History Characters / MonsterVerseKingGhidorah

* ElementalDragon: Ghidorah is the most dragon-like kaiju in the Monsterverse and has yellow lightning-based powers.

* ForTheEvulz: He shows multiple signs of committing senseless malice for its own sake throughout the movie. Even assuming per Stanton's theory that Ghidorah is trying to destroy the world because he needs to [[HostileTerraforming xenoform]] it into a more habitable environment for himself, the three-headed hydra seems to ''despise'' humanity just for existing: his first reaction to the G-Team firing at him in Antarctica makes it clear he doesn't see us as a threat, yet Ghidorah repeatedly goes out of his way to ''intentionally'' attack any humans he sees even when doing so is relatively impractical for him (such as during the Antarctica battle, where he takes his attention off of Godzilla in favor of going back to terrorizing the humans within ''seconds'' of Godzilla temporarily tumbling into a crevasse). The novelization outright says Ghidorah ''lives for killing'', and it portrays him as a creature of pure cruelty and rage. It's even briefly speculated by Mark Russell in the novel that Ghidorah isn't really xenoforming Earth at all but simply desires the annihilation of all other life in and of itself[[note]]"''Or maybe Monster Zero just hated everything, and the destruction was a process, a goal in and of itself.''"[[/note]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: San/Kevin is a GeniusDitz who stands apart from Ichi and Ni for being [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny easily-sidetracked]], wiggling his horns like a puppy at one point, for being timid of Godzilla (when Godzilla isn't vulnerable that is), for being clumsy with his head and his Gravity Beam, and being curious about humans to a point where it sometimes seems like [[PsychopathicManchild he'd rather play with them than murder them if he could have his own way]]. However, despite his silly antics and despite [[BigBrotherBully being abused by]] [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder Ichi]] for them, San/Kevin can still be competent and dangerous in his own right.

* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Although all the Titans are capable of causing great destruction merely by existing, their radiation and biological byproducts have regenerative effects on the planet's ecosystems in the long term, meaning that if they aren't actively seeking destruction or HostileTerraforming ecosystems for themselves then they can actually be entirely beneficial for the planet. Ghidorah however, [[spoiler:as an extraterrestrial, does not in any way regenerate the planet's biosphere, and he's an OmnicidalManiac who actively wants to bring as much destruction to the planet's biosphere as possible]].

* EnergyAbsorption: Besides his ElementalAbsorption described above, Ghidorah is capable of feeding on radiation like the other Titans, such as when all three heads try to violently suck [[spoiler:Mothra's BequeathedPower out of Godzilla]] via VampiricDraining. We can only imagine what Ghidorah would have become if he'd finished draining that power into himself.

