History Characters / MonsterVerseGodzilla

* TheDragAlong: [[spoiler: His rematch with Kong comes to a brief close where he's literally getting dragged by Kong with his tail over his shoulder afterusing his mighty B.E.A.S.T. Glove on Godzilla as he makes his way to the portal entry for the Hollow Earth to get his help. This didn't leave Godzilla down for long as he powers up his Atomic Breath while looking rather agitated to make Kong regret his actions... at least Mothra was able to stop it.]]

* UngratefulBastard: Even though Kong saved him from Mechagodzilla [[Film/GodzillaVsKong the last time they met]] (after Godzilla nearly killed him, no less), Godzilla still tries to kill him as soon as he returns to the surface world in ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire''.

* AdaptationalBadass: [[spoiler:Unlike [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original Godzilla]], who was killed by the Oxygen Destroyer, and the Heisei Godzilla, whose [[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah Burning Godzilla form]] was a sign of his SuperpowerMeltdown, this Godzilla survives both with ''his'' Burning Godzilla mode ultimately just being a SuperMode -- and he survived both in the same movie whereas the other two happened in two different movies with two different creatures. He also uses the Nuclear Pulse, an ability that was basically a glorified stun gun, to kill King Ghidorah, much like how the Godzilla of ''Film/Godzilla2000'' similarly used it in a case of this trope to deal the death blow to Orga]]. In general, he is easily the strongest western incarnation of Godzilla to date, having survived falling a great height from ''the stratosphere'', and shoot a hole strong enough to reach Hollow Earth.

* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: As hinted in the 2014 film's opening, and explicitly confirmed in ''Godzilla: Awakening'' and ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters''; Godzilla was presumed by Monarch and the United States military to have been killed when he was nuked by the Castle Bravo atomic bomb and disappeared in the blast. They remain convinced that he's dead until 2014.

* AdaptationalBadass: [[spoiler:Unlike [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original Godzilla]], who was killed by the Oxygen Destroyer, and the Heisei Godzilla, whose [[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah Burning Godzilla form]] was a sign of his SuperpowerMeltdown, this Godzilla survives both with ''his'' Burning Godzilla mode ultimately just being a SuperMode -- and he survived both in the same movie whereas the two other happened in two different movies with two different creatures. He also uses the Nuclear Pulse, an ability that was basically a glorified stun gun, to kill King Ghidorah, much like how the Godzilla of ''Film/Godzilla2000'' similarly used it in a case of this trope to deal the death blow to Orga]]. In general, he is easily the strongest western incarnation of Godzilla to date, having survived falling a great height from ''the stratosphere'', and shoot a hole strong enough to reach Hollow Earth.

* MetamorphosisMonster: In between ''Godzilla'' and ''King of the Monsters'' Godzilla undergoes a metamorphosis--his body growing from 108 to 120 meters tall, his tail possessing a blunted tip, the claws on his feet growing larger and sharper, and his dorsal plates becoming larger and more jagged. In ''Godzilla x Kong'', he overloads himself on nuclear and cosmic radiation to undergo another metamorphosis--gaining thagomizers on his tail, even larger and more jagged purple-hued dorsal plates, longer arms with elbow spikes, and a leaner physique. This Evolved form is noted to also be significantly more powerful, with a greater molecular density and at least 20% greater energy capacity.

** In ''Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire'', after gorging himself on a nuclear power plant he enters a powered-up state where he's covered in glowing blue TaintedVeins and emitting so much intense radiation and heat that the water around him boils when he returns to the ocean. This combined with the energy from Tiamat's lair metamorphoses him into his Evolved form, a leaner much stronger version of his standard body explicitly compared to the Kaio-ken by Wingard.

** This is shown to wild effect in ''Godzilla vs. King'' when multiple times he's shown to be incredibly strong, being able to knock Kong flat on his back with a slap or throw him thousands of feet with his jaws.
** In ''Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire'', he's physically stronger than any of the other Titans bar Shimo who he's able to fight to a standstill in his Evolved form. Skar King with his full weight can't pry his whip out of Godzilla's mouth who promptly launches him across several city blocks, he's able to swing Scylla huge distances by her legs and can plough through the pyramids without slowing down.

