Just when you thought you'd found Godzilla's kryptonite... Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at sequences from Godzilla films that showcased an INSANE amount of kaiju power.
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00:09 Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're looking at sequences from Godzilla films
00:14 that showcased an insane amount of kaiju power.
00:18 No Godzilla anime content this time around since that deserves a list of its own.
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00:32 Number 10, Kiss of Death, Godzilla.
00:36 Legendary pictures MonsterVerse wisely save their kaiju cards for later installments in
00:42 their franchise, instead debuting two new monsters with 2014's Godzilla.
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00:56 The male and female MUTOs certainly don't get treated with kid gloves by the king of the
01:00 monsters, with both of their demises featuring some overpowered Godzilla attacks.
01:06 The male MUTO is unceremoniously ventilated by a building after getting tail-whipped by the Big G.
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01:23 Yet this fearsome show of strength pales in comparison to what happens to the female mate.
01:29 Godzilla's atomic breath erupts from the screen as Big G pries open the MUTO's mouth,
01:35 before blasting fiery breath down her throat.
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01:46 It's complete cinematic overkill and we just love it.
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01:56 Number 9, Beating Baragon, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah, Giant Monsters' All-Out Attack.
02:04 Die-hard fans of the Godzilla franchise likely possess their short list of favourite kaiju
02:09 to appear in a Big G film. Baragon often appears on such lists,
02:14 thanks largely to his appealing character design and endearing personality.
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02:26 This is what makes his death in 2001's Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah,
02:30 Giant Monsters' All-Out Attack, feel so tragic.
02:34 The camera lingers on Baragon's futile attempts to escape from Godzilla's relentless overpowered attacks.
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02:51 The fight isn't even really fair, because the king of the monsters frankly dwarfs this diminutive
02:56 kaiju puppy dog. We love Baragon, but this guardian monster stood no chance.
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03:12 Number 8, Shrimp Flight, Godzilla vs. Hedorah.
03:16 Godzilla has historically been no stranger to debuting new powers that he uses once,
03:22 and then apparently forgets about.
03:24 1971's Godzilla vs. Hedorah featured a scene where the smug monster is attempting to escape
03:30 his inevitable destruction at the hands of Big G.
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03:40 Our king of the monsters, never one to allow a kaiju opponent an easy escape,
03:45 decides to give chase in the most hilarious way possible.
03:49 (Shrimp Flight)
03:56 The image of this gigantic kaiju curling up into a shrimp pose, and utilizing his atomic
04:01 breath to grant the power of flight, just has to be seen to be believed.
04:06 (Shrimp Flight)
04:14 It's on one hand both silly and awesome, since it demonstrates just how strong G's
04:20 atomic breath must be in order to give him that much propulsion.
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04:31 Number 7, Crushing the Super X, The Return of Godzilla.
04:36 The Japanese self-defense forces have never really had an easy time inflicting damage
04:41 upon the king of the monsters. Oh, they try their best with missiles and tanks, but it
04:46 usually takes either another kaiju or some sort of scientific mega-weapon to get the job done.
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04:59 The JSDF in 1984's The Return of Godzilla seemed to have an ace up their collective sleeves
05:06 when they debut the Super X, a flying battle fortress that's constructed in the aftermath
05:12 of international nuclear tensions.
05:14 (Super X Theme)
05:24 How effective is the Super X against Godzilla, you may ask? The answer is, not very, because
05:31 the king of the monsters actually drops an entire skyscraper on top of it.
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05:44 Ah well, back to the drawing board.
05:47 Number 6, Tsunami Arrival, Godzilla.
05:51 It was important for 2014's Godzilla to establish a new monster-verse Godzilla with
05:56 powers that could properly set itself apart from the version in Toho's films.
06:02 The kaiju's arrival at the Hawaiian island of Oahu certainly seems to do the trick.
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06:16 The king of the monsters storms onto the island in response to a call put out by the male Muto.
06:22 As he does so, Godzilla's arrival sets off a massive tsunami,
06:26 threatening both life and property on the island.
