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1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Though it was used before in other films such as [[Film/Godzilla1954 the original Godzilla film]] and ''Film/BattleInOuterSpace'', Ifukube perfected the [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=GzE0XkTTeKU Great Monster War March]], a staple track in the whole Godzilla series. It’s as triumphant as it is epic.
2	* BadassDecay:
3	** Design wise, compare the fierce Rodan design in the [[Film/{{Rodan}} original film]] to the goofier one here.
4	** Ghidorah went from an unstoppable planet killer that took three monsters to stop to being DemotedToDragon in this film, starting an unfortunate trend for the rest of his appearances in the Showa continuity.
5	* EnsembleDarkHorse:
6	** The Xiliens, so much so that they’ve been used in other Toho and Godzilla material outside the movies as the main alien menace against the Earth. Being brought back and revamped in [[Film/GodzillaFinalWars Final Wars helps]].
7	** Miss Namikawa is one of the most iconic non kaiju characters in the franchise. Being a member of the already popular Xiliens who pulls a HeelFaceTurn, as well as her proactive personality and [[StarCrossedLovers tragic romance]] makes her extremely memorable.
8	* EvenBetterSequel: To ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster''. ''Ghidorah'' was already one of the better-regarded films of the ''Shōwa'' period, since it featured the series' first {{Kaiju}} team-up, it was the first entry to incorporate elements of SpaceOpera into its story, and it introduced the BreakoutVillain King Ghidorah. This film takes all the things that fans loved about ''Ghidorah'' and polishes them to a fine sheen: Godzilla and Rodan's fight choreography is smoother, the SpaceOpera elements are [[SerialEscalation bigger]] and more ambitious, Ghidorah's puppetry effects are more refined, and the action unfolds on a truly epic interplanetary scale.
9	* {{Narm}}: From the American dub, three words: "A happy moment". Doesn't help that The Xilien leader was commenting on Godzilla's infamous dance.
10	* NarmCharm:
11	** Glen's cry of 'you stinking rats what did you do to her!?' should be really ineffective and narmy but Nick's acting makes it work.
12	** Godzilla ''dancing'' on Planet X to memetic levels.
13	** The spaceship effects and the Planet X set are both ''far'' from realistic, but they're so damn cool to look at--and so unabashedly escapist--that you can easily forgive it.
14	* OlderThanTheyThink: Godzilla's infamous dance was a ShoutOut to the Iyami's pose from Manga/OsomatsuKun, [[Anime/OsomatsuSan Prior to 2015]] however, that series was really obscure in the West so when most Westerners saw that dance they thought it was a Godzilla reference.
15	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: [[Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster Once again]], the great Eiji Tsuburaya outdoes himself with the effects work on [[BigBad King Ghidorah]], pulling off the flying scenes and the puppetry on '''three independently-moving heads''' so awesomely that you can easily forget that it's a guy in a rubber suit. It helps too that, unlike previous films, Tsuburaya had a bigger budget to work with thanks to US producer Henry G. Saperstein.
16	* VillainDecay: While King Ghidorah is still seen as a huge threat, this movie started the trend of him being the puppet of an alien force, rather than an independent destructive being. A trend that would continue for most of the films afterwards.

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