History Characters / MonsterVerseMonarch

* FatalFlaw: Passion. Shaw is deeply driven by his emotions over reason, and it clouds his vision of the bigger picture and gets him into avoidable trouble. In 1955, he blows off an extremely important meeting that would have seen him put in charge of Monarch so that he can join his friends on a field mission, [[spoiler:particularly Keiko who he's fallen in love with,]] which leads to Lieutenant Hatch, who wants to sabotage Monarch for his own purposes, being put in charge instead. [[spoiler:In 2015, Shaw blows off Cate's warnings to him that his plan to seal off the HollowEarth is risking annihilating the world if he continues it once he hears that the data came from Monarch, whose history of being non-proactive to preventing Titan threats before they begin he has a chip on his shoulder towards, and this sets off a chain of events which get him, Cate and May stranded in the Hollow Earth and lead to his possible death there]].

* TheAtoner: He admits that to a certain degree,

* CassandraTruth: He tries to tell now-adult Hiroshi what he encountered in Hollow Earth, but Hiroshi dismisses his claims and returns his pocket knife. As he tells Michelle, he's been trying to tell Monarch for years, and they didn't listen to him because they think he's crazy. Despite the fact that [[spoiler:he hadn't aged a day in the 20 years he was missing]].

* ConnectedAllAlong: After Shaw's first appearance in ''Godzilla: Awakening'', ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'' reveals that he was close friends and colleagues with the same William "Bill" Randa who featured in ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' and set off that movie's plot, implicitly since just before Bill entered Monarch. The first episode even shows how they all met: In 1952, Lee was assigned to guard Dr. Keiko Miura--a Japanese scientist working for the recently-established Monarch, who was tracking strange radiation patterns--as punishment for getting into a bar fight with some other soldiers. While trekking through the jungle, they ran into Bill Randa--who was tracking those same patterns based on local myths and legends. Despite Lee's skepticism, Keiko and Bill found the wreck of the USS ''Lawton'' and a Titan dubbed the Ion Dragon. Following this, Bill joined Monarch and with Lee's help secured funding from the US government.

* HonoraryUncle: To Hiroshi, even being addressed as "Uncle" by the youngster before his fateful trip to the Hollow Earth.

* TrashOfTheTitans: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, but in "[[MonarchLegacyOfMonstersS1E8Birthrigh Birthright]]", it's stated that he never threw any of the old files, research and junk in the old Monarch office that he inherited [[spoiler:from Bill Randa]], preserving stuff that could be important in ways he couldn't predict further down the line at the price of his office's contents being very time-costly to sort through.

* AbusiveParents: Implied. When Puckett laments what his father would think of the mess his bar brawl caused, Lee snarks that they could find out if they sober him up long enough to ask.

* CoolOldGuy: When we meet him again in the retirement home, he's still fairly spry and handsome (with a full head of [[SilverFox silver hair]], no less) for a man in his nineties. When Cate, Kentaro and May show up, he shows basically no hesitation in getting back into the action.
** This verges on Really700YearsOld as the characters in 2015 point out that for him to be a military officer in the 1950s (as he appears in the flashback timeline), he has to be in his early 90s, but looks like he's in his early 70s (and a spry one at that, as he's played by the 72 year old Kurt Russell). He shrugs this off as "good genes". [[spoiler:This is eventually revealed as the result of a botched expedition to Hollow Earth leaving him [[YearOutsideHourInside time displaced upon his return]]]].

* IgnoredExpert: He's not a scientist, but he's been trying to warn Monarch for warning signs for decades with no avail. He rightfully calls out Monarch for not preparing the inevitable, which lead to the disaster in 2014. Duvall ends up seeing his point and joins his side.

* MentorArchetype: {{Downplayed}}. He's responsible for recruiting Eiji Serizawa into Monarch and subsequently becomes an old friend, though it evidently wasn't from Shaw that Eiji or his son gained their defining passion for Godzilla.

* {{Pride}}: Like Admiral Stenz, Emma Russell, Apex Cybernetics and many other antagonists, Shaw makes the mistake of assuming nature will do just what he wants it to if he tries to force it. [[spoiler:He's trying to save the world from future hostile Titan incursions via forcibly sealing every HollowEarth passageway on the surface, which unbeknownst to him will implicitly backfire on humanity and Godzilla if he succeeds]].

* SoleSurvivor: He was the only survivor of Operation Hourglass when [[spoiler:he landed in Hollow Earth. When he return back to the surface, 20 years had passed, and his nephew was already an adult man]].

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He lets go of Keiko's hands while his ship is being thrown back to the Hollow Earth rift. Considering Keiko survived under the same circumstances, he may return]].

* DidNotGetTheGirl: ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'' reveals that Lee and [[spoiler:Dr. Keiko Miura fell in love with each other by 1955, but after he skipped an important military meeting to pursue her and Bill Randa on a Titan-hunting expedition, General Puckett--who'd made it clear that if Lee attended the meeting he'd be given control of Monarch to run as he saw fit, but if he didn't there would be unpleasant consequences--passed military oversight of Monarch to Lieutenant Hatch instead. Lt. Hatch proceeded to gut Monarch's funding, insult Keiko to her face for being Japanese while having the FBI dig up her past as an Imperial Japanese Navy officer, and say that the threat Monarch should really be hunting was [[RedScare Communist spies infiltrating American society]] instead of giant monsters. As a result Keiko was furious at Lee for having screwed the origanization she helped establish over out of jealousy, and she and Bill Randa grew closer until they fell in love and got married, leaving Lee initially bitter and alone]].

* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's eccentric and socially awkward to say the least, but he is very smart and very knowledgeable about what Monarch and the Randas fave I'm the series. Best seen when he uses a combination of his knowledge of Hiroshi Randa the man, what he was looking into and Monarch's own activities to puzzle out where Shaw and the Randas will be in Algeria.
* EnemyMine: Forms an alliance with the Randa's after Godzilla appears, promising to help them find May if they help him puzzle out what Shaw's after.

* EnemyMine: Forms an alliance with the Randa's after Godzilla appears, promising to help them find May if they help him puzzle out what Shaw's after.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Leaves Monarch after Verdugo essentially writes off Cate, May and Shaw as lost in the Hollow Earth. He ends up forming an alliance with Kentaro, Hiroshi and Apex Cybernetics to get them back]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: He's appalled in the fifth episode that the introduction of Bill and Keiko Randa's grandchildren into Monarch consists of them being locked up in cells and interrogated, even though, as Verdugo snarkily points out, ''Tim'' tried to kidnap Cate off the street in a black car before that.

* DeadpanSnarker: Despite being the more serious operative relative to Tim, she can be very snarky and sarcastic when she wants to be; revealing that she knows May isn't who she says she is in a fairly drawn-out and sarcastic manner, and sardonically making {{air quotes}} when describing Kentaro's artist occupation.

* SmugSnake: Though she raises valid points many times, she's also subtly smug underneath her cool-headedness, and yet Lee manages to get under her skin and infuriate her over the course of a HannibalLecture where he verbally rips Monarch's questionable passiveness to shreds. [[spoiler:By the end of the series, her conduct has driven multiple characters that were once loyal to her away from Monarch into the hands of more proactive-seeming but dangerous groups and organizations, like Shaw's RenegadeSplinterFaction and the much more malignant Apex Cybernetics]].

