History Film / GodzillaVsDestoroyah

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Godzilla reaches the 1200 degree point, he starts to implode and Destroyah tries fleeing for her life but the humans stop her dead in her tracks with freezing cannons.

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** Crosses with PapaWolf. Godzilla[[spoiler:'s son, Junior, is killed by Destoroyah]], sending Godzilla into a frenzy wherein he nearly rips Destoroyah open, his own suffering be damned. The JSDF's freeze weapons and Destoroyah's own attacks did put nails in Godzilla's coffin, but it was his anger [[spoiler:over Junior's death]] that ultimately causes Godzilla's meltdown.
** To put this in perspective, Destoroyah is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the only weapon to ever ''kill'' Godzilla. Godzilla's UnstoppableRage causes Destoroyah to '''''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere run away]].'''''

It is followed by ''Film/{{Godzilla 2000}}''.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Burning Godzilla hasn't been seen in a movie before or since (though Burning Godzilla ''does'' make an appearance in the [[VideoGame/{{Godzilla}} 2014 video game]]) , and it makes sense since this was made for the ''final'' film of the Heisei series.

** Emiko (played once again by Momoko Kochi, as mentioned in the RoleReprisal entry) senses Kensaku Ijuin's Micro-oxygen being similar to Daisuke Serizawa's Oxygen Destroyer, thus, the flashback (with the stock footage from the original Godzilla) making the connection.

The film involves Godzilla (Kenpachiro Satsuma) suffering from a [[SuperpowerMeltdown nuclear meltdown]] with 2 scenarios: A. He will blow up, resulting a nuclear explosion that will destroy the world. Or B. He will meltdown at 1200 degrees to the point he will destroy the world from the inside. New problems arise when fish in aquariums are being reduced to skeletons caused by creatures awakened by the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon used to kill the first Godzilla in the original ''[[{{Film/Gojira}} Godzilla]]''. Now the world rests on Godzilla and his newly grown son Godzilla Junior (Hurricane Ryu) to take on this new threat, before the nuclear dinosaur dies.

''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' is the twenty-second film in the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' series and the final film in the Heisei series. It is directed by Takao Okawara, with Kazuki Omori writing the screenplay. The film was released on December 9, 1995, and became the top-grossing Japanese film of 1996.

This film is followed by ''Film/{{Godzilla 2000}}''.

* BittersweetEnding: As the {{Tagline}} says, Godzilla has dies... [[spoiler: but the radiation that was expelled from his body revives Junior into a full-grown Godzilla]].

* RoleReprisal: Momoko Kochi as Emiko Yamane. Despite Akira Takarada being still-living at this time, his character, Ogata, is never seen or mentioned, implying that he died sometime after the events of 1954. Sadly, this would be Kochi's final reprisal as the character as she died in 1998.

''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' is the twenty-second film in the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' series and the final film in the Heisei series. It is directed by Takao Okawara and the screenplay was written by Kazuki Omori. The film was released on December 9, 1995, and became the top-grossing Japanese film of 1996.

''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' is the twenty-second film in the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Heisei series, released in 1995. The film was written by Kazuki Omori and directed by Takao Okawara.

The film involves Godzilla (Kenpachiro Satsuma) suffering from a [[SuperpowerMeltdown nuclear meltdown]] with 2 scenarios: A. He will blow up, resulting a nuclear explosion that will destroy the world. Or B. He will meltdown at 1200 degrees to the point he will destroy the world from the inside. New problems arise when fish in aquariums are being reduced to skeletons caused by creatures awakened by the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon used to kill the first Godzilla in the original ''[[{{Film/Gojira}} Godzilla]]''. Now the world rests on Godzilla and his newly grown son to take on this new threat, before the nuclear dinosaur dies.

The film also stars Takuro Tatsumi as Dr. Kensaku Ijuin, Yōko Ishino as Yukari Yamane, Yasufumi Hayashi as Kenkichi Yamane, Sayaka Osawa as Meru Ozawa, Megumi Odaka as Miki Saegusa, Masahiro Takashima as Sho Kuroki, Momoko Kōchi as Emiko Yamane, Akira Nakao as Takaaki Aso, Shigeru Kamiyama as Goto, and Saburo Shinoda as Professor Fukazawa.

The film was released on December 9, 1995, and became the top-grossing Japanese film of 1996. It was followed by ''Film/{{Godzilla 2000}}''.

The final film of the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Heisei series and the last times for everything: Kazuki Omori as a writer of the Heisei films, Akira Ifukube as composer (thus, several themes in reminisce of the original ''Godzilla''), Kenpachiro Satsuma as Godzilla, Megumi Odaka as Miki Saegusa, Momoko Kochi as Emiko Yamane, and Tomoyuki Tanaka as producer for 40 years.

''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' (''Gojira tai Desutoroia'' in Japan) involves Godzilla suffering from a [[SuperpowerMeltdown nuclear meltdown]] with 2 scenarios: A. He will blow up, resulting a nuclear explosion that will destroy the world. Or B. He will meltdown at 1200 degrees to the point he will destroy the world from the inside. New problems arise when fish in aquariums are being reduced to skeletons caused by creatures awakened by the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon used to kill the first Godzilla in the original ''[[{{Film/Gojira}} Godzilla]]''. Now the world rests on Godzilla and his newly grown son to take on this new threat, before the nuclear dinosaur dies.

The film was made to briefly retire the franchise so that America could create their own film. But due to the negative reaction of the [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} first American Godzilla film]], Toho made ''Film/{{Godzilla 2000}}'', exactly one year after the American remake.

