Godzilla is a prehistoric reptilian monster, awakened and empowered after many years by nuclear radiation. With the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Lucky Dragon 5 incident still fresh in the Japanese consciousness, Godzilla was conceived as a metaphor for nuclear weapons.
Godzilla, a giant monster spawned from the waste of nuclear tests, is discovered in the sea and rises to threaten Japan. The only hope of stopping Godzilla is the oxygen destroyer, a weapon as deadly and as morally troubling as the atomic bombs that created the monster.
Personality. Over the course of the franchise, Godzilla is usually portrayed as a destructive, vicious kaiju with a hatred for humanity, or a force of nature without true malicious intent, well-known for causing destruction.
Following the nuclear test, the dinosaur is exposed to the fallout. And after being struck by multiple lightning strikes, the dinosaur comes back to life and Godzillasaurus, the King of the Dinosaurs, transforms into Godzilla, the King of the Monsters.
We [humans] have helped create an imbalance [in nature], and Godzilla moves in to right the balance. He is not our 'hero,' but represents something greater — he is saving us in the process of righting the balance. Alex Garcia describing Godzilla's motives.
This is why Godzilla immediately recognized Kong's presence on Earth as that of his ultimate, instinctual rival, and why it was inevitable that the two would fight. Kong didn't bow before Godzilla like the other Titans did in King of the Monsters, and more than that, Kong is inherently a threat to Godzilla's kingship.
However, it makes no special effort to protect human life or property and will turn against its human allies on a whim. It is not motivated to attack by predatory instinct; it does not eat people and instead sustains itself on nuclear radiation and an omnivorous diet especially cetaceans and large fish.
Although his durability proved beyond humanity's capabilities to harm him, Godzilla was eventually killed by the Oxygen Destroyer, a weapon that contained a chemical compound that liquefies oxygen atoms, causing living creatures to die of asphyxiation as their remains are liquefied by the surrounding water as it ...
It was implied in the original 1954 movie that Godzilla was a prehistoric reptile who was awakened and then mutated because of the hydrogen bomb testing.
The atomic bomb is what created Toho's Godzilla, mutating him and filling him with radioactive power. Godzilla releases this energy through his atomic breath, but Godzilla vs. Biollante revealed that he can emit it in other ways.
Despite being a god, Zeus was shown to be neither all-powerful nor immortal. Zeus drained himself of his power by unleashing all of it upon Godzilla, and was later killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius caused by Godzilla.
The rivalry between Godzilla and King Kong is well noted within their established mythos, including and especially the current MonsterVerse canon, but there's one kaiju Godzilla hates far more than Kong (or any other Titan, for that matter): King Ghidorah - and there's only one reason as to why.
What is Godzilla's weakness? Godzilla is slowed down by the cold, and in some movies he is weak to electricity. Godzilla has also been killed by his own doing, for example he pushed his body and went to far entering Critical Mass which is what killed him in Godzilla v.
While the skeletons of Kong's parents in Skull Island suggest 100ft is roughly their species' genetic limit, the producers of the series have retconned the franchise by explaining that Kong is an adolescent in that film, leaving room for him to grow into a worthy opponent for Godzilla some 40 years down the movie ...
After provoking him with gunfire, Maia and the Apex team's HEAV is crushed by Kong. Kong, Andrews, Jia, and Lind ascend to Hong Kong, where Kong engages Godzilla in a ferocious final battle in which Godzilla emerges victorious, leaving Kong nearly dead.
Godzilla is shown to have a crush on Gojirin, and she seems to return his feelings. Occasionally, Gojirin is a source of conflict among Godzilla and his friends, as both Baragon and Anguirus compete with Godzilla to impress her.
Most versions of Godzilla are prehistoric mutated reptiles, transformed by nuclear testing. The origin of Godzilla's powers comes from radiation, which he craves and gains strength from. Godzilla represents the consequences of nuclear warfare and acts as a metaphor for the harm caused by nuclear weapons in Japan.
The saddest monster death wasn't a death, per say, but it was framed as one until the next movie where we learned he survived. It was Godzilla himself from 1984/5, when he freejumps into a volcano.
Through more than 60 years of cinematic history, the Japanese pop culture icon has appeared in over 30 live-action movies at this point. However, he's only actually died in four of them. True to his title, Godzilla typically prevails in most of his fights - even when he's the main villain.
Biollante, SpaceGodzilla, King Kong, King Ghidorah, Mothra, and Mechagodzilla have all achieved victories over Godzilla at least once in their battles. Mechagodzilla holds the record for the most wins against Godzilla, defeating him three times throughout the franchise.
Godzilla isn't evil per se — after all, he's a victim of mankind's hubris, acting in retaliation to the harm that's been done to him. But as he exacts his vengeance, he is very much the antagonist of the film, and a frightening one at that.
Many of the world's largest vertebrates, including titanosaurs, walked on four legs and held their heads in front of their bodies, which prevented the heart from pumping blood against gravity. But Godzilla walks on two legs, and this would necessitate vast amounts of energy to push that blood up to the head.
In films that depict Godzilla as an aggressor, we rarely know why Godzilla is angry enough to invade Tokyo. Presumably, he is provoked by war, pollution, industrialization, and of course, the dropping of the A-bomb. Loud noises, bad smells, and humanity's general disregard for the natural world invoke his wrath.