* HonoraryUncle: To Hiroshi.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He Monarch after Verdugo essentially writes off Cate, May and Shaw as lost in the Hollow Earth. He ends up forming an alliance with Kentaro, Hiroshi and Apex Cybernetics to get them back]].

* BrokenPedestal: Tim starts out the series firmly agreeing with Monarch's ideals, but once Verdugo [[spoiler: won't help May, Cate, and Lee despite evidence to their survival, he immediately agrees with Lee's claims that Monarch doesn't actually try to solve problems and quites.]]

* NoSocialSkills: Tries to make small talk with Cate, and the awkwardness comes from his end and Cate was already through with her own father's secrets.
* NotHelpingYourCase: He tries to come off as a friendly NiceGuy to Cate when she's trying to leave Japan, but he keeps aggressively grabbing her arm, and take her to his car. It doesn't help at all when he has her blindfolded, and Cate ends up having an episodic panic attack that caused their car to flip over.

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* SmugSnake: Though she raises valid points many times, she's also subtly smug underneath her cool-headedness, but Lee manages to get under her skin and infuriate her over the course of a HannibalLecture where he verbally rips Monarch's questionable passiveness to shreds. [[spoiler:By the end of the series, her conduct has driven multiple characters that were once loyal to her away from Monarch into the hands of more proactive-seeming but dangerous groups and organizations]].

[[folder:Houston Brooks]]

!!Scientists

[[folder:Houston Brooks]]
--> ''See Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition''
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[[folder:San Lin]]
--> ''See Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition''
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[[folder:Dr. Emma Russell]]
--> See [[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell here]].
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[[folder:Dr. Mark Russell]]
--> See [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell here]].
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[[folder:Dr. Nathan Lind]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AlexanderSkarsgard
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsKong''

A geologist and Monarch's chief cartographer, who plans to access the Hollow Earth for manned expeditions. He works closely with Kong.

