Godzilla

Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira) is a Titan who first appeared in the 2014 Legendary Pictures film, Godzilla.

The MonsterVerse Godzilla is the second incarnation of Godzilla to be featured in an American-made film, after the TriStar Godzilla from the 1998 film, and the tenth onscreen incarnation of the character overall. A colossal apex predator hailing from a time in Earth's past where surface radiation levels were considerably higher, Godzilla retreated deep underwater as this radiation declined to feed on the planet's natural geothermal radiation. Godzilla occasionally surfaced throughout history, inspiring some of humanity's mythology. In the 20th century, the advent of the nuclear age drew Godzilla to the surface along with the deadly Shinomura, attracting the attention of the American military, which carried out a campaign of nuclear strikes against the two clashing monsters in the South Pacific under the guise of nuclear testing. While Shinomura was vaporized by the blast of the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb, Godzilla survived and vanished up until 2014 when parasitic creatures from his time period dubbed MUTOs were unleashed and prepared to begin reproducing. Godzilla hunted the MUTOs down to San Francisco, where he engaged in a protracted battle which ended when he killed them both and returned to the ocean. After subsequently slaying the MUTOs' mother, MUTO Prime, Godzilla disappeared into the depths of the ocean for five years, though Monarch kept tabs on him. When a group of eco-terrorists awakened his ancient nemesis King Ghidorah from his icy tomb in Antarctica, Godzilla confronted the newly-awakened three-headed Titan. King Ghidorah escaped their first battle, but Godzilla tracked him down to the waters off of Mexico and nearly defeated him in an underwater clash before being interrupted by the military's Oxygen Destroyer. Godzilla retreated to his underwater lair to heal, but his rejuvenation was accelerated by the sacrifice of Dr. Ishiro Serizawa, who set off a thermonuclear warhead in his vicinity. Godzilla made his way to Boston for a final battle with Ghidorah, and with the intervention of Mothra was finally able to triumph. The surviving Titans who had been following Ghidorah congregated around Godzilla and submitted to him, accepting him as the King of the Monsters.

This incarnation of Godzilla is set to return and battle King Kong in the fourth entry of the MonsterVerse, Godzilla vs. Kong.

Shōwa era (1954–1975)

#	Title	Year	Director(s)	Monster co-star(s)

#	Title	Year	Director(s)	Monster co-star(s)
1	Godzilla	1954	Ishirō Honda	(none)
2	Godzilla Raids Again	1955	Motoyoshi Oda	Anguirus
3	King Kong vs. Godzilla	1962	Ishirō Honda	King Kong, The Oodako
4	Mothra vs. Godzilla	1964	Ishirō Honda	Mothra
5	Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster	1964	Ishirō Honda	King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra
6	Invasion of Astro-Monster	1965	Ishirō Honda	King Ghidorah, Rodan
7	Ebirah, Horror of the Deep	1966	Jun Fukuda	Ebirah, Mothra, The Ookondoru
8	Son of Godzilla	1967	Jun Fukuda	Minilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras
9	Destroy All Monsters	1968	Ishirō Honda	King Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, Manda, Gorosaurus, Baragon, Varan
10	All Monsters Attack	1969	Ishirō Honda	Gabara, Minilla
11	Godzilla vs. Hedorah	1971	Yoshimitsu Banno	Hedorah
12	Godzilla vs. Gigan	1972	Jun Fukuda	Gigan, King Ghidorah, Anguirus
13	Godzilla vs. Megalon	1973	Jun Fukuda	Megalon, Jet Jaguar, Gigan, Anguirus, Rodan
14	Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla	1974	Jun Fukuda	Mechagodzilla, King Caesar, Anguirus
15	Terror of Mechagodzilla	1975	Ishirō Honda	Mechagodzilla 2, Titanosaurus

Heisei era (1984–1995)

#	Title	Year	Director(s)	Monster co-star(s)
16	The Return of Godzilla	1984	Koji Hashimoto	Giant Sea Lice
17	Godzilla vs. Biollante	1989	Kazuki Ōmori	Biollante
18	Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah	1991	Kazuki Ōmori	King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah, The Dorats, Godzillasaurus
19	Godzilla vs. Mothra	1992	Takao Okawara	Mothra, Battra
20	Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II	1993	Takao Okawara	Mechagodzilla, Super Mechagodzilla, Rodan, Fire Rodan, Baby Godzilla
21	Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla	1994	Kensho Yamashita	SpaceGodzilla, Moguera, Fairy Mothra, Little Godzilla
22	Godzilla vs. Destoroyah	1995	Takao Okawara	Destoroyah, Godzilla Junior

Millennium era (1999–2004)

#	Title	Year	Director(s)	Monster co-star(s)
23	Godzilla 2000: Millennium	1999	Takao Okawara	Orga, The Millennian
24	Godzilla vs. Megaguirus	2000	Masaaki Tezuka	Megaguirus, The Meganulons, The Meganulas
25	Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack	2001	Shusuke Kaneko	King Ghidorah, Mothra, Baragon
26	Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla	2002	Masaaki Tezuka	Mechagodzilla (Kiryu)
27	Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.	2003	Masaaki Tezuka	Mechagodzilla (Kiryu), Mothra, Kamoebas
28	Godzilla: Final Wars	2004	Ryuhei Kitamura	Monster X a.k.a. Keizer Ghidorah, Zilla, Rodan, Mothra, Gigan, King Caesar, Anguirus, Minilla, Kumonga, Kamacuras, Manda, Hedorah, Ebirah

Reiwa era (2016–present)

#	Title	Year	Director(s)	Monster co-star(s)
29	Shin Godzilla	2016	Hideaki Anno	(none)
30	Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters	2017	Kōbun Shizuno	Servum, Dogora, Dagahra, Orga, Kamacuras, Anguirus, Rodan, Mechagodzilla
31	Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle	2018	Kōbun Shizuno	Mechagodzilla City, Servum, Vulture
32	Godzilla: The Planet Eater	2018	Kōbun Shizuno	King Ghidorah, Mothra, Servum

Hollywood productions

#	Title	Year	Director(s)	Monster co-star(s)
1	Godzilla US 1998	1998	Roland Emmerich	Baby Godzilla
2	Godzilla US 2014	2014	Gareth Edwards	MUTO (male and female)
3	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	2019	Michael Dougherty	King Ghidorah, Mothra, Rodan, King Kong (archival footage), female MUTO, Behemoth, Methuselah, Scylla
4	Godzilla vs. Kong	2020	Adam Wingard	King Kong

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