Godzilla (MonsterVerse)

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2019: 393ft (119.8 meters)
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2019: 99,634 tons
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**Godzilla** is the main kaiju protagonist of the *MonsterVerse* franchise. He first appeared serving as one of the main protagonists of the 2014 film *Godzilla* alongside Ford Brody. He later appeared in a cave painting in the 2017 film, *Kong: Skull Island*, where he is fighting King Ghidorah, his ultimate nemesis. He fights King Ghidorah in the 2019 sequel, *Godzilla: King of the Monsters*, and reappears in 2021's *Godzilla vs. Kong* in which he fights both King Kong and Mechagodzilla.

He is an incarnation and version of Godzilla, who made his presence known to the public in 2014 during his hunt for the two M.U.T.O.s, and the very kaiju whom existence kickstarted the foundation of Monarch, a secret governmental organization serving as the main protagonistic forces of the franchise.

## Background

A colossal apex predator hailing from a time in Earth's past where surface radiation levels were considerably higher, Godzilla retreated deep underwater as this radiation declined to feed on the planet's natural geothermal radiation. Godzilla occasionally surfaced throughout history, inspiring some of humanity's mythology. In the 20th century, the advent of the nuclear age drew Godzilla to the surface, attracting the attention of the American military, which carried out a campaign of nuclear strikes against the monster in the South Pacific under the guise of nuclear testing. Godzilla vanished up until 2014 when parasitic creatures from his time period dubbed M.U.T.O.s were unleashed and prepared to begin reproducing. Godzilla hunted the M.U.T.O.s down to San Francisco, where he engaged in a protracted battle which ended when he killed them both and returned to the ocean. After subsequently slaying the M.U.T.O.s' mother, M.U.T.O. Prime, Godzilla vanished into the depths of the ocean for five years, though Monarch kept tabs on him. When a group of eco-terrorists awakened his ancient nemesis King Ghidorah from his icy tomb in Antarctica, Godzilla confronted the newly-awakened three-headed Titan. King Ghidorah escaped their first battle, but Godzilla tracked him down to the waters off of Mexico and nearly defeated him in an underwater clash before being interrupted by the military's Oxygen Destroyer. Godzilla retreated to his underwater lair to heal, but his rejuvenation was accelerated by the sacrifice of Dr. Ishiro Serizawa, who set off a thermonuclear warhead in his vicinity. Godzilla made his way to Boston for a final battle with Ghidorah, and with the intervention of Mothra was finally able to triumph. The surviving Titans who had been following Ghidorah congregated around Godzilla and submitted to him, accepting him as the King of the Monsters.