* BeardOfSorrow: He's sporting one early in the movie because of his brother's death which sent him into a years-long HeroicBSOD. He shaves it after Walter Simmons and Ren Serizawa offer him the [=HEAVs=] and bring him out of his funk.
* BrainyBrunette: He has light-brown hair, and although he's a little bit of a CowardlyLion at first, he is ''very'' smart, as befits a high-ranking Monarch operative. On top of being part of the first attempt to launch a manned expedition to the Hollow Earth, Nathan tentatively understands what went wrong with the gravity inversion and what it'll feel like on the Apex-backed second go, he has the idea to get Kong to lead the expedition into the Hollow Earth, he works out how to make Godzilla stop attacking the naval fleet. ''And'', before all of that, he was able to land a job teaching college classes ''after'' he'd been ousted from the scientific community.
* CatharticExhalation: In the novelization, Nathan takes a breath after Kong kills the Warbats that ambushed and nearly killed Team Kong, at which point it really sinks in for Nathan that they've truly made it to the Hollow Earth alive.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Mark Russell in ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters''. They’re both ex-Monarch scientific {{Scrap Heap Hero}}es whom quit and went into isolation with a mundane job before the main story's start (wildlife photography for Mark, university lecturing for Nathan), because they both suffered the premature death of a family-member which still haunts them for most of the story until they confront and make peace with the same thing which caused the casualty. However, Mark was a snide, self-righteous JerkWithAHeartOfGold who [[UngratefulBastard was often ungrateful]] and was not afraid to speak up, but was more than willing to risk his own life. Nathan is by contrast gracious, mild-mannered, and kindly, but is quite [[CowardlyLion cowardly]] and anxious. Whereas Mark specializes in understanding the Titans' behavior and had an intrinsic connection to Godzilla, Nathan specializes in understanding the physics of the HollowEarth and he has little to no intrinsic understanding of Kong. Mark was cynical and believed to the point of pessimism that the Titans should be left alone as much as possible out of fear of human meddling backfiring: Nathan however is idealistic-minded and slightly radical about breaching the Titans' point of origin, yet he tends to be blinded by these traits to warning signs and missing steps when he pursues a goal.
* CowardlyLion: The token one among Team Kong. He's notably timid of Kong, and the novelization even notes he [[DeerInTheHeadlights freezes up]] during Godzilla's attack on the fleet – Jia [[HidingBehindTheLanguageBarrier subtly]] judges him as a coward after meeting him. However, Nathan proves his bravery over the movie, not hesitating to draw a Hellhawk's attention in order to save Jia and Dr. Andrews, and nearly dying twice trying to save Kong.
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Briefly {{discussed}} by him and Walter Simmons. Nathan cautions Simmons that the idea he's just had to get Kong to lead them to the Hollow Earth energy source is crazy. Simmons is all for it.
* DeathByOriginStory: His brother David died attempting to enter the Hollow Earth years before the events of ''Godzilla vs. Kong'', which is a big source of confidence issues for Nathan in the present.
* DeepBreathRevealsTension: When Simmons is talking to Nathan about the latter's late brother, Nathan calmly thanks Simmons for the condolence, then hisses in the air and pauses notably before exhaling – the novelization of this scene notes that Nathan is actually on the verge of breaking down at this moment.
* DeerInTheHeadlights: The novelization notes that he initially freezes up in shock during Godzilla's attack on the fleet to the point that he can't issue any commands, and it takes him a while to snap out of it.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: In the novelization, Dr. Andrews observes that Nathan has a [[FatalFlaw bad habit]] of "go[ing] very far out on very thin limbs" when he sets his mind on an end goal, which is partly what led to the failure of the Linds' first effort to access the Hollow Earth. In the novel, whereas most other members of the non-Team Godzilla cast at least suggest (however half-heartedly) that Monarch should try to work out ''why'' Godzilla is acting so aggressively, Nathan ''explicitly'' dismisses that as dilly-dallying and jumps straight to working out how to neutralize Godzilla, oblivious to the possibility there's an even bigger threat agitating Godzilla (which there is).
* FatalFlaw: The novelization notes he tends to go "very far out on very thin limbs". This was a factor in the disastrous first attempt to access the Hollow Earth which caused his brother's death, and it also makes Nathan completely overlook the necessity of working out why a Titan like Godzilla (which is only aggressive when provoked and generally fights in defence of Earth's natural order) is suddenly attacking human population centers with no rival Titan in sight; which in turn only makes Nathan all the more perfect UnwittingPawn for Apex's plan to access the Hollow Earth. In the novel, everyone makes at least ''some'' half-hearted suggestion that Monarch should be working out the cause of Godzilla's rampage, except for Nathan who dismisses that as dilly-dallying and jumps ahead to the matter of taking Godzilla down.
* HeroicBSOD: When the movie starts, Nathan has spent the last couple of years languishing in a dead-end college tutor job after his brother's death and the destruction of his reputation within the scientific community, even growing a BeardOfSorrow. He comes out of it quickly when Simmons and Ren approach him to seek his help with accessing the Hollow Earth.
* HisStoryRepeatsItself: He's a ScrapHeapHero because the first attempt to access the HollowEarth went spectacularly wrong and led to his brother's death, taking a lot out of Nathan. In the present, Nathan is trying to reach the Hollow Earth again, this time successfully – it's subtly implied that for Nathan, succeeding in this endeavour is just as much about moving on from his past failure and his brother's death as it is about trying to stop Godzilla's rampage.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Particularly in the novelization. The novel emphasizes that whereas most people in Monarch (including Dr. Andrews) have at least some suspicions about Apex's role in the Hollow Earth expedition and/or misgivings about their shady past with [[spoiler:the Oxygen Destroyer]], Nathan has nothing but high regard for Walter Simmons based purely on the latter's celebrity status and his company's reputation for inventiveness. This, combined with Nathan's aforementioned FatalFlaw, makes him a very adequate UnwittingPawn for Simmons' EvilPlan.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: It's hinted in the movie, and confirmed in the novelization, that Nathan blames himself for the deaths of his brother and the rest of the crew during the original expedition attempt because Nathan didn't see the miscalculation coming, leading him to ultimately become a ScrapHeapHero.
* IndyPloy: Nathan is very quick on his feet. During Godzilla's attack on Kong's escort fleet, Nathan orders the ship to cut all power to make Godzilla believe he's won - it's a gamble at best, [[spoiler:but it fortunately pays off]].
* TheLeader: Of Team Kong. Nathan is very levelheaded through the journey despite the dangers that both Godzilla and Hollow Earth offer. Despite being called a coward by Jia, Nathan proves to be very brave, putting his life on the line a few times to save others over the course of the movie.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: In the novelization, Nathan's spaceman figurine was in his brother David's possession for a long time and was considered by David a good luck charm – David gives the figurine away to Nathan ''right'' before David's fateful mission into Skull Island's Vile Vortex. Years later, Nathan is holding onto the figurine when he attempts to enter the Hollow Earth himself, and Nathan ultimately survives this later, more successful effort.
* MyGreatestFailure: It's hinted in the film, and more explicitly confirmed in the novelization, that he considers the first attempted Hollow Earth entry to be his worst mistake, not least because him [[FatalFlaw jumping ahead and ignoring hurdles]] got [[ILetGwenStacyDie several people killed (not least among them was his own brother)]]. In the present, Nathan is a ScrapHeapHero trying to achieve what he and his brother failed to do the first time around, and his past failure weighs on him subtly.
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: In the novelization's version of the epilogue, David has taken up learning sign language with Jia, but... his command of it is [[Series/GameOfThrones still a bit nostril]], [[spoiler:thanks in no small part to Jia's mischief]].
* PapaWolf: Nathan throws a rock at a Hellhawk to distract it from attacking Jia.
* PastExperienceNightmare: In the novelization, he [[PlaguedByNightmares frequently]] dreams back to the day that his and David's mission went horribly wrong and his brother died
* PlaguedByNightmares: The novelization states he has a recurring nightmare almost every night, where he's back at his and David's disastrous attempt to access the Hollow Earth and he tries to change it at the last minute.
* PreciousPhoto: He carries a worn photo of himself and his brother, who died attempting to enter the Hollow Earth before the film's time frame.
* ScrapHeapHero: At the movie's start, he's a washout from Monarch and the scientific community who's languishing in a dead-end college tutor job after his first attempt to access the Hollow Earth went disastrously wrong – the novelization notes that Nathan at first tried to fight the nuclear fallout on his scientific career, but he just didn't have the energy for it with [[ILetGwenStacyDie accidentally getting his brother killed]]. Once [[ManipulativeBastard Walter Simmons and Ren Serizawa]] convince Nathan that they can help him succeed where he originally failed, Nathan shaves his [[BeardOfSorrow beard]] and rejoins Monarch with reinvigorated spirits, [[spoiler:and this time he does succeed]].
* StrongFamilyResemblance: The novelization states he and David were often mistaken for twins in their youth.
* SupportingProtagonist: He more or less fills this role in the film. He is the leader of Team Kong and it’s his expedition that gets focused for the most part. But Kong is ultimately the true protagonist of Team Kong. Kong would have died twice if Nathan had not saved him.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: His role in ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' is similar to Mark Russell's role in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': a member of Monarch who left after the tragic death of a family member years ago, who is presently called on to return to Monarch's side and has to confront the very same kind of thing which caused his lost loved one's death.
* TheyCalledMeMad: Despite the end credits of ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' explicitly confirming that the Hollow Earth's existence was revealed to the public in 2019, Nathan was laughed out of the non-Monarch scientific community as a crackpot for espousing that the Hollow Earth was real more recently; a crackpot who got multiple people killed after his attempt to access the Hollow Earth ended in disaster with many dead. Combine that with Nathan's HeroicBSOD over his brother being among the casualties of his failed venture, and he was reduced to a dead-end job as a college tutor after he quit Monarch.
* TragicKeepsake: He holds onto a toy figurine that his late brother originally held as a good luck charm.
* UnwittingPawn: To Apex. Walter convinces Nathan to lead a team to the Hollow Earth and find an energy source powerful enough to take on Godzilla, however, Apex is only using Nathan and his team to extract a sample of the energy to fully activate [[spoiler:Mechagodzilla]]. The novelization notes Nathan was the only non-villainous human on the main cast who neither [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter thought suspiciously of Apex in any way]] nor [[DidntThinkThisThrough remotely entertained the idea of working out]] ''[[DidntThinkThisThrough why]]'' [[DidntThinkThisThrough Godzilla is attacking]], which made Nathan all the more malleable; and it was through Nathan approaching Dr. Andrews that Apex obtained the Monarch assistance and expertise they needed for their plan.
* WhatIsGoingOn: He asks this question when rushing onto the scene beside Andrews and Jia in front of an ailing Kong, [[spoiler:who Andrews explains is going into deadly arrhythmia]].

[[folder:Dr. Ilene Andrews]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RebeccaHall
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' | ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire''

An anthropological linguist who is studying Kong on Skull Island, and Jia's human guardian.

