Durability
Regenerator G1, the secret to Godzilla's awesome durability. (Godzilla 2000: Millennium, 1999)Godzilla has displayed an uncanny ability to sustain damage over the years.
Right from the get-go, Godzilla displayed an immunity to conventional weaponry, effortlessly shrugging off everything the JSDF threw at him. His skin is so tough that it can withstand molten lava. The only times he has visibly bled were in battle with the Shôwa Gigan, Biollante, Destoroyah, and from Mechagodzilla's weapons in both the Shôwa and Heisei series.
Similar to certain lizards and salamanders, Godzilla possesses an extremely advanced and highly efficient regenerative ability. (This power was a crucial plot point of Godzilla 2000: Millennium and Godzilla vs Biollante).
In Godzilla 2000, it is explained that Godzilla's regenerative abilities may have something to do with his radioactive properties, and Organizer G1 ("Regenerator G1" in the American version) is the name given to his healing power. In Godzilla X Mechagodzilla, Organizer G1 is shown to be so powerful that even when the first Godzilla was disentagrated to nothing, it had regenerated to (at least) a skeleton of bones. Godzilla's skin is tough enough on its own to withstand most types of damage, and even when an attack breaks his hide, thanks to his advanced regeneration his wounds heal almost instantly. These factors taken together make Godzilla practically invincible.
The y shaped (Organizer G-1) cells seen in this picture repairs damaged cells.
Physical abilities
Godzilla displays formidable physical strength by throwing his arch-enemy King Ghidorah. (Godzilla vs. Gigan, 1972)Godzilla has displayed varied levels of physical strength. He is shown using martial arts in a comical fashion during the Shôwa Series, or moving very quickly in spite of his size, (such as in Zone Fighter). In the millennium series he has also been able to leap high into the air (in Godzilla vs. Megaguirus and Godzilla: Final Wars).
Godzilla's long tail is also a formidable weapon. It has been shown to be very flexible and powerful, able to lash out quickly and topple over buildings and enemy monsters. In Godzilla versus Megalon, he was even able to slide on his tail a great distance to deliver a devastating kick, and in Godzilla vesus Megaguirus it was revealed to be prehensile as well. In all his incarnations he has been shown to have powerful jaws and claws, although these are more prominent in some incarnations than in others.
However, many of the films show Godzilla preferring to battle his opponents from long range; either by using his atomic breath, or by hurling foreign objects such as boulders.
Amphibiousness
Like any amphibious creature, Godzilla spends most his life in the water, occasionally emerging from the sea to wreak havoc or save the day. He is as adept a fighter underwater as he is on land. Capable of marching on the sea floor or swimming by undulating his tail like a crocodile, Godzilla is displayed as being able to breathe underwater (often hibernating in the ocean depths between movies), and being submerged apparently does not impend his ability to fire his atomic breath. He engages opponents in the sea on multiple occasions, fighting Ebirah, Battra and King Ghidorah beneath the waves.
Weaknesses
Despite his incredible strength, Godzilla has displayed a few weaknesses over the years. Early in the Showa series, he was vulnerable to electricity, though this weakness was apparently dropped. —indeed, later films in the Showa series would portray Godzilla as being immune to electricity, or even drawing power from it. In The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla was shown to be vulnerable to Cadmium. Anti-nuclear bacteria has had an effect on him, though Godzilla's immune system was eventually able to overcome it. Later on, Godzilla is revealed to have a second brain in his spine, and Mechagodzilla was able to temporarily kill him by destroying it; however, he was revived by Rodan and further films seem to ignore this achilles heel. It was also suggested in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla that Godzilla has a soft spot under each armpit, however the validity of this claim was highly dubious and was never exploited.
To date, the only weapon ever shown to be truly effective against Godzilla was Dr. Serizawa's Oxygen Destroyer, which was able to kill the original Godzilla, by dissolving him down to the bone and then into nothing. However, the technology for this weapon was lost forever when Dr. Serizawa died along with the original Godzilla.
Roar
Godzilla's trademark roar originally began as a low, groaning bellow, created when the series' famous composer, Akira Ifukube, rubbed a resin coated glove on a contrabass and resonated the sound, but has since developed into a highpitched shriek.
