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* RollerbladeGood: She becomes this in the TimeSkip under the nickname "Kaiju Queen".

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* RollerbladeGood: She becomes this in the TimeSkip under the nickname "Kaiju Queen".Cutie".
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* GottaHaveBlueHair: She has pink hair prior to the TimeSkip.

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* GottaHaveBlueHair: She has pink hair prior to the TimeSkip.

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!Jeremy
--> IDW Publishing "''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth''"

*JerkAss: He pushes Kristina out of the way while running from Varan.
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!Kristina Sumre
--> IDW Publishing "''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth''"
* GottaHavePinkHair
* HeteroSexualLifePartner: With Lucy.
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!Lucy Casprell
--> IDW Publishing "''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth''"

* {{Adorkable}}: She is a huge Kaiju enthusiast and immediately brightens up when she's given a chance to work on one of the Monster Islands.
* HeterosexualLifePartner: With Kristina.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: This happens to her twice. The first time is when she goes out to videotape Zilla's attack on Honolulu, which nearly results in her being eaten and the second time is when she lets Gaira out of his containment cell.
* RollerbladeGood: She becomes this in the TimeSkip under the nickname "Kaiju Queen".
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* ScrewTheRulesImdoingwhatsright: NOTHING, not even court martials can stop him from doing his job.

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* {{Badass}}: This man can survive in extreme temperatures (80-90 degrees Celsius) while his super powered crews can't; hits his superior during a court martial (Normally carries a death penalty but he's such a badass they only send him to the punishment room); fight toe to toe with super powered aliens; and gives the Big G a DeathGlare. Defender of the Earth indeed.

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* {{Badass}}: This man can survive in extreme temperatures (80-90 degrees Celsius) while his super powered crews can't; hits his superior during a court martial (Normally carries a death penalty but he's such a badass they only send him to the punishment room); actually sealed Godzilla once; fight toe to toe with super powered aliens; and gives the Big G a DeathGlare.DeathGlare. While others think that sealing Godzilla is a dreaded or even nigh impossible job, he treats it like a stroll in the park. Defender of the Earth indeed.



** BadassNormal: The most ass-kicking normal person in the movie.

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* BigShutUp: Delivers one to his superior when she calls up to chastise him about almost sinking the Gotengo.


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* {{Badass}}

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* {{Badass}}{{Badass}}: This man can survive in extreme temperatures (80-90 degrees Celsius) while his super powered crews can't; hits his superior during a court martial (Normally carries a death penalty but he's such a badass they only send him to the punishment room); fight toe to toe with super powered aliens; and gives the Big G a DeathGlare. Defender of the Earth indeed.



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* {{Badass}}{{Badass}}: This is your middle name when [[spoiler: pilot a submersible near the Big G, get eaten, and drill your way out, seemingly killing it.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Takashi Shimura originally appeared in many Creator/AkiraKurosawa films, most notably ''TheSevenSamurai'' and ''Ikiru'', as he would later go on to be in other Kaiju films.



* NamesTheSame: Not THAT SteveMartin. When he was reintroduced to the ''Godzilla'' franchise after the real life actor had become famous, they had to refer to his character as just "Mr. Martin" to avoid any confusion.

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* NamesTheSame: Not THAT SteveMartin. When he was reintroduced to the ''Godzilla'' franchise after the real life actor had become famous, they had to refer to his character as just "Mr. Martin" to avoid any confusion.



!Advertising Director Yoshio Tako

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* CanonImmigrant: So far, she (along with [[spoiler: the Simeons]]) are the only canonical Godzilla characters to appear in the official IDW Godzilla comics.
* TheOtherDarrin: She has been portrayed by no less than [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpjbmq_the-many-voices-of-miki-saegusa_shortfilms six different]] voice actresses in the international dubs.
** Averted for the Japanese actress. In every single one of her roles, she is portrayed by the same person, Megumi Odaka, making Odaka the most recurring actress in the Godzilla series.