* BrainyBrunette: She's a dark-haired linguist who can fluently communicate with Jia and has been attempting to teach Kong. She also understands that just because Kong can be manipulated doesn't mean he can be controlled, [[spoiler:and she's right that Godzilla would invariably hunt Kong down ''and'' would beat him in a fight if Kong enters Godzilla's territory]].
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Emma Russell in ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters''. Both are respected and renowned Monarch scientists who specialize in bridging human-Titan communication, and they're characterized by their respective movies as maternal figures. Emma specialized in using an artificial device to communicate with the Titans generally in their own bio-acoustic language, whereas Andrews is invested in using sign language to communicate with Kong specifically. Both characters work with their native movies' human antagonists to combat a perceived threat to the world, but Emma works with Alan Jonah and his eco-terrorists to champion the Titans reclaiming the world from humanity, and she’s knowingly committing evil actions to that end; whereas Andrews is working with Apex Cybernetics in part because she believes they're checking a rampaging Alpha Titan that threatens human lives, and she's an unwitting pawn who has no idea of Apex's evil humanocentric plans to endanger millions and activate Mechagodzilla. Whereas Emma is driven by grief over the loss of her son to a Titan disaster and is protective of her remaining daughter, Andrews is driven by protectiveness of both Kong and the female ward that she adopted after said ward lost her own family to a Titan disaster. Whereas Emma ultimately champions Godzilla after mistakenly championing Ghidorah, Andrews primarily champions Kong after mistakenly championing Mechagodzilla's creation.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Light Feminine to Maia's Dark Feminine on the Hollow Earth expedition. Andrews is a casually-dressed and maternal figure who is Jia's ParentalSubstitute and is concerned for Kong's well-being, and she's the second most grounded and cautious member of the team when it comes to manipulating Kong and meddling with the Hollow Earth's energy.
* MamaBear: She's been Jia's guardian since the rest of the Iwi were wiped out, and she's highly protective of the girl; worrying about her getting too close to Kong and getting hurt, and overall looking out for her in a motherly fashion throughout the movie.
* MustMakeAmends: In the novelization, she tells Nathan that she feels guilty for Skull Island's destruction because she did nothing to stop Dr. Brooks' efforts to force open the island's Vile Vortex just before Camazotz' invasion, and she admits that salvaging a new home for Kong is her effort at atonement.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: In the novelization, destroying the bio-dome to extract Kong, which in turn sentences the last fragment of Skull Island's ecosystem to death, causes Dr. Andrews to weep as it sinks in how irrevocable this action is and how Skull Island's ecosystem is now gone forever.
* OneSteveLimit: She has the same first name as fellow Monarch scientist Dr. Chen from ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''.
* ParentalSubstitute: She's Jia's human guardian, having made a promise she'd look after the girl after she was orphaned. She looks out for Jia throughout the movie, and next to Kong, Andrews seems to be the second most closely-trusted being in Jia's life. The novelization notes Andrews' maternal feelings towards the girl are likely strengthened by the fact Andrews never had kids of her own.
* TeamMom: To Team Kong, being Jia's ParentalSubstitute and guardian, and chiding Nathan and later Maia [[spoiler:upon the latter's betrayal]] for their recklessness.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: She suspects Kong is intelligent (admitting that she's been attempting to communicate with him through sign language and seeing possible signs of recognition), but not only is she shocked to learn how far along Kong really is with understanding it, she initially underestimates how strong Kong's bond with Jia is. She also understands better than Nathan that humans can't rein Kong or force him to do anything; at most, we can only manipulate him. Dr. Andrews is certain that if Kong were to leave Skull Island, Godzilla would invariably defeat him and kill him – [[spoiler:she's proven right about the defeat part, although it should be noted that Kong would have expired from heart failure after Godzilla was finished beating him down if not for human intervention]].
* YouAreInCommandNow: The prequel graphic novel ''Kingdom Kong'' depicts Dr. Brooks standing down from his chief managerial role over Monarch's operations on Skull Island and informing Dr. Andrews that he's transferring all responsibilities to her, much to her surprise; leading into Andrews' role in ''Godzilla vs. Kong''.
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[[folder:Dr. Keiko Randa (née Miura)]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MariYamamoto
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters''

A Monarch scientist in the 1950s who investigates Titans alongside Lee Shaw and Bill Randa. She's the wife of Bill, the mother of Hiroshi Randa, and the posthumous paternal grandmother of paternal half-siblings Cate and Kentaro Randa.
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[[folder:Dr. Tim Mancini]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RandyHavens
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''

A Monarch entomologist studying Mothra in China's Yunnan rainforest alongside Emma Russell.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: As much as he admires Mothra and doesn't want to make an attempt on her life, Mancini doesn't hesitate to try and activate the termination protocol when Mothra turns aggressive, and Emma has to stop him from pressing the BigRedButton.
* BoomHeadshot: Jonah kills him by popping a cap, [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange point blank]], which goes all the way through Mancini's skull and shatters the display window behind him.
* FriendToBugs: He's completely in awe when Mothra's larval form hatches. The novelization outright states he's an entomologist.
* SleepDeprivation: He and Emma have the following conversation during Mothra's hatching. Bear in mind, this is occurring less than an hour InUniverse after Emma and Madison got out of bed in the morning.
-->'''Emma:''' You know, I can take it from here. Why don't you get some rest?\\
'''Mancini:''' No way. Sleep or no sleep, I'm not missing this.
* WhenHeSmiles: The novelization states that Madison doesn't see him smiling often (partly because he apparently doesn't like kids such as her very much), but when he ''does'' choose to show his smile off, it's considered an endearing sight. In the film, Mancini has a sincere grin on his face when Mothra is born [[spoiler:and after the ORCA has calmed her]].
* TheXenophile: He enthusiastically foregoes an opportunity to catch up on [[SleepDeprivation clearly-postponed sleep]] so that he can witness the birth of the Titan he's studying, and the awe that's written all over his face is second only to Emma and Madison's.

[[folder:Ben]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ChrisChalk
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/GodzillaVsKong''

A Monarch scientist studying Kong on Skull Island.
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* BlackAndNerdy: A black scientist with NerdGlasses who briefly exposits how the bio-dome can't hold Kong for much longer.
* NerdGlasses: He has classic, chunky glasses, albeit with lighter-colored frames than usual.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears from the film after Kong is transported off Skull Island.

!!G-Team and Other Security

[[folder:Jackson Barnes]]
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->''"Sometimes I think this is Godzilla's world. We just live in it."''
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' O'Shea Jackson Jr.
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''

A chief warrant officer and G-Team's expert on heavy explosives and munitions.

%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DemolitionsExpert: His official profile describes him as a trained heavy explosives and munitions expert.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Subverted. In the novelization, Barnes is serene and he's at peace with the fact he's likely about to die when Ghidorah is closing in on the ''Argo'', only regretting that the rescued Isla de Mara locals who never asked to be devastated by Titans have to die like this. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Godzilla shows up before Ghidorah can start tearing into the ship]].
* HeldGaze: The novelization includes an extra scene where Barnes catches Master Sergeant Hendricks' gaze in the Platonic version of this trope, telling Hendricks that he understands how he feels about Titans but none of them can afford to be {{military maverick}}s during the upcoming mission.
* HellYesMoment: In the novelization, Barnes has this to say when he sees Godzilla getting up [[spoiler:and approaching his [[SuperMode Burning mode]]]]:
-->"''Fucking A.''"
* JumpedAtTheCall: His Monarch Sciences bio states he's a lifelong monster enthusiast, and the profile almost quotes the trope name when describing Barnes' eager reaction to the chance to try out for Monarch's G-Team.
* MauveShirt: He's one of a small handful of soldiers to get a name, is often allowed to pass comment on specific situations, [[spoiler:and gets to live to see the final number]].
* MistakenForRomance: He assumes that Mothra and Godzilla's relationship is [[InterspeciesRomance Interspecies Romantic]] and is squicked out, prompting Coleman to correct him that the relationship is likely symbiotic.
* NightmareFetishist: His Monarch Sciences bio says that he loved monster movies as a child, and whereas most of the world understandably feared and hated the Titans after their existence was revealed in 2014, Barnes just really wants to catch a glimpse of Godzilla at the ocean one day. Safe to say, Barnes gets his wish during the movie.
* OceanAwe: His profile says that spending much of his military career at sea has given Barnes a fascination for the ocean, not least the contemplation of what lies beneath the waves.
* PluckyComicRelief: He has shades of this among the G-Team; [[MistakenForRomance mistaking Godzilla and Mothra's symbiotic relationship for romance]] and then being squicked out, and passing comment on how he doesn't envy Madison for having Emma and Mark for parents while he's in the back of a Humvee amidst an apocalyptic city-destroying Titan battle.
* PrecisionFStrike: He gets ''King of the Monsters''[='=] single allowed uncensored "Fuck" when Ghidorah emerges from the Antarctic ice. This was edited out in the trailers.
-->You gotta be fucking kidding me!
* SequelNonEntity: Like the rest of the G-Team, he's completely absent from ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' without explanation nor so much as a mention.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Alongside Martinez after the death of Hendricks.
* TheXenophile: His Monarch profile reveals he had a lifelong love of monster movies, and when he was serving out at sea, he requested night patrols in the hopes that he'd catch a glimpse of Godzilla's blue light.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: He says this almost word-for-word, as transcribed under PrecisionFStrike, when Ghidorah rises and Barnes realizes that the Titan is physically a 521-foot ''dragon straight out of myth'' with [[MultipleHeadCase two extra heads]].

