One Huge Crazy Theory Essay.

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I wrote this when I couldn't sleep, some crazy thoughts come to someone at 4 in the morning waiting for benadryll to work.


There's a lot of inconsistencies in Godzilla's film series, some of which I decided to form my own opinions on. I hope this makes some sense. Note that these are only theories to make sense of what isn't supposed to make sense. I know the reality behind the films, but this is all for fun. Plus I'm bored.

In the Showa era of Godzilla films, dating from 1954 until 1975, Godzilla was a product of the atom bomb-a prehistoric monster given new life by the blast, which grew to enormous heights to smash Japan, and eventually be destroyed by an even more powerful bomb-the Oxygen Destroyer. A year later, Godzilla returned, and fought many opponents, eventually becoming a hero of Japan and supposedly living the rest of his days out on Monster Island with his adoptive son Minya.

In the Heisei era, from 1984 until 1995, Godzilla was an anti-hero at times, a villain in others, all depending on the film. In this series, we are introduced to Godzilla's original form-Godzillasaurus, which had saved a group of soldiers from Americans, and eventually got shot down. Due to the radiation of the bombings, the monster was given new life and transformed into Godzilla. Battles and destruction occurred, and Godzilla eventually had a radiation meltdown, which ended in the transfer of his radiation to his son, a young Godzillasaurus, which transformed him into a seemingly full-grown Godzilla.

In the new millenium, each Godzilla in every film aside from a two-part Mecha Godzilla series, is a separate monster. However, this is the point which I decided to make sense of it all. In both "Godzilla 2000" and "Godzilla vs. Megaguirius," Godzilla is depicted with purple jagged spines on his back, a hunched appearance, and distinct crocodilian features. The monster appears to be a nuisance at first, but then ends up saving the world from threats as he had in the past. In "Giant Monsters All-out Attack," Godzilla is an older-appearing monster, with all-white eyes and no pupils. Looking to remind the Japanese of their past, he represents the souls of those lost in World War 2, and is eventually killed by his own power-blowing him to millions of pieces, yet his heart begins to beat underwater at the end of the film, showing that this monster, as well as other Godzillas, have regenerative powers.

In both modern Mecha Godzilla movies, Godzilla appears to be very similar to the purple-spined monster from the first two films of the series, but this time with silver spines, and more of a randomly destructive nature. Mecha Godzilla, or Kiryu, while still a controlled robot, is built around the bones of the first Godzilla from 1954, and thus retains some of his spirit at times, losing control when he hear's Godzilla's roar. After both monsters are returned to the sea, we see the final Godzilla of the millenium-era films. This Godzilla has been frozen in Antartica since the 1960's, apparently not the same monster that had become famous during the time. This monster is thin, quick, smart, and ferocious. Taking on and defeating more monsters in a 20 minute montage than the Godzilla of the 90's did in 4 movies, this thing is pretty bad, needless to say.

But enough of a summary, let's look at what the connection may be.

Since we can see from the millenium era, as well as countless injuries, Godzilla has regenerative properties in soft tissue. Since the resurrection of the big G in 1955 was seemingly the same monster that attacked Tokyo in 1954, we can assume that it was cells that had washed around in the ocean that resurrected the monster. Seemingly, this Godzilla is full grown at the start, so the Godzillasaurus that mutated from the radiation was full grown also.

This leads us to wonder about the Godzilla that appeared in 1984. Why did he take so long to show up? Distance and age. Since the original monster was presumably closer to Japan than the second, this would require more nuclear buildup over time to assume such a size and power. Also, the fact that the animal mutated by radiation was a living specimen who had just died before it was exposed could also contribute something to the whole situation.

So, where did the 1999 and 2000 versions of Godzilla come from? Godzilla's son from the 90's, "Junior." When Junior absorbed his father's radiation, he was young, and still had a way to go before he was a truly fullgrown monster. This further leads me to believe he was the same monster that faced Kiryu in 2002 and 2003, as the design and shape of the monsters is far too coincidental.

Furthermore, what about the 2001 monster? Who is he? He is the original Godzilla, reawakened by the Meltdown of the 90s Godzilla, and remembering his original purpose. After his defeat, we see that he still lives, even after such an explosion-reminiscent of the quick return of his former self.

So, this is all connected then. We have two monsters splitting off of one entity-Kiryu and the original Godzilla. We have another two monsters who rely more on gathering radiation due to improper exposure from the start, but we still have one left. Where did Final Wars Godzilla come from?

Though the timeline has serious inconsistencies, I can only believe, due to him having a version of Minya as his own son, that he was the original Minya. Though the appearances, behaviors, and pretty much everything points far, far away from it, I can't think of a better explanation other than "it was just some random monster that ended up in Antartica," though that's pretty much Toho's story.

In the end, I know that Toho just means for these to be different monsters, coming out of nowhere-but why? It detracts sharply from the origins of a monster that had a decent reason for being. So, here's the basic rundown, so at least I'll have consistency in my movies.

1954 Monster = 1954-1975, 2001, Kiryu (bones)
Son of 1954 Monster = 2004
1984 Monster = 1984-1995
Son of 1984 Monster = 1999-2000, 2002-2003


Anyway, just ideas. Enjoy! Comments and such are welcome.

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