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* CanonImmigrant: So far, she (along with [[spoiler: the Simeons]]) are the only canonical Godzilla characters to appear in the official IDW Godzilla comics. \n* TheOtherDarrin: She has been portrayed by no less than [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpjbmq_the-many-voices-of-miki-saegusa_shortfilms six different]] voice actresses in the international dubs.\n** Averted for the Japanese actress. In every single one of her roles, she is portrayed by the same person, Megumi Odaka, making Odaka the most recurring actress in the Godzilla series.



* HeyItsThatGuy: He was Ferris Buller.



* NamesTheSame: Unrelated to '''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!]]'''



* WhatAnIdiot: His plan was to control the monsters, including Godzilla, and weaponize them. Too bad he didn't count on [[spoiler: Godzilla breaking out of his cage or the space monsters]].

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* WhatAnIdiot: His plan was to control the monsters, including Godzilla, and weaponize them. Too bad he didn't count on [[spoiler: Godzilla breaking out of his cage or the space monsters]].
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A similar and similarly named character called '''Ichiro Serizawa''' appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as a scientist working for MONARCH, the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world. Tropes about him can go on the page for Characters/{{Godzilla 2014}}.

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A similar and similarly named character called '''Ichiro '''Ishiro Serizawa''' appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as a scientist working for MONARCH, the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world. Tropes about him can go on the page for Characters/{{Godzilla 2014}}.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: He's the executive. Because of him, the events of ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' happens because he wanted to increase his televison network's ratings, which undoubtedly caused a lot of destruction by both titular monsters. It's at the end of the film he realizes it's not worth the ratings he was going for.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: He's the in-universe executive. Because of him, the events of ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' happens because he wanted to increase his televison network's ratings, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which undoubtedly caused a lot of destruction by both titular monsters.monsters]]. It's at the end of the film he realizes it's not worth the ratings he was going for.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Because of him, the events of ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' happens because he wanted to increase his televison network's ratings, which undoubtedly caused a lot of destruction by both titular monsters. It's at the end of the film he realizes it's not worth the ratings he was going for.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: He's the executive. Because of him, the events of ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' happens because he wanted to increase his televison network's ratings, which undoubtedly caused a lot of destruction by both titular monsters. It's at the end of the film he realizes it's not worth the ratings he was going for.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Because of him, the events of ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' happens because he wanted to increase his televison network's ratings, which undoubtedly caused a lot of destruction by both titular monsters. It's at the end of the film he realizes it's not worth the ratings he was going for.
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* ChewingTheScenery: Especially during the office scenes, where he shreds and tosses newspapers in frustration and later celebration.
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* {{Fainting}}: Of the Girly Man variety when the Coast Guard tells him he'll be responsible for the damage Kong causes ashore.
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* LargeHam: Given a very ecstatic performance by Ichiro Arishima





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\n* ComicalOverreacting: To all of Godzilla's appearances in the media, even shouting at the TV to shut up before switching it off.
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!Advertising Director Yoshio Tako
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An eccentric, screwball publicity man working for Pacific Pharmaceuticals. After ratings for the sponsored TTV science documentary show dwindle from competition by QTV, he sends Sakurai and Furue to Faro Island to start filming a new series about a gigantic demon god named King Kong supposedly living there. Tako receives more than he bargained for when the duo brings the massive ape back to Japan in the flesh.

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* AntiVillain: Lets loose a destructive, but mostly confused creature in Japan to give his pharmaceutical company's number one product more publicity. Only after Kong swims home does he give up.
* LargeHam: Given a very ecstatic performance by Ichiro Arishima
* BumblingSidekick: Obayashi, his assistant.

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A similar and similarly named character called '''Ichiro Serizawa''' appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as a scientist working for MONARCH, the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world. Tropes about him can go on the page for Characters/Godzilla2014.

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A similar and similarly named character called '''Ichiro Serizawa''' appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as a scientist working for MONARCH, the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world. Tropes about him can go on the page for Characters/Godzilla2014.
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!Captain Douglas Gordon
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The non-mutant captain of the ''Gotengo'', Gordon leads the remaining resistance against the Xiliens.

