History Film / RebirthOfMothra3

Belvera has infiltrated Infant Island, tricking Moll and Lora into reviving the powers of the Elias Triangle. After a brief scuffle, she escapes, warning them of the approach of the King of Terror. A meteor lands in the forest of Fujiyoshida City, witnessed by the family of a troubled boy who dropped out of school. The boy, Shota Sonoda, goes to his favorite hiding spot in the forest. King Ghidorah has risen, spiriting children off to a dome in Aoki Forest and reigning destruction upon areas of Japan. There is a great aerial battle, but Mothra Leo is no match for King Ghidorah and Lora gets brainwashed in the process. Moll, Fairy, and Shota meet up and go to Leo, where he learns the children will become King Ghidorah's meal. Leo determine that the only way to stop the monster is to go back in time, and Moll sacrifices herself in the process. Her dying wish is for Shouta to save Lora, who’s in the dome. While Mothra Leo squares off against the young but strong Cretacious Ghidorah, Shota must save Lora before they and all the children are eaten by Ghidorah...

The final film in the ''Rebirth of Mothra'' trilogy, this movie is considered the strongest entry. The environmental message has been toned down, the monster battles have improved, probably helped by the return of [[BreakOutVillain King Ghidorah]]. The child protagonist is thoughtful and reserved, which many see as an improvement over his more vocal, childish predecessors. He and some of the Elias sisters go through character development, and actual tension is present.

Belvera has infiltrated Infant Island, tricking Moll and Lora into reviving the powers of the Elias Triangle. After a brief scuffle, she escapes, warning them of the approach of the King of Terror. A meteor lands in the forest of Fujiyoshida City, witnessed by the family of a troubled boy who dropped out of school. The boy, Shota Sonoda, goes to his favorite hiding spot in the forest. King Ghidorah has risen, spiriting children off to a dome in Aoki Forest and reigning destruction upon areas of Japan. There is a great aerial battle, but Mothra Leo is no match for King Ghidorah and Lora gets brainwashed in the process. Moll, Fairy, and Shota meet up and go to Leo, where he learns the children will become King Ghidorah's meal. Leo determine that the only way to stop the monster is to go back in time, and Moll sacrifices herself in the process. Her dying wish is for Shouta to save Lora, whose in the dome. While Mothra Leo squares off against the young but strong Cretacious Ghidorah, Shota must save Lora before they and all the children are eaten by Ghidorah...

!!Tropes used in the films include

%%* AntiHero: Belvera upgrades to this here.

* TookALevelInBadAss: Mothra in this film. For once Leo has to handle Ghidorah, at least he in his youth, all by himself and pulls a heroic sacrifice to stop him. It was nearly all for naught, a piece of Cretaceous Ghidorah remained in the past to regenerate and return in the present, only for Leo to get his usual MidSeasonUpgrade... except for once it felt genuinely earned.

* AdultFear: A giant, city destroying monster specifically targets your children for consumption!
* AntiHero: Belvera upgrades to this here.

* TookALevelInBadAss: Mothra in this film. For once Leo has to handle Ghidorah, at least he in his youth, all by himself and pulls a heroic sacrifice to stop him. It was nearly all for naught, a piece of Cretaceous Ghidorah remained in the past to regenerate and return in the present, only for Leo to get his usual MidSeasonUpgrade... except for once it felt genuinely earned.

* KnightOfCerebus: King Ghidorah. While the previous two main monsters were no push overs, the moment King Ghidorah arrives on the scene, the movie takes a ''much'' darker turn than the previous films, with him being the first kaiju Belvera has ''no'' delusions of thinking she can control. He then proceeds to abduct every child in Japan to ''slowly'' devour the life force of while he destroys everything in his path. He's so powerful that Mothra stands ''no'' chance of beating him in the present and can only go back in time to try and kill his weaker, younger self.

** Apparently Aqua Mothra can go back in time.

* {{Retcon}}: The first movie states that Desghidorah killed the dinosaurs. Come this film, and Desghidorah is completely forgotten about in favor of saying King Ghidorah killed the dinosaurs.

* TookALevelInBadAss: Mothra in this film. For once Leo has to handle Ghidorah, at least he in his youth, all by himself and pulls a heroic sacrifice to stop him. It was nearly all for naught, a piece of Cretaceous Ghidorah remained in the past to regenerate and return in the present, only for Leo to get his usual MidSeasonUpgrade...except for once it felt genuinely earned.

* TheDreaded: There's a reason that Belvera has no delusions of controlling King Ghidorah like the previous villains and her sisters take is return extremely seriously. There's a ''reason'' Ghidorah's RedBaron is the "King of Terror".

