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Following Walter Simmons' death, we're treated to a shot of the neural interface in Ghidora's skull overloading as it undergoes a total transfer, presumably killing its pilot, Ren Serizawa, in the process. However, it's very well likely that the shocks induced during the process only incapacitated Ren instead of outright killing him, as we're never given any indication regarding ''how'' lethal the electricity/energy coursing through his body was. Assuming that the Monsterverse continues beyond GvK, it could very well end up that Ren survived his ordeal in Hong Kong and succeeded Simmons as Apex's CEO, becoming a central antagonist in future Monsterverse films alongside Alan Jonah. Though given the infamy that the Mechagodzilla incident would've garnered, it's probable that Ren would also reshape Apex into an underground terrorist cell, though one built upon anti-Titan human supremacy in contrast to Jonah's pro-Titan Eco-terrorism.
* It'd also stand to reason that he wouldn't exactly have come out of the ordeal unscathed. Aside from the probable mental ailments, what better physical scarring is most appropriate for a [[Film/Godzilla1954 Serizawa]] than one that necessitates an EyepatchOfPower?
* It'd also stand to reason that he wouldn't exactly have come out of the ordeal unscathed. Aside from the probable mental ailments, what better physical scarring is most appropriate for a [[Film/Godzilla1954 Serizawa]] than one that necessitates an EyepatchOfPower?
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Following Walter Simmons' death, we're treated to a shot of the neural interface in Ghidora's skull overloading as it undergoes a total transfer, presumably killing its pilot, Ren Serizawa, in the process. However, it's very well likely that the shocks induced during the process only incapacitated Ren instead of outright killing him, as we're never given any indication regarding ''how'' lethal the electricity/energy coursing through his body was. Assuming that the Monsterverse continues beyond GvK, [=GvK=], it could very well end up that Ren survived his ordeal in Hong Kong and succeeded Simmons as Apex's CEO, becoming a central antagonist in future Monsterverse films alongside Alan Jonah. Though given the infamy that the Mechagodzilla incident would've garnered, it's probable that Ren would also reshape Apex into an underground terrorist cell, though one built upon anti-Titan human supremacy in contrast humanocentrism ''à la'' [[Franchise/MassEffect Cerberus]] compared to Jonah's pro-Titan Eco-terrorism.
* It'd also stand to reason that he wouldn't exactly have come out of the ordeal unscathed. Aside from the probable mentalailments, scars, what better physical scarring is most appropriate for a [[Film/Godzilla1954 Serizawa]] than one that necessitates an EyepatchOfPower?
* It'd also stand to reason that he wouldn't exactly have come out of the ordeal unscathed. Aside from the probable mental
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[[WMG: If the MonsterVerse continues after this there will be a rematch.]]
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[[WMG:Where Apex got a second Ghidorah skull from (if you consider that part of the novelization canon at all)]]
Also not this troper's idea so much as something this troper heard.
The skull we explicitly know about was obviously from San/Kevin's old head that was decapitated at Isla de Mara and was retrieved by Jonah in TheStinger of ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' -- if there was a second Ghidorah skull, it could have come from Ichi's head at Boston, and here's how.
Burning Godzilla's Nuclear Pulses reduced both of Ghidorah's attached side-heads to sludge onscreen, skulls and all, but there's two things to consider when Ichi's head is destroyed moments later: (1) We don't see as much of Ichi's skull being obliterated as we did with the side-heads, due to the camera angle and the flashiness of Godzilla's Atomic Breath. (2) Godzilla was no longer in his Burning mode when he destroyed Ichi's head -- he was back in his normal mode and he was solely using his regular Atomic Breath instead of Burning Godzilla's Nuclear Pulses to finish Ichi off. The same Atomic Breath that Ghidorah was able to tank in the chest at close range with no lasting damage done during the Boston battle.
It's possible that when Godzilla blasted Ichi's head apart with his now-normal Atomic Breath, Ichi's flesh was burned away but his skull mostly remained intact and was just catapulted miles away by the Breath's force instead of being ripped apart.
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* Jossed. For now.
* Partly confirmed; Godzilla is indeed more hostile to humans now, but Mothra isn't in this film.
* Implicitly confirmed. Godzilla wins the fight, but Kong remains defiant, and Godzilla then leaves him battered but alive (or possibly leaves Kong to die since he's near-fatally injured).
* Jossed
* Jossed
* Jossed; unfortunately, the other Titans have returned to dormancy
* Partly confirmed. Godzilla is rampaging during the film because he can sense Mechagodzilla as a new rival to his dominance, and the film seems to hint that between that and humans removing ''another'' rival alpha from Skull Island for reasons that Godzilla isn't fully aware of, Godzilla really is a bit pissed at humanity for so dramatically failing to learn from the events of ''King of the Monsters''.
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* Confirmed; San/Kevin's skull is incorporated into Mechagodzilla to act as its brain, and remnants of Ghidorah's subconsciousness in the skull are responsible for hijacking Mechagodzilla and making it go rogue. That being said, it's a bit of an AmbiguousSituation in the film how much of San/Kevin or Ghidorah's consciousness Mechagodzilla has inside of it (and if it's just Kevin why Mechagodzilla lacks Kevin's curiosity and is so much more intelligent and vicious), whilst the novelization indicates a second Ghidorah skull which could've been Ichi or Ni's was used and that the skull/s only retain fragments of Ghidorah's consciousness (''seemingly'').
