History WesternAnimation / TheGodzillaPowerHour

* BigDamnHeroes. Godzilla owns this trope, but even [[TheScrappy Godzuki]] has his moments [[TheLoad when not trying to help Godzilla]], by coming to people's rescue. He's often saved humans fallen overboard from death by drowning/hypothermia.

* ProfessionalWrestling: Godzilla's fights with other monsters turn into a [[GeniusBruiser wrestling match]] more often than not. Godzuki tries to turn it into a TagTeam, but fails [[TheScrappy because he's Godzuki]].

* [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]: Due to a translation error in the American version of the first G-film, [[LostInTranslation most Americans incorrectly believed that Godzilla]] was a LOT bigger than his actual canonical size at the time. Therefore the writers depicted him as being "30 stories high", which puts him in the region of a whopping 300-400ft in height. The Showa Era Kaiju King of monsters was actually topped at 160 feet. Its not until [[CanonUniverse Heisei Era]] does the monster [[CreatorPreferredAdaptation reach that size and scale]]. And even then, this Godzilla is bigger and yet is dwarfed in the franchise by both the Film/MonsterVerse version and Godzilla Earth of the anime movie trilogy.

* EnthrallingSiren: Morphea and her sisters.

* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Capt. Carl Majors
** TheLancer: Brock
** TheSmartGuy: Quinn Darien (''Inverted'')
** TheBigGuy: Godzuki
** TheChick: Pete (''Inverted'')

** The lightning-breathing Power Dragon from "The City in the Clouds" could be considered a one-headed stand-in for King Ghidorah. The plot for that episode even borrows heavily from ''[[Film/InvasionOfTheAstroMonster Godzilla vs. Monster Zero]]''.

** The lightning-breathing Power Dragon from "The City in the Clouds" could be considered a one-headed stand-in for King Ghidorah. The plot for that episode even borrows heavily from ''Film/GodzillaVsMonsterZero''.

* {{Expy}}: Many episodes' monsters and human characters are homages to classic monster and fantasy films:

** Then again, [[PerspectiveFlip from Godzilla's viewpoint]], he's [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter forcing the humans to look after Godzooky]] so [[ItsAllAboutMe he doesn't have to constantly deal with him]].

** Godzuki's attempts often result in smoke rings. He can use his smoke breath as a SmokeOut. He was able to breathe fire in the episode ''The Beast of Storm Island''.

** Possibly the third if you count the Godzilla King Of The Monsters recorded stories by Wonderland Records.

* AnimatedAdaptation: The first one starring the Big G, but the second Godzilla production made solely in the US, as ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1977'' was released two years prior.

* AnimatedAdaptation

* GoodIsNotSoft: Godzilla may be benign in this incarnation, but the human cast are never complacent around him, sometimes nervous, knowing full well the monster can [[GiantFootOfStomping crush them out of existence at any given moment]], even if he didn't mean to. This is curious because Godzilla behaves more like a BruiserWithASoftCenter. Such as plucking up a construction worker from certain death. For comparison - ever tried to pick up a tiny bug without killing it? [[CrushingHandshake Its not that easy...]]

* MrExpostion: Ms. Exposition in this case, as Dr. Darien would often explain scientific principles related to the episode or how the monsters could do what they were doing. Justified by her being the scientific expert of the ''Calico''.

* TheCaptain: Capt. Carl Majors, although he really shares the leader position with Quinn

* EnergyAbsorption: The energy beast fed on power from a hydroelectric dam to grow bigger and stronger. Also, in a different episode, a turtle can feed on magnetic fields in order to increase in size and power.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: TropeCodifier, perhaps?

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Godzooky; somewhat subverted, as Godzooky was a good 30 feet tall if he was an inch.
** And, even though he's sweet-natured, Zooky is sometimes useful for intimidating human enemies since, you know, he's a thirty-foot tall flying dinosaur. In addition, if the captain can't use his signaller, Godzooky can summon Godzilla himself.

* WalkDontSwim: ''Inverted''. No matter where the Calico was when they called Godzilla, the Kaiju king would come crashing out of the water, standing completely erect, [[WalkOnWater the water swirling around his ankles]].

* HumanPopsicle: The frozen German submarine. Interestingly, since these Germans are from the ''First'' World War (and therefore ''not'' Nazis), they turn out to be perfectly decent folks once they finally realize they're in the future and the war is long over. [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere Then a]] [[GiantSquid giant octopus]] attacks after being roused by the German's heat-seeking torpedo!

** A more obscure source: the Cyborg Whale, built to rake the ocean for resources, was likely inspired by [[LivingShip Rorqual Maru the Godwhale]] from T.J. Bass's science fiction novel ''The Godwhale,'' which was built for the same purpose.

* FantasyKitchenSink

%%* {{Kaiju}}: Of course.

* ColonyDrop: In "The Deadly Asteroid", the Frios Aliens tried to use one to hit the Earth.

Here, Franchise/{{Godzilla}} had four human friends and a mischievous nephew, [[TheScrappy Godzooky]]. The series follows the adventures of a team of scientists on the research vessel called the Calico, which is headed by Captain Carl Majors. The rest of the crew include scientist Dr. Quinn Darien, her nephew Pete, and her research assistant/the ship's first mate, Brock. The group often call upon Godzilla by using a special communicator when in peril, such as attacks by other giant monsters or impending natural disasters. Godzooky is also able to howl to summon Godzilla.

The giant radioactive dinosaur from the Japanese films headlined this animated ActionSeries, co-produced by Creator/HannaBarbera and Creator/{{Toho}} for Creator/{{NBC}} in United States in 1978, and TV Tokyo in Japan. The series is an animated adaptation of the Japanese Godzilla films produced by Toho. The series continued to air until 1981, for a time airing in its own half-hour timeslot until its cancellation.