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Godzilla was created in 1954 by Tomoyuki Tanaka to illustrate the terror Japanese felt after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The filmmaker wanted to symbolize nature's revenge. There have been many incarnations of the King but they have all stayed true to their respective era's. The Showa, Heisei, Millennium, and Legendary. I have documented his royal highness statistics below.
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| Godzilla has gone through many changes over time. In his first incarnation from 1954 he stood proud
at 50 meters (164 feet), where his later incarnations brought him to the staggering height of 120 meters (394 feet)! He truly is
the King of the Monsters!
The first Godzilla's statistics remain the same in the first fifteen films; however, his appearance has changed from movie to
movie, notably the loss of the ear-like appendages on his head and having three toes rather than four on each foot from King Kong vs Godzilla on.
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| HEIGHT: | 50 meters (164 feet) |
| MASS: | 20,000 metric tons (22,000 tons) |
| POWERS/WEAPONS: | Atomic ray, super regenerative powers (G-Cells) |
| FIRST APPEARANCE: | Godzilla (1954) |
| FIGHT RECORD: | Wins 18, Losses 3, Ties 7 |
| The second Godzilla arose from the Pacific in 1984 to begin the new series of Godzilla films, also known as
the Heisei series. Ignoring the events of films 2 through 15, The Return of Godzilla was made as a direct sequel to the
original Godzilla,k in which the first King of the Monsters was killed by the Oxygen Destroyer. This second Godzilla was larger
and heavier than the first. 30 years after the death of the original Godzilla, this Godzilla was awakened by a volcanic eruption at
Daikoku Island in 1985 and returned to Japan to wreak havoc for their transgressions against nature.
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| HEIGHT: | 80 meters (262 feet) |
| MASS: | 50,000 metric tons (55,000 tons) |
| POWERS/WEAPONS: | Atomic ray, super regenerative powers (G-Cells), and a nuclear pulse |
| FIRST APPEARANCE: | The Return of Godzilla (1984) |
| FIGHT RECORD: | Wins 4, Losses 2, Ties 1 |
| The third Godzilla is a result of visitors from the future going back in time to alter the past.
In Godzilla vs. Kinig Ghidorah, the Futurians think they're preventing the original creation of Godzilla by teleporting
Godzillasaurus to the Bering Sea, safely away from any nuclear test. But an accident involving a nuclear submarine mutates
Godzillasaurus into a Godzilla twice the size of, and far more powerful than, the original.
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| HEIGHT: | 100 meters (328 feet) |
| MASS: | 60,000 metric tons (66,000 tons) |
| POWERS/WEAPONS: | Atomic ray, super regenerative powers (G-Cells), and a nuclear pulse |
| FIRST APPEARANCE: | Godzilla vs, King Ghidorah (1991) |
| FIGHT RECORD: | Wins 6, Losses 4, Ties 4 |
| The fourth Godzilla is a force of nature which repeatedly threatens Japan as the new millennium nears. Following
the close of the Heisei series of Godzilla films in 1995 with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Toho originally intended to wait approximately ten years
before producing its next Godzilla film, allowing TriStar Pictures to produce a trilogy of American-made Godzilla films in the meantime. When
TriStar's GODZILLA was released in 1998 to widespread fan disappointment and backlash, Toho saw an opportunity to bring their series out of
retirement early. Toho produced the first Millennium Godzilla film, Godzilla 2000: Millennium, in 1999, and went on to produce a total of six films
in the series. Following Godzilla's 50th anniversary film, Godzilla: Final Wars, in 2004, Toho decided to retire the series for another decade in
order to renew interest. While an American Godzilla film would be produced by Legendary Pictures in 2014, Toho would not produce another Godzilla
film until Shin Godzilla in 2016. is a result of visitors from the future going back in time to alter the past.
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| HEIGHT: | 55 meters (180 feet) |
| MASS: | 25,000 metric tons (30,000 tons) |
| POWERS/WEAPONS: | Atomic ray, super regenerative powers (G-Cells), and a nuclear pulse |
| FIRST APPEARANCE: | Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) |
| FIGHT RECORD: | Wins 4, Losses 1, Ties 1 |
| 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. 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.
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| HEIGHT: | 108.2 meters (355 feet) |
| MASS: | 90,000 metric tons (99,000 tons) |
| POWERS/WEAPONS: | Atomic ray, super regenerative powers (G-Cells), and a nuclear pulse |
| FIRST APPEARANCE: | Godzilla (2014) |
| FIGHT RECORD: | Wins 3, Losses 0, Ties 0 |