Godzilla (1998)

**Godzilla** (ジラジ *Gojira*) is a daikaiju. This Godzilla comes from the TriStar Universe, and is interestingly different than the other Godzillas.

## Combat Information

### Abilities

Amphibious Nature, Burrowing, Camouflage, Durability, Power Breath, Reproduction

## Personality

Unlike their Japanese counterpart, the 1998 Godzilla behaves in a very different manner; being an animalistic, elusive and evasive, yet clever creature in his first film appearance, and he kept most, or at the very least some of these traits later on. They mostly ate fish, making him a piscivore, which they would also pass onto their offspring.

When being attacked, Godzilla would try to confuse his offenders and then attack them back, and he even faked his death when the two Ohio Class Nuclear-Powered Submarines shot two torpedoes at him.

After Godzilla's offspring were killed when the Madison Square Garden was bombed by the military, he showed sadness (nudging one of their offspring with his snout in an attempt to "wake it") and then a great amount of anger towards the main characters, whom he may or may not have known were somewhat behind their deaths. As a result, he begins attacking more relentlessly and aggressively similar to his Japanese counterpart (though it ultimately led to his downfall).

## History

### Origins

This Godzilla is a giant mutated iguana which originated from a Nuclear Test in the Maruroa Atoll Islands of French Polynesia when it was a egg. During 30 years, the creature grew to about 60 meters.

## Abilities

### Amphibious Nature

The 1998 Godzilla was able to swim through the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans in a matter of days.

### Burrowing

This Godzilla was able to burrow through around even thick tar and concrete.

### Camouflage

The 1998 Godzilla's skin color allowed him to blend in well with New York City's architecture. This Godzilla also possessed an incredibly low body temperature, which rendered him colder than his surroundings and unable to be detected by the military's thermal scanning.

### Power Breath

While it did lack a Atomic Breath, he possessed a Power Breath (strong flammable winds of gas) which he can also ignite to form a wall or blast of flames. This Power Breath can send things weighing several tons flying away, including cars.

### Durability

Durability-wise, small arms fire is useless on the 1998 Godzilla as well as standard tank rounds. The F-18 Hornet's missile compliment proved strong enough to kill him. However, it required at least twelve missiles to do so.

### Reproduction

The 1998 Godzilla was capable of asexual reproduction and is shown to have laid over 200 eggs in Madison Square Garden. The fact that this Godzilla laid eggs has led to a prevalent misconception regarding the character's gender.

However, like all other versions of Godzilla, the 1998 Godzilla is officially recognized as a male creature, even in spite of its reproductive ability.

## Trivia

* While individually a very weak kaiju in terms of strength and destructive power, the '98 Godzilla posed the greatest threat to humankind: as it reproduced very quickly (it lays over 200 eggs per clutch and is said that the offspring could, in turn, produce young within a couple of years) it could easily have overrun the world with its numerous offspring.