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!Captain Douglas Gordon

!Colonel Gondo
* {{Badass}}: Cracks a one-liner after noticing Godzilla is heading right for him and knows he's about to bite it.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Admits that he hopes Godzilla will appear since a lot of money was spent in preparing for his return. Averted in that he doesn't mind the personal risk and seemingly dies with a smile.
* TheBigGuy: Paired up with main human character, he was noticeable bigger than him, and that guy was a scientist, Gondo was in the military.
* BondOneLiner: * After shooting Godzilla right in the mouth with the Anti-Nuclear-Energy-Bacteria* "All this intravenous stuff is no good for you...stick to smoking." Never mind he was facing a VERY pissed off Godzilla. Bad ass!
* GoOutWithASmile: Kinda, more like he doesn't seem to be worried about Godzilla being only twenty feet from him.
* TheLancer: To the main human character of the film, whatever that guy's name was, whatever.
* PluckyComicRelief: Not really plucky, quite bad ass actually, but he does inject the film with some humor.

!Miki Saegusa
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The non-mutant captain of A psychic who has ties with Godzilla. With the ''Gotengo'', Gordon leads exception of Godzilla 1985, she has been in every Heisei film and thus the remaining resistance against longest-running human character in the Xiliens.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBoast: "There are two things you didn't know about Earth. One's [[BadAss me.]] And the other's [[GodzillaThreshold Godzilla.]]"
** BadassMustache
** BadassNormal: The most ass-kicking normal person in the movie.
* GratuitousEnglish: Gordon's dialogue in ''Final Wars'' is always in English. Even if he's the only person in the conversation speaking it.
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* NamesTheSame: Unrelated to '''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!]]'''
* WouldHitAGirl: Would bitchslap her in fact, ''killing her.''

!!Shinichi Ozaki
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The main character of ''Final Wars'', Ozaki is a mutant who manages to escape Xilien mind control thanks to his special "Keizer" heritage.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBoast: "There are two things you didn't know about Earth. One's [[BadAss me.]] And the other's [[GodzillaThreshold Godzilla.]]"
** BadassMustache
** BadassNormal: The most ass-kicking normal person
AllThereInTheManual: Some supplementary material reveals her parents were killed by Godzilla in the movie.
first Heisei film.
* GratuitousEnglish: Gordon's dialogue in ''Final Wars'' is always in English. Even if he's CanonImmigrant: So far, she (along with [[spoiler: the Simeons]]) are the only person canonical Godzilla characters to appear in the conversation speaking it.
official IDW Godzilla comics.
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* NamesTheSame: Unrelated to '''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!]]'''
* WouldHitAGirl: Would bitchslap
TheOtherDarrin: She has been portrayed by no less than [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpjbmq_the-many-voices-of-miki-saegusa_shortfilms six different]] voice actresses in the international dubs.
** Averted for the Japanese actress. In every single one of
her roles, she is portrayed by the same person, Megumi Odaka, making Odaka the most recurring actress in fact, ''killing her.''

!!Shinichi Ozaki
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The main character
the Godzilla series.
* PsychicPowers: Her psychic abilities are as accepted as {{Kaiju}} in the Heisei Universe. Her powers are generally [[TheEmpath reading the moods
of ''Final Wars'', Ozaki is a mutant who manages monsters and occasionally humans]] and locating monsters, though she has used it to escape Xilien mind control thanks try to his special "Keizer" heritage.
dissuade Godzilla from attacking (It backfires) and participating in Project T. She even once levitated a table!
* SympathyForTheDevil: Seems to have a fascination with Godzilla and other monsters.

!Emi Kano
One of the Futurians, Emi switches sides, eventually piloting Mecha-Ghidorah against Godzilla.



