History Film / Godzilla

* CriticalResearchFailure: The US Army inquiring what a Frenchman is doing at the scene of the clawed freighter. The problem? It's in Tahiti, a ''French'' overseas territory. The ''US troops'' are the ones who shouldn't be there. No wonder the French sent their secret service after them.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The US Army inquiring what a Frenchman is doing at the scene of the clawed freighter. The problem? It's in Tahiti, a ''French'' overseas territory. The ''US troops'' are the ones who shouldn't be there. No wonder the French sent their secret service after them.

* DidNotTheResearch: The US Army inquiring what a Frenchman is doing at the scene of the clawed freighter. The problem? It's in Tahiti, a ''French'' overseas territory. The ''US troops'' are the ones who shouldn't be there. No wonder the French sent their secret service after them.

* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Averted ''hard''. The French secret service operatives that work with the protagonists are very competent, [[CuttingTheKnot knot-cutting]], [[CombatPragmatist pragmatic]] and professional soldiers.

''Godzilla'' is a [[TheNineties 1998]] American film [[TheRemake remake]] of [[{{Godzilla}} the Japanese film of the same name]]. It was co-written and directed by Creator/RolandEmmerich, director of ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', and starred Creator/MatthewBroderick, JeanReno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria and Kevin Dunn. The film spawned an animated sequel called ''GodzillaTheSeries''. The film was released on May 20, 1998, by Creator/TriStarPictures.

* StrawCritic: Mayor Ebert, a TakeThat at RogerEbert.([[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980526/REVIEWS/805260301/1023 "Now that I've inspired a character in a Godzilla movie, all I really still desire is for several Ingmar Bergman characters to sit in a circle and read my reviews to one another in hushed tones."]])

''Godzilla'' is a [[TheNineties 1998]] American film [[TheRemake remake]] of [[{{Godzilla}} the Japanese film of the same name]]. It was co-written and directed by RolandEmmerich, director of ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', and starred MatthewBroderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria and Kevin Dunn. The film spawned an animated sequel called ''GodzillaTheSeries''. The film was released on May 20, 1998, by TriStarPictures.

* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Averted ''hard''. The French Foreign Legionaires that work with the protagonists are very competent, [[CuttingTheKnot knot-cutting]], [[CombatPragmatist pragmatic]] and professional soldiers.

* TheRemake

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Godzilla [[spoiler: apparently masturbating]] with the Empire State Building.

* AnimalsLackAttributes: Averted - If you look closely (though God knows why), you can see Godzilla actually has a vagina [[http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/023/2/7/godzilla__s_private_parts_3_by_jhin_roh-d4nej3g.jpg]]
** It's called a ''cloaca'', a combination anus and urethra in reptiles.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar - If you look closely (though God knows why), you can see Godzilla actually has a vagina [[http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/023/2/7/godzilla__s_private_parts_3_by_jhin_roh-d4nej3g.jpg]]

* GonnaNeedMoreTrope: "We need bigger guns"

** On the other side of the spectrum, Toho first said "a monster similar to Godzilla ravaged New York at the end of the last century" in ''[[Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack GMK]]'', and then put Zilla in '']]Film/GodzillaFinalWars Final Wars]]'', where he went down to the Big G himself in ''ten seconds''. Toho did ''not'' like what happened with Godzilla in America. Hence the Toho official nickname "Zilla": Toho didn't believe the American Godzilla had any right to have "God" in its name.

** On the other side of the spectrum, Toho first said "a monster similar to Godzilla ravaged New York at the end of the last century" in ''[[GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack GMK]]'', and then put Zilla in ''Final Wars'', where he went down to the Big G himself in ''ten seconds''. Toho did ''not'' like what happened with Godzilla in America. Hence the Toho official nickname "Zilla": Toho didn't believe the American Godzilla had any right to have "God" in its name.

* GiantFootOfStomping: Used in the early teaser trailer, where Godzilla brings his might foot down on a museum's T. Rex skeleton in the middle of a kids' tour. Meant as a (typically nineties) [[TakeThat wholly unnecessary potshot]] at ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', but really just comes off as kinda [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Python-esque]].

* TrulySingleParent: In this movie, Godzilla (like a [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Tribble]]) is born pregnant.

* FollowTheLeader: Let's face it, the infant Godzillas were really only there because of the popularity of ''JurassicPark'''s Velociraptors.

* GiantFootOfStomping: Used in the early teaser trailer, where Godzilla brings his might foot down on a museum's T. Rex skeleton in the middle of a kids' tour. Meant as a (typically nineties) [[TakeThat wholly unnecessary potshot]] at ''JurassicPark'', but really just comes off as kinda [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Python-esque]].

''Godzilla'' is a [[TheNineties 1998]] American film [[TheRemake remake]] of [[{{Godzilla}} the Japanese film of the same name]]. It was co-written and directed by RolandEmmerich, director of ''IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', and starred MatthewBroderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria and Kevin Dunn. The film spawned an animated sequel called ''GodzillaTheSeries''. The film was released on May 20, 1998, by TriStarPictures.

* ANuclearError: The opening stock footage of a Nuclear Test isn't French footage but American test footage out of the Bikini Atoll.

** TakeThatCritics: In retaliation for giving ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' and ''IndependenceDay'' negative reviews, director RolandEmmerich had NoCelebritiesWereHarmed versions of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel as the Mayor of New York and his aide (respectively). The bizarre thing is, nothing remotely bad happens to either of them (aside from having their city destroyed) and their only real character fault was incompetence (given this is their first monster attack, it's understandable). Both were considerably perplexed by this, with Siskel wondering that if Emmerich was going to go through the trouble of finding lookalikes, why not at least have Zilla squash them? (also, the extra in the car that is squished early in the film was intended to be a representation of J.D. Lees, editor of ''G-Fan Magazine'')