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[[folder:Ichi, Ni and San (a.k.a. Kevin)]]
* AdaptationalDumbass: Only the left head, a.k.a. Kevin, is struck with this without a doubt. The original Showa incarnation of Ghidorah was '''FAR''' from stupid since he [[KnowWhenToFoldEm knew when to actually quit and live to fight another day while facing defeat]]. With Kevin, it takes a bite to the horn from Ichi just to get him on track, and he shows signs of clumsiness or carelessness comparative to his brother heads: misfiring his Gravity Beam at Fenway Park's surroundings, whereas Ichi and Ni kept their beams focused on the stadium itself where their quarry is located, and also being the only head who ''rams himself'' through buildings instead of sliding his neck around them when Ghidorah is [[spoiler:chasing Emma's Humvee]].
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: San/Kevin (the left head), somewhat, especially when compared to the other two heads. He has his {{sadist}}ic moments in his own right, and he seems fine with fighting and killing when the heads are working together, but he also seems quite curious about humans instead of just obliterating them straight away, and he seems to be acting more on [[NonMaliciousMonster instincts]] and/or submission to the other two rather than outright malice.
* AffablyEvil: {{Downplayed}} with San/Kevin (the left head). There's nothing onscreen to really imply that he's ''nice'' per se, but his tendencies hint that he's less actively malicious than the other two heads. He seems more interested in curiously investigating and playing with Ghidorah's food than in getting around to killing it in Antarctica, and his facial features upon closer inspection often look docile and almost air-headed; comparative to Ichi's {{Slasher Smile}}s and glares of calculated malice, or Ni's [[PerpetualFrowner constant teeth-baring grimaces of anger and hatred]]. The director himself jokingly [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-godzilla-director-ghidorah-mothra-rodan-20190602-story.html admitted that he thinks]] Kevin probably wouldn't be an antagonist if he wasn't taking orders from Ichi.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The left head (San/Kevin) tends to get distracted and sidelined, comparable to A.D.H.D.. Probably the ''biggest'' instance of this is when he momentarily looks off to the side ''when Ghidorah is [[spoiler:right in the middle of being obliterated, one portion of its body at a time'']].
* BewareTheSillyOnes: The left head may be a little sillier and more inept-seeming than the other two heads, but he's just as dangerous as them and won't hesitate to strike in the middle of a fight. [[spoiler:One also has to wonder about the fact that it was Kevin's skull specifically which granted Mechagodzilla a ferociously sadistic and murderous mind of its own, even if the Mecha's personality traits were markedly different from Kevin's[[note]]the Mecha displays none of Kevin's curiosity for humans before killing them on sight, nor does it display any timidness about fighting Godzilla as Kevin did[[/note]]]].
* BigBrotherBully: The central head has this dynamic with the left head, growling at it and biting its horns whenever it gets distracted by something to get it back to focusing on whatever they're doing.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Right after [[spoiler: Ichi and Ni were devouring Graham on the spot,]] Kevin lowers himself to see the human bystanders as potential snacks where Ichi was probably going to bite his horn again, only to have missiles blow up him in their faces. One of their wings is used to ''shield Kevin'' from being attacked again.
* BloodKnight: The middle head is the most focused on challenging Godzilla in Antarctica and Boston, whilst the right head seems to want to savage anything it lays eyes upon and is furthermore said by [[https://www.cbr.com/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters-michael-dougherty-interview/ director Mike Dougherty]] and [[https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/monstrous-undertaking-vfx-behind-godzilla-ghidorah-mothra-and-rodan animation supervisor Spencer Cook]] to be constantly ready and eager for a fight. The left head however is a little bit timider when about to face Godzilla -- ''a little bit''.
* ButtMonkey: The left head. Whether getting bullied by the other heads, taking missiles to the face, being the only one to smash his head through a skyscraper, or [[spoiler:getting his head violently destroyed by Godzilla ''twice'']], he's the head who suffers the most indignities. According to Mike Dougherty, [[https://twitter.com/GodzillaMovie/status/1253490418790084613 the latter indignity has probably been happening to Kevin A LOT over Ghidorah's long life]]. [[spoiler:Ironically, this head (or rather its previously-severed rotting remains) are all that's left of Ghidorah by the movie's end]].
* CharacterDevelopment: ''Surprisingly''. When Ghidorah first wakes up in Antarctica, the left head looks at their environment almost in awe and takes a curiosity towards the humans that were trying to attack him -- all three heads even take time investigating and cruelly toying with the human-filled Osprey nearby. After Antarctica, all three heads don't show much interest in humans beyond obliterating them [[ForTheEvulz for the fun of it]].
** San/Kevin begins very timid against Godzilla, showing reluctance as the other two heads challenge him in Antarctica, and mostly hanging back out of the way through the up-close-and-personal part of the subsequent fight. However, after being decapitated by Godzilla and regrowing, Kevin's notably more ready to fight Godzilla at the Boston battle and he even tears viciously into Godzilla's throat when the heads are draining Godzilla's, suggesting that Lefty [[ItsPersonal holds quite a bit of a grudge...]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: San/Kevin is a GeniusDitz who stands apart from Ichi and Ni for being [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny easily-sidetracked]], wiggling his horns like a puppy at one point, for being timid of Godzilla (when Godzilla isn't vulnerable that is), for being clumsy with his head and his Gravity Beam, and being curious about humans to a point where it sometimes seems like [[PsychopathicManchild he'd rather play with them than murder them if he could have his own way]]. However, despite his silly antics and despite [[BigBrotherBully being abused by]] [[CloudcuckoolandersMinder Ichi]] for them, San/Kevin can still be competent and dangerous in his own right.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Ichi acts as a rather harsh one towards San/Kevin, snapping at the latter head to get him back on-task whenever his [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny curious and distractible tendencies]] make him go off-track.
* CombatPragmatist: The middle head is the most focused on the bigger picture, such as the ORCA or challenging Godzilla, and it shows a degree of cunning when it uses a nearby power generator to charge up a lightning attack from Ghidorah's wings. The right head keeps an eye on what's happening around it when it's trying to free the other heads. During the FinalBattle, one of these two heads[[note]]The view makes it unclear which one, but it's apparently either the middle or right head since another head is visible on this head's left in the shot[[/note]] appears to summon Rodan and have the latter keep Mothra from backing Godzilla up, based on how Rodan emerges and intercepts Mothra just moments after this head trills at the sky in the Queen's direction.
* TheComicallySerious: {{Downplayed}}. The right and middle heads try their best to look terrifying, minus the left head who just lives in his own little world; not that Ghidorah himself isn't exactly comedic as a whole if still [[KnightOfCerebus terrifyingly intimidating]].