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06:37 The scene is certainly more impressive than setting off a doorbell, and presents the
06:42 monster-verse Godzilla as a heavy-duty threat whose mere presence can spell certain doom.
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06:54 Number 5, Blasting to Hollow Earth, Godzilla vs Kong.
06:59 We all know that Godzilla's atomic breath is simply out of control when it comes to unlimited power.
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07:10 By the time 2021's Godzilla vs Kong rolled out however,
07:15 the monster-verse was well on its way to entering Fast and Furious territory.
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07:25 The jury may still be out as to exactly when this franchise is going to start referencing
07:31 family every two seconds.
07:32 But what we do know is that this atomic blast through the Earth's strata,
07:40 down to Hollow Earth, is impressive.
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07:50 Overpowered, ludicrous, and unrealistic, sure.
07:54 But whoever came to a Godzilla film for sound physics, right?
07:58 Just enjoy the mayhem as these two titans toss out the rules
08:02 and start measuring their strength for the final confrontation.
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08:11 Number 4, New Magnetic Powers, Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla.
08:17 Lightning has historically been utilized within both the Godzilla and King Kong franchises
08:23 as a means to supercharge a kaiju.
08:26 An electrified edge was given to Kong during his 1962 battle with Godzilla.
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08:38 While the Big G himself received a lightning upgrade
08:41 in order to defeat Mechagodzilla during their inaugural encounter.
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08:51 It's a good thing too, because this 1974 iteration of Mechagodzilla
08:56 absolutely beasts both Big G and King Caesar during their initial scraps.
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09:10 It isn't until the G-Man unleashes his lightning magnetic field
09:14 that Mega G is drawn in for Godzilla's final epic decapitation move.
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09:25 Number 3, Surviving a Black Hole, Godzilla vs Megageras.
09:30 This second film from Godzilla's Millennium Era features not one,
09:35 but two instances of an overpowered Godzilla committing feats of fearsome power.
09:41 One is when Big G incorporates a WWE-style splash onto Megageras,
09:46 annihilating the Dragonfly Kaiju with a giant splat.
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09:56 Then, near the end of the film, it seems as if Godzilla is done for,
10:00 as a weapon called the Dimension Tide fires a black hole in his direction.
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10:16 The king of the monsters, undeterred, blasts the hole with atomic breath
10:21 before disappearing from view.
10:22 Then, at the film's final shot, we hear Godzilla roar once more as the ground shakes,
10:29 and it's revealed the Kaiju has survived.
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10:42 Number 2, City Attack, Shin Godzilla.
10:46 One of the greatest things about Godzilla fandom is analyzing all of the Kaiju's storied history.
10:52 We've all seen Godzilla crush dozens of cities,
10:55 but we love it when a new film is released, and we can view the destruction all over again.
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11:10 2016's Shin Godzilla was a unique take on the creature's mythos,
11:14 and its frightening physical design made its city attack sequences all the more intense.
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11:29 Specifically, the sight of Shin Godzilla's unhinged jaw as he annihilates the skyline
11:35 with atomic breath lends the well-worn power a new lease on life.
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11:44 The film makes the most of how big a deal this is,
11:47 and the sequence underlines Shin Godzilla as a true overpowered threat.
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12:10 Number 1, Running the Gauntlet, Godzilla Final Wars.
12:17 Godzilla possesses an outstanding rogues gallery,
12:20 but what happens when they all come at him in the same movie?
12:24 Well, not much it turns out, since Godzilla Final Wars contains a G-Man
12:30 that easily runs the gauntlet against anything that comes his way.
12:33 (Gauntlet sounds)
12:41 Rodan, King Caesar, Anguirus, and more all fall to Godzilla,
12:45 while the King of the Monsters barely registers any damage.
12:49 (Gauntlet sounds)
12:55 Godzilla blasts Zilla, a not-so-subtle knock to the 1998 American Godzilla,
13:01 into the Sydney Opera House.
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13:11 He decapitates Gigan with style.
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13:18 Even an upgraded Kaiser Ghidorah is no match for Godzilla,
13:23 as this Final Wars iteration dominates from first fight to last.
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