Characters:
Anguirus ·
King Kong ·
Oodako ·
Rodan ·
Moguera ·
Mothra ·
Varan ·
Manda ·
Frankenstein .
Baragon ·
King Ghidorah ·
Ebirah ·
Giant Condor ·
Magma ·
Gargantuas ·
Kamacuras ·
Minilla ·
Kumonga ·
Mechani-Kong ·
Gorosaurus ·
Gezora
· Ganimes
· Kameba ·
Gabara ·
Hedorah
· Gigan ·
Megalon ·
Jet Jaguar
· Mechagodzilla ·
King Caesar
· Titanosaurus ·
Biollante
· Battra
· Godzilla Junior ·
SpaceGodzilla ·
Destoroyah
· Zilla
· Orga
· Megaguirus
· Monster X
Movies:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_%28film_series%29
Godzilla/Godzilla, King of the Monsters
· Godzilla Raids Again
· King Kong vs. Godzilla
· Mothra vs. Godzilla ·
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
· Invasion of Astro-Monster
· Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
· Son of Godzilla
· Destroy All Monsters
· All Monsters Attack
· Godzilla vs. Hedorah
· Godzilla vs. Gigan ·
Godzilla vs. Megalon
· Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
· Terror of Mechagodzilla
· The Return of Godzilla
· Godzilla vs. Biollante
· Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
· Godzilla vs. Mothra
· Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
· Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
· Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
· Godzilla
· Godzilla 2000: Millennium
· Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
· Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack · Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
· Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
· Godzilla: Final Wars
GODZILLA/ZILLA(1998)
French nuclear testing in the Polynesian islands mutated an iguana, which grew to megaproportions. The beast first attacked a Japanese fishing ship and was dubbed "Gojira" by the sole survivor (later mistranslated as "Godzilla" by the U.S. media). The creature then travelled across Panama, leaving footprints that would cover a whole bus. After travelling to New York City, the reptile laid several hundred eggs in Madison Square Garden. (a trivia book released in time for the movie claims that 229, and not the 200 that Tatapolous claims in the film, hatched and were destroyed, meaning that, counting Zilla and the surviving hatchling who appeared in the animated series, there were 231 of these creatures grand total.) A trio of F-18s bombed the Garden, slaying the newborn Zillas. When an enraged Zilla appeared at the Garden's remains, it began chasing a taxi occupied by the protagonists. They lured it to the Brooklyn Bridge, where it became entangled and immobilized by the suspension cables. Zilla was then killed by the same F-18s that had destroyed its offspring. One egg, however, deep within the subway, had survived the earlier bombing, and hatched
Zilla is mentioned briefly in the prologue of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), where it is suggested that American scientists had mistaken it for the real Godzilla.
Zilla runs rampant in Sydney.Zilla did not appear in film again until five years later then in 2004, Zilla appeared in Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), finally taking an official place in the ranks of Toho's kaiju and being given the official name "Zilla". (According to Ryuhei Kitamura, the monster was given this name because the American movie had taken the "God" out of "Godzilla".[1]) Under Xilian control, Zilla attacks Sydney, Australia, and is later defeated by the real Godzilla. There was another reason for the fight according to Toho besides showing their Godzilla was a better monster. Toho created Zilla in Final Wars exclusively using CGI to prove their suitmation superior (in Japan, Godzilla is always portrayed by an actor wearing a suit). Surprisingly, Zilla was seen apparently eating two people in Final Wars, something few other Toho Kaiju have done. Zilla himself, despite the destruction of Apache helicopters in Godzilla, was not shown to have a taste for human flesh and actually seemed almost curious about humans, or at the very least Nick Tatopolous, with whom the creature came virtually eye-to-eye with, so to speak. The creature only attacked humans when it was attacked in the TriStar film, although it attempted to swallow the cab containing the main characters, whom had killed its offspring.
Though disputed, it appears as if the Final Wars Zilla possessed a breath weapon as the film shows a crowd of people running until they are blown away by a wall of fire which precedes the appearance of the monster walking into camera view.
Also in Godzilla: Final Wars was a reference to the TriStar Godzilla Movie. When Godzilla defeats Zilla, the Controller of Planet X says "I knew that tuna-eating monster was useless." - a reference to the fish Zilla ate in the TriStar movie, in the American dubbed version, the Controller simply referred to him as a "tuna-head".