* DirtyCoward: {{Downplayed}} by San/Kevin. He doesn't hesitate to join his brother heads in obliterating any human life that crosses their path for fun, even flashing a SlasherSmile of his own when Ghidorah is attacking the ''Argo'' while the ship is helpless, but he's visibly more afraid when it comes to their ArchEnemy Godzilla who ''can'' put up a real fight against them '''and''' poses a serious mortal threat to them. In Antarctica, Kevin is visibly more timid than the other two heads are to confronting Godzilla again and keeps his head and neck out of the initial brawl, [[spoiler:and he moreso [[OhCrap flashes a look of unmistakable fear]] when the heads first sense Burning Godzilla, and he's visibly shocked after Burning G incinerates Ghidorah's wings to the point that he hesitates longer than Ichi and Ni do to [[BreathWeapon fire back]], although he ultimately [[DefiantToTheEnd dies trying in vain to defend himself]]]]. It's about the closest that [=MonsterVerse=] Ghidorah ever comes to exhibiting past Ghidorah incarnations' [[PlayedStraight much-straighter]] Dirty Cowardice.

* EarNotch: A variation. The right head (Ni) can be distinguished from the other two heads by his chipped horn. It reflects how he's more of a BloodKnight than the other two heads, and how he's [[FearlessFool rasher and less calculating than the middle head]].
* EnragedByIdiocy: The left head (San/Kevin) is sometimes clueless and gets sidetracked, forcing the middle head (Ichi) to bring Kevin's focus back to what they're trying to do. Ichi accomplishes this by biting at Kevin's horns or roaring in his ear, something Ichi is never seen doing to the somewhat more competent Ni (even when Ni is messing up himself, such as when ''both'' side-heads are distracted eating the G-Team's ashes).
* FearlessFool: The right head when the other two heads are too engaged to keep it in line. Look closely when Godzilla charges a webbing-restrained Ghidorah through a skyscraper, and you'll see that this head actually tries to stop Godzilla with nothing but its own jaws. This head also appears to be the first head to start attacking and dismantling the Fenway Park speakers when Ghidorah is drawn in by an alpha frequency challenging his dominance.
* FlatCharacter: San/Kevin is curiosity-driven, submissive, and an implicit GeniusDitz sentry; Ichi is dominant, intelligent, yet also the most prominently sadistic head; and Ni is... just a teeth-baring hothead.
* FreudianTrio: The left head is the Id, the middle head is the Ego, and the right head is the Superego.
* GeniusDitz: {{Implied}} with San/Kevin (the left head). He's for the most part an easily-distracted goofball who displays comparatively less active malice than his "brothers", and his personality is, in a nutshell, very [[TheDitz ditzy]]. [[https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/monstrous-undertaking-vfx-behind-godzilla-ghidorah-mothra-and-rodan Spencer Cook]] furthermore said that San/Kevin generally waits to see what the other two heads are doing and follows their lead instead of taking his own initiative. However, it's also implied that San/Kevin actually functions as a lookout for the trio: he has a habit of looking over his respective shoulder, he's the head that reels back and watches what Godzilla does instead of engaging during the Antarctica battle, and he's the first head to notice Godzilla charging his atomic breath, enabling Ghidorah to dodge in time and counterattack. Kevin does however do a comparatively poorer job of watching their flank when Godzilla blindsides Ghidorah above the ocean. The implication is that Kevin's curiosity is just a side-effect of being hardwired to be a lookout, and Ichi gets annoyed with him not doing his job properly.
* HairTriggerTemper: [[https://nerdalertnews.net/king-ghidorah-motion-capture-interviews/ Word of St. Paul]] describes Ni as having such a temper, although it's hard to tell in the film since he's a PerpetualFrowner who seems angry ''all'' the time. [[https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/monstrous-undertaking-vfx-behind-godzilla-ghidorah-mothra-and-rodan Spencer Cook]] likewise described Ni as "hyperactive".
* HotBlooded: Both [[https://www.cbr.com/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters-michael-dougherty-interview/ the director]] and the [[https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/monstrous-undertaking-vfx-behind-godzilla-ghidorah-mothra-and-rodan animation supervisor]] have described Ni (the right head) as the most AxCrazy, impulsive and hyperactive head who is [[BloodKnight "always ready" to fight and attack]]. Ni demonstrates this in the film with his near-constant seething expression, and when he tries without hesitation to fend a charging Godzilla off with no backup and nothing but his own jaws. In most scenes where Ghidorah has set his sights on something or someone with murderous intent, it's going to be Ni who's going to have the most vicious snarl and stare.
* HumansAreInsects: San/Kevin is somewhat curious about humans, but still doesn't hesitate to blast them into oblivion alongside the other heads once Ichi gets him back in line.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: "Righty", also called Ni (as in the Japanese number 2). Though he's not as intelligent or mission-focused as the middle head (Ichi), he has his tactical priorities and spatial awareness straight -- he takes stock of Mothra's position and his immediate priority to free his brother heads when they're glued to a building by Mothra's webbing, and he notices ''remarkably'' quickly when Godzilla is coming up behind them.