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* Confirmed; San/Kevin's skull is incorporated into Mechagodzilla to act as its remote brain, and remnants of Ghidorah's subconsciousness in the skull are responsible for hijacking Mechagodzilla and making it go rogue. That being said, it's a bit of an AmbiguousSituation in the film how much of San/Kevin or Ghidorah's consciousness Mechagodzilla has inside of it (and if it's just Kevin got Kevin's intact mind alone then why does Mechagodzilla lacks lack Kevin's curiosity and is so act much more intelligent and vicious), whilst the novelization indicates a second Ghidorah skull which could've been Ichi or Ni's was used and that the skull/s only retain fragments of Ghidorah's consciousness (''seemingly'').
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* Jossed. The human antagonists have no more control over Titans than the eco-terror ists using the ORCA did, although Godzilla is being provoked to attack because the human villains' creation is emitting a signal he recognizes as a challenger.
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* Jossed. The human antagonists have no more control over Titans than the eco-terror ists eco-terrorists using the ORCA did, although Godzilla is being provoked to attack because the human villains' creation is emitting a signal he recognizes as a challenger.
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* Jossed. That being said, the novelization states Jonah has somehow gotten his hands on a second Ghidorah skull, prompting speculation that he could've cloned Ghidorah or the head could've partly regrown Ghidorah and Jonah could be harvesting the creature in its incomplete state.
* Confirmed; San/Kevin's skull is incorporated into Mechagodzilla to act as its brain, and remnants of Ghidorah's subconsciousness in the skull are responsible for hijacking Mechagodzilla and making it go rogue. That being said, it's a bit of an AmbiguousSituation in the film how much of San/Kevin or Ghidorah's consciousness Mechagodzilla has inside of it (and if it's just Kevin why Mechagodzilla lacks Kevin's curiosity and is so much more intelligent and vicious), whilst the novelization indicates a second Ghidorah skull which could've been Ichi or Ni's was used and that the skull/s only retain fragments of Ghidorah's consciousness (''seemingly'').
* Partly confirmed; Godzilla is attacking because he can sense Mechagodzilla as a rival to his dominance, and it's strongly hinted he might also be aware that the Mecha is being made with Ghidorah's NotQuiteDead remains.
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The human antagonists have an elaboration of the ORCA from ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' that can ''control'' Titans, not just attract them or calm them down, with either the intent to sell them as {{Living Weapon}}s or to gain support for a KillEmAll plan on the Titans. And what better Titan to start with than the most powerful of them all, the Alpha Titan himself... Godzilla? Kong will know that Godzilla is NotHimself and will attempt to free him from the humans' control.
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The human antagonists have an elaboration of the ORCA from ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' that can ''control'' Titans, not just attract them or calm them down, with either the intent to sell them as {{Living Weapon}}s or to gain support for a KillEmAll GottaKillEmAll plan on the Titans. And what better Titan to start with than the most powerful of them all, the Alpha Titan himself... Godzilla? Kong will know that Godzilla is NotHimself and will attempt to free him from the humans' control.
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* Jossed. The human antagonists have no more control over Titans than the eco-terror ists using the ORCA did, although Godzilla is being provoked to attack because the human villains' creation is emitting a signal he recognizes as a challenger.
* Jossed. The human antagonists have no more control over Titans than the eco-terror ists using the ORCA did, although Godzilla is being provoked to attack because the human villains' creation is emitting a signal he recognizes as a challenger.
* Jossed, ''narrowly''.
* Jossed. The novelization states Kong's ancestors did indeed war against Godzilla, and it's the reason the Kongs were banished from the Hollow Earth.
* Partly confirmed in the final film: he's outright villainous like the Showa Mechagodzilla, he's made from Ghidorah's remains like the Heisei Mechagodzilla, he gets taken over by the consciousness remnants of the organic Kaiju whose remains he was made from like Kiryu, and he's a global threat who gains a practically-infinite energy source like the [=AniGoji=] Mechagodzilla.
* Jossed; no other Titans barring Mechagodzilla and the Hollow Earth creatures appear in this film, because unfortunately the Titans awakening became an AbortedArc with Godzilla commanding them to return to hibernation
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* Jossed and Confirmed respectively.
* Confirmed; Ren has joined Apex Cybernetics' EvilPlan to kill Godzilla and make humanity the sole dominant species above all the Titans, with Apex specifically being credited as humanity's saviors.
* Jossed
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* The ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' novelization lends some credence to this theory; depicting a man who's all but stated to be Jonah willingly selling Ghidorah's remains to Walter Simmons in a prologue scene, and hinting Jonah knew what Apex were going to do with Ghidorah's remains despite Jonah's end-goals being completely opposite to Simmons'.
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* Mostly Jossed; although this on the mark about the fact Godzilla was provoked into attacking by Apex's actions, and about Mechagodzilla being exposed only after Kong and Godzilla have fought and prompting an EnemyMine.
