History Trivia / GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019

* WordOfGod: Michael Dougherty revealed in an interview that they originally intended for Dr. Ilene Chen and her twin sister Dr. Ling to be explicitly identified as the [=MonsterVerse=]'s version of the Shobijin. The revelation would have taken place in a credits scene that unfortunately they ran out of time to film, in which the adult twins would enter an ancient temple where a new generation of twins would be singing to the new Mothra egg that was mentioned in the credits. In the film proper, the closest thing to it is Dr. Chen having a throwaway line about how the women of her bloodline often give birth to twin daughters.

* WordOfGod: Michael Dougherty revealed in an interview that Dr. Ilene Chen and her twin sister Dr. Ling are very much the Shobijin. This would have been revealed in a credits scene that unfortunately didn't get made because they ran out of time, where the adult twins would enter an ancient temple where a new set of five-year-old twins would be singing to the new Mothra egg that was mentioned in the credits.
** Michael Dougherty confirmed in a tweet that the spots on Mothra's wings are meant to look like Godzilla's eyes in order to highlight their symbiotic relationship by saying that Mothra is Godzilla's "flagbearer" as well as Queen.
** In another tweet, Michael Dougherty explained why Ghidorah was frozen in ice: Godzilla and Ghidorah's last showdown in the past ended with Godzilla beating Ghidorah, leading to the three-headed dragon to be encased in a tomb of ice in the Antarctic.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Promotional plot summaries indicated the film was going to be about all the four main kaiju vying against each other for supremacy, rather than a two-way war for the fate of the planet. The promo materials made it sound like there'd be less plot in the film than there actually was.

* DoingItForTheArt: Michael Dougherty clearly created the film with this in mind. The Kaiju fights, cinematography and even the modernized Music/AkiraIfukube soundtracks were clearly made for Godzilla fans as he himself is one of them.

* PromotedFanboy: Mike Dougherty explains in Tokyo Comic Con that he's a ''huge'' Godzilla fan, and that directing this film is a dream come true. To the point that he mentioned photoshopping the original ''Film/Godzilla1954'' spines onto the Legendary Godzilla's back.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Early designs for Rodan gave him a more bird-like look and feathers, but this was scrapped for a more traditional design.
** Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson and Creator/ElizabethOlsen couldn't return for this film due to scheduling conflicts with other films.
** In the novelization, the corpse of a reptilian [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaid-like]] kaiju called Margygr is in the Castle Bravo base alongside the corpses of both [=MUTO=]s, Jinshin-Mushi, and numerous other deceased Titans; while in the film only the Female [=MUTO=]'s severed head is seen.
** The Art Book for the movie shows concept art of [[AliensAreBastards Gigan]], Anguirus, Baragon, a titan resembling [[SpidersAreScary Kumonga]], and most noticeably, a turtle titan that bears a close resemblance to ''Gamera''. None of them make any appearances in the movie. According to Dougherty, the production team considered adding other Toho monsters to the mix at some point, but, gven the fact that each Toho character has its own rights which must be paid, they ultimately decided to cook up some new creatures for the Monsterverse's menagerie. That being said, there are still ''lots'' of undiscovered Titans, and the team did manage to sneak the skeleton of a creature that [[LawyerFriendlyCameo may or may not be Anguirus]] just outside Godzilla's underwater lair.
** The artbook also shows a picture of Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan together in Boston [[spoiler:suggesting originally it was meant to follow the original movie and have them triple team Ghidorah before it was changed to a tag team match.]]

* TalkingToHimself: While not quite 'talking,' Jason Liles does the motion capture for both Rodan and King Ghidorah's middle head.

* FanNickname: King Ghidorah's ditzy left head is given the fittingly unfitting moniker of "Kevin". Another alternative is "Kevin Ghidorah".