* ItCanThink: As is frequently the case, he very much gives the impression of being more intelligent than a simple animal. During his fights with the [=MUTOs=] he clearly baits the male in to get him into tail-slamming range. After he's knocked down a collapsing tower, he seems to pause and regard Brody. He also seems to have learned that his weakened atomic breath can't pierce the female's skin and instead shoots it straight down her throat. In ''King of the Monsters'', he's constantly adjusting his methods to match Ghidorah and frequently reacts to events in an extremely human way. He also seems to have gained some respect for humans, regarding the Monarch team without incident and according to the credits, actively managing the kaiju so they avoid human settlements.

* SmartAnimalInconvenientInstincts: Godzilla is intelligent enough, but in the end, he's still an animal. This really doesn't become an issue until ''Godzilla vs. Kong'', where his instincts drive him to seek out and attack Kong after the latter is moved off of Skull Island -- as Kong is an Alpha-level Titan in his own right that has yet to formally submit to Godzilla like the other Titans, Godzilla instinctually views him as a threat to his sovereignty and views his presence on the surface outside of Skull Island as an invasion of Godzilla's global territory, even though Kong himself doesn't seek a fight with Godzilla. This leads to Godzilla starting a completely unnecessary feud with Kong, [[spoiler:distracting him from his real goal of hunting down the source of Mechagodzilla's Ghidorah-derived signal and destroying it. That being said, Godzilla seems to overcome his instincts against Kong at the end after the latter directly saves his life and helps him to destroy Mechagodzilla, accepting Kong's sue for peace and leaving him peacefully]].

** In ''Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire'', after gorging himself on a nuclear power plant he enters a powered-up state where he's covered in glowing blue TaintedVeins and emitting so much intense radiation and heat that the water around him boils when he returns to the ocean.

'''[[center:[- Godzilla | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong King Kong]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMothra Mothra]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMUTO MUTO]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseRodan Rodan]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseShimo Shimo]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Skull Island Kaiju & Other Creatures]]-]]]'''

'''[[center:[- Godzilla | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong King Kong]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMothra Mothra]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMUTO MUTO]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseRodan Rodan]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Skull Island Kaiju & Other Creatures]]-]]]'''

** For ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'', the trailers and merchandise reveals that [[spoiler:Godzilla metamorphoses into a slimmer "Evolved" form with elbow spikes, jagged crimson[=/=]magenta dorsal plates, and thagomizers]].

* LegoGenetics: According to the ''Godzilla x Kong'' novelization, Godzilla [[spoiler:assimilated Tiamat's genetic material during their fight and used it to catalyze his metamorphosis into his Evolved form--hence why his spines and powered-up Heat Ray are magenta, matching her bioluminescence]].

* MetamorphosisMonster: In between ''Godzilla'' and ''King of the Monsters'' Godzilla undergoes a metamorphosis--his body growing from 108 to 120 meters tall, his tail possessing a blunted tip, the claws on his feet growing larger and sharper, and his dorsal plates becoming larger and more jagged. In ''Godzilla x Kong'', he overloads himself on nuclear and cosmic radiation to undergo another metamorphosis--gaining thagomizers on his tail, even larger and more jagged purple-hued dorsal plates, longer arms with elbow spikes, and a leaner physique. This Evolved form is noted to also be significantly more powerful, with at least 20% greater energy capacity.

** ''Godzilla'': He yelps in pain when human missiles (which he otherwise barely registers) strike his gills, agitating him to the point that he smashes through the Golden Gate Bridge seemingly just to make them stop. The [=MUTOs=] specifically target his head and neck when fighting and overpowering him.

Five years later, forces beyond his control saw him throwing down with rival Alpha Titan, Kong.

