Films: Godzilla (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Alias: Gojira, Titanus Gojira, King of the Monsters, Burning Godzilla, the Monster that Ate a Star

Type: Ancient

Location: Ocean/Civilized area/Tundra/Desert

Height/Weight: 119.8 meters and 99,634 metric tons.

Affiliation: Good

Summary: After the absolute embarrassment of 1998, it seemed that Toho would never trust America to make their version of the greatest movie monster ever again. All of that changed in 2014, when Legendary Studios gave rise to the Monsterverse. And who better to lead the charge than perhaps one of the most faithful and spirited recreations of Godzilla?

History: Godzilla's kind was around since the Permian period. Living both on the surface and within the Hollow Earth, this mighty species has seen much throughout the planet's history. Their role is to purge the ecosystem of any invasive or overtly destructive beings, such as the MUTOs or the malevolent alien King Ghidorah. But after eons, only one remains. Godzilla has been deified and feared for as long as humans knew how to tell stories. But the modern day would not know of his existence until a pair of MUTOs broke loose and threatened to ruin the world. From that moment on, the world of man and Titan would become one and the same.

Notable Kills: See the Final Fate of the titans he's defeated.

Final Fate: Godzilla's vanquished MUTOs, gotten hit with a near-fatal superweapon known as the Oxygen Destroyer, dropped hundreds of feet above the sky, obliterated King Ghidorah with the help of Mothra's spirit, got framed as a villain for attacking a company bent on using Ghidorah's remains to power a robot, nearly killed his rival Kong on more than one occasion, was almost killed by Mechagodzilla before Kong helped beat him, helped himself to so much energy that he evolved into a sleeker and pinker form, and teamed up with Kong to help defeat the Skar King. It's safe to say that this Titan is positively TIRED after everything. As of this writing, he was last seen napping in the Roman colosseum, presumably due to it reminding him of his old temple. Will he ever find peace? None can say...

Powers/Abilities: Godzilla's power comes from natural (and man-made) radiation, which enables him to channel it into thermonuclear breath. The more radiation in his body, the stronger he is. His evolved form is a result of him taking in a combination of natural radiation and some of the essence of the deceased Titan Tiamat. If he is powered by the soul of Mothra, he temporarily becomes Burning Godzilla, a form hotter than magma that can emit nuclear pulses. He is also one of the strongest titans from a physical standpoint, capable of knocking other titans down with a single blow of his fist or his tail. His intelligence is also noteworthy, as he can strategize in the middle of a fight.

Weakness: Beings of equal or greater power. Also, his gills are a minor soft spot.

Scariness Factor: 4-This is one of the larger incarnations of Godzilla, as well as the most powerful. If you get on this big guy's bad side, you're DEAD. No matter how badly both man and Titan screw up, Godzilla's there to remind us that we don't own this world, nature does. All of that said, the world's Titans aren't causing mankind's extinction precisely BECAUSE of his existence. In other words, we need him. And frankly, he needs a back brace for carrying the weight of the world all the time, even if his resolve falters due to ape-induced generational trauma.

Trivia: -Godzilla's physical fighting style was based primarily off of how bears and Komodo dragons attack.

-The Monsterverse has been by and large the most successful of the "cinematic universes" that attempted to get off the ground after the success of the Marvel one. Not only do the films make increasingly huge amounts of money, but they also don't feel the strange obligation to release two or three movies a year, restrict creative control from developers, or stick to the exact same plot beats/formula each and every time. Small wonder no one wants it to end so soon.