| Godzilla | |||||||||||
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| Real Name | Gojira | ||||||||||
| Alternate Identity | Godzilla | ||||||||||
| Powers and Abilities | Colossal Size Atomic Breath | ||||||||||
| Allies | King Kong Rodan | ||||||||||
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Godzilla, otherwise known as Gojira, is a fictional monster movie character.
History[]
Godzilla is the main character in a series of movies made in Japan. The character is a giant lizard, portrayed as tall as skyscrapers, with rows of spikes down his back. He can also fire powerful blasts of energy from his mouth.
In some instances, he is a villain destroying everything in his way, while in others he is a hero fighting other monsters on behalf of humanity.
He has crossed over with other well known monsters such as King Kong and Rodan.
Mister Fantastic was aware of the character. He used footage of one such film, along with footage of Rodan and Frankenstein's Monster, to trick the Skrulls that these creatures were real and capable of defending Earth from any invasion. The Skrulls were successfully tricked and fled.
Background[]
Godzilla was shown but not named.
Godzilla is colored green in the series. In most of his depictions, he is actually charcoal-grey. He is only green in the Marvel Comics series, 1978 series, Godzilla 2000, and Godzilla vs. Megaguirus. Frankenstein's Monster suffers from the same misconception.
A number of Marvel actors have appeared in official Godzilla movies and series:
- Paul Frees was in the 1956 film Godzilla, King of the Monsters! and Godzilla Raids Again.
- George Takei was in the 1955 film Godzilla Raids Again and 1956 film Rodan.
- Marvin Miller and Keye Luke were in Godzilla Raids Again.
- Don Messick, Betty Jean Ward, Michael Bell, Ted Cassidy, Ray Patterson, Mike Road, Joe Baker, and Jeff David were in the 1978 series Godzilla.
- Hank Azaria, Frank Welker, and Clyde Kusatsu were in the 1998 film Godzilla.
- Welker, Kusatsu, Ian Ziering, Rino Romano, Tom Kenny, Ron Perlman, Dorian Harewood, Clancy Brown, Kevin Michael Richardson, Dan Gilvezan, Peter Renaday, Edward Albert, Charles Howerton, Patrick Labyorteaux, and Peter Strauss were in the 1998 series Godzilla: The Series.
- Amy Hill was in the 1999 film Godzilla 2000.
- Welker was in the 2008 video game Godzilla: Unleashed.
- Garry Chalk was in the 2014 film Godzilla.
- Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, and Shea Whigham were in the 2017 film Kong: Skull Island while Jonathan Kimble Simmons was once attached.
- Robbie Daymond was in the anime trilogy Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters in 2017, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle in 2018, and Godzilla: The Planet Eater in 2018.
- Bradley Whitford and Seth Green were in the 2019 film Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
- Brian Tyree Henry was in the 2021 film Godzilla vs. Kong; and Barbara Goodson.
- Lance Reddick appeared in the 1998 Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Kong films.
- Johnny Yong Bosch and James C. Mathis III were in the 2021 series Godzilla Singular Point.
There have also been a number of crew who worked on Godzilla films and series:
- Rick Hoberg was a story director on the 1978 series and storyboard artist on the 1998 series.
- Tom Ray was an artist on the 1978 series and timing director on the 1998 series.
- Hanna-Barbera Productions produced the 1978 series; William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were executive producers on the 1978 series.
- Doug Crane, Margaret Nichols, Rudy Cataldi, and Ernesto Lopez were animators on the 1978 series.
- Russ Heath was a layout artist on the 1978 series.
- Dennis Venizelos was a background artist on the 1978 series.
- Peter Ramsey was a storyboard artist on the 1998 film.
- The 1998 series aired on Fox Kids; Marv Wolfman, Steve Perry, Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg, Steven Melching, and Len Wein were writers on the 1998 series; Will Meugniot was a story director on the 1998 series; Randy Jandt was a story coordinator on the 1998 series; Tim Eldred, Jay Oliva, Sam Liu, Vinton Heuck, and Sebastian Montes were storyboard artists on the 1998 series; Susan Blu was a dialogue director on the 1998 series; and Ron Myrick was timing director on the 1998 series.
- David S. Goyer helped write the 2014 film.
Herb Trimpe wrote for Marvel Comics on the Godzilla series.
In the Comics[]
He is a real character.
S.H.I.E.L.D. was aware of the creature from its first sighting. They created a Godzilla Squad to deal with the creature, whiich included Dum Dum Dugan. They used Stark Enterprises technology to fight him.
He has had several rampages on the United States, usually to fight another monster.
Hank Pym used Pym Particles to shrink Godzilla down to the size of a normal lizard where he was brought to New York City. After a fight with a sewer rat, the particles wore off and he returned to normal size. The Fantastic Four captured him and tried to send him back to prehistoric times, but the radiation in his body sent him to a parallel universe. He returned and the Fantastic Four teamed up with the Avengers to try to stop him, but failed. He eventually left the city on his own.
A scientist forced Godzilla to fight the West Coast Avengers. Iron Man led him out to the ocean but was forced to abandon his armor. Godzilla brought the armor back for the scientist. He eventually escaped the scientist's control and left. Thing just happened to be on a nearby island watching.
External Links[]
- Wikipedia
- Godzilla (Earth-616) at Marvel Database