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''Monster Puppet Show Godziban'' (怪獣人形劇 ゴジばん Kaijū Ningyōgeki Gojiban), or simply ''Godziban'' (ゴジばん Gojiban) is a PuppetShow web series based on the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise co-produced by Toho, [=AlphaBoat=], and Studio Koganemushi for the official Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel that premiered on August 9, 2019, with an official subtitled version being uploaded to the English Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel starting on August 20, 2021.

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''Monster Puppet Show Godziban'' (怪獣人形劇 ゴジばん Kaijū Ningyōgeki Gojiban), or simply ''Godziban'' (ゴジばん Gojiban) is a PuppetShow [[PuppetShows Puppet Show]] web series based on the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise co-produced by Toho, [=AlphaBoat=], and Studio Koganemushi for the official Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel that premiered on August 9, 2019, with an official subtitled version being uploaded to the English Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel starting on August 20, 2021.
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* GenderFlip: The version of Godzilla from ''Film/Godzilla2000'' appears as Godzilla-kun's mother Mirei-san.
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* AmateurFilmMakingPlot: The Bandai Movie Monster Series special, accessible via QR codes on ''Godziban'' toy tags, has the Three Godzilla Brothers making a movie with their action figures.

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* AmateurFilmMakingPlot: The Bandai Movie Monster Series special, accessible via QR codes on ''Godziban'' toy tags, has the Three Godzilla Brothers making a movie with their action figures.figures, with the process of making homemade effects presented in a way easy for kids to try at home.
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* AmateurFilmMakingPlot: The Bandai Movie Monster Series special, accessible via QR codes on ''Godziban'' toy tags, has the Three Godzilla Brothers making a movie with their action figures.
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* ShoutOut: A giant shark in Season 4 rides a waterspout ala ''Film/{{Sharknado}}''
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Gigan defends Little from King Ghidorah, claiming that the Godzilla Brothers are his to deal with.
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** Godzilla-kun once comments to Little that Godzillas aren't meant to fly. A later episode has Godzilla-kun daydreaming about flying in the style of ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah''.

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** Godzilla-kun once comments to Little that Godzillas aren't meant to fly. A later episode has Godzilla-kun daydreaming about flying in the style of ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah''.''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'', before becoming the focus of the episode "Fly, Godzilla, Fly" where Grandpa Hedo reveals the secret, but Godzilla-kun cannot take to the air because of his own doubts.



** In the special episode "Film the Dream!", Godzilla-kun wears Creator/EijiTsuburaya's signature hat and shades as a director outfit.

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** In the special episode episodes "Film the Dream!", Dream!" and "Bring Them to Life! Let's Play with the Three Godzilla Brothers", Godzilla-kun wears Creator/EijiTsuburaya's signature hat and shades as a director outfit.

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* BeastMan: While Prince Caesar is just a smaller version of his father, his older sister Miyarabi is a human with shisa ears and a tail in a furkini.



* NonMammalMammaries: Mother Gigarian in Season 4 is the ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' design with an hourglass figure.


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* SexyDimorphism:
** While Prince Caesar is just a smaller version of his father, his older sister Miyarabi is a human with shisa ears and a tail in a furkini.
** Mother Gigarian in Season 4 is the ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' Gigan design with NonMammalMammaries and HartmanHips.
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* DecompositeCharacter: [[PlantPerson Erika]] and Biollante are separate characters in this universe.


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* TheSmartGuy: Little often explains the various scientific phenomena he and his brothers encounter.

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** Godzilla-kun once comments to Little that Godzillas aren't meant to fly. A later episode has Godzilla-kun daydreaming about flying in the style of ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah''.



* NonMammalMammaries: Gigan's mom in Season 4 is the ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' design with an hourglass figure.

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* NonMammalMammaries: Gigan's mom Mother Gigarian in Season 4 is the ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' design with an hourglass figure.
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* HowDoesSantaDeliverAllThoseToys: The Christmas special has Grandpa Zilla explain that there's more then one Santa Claus delivering gifts, with his route covering the kaiju lovers.

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* HowDoesSantaDeliverAllThoseToys: HowCanSantaDeliverAllThoseToys: The Christmas special has Grandpa Zilla explain that there's more then one Santa Claus delivering gifts, with his route covering the kaiju lovers.
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* YouWannaGetSued: The Tortoise and the Hare episode has Godzilla-kun commenting on his brothers' turtle shell costumes as being too close to [[Franchise/{{Gamera}} a certain turtle]] and being stopped as he says the name with a "Don't worry about it!". The ending has Godzilla-kun freak out when Little and Minilla start spinning in the air.

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* YouWannaGetSued: The Tortoise and the Hare episode has Godzilla-kun commenting on his brothers' turtle shell costumes as being too close to [[Franchise/{{Gamera}} [[Film/{{Gamera}} a certain turtle]] and being stopped as he says the name with a "Don't worry about it!". The ending has Godzilla-kun freak out when Little and Minilla start spinning in the air.
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* YouWakeUpOnABeach: How the Young Serizawa storyline starts.