* {{Mutant}}
* ShockAndAwe

!Colonel Gondo
* {{Badass}}: Cracks a one-liner after noticing Godzilla is heading right for him and knows he's about to bite it.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Admits that he hopes Godzilla will appear since a lot of money was spent in preparing for his return. Averted in that he doesn't mind the personal risk and seemingly dies with a smile.
* TheBigGuy: Paired up with main human character, he was noticeable bigger than him, and that guy was a scientist, Gondo was in the military.
* BondOneLiner: * After shooting Godzilla right in the mouth with the Anti-Nuclear-Energy-Bacteria* "All this intravenous stuff is no good for you...stick to smoking." Never mind he was facing a VERY pissed off Godzilla. Bad ass!
* GoOutWithASmile: Kinda, more like he doesn't seem to be worried about Godzilla being only twenty feet from him.
* TheLancer: To the main human character of the film, whatever that guy's name was, whatever.
* PluckyComicRelief: Not really plucky, quite bad ass actually, but he does inject the film with some humor.

!Miki Saegusa
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miki_saegusa_8989.jpg

A psychic who has ties with Godzilla. With the exception of Godzilla 1985, she has been in every Heisei film and thus the longest-running human character in the franchise.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Some supplementary material reveals her parents were killed by Godzilla in the first Heisei film.
* CanonImmigrant: So far, she (along with [[spoiler: the Simeons]]) are the only canonical Godzilla characters to appear in the official IDW Godzilla comics.
* TheOtherDarrin: She has been portrayed by no less than [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpjbmq_the-many-voices-of-miki-saegusa_shortfilms six different]] voice actresses in the international dubs.
** Averted for the Japanese actress. In every single one of her roles, she is portrayed by the same person, Megumi Odaka, making Odaka the most recurring actress in the Godzilla series.
* PsychicPowers: Her psychic abilities are as accepted as {{Kaiju}} in the Heisei Universe. Her powers are generally [[TheEmpath reading the moods of monsters and occasionally humans]] and locating monsters, though she has used it to try to dissuade Godzilla from attacking (It backfires) and participating in Project T. She even once levitated a table!
* SympathyForTheDevil: Seems to have a fascination with Godzilla and other monsters.

!Emi Kano
One of the Futurians, Emi switches sides, eventually piloting Mecha-Ghidorah against Godzilla.

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!Commander Tagaki

The man in charge in ''Godzilla Unleashed''. Commander Tagaki witnessed firsthand how the Kaiju seemed to join forces against the aliens to save the world. The experience changed his views on Earth's monsters being a threat to humanity.

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!Captain Douglas Gordon
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The man in charge in ''Godzilla Unleashed''. Commander Tagaki witnessed firsthand how non-mutant captain of the Kaiju seemed to join forces ''Gotengo'', Gordon leads the remaining resistance against the aliens to save the world. The experience changed his views on Earth's monsters being a threat to humanity.
Xiliens.



* NoNameGiven: His name isn't mentioned in the actual game.
* WideEyedIdealist: He wants to try and work together with the Kaiju to save the earth from the aliens.

!Sergeant Steven Woods
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* WideEyedIdealist: He wants to try and work together with GratuitousEnglish: Gordon's dialogue in ''Final Wars'' is always in English. Even if he's the Kaiju to save only person in the earth from the aliens.

!Sergeant Steven Woods
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* KatanasAreJustBetter
* NamesTheSame: Unrelated to '''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!]]'''
* WouldHitAGirl: Would bitchslap her in fact, ''killing her.''

!!Shinichi Ozaki
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ozaki_kaiser_6505.jpg

The main character
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!Commander Tagaki

The man in charge in ''Godzilla Unleashed''. Commander Tagaki witnessed firsthand how the Kaiju seemed to join forces against the aliens to save the world. The experience changed his views on Earth's monsters being a threat to humanity.

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* NoNameGiven: His name isn't mentioned in the actual game.
* WideEyedIdealist: He wants to try and work together with the Kaiju to save the earth from the aliens.

!Sergeant Steven Woods
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A similar and similarly named character called '''Ichiro Serizawa''' appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as a scientist working for MONARCH, the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world. He is the one who suggests [[GodzillaThreshold letting Godzilla and the Mutos fight so that the latter is no longer a threat]].

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A similar and similarly named character called '''Ichiro Serizawa''' appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as a scientist working for MONARCH, the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world. He is Tropes about him can go on the one who suggests [[GodzillaThreshold letting Godzilla and the Mutos fight so that the latter is no longer a threat]].
page for Characters/Godzilla2014.



