Godzilla (disambiguation)
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Godzilla, also known as Gojira, is a fictional Japanese monster.
Godzilla may also refer to:
Film
[edit]- Godzilla (franchise), the franchise featuring the monster
- Godzilla (1954 film), also known as Gojira, the first film in the series
- "Godzilla (Main Theme)", a musical theme composed for the 1954 film
- The Return of Godzilla, 1984, released in Japan as Godzilla, the sixteenth film in the series
- Godzilla 1985, 1985 English-language adaptation of the 1984 Japanese film, The Return of Godzilla
- Godzilla (1998 film), 1998 film produced by TriStar Pictures
- Godzilla 2000, also known as Godzilla 2000: Millennium, the twenty-third film in the series
- Godzilla (2014 film), 2014 film produced by Legendary Pictures
- Godzilla (MonsterVerse), the MonsterVerse version of the character.
- Zilla (Godzilla), the iteration of the character from the 1998 film Godzilla.
Television
[edit]- Godzilla (1978 TV series), a 1978–1979 American animated television series from Hanna-Barbera that aired on NBC
- Godzilla Island, a 1997–1998 Japanese children's television series in which Godzilla and various other Daikaiju are brought to life as Bandai toys
- Godzilla: The Series, a 1998–2000 American-Japanese animated television series that aired on Fox Kids
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, a 2023 American live-action television show that aired on Apple TV+
Video games and pinball
[edit]- Godzilla video games
- Godzilla (1983 video game)
- Godzilla (Game Boy), a 1990 video game for the Game Boy
- Godzilla (2014 video game)
Literature
[edit]- Godzilla & Godzilla Raids Again (Shigeru Kayama novels), two novellas published in 1955 by Shigeru Kayama, the same science-fiction writer who wrote the screenplays for Godzilla (1954 film) and Godzilla Raids Again (1955 film).
- Godzilla (comic), since the 1950s, comic books based on the films
- Godzilla (Scott Ciencin series), starting in 1996, a series of children's novels
- Godzilla (Marc Cerasini series), starting in 1996, a series of novels based on the film characters
Godzilla Rock
[edit]- Godzilla Rock (Oga), a natural creation in Oga, Akita, Japan
- Godzilla Rock (Suzu), a natural creation in Suzu, Ishikawa, Japan
- Godzilla Rock (Shari), a natural creation in Shari, Hokkaido, Japan
- Godzilla Rock (Ōshima, Tokyo), a natural creation in Izu Ōshima, Japan
Music
[edit]- "Godzilla" (Blue Öyster Cult song), 1977
- "Godzilla" (Eminem song), 2020
- "Godzilla!", a 2003 song by The Creatures
- "Godzilla", a song by The Doubleclicks from their 2014 album Dimetrodon
- "Godzilla", a song by Feeder from their 2002 album Comfort in Sound
- "Godzilla", a song by Kesha from her 2017 album Rainbow
- Gojira (band), a French heavy metal band formerly known as Godzilla
- Godzilla, a 1997 EP by Fu Manchu
- Godzilla (Yukmouth album), a 2003 album by Yukmouth
- Godzilla (The Veronicas album), a 2021 album by the Veronicas
- Godzilla Entertainment, a 2003 record label founded by rapper Yukmouth
- Godzilla (singer) (1988–2019), Tanzanian singer
Other uses
[edit]- Dakosaurus andiniensis, an extinct species of marine crocodilian
- Ford Godzilla engine a V8 engine offered by the Ford Motor Company
- Godzillus robustus, a species of remiped discovered by Frederick Schram et al.
- Gojirasaurus, a dinosaur from the Triassic period
- Godzilla, a ligase of endosomes of Drosophila.
- Godzilla, a large storm that brought masses of dust from the Sahara to the Caribbean basin during COVID-19 pandemic.
- Godzilla Asian American Arts Network
- Godzillatron, a scoreboard at the University of Texas
- Godzilla Game, a 1978 Mattel board game
- Godzilla, a fictional monster in the online game Rappelz
- Hideki Matsui, a baseball player with the popular nickname "Godzilla"
- Nissan Skyline GT-R and Nissan GT-R, two Japanese sports cars nicknamed "Godzilla"
- Godzilla, name given by marine geologists to a hydrothermal vent in the Pacific
- Godzilla Star, a Luminous blue variable (LBV) star in the Sunburst galaxy, currently the most luminous known star.