History Film / GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster

* EldritchAbomination: King Ghidorah is a cosmic monstrosity shaped like a three-headed dragon, and travels through space devastating entire worlds just for the fun of it.

** Averted in Mothra's case, as her silk spray, once used from a proper vantage point, defeats the invincible Big Bad. Again.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The second Mothra Larva from the previous film Film/MothraVsGodzilla disappears without explanation. Officially, we don't know what became of the second larva. In the Japanese version, the Shobijin explain that it died (likely from the beating it received being whipped around by Godzilla's tail).

* StaringDownCthulhu: Mothra, in her generally helpless larval stage, faces down King Ghidorah, the King of Terror who wrecks worlds for the fun of it. Alone (initially). She's outmatched and she knows it. But she does it anyway.

** Mothra as well. Compared to the other monsters, she's tiny. Yet she throws herself at King Ghidorah again and again. It's this show of raw courage that brings Godzilla and Rodan into the fray to help her drive off the three headed space monster.

* BusCrash: One of the two Mothra larvae from [[Film/MothraVsGodzilla the previous film]] was assumed to have died between films for no explained reason. However the one in this film is referred to in the dub as ''male'' (The sub calls her female).

* BadassAdorable: The Mothra larva. Even though by comparison to Godzilla and Rodan she isn’t very powerful, she's still got enough guts not only to try to get them to stop fighting and ask them to help save the world from Ghidorah, but to then go and take on Ghidorah himself on her own (at first) when it seems the other two won't lift a claw in humankind's defense. She also refuses to stay down no matter what Ghidorah does to her. Godzilla and Rodan are quickly impressed by her courage and come to her aid.

* UpToEleven: Malness turns the clinic's voltage up to 3,000 for insurance, even though any current above 500 would've proved fatal to the Princess.

* BadassAdorable: The Mothra larva. Even though by comparison to Godzilla and Rodan she isn’t very powerful, she's still got enough guts not only to try to get them to stop fighting and ask them to help save the world from Ghidorah, but to then go and take on Ghidorah himself on her own (at first) when it seems the other two won't lift a claw in humankind's defense. She also refuses to stay down no matter what Ghidorah does to her. Godzilla and Rodan are quickly impressed by her courage and come to her aid.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Gojira, Godzilla, Mosura, Mothra, Radon, Rodan, Ghidrah, Ghidorah...
* StaringDownCthulhu: Mothra, in his generally helpless larval stage, faces down King Ghidorah, the King of Terror who wrecks worlds for the fun of it. Alone (initially). He's outmatched and he knows it. But he does it anyway.

* RealityEnsues: No matter how much of a professional killer you are, disasters ''will'' happen to you. Malness, despite the obvious red flags surrounding him, continuously chases after the protagonists even ''after'' the government issued a warning of King Ghidorah's attack on the country. Because he chooses his job over his safety, his men were killed in a landslide, and King Ghidorah is so unpredictable, an Energy Beam destroys another cliff which kills him. If anything, he could've waited it out after Ghidorah was dealt with.

* ClimateChange: The worldwide heatwave in the middle of January. Emphasized less in the U.S. cut.

* GlobalWarming: The worldwide heatwave in the middle of January. Emphasized less in the U.S. cut.

''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'' is a 1964 Japanese science-fiction {{kaiju}} film and the fifth film in the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise, which marked a few changes in the series. It was the first to deviate from the tried and true "giant irradiated mutants from a LostWorld trample Tokyo" plot of the previous four films by introducing elements of the space operas and UFO culture that was prevalent in the 50's and 60's. This experiment would be expanded upon in later films. Called ''San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen'' in Japan.

* CharacterDevelopment: The Shobijin were (quite understandably) suspicious and distrustful of outsiders in ''Film/{{Mothra}}'' and ''Film/GodzillaVsMothra,'' due to their island being nuked and ruthless businessmen capturing them and forcing them to sing. They even initially refuse to ask Mothra to help drive Godzilla away. By this film though, they have learned that humanity isn't ''all'' bad and not only do they willingly come to sing for audiences on TV this time, they also don't hesitate to call upon Mothra to fight Ghidorah.

* AssholeVictim: Malness and his men. His men die when one of Ghidorah's energy beams cause an avalanche that also injures Malness. Malness dies after another energy beam causes another rock slide.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Godzilla and Rodan actually have a FreudianExcuse for the destruction they create, King Ghidorah [[EvilerThanThou on the other hand]], ''knows'' he's destroying and killing. Ghidorah needs no excuse or a reason. [[ForTheEvulz Killing and destruction just comes]] ''natural'' to him and he ''enjoys'' doing it. Godzilla [[EvenEvilHasStandards is repulsed by it]], as evident when he sees Ghidorah savagely attack the courageous and much weaker Mothra larva.

* FreudianExcuse: This film gives Godzilla one; stating that he doesn't like humans because humans attack him. This may be justified as Godzilla tends to mind his own business since ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'' and humans usually respond by attacking him, pissing him off to no end. Rodan agrees with him as well.

* KnightOfCerebus: King Ghidorah is introduced as the first [[BigBad truly evil]] monster of the Godzilla universe. Unlike Godzilla and Rodan, who are more tragic and are given a FreudianExcuse, King Ghidorah simply ''doesn't care''. He kills and destroys worlds [[OmnicidalManiac because he]] [[ForTheEvulz wants to]].