Godzilla (Showa)

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* 1962
* 1964
* 1965
* 1967
* 1971
* 1973
* 1974

Godzilla, also known as Gojira, was the second version of the king of the monsters to appear in the Showa era. He first appeared in Godzilla Raids Again, where he fought Anguirus before being frozen in the ice. He would break out later in King Kong vs Godzilla, where he fought the Showa version of King Kong. Two years after fighting Kong, in 1964, Godzilla would be washed up by a storm and was aggravated, before fighting and killing the adult Mothra. However, he would again be defeated by two Mothra larvas. He would appear later in the year to fight Rodan. However, he would be convinced by Mothra to fight against King Ghidorah. This is when Godzilla started becoming a protector. He would be later taken to space to fight King Ghidorah again before being put under the mind control of the Xiliens, but he would break free and fight Ebirah after being awoken again. He would later sense a baby Godzilla, known as Minilla, and protect and raise him. He would later fight against evil monsters in Godzilla vs Hedorah, Godzilla vs Gigan, Godzilla vs Megalon, Zone Fighter, Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla and Terror of Mechagodzilla. He would make his final canonical appearance in Destroy all Monsters, forever living on Monster Island.

***Note: This page only covers the original version of Godzilla. For the original, TriStar, Millennium, GMK, Kiryu Saga, MonsterVerse, Shin or Singular Point, see here: Godzilla (1954), Godzilla (TriStar), Godzilla (1999), Godzilla (GMK), Godzilla (Kiryu Saga), Godzilla (MonsterVerse), Godzilla (Shin), Godzilla (Singular Point)***

## Powers & Abilities

### Atomic breath

Godzilla's Atomic breath has changed throughout the films several times throughout the Showa era. In Godzilla Raids Again, the Atomic breath was pretty much just a stronger version of the original Godzilla's Incandescent Light. The breath was so strong that a direct hit was able to completely incinerate Anguirus and destroy almost all of Osaka. In King Kong vs Godzilla, the Atomic breath was changed to a bright blue direct breath weapon. It seems to be of similar strength to his Raids Again beam. Godzilla's Atomic breath pretty much stayed the exact same. It seemed that he could change his beam from his blue Atomic breath and the misty Incandescent Light. Godzilla's Atomic breath is quite powerful. It was able to knock Gigan out of the sky in a single hit and hurt monsters like Megalon. Godzilla's Atomic breath gained an extreme amount of power in Terror of Mechagodzilla, completely destroying Mechagodzilla and being able to hurt King Ghidorah, something he wasn't able to do before.

### Physical abilities

Godzilla is incredibly powerful in terms of his physical capabilities. While originally, he seemed to rely on his Atomic breath, in some of the later films Godzilla only used his Atomic breath sparingly and mainly fought in hand-to-hand combat. The Showa version of Godzilla is one of, if not the best brawler. Godzilla has shown incredible strength throughout the films. In Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster, Godzilla was able to lift up the effortlessly lift and throw the 30,000 ton Ghidorah. Godzilla got even stronger and stronger throughout the films, able to lift up and smash down the 48,000 ton Hedorah like it was nothing. However, Godzilla got even more powerful after his training with Zone Fighter. Not only did his combat skills improved, but also his physical strength. In Zone Fighter, Godzilla was easily able to toss around monsters that could weigh up to 95,000 tons. Godzilla uses his physical abilities to overpower and desensitize his opponents.

### Durability

Coupling with his physical capabilities, Godzilla is extremely durable. In Godzilla Raids Again, Godzilla was able to fight against Anguirus for an extremely prolonged amount of time and to be able to survive several attacks, not to mention the fact that he was stated to be stronger and more durable than the original 1954 Godzilla. Godzilla's durability spiked in Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster, where Godzilla was able to survive getting beaten by King Ghidorah's Gravity beams. He could also tank hits from monsters like Hedorah, who's laser beam could burn Godzilla's hand to bone. Godzilla was also able to survive and push through Gigan's attacks, which were so powerful that it caused Godzilla to start bleeding out. Godzilla would eventually spike again in Godzilla vs Megalon and Zone Fighter. In Godzilla vs Megalon, Godzilla was able to tank hits from both Gigan and Megalon easily, the former who initially made Godzilla bleed. In Zone Fighter, he got even more powerful. Godzilla was also able to survive getting barraged by Mechagodzilla, with the second time Godzilla pushed through to defeat Mechagodzilla.

