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The King of the Monsters in his final moments.
- Junior's death, and Godzilla's failed attempt to revive him. The music for this sequence is appropriately titled Roar of Sadness, and is a solemn version of Godzilla Junior's gentle string leitmotif.
- Hell, even the events leading up to Godzilla Jr.'s death was a Tear Jerker when you really think about them. Up until the final battle, Godzilla was desperately in search of his son, following him from location to location. Godzilla apparently knew he was dying, and like any father on his death bed, wanted to see his son one last time. And just as they're about to embrace, Destroyah breaks up the reunion and kills Junior. Godzilla mourns the death of his own son and cries in agony. If that wasn't gut-wrenching enough, Destoroyah strikes Godzilla at his most vulnerable moment. Aside from the original, it's perhaps the saddest Godzilla movie ever made. The music, really doesn't help either. No wonder Godzilla got so pissed and started beating Destroyah so savagely. Godzilla had nothing left to lose.
- Emiko Yamane post-1954. In the original film, she was one of the witnesses of the original Godzilla. The film heavily implied she is suffering from Survivor Guilt after what she did: Reveal the Oxygen Destroyer. Not only was she unfaithful to her fiancé, but Daisuke told her to be happy with Ogata. But considering her surname, the film also implies she didn't marry Ogata either.
- Godzilla's death is this. Just watching Godzilla, a massive symbol of power, melt into a pile of radioactive sludge and bones is utterly heartbreaking. Ifukube's haunting score for this scene, "Requiem", just further hammers home how sad this moment is.
- There is also this
, a funeral for the King of Monsters done shortly after the film was done. It was so big that CNN covered it. - A YouTube comment posits this:What hurts me especially about Godzilla's death is knowing that he died in grief. After the destruction of Birth Island, despite his horrid mutation caused by it, basically running a nuclear fever, all he could think about was finding his son.
He spent almost the entire movie searching for [Junior], hoping he's alright, despite not even being related by blood. And as soon as he found him, they were torn apart again by Destoroyah, who killed the only thing Godzilla truly cared about before his very eyes. He ultimately let his anger out on Destoroyah, but the terrible deed was already done.
Finally, as Godzilla dies, he uses his dying breath to let out one last roar, but not fierce, proud, intimidating or strong as the King Of The Monsters did so many times, but tired, weak and sad. As his live fades, he felt as though he had failed, never knowing that he actually won. His energy revives his son, and the will of king is carried on into the next millennium.
You have lived a battle, now rest in peace, Heisei Godzilla, in my opinion to this very day the most iconic incarnation of them all.
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