* TheStoic: Displays a severe lack of effect, and displays emotion a grand total of once.
* {{Tuckerization}}: The Creator/KenWatanabe version of the character is named after Ichiro Honda, the director of [[Film/{{Gojira}} the 1954 original]] and the acknowledged creator of Godzilla.

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* {{Tuckerization}}: The Creator/KenWatanabe version of the character is named after Ichiro Honda, the director of [[Film/{{Gojira}} the 1954 original]] and the acknowledged creator of Godzilla.
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To return to the main character index, go [[Characters/{{Godzilla}} here]]. For the characters from the [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} 2014 movie]], go [[Characters/{{Godzilla2014}} here]].




!Joseph Brody
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->''First appearance:'' '''''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'''''

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* ConspiracyTheorist: After his wife Sandra was among the deaths at the Janjira nuclear power plant when it was abruptly destroyed, he is convinced that whatever caused the disaster was a bit less "natural" than an earthquake. He spends the next 15 years trying to puzzle out the truth behind the tragedy. So he's unsurprisingly miffed to find out that a group called MONARCH is, indeed, covering up what actually happened.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: After his wife Sandra was among the deaths at the Janjira nuclear power plant when it was abruptly destroyed, he is convinced that whatever caused the disaster was a bit less "natural" than an earthquake. He spends the next 15 years trying to puzzle out the truth behind the tragedy. So he's unsurprisingly miffed to find out that a group called M.U.T.O. is, indeed, covering up what actually happened.

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* ConspiracyTheorist: After his wife Sandra was among the deaths at the Janjira nuclear power plant when it was abruptly destroyed, he is convinced that whatever caused the disaster was a bit less "natural" than an earthquake. He spends the next 15 years trying to puzzle out the truth behind the tragedy. So he's unsurprisingly miffed to find out that a group called M.U.T.O. MONARCH is, indeed, covering up what actually happened.
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A similar and similarly named character called '''Ichiro Serizawa''' appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as the head of the Monarch Research Division of M.U.T.O., the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world.

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A similar and similarly named character called '''Ichiro Serizawa''' appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as the head of the Monarch Research Division of M.U.T.O., a scientist working for MONARCH, the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world.
world. He is the one who suggests [[GodzillaThreshold letting Godzilla and the Mutos fight so that the latter is no longer a threat]].
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Although most people are JustHereForGodzilla when watching these films, that doesn't mean that the series has been devoid of interesting human characters.

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!Dr. Serizawa
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'''Daisuke Serizawa''' is the character in ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' who is the inventor of the Oxygen Destroyer, a powerful weapon that can completely disintegrate any living thing in a selected body of water. Initially hesitant to reveal its existence to his bride-to-be or any of his colleagues, the grim destruction of Tokyo by Godzilla [[GodzillaThreshold convinces him to use the device just this once]].

A similar and similarly named character called '''Ichiro Serizawa''' appears in ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' as the head of the Monarch Research Division of M.U.T.O., the organization set up to hide the existence of Godzilla from the world.