* ItsPersonal: Implied with Kevin (the left head), who at first is timid and fearful when facing Godzilla, but after being beheaded and regenerating, he's notably more confrontational and willing to get into the fight at the FinalBattle. He even tears into Godzilla's neck like a puppy with a chew toy as the heads drain Godzilla's energy, something which notably causes Godzilla to scream in pain each time Kevin bites down, whereas the other two heads biting other parts of Godzilla's body produces no such reaction. This suggests Kevin holds some degree of a grudge for what Godzilla did to him earlier in Mexico and is probably torturing Godzilla on purpose as payback. See the General folder for more details.
* JustDesserts: PlayedWith. After Ghidorah's [[spoiler:body and side heads are vaporized]], Godzilla is munching on Ichi's leftover severed head by the neck stump, before [[spoiler:he reduces the head to ashes with his Atomic Breath]]. [[https://comicbook.com/anime/news/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters-ghidorah-death-alternate-plans-mike-dougherty/ Apparently]], Godzilla was originally going to [[PlayedStraight play this trope straight]] with the head, but Creator/{{Toho}} (who have a taboo against Godzilla being shown ''eating'' living things) persuaded the director to change it.
* TheKlutz: On top of being a PsychopathicManchild and exhibiting a [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny limited attention span]], San/Kevin shows clumsiness. When Ghidorah is razing Fenway Park with his Gravity Beams while trying to obliterate [[spoiler:Madison and]] the ORCA, Kevin mis-aims and sweeps his Gravity Beam widely over the buildings ''outside'' the stadium where Ghidorah's targets are located. Later, when Ghidorah is pursuing the ORCA-carrying Humvee through Boston and frantically trying to destroy it, Kevin's head bulldozes through buildings in Ghidorah's way whereas Ichi and Ni have the sense to slink their necks ''around'' the buildings.
* LaughablyEvil: Though it doesn't make him harmless nor any less threatening in the slightest, it can be amusing to watch Ghidorah's heads squabble and the left head act like an idiot.
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: {{Downplayed}} by San/Kevin (the left head). He's decidedly less aggressive and malicious than the other two heads, acting more docile and curious about humans than the goal-focused, malicious middle head and the hot-headed, battle-thirsty right head. His first response to humans firing bullets at Ghidorah is to lean his head down in order to get a closer look, even knocking down and nuzzling a soldier with his chin, which annoys Ichi into pushing him back. [[https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/monstrous-undertaking-vfx-behind-godzilla-ghidorah-mothra-and-rodan Spencer Cook]] commented that he'll wait to see what the other two heads do and then follow their lead. Overall, the left head's characterization seems to hint that he's only a villain because he was born attached to the decidedly-murderous and -genocidal Ichi and Ni. That having been said, San/Kevin does still bare a SlasherSmile when Ghidorah is launching an unprovoked attack on the ''Argo'', and he does perform competently enough when the heads are working together in a fight.

