Godzilla vs. Gadzooki

***Godzilla vs. Gadzooki*** is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard. A sequel to Rebirth of Godzilla and Gadzooki: King of the Teetans, it is the ???th film in Legendary's *MonsterVerse*. It is also the ???th film in the *Godzilla* franchise, and the ???th film of the *Gadzooki* franchise and the ???th *Godzilla* film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. In the film, Gadzooki clashes with the real Godzilla as humans lure the parodied Godzilla into the Hollow Earth to retrieve a power source for a weapon to stop the real Godzilla's mysterious rampages.

## Godzilla vs. Gadzooki

### Based on

Godzilla
by Toho Co., Ltd

Gadzooki
by StinkyBlueRat and Nahir500 Pictures

## Other

### Rating(s)

PG-13

After being delayed from a March 31, 2022 release due to the COVID-19 pandemic, *Godzilla vs. Gadzooki* is theatrically released internationally on October 24, 2021, and in the United States on October 26, 2021 where it was also released on HBO Max simultaneously.

## Sypnosis

> *Legends collide in "Godzilla vs. Gadzooki", where as these mythic titans meet in a spectacular battle for the ages, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Gadzooki and his parodied titans undertake a perilous journey to find his true home, and with them is Jia, a young orphaned girl with whom he has formed a unique and powerful bond. But they unexpectedly find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla, cutting a swath of destruction across the globe. The epic clash between the two titans—instigated by unseen forces—is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the Earth.*
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## Appearances

### Monsters

* Godzilla (NahiruGoji)
* Gadzooki
* Mechagodzilla II
* Brodans
* Skeleton of a dead creature
* Desghidorah (skull; stock footage)
* Mothra (cave painting; mentioned)
* MUTO (stock footage)
	+ Eight-legged female (stock footage)
	+ Queen MUTO (stock footage)
* Rodan (stock footage)
* Behemoth (stock footage)
* Methuselah (stock footage)
* Scylla (stock footage)
* Sker Buffalo (stock footage)
* King Kong (cave painting)
* Skeleturtle (drawing)
* Additional Titans (cave painting)

### Weapons, vehicles, races, and organizations

* Monarch
* Apex Cybernetics
* Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle
* Gadzooki's battle axe
* Apex drone
* Osprey
* Boeing CH-47 Chinook
* *Nimitz*-class aircraft carrier
* *Arleigh Burke*-class destroyer (USS *McCampbell*)
* *Ticonderoga*-class guided missile cruiser (USS *Lake Champlain*)
* *Iowa*-class battleship
* Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
* Sikorsky SH-60 Black Hawk
* Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
* HMMWV

## Theatrical releases

* France, United Kingdom, China, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Ukraine, Spain - October 24, 2021
* Argentina, Australia, Chile, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea - October 25, 2021
* Canada, United States - October 26, 2021
* Cambodia, Brazil - December 29, 2021
* Sweden, Portugal, Japan - March 31, 2022
* Slovakia, Israel - July 16, 2022

## Trivia

### General

* This is the first time Gadzooki was on the MonsterVerse. The next time will be Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters.
* The first time Gadzooki was on a non-Gadzooki film. The next time will be Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters.
* The first time Mechagodzilla was rebuilt and named as Mechagodzilla II.
* The first time StinkyBlueRat, the creator of the Gadzooki franchise, has been in this film.
* The first time Godzilla battled Gadzooki. The next time will be Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters.
* The first time a Titan battled a Teetan. The next time will be Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters, where Rodan battles a Brodan.
* The first time a cave painting of Kong appeared in a MonsterVerse film.
* The first time a StinkyBlueRat kaiju appeared in a non-StinkyBlueRat kaiju film. The next time will be Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters.
* The film uses Nahir500's Gadzooki roars for Gadzooki. He uses Zooki's roars when he is scarred by Godzilla.
* The fourth time Gadzooki is in CGI. The next time will be Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters.
* The first time a Gadzooki film is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The Gadzooki rights are held by Nahir500 Pictures, whom Warner Bros. asks Nahir500 Pictures to use the Gadzooki character with its permission.
* The Brodans appear in their first appearance. The next time will be Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters.
* Original art consists of an original version of the NahiruGoji design and an original version of the MonsterVerse Gadzooki.

### Errors

* When Godzilla met Gadzooki in the second poster, first; Godzilla is seen in the DougheGoji design, secondly; Gadzooki's legs are not seen, he does not have Godzilla's texture and nor does he have his legs layed in the fog.
* When Godzilla slaps Gadzooki in the face, his eyes do not move.