* BadAss: For once there is a sense of scale when it comes to the monsters battling. Leo is thrashed by King Ghidorah at the start so Leo battles the much much younger version millions of years ago. The two fight and Mothra is the victor but just barely, showing that even as a baby King Ghidorah is very powerful and Mothra Leo practically pulled a heroic sacrifice to win, also showing he is bad ass.

* BadAss: For once there is a sense of scale when it comes to the monsters battling. Leo is thrashed by King Ghidorah at the start so Leo battles the much much younger version millions of years ago. The two fight and Mothra is the victory but just barely, showing that even as a baby King Ghidorah is very powerful and Mothra Leo practically pulled a heroic sacrific to win, also showing he is bad ass.

* NoExportForYou: Subverted in that, while an English language adaptation of this film exists and has premiered on network television (SciFi specficially), it has yet to see any kind of video or dvd release on this side of the Pacific.
** Now rectified as the film (with Japanese audio and subtitles) is available on iTunes and a collection of all three ''Rebirth of Mothra'' movies is being released in September 2014.
* TheOtherDarrin: Instead of being played by Sayaki Yamaguchi, Lora is played by Misato Tate.

* TimeTravel: The solution to stop King Ghidorah.

The final film in the ''Rebirth of Mothra'' trilogy, this movie is considered the strongest entry. The environmental message has been toned down, the monster battles have improved, probably helped by the return of Grand [[BreakOutVillain King Ghidorah]]. The child protagonist is thoughtful and reserved, which many see as an improvement over his more vocal, childish predecessors. He and some of the Elias sisters go through character development, and actual tension is present.

* BadAss: For once there is a sense of scale when it comes to the monsters battling. Leo is thrashed by Grand King Ghidorah at the start so Leo battles the much much younger version millions of years ago. The two fight and Mothra is the victory but just barely, showing that even as a baby Grand King Ghidorah is very powerful and Mothra Leo practically pulled a heroic sacrific to win, also showing he is bad ass.
* ChildHater: Grand Ghidorah not only hates them but wants to eat them!

* CurbStompBattle: Mothra's first fight with King Ghidorah.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Apparently Aqua Mothra can go back in time.

The final entry in the ''Rebirth of Mothra'' trilogy, this movie is considered the strongest entry. The environmental message has been toned down, the monster battles have improved, probably helped by the return of Grand [[BreakOutVillain King Ghidorah]]. The child protagonist is thoughtful and reserved, which many see as an improvement over his more vocal, childish predecessors. He and some of the Elias sisters go through character development, and actual tension is present.

Belvera has infiltrated Infant Island, tricking Moll and Lora into reviving the powers of the Elias Triangle. After a brief scuffle, she escapes, warning them of the approach of the King of Terror. A meteor lands in the forest of a nearby city, witnessed by the family of a troubled boy who dropped out of school. The boy, Shouta, goes to his favorite hiding spot in the forest. King Ghidorah has risen, spirited children off to a dome in the forest and reigning destruction upon the city. There is a great aerial battle, but Mothra Leo is no match for King Ghidorah and Lora gets brainwashed in the process. Moll, Fairy, and Shouta meet up and go to Leo, where he learns the children will become King Ghidorah's meal. They determine that the only way to stop the monster is to go back in time, and Moll sacrifices herself in the process. Her dying wish is for Shouta to save Lora in the dome. While Mothra Leo squares off against the young but strong Cretacious Ghidorah, Shouta must save Belvera from Lora before they and all the children are eaten by Ghidorah...

Mothra is giant moth monster, who later became a common recurring character in Godzilla's films. Created when the Kaiju genre was still in its infancy she returned from the Toho break with Godzilla And Mothra The Battle For Earth. The film made a lot of money and there was a lot of new demands for Mothra. In 1996 a new trilogy started staring Mothra and titled 'Rebirth of Mothra.' The trilogy has no connection to the Heishi Godzilla series.

What with toning down the environmental message, improving the monster battles, giving some character development, making a protagonist a not-so-annoying kid, creating actual tension, and bringing back [[BreakOutVillain King Ghidorah]] or rather Grand Ghidorah probably helped ''Rebirth of Mothra 3'' is often considered a huge improvement over the last two movies.

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemand: Apparently Aqua Mothra can go back in time.

What with toning down the environmental message, improving the monster battles, giving some character development, making a protagonist a not-so-annoying kid, creating actual tension, and bringing back [[BreakOutVillain King Ghidorah]] probably helped ''Rebirth of Mothra 3'' is often considered a huge improvement over the last two movies.