* ObsessedWithFood: San/Kevin (the left head) is apparently a bit of a foodie when Ghidorah first awakens. Alongside Ni, San/Kevin eagerly licks at the G-Team's charred human corpses in Antarctica, but more than that; when Ichi [[spoiler:eats Vivienne]] and Ni is eating the falling ice, San/Kevin looks like he's thinking "I wish they'd let me have some", then he promptly turns his attention to the other humans as if intending to make snacks for himself out of them.
* OddNameOut: {{Downplayed}}. All three heads have a Japanese number as their name, but the goofball left head has a second, rather plain, English name.

* OnlySaneByComparison: Ichi (the middle head) appears to be the most intelligent of the three and has quicker reactions than the other two when they notice an unexpected turn of events. He also appears to be the ''most'' sadistic of the three if his greater propensity for {{slasher smile}}s than his brothers and his attack on [[spoiler:Dr. Graham]] are any indications, plus if just one of the heads can be held responsible for Ghidorah's EvilPlan to reshape the Earth and wipe out life on it, it'd be Ichi as the leader head.
* PerpetualFrowner: Compared to the other two heads, Ni's (the right head's) default expression is a crooked-shaped, teeth-baring grimace; reflecting his perpetually angry and violent personality.
* PetTheDog: {{Downplayed}}. [[EstablishingCharacterMoment When Ghidorah awakens]], San/Kevin alone seems genuinely interested in playing with the humans more than anything else: he lowers his head and "nuzzles" them with his chin once the G-Team have drawn the heads' attention, and Ichi has to physically shove Kevin back to get the latter back on point. Still, it doesn't save those humans from being atomized by Kevin once Ichi's gotten the side-heads in line.
* PsychopathicManchild: Kevin (the left head) leans towards the CuteAndPsycho variety. He's the least mature of the heads, showing childish curiosity and often needing correction from Ichi (the middle head), and the [[https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/monstrous-undertaking-vfx-behind-godzilla-ghidorah-mothra-and-rodan animation supervisor]] even said that he just waits to see what his brother heads are doing before he follows their lead; yet Kevin is still very nonchalant about joining the other heads in blasting whatever's in their way to atoms, and he's fine with causing Godzilla excruciating pain by biting into his neck when the three heads are [[VampiricDraining draining his radiation]]. Kevin responds to the G-Team shooting at Ghidorah by bending his neck down to get a closer look at them, and even nuzzles one of them with his chin. After Ichi gets him back in line and all three heads kill the G-Team, Kevin resumes his curious inquiry by licking their ashy remains, like a kid in the grocery store getting their hands on a bar of tasty chocolate before their mom has paid for it. This is reinforced by Kevin's relationship with Ichi, who [[BigBrotherBully is in charge of the trio and abuses Kevin (more than he does Ni) whenever Kevin's not doing what Ichi wants]].

* ReplacementFlatCharacter: Initially Kevin was the quirky head. After being ripped off by Godzilla and regenerating, the new San-head behaves more in line with the others.
* TheResenter: A villain-on-villain case with Ni. [[https://nerdalertnews.net/king-ghidorah-motion-capture-interviews/ According to Ghidorah's actors]], he hates the fact he's taking orders from Ichi and wishes he was the head calling the shots.
* RevealingReflection: When Ni is trying to free his brother heads from Mothra's webbing which has glued them to a glass skyscraper, he's alerted to Godzilla approaching behind him by Godzilla's reflection in the building.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: The left head is named San ("Three" in Japanese), and he's quite a quirky character even among Ghidorah's heads: he's the least aggressive and least intelligent of the trio, and he's a ButtMonkey who seems to care more about making pets or toys out of humans than he does about getting around to the part where he kills them, chronically prompting the middle head to berate him; although [[GeniusDitz San can still be efficient and dangerous in his own right]]. He even has an OddNameOut: unlike Ichi and Ni, San also officially has the moniker Kevin in the tweet which named Ghidorah's heads.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Yes. Amusingly, Ichi – the most dominating, wicked, and vicious of the three heads – emits a very high-pitched squeal of alarm and panic when he's realized that [[spoiler:his severed head's neck stump is lodged in Godzilla's jaws in the aftermath of Burning Godzilla nuking his body]]. The seemingly girlish scream adds a lot more humiliation to his [[spoiler:imminent UndignifiedDeath]].