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* YouWakeUpOnABeach: How the Young Serizawa storyline starts.starts.
* YouWannaGetSued: The Tortoise and the Hare episode has Godzilla-kun commenting on his brothers' turtle shell costumes as being too close to [[Franchise/{{Gamera}} a certain turtle]] and being stopped as he says the name with a "Don't worry about it!". The ending has Godzilla-kun freak out when Little and Minilla start spinning in the air.

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* '''Go! Go! Godzilla-kun!''': The main focus, chronicling the Gojigoji Island misadventures of the Three Godzilla Brothers; Godzilla-kun, Minilla, and Little.

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* '''Go! Go! Godzilla-kun!''': The main focus, chronicling the Gojigoji Godzi Godzi Island misadventures of the Three Godzilla Brothers; Godzilla-kun, Minilla, and Little.



* HostileShowTakeover: The Three Dorat Brothers attempt this in the Season 3 finale before they have to fight Monster Zero.
* HowDoesSantaDeliverAllThoseToys: The Christmas special has Grandpa Zilla explain that there's more then one Santa Claus delivering gifts, with his route covering the kaiju lovers.
* MentalPictureProjector: Serizawa invents one in "Grandiose Memories", used to explore Godzilla-kun's backstory.



** Godzilla-kun and Anguirus often have speech bubble conversations with each other like in ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan''



** Sporting equipment used by the kaiju is constructed out of "red bamboo", named for the terrorist organization from ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep''.



** In "Film the Dream!", Godzilla-kun wears Creator/EijiTsuburaya's signature hat and shades as a director outfit.

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** In the special episode "Film the Dream!", Godzilla-kun wears Creator/EijiTsuburaya's signature hat and shades as a director outfit.outfit.
* NonMammalMammaries: Gigan's mom in Season 4 is the ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' design with an hourglass figure.


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* TickleTorture: Little uses this as a means of testing Gigan's willpower.
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* PlantPerson: Erika, Biollante's dryad daughter.
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[[caption-width-right:330:"Go! Go! Go! Gojiban!"]]''Monster Puppet Show Godziban'' (怪獣人形劇 ゴジばん Kaijū Ningyōgeki Gojiban), or simply ''Godziban'' (ゴジばん Gojiban)is a PuppetShow web series based on the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise co-produced by Toho, [=AlphaBoat=], and Studio Koganemushi for the official Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel that premiered on August 9, 2019, with an official subtitled version being uploaded to the English Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel starting on August 20, 2021.

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Puppet Show Godziban'' (怪獣人形劇 ゴジばん Kaijū Ningyōgeki Gojiban), or simply ''Godziban'' (ゴジばん Gojiban)is Gojiban) is a PuppetShow web series based on the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise co-produced by Toho, [=AlphaBoat=], and Studio Koganemushi for the official Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel that premiered on August 9, 2019, with an official subtitled version being uploaded to the English Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel starting on August 20, 2021.
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* TheBusCameBack: Season 4 marks Bagan's first on-screen appearance 29 years after appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperGodzilla''.

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* '''Go! Go! Godzilla-kun!''': The main focus, chronicling the Monster Island misadventures of the Three Godzilla Brothers; Godzilla-kun, Minilla, and Little.

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* '''Go! Go! Godzilla-kun!''': The main focus, chronicling the Monster Gojigoji Island misadventures of the Three Godzilla Brothers; Godzilla-kun, Minilla, and Little.Little.
** '''Moshi Moth''': A segment following the Moshu Moshu Mothra larva siblings and Battra.
** '''Little and Gigan: The Dangerous Duo''': A segment where Little keeps trying to befriend Gigan after their initial encounter in Season 1.
** '''Young Serizawa''': The Season 2 finale, where a young Dr. Serizawa finds himself marooned on Monster Island.



* '''Moshi Moth''': A segment following the Moshu Moshu Mothra larva siblings and Battra.
* '''Little and Gigan: The Dangerous Duo''': A segment where Little keeps trying to befriend Gigan after their initial encounter in Season 1.
* '''Young Serizawa''': The Season 2 finale, where a young Dr. Serizawa finds himself marooned on Monster Island.

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* '''Moshi Moth''': A segment following the Moshu Moshu Mothra larva siblings and Battra.
* '''Little and Gigan: The Dangerous Duo''': A segment where Little keeps trying to befriend Gigan after their initial encounter in Season 1.
* '''Young Serizawa''': The Season 2 finale, where a young Dr. Serizawa finds himself marooned on Monster Island.



* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Uncle Shin is a friendly, though still terrifying in the context of the show, version of Film/ShinGodzilla.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Uncle Shin Zilla is a friendly, though still terrifying in the context of the show, version of Film/ShinGodzilla.



* GreekChorus: After joining the other monsters on the island, Grandpa Hedo and Little Hedo generally just start making comments on various episode's plots.



* TeenGenius: Dr. Serizawa is depicted as a tormented one that ran away from home to hide the Oxygen Destroyer from the world.

