There can only be one King of the Monsters.
Godzilla vs. Koopzilla is a 2014 flash animated fan film made by AsylusGoji91. While the channel that originally posted the film unfortunately no longer exists, it has been archived and can be found here
.As the title clearly suggests, the fan film is a crossover between the Super Mario Bros. and Godzilla franchises; after Godzilla finds himself in the Mario world, he begins to reign havoc and destruction across the Mushroom City, destroying anything in his site. However, the evil Koopa King, Bowser, soon comes in to stop this beast. Only one would come out of this fight as the true King of the Monsters.
The film would later end up getting a two-part remake known as the director's cut, which expands elements and the story. A remake with the title Koopzilla Vs Godzilla is set to release in 2024, where Godzilla and Bowser would swap roles, as Bowser was now the Big Bad where Godzilla was the Anti-Hero.
The original animation contains examples of:
- Bittersweet Ending: Godzilla is defeated and sent back to his home dimension, and Bowser decides to begin showing his admiration for his minions, Jeff and Hal. Mario and Peach are given a month's break from Bowser's antics as Bowser wants to rest, and Mario agrees that he will fight Bowser fair and square in the future. However, back at the bottom of the ocean, Godzilla opens his glowing blue eyes, showing that he isn't actually dead and more likely than not plans on revenge in the future.
- The Cameo: Wario and Waluigi make a small appearance in the first 14 minutes of the film, robbing a jewelry store. Mario stops them pretty quickly, however.
- Downer Beginning: The film starts with Godzilla running around Tokyo, destroying and killing anything that stands in his path.
- Epigraph: The film starts with quotes from George R.R. Martin and Sarah Dimer on the nature of monsters.
- Intercontinuity Crossover: The entire film essentially serves as this. Mario and Godzilla are obviously two separate franchises, yet here, Godzilla arrives in the Mushroom City after E. Gadd accidentally transports him here.
- Mega City: The Mushroom City appears to be this, being a massive city in the Mushroom Kingdom with many civilians, featuring Toads, Koopas, Goombas, Shy Guys, and likely more.
- Power-Up Food: The Super Sushi. It is sushi made to give whoever consumes it super-strength and power. While it was originally made with the intention of helping Mario defeat Bowser once and for all, Bowser himself would later end up using it to defeat Godzilla.
- Shout-Out:
- There are a few references to the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show in the film, most notably the name "Koopzilla" which was an actual episode of the show, which also was a parody of Godzilla. The Super Sushi was also originally from the same episode, which Mario used to take down King Koopa as it made him a giant. There are even a couple of moments where voice clips of King Koopa in the series are used.
- Bowser does reference Hercules after releasing a fiery bit of rage, quoting Hades by saying "Okay, fine, fine. I'm cool. I'm fine."