[[folder:Lauren Griffin]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ElizabethLudlow
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''

A first lieutenant who serves as G-Team's resident Osprey pilot and the pilot of Monarch's sky fortress, the ''USS'' Argo.

* AcePilot: Makes a straight-up hard landing when her vehicle has a damaged rotor while dodging a discarded aircraft and cargo doors.
* BoyishShortHair: She has short hair, and she's a tough-as-nails AcePilot known for skillfully pulling off vicious flight maneuvers.
* TheCynic: {{Downplayed}}. Her Monarch Sciences bio reveals she thinks that Serizawa and his colleagues' notions of humans and Titans cohabiting the planet is little more than a pipe dream, although she's a lot more respectful in her disagreement than Mark Russell is. That having been said, Griffin otherwise has a fairly positive personality all-round.
* CynicismCatalyst: Her profile reveals that the reason why she doesn't share the Monarch scientists' optimism on Titans is that she witnessed the sheer carnage that the [=MUTOs=] and their battle against Godzilla wrought in 2014.
* SequelNonEntity: Like the rest of the G-Team, she's completely absent from ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' without explanation and isn't mentioned at all, as if she never existed.
* WorstAid: After she gets injured [[spoiler:in the leg by shrapnel]], the sheer heat and chaos of Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan battling forces her fellow soldiers to move her promptly while the shrapnel is still stuck in her. And ''then'' Barnes has to treat Griffin in an environment that's anything ''but'' stable: the back of a Humvee that's constantly swerving frantically for all occupants' lives around the rubble, explosions and falling aircraft.

[[folder:Anthony Martinez]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AnthonyRamos
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''

A G-Team staff sergeant who is close friends with Barnes.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mark thinks as much of him in the novelization when first meeting him[[note]]"Square-jawed Martinez seemed affable enough, but Mark sensed toughness below the surface."[[/note]].
* OhCrap: He has one in the novelization's expanded version of the Washington D.C. battle when Rodan disappears amid some cloud cover.
-->"Oh, shit!" Martinez yelped. "Above us, nine o'clock!" Barnes glanced up to see the monster, filling half the sky, wings folded at its sides, diving straight toward them.
* OneSteveLimit: He has the same last name as a female analyst officer who was aboard the USS ''Saratoga'' In ''Film/Godzilla2014''.
* SequelNonEntity: Like the rest of the G-Team, he's completely absent from ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' without explanation and isn't mentioned at all, as if he never existed.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Alongside Barnes after the death of Hendricks.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: He crosses himself when preparing to enter the apocalyptic hellscape that Ghidorah and Godzilla's battle is turning Boston into. The novelization makes his distinct religiousness among the G-Team more explicit.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: Martinez's Monarch Sciences website profile states that his willingness to run into life-threatening danger in order to help others stems from being raised by parents who instilled a strong community value in him.

[[folder:Master Sergeant Hendricks]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:"What's with the light show?"]]

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' [[Creator/TCMatherne T.C. Matherne]]
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''

A member of G-Team who is killed by Ghidorah in Antarctica.

* CListFodder: {{Downplayed}}. He doesn't get as much characterization as the other four named members of G-Team (although he's still not quite a personality-free mook, in the novelization), and he dies with all the G-Team's unnamed members [[spoiler:alongside [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome Dr. Graham]]]] when Ghidorah awakens.
* CurseCutShort: His ProfaneLastWords are [[KilledMidSentence cut short]] when Ghidorah fires his Gravity Beams at Hendricks.
* HeldGaze: In the novelization, Barnes catches his gaze whilst sternly but gently telling Hendricks that he knows [[TragicBigot how he feels about the Titans]], but he needs to operate by-the-book or stay back.
* HotBlooded: He's the soldier who gives the firing order when he and several others turn around and start firing guns at Ghidorah (to predictable lack of effect); plus Hendricks is seen bellowing like a maniac during the shooting. Expanded on and {{downplayed}} in the novelization: Hendricks is itching for an excuse to throw whatever toys the G-Team has at a Titan, but he's no [[MilitaryMaverick loose cannon]], plus the novel reveals that firing on Ghidorah was at least in part an intentional HeroicSacrifice on Hendricks' end.
* KilledMidSentence: Married to ProfaneLastWords.
-->"''Oh, shi-''" ''[gets vaporized by Gravity Beams]''
* MilitaryMaverick: {{Defied}} in the novelization. He's itching for a chance to try and fry a Titan after his father's death, and Barnes is concerned that he might go off the deep end in the field, but Hendricks assures Barnes that he's no loose cannon.
* NotEnoughToBury: He gets blasted to scorched ashes by Ghidorah's Gravity Beams.
* OhCrap: His [[ProfaneLastWords last words]] when he sees Ghidorah charging up his [[PsychoElectro Gravity]] [[BreathWeapon Beams]] to fire on Hendricks and his men:
-->"''Oh, [[KilledMidSentence shi-]]!''"
* ProfaneLastWords: Profane Last Words [[KilledMidSentence Cut Short]], as described under OhCrap.
* RedShirt: In the movie, he's there solely to [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establish]] the [[AxCrazy mentality]] of [[BigBad Ghidorah]] [[spoiler:when Hendricks and several soldiers hail Ghidorah with gunfire to no effect, which prompts the monster to use his BreathWeapon to gleefully blast Hendricks and his compatriots into oblivion with a {{slasher smile}}]]; and also to establish that [[AnyoneCanDie people are gonna die]] to Ghidorah and his Titan army, in what has remained the [=MonsterVerse's=] most apocalyptic and high-stakes movie so far as of 2023.
* SenselessSacrifice: Whereas the movie makes it seem like Hendricks and several other soldiers are being TooDumbToLive when they stop and fire on Ghidorah (which prompts Ghidorah to kill them); in the novelization, Hendricks has a few last words with Barnes which make it clear that he's trying to keep Ghidorah's attention on him and his men in the hopes it'll buy Barnes, Foster and the Monarch brass time to escape. Of course, it doesn't count for much, as the static mega-surge Ghidorah causes when obliterating Hendricks and his men disables the others' escape craft, and Ghidorah proceeds toward menacing them moments later while they can't fly anywhere.
* TooDumbToLive: He and several other soldiers, after barely escaping being crushed by debris when Ghidorah emerges, decide to stop and open fire on the 521-foot Titan. Predictably, it only makes San/Kevin curious about them before all three heads blast them into oblivion.
* TragicBigot: The novelization reveals he's all but itching to kill a Titan (or try to), because his father was among the casualties of Godzilla and the male [=MUTO's=] Hawaii battle. That being said, he's no MilitaryMaverick.

