History Monster / Godzilla

!!Films
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* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' & ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]], The One Who is Many, is an invasive alien kaiju who fought the kaiju of Earth for control of the planet before being defeated and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] in [[AncientEvil ancient times]]. Released in the present day, Ghidorah cheerfully kills several humans before and during a fight with [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]], displaying a [[AxCrazy simplistic thirst for blood]] that clashes horribly with the natural animal instincts that motivate the terrestrial kaiju. After the apparent death of Godzilla, Ghidorah uses his powers to enslave the remaining kaiju of Earth, forcibly awakening them and commanding them to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life on the planet]]. When [[Characters/MonsterVerseMadisonRussell Madison Russell]] uses a device called the ORCA to disrupt his plans, Ghidorah attempts to kill her in cold blood simply because he can. After being converted into [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] by Apex Cybernetics, Ghidorah promptly corrupts Mechagodzilla's AI, slaughters the ones who brought him back, and resumes his rampage, his sadistic tendencies shown in how he targets Godzilla and wipes out swathes of Hong Kong while laughing about it. A [[SatanicArchetype sinister analogue to the Devil]] opposite the benevolent God-like Godzilla, King Ghidorah is just as wicked here as he was at the start of his movie career.

!!Comic Books
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* ''[[ComicBook/GodzillaGangstersAndGoliaths Gangsters & Goliaths]]'': [[AxCrazy Ryoto Takahashi]] is a {{Yakuza}} boss and all-around bastard. Murdering Detective Sato's partner, Takahashi has Sato dumped on Monster Island, intending that he should die far from home, while Takahashi frames him for the murder of his partner. When Sato returns home with the Elias and [[Characters/GodzillaMothraShobijinAndAssociatedCharacters Mothra]] in tow, Takahashi kidnaps the Elias, resulting in not only Mothra, but Godzilla and most of the population of Monster Island rampaging through Tokyo. Killing the priests of Mothra who come to retrieve the Elias, Takahashi demands that the Prime Minister pay him millions of dollars, or Tokyo will continue to burn. His demands met, Takahashi refuses to end the destruction, and attempts to kill the henchmen who say that he should, [[CardCarryingVillain insisting that he]], and not Godzilla, will go down in history as [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Japan's greatest monster]].

!!Literature
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* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong: The Official Movie {{Novelization}}'', by Greg Keyes: [[Characters/MonsterVerseWalterSimmons Walter Simmons]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO of Apex Cybernetics]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. When [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]] was first revealed to the world, Simmons, aggravated that humanity wasn't the dominant species on Earth, sought to take that title back, with his corporate empire on top. It's revealed he was the one who created the Oxygen Destroyer in an attempt to kill Godzilla. Simmons bribed his way out of accountability for the resulting disaster, and when Sara Hayes tries to reveal Apex's involvement, Simmons had her assassinated. Simmons masterminds the creation of [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]], intending to use it to kill and usurp Godzilla as Alpha, killing the Titans they can't enslave, testing it by having it slaughter Skullcrawlers that Apex are breeding. When the test for Mechagodzilla's signal results in Godzilla going on a rampage in Pensacola, Simmons sees this as a stepping stone to turn the world against Godzilla. Simmons then deliberately engineers Godzilla's rampage in Hong Kong, putting millions of innocents on Godzilla's warpath. During Godzilla's rampage, Simmons looks on in excitement, admitting he's counting on Godzilla destroying much of the city so that Apex can be "[[EngineeredHeroics saviors]]" when they set Mechagodzilla loose.

!!Other Media
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* ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'':
** [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Cameron Winter]] takes control of Godzilla and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy makes him destroy properties]] so he can collect insurance money, even making Godzilla attack a military base and endanger the lives of 500 soldiers. Defeated by H.E.A.T., Cameron returns for revenge and creates a giant monster called the Chameleon to have it attack humans and {{frame|Up}} Godzilla for the attacks, before having the Chameleon defeat and kill Godzilla so Cameron can be seen as a hero for creating the thing that kills Godzilla. Foiled again, Cameron breaks three men out of prison and equips them with battle mechs to kill Godzilla, ordering them to also attack H.E.A.T. and the military when they get in the way. Though the hunters are defeated, Cameron denies any connection with them and claims they stole his mechs and attacked Godzilla on their own.
** "Cash of the Titans" series finale: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Maxmillian Spiel]] is a sadistic businessman who staged [[BeastlyBloodsports illegal fighting rings]] using kaiju monsters for his own elitist purposes. Having turned his [[IslandBase own private island]] into a fight club, Spiel [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals forcibly enslaves Kaiju monsters]] using electric collars or other torturous methods, and makes them fight each other to the death for his own entertainment. Not above making these creatures fight each other senseless, Spiel also gleefully throws other humans into the rings, where he knows that the monsters would mercilessly hunt them down, having implied to have done this to any whistleblowers, rebelling workers, or even his own guards, as he had no qualms trying to leave them to die as soon as he felt that he was cornered. When the members of HEAT infiltrate his operations, he had them all trapped in his fighting ring in the hopes of killing them, and then when Godzilla showed up, he tried to turn him against HEAT as a distraction. Finally, at the end, he tries to escape after blowing up his own base, which would result in hundreds if not thousands of deaths.

* ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Cameron Winter]] takes control of Godzilla and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy makes him destroy properties]] so he can collect insurance money, even making Godzilla attack a military base and endanger the lives of 500 soldiers. Defeated by H.E.A.T., Cameron returns for revenge and creates a giant monster called the Chameleon to have it attack humans and {{frame|Up}} Godzilla for the attacks, before having the Chameleon defeat and kill Godzilla so Cameron can be seen as a hero for creating the thing that kills Godzilla. Foiled again, Cameron breaks three men out of prison and equips them with battle mechs to kill Godzilla, ordering them to also attack H.E.A.T. and the military when they get in the way. Though the hunters are defeated, Cameron denies any connection with them and claims they stole his mechs and attacked Godzilla on their own.

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** ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'': Most Heisei kaiju didn't have a choice about whether they were good or bad. Not so the case with the [[GeniusBruiser wickedly clever]] SpaceGodzilla, an EvilTwin if ever there was one. Created when Godzilla's cells fused with a crystal alien, the resultant clone arrived in our solar system with two thoughts in mind—TakeOverTheWorld and slaughter his genetic donor in the process. Butchering the inhabitants of a space station that he flew past, SpaceGodzilla arrived on Monster Island where he [[WouldHurtAChild assaulted]], and then kidnapped Godzilla's adoptive son, Junior, out of spite. Making his way to Fukuoka, SpaceGodzilla converted the entire city into a series of giant crystal spires that drained life from the Earth and fed it into him, enabling him to become stronger and stronger. Slain by Godzilla and MOGUERA before he could repeat the process in other cities, SpaceGodzilla was described by Mothra's priestesses as [[YouMonster an abomination]] and was as deliberately malevolent as a Heisei monster could get.
* ''Rebirth of Mothra'' series has two versions of [[Characters/GodzillaTheGhidorahs Ghidorah]]:
** ''Film/RebirthOfMothra'': Desghidorah is an alien dragon who came to Earth millennia ago with [[KillAllHumans evil intent]]. Having already killed all the Martians, he aimed for a repeat performance on Earth, only to be halted and [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned]] by Mothra. Freed in the modern era, Desghidorah proceeded to suck all the energy out of the region he was in, slowly draining it, Japan, and the planet as a whole, of the ability to sustain life. Brutalizing the current Mothra's larvae in front of her, Desghidorah eventually killed the moth, before being returned to his prison by her son. Heir to King Ghidorah's mantle as destroyer of worlds, Desghidorah was a reminder that in this franchise, three-heads are always more vile than one.
** ''Film/RebirthOfMothra3'': Not to be outdone by his {{expy}}, [[ChildEater Grand King Ghidorah]] was, like his Showa counterpart, a spacefaring AnimalisticAbomination inimical to all life. He was also a ChildHater of truly spectacular proportions who upon arriving in Japan not only tried to obliterate major metropolitan centers, but kidnapped every child on the island, intending to [[SoulEating eat their souls]]. Mothra journeyed to the past and slew a weaker version of the dragon who, during his first visit to Earth in the Cretaceous Period, was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs, only to discover that in the present, Grand King Ghidorah was still alive and well. Returning to Earth again, Grand King Ghidorah continued with his plan to leave the planet a lifeless husk, starting with the children.

* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' & ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]], The One Who is Many, is an invasive alien kaiju who fought the kaiju of Earth for control of the planet before being defeated and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] in [[AncientEvil ancient times]]. Released in the present day, Ghidorah cheerfully kills several humans before and during a fight with [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]], displaying a [[AxCrazy simplistic thirst for blood]] that clashes horribly with the natural animal instincts that motivate the terrestrial kaiju. After the apparent death of Godzilla, Ghidorah uses his powers to enslave the remaining kaiju of Earth, forcibly awakening them and commanding them to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life on the planet]]. When [[Characters/MonsterVerseMadisonRussell Madison Russell]] uses a device called the ORCA to disrupt his plans, Ghidorah attempts to kill her in cold blood simply because he can. After being converted into [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] by Apex Cybernetics, Ghidorah promptly corrupts Mechagodzilla's AI, slaughters the ones who brought him back, and resumes his rampage, his sadistic tendencies shown in how he targets Godzilla and wipes out swathes of Hong Kong and laughing about it. A [[SatanicArchetype sinister analogue to the Devil]] opposite the benevolent God-like Godzilla, King Ghidorah is just as wicked here as he was at the start of his movie career.

* ''[[ComicBook/GodzillaTheHalfCenturyWar The Half-Century War]]'': [[MadScientist Dr. Deverich]] is in the running for [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters worst human being]] in the franchise. Having abandoned the Anti-Megalosaur Force (AMF) when they refused to utilize his designs, Deverich [[ArmsDealer sells his psionic transmitters]] on the BlackMarket, enabling terrorists to summon kaiju to any city they want. He levels Hanoi and much of Vietnam when he tests his first device on Godzilla and Anguirus in the sixties, obliterates the city of Accra, Ghana, when he arranges for every kaiju on Earth to arrive there as part of a demonstration to his customers in the seventies, and after perfecting his design in 1987, uses it to reach out into space and summon SpaceGodzilla to Bombay, annihilating it as well. Worse still, the transmitter (accidentally) calls Gigan and [[Characters/GodzillaTheGhidorahs King Ghidorah]] to Earth as well, resulting in the near extinction of the human race in nineties and early 2000s. With a criminal career spanning decades, and a death toll in the billions (millions of which were deliberate), Deverich outdoes every kaiju in the series when it comes to being a monster.