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* {{Antihero}}: Type I.
* ArrangedMarriage: To Emiko. It doesn't end well.
* BadassBookworm: Despite staying in his laboratory for weeks on end, he still manages to bloody and incapacitate naval man Ogata fairly quickly.
* BadassLabcoat
* BadassNormal
* DrivenToSuicide: Cuts his oxygen line and stays down with Godzilla after setting off the Oxygen Destroyer.
* EyepatchOfPower: Lost his eye in the Pacific War.
* TheHero: He's the closest thing that ''Gojira''/''King of the Monsters'' has to one.
* HeroicSacrifice
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Before his aforementioned HeroicSacrifice, he tells his fiancee to be happy with the man she really loves.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction to his own creation, the Oxygen Destroyer. He's horrified that all he's been able to produce is a weapon.
* PosthumousCharacter: Three times in all three series. In ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'', ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'', and ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla''.
* ReluctantMadScientist: Though not necessarily "mad", Serizawa relunctantly decided to use the Oxygen Destroy afer seeing the destruction Godzilla caused. Though he intends to use the Oxygen Destroyer once, [[spoiler: his heroic sacrifice is foreshadowed in an eariler scene when he clearly states that he'd burn his notes at the event of his death.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: A badly traumatised WWII veteran. He can't even be happy around his own fiancée.
* TheStoic: Displays a severe lack of effect, and displays emotion a grand total of once.
* WeaponsOfMassDestruction: The Oxygen Destroyer. Serizawa is actually horrified by it.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Shares this trope with Godzilla in the first film. However, he literally ''is'' a {{Woobie}}, destroyer of worlds, unlike Godzilla. ShellShockedVeteran? Check. Accidentally created a weapon? Check. Unknowingly created a monster born from it? Double check. He ''really'' don't want the Oxygen Destoryer as a weapon, but circumstances forced him to use it on Godzilla after the destruction he caused. He then pulled a HeroicSacrifice so he can [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy let Emiko be happy with Ogata]].

!Doctor Kyohei Yamane
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An eminent Japanese paleontologist, Yamane led an investigation into the mysterious devastation of the village of Oto Island, leading him and his team to discover a previously unknown creature responsible for the damage -- Godzilla.

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* HappilyAdopted: It is implied that Yamane adopted Shinkichi after the death of his family.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Takashi Shimura originally appeared in many Creator/AkiraKurosawa films, most notably ''TheSevenSamurai'' and ''Ikiru'', as he would later go on to be in other Kaiju films.
* NuclearWeaponsTaboo
* PosthumousCharacter: In ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah''.
* SaveTheVillain: Yamane does not want Godzilla to be killed because he survived the H-Bomb testing in the Pacific. As mentioned above, Yamane wants to study Godzilla because he's a paleontologist. However, he ends up having to agree to kill Godzilla after what he did to Tokyo.

!Steve Martin
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An American reporter character added to the English-language recut of the first film, he provides exposition on the events surrounding Godzilla's first rampage.

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* AudienceSurrogate
* CulturalTranslation: He was added to the American edition of ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' and, later, ''Godzilla 1985''.
* IntrepidReporter
* NamesTheSame: Not THAT SteveMartin. When he was reintroduced to the ''Godzilla'' franchise after the real life actor had become famous, they had to refer to his character as just "Mr. Martin" to avoid any confusion.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The American ads for ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' say that he helped save the world from Godzilla in ''King of the Monsters''. All he really did was report on said saving of the world.
* SupportingProtagonist: In ''King of the Monsters''.

!Captain Douglas Gordon
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The non-mutant captain of the ''Gotengo'', Gordon leads the remaining resistance against the Xiliens.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBoast: "There are two things you didn't know about Earth. One's [[BadAss me.]] And the other's [[GodzillaThreshold Godzilla.]]"
** BadassMustache
** BadassNormal: The most ass-kicking normal person in the movie.
* GratuitousEnglish: Gordon's dialogue in ''Final Wars'' is always in English. Even if he's the only person in the conversation speaking it.
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* NamesTheSame: Unrelated to '''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness CAPTAIN GORDON, DEFENDER OF EARTH!]]'''
* WouldHitAGirl: Would bitchslap her in fact, ''killing her.''

!!Shinichi Ozaki
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The main character of ''Final Wars'', Ozaki is a mutant who manages to escape Xilien mind control thanks to his special "Keizer" heritage.

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* {{Mutant}}
* ShockAndAwe

!Colonel Gondo
* {{Badass}}: Cracks a one-liner after noticing Godzilla is heading right for him and knows he's about to bite it.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Admits that he hopes Godzilla will appear since a lot of money was spent in preparing for his return. Averted in that he doesn't mind the personal risk and seemingly dies with a smile.
* TheBigGuy: Paired up with main human character, he was noticeable bigger than him, and that guy was a scientist, Gondo was in the military.
* BondOneLiner: * After shooting Godzilla right in the mouth with the Anti-Nuclear-Energy-Bacteria* "All this intravenous stuff is no good for you...stick to smoking." Never mind he was facing a VERY pissed off Godzilla. Bad ass!
* GoOutWithASmile: Kinda, more like he doesn't seem to be worried about Godzilla being only twenty feet from him.
* TheLancer: To the main human character of the film, whatever that guy's name was, whatever.
* PluckyComicRelief: Not really plucky, quite bad ass actually, but he does inject the film with some humor.