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* Partly confirmed. The axe does indeed have a ''Titanus Gojira'' scale in it and it was made by Kong's ancestors and left in the Hollow Earth, but it's not really known whether it came from Godzilla specifically or another member of his kind.
* Jossed
* The human villains' dialogue in the film suggests this, and the novelization furthermore implies that Apex's main interests if their EvilPlan succeeded were in trying to control and exploit what Titans they could and killing any ones that they couldn't.
* Jossed
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* {{Jossed}}. It's confirmed in the film that Andrews was referring to a ''Titanus Gojira''-''Titanus Kong'' war, and the novelization furthermore indicates that Kong's ancestors had a war against Godzilla which ended with the Kongs being banished from the Hollow Earth.
* {{Jossed}}. But the ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' novelization does hint that Apex might've been {{Unwitting Pawn}}s to the Eco-Terrorists' agenda, with a prologue scene depicting Alan Jonah selling Ghidorah's remains to Simmons despite their diametrically-opposed endgames and hinting that Jonah knew what Simmons was going to use the skulls for.
* {{Jossed}} by the novelization, which heavily implies that Godzilla won the war and he exiled Kong's ancestors from the Hollow Earth to Skull Island.
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* Fishermen near Isla de Mara are attacked by [[Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah a number of strange crablike creatures]]
* Kong finds [[ThereIsAnother a female of his species]] hiding in the Hollow Earth, eventually leading to [[Film/TheSonOfKong Kiko]] being born.
* Alternatively, Godzilla finds an egg of his species, setting up Minilla/Junior.
* The Mechagodzilla Mark 2 being designed.
* Kong finds [[ThereIsAnother a female of his species]] hiding in the Hollow Earth, eventually leading to [[Film/TheSonOfKong Kiko]] being born.
* Alternatively, Godzilla finds an egg of his species, setting up Minilla/Junior.
* The Mechagodzilla Mark 2 being designed.
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* The novelization explicitly points out that there's no way AdvancedAncientHumans built that temple for themselves and that the likeliest explanation is the Kongs built it.
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* Partly confirmed by the graphic novel ''Kingdom Kong'': the book reveals that Ghidorah's actions in ''King of the Monsters'' left a PerpetualStorm anchored in the Pacific Ocean, and that the Dark Titan Camazotz drew this storm away from its original position and into Skull Island's storm barrier expressly to permanently darken the sky.
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[[WMG: The Hollow Earth energy is the ''real'' reason Ghidorah wanted to conquer Earth]]
Again, not this troper's idea so much as a theory this troper encountered from more than one person. They've suggested following this film that the main reason why Ghidorah came to Earth and tried to conquer it for himself is because he wanted to consume the Hollow Earth energy source.
Again, not this troper's idea so much as a theory this troper encountered from more than one person. They've suggested following this film that the main reason why Ghidorah came to Earth and tried to conquer it for himself is because he wanted to consume the Hollow Earth energy source.
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[[WMG: There are more Godzillas in Hollow Earth.]]
Taking into account just how huge Hollow Earth is, I feel that there could be more Godzilla’s hiding somewhere in Hollow Earth, which caused the ancient rivalry with the Kongs. I think that when the radiation levels started to fall on the surface, the Godzillas went deeper underground to try to feed on the radiation, eventually reaching Hollow Earth, where the radiation level stayed constant, the Kongs though would not like this invasion from the surface, and they tried to drive the Godzillas back to the surface, causing the war. A war that the Godzillas eventually won, driving the Kongs to exile on Skull Island, where they were picked off one-by-one by the skullcrawlers.
Taking into account just how huge Hollow Earth is, I feel that there could be more Godzilla’s hiding somewhere in Hollow Earth, which caused the ancient rivalry with the Kongs. I think that when the radiation levels started to fall on the surface, the Godzillas went deeper underground to try to feed on the radiation, eventually reaching Hollow Earth, where the radiation level stayed constant, the Kongs though would not like this invasion from the surface, and they tried to drive the Godzillas back to the surface, causing the war. A war that the Godzillas eventually won, driving the Kongs to exile on Skull Island, where they were picked off one-by-one by the skullcrawlers.
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After all, the skull containing his consciousness is still intact, just Mechagodzilla being destroyed and leaving him without a vessel to exact his will. If the Monsterverse continues there certainly is room for Ghidorah to play an OrcusOnHisThrone/DarkLordOnLifeSupport role commanding evil titans telepathically even reduced to a skull, or with his ability to regenerate when exposed to enough radiation he could potentially even return in full after a botched attempt to destroy the skull triggers his regeneration.
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After all, the skull containing his consciousness is still intact, just Mechagodzilla being destroyed and leaving him without a vessel to exact his will. If the Monsterverse continues there certainly is room for Ghidorah to play an OrcusOnHisThrone/DarkLordOnLifeSupport OrcusOnHisThrone/ DarkLordOnLifeSupport role commanding evil titans telepathically even reduced to a skull, or with his ability to regenerate when exposed to enough radiation he could potentially even return in full after a botched attempt to destroy the skull triggers his regeneration.