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* Showa Era:
** [[Characters/GodzillaTheGhidorahs King Ghidorah]], Godzilla's ArchEnemy, is a three-headed alien dragon that travels the cosmos destroying worlds for his own sadistic amusement. Having attacked Venus—Mars in the English dub—thousands of years in the past, Ghidorah annihilated its advanced civilization and rendered the planet uninhabitable. [[Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster Arriving on Earth]] intending to do the same, Ghidorah gleefully rampages across Japan before being driven off by the combined efforts of Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra. Attacking Planet X, Ghidorah is mind-controlled by the Xiliens and used in [[Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster their attempt to conquer Earth]] in the year 196X; though once free from their control, he continues rampaging until being driven off by Godzilla and Rodan. Mind-controlled by the M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens' Action Signal Tapes, Ghidorah is [[Film/GodzillaVsGigan partnered with the sadistic Gigan]] and ordered to wipe out human civilization, but is ultimately driven off by Godzilla and Anguirus after the mind-control is broken. Coming under the control of the Kilaaks, Ghidorah is [[Film/DestroyAllMonsters sent to conquer Earth and holds his own against the combined might of Earth's kaiju]], though this proves his final stand.
** ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'': The [[FarEastAsianTerrorists Red Bamboo]]'s unnamed Commander and his [[TheDragon second-in-command]], Captain Ryuui, run the terror cells operations on Letchi Island, developing nuclear weapons for their cause. To this end, they've taken the people of Infant Island into slavery, with Ryuui as their smug warden. When their operations create the sea monster Ebirah, they utilize Ebirah to sink outsider ships, and keep their captives from escaping. Ryuui is [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] having several escaped slaves gunned down, letting two go to be devoured by Ebirah, using this as a demonstration for the new slaves. When Godzilla rampages against them, the Commander and Ryuui order the [[NukeEm nuclear detonation of the island]], leaving their slaves and captives to die as they try to escape.
** ''Film/KingKongEscapes'': [[EvilGenius Dr. Who]] is an egotistical MadScientist working for an unnamed country represented by [[DragonLady Madame Piranha]]. Planning to help make her country a nuclear superpower, he creates the [[HumongousMecha Mechani-Kong]] to mine for Element X, before deciding to use the real Kong. Attacking and capturing Kong on his island, Who guns down a innocent native for no particular reason, before taking Commander Carl Nelson and his lieutenants hostage, torturing Jiro and Susan by rapidly freezing them, and threatening to personally disfigure Susan's face. When Kong and the crew manage to escape, Who plans to force Kong to fight the Mechani-Kong to fight in the city of Tokyo, not caring that he'd kill thousands of people; when this is [[EvenEvilHasStandards protested by Madame Piranha]], Who scoffs at her for being a moralist. In Kong and the Mechani-Kong's ensuing fight, Who has Susan taken hostage and threatens to drop her to her death, and when Piranha herself tries to stop his madness, Who shoots her to death in retaliation.
** ''Film/SpaceAmoeba'' (aka ''Yog, Monster From Space''): The titular [[BlobMonster Space Amoeba]], or "Yog", is an alien creature attempting to conquer Earth. Crash landing near Selgio island, Yog takes control of the sea monster Gezora, killing resort workers before it attacks in the island village. After Gezora is burned to death, Yog mutates a rubble crab into [[GiantEnemyCrab Ganimes]], and begins attacking surviving islanders. When Ganimes dies, Yog takes over the body of Makoto Obata, gloating to him that it has taken over his mind, and begins exterminating the local bat population so the bats can't interfere with its control over its monsters. Making another Ganimes and another kaiju Komebas, Yog begins attacking islanders until they are saved by some surviving bats. Yog then tries to burn the rest of the bats before using Komebas and Ganimes to kill the people on the island for learning of its weakness.
** ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'': The titular cyborg monstrosity, [[{{Sadist}} Gigan]], was nearly as vicious as his compatriot Ghidorah, burning most of Tokyo to the ground, laughing all the while. What truly made Gigan stand out, however, was his sadistic love of hurting others. During his and Ghidorah's battle with Godzilla and Anguirus, Gigan repeatedly opted to go for torture rather than finishing an opponent off, dragging the other monsters in close and using his buzzsaw to carve pieces off of them, and showing a distinct preference for targeting those who could not fight back, attacking a severely wounded Godzilla while he lay bleeding on the ground, and later, in ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'', teaming with Megalon to deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Jet Jaguar. Prone to [[DirtyCoward abandoning his allies]] as soon as the going gets tough, and hating a fair fight, Gigan was Toho's reigning king of KickThemWhileTheyAreDown.