!Miki Saegusa
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A psychic who has ties with Godzilla. With the exception of Godzilla 1985, she has been in every Heisei film and thus the longest-running human character in the franchise.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Some supplementary material reveals her parents were killed by Godzilla in the first Heisei film.
* CanonImmigrant: So far, she (along with [[spoiler: the Simeons]]) are the only canonical Godzilla characters to appear in the official IDW Godzilla comics.
* TheOtherDarrin: She has been portrayed by no less than [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpjbmq_the-many-voices-of-miki-saegusa_shortfilms six different]] voice actresses in the international dubs.
** Averted for the Japanese actress. In every single one of her roles, she is portrayed by the same person, Megumi Odaka, making Odaka the most recurring actress in the Godzilla series.
* PsychicPowers: Her psychic abilities are as accepted as {{Kaiju}} in the Heisei Universe. Her powers are generally [[TheEmpath reading the moods of monsters and occasionally humans]] and locating monsters, though she has used it to try to dissuade Godzilla from attacking (It backfires) and participating in Project T. She even once levitated a table!
* SympathyForTheDevil: Seems to have a fascination with Godzilla and other monsters.

!Emi Kano
One of the Futurians, Emi switches sides, eventually piloting Mecha-Ghidorah against Godzilla.

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* ActionGirl: Puts up a decent fight against M-11 and later flies Mecha-Ghidorah against Godzilla himself. That probably counts.
* ButNotTooForeign: Half Japanese.
* HellBentForLeather: During the raid on the Futurians.
* HighHeelFaceTurn
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Realises how bad her friends are when King Ghidorah shows up.
* TimeTravel
* TookALevelInBadass: Is initially little more than a particularly stereotypical example of TheChick, complete with HighHeelFaceTurn.

!Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos
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Out to study the rapid growth of worms thanks to radiation. He gets pulled into the helping with the "Godzilla" situation, first by the U.S. Military, then by the [[spoiler:French Military]].

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* ArbitrarySkepticism
* HeyItsThatGuy: He was Ferris Buller.
* NiceGuy
* NoPronunciationGuide
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''GodzillaTheSeries''.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after the daughter of production designer Patrick Tatopoulos.
* TheWormGuy: The TropeNamer.

!Admiral Taizo Tachibana

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* AFatherToHisMen:
* {{Badass}}
* CoolOldGuy: Pushing sixty and proud to go to the front lines and fight with Godzilla.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: One of the few to consider the guardian monsters allies.

!! Kiriko Tsujimori

The main character of ''[[Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus Megaguirus]]'', Kiriko is the Captain of a G-Graspers unit that fights Godzilla. She holds a grudge against the King of the Monsters for killing her Major.

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* ActionGirl
* {{Badass}}: Becomes the first human to ''climb onto Godzilla,'' Technically, that honor belongs to members of the Dark Horse comics version of G-Force, which was a scientific group dedicated to the study of Godzilla, rather than his destruction. Nevertheless, Kiriko is the only human in the ''films'' thus far to have the ovaries to risk her life getting anywhere near the Monster King ''intentionally''.
* PrimAndProperBun
* ShipTease: With Hajime Kudo.
* SugarAndIcePersonality

!Akane Yashiro

The pilot of the Millenium Era Mechagodzilla, Akane is one of the main protagonists of ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla''.