** The middle head is the brains and leader, as he's clearly the one calling the shots when it comes to coordinating teamwork between the heads during battles, as well as being the quickest head to notice and react to unexpected occurrences. He's also the most visibly and actively malicious of the three towards humans, and he growls at and bites San/Kevin when the latter in particular doesn't do what Ichi wants. Unlike the other two heads, he tends to arch his neck so that his head is positioned above them, he has the longest and curviest horns of the three, and he has an extra row of spines on his neck indicating his dominance.
** The left head is the biggest ButtMonkey of the group, suffering the most abuse; be it from human forces, Godzilla, or the other heads themselves. His behavior is decidedly indicative of a PsychopathicManchild (dim-witted curious, and often losing focus which prompts the middle head to harshly berate him in order to get him back on track), and he's the submissive [[AlphaAndBetaWolves omega wolf (a.k.a. the scapegoat)]] among the three heads.
** The right head is the most aggressive and HotBlooded, and a bit of a FearlessFool. He's submissive to the middle head's dominance, but still doesn't get treated as badly as the left head, and he shows a degree of tactical competence and spatial awareness when the other two heads are immobilized by Mothra's webbing.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Downplayed with San/Kevin; he seems to be more curiosity-driven than malice-driven compared to the other two heads, and the [[https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/monstrous-undertaking-vfx-behind-godzilla-ghidorah-mothra-and-rodan animation supervisor]] commented that he tends to follow the other two heads' lead instead of taking the initiative himself when doing evil; but he still displays a sadistic side in his own right, and he doesn't balk at Ghidorah's acts of evil at all. The director himself [[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-godzilla-director-ghidorah-mothra-rodan-20190602-story.html joked]] that San/Kevin probably wouldn't be a bad guy if he weren't stuck to the other two heads with Ichi calling the shots.

* VileVillainLaughableLackey: Downplayed. Ghidorah overall is extremely malevolent and dangerous, but San/Kevin is a bit of an [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny easily-distracted]] goof who's a bit too curious about humans, forcing Ichi to bite him and push him around to get him to focus on killing people.

!! '''Unmarked spoilers''' for ''Godzilla vs. Kong''

[[folder:Ghidorah Reborn]]
-> See [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]]

* MysteriousAntarctica: Is found frozen in ice by Monarch there -- WordOfGod states this was a deliberate reference to ''Film/TheThing1982''. The ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' novelization states that the Vile Vortex to the [[HollowWorld Hollow Earth]] that Monarch has found in Antarctica is no more than a few miles away from where Ghidorah was frozen, leaving Monarch to speculate on whether or not Ghidorah was headed to the vortex when he got frozen.

* EvilSmellsBad: {{Justified}}. The novelization states that Ghidorah's hypercane encroaching on Boston is preceded by a stench like "burning hair and rotten eggs". The latter smell is distinctly associated with hurricanes: it occurs due to the hurricane disturbing sediments in low-flowing waters, which hold the anaerobic bacteria responsible for producing this odor.

