YMMV / Frankenstein Conquers the World

• Ass Pull: Frankenstein's "death": A volcanic fissure comes out of nowhere and swallows up Frankenstein just as he kills off Baragon. The original film had a different ending... which was even more out of left field as a giant octopus emerges from the ocean and drags Frankenstein under.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: One of the two endings. Frankenstein defeats Baragon and then FUCK YOU, GIANT SQUID! Frankenstein drowns to death, the end, roll credits.
• Broken Base: Which demise of Frankenstein was better is widely debated amongst fans. Some say the original ending with the earthquake swallowing Frankenstein down was much more believable than a giant octopus coming in out of nowhere to fight Frankenstein, citing Baragon’s tunneling ability as a justifiable explanation as to how it was plausible. Others prefer the giant octopus ending, citing that while it does come out of nowhere and make no sense, it also had Frankenstein going down with a fight as opposed to being killed off without a final hoorah.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Baragon proved popular enough to appear in later media in the Godzilla series, most notably Destroy All Monsters.
• I Am Not Shazam: Naturally, the monster known as "Frankenstein" is only referred to as such for most of the film.
• Special Effect Failure:
  • The most noticeable example is when Baragon is implied to have eaten a bunch of chickens, the feathers of which end up being bigger than the birds they came from.
  • Frankenstein is identified as Caucasian, even though the make-up job on Koji Furuhata makes him as convincing a Caucasian as Sean Connery as a Japanese man.
• Ugly Cute: From certain angles, Baragon looks like a big puppy, especially since he can put his ears back like some dogs can, making him more adorable than meancing.

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