[[folder:Tarkan Çavusgolu]]
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->'''Miles Atherton:''' And what is it, exactly, that you do for Monarch? \\
'''Tarkan:''' Clean up the trash.

!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Godzilla Aftershock''

A member of Monarch's crisis response unit, assigned to act as a bodyguard for Emma Russell during her search for answers on the true nature of Jinshin-Mushi.

* DeadpanSnarker: When the kannushi on Kyushu immediately expresses relief at Emma Russell surviving the cave-in which both she and Tarkan just escaped, Tarkan simply waves and gives him a flat "Hi" to say, 'I was in there too, thank you very much'.
* EscortMission: He's assigned to protect Emma Russell during her trek around the world investigating the MUTO Prime's origins and how to stop it, and his services are certainly needed due to Emma's FearlessFool tendencies.
* HumansAreFlawed: {{Discussed}} by him during a plane ride with Emma.
-->'''Tarkan:''' Funny, isn't it? How much the world has changed. Everything that used to be so important -- land, resources. Overpopulation, religion. Those things that once divided us all seem so petty now. Maybe humans are at our best when we're facing a common threat. I don't know. What do you think? \\
'''Emma Russell:''' I don't think anything's changed. Nothing at all.
* PragmaticHero: To capture [[StalkerWithoutACrush Alan Jonah]] and get him off the team's backs for good, Tarkan readily uses Emma as bait without her knowledge.

!!Others

[[folder:USS ''Argo'']]
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!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''

Monarch's armed command ship. Also functions as its secondary, aerial command centre that transports the top brass anywhere in the world in a short time.

* AirborneAircraftCarrier: It's a massive delta-wing aircraft that serves as a mobile base of operations and a helipad for smaller, VTOL aircraft.
* TheBigBoard: It has a giant, interactive table screen which displays images the Monarch top brass need while while they exposit around it. Images it brings up include mythography, Titan X-rays, and a global satellite map.
* TheBridge: It has a [[UnnecessarilyLargeInterior very spacious]] main bridge with a wide view of the ship's bow through the nose windshields, perimeter-based work stations, and a stage with a [[TheBigBoard Big Board]] in the center. The access point is a wide open corridor at the bridge's rear. The bridge ''does'' have seatbelts for when the ''Argo'' is forced to go on the defensive and get versatile in the air, not that everyone on the bridge uses them. This area is where TheTeam often gather to talk, plan, examine readouts on screens, remotely issue orders to other aircraft and teams in the field, or pilot the ship to maneuvre around destructive Titans and other obstacles.
* CoolPlane: It continues the proud Heisei tradition of a Godzilla-centered organization using super-technology to create sci-fi planes, and it has other, smaller cool Osprey VTOL planes.
* SignatureTeamTransport: PlayedWith. In ''King of the Monsters'', the ''Argo'' is TheTeam[='s=] main mobile operations base with which they travel around the world after leaving Castle Bravo and take the fight to Ghidorah in Washington D.C. and Boston. The vehicle is absent in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' but reappears in the {{novelization}}[='s=] extra scenes, transporting Mark Russell to Hong Kong.
* UnnecessarilyLargeInterior: The interior was clearly shot inside a regular building set full of lavishly-sized corridors, rooms and ceilings. Its bridge alone is larger than your average apartment. It's unlikely that any RealLife utilitarian aircraft, and military ones in particular, would waste so much space on creature comforts.

[[folder:Tim]]
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->"''Those files belong to us, and they are more important than you can possibly imagine.''"
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JoeTippett
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters''
An eccentric Monarch "office drone" who comes into conflict with the Randas while trying to apprehend Bill Randa's classified Monarch files from them.

* AscendedFanboy: He's clearly in awe of the legacy of the Randas, and seems equally geekish about Shaw's role in Monach. Hiroshi himself admits he always appreciated Tim's "fidelity" to his family.
* HeroAntagonist: He's a well-meaning guy, but the methods he was using does not help. To the point that Cate's [=PTSD=] triggers, and he's been chasing after her.
* BrokenPedestal: Tim starts out the series firmly agreeing with Monarch's ideals, but once Verdugo [[spoiler: won't help May, Cate, and Lee despite evidence to their survival, he immediately agrees with Lee's claims that Monarch doesn't actually try to solve problems and quites.]]
%%* NerdGlasses
* NoSocialSkills: Tries to make small talk with Cate, and the awkwardness comes from his end and Cate was already through with her own father's secrets.
* NotHelpingYourCase: He tries to come off as a friendly NiceGuy to Cate when she's trying to leave Japan, but he keeps aggressively grabbing her arm, and take her to his car. It doesn't help at all when he has her blindfolded, and Cate ends up having an episodic panic attack that caused their car to flip over.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}}. He shares a first name with Dr. Mancini, the Monarch scientist who was shot by Alan Jonah at the start of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''.
* SecretlySelfish: Deputy Director Verdugo tells him point-blank that he was being this and instead of informing Ishiro Serizawa about the data leak, he went to Japan with Duvall to "talk" to Cate.

[[folder:Michelle Duvall]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ElisaLasowski
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters''
A cold, seasoned Monarch operative who comes into conflict with Cate Randa over her investigation into her family's history with Monarch.

%%* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther
* ConnectedAllAlong: She's related to the Brodys, with Sandra being her sister. She joined Monarch because of Sandra's death when the male MUTO attacked the power plant.
* CunningLinguist: She's fluent in both English and Japanese, and she's the brains between herself and Tim. When Tim leads them to Kentaro and Emiko's apartment, Duvall has the smarts to try and talk Emiko into handing Randa's files over by claiming that Kentaro stole government property, in contrast to Tim's ineffectual attempts and strongarming.
* EvilWearsBlack: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She's a HeroAntagonist more than anything else, but her all-black attire in contrast to everyone else's clothing doesn't do her any favors in appearing non-evil to the show's protagonists.
* HazyFeelTurn: She defects from the morally light-gray Monarch, over to the morally light but misguided and ultimately criminal Lee Shaw, persuaded by his arguments that Monarch is too passive and ineffectual to prevent more tragedies like the death of her sister and G-Day from occurring again.
* HeroAntagonist: Like with Tim, she's a well-meaning woman trying to help, but their methods cause an episode for Cate, which causes their car to flip over. Then they spend the rest of the episode going after her.
* HeroicLineage: She's revealed to be related to Joe Brody (who played a part in saving tens of thousands of people from radiation contamination at great personal cost in Janjira, and whose later work was instrumental in countering the [=MUTOs=]), and Ford Brody (a brave EOD specialist who helped combat the Titans in the lead-up to G-Day and who was key in Godzilla's victory over the [=MUTOs=]).
%%* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Dark Feminine to Cate Randa's Light Feminine.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She disappears from the show after saving Tim and the Kazakhstan power plant collapses.