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* TeenGenius: Dr. Serizawa is depicted as a tormented one that ran away from home to hide the Oxygen Destroyer from the world.world.
* YouWakeUpOnABeach: How the Young Serizawa storyline starts.
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* SpinOffBabies: Besides the Three Godzilla Brothers and Mothra larva, the island is home to King Caesar's children Miyarabi and Prince Caesar, and Rodan's little brother Radon.

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* SpinOffBabies: Besides the Three Godzilla Brothers and Mothra larva, the island is home to King Caesar's children Miyarabi and Prince Caesar, and Rodan's little brother Radon.Radon.
* TeenGenius: Dr. Serizawa is depicted as a tormented one that ran away from home to hide the Oxygen Destroyer from the world.

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* BeastMan: While Prince Caesar is just a smaller version of his father, his older sister Miyarabi is a human with shisa ears and a tail in a furkini.



* PettingZooPeople: While Prince Caesar is just a smaller version of his father, his older sister Miyarabi is a human with shisa ears and a tail in a furkini.
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* PromotionToParent: Godzilla-kun has been looking after Minilla and Little for years after their parents left the island and never returned.
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** In "Film the Dream!", Godzilla-kun wears Creator/EijiTsuburaya's signature hat and shades as a director outfit.
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* MythologyGag:
** Godzilla-kun's lessons for his brothers include the sliding kick from ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' and an atomic breath lesson like ''Film/SonOfGodzilla''.
** Miyarabi takes her name from the song used to awaken King Caesar in ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla''.
** "Fly! Toward the Future" ends on Godzilla leading all the Earth kaiju seen in ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' in a charge against Ghidorah.
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''Monster Puppet Show Godziban'' (怪獣人形劇 ゴジばん Kaijū Ningyōgeki Gojiban), or simply ''Godziban'' (ゴジばん Gojiban)is a PuppetShow web series based on the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise co-produced by Toho, [=AlphaBoat=], and Studio Koganemushi for the official Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel that premiered on August 9, 2019, with an official subtitled version being uploaded to the English Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel starting on August 20, 2021.

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Puppet Show Godziban'' (怪獣人形劇 ゴジばん Kaijū Ningyōgeki Gojiban), or simply ''Godziban'' (ゴジばん Gojiban)is a PuppetShow web series based on the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise co-produced by Toho, [=AlphaBoat=], and Studio Koganemushi for the official Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel that premiered on August 9, 2019, with an official subtitled version being uploaded to the English Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel starting on August 20, 2021.
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''Monster Puppet Show Godziban'' (怪獣人形劇 ゴジばん Kaijū Ningyōgeki Gojiban), or simply ''Godziban'' (ゴジばん Gojiban)is a PuppetShow web series based on the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise co-produced by Toho, [=AlphaBoat=], and Studio Koganemushi for the official Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel that premiered on August 9, 2019, with an official subtitled version being uploaded to the English Godzilla [=YouTube=] channel starting on August 20, 2021.

''Godziban'' is divided into several recurring segments and stars chibi and child versions of the Toho kaiju stable. These include:
* '''Go! Go! Godzilla-kun!''': The main focus, chronicling the Monster Island misadventures of the Three Godzilla Brothers; Godzilla-kun, Minilla, and Little.
* '''Attention! Godzilla''': A secondary main segment of the first season, this segment follows Kamachi (''Film/ShinGodzilla'''s Kamata-kun) and his misadventures in the human world.
* '''Grandpa Hedo''': The end segment to the first season, an elderly Hedorah travels across vast landscapes with his curious grandson and offers kernels of wisdom to answer his questions. Replaced by '''Grandpa Hedo's Travels''' in later seasons with the two visiting Japanese landmarks and taking viewer questions.
* '''Go! Jet Jaguar''': A 2D segment by artist Onigiri where Jet Jaguar is an inept superhero bot.
* '''Moshi Moth''': A segment following the Moshu Moshu Mothra larva siblings and Battra.
* '''Little and Gigan: The Dangerous Duo''': A segment where Little keeps trying to befriend Gigan after their initial encounter in Season 1.
* '''Young Serizawa''': The Season 2 finale, where a young Dr. Serizawa finds himself marooned on Monster Island.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Uncle Shin is a friendly, though still terrifying in the context of the show, version of Film/ShinGodzilla.
* ChristmasSpecial: ''The Godzilla Who Came on Christmas Eve'', where the Godzilla family delivers presents to all the monster loving kids in Japan and helps a little girl that befriended Kamachi save the young Godzilla's life.
* CoolOldGuy: Grandpa Zilla is the 1954 Godzilla with a wizard staff that can transform into a giant and works for SantaClaus.
* PettingZooPeople: While Prince Caesar is just a smaller version of his father, his older sister Miyarabi is a human with shisa ears and a tail in a furkini.
* SpinOffBabies: Besides the Three Godzilla Brothers and Mothra larva, the island is home to King Caesar's children Miyarabi and Prince Caesar, and Rodan's little brother Radon.

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