King Ghidorah
In one of the early drafts of what would become the film "Godzilla vs. Gigan", Varan was to have joined Godzilla and Rodan in defending the Earth against King Ghidorah, Gigan, and a new monster called "Mogu". Additionally, Shusuke Kaneko, director of the Heisei Gamera trilogy had originally considered Varan to star in what would become the film "" as one of Godzilla's opponents. However, the monster was replaced with the more popular King Ghidorah. The suit designer, Fuyuki Shinada, is said to have compromised by giving some of Varan's facial features to King Ghidorah.