* FisherKing: {{Justified}} by his elemental powers: Ghidorah ''literally'' causes a massive, howling tempest of fog, black stormclouds, and unearthly yellow lightning to follow him wherever he goes; reflecting his sheer power as a rival Alpha Titan to Godzilla, his purely-destructive nature as an OmnicidalManiac who wreaks apocalyptic havoc on man and nature alike, [[spoiler:and his alien origins]]. More than that, when Ghidorah is the reigning King of the Monsters during the second half of the movie and he's commanding the Titans to begin destroying the planet in his name, nearly every location the cast visits around the world (from the Yunnan rainforest to the North Atlantic Ocean) is being pelted by gray thunderstorms and torrential downpours, which is reflective both of the superstorm that accompanies Ghidorah and of the havoc he's currently wreaking on nature using the Titans (a.k.a. living forces of nature). A brief remark by Dr. Stanton in the movie[[note]]about Ghidorah "creating massive storms" (plural)[[/note]] hints, and the novelization more explicitly confirms, that the worldwide stormy weather is indeed being caused by Ghidorah InUniverse as part of his efforts to clear the planet once he becomes the reigning alpha. Ghidorah might actually be ''deliberately'' [[InvokedTrope invoking]] this trope during the global apocalypse, since Stanton speculates that he's [[HostileTerraforming reshaping the planet in his own image]].

* HarmlessFreezing: King Ghidorah was frozen in Antarctic ice sometime in the past, yet it appears to have done nothing to slow him down once he escapes. [[spoiler:Justified, as he has an insane HealingFactor, as well as not needing oxygen to survive, being a space creature.]]

* LosingYourHead: When Godzilla [[spoiler:reduces Ghidorah to just his middle head]], the bodiless head continues to roar and frantically try to escape Godzilla's jaws until he incinerates it -- possibly {{justified}} by BizarreAlienBiology. [[spoiler:{{Downplayed}} with the decapitated left head -- externally, it appears dead, and its flesh has decomposed to leave just the skull by the time of ''Godzilla vs. Kong'', but it retains its telepathic capabilities (which Apex Cybernetics exploit to create a [[BrainComputerInterface psionic uplink]]), and it turns out that some of Ghidorah's consciousness lives on through the skull when it takes over Mechagodzilla's AI]].

* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:In the battle of Boston, Ghidorah is mauled half a dozen times by Big G, blasted again and again by a super-charged atomic breath, and thrown into buildings and the foundation of the city. Burning Godzilla vents nuclear heat with enough force to level Boston ''twice'', resulting in Ghidorah's wings and side heads being incinerated by the blasts, and after that he still has to stomp on Ghidorah's still-alive body and point-blank him with another blast of nuclear heat; and after '''that''', Godzilla ''finally'' roasts the remaining and still-kicking head with an atomic breath which goes up the head's neck from the cut while it's held in Godzilla's jaws and explodes it from the inside-out]]. {{Justified}}, as Ghidorah's insane HealingFactor practically ''requires'' his death to be this.

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* {{Reconstruction}}: In contrast to [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype the anime version of the character]], this Ghidorah takes the original concept and adds enough realism to make it work beautifully. A giant flying dragon will need enormous wings he can fold out of his way that are also sturdy enough to support his weight when leaning forward. The three heads all have minds of their own, causing certain independence from each other, and move around like cobras due to their long necks. Ghidorah belches a conductive ionized gas ignited by his body’s bio-electricity, and his electrical powers cause massive storms to form around him. His occasional mind control powers are reworked into his status as an Alpha Titan with the ability to direct the other Titans as he sees fit on an instinctual level. Also, while previous King Ghidorah incarnations were ''said'' to be {{Planet Killer}}s, ''how'' they did so wasn't elaborated on other than 'fly around spamming Gravity Beams until everything is dead.' This Ghidorah is capable of destroying life on Earth by a combination of: commanding the Titans to tear down humanity's cities and eradicate ecosystems faster than they [[FertileFeet regenerate them]], and by virtue of his storm system spreading until it blankets the entire planet in a neverending hurricane. [[spoiler: His status as an alien is also used to fit in with the franchise's theme of Kaiju simply being animals in touch with nature, [[IntroducedSpeciesCalamityinvasive as this makes him an outside species which damages the ecosystem he encroaches on.]]]]

