name, and alongside fellow aliens Ghidorah and Gigan is one of Godzilla's most brutal opponents in ''any'' incarnation.

* AdaptationalBadass: In their respective movies, the Showa and Heisei Mechagodzillas were designed with ranged combat in mind, with little-to-no way of fighting hand-to-hand. This was because the hands of the suits were independent of the hands of the actor inside. In the video games, this isn't an issue, where they are often shown fighting other monsters hand-to-hand quite well.

* FinalBoss: Heisei Mechagodzilla is the final boss of ''VideoGame/GodzillaDestroyAllMonstersMelee'' no matter who you play as (unless you use Mechagodzilla; then Mecha-Ghidorah takes over that role). Mechagodzilla 2 is the final boss of ''Godzilla: Monster War''.

* FinalBoss: Heisei Mechagodzilla is the final boss of ''VideoGame/GodzillaDestroyAllMonstersMelee'' no matter who you play as (unless you use Mechagodzilla; then Mecha-Ghidorah takes over that role). Mechagodzilla 2 is the final boss of ''Godzilla: Monster War''.

The Millennium Mechagodzilla, also known as Kiryu, was also constructed by Man, this time using the bones of the first Godzilla that attacked Tokyo in 1954 as a base. It was armed with an Absolute Zero cannon, which could freeze targets solid. Unfortunately, it's OS was also tied to Godzilla's DNA, and it tended to suffer from the Call of the Wild a little too often...\\\