History Main / Kaiju

* Godzilla's English DistaffCounterpart [[FanNickname Ogra]] from the film ''Gorgo''. Gorgo himself counts too, but he gets [[DistressBall captured]] and held by those [[YouSuck damn humans]].

This is actually one of the oldest genres in film, dating back to the early days of cinema when special effects were new. Pioneers of the genre were ''The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,'' ''KingKong,'' and ''TheLostWorld'' (which was actually the earliest example of the genre). The idea probably originates from thinking of [[DinosaursAreDragons dinosaurs as fantastic beasts]] or the OlderThanDirt ideas about [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]]. A Kaiju though will most of the time be a fairly unique creature, when even dragons often are a race of monsters.

Compare DisasterMovie, {{Attack of the Killer Whatever}} and {{Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever}}. Has its roots in {{Tokusatsu}}. Not to be confused with [[{{Kaiji}} over the top gambling by pointy-nosed men.]]

* The Kraken from ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' first appears to be one--then it gets [[DethrowningMomentOfSuck killed offscreen in the final film]].

* Referenced in ''DeepRising'', at the end of which something unseen but HUGE moves toward the beach and the survivors, knocking down trees as it approaches. Not to mention its own multi-armed, wolf-headed octopus with mouths at the end of each arm. Its head fills a ballroom and its tentacles can reach throughout an ocean linear.

* ''Yonggary: the Monster from the Deep'' and its remake ''Yonggary'' are basically Korean Godzilla-knockoffs. The later film has it fight another Kaiju.

* ''It Came From Beneath The Sea'' features a Octopus of Kaiju Proportions. Several other films (usually titled things like ''Octopus'') feature similarly large giant cepholopods.

* The ''Daimajin'' series' titular monster is an ancient demon-god.

* {{Godzilla}} ranges from antagonist to AntiHero with a {{Protectorate}}

* Mothra, usually trying to either aid humanity (and her friends the fairy twins) or defend her eggs from Godzilla.
** Her DistaffCounterpart is the eviler and spikier Battra.

* Referenced in ''DeepRising'', at the end of which something unseen but HUGE moves toward the beach and the survivors, knocking down trees as it approaches.

* Kyogre and Groudon of the ''{{Pokemon}}'' games. Sootopolis was the unlucky city that had front row seats to their coming. Heck, when the time came for ''PokemonSpecial'' to adapt the Ruby/Saphire games, the artist said that he wanted to recreate scenes from his favorite monster movies when he was drawing the volumes that involved those two's disaster-filled awakening and eventual battle.

* The Weapons of ''FinalFantasyVII'' are quite distinctly Kaiju, right down to incoherent roars, being vaguely humanoid, coming from the depths of the ocean and making craters on the main map screen when finally killed.

* In the [[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]] manga both Genma and Happosai have a secret Ki-technique that lets them grow to Kaiju-esque proportions. [[RuleOfFunny Then immediately collapse in exhaustion]].

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* In the ''[[http://www.sapphireplace.com/stories/corbin.html Of Masks and Marvels]] Lady Lightning'' stories there is an attack by a Kaiju-sized sea snail.

** Wait...just how did [[InterspeciesRomance she get]] [[{{Squick}} pregnant]]?

* ''TheElderScrollsFour: Oblivion'' has at least two. First and foremost is Mehrunes Dagon, Daedric prince of destruction, and Jyggalag, Daedric prince of order. Although Jyggalag is the smallest of the two, he is taller than the city walls and is very powerful.

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->''[[PeopleInRubberSuits MAN IN SUIT! MAN IN SUIT! MAN IN SUIT! MAN IN SUIT!]]''
-->-- ''Ain't It Cool News''

->''"Monsters are born too tall, too strong, too heavy, that is their tragedy."''
-->--''Ishiro Honda''

** Even more so in WarForCybertron, he's taken the Godzilla homage UpToEleven, with some Mechagodzilla added in to boot. And not forgetting the titanic Decepticon City Transformer, Skorponok.

* ''{{Avengers: Initiative}}'' When the new 3-d man is sent to a superhero team in Hawaii he finds out one of his missions is to protect the state from the occasional kaiju that wanders over from Japan

* AgeOfMythology's brings Titans to the battlefield. They're huge, they can trash a city on their own, and it takes a ton of firepower to bring one down. Don't let your enemy summon one.