[[folder:Dr. Gregory Whelan]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BrianMarkinson
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}''

The chief scientist in charge of the Janjira site containing the MUTO's cocoon.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the film proper, he's portrayed as quite a calm man and is the only one who doesn't look away in dismay when Monarch is trying to fry the MUTO cocoon to death. The novelization instead portrays him as an exuberant WideEyedIdealist who thinks the MUTO is the key to solving the world's energy crisis.
* HeroicSacrifice: Type 1. The novelization states that he died due to staying at his post amidst the male [=MUTO's=] escape to try and ensure everyone else made it out alive.
* MonsterMunch: He's first introduced monitoring the containment site holding Hokmuto's cocoon on the night that Hokmuto breaks out, and he's among the many casualties who die amid the destruction the creature causes just by forcing its way out to freedom, establishing how not even a decades-old BenevolentConspiracy is prepared to come close to combating the {{Kaiju}} once they start to emerge.
* StoicSpectacles: He wears a pair of thin-rimmed, narrow, glasses, and he's especially calm when Monarch reluctantly attempt to kill the MUTO cocoon; being the only operative who doesn't avert his gaze in dismay. Notably, he puts the glasses back on his face when he gives the order for someone to confirm the [=MUTO's=] death.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He's one of Serizawa and Graham's colleagues, and he and the others at the Janjira containment site get maybe five minutes of screentime before they're all killed during the male MUTO's escape.
* WideEyedIdealist: In the novelization at least. Whelan in particular believes they can harness the MUTO's cocoon to solve the worldwide energy crisis, only for the [=MUTO's=] devastating awakening to prove just how far beyond human control it is.

[[folder:Jainway]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TyOlsson
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}''

The lead technician at the Janjira containment site monitoring the readings coming from the MUTO's cocoon.

* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: He's wearing a Hollywood lab coat, even though he's only seen monitoring the [=MUTO's=] vitals and the variations in its energy emissions from a sealed control room away from any contaminants.
* MonsterMunch: He's first introduced monitoring the containment site holding Hokmuto's cocoon on the night that Hokmuto breaks out, and he's among the many casualties who die amid the destruction the creature causes just by forcing its way out to freedom, establishing how not even a decades-old BenevolentConspiracy is prepared to come close to combating the {{Kaiju}} once they start to emerge.

[[folder:Colonel Leland Lafayette "Lee" Shaw III]]
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KurtRussell (old, ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters''), Creator/WyattRussell (young, ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'')
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Godzilla Awakening'' | ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters''

A U.S. Army officer in the 1950s and an early member of Monarch, who was close friends and colleagues with William "Bill" Randa and Dr. Keiko Randa-Miura throughout most of the decade, before being retired by the present day.