** In ''Godzilla X Kong'', he becomes ''very'' pissed when [[spoiler:Kong reluctantly heads to the surface in order to try and get his aid against Skar King and Shimo's forced alliance, despite having been powering himself up in preparation to face the ice-wielding titan. Kong having broken their tenuous agreement for peace since their last encounter has Godzilla make a beeline straight towards him the minute he senses the giant ape on the surface (sensing it when Kong seemingly roars a challenge to get his attention) a continent away. Kong's seeming breaking of their agreement and challenge to him puts him into such a blind rage that he pays no heed to any human structures upon arriving in Cairo. Kong clearly tries to explain the challenge was not genuine (rather frantically trying to make peaceful hand gestures and point to the Hollow Earth portal), but given the two have trouble communicating with each other at the best of times Godzilla is not deterred at all instantly and attacks relentlessly. It takes Mothra showing up and literally smacking some sense into him to take the King of the Monsters out of his anger against Kong]].

* JerkassBall: Godzilla has never had as strong an empathetic connection to humans as Kong does. But in ''Godzilla'' 2014 and ''King of the Monsters'', he would navigate ''around'' any giant manned vehicles or skyscrapers that were in his path to avoid needless destruction and wastage of energy. Conversely in the later ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' and the ''Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire'' trailer, Godzilla callously ploughs straight through any vehicle-filled bridges that are in his path, possibly out of belligerence at humanity deliberately awakening Ghidorah and then reanimating it in Mechagodzilla instead of honoring their alliance to bring Ghidorah down and being on edge with Skar King and Shimo's invasion of the surface.

* GentleGiant: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He doesn't show any malicious intent toward humans and never attacks them even when they're the ones attacking him first, but he also doesn't concern himself with minimizing human casualties or collateral damages to their cities if they get caught up in the battles between him and his kaiju rivals. Gets played more straight in the second half of ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'', when after [[spoiler:Serizawa sacrifices himself to save Godzilla's life]] and Monarch's forces fight alongside him in his final battle against Ghidorah, Godzilla uses his power as the Alpha of the Titans to not only to keep the Titans away from human settlements but also to seemingly establish a closer and more progressive relationship between both species.

** In ''Godzilla X Kong'', he becomes ''very'' pissed when [[spoiler:Kong reluctantly heads to the surface in order to try and get his aid against Skar King and Shimo's forced alliance, despite having been powering himself up in preparation to face the ice-wielding titan. Kong having broken their tenuous agreement for peace since their last encounter has Godzilla make a beeline straight towards him the minute he senses the giant ape on the surface, barrelling through several human cities and structures in a blind rage, and despite Kong clearly trying ''not'' to provoke him, instantly attacks him once het gets close enough. It takes Mothra showing up and literally smacking some sense into him to take the King of the Monsters out of his anger against Kong]].

** In ''Godzilla X Kong'', he becomes ''very'' pissed when [[spoiler:Kong reluctantly heads to the surface in order to try and get his aid against Skar King and Shimo's forced alliance, despite having been powering himself up in preparation to face the ice-wielding titan. Kong having broken their tenuous agreement for peace since their last encounter has Godzilla make a beeline straight him him the minute he senses the giant ape on the surface, barrelling through several human cities and structures in a blind rage, and despite Kong clearly trying ''not'' to provoke him, instantly attacks him once het gets close enough. It takes Mothra showing up and literally smacking some sense into him to take the King of the Monsters out of his anger against Kong]].

** ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'' takes this even higher, as even before evolving, Godzilla is shown sprinting, jumping, and even performing a variation of his infamous two footed flying drop kick, and later outpacing Kong when first confronting Shimo and Star King.

** ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire'' During their brief skirmish, Godzilla actually performs a suplex on Kong, of all people.

* TheGoodKing: After he defeats Ghidorah and reclaims his throne, he's indicated to now be actively directing the other Titans to act in ways beneficial to the world, while prohibiting them from attacking any human populations. Notably, humans come to view him as their savior as well. ''Dominion'', which is entirely told from his POV, expands on this, showing him actively protecting humans from hostile Titans, as well as preventing the others from getting into destructive clashes with each other.