- Awesome Moments:
- The fact that this simple 90-second joke animation made by an amateur in his apartment managed to be included in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons as selected by acclaimed animation historian Jerry Beck and 1000 other animation experts. No small feat considering it managed to make the list over some of the most critically-acclaimed cartoons from the likes of Disney and Warner Bros..
- It managed to get official recognition from Godzilla's owners by being selected as the short shown before the American version of The Return of Godzilla in 1985. Again, not too shabby for a cheap student film.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Godzilla's feet are rounder, sauropod-like and with relatively short talons, which is how they would come to be designed in Godzilla (2014).
- Just Here for Godzilla: Or at least his foot.
- "Seinfeld" Is Unfunny: An extremely crude and short animation of Godzilla stepping on Bambi that gained a remarkable amount of professional attention in spite of its amateurishness. Viewers nowadays probably won't get what the big deal about this short is, given that anyone and their mother could animate something like this in a day using widely available digital software, and this sort of surreal crossover humour being a dime-a-dozen on the internet, but neither was the case back in the 1960s.
- Signature Scene: Godzilla stepping on Bambi, naturally.
- Funny Moments: The whole film, but the following moments especially stand out:
- The credits consisting only of Marv Newland.
- "marv newland produced by mr.&mrs. newland"
- Godzilla stepping on Bambi.
- "We gratefully acknowledge the city of Tokyo for providing Godzilla for this film"
- Godzilla's toe claws wiggle at the very end. A hilariously random moment if there ever was one.
- So Bad, It's Good: Enough animators, it seems, thought so that it made #38 on The 50 Greatest Cartoons list. It beat out 67 other shorts that were runners up for making the list. All just by being a short animation of Godzilla stepping on Bambi by a first time animator.
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