History YMMV / GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
** Yuki and company vs the Yakuza. Three guys armed with pistols vs an entire building with machine guns, Yuki's group wins with Miki assisting.
** The battle with [=SpaceGodzilla=], which is likely one of the single longest, drag out fights in the entire franchise.

* CompleteMonster: 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 fuse with a crystal alien, the resultant clone arrives 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 flies past, [=SpaceGodzilla=] arrives on Birth Island where he [[WouldHurtAChild assaults]], and then kidnaps Godzilla's adoptive son, Junior, out of spite. Making his way to Fukuoka, [=SpaceGodzilla=] converts the entire city into a series of giant crystal spires that drain life from the Earth and feeds 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=] is described by Mothra's priestesses as [[YouMonster an abomination]] and is as deliberately malevolent as a Heisei monster could get.

** Miki Saegusa. She’s either an overly preachy, {{Wangst}} filled UngratefulBitch who won’t stop flip flopping sides and complains too much, or she’s as level headed as she was before and is only trying to save the Earth from an even worse threat compared to Godzilla. The fact that the more well known HongKongDub is often used when fans review the movie doesn’t help either.

** Yuki and company vs the Yakuza. Three guys armed with pistols vs an entire building with machine guns.

* NeverLiveItDown: Many of Miki Saegusa’s lines and actions in the film have been met with plenty of snark from the films detractors as an example of how poorly her character was written (such as her angrily chewing out arguably nice people for wanting to kill Godzilla despite not knowing them and her line about feeling sorry for [=SpaceGodzilla=] after its death for example). This is despite the fact that these writing problems were taken from the films notorious HongKongDub (which were known to change the dialogue for certain scenes). In actuality, Miki is justifiably upset that nobody will listen to her pleas on [=SpaceGodzilla=]’s arrival and her dialogue at the end has her say that [=SpaceGodzilla=] was a truly evil monster and that she was happy it was killed in the end.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Yuki has developed a unique blood coagulant meant to kill Godzilla specifically. Space Godzilla has the exact same DNA as Godzilla. Yuki has to cast aside his hatred of Godzilla to fight Space Godzilla instead...but he never thinks to try using the blood coagulant on Space Godzilla!

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: this movie is widely regarded as having one of the best, if not ''the'' best, Godzilla suits in the entire franchise. Like the previous two suits it could tilt its head up and down, but it could also look from side to side, allowing the widest range of motion so far outside of using separate animatronic heads. It also boasted perhaps the best proportions of any Heisei suit, looking neither too skinny nor awkwardly bulky.

--> You know, [[''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' Gabara]] never tried that with Minya. [=SpaceGodzilla's=] just a creep!

--> You know, [[''Film/AllMonstersAttack''Gabara]] never tried that with Minya. [=SpaceGodzilla's=] just a creep!

--> You know, [[* ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' Gabara]] never tried that with Minya. [=SpaceGodzilla's=] just a creep!

--> You know, Gabara never tried that with Minya. [=SpaceGodzilla's=] just a creep!

* CompleteMonster: 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 Birth 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.

** Miki Saegusa. She’s either an overly preachy, {{Wangst}} filled UngratefulBitch who won’t stop flip flopping sides and complains too much, or she’s as level headed as she was before and is only trying to save the earth from an even worse threat compared to Godzilla. The fact that the more well known HongKongDub is often used when fans review the movie doesn’t help either.

* CrazyAwesome: Yuki is a crazy old veteran living on an island alone, trying to kill Godzilla by shooting him in the armpit with a blood colagulent. Later he pilots a giant robot in battle against Space Godzilla and after MOGUERA is taken down, tries to continue the fight with a handheld missle launcher. The guy is out of his mind, but a total badass.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [=SpaceGodzilla=] himself for some fans, especially those who believed there was potential to link a more brotherly connection between him and Godzilla a la ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'' and show Godzilla trying to convince his astro counterpart not to destroy the world, only for him not to listen and Godzilla being forced to kill him.

* ContestedSequel: Arguably the most polarizing entry of the Heisei era, and one for the series as a whole. Depending on who is consulted, this is either an entertaining and underrated film with fun characters and a great final fight, a SoOkayItsAverage entry that’s decent enough even if it doesn’t live up to the rest of the era, or an irredeemable atrocity with bad special effects and an inconsistent tone.

* ContestedSequel: Arguably the most polarizing entry of the Heisei era. Depending on who is consulted, this is either an entertaining and underrated film with fun characters and a great final fight, a SoOkayItsAverage entry that’s decent enough even if it doesn’t live up to the rest of the era, or an irredeemable atrocity with bad special effects and an inconsistent tone.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [=SpaceGodzilla=] himself for some fans, especially those who believed there was potential to link a more brotherly connection between him and Godzilla a la ''Film/WarOfTheGargantuas'' and time make him a more TragicVillain.

* MemeticMolester: Many fans make jokes that Space Godzilla is a creepy child molester because of his kidnapping of Godzilla Junior.

* NeverLiveItDown: Miki Saegusa’s line about feeling sorry for [=SpaceGodzilla=] after its death has been met with plenty of snark from the films detractors as an example of how poorly her character was written. This is despite the fact that this line was taken from the films notorious HongKongDub (which were known to change the dialogue for certain scenes). The actual dialogue has her say that [=SpaceGodzilla=] was a truly evil monster and that she was happy it was killed in the end.

** When Yuki’s chasing Godzilla on Birth Island, there’s a brief shot of Godzilla’s face casting a shadow on the ground, which looks more like a stiff, plastic toy slowly sliding across the ground.

* {{Narm}}: A mixture of this and NarmCharm: [=SpaceGodzilla=]'s name has been the subject of ridicule, since finding out the name ''Astrogodzilla'' sounded cooler. Nowadays, [=SpaceGodzilla=] is remembered as a clone of Godzilla with an interesting original design.

** Spacegodzilla. Some view him as cool looking and sinister, while others view him as a bland clone of Godzilla. His somewhat generic-sounding name certainly didn't help matters.

* ContestedSequel: Arguably the most polarizing entry of the Heisei era. Depending on who is consulted, this is either an entertaining film with fun characters and a great final fight, a SoOkayItsAverage entry that’s decent enough even if it doesn’t live up to the rest of the era, or an irredeemable atrocity with bad special effects and an inconsistent tone.

* NeverLiveItDown: Miki Saegusa’s line about feeling sorry for [=SpaceGodzilla=] after its death has been met with plenty of snark from the films detractors as an example of how poorly her character was written. This is despite the fact that this line was taken from the films notorious HongKongDub (which were known to change the dialogue around for no reason). Her actual dialogue has her say that [=SpaceGodzilla=] was a truly evil monster and that she was happy it was killed in the end.

** Spacegodzilla. Some view him as cool looking and sinister, while others view him as a bland clone of Godzilla. His generic-sounding name certainly didn't help matters.