* RefittedForSequel: According to Film/Godzilla2014 art book, The Art of Destruction, the Godzilla corpse found in the beginning of that movie would have been discovered frozen somewhere in Siberia instead of the Philippines. It was changed because ''Film/ManOfSteel'', a film from the year prior, had a very similar scene of Clark finding the Kryptonian ship frozen in ice. This film appears to rework it, this time King Ghidorah is found frozen in Antarctica.

* InMemoriam: In Memory of Yoshimitsu Banno (the producer of this film and 2014's ''Film/{{Godzilla|2014}}'' and director of ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah''), and Creator/HaruoNakajima ([[TheOriginalDarrin the original Godzilla actor]]), both of whom passed away in 2017. The ending credits depicts a photo still of Nakajima wearing the ''[[Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep DaisensoGoji]]'' suit back in 1966.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Despite many outlets reporting and labeling it as such, the truth is that the film did manage to break even, albeit only barely.

* BigNameFan: Mike Dougherty explains in Tokyo Comic Con that he's a ''huge'' Godzilla fan, and that directing this film is a dream come true. To the point that he mentioned photoshopping the original ''Film/Godzilla1954'' spines onto the Legendary Godzilla's back.

* TakeThat: After Emma's "Long live the king" line, it immediately cuts to Godzilla demolishing a building that has a large poster of a lion hanging on it. Guess [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 which film]] WB's rival Disney is releasing next month?

** O'Shea Jackson Jr. in makes it very clear that he is a huge Godzilla fan in every interview he has had for the film, even expressing that Gigan is his favorite villain. He felt extremely excited to join the project and even acknowledges the coincidence of his friends and ''Film/StraightOuttaCompton'' co-stars Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell previous involvement in ''Film/KongSkullIsland''.

* DoingItForTheArt: Michael Dougherty clearly created the film with this in mind. The Kaiju fights, cinematography and even the modernized Music/AkiraIfukube soundtracks was clearly made for the fans as he himself is one of them.

* DoingItForTheArt: Michael Dougherty clearly created this film in mind. The Kaiju fights, cinematography and even the modernized Music/AkiraIfukube soundtracks was clearly made for the fans as he himself is one of them.

** In another tweet, Michael Dougherty explained why Ghidorah was frozen in ice: Godzilla and Ghidorah's last showdown in the past ended with Godzilla beating Ghidorah, leading to the three-headed dragon to be encased in a tomb of ice in the Arctic.

* CreatorBacklash: Played down slightly, since while Creator/CharlesDance didn't seem to hate the movie or regret working on it. However, he ultimately proved somewhat unenthusiastic about it, rather bluntly stating that he nearly fell asleep at the film's premiere. That being said, he brought the same level of dedication to the film as he does all his projects and has also stated he is open to reprising his role in the future.

* CreatorBacklash: Played down slightly, since while Creator/CharlesDance didn't seem to hate the movie or regret working on it, he ultimately proved somewhat unenthusiastic about it, rather bluntly stated that he nearly fell asleep at the film's premiere. That being said, he brought the same level of dedication to the film as he does all his projects and has also stated he is open to reprising his role in the future.

* MilestoneCelebration: The film was released during the franchise's 65th anniversary. More specifically, it premiered on May 31, 2019 - the 115th Birthday of legendary Godzilla composer Creator/AkiraIfukube.

* MilestoneCelebration: The film was released during the franchise's 65th anniversary.

** In the novelization, the corpse of a reptilian kaiju called Margygr is in the Castle Bravo base alongside the corpses of both [=MUTO=]s, Jinshin-Mushi, and numerous other deceased Titans; while in the film only the Female [=MUTO=]'s severed head is seen.
** The Art Book for the movie shows concept art of [[AliensAreBastards Gigan]], a titan resembling [[SpidersAreScary Kumonga]], and most noticeably, a turtle titan that bears a close resemblance to ''Gamera''. None of them make any appearances in the movie.

* The artbook also shows a picture of Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan together in Boston [[spoiler:suggesting originally it was meant to follow the original movie and have them triple team Ghidorah before it was changed to a tag team match.]]