* EndOfAnAge: Production-wise ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah'' is the end of an age on multiple fronts:
** The final film in the Heisei series.
** The final ''Godzilla'' film produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka.
** Akira Ifukube's final ''Godzilla'' score.

* GrandFinale: Of the Heisei series as a whole, with montage of the first film, then the entire second series in the credits.
* HappilyMarried: Sadly averted in the Japanese version. Emiko did ''not'' marry Ogata after the events of 1954. Yukari and Kenichi Yamane are the children of the island boy Dr. Yamane adopted after the events of 1954. Emiko is their spinster aunt.

** Even better, [[spoiler:after he was seemingly killed by Destroyah, he actually absorbs the remnants of his father's melting body, growing further into a massive, full fledged Kaiju, continuing his father's legacy]], and [[AccidentalHero accidentally saves Japan from nuclear devastation.]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Damn.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Just as Godzilla is about to attack another nuclear plant, the Super-X III launches in defense of the plant. It not only survives the battle, it actually wins, a rare thing in a kaiju movie
* BittersweetEnding:
** Godzilla has died but the radiation that was expelled from his body mutated Junior into a full-grown Godzilla.
** Had Junior not been there to absorb the radiation, Godzilla's meltdown would have meant the end of Tokyo, if not much of the northwestern and southwestern parts of Japan. It's intimated that Godzilla's inherent radiation could have threatened the entire planet during meltdown, though it was never confirmed if this was actually true. At the very least, Tokyo would have been rendered uninhabitable for centuries to come.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Destoroyah tortures Godzilla Junior.

* CoolPlane: The Super-X III is capable of tanking Godzilla's fire head-on.

** Destoroyah dies in a similar manner to the way he killed Junior: Falling to the ground from a high altitude, with the impact killing him.

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Arguably the only known case of having a ''movie length'' version of this, as the film states Godzilla is literally dying from the film's very start, and despite this manages to fight off the army, the Super X-III, kill Destoroyah, and even ''resurrect'' his dead son! What makes the latter more impressive is that he did it in the process of finally going out while burning through an attempt to freeze him solid to prevent him from going into meltdown!
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Burning Godzilla hasn't been seen in a movie before or since, and it makes sense since this was made for the "final" film of the Heisei series.

* EvilIsNotAToy: Yes Kenichi, Destoroyah will [[SarcasmMode "gladly"]] kill Godzilla for you when it was born from the Oxygen Destroyer, even though it has killed innocent people and Junior.

* HeroicBSOD: Both Godzilla and Miki suffered one after [[spoiler:Junior's death]]. Then everyone mourned when Godzilla himself dies.

* ImmuneToBullets: Even at ''point-blank range to the face'', one of the Destoroyahs shrugs it off. They're not immune to being shot by a rocket launcher though.
%% * IntrepidReporter: Yukari Yamane

* MoodWhiplash: To show how utterly monsterous Destoroyah is, he attacks Godzilla while the nuclear giant's grieving ''twice''!!

* PapaWolf: [[OhCrap Oh shit]], Godzilla took this to the extreme.

** The scanners also produce this result when the Destroyahs combine into their first {{Kaiju}} sized form.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Godzilla's response to Destoroyah killing his son.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Holy ''crap''. The entire film was basically 95% cynical. Unlike the original film, which is 100%. This film heads towards the cynic route because Godzilla was dying, Junior being dead, and Destoroyah, being a monster that he is, is a living personification of the weapon that killed the original Godzilla. It got to the point people dreaded TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt if Godzilla dies either explosion or meltdown. As Godzilla does die, the remaining 5% landed on the newly resurrected Junior, who would give Japan its eventual future it gains.

** Even better, [[spoiler:after he was seemingly killed by Destroyah, he actually absorb the remnants of his father's melting body, grew further into a massive, full fledged Kaiju, continuing his father's legacy]], and [[AccidentalHero accidentally saves Japan from nuclear devastation.]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Damn.]]

** Crosses with PapaWolf. Godzilla's son, Junior, is killed by Destoroyah, sending Godzilla into a frenzy wherein he nearly rips Destoroyah open, his own suffering be damned. The JSDF's freeze weapons and Destoroyah's own attacks did put nails in Godzilla's coffin, but it was his anger over Junior's death that caused Godzilla's meltdown.
** To put that in perspective, Destoroyah is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the only weapon to ever ''kill'' Godzilla. Godzilla's UnstoppableRage causes Destoroyah to ''run away!''

[[caption-width-right:239: [[{{Spoiler}} I wonder what the tagline says.]]]]

--> "''My job is done now... Godzilla.''" (dub)
--> "''My mission is now complete.''" (original line)
--> ~ Miki Saegusa, after Godzilla dies.

!!!The film provides the examples of:

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: The soldiers say this about the radiation levels Godzilla is emitting.

* OneWingedAngel: Destoroyah evolves as the film progresses, each new form getting an appropriately epic reveal, but his FinalForm is probably the best example.

* ShoutOut:
** Several. It seems the director wants to homage this film to Ishiro Honda after he sadly passed away in 1993.
** Shinkichi Yamane, the boy next to Kyohei Yamane (Takashi Shimura), is the father of Ken and Yukari, who wants them to become scientists. Ken actually is one somewhat while Yukari is a newsreporter
** Serizawa's picture, which is Akihiko Hirata, plus Ken's room, with has Kyohei's stegosaurus.
** The simulation if Godzilla explodes shows him behind the Wako clock tower and the Diet Building, the two monuments the original Godzilla destroys in the first film.