* AcePilot: Du-Ho describes Lee as the best pilot he knows when it comes to "flying by [the] seat of the pants". Indeed, Lee successfully pilots an antiquated plane through a violent storm, which implicitly brought down Hiroshi Randa's more modern plane, in one piece.
* ActionHero: Prefers to solve his problems by shooting it or blowing it up. Best exemplified during the flashback to Kazakhstan - when the trio are held at gunpoint by a small child, Lee immediately reaches for his weapon whereas Bill and Keiko try and talk the kid down.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: The ''Godzilla: Awakening'' graphic novel depicts him as a founding member of Monarch who was in on the existence of Titans in 1946, and who recruited Ishirō's father Eiji in that time. In ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'', Lee was apparently an ordinary Army lieutenant who was unaware of Titans and unaffiliated with Monarch as late as 1952 until his encounter with the Ion Dragon, and his role and presence in the Castle Bravo atomic bombing are markedly different in the series' depiction than in the ''Awakening'' depiction, firmly retconning the latter from the Franchise/MonsterVerse[='s=] canon.
* AntiVillain: He's technically the villain of the last few episodes, seeking to destroy all the portals to the Hollow Earth - something the audience knows would be a disaster. However, his goals are noble in that he's trying to stop another catastrophe like G-Day from ever happening again. Further, when [[spoiler:they end up marooned in the Hollow Earth, his main concern is Cate and May's safety]].
* TheBusCameBack: After his debut as a Monarch figure and mentor figure to Serizawa's father in ''Godzilla: Awakening'', he wasn't seen or heard from for another nine years (out-of-universe), four new Franchise/MonsterVerse motion picture works, and another four graphic novels, before the character was announced to be returning in the ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'' TV series.
* CassandraTruth: He tries to tell now-adult Hiroshi what he encountered in Hollow Earth, but Hiroshi dismisses his claims and returns his pocket knife. As he tells Michelle, he's been trying to tell Monarch for years, and they didn't listen to him because they think he's crazy. Despite the fact that [[spoiler:he hadn't aged a day in the 20 years he was missing]].
* CoolOldGuy: When we meet him again in the retirement home, he's still fairly spry and handsome (with a full head of [[SilverFox silver hair]], no less) for a man in his nineties. When Cate, Kentaro and May show up, he shows basically no hesitation in getting back into the action.
** This verges on Really700YearsOld as the characters in 2015 point out that for him to be a military officer in the 1950s (as he appears in the flashback timeline), he has to be in his early 90s, but looks like he's in his early 70s (and a spry one at that, as he's played by the 72 year old Kurt Russell). He shrugs this off as "good genes". [[spoiler:This is eventually revealed as the result of a botched expedition to Hollow Earth leaving him [[YearOutsideHourInside time displaced upon his return]]]].
* ConnectedAllAlong: After Shaw's first appearance in ''Godzilla: Awakening'', ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'' reveals that he was close friends and colleagues with the same William "Bill" Randa who featured in ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' and set off that movie's plot, implicitly since just before Bill entered Monarch. The first episode even shows how they all met: In 1952, Lee was assigned to guard Dr. Keiko Miura--a Japanese scientist working for the recently-established Monarch, who was tracking strange radiation patterns--as punishment for getting into a bar fight with some other soldiers. While trekking through the jungle, they ran into Bill Randa--who was tracking those same patterns based on local myths and legends. Despite Lee's skepticism, Keiko and Bill found the wreck of the USS ''Lawton'' and a Titan dubbed the Ion Dragon. Following this, Bill joined Monarch and with Lee's help secured funding from the US government.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: When he first meets Keiko in 1952, it takes him quite some time to wrap his head around the notion that the respected and qualified doctor he's been assigned as security detail for is a Japanese [[SamusIsAGirl woman]], which was quite a normal attitude for his time.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'' reveals that Lee and [[spoiler:Dr. Keiko Miura fell in love with each other by 1955, but after he skipped an important military meeting to pursue her and Bill Randa on a Titan-hunting expedition, General Puckett--who'd made it clear that if Lee attended the meeting he'd be given control of Monarch to run as he saw fit, but if he didn't there would be unpleasant consequences--passed military oversight of Monarch to Lieutenant Hatch instead. Lt. Hatch proceeded to gut Monarch's funding, insult Keiko to her face for being Japanese while having the FBI dig up her past as an Imperial Japanese Navy officer, and say that the threat Monarch should really be hunting was [[RedScare Communist spies infiltrating American society]] instead of giant monsters. As a result Keiko was furious at Lee for having screwed the origanization she helped establish over out of jealousy, and she and Bill Randa grew closer until they fell in love and got married, leaving Lee initially bitter and alone]].
%%* HairContrastDuo: To Bill and Keiko in the 50s.
* HonoraryUncle: To Hiroshi.
* IgnoredExpert: He's not a scientist, but he's been trying to warn Monarch for warning signs for decades with no avail. He rightfully calls out Monarch for not preparing the inevitable, which lead to the disaster in 2014. Duvall ends up seeing his point and joins his side.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His younger self in the 50s segments of ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'' is shown to be sardonic and somewhat aggressive, and he doesn't get off to a good start with Bill or Keiko in '52, plus he initially has some {{deliberate values dissonance}} when he first meets Keiko; but he's still a good man who cares a lot about his two colleagues' lives, and who got into a nasty bar fight with a pair of soldiers in '52 because he was outraged that they were drunkenly sexually harassing a Filipino barmaid, and he disparaged them as "bullies" when explaining himself to a superior officer.
* MentorArchetype: {{Downplayed}}. He's responsible for recruiting Eiji Serizawa into Monarch and subsequently becomes an old friend, though it evidently wasn't from Shaw that Eiji or his son gained their defining passion for Godzilla.
* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The mean to Bill's nice and Keiko's in-between.
* OlderThanHeLooks: If he was thirty-something in the 1950s, that'd make him over 90 years old by 2015, but he looks a good two decades younger[[note]]Kurt Russell was 72 when the series aired and he looks remarkably good for his age[[/note]]. This is {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d repeatedly by different characters. In casual conversation, Lee attributes it to good genes, but the truth is -- classified even to Monarch's most valuable agents -- [[spoiler:he led a recon mission to the Hollow Earth in 1962, [[YearOutsideHourInside and was down there for what he thought was a "week or so"... only to discover, once he escaped, that 20 years of real time had passed]]. He really ''is'' only in his 70s.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He automatically assumes that Keiko is Dr. Miura's ''assistant'' after making a pass at her, and he's initially incredulous of her abilities as a scientist. Downplayed, as he gets over it quickly and is otherwise fairly progressive for a white man from the 1950s - he fights two other soldiers who were sexually harassing a Filipino barmaid.
* {{Pride}}: Like Admiral Stenz, Emma Russell, Apex Cybernetics and many other antagonists, Shaw makes the mistake of assuming nature will do just what he wants it to if he tries to force it. [[spoiler:He's trying to save the world from future hostile Titan incursions via forcibly sealing every HollowEarth passageway on the surface, which unbeknownst to him will implicitly backfire on humanity and Godzilla if he succeeds]].
* RankUp: In 1952, he was a lieutenant, but by the time he retired, he was a colonel.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He trusts Serizawa and his judgment, looking to him for information, and he's not straight-up dismissive of Eiji's beliefs about Godzilla like the rest of the fledgling Monarch were. He refuses to support Eiji's pursuit of Godzilla because there's no evidence of the creature's existence and because it goes against the top brass's decision, but he doesn't stop Eiji from looking for Godzilla by himself. Shaw also admits he wishes he could believe Eiji when the latter protests the NuclearOption being used against Godzilla and Shinomura, but he refuses to try and counter the measure solely because Eiji has a hunch while Godzilla is heading towards a population center[[note]]Note that nuking Titans had never been attempted before at this point in the timeline, making Shaw's decision a lot more understandable than when Admiral Stenz made the same decision in the 2014 film[[/note]].
* SameCharacterButDifferent: While he is ostensibly the same character first introduced in ''Godzilla: Aftershock'' he has an almost completely different backstory and appearance.
* SoleSurvivor: He was the only survivor of Operation Hourglass when [[spoiler:he landed in Hollow Earth. When he return back to the surface, 20 years had passed, and his nephew was already an adult man]].
* TakeMyHand: The ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'' trailer shows him standing on a ledge, desperately shouting and reaching out his hand to take Keiko's when she's dangling by a rope over a pit filled with insectoid monsters.
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* TimeShiftedActor: In ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'', he's portrayed by father-son actors Creator/WyattRussell and Creator/KurtRussell as a young man and an old man respectively across the show's two main time periods.
* TrackingDevice: He's forced to wear a remote security anklet at the Monarch "retirement home" to keep him under constant surveillance. He cuts it off and throws it in a pond when he gives May, Cate and Kentaro the option of busting out with him, commenting that they have about sixty seconds to make their decision.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He lets go of Keiko's hands while his ship is being thrown back to the Hollow Earth rift. Considering Keiko survived under the same circumstances, he may return]].

[[folder:William "Bill" Randa]]
--> ''See Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition''

* OlderThanHeLooks: If he was thirty-something in the 1950s, that'd make him over 90 years old by 2015, but he looks a good two decades younger[[note]]Kurt Russell was 72 when the series aired and he looks remarkably good for his age[[/note]]. This is {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d repeatedly by different characters. In casual conversation, Lee attributes it to good genes, but the truth is -- classified even to Monarch's most valuable agents -- [[spoiler:he led a recon mission to the Hollow Earth in 1962, and was down there for what he thought was a "week or so"... only to discover, once he escaped, that 20 years of real time had passed. He really ''is'' only in his 70s.]]

* OlderThanHeLooks: If he was thirty-something during the 1950s, then he'd be over ''ninety'' years old circa 2015, but he looks a good two decades younger[[note]]Kurt Russell was 72 when the series aired and he looks remarkably good for his age[[/note]]. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[Recap/MonarchLegacyOfMonstersS1E3SecretsAndLies "Secrets and Lies"]], where Lee puts it down to "good genes." Even Monarch employees themselves wondered how old he's supposed to be, since they even thought he's too young to be 90+ years old. Episode 9 reveals that [[spoiler:a botched mission to Hollow Earth ended up with his crewmates dead, and he gets thrown into a rift back to Earth where he's flung 20 years later. And thus, he's biologically in his 70's, but his physical age is in his 90's]].

* CassandraTruth: He tries to tell now-adult Hiroshi what he encountered in Hollow Earth, but Hiroshi dismisses his claims and returns his pocket knife. As he tells Michelle, he's been trying to tell Monarch for years, and they didn't listen to him because they think he's crazy. Despite the fact that [[spoiler:he hasn't aged a day since he returned from Hollow Earth]].

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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DanStevens
!!!'''Appeared In:''' ''Film/GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire''

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