-->--'''Dr. Vivienne Graham's field notes'''

* {{Reconstruction}}: In contrast to [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype the anime version of the character]], this Ghidorah takes the original concept and adds enough realism to make it work beautifully. A giant flying dragon will need enormous wings he can fold out of his way that are also sturdy enough to support his weight when leaning forward. The three heads all have minds of their own, causing certain independence from each other, and move around like cobras due to their long necks. Ghidorah belches a conductive ionized gas ignited by his body’s bio-electricity, and his electrical powers cause massive storms to form around him. His occasional mind control powers are reworked into his status as an Alpha Titan with the ability to direct the other Titans as he sees fit on an instinctual level. Also, while previous King Ghidorah incarnations were ''said'' to be {{Planet Killer}}s, ''how'' they did so wasn't elaborated on other than 'fly around spamming Gravity Beams until everything is dead.' This Ghidorah is capable of destroying life on Earth by a combination of: commanding the Titans to tear down humanity's cities and eradicate ecosystems faster than they [[FertileFeet regenerate them]], and by virtue of his storm system spreading until it blankets the entire planet in a neverending hurricane.

* AnimalMotifs: Despite his [[DraconicAbomination overall appearance]], the more that is known and seen about Ghidorah, the more he brings to mind an ''octopus'' of all things. His neurons are scattered throughout his body like an octopus, enabling a genetic memory to persist even when his heads are destroyed, and said head can regenerate like new, just like an octopus can with their tentacles. The heads can also act semi-independently, which again is something octopi tentacles can do thanks to the scattered neurons as part of their means of checking out their surroundings; San/Kevin's curiosity brings this to mind and another of Ghidorah's heads acts independently to get the whole being an electrical boost in power. Octopi are also remarkably intelligent animals - with Ghidorah possessing a wicked sentience compared to the other simply animalistic Titans - and regarded as one of the most bizarre species in the world - Ghidorah's [[spoiler: status as an alien works as a parallel to this, as he completely violates biological laws.]] Finally, Ghidorah was the inspiration for various draconian myths, such as Yamata-no-Orochi - the '''eight''' headed serpent.

*** The [=MUTOs=] in the [=MonsterVerse's=] previous Godzilla-centric movie, ''Film/Godzilla2014'', were insectoid [[NonMaliciousMonster non-malicious monsters]] and a BattleCouple that threatened the Earth by virtue of being dai{{kaiju}} ExplosiveBreeders, had no interest in other Titans so long as they didn't come to challenge them, they were young and newborn by Titans' standards (with their adult forms having only just been born when they emerge in the movie's present time frame); and the [=MUTOs=] cared little to nothing for humanity, whom were in the [=MUTOs'=] eyes just a pest that was in their way. Ghidorah is a serpentine, reptilian monster with a MultipleHeadCase, who threatens Earth by virtue of actively seeking to take control of the other Titans around the world and deliberately engulf the planet in global [[NaturalDisasterCascade natural disasters]], storm systems and Titan rampages, either to [[HostileTerraforming xenoform the Earth to his own liking]] or simply out of omnicidal hatred for all other life. Ghidorah is an AncientEvil who is at least thousands of years old as an individual specimen (and likely much, much older than that), and he actively attacks and destroys as many humans as he possibly can with a demonic level of sadistic relish.

** In both the previous two films, the [=MUTOs=] and the Skullcrawlers were ferocious and an apocalyptic threat, but they were ultimately animals following their instincts to survive; furthermore, in both cases, they mostly match the AntiHero Kaiju in a fight due to superior numbers rather than individual superiority. By contrast, Ghidorah is an actively malicious OmnicidalManiac whose behavior defies nature as we know it and indicates he's truly evil, and in Ghidorah's case it's ''Godzilla'' who implicitly needs a second kaiju's back-up or a HomeFieldAdvantage to get one up on Ghidorah.

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* AnimalMotifs: Despite his [[DraconicAbomination overall appearance]], the more that is known and seen about Ghidorah, the more he brings to mind an ''octopus'' of all things. His neurons are scattered throughout his body like an octopus, enabling a genetic memory to persist even when his heads are destroyed, and said head can regenerate like new, just like an octopus can with their tentacles. The heads can also act semi-independently, which again is something octopi tentacles can do thanks to the scattered neurons as part of their means of checking out their surroundings; San/Kevin's curiosity brings this to mind and another of Ghidorah's heads acts independently to get the whole being an electrical boost in power. Octopi are also remarkably intelligent animals - with Ghidorah possessing a wicked sentience compared to the other simply animalistic Titans - and regarded as one of the most bizarre species in the world - Ghidorah's [[spoiler: status as an alien works as a parallel to this, as he completely violates biological laws.]]