### Intelligence

While it seems to vary from film to film, the Showa version of Godzilla has been shown to be quite intelligent, though this mainly became consistent in the later 70s films. Godzilla's intelligence in his first appearance seemed to be more animalistic, though he was definitely on the higher end of intelligence of animals. Godzilla would exploit Anguirus' weaknesses and use his surroundings to his advantage, something most animals aren't smart enough to do. Godzilla gained much more intelligence in King Kong vs Godzilla, Mothra vs Godzilla and Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster. In these three movies, Godzilla's personality was much more defined. He was a goofball, but could get quite grumpy. He was fully capable of understanding the Shobijin, Mothra and Rodan. Godzilla also learns from his mistakes. After King Kong used rocks as weapons in King Kong vs Godzilla, Godzilla did the same in later films. He also utilized weapons simply from his surroundings and exploited enemy weaknesses to his full advantage.

### Tail

Godzilla's tail is one of his most valuable weapons. While its main use is to keep the King of the Monsters balanced, Godzilla has some other uses for it. Godzilla can use it for tripping enemies or smacking them away. Godzilla also may be able to use it to steer himself. However, the most infamous use of his tail was the sliding dropkick. In Godzilla vs Megalon, as Jet Jaguar was holding up Megalon, Godzilla started to slide on his tail into a dropkick, knocking Megalon and hurting the bug so hard that he had to retreat back into the Earth.

### Energy Absorption

While he is weak to man-made electricity, Godzilla can absorb energy like natural electricity to become stronger. This ability also has another infamous use, when Godzilla became a giant living magnet to defeat Mechagodzilla. His magnetic properties seem to attract all kinds of metals, including the kinds from outer space like space titanium that Mechagodzilla is built of.

### Flight

In Godzilla vs Hedorah, Godzilla was able to curl up backwards and fly. Godzilla was to fly faster than Hedorah, who could move at speeds from mach three to the speed of light.

### Healing Factor

Godzilla has shown to have an advanced healing factor. In Godzilla vs Hedorah, his skin was able to heal after Hedorah burned the skin off.

## Weaknesses

### Lights

Godzilla has a weakness to light, as it reminds him of the bomb that mutated him.

### Man-Made Electricity

In King Kong vs Godzilla at least, Godzilla was weak to non-natural electricity.

### Subzero Temperatures

In Son of Godzilla, the snow on Sogel Island caused both Godzilla can Minilla to hibernate.

## Feats

* Confirmed to be stronger than the original Godzilla
* Far superior to Anguirus
* One direct hit from Atomic breath completely destroyed Anguirus
* Indirect hits from Atomic breath caused Kong to retreat
* Survived anything the army threw at him
* Beat Kong so bad he was nearly killed
* Was an even match for the supercharged Kong
* Killed Mothra without barely trying
* Fought on equal footing with Rodan
* Survived brutal beatings from King Ghidorah
* Threw around King Ghidorah like he weighed nothing
* Started to train and gain stronger
* Took down Ghidorah with only Rodan
* Dodged point-blank Gravity Beams
* Easily defeated Ebirah without trying
* Survived hits from Mothra
* Completely destroyed two Kamacuras
* Equal to Kumonga
* Lifted up the far heavier Hedorah
* Quickly regenerated his hand turning to bone
* Survived Gigan causing him to bleed profusely
* Continued training to the point where Gigan was no longer to much of a threat
* Defeated both Gigan and Megalon at the same time, though they weren't down for long
* Lifted up 95,000 tons without exerting himself
* Fought on par with Zone Fighter
* Ten times stronger than a planet, possibly star destroying bomb
* Trained with Zone Fighter to become even more powerful
* Dodged Mechagodzilla's lightspeed beams
* Survived Mechagodzilla's barrage of attacks
* Nearly defeated Titanosaurus if it wasn't for Mechagodzilla
* Fought on par with Mechagodzilla 2, who was five times stronger than the first Mechagodzilla
* Became an equal for the Showa King Ghidorah before eventually killing him

## On this wiki

### Finished Battles:

**King Kong and Godzilla (1962) vs Godzilla and Kong (2021)**

### Win-to-Loss ratio

* General depiction
* Win-Loss ratio

The Showa version of Godzilla has appeared in one battle so far. Click the other button to see his win-to-loss ratio.

**Battle Record**

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
* Draws: 0