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* AcePilot
* ActionGirl
* TheAtoner: Believes she has to make up for her failure to defeat Godzilla on her first outing against him.
* {{Badass}}: One of the most badass humans in the series.
* {{Expy}}: Of ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus's'' Kiriko Tsujimori, whose actress makes a cameo as a nurse rescued by Akane.
* TheScapegoat: After her initial attempt at defeating Godzilla fails, she is blamed for all of the military's losses and transferred to a desk job.
* ShipTease: With project scientist and Mechagodzilla technician, Tokumitsu Yuhara.
* TookALevelInBadass: Seems to take one everytime Mechagodzilla III does.
* WorthyOpponent: She and Kiryu seem to view Godzilla as one. He may just reciprocate.


!Joseph Brody
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->''First appearance:'' '''''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'''''

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* ConspiracyTheorist: After his wife Sandra was among the deaths at the Janjira nuclear power plant when it was abruptly destroyed, he is convinced that whatever caused the disaster was a bit less "natural" than an earthquake. He spends the next 15 years trying to puzzle out the truth behind the tragedy. So he's unsurprisingly miffed to find out that a group called M.U.T.O. is, indeed, covering up what actually happened.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Alongside his son, Ford.
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!Commander Tagaki

The man in charge in ''Godzilla Unleashed''. Commander Tagaki witnessed firsthand how the Kaiju seemed to join forces against the aliens to save the world. The experience changed his views on Earth's monsters being a threat to humanity.

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* NoNameGiven: His name isn't mentioned in the actual game.
* WideEyedIdealist: He wants to try and work together with the Kaiju to save the earth from the aliens.

!Sergeant Steven Woods
--> IDW Publishing, "''Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters"

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* BadassNormal: He survives a brawl between Godzilla and Anguirus in Hollywood and can hold his own in a fight be it against thugs, bikers or even giant monsters.
* BerserkButton: Do '''NOT''' hurt or threaten Allie, a girl he came across who was orphaned by Godzilla in front of him. Not even Anguirus got away with it when he gave her a concussion while Steve was fighting him in Mecha-Godzilla.
* HandicappedBadass: In later issues, he is poisoned by a snake and this causes him to become disorientated.
* PapaWolf: '''DON'T''' threaten Allie. It will not go well for you. In fact, don't be anywhere '''near''' him when he is with Allie.
* PutOnABus / OutOfFocus: Woods disappears after the events of ''Kingdom of Monsters'' and is neither seen nor mentioned in IDW's first ''Godzilla'' ongoing.
** TheBusCameBack / HesBack: ...but he makes his return in IDW's second ongoing series, ''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth''.

!Lieutenant (later Captain) Murakami Ota
-->IDW Publishing, "''Godzilla: The Half-Century War''"

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* BadassNormal: Spends 50 years hunting and battling Godzilla and others like him with his HeterosexualLifePartners Yoshihara Kentaro.
* BerserkButton: Dr. Deverich, especially after he causes the death of [[spoiler:Colonel Schooler.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd
* Determinator
* GoOutWithASmile
* EnemyMine: Helps [[spoiler: Godzilla]] defeat the bigger threats of [[spoiler:Space Godzilla, Gigan, and King Ghidorah.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Yoshihara Kentaro, who joined a government team of Godzilla hunters because Ota did.

!Dr. Pohl
-->IDW Publishing "''Godzilla Ongoing''"

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* AffablyEvil
* BaldOfEvil
* BigBadWannabe: His acts of antagonism are made paltry by the arrival of [[spoiler: Space-Godzilla, Gigan, Hedorah, and Monster X]], who are the '''[[ManBehindTheMan true]]''' antagonists of the comic.
* WhatAnIdiot: His plan was to control the monsters, including Godzilla, and weaponize them. Too bad he didn't count on [[spoiler: Godzilla breaking out of his cage or the space monsters]].

![[spoiler: Chauncey]] "Boxer" Louis
-->IDW Publishing "''Godzilla Ongoing''"

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* AntiHero: He saves millions of lives taking down giant monsters... by destroying large swaths of cities and demanding billions of dollars to do it. Specifically a PragmaticHero.
* {{Badass}}
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: He dives into Godzilla's gullet with an experimental super-weapon to try and kill him. Sadly, all it does is drive him off for a while.]]
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He bears a marked resemblance to actor JasonStatham.
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