Five years later, Godzilla began attacking Apex Cybernetics facilities, with humanity assuming he had turned against them. When Godzilla intercepted a Monarch-Apex joint fleet and attacked Kong, the battle was broken up by depth charges and Godzilla left the scene after the remains of the fleet "played dead" by shutting down their power and he no longer deemed Kong a threat. Godzilla headed to Hong Kong after he sensed Mechagodzilla being activated and drilled a hole into the Hollow Earth with his atomic breath, allowing Kong to intercept him. After a brutal battle, Godzilla defeated Kong before battling Mechagodzilla, but was soon overwhelmed. The combined might of Godzilla and Kong, as well as some human interference, managed to defeat Mechagodzilla. Godzilla subsequently acknowledged Kong and returned to the ocean.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Reptilian Titan Physiology:** As a Titan, particularly the alpha Titan, in resemblance to a reptile, Godzilla is incredibly powerful as he possesses attributes not unlike regular reptiles albeit in massive scale, thus making him a formidable Titan as well as among few who nearly equals others in terms of overall combat parameters. The only Titan who was capable of rivalling Godzilla in terms of "raw power" was Ghidorah.
	+ **Advanced Strength:** Due to his gargantuan size, Godzilla possesses colossal amounts of immense strength as he is far greater than that of his race, making him the strongest Titan to ever exist, even more than his predecessor Dagon. However, Titans of similar strength like MUTO Prime, Ghidorah, Kong and Mechagodzilla can harm Godzilla and, potentially, kill him. He is capable of smashing through the Golden Gate Bridge (though it was mostly accidental), can toss the M.U.T.O.s around with ease, effortlessly shove the female M.U.T.O. backwards with his arms and lift MUTO Prime onto his back, despite her comparable size and weight to Godzilla. Godzilla is also proven to be strong enough to tear off one of Ghidorah's heads, spin around and throw his nemesis relatively easily and even pierce his chest with a single stomp in his burning form. The only Titan who was capable of rivalling Godzilla in terms of "physical strength" was Ghidorah and even he had much difficulty fighting Godzilla and was stated in the novelization and in the movie to have been trapped by him in Antarctica. Godzilla is also able to cause tsunamis just by going ashore despite his gigantic size. In *Godzilla vs. Kong*, Godzilla can cleave through and destroy navy battleships effortlessly. In an exchange of blows between himself and Kong, Godzilla was shown to be able to knock Kong off his feet and leave him dazed long enough that Kong required assistance from the navy and jets to get back into the fight. At one point, Godzilla is ensnared by both of Kong's arms in a bear hug and bitten, but he breaks the hold with the strength of Kong's left arm alone by simple grabbing the top of Kong's head with one hand and shoving him off with such force that Kong's arms were straightened from their curled and locked position and Kong was violently smashed against the sinking carrier, destroying it. In their battle in Hong Kong, Godzilla was able to repeatedly overpower Kong in the following such instances: he snatched Kong from his grip on his axe and the building with the strength of his arm and neck; when Kong held out his arm to keep Godzilla from grabbing his face, Godzilla grabbed Kong's arm and folded it up so forcefully that Kong's head is seen whipping back, and he later forces Kong backwards first with a charge and then a violent shove with one arm, despite Kong bracing against both attacks with both of his arms and legs. Godzilla could also swing and toss Kong several hundred feet away and smash through buildings easily, with the force of said swing being sufficient to break Kong's left arm with an audible crack. When he fought his robotic doppelgänger Mechagodzilla, Godzilla briefly matched his mechanical duplicate in strength by pushing it back after charging at the mecha, and managed to slam it through a nearby building with assistance from Kong.
	+ **Advanced Durability:** Godzilla's armored reptilian skin and advanced bodily tissues provide him much greater resistance to physical injury. It was stated that he survived exposure to the nuclear tests carried out in the South Pacific in the 1950s, even appearing to have withstood the detonation of Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, at Bikini Atoll while directly next to the bomb. He is also immune to conventional weaponry such as heavy gunfire, missiles, tank shells, and various others and is tough enough to survive constant beatings from the two M.U.T.O.s. Godzilla even can survive several vicious attacks from Ghidorah, including bites from the latter's three heads, several strikes from Ghidorah's gravity beams, being strangled and even a fall from thousands of feet after being airlifted, though he is still weakened by the sheer amount of pain caused by the impact. In *Godzilla vs. Kong*, Godzilla was shown to withstand a punch from Kong, staggering only a bit. He is also shown to quickly recover after being stabbed by Kong's axe on his thigh, got knocked out by an explosion emitted by the simian Titan's weapon and even got punched by Kong on his wounded thigh. Godzilla can also endure Mechagodzilla's punches and kicks that have been charged with Hollow Earth energy, and could withstand a full-powered proton scream with his powerful skin, emitting a burn on his chest. Godzilla, like all Titans, can also survive Gravitational Inversion, a planet's worth of gravity reversed in a split second.
	+ **Advanced Speed and Agility:** In the water, Godzilla can reach up to 40 knots and on land, he is able to run at great speeds when charging at Ghidorah, running in a horizontal posture comparatively similar to that of a theropod dinosaur. He can even occasionally resort to walking and running on fours in an almost crocodilian-like fashion in order to quickly reach his opponents, shown during his fight against Kong. Though he can still be outmatched by faster and more agile opponents, Godzilla nonetheless is able to deliver quick counter-attacks against them, most notably when he slams the Winged M.U.T.O. into a skyscraper with his tail as soon as the latter is within his reach.
	+ **Advanced Stamina:** Godzilla's musculature is considerably efficient. His virtually inexhaustible stamina enables him to exert himself at peak capacity for an undefined period of time without tiring at all, allowing him to fight longer durations against his formidable opponents such as M.U.T.O.s, MUTO Prime, Ghidorah, and Mechagodzilla. Even when he is swimming in the water or journeying to track down his enemies, Godzilla does not even seem to have any obvious signs of fatigue until he reaches his destination to prepare himself for battle.
	+ **Advanced Endurance:** Godzilla's endurance is shown to be high as he is capable of enduring powerful attacks from the M.U.T.O.s, MUTO Prime, Ghidorah, Kong, and Mechagodzilla, able to fight with all his might while ignoring the pain from injuries sustained from combating either opponents.
	+ **Advanced Lung Capacity:** Godzilla is capable of holding his breath underwater for an extended period of time without breathing.
	+ **Advanced Senses:** Like some reptiles, Godzilla is granted with acute senses, especially his sense of smell and hearing. He is able to track down the M.U.T.O.s' locations from the ocean by their mating calls, hunt down Ghidorah in Antarctica and is also capable of sensing the presence of his foe inside Mechagodzilla, prompting him to go on a search for Ghidorah, recognizing the mecha as a threat to the balance of nature.
		- **Advanced Vision:** Godzilla possesses great vision, aiding him in fighting off against his foes and enabling him to locate things from far distances easily.
		- **Thermal Vision:** Like some reptiles, Godzilla is capable of using thermal vision to see another creature's body temperature, shown in his battle against Tiamat after her toxic vapor temporarily blinded him.
		- **Night Vision:** Godzilla's vision is enhanced to help him see in the darker environment of both underwater and on land.
	+ **Energy Absorption:** Godzilla can absorb several different types of energy, particularly radiation. The more energy he absorbs, the stronger/more powerful his physical and supernatural attributes become.
	+ **Self-Sustenance:** As a Titan, Godzilla does not need to eat or sleep, but nevertheless must absorb energy for power-up or hastening recovery from his injuries.
	+ **Camouflage:** In *Godzilla: Awakening*, Godzilla is capable of camouflaging himself to be able to blend into his surroundings, shown 250 million years ago when he made himself look like an island before getting disturbed by the Shinomura that landed near him.
	+ **Telepathy:** In *Godzilla Dominion*, Godzilla is capable of using telepathy, shown when he commanded the other Titans that were roaming all over the planet to rest after reclaiming one of his old lairs from Tiamat. However, according to the novelization, it is implied that he is using some sort of silent call to make Titans rest.
	+ **Accelerated Healing Factor:** Due to the fact Godzilla can absorb energy such as radiation, he, despite his body's resistance, can sustain physical injury. If injured, his metabolism enables him to rapidly regenerate damaged bodily tissue faster, depending on how serious his wounds are. He was completely healed following his battle with the M.U.T.O.s in San Francisco, while it took him 5 years to completely heal from his injuries inflicted on him by MUTO Prime.
		- **Longevity/Semi-Immortality:** Godzilla's immense healing factor coupled with aforementioned self-sustenance and ability to absorb energy provide him with an incredibly long lifespan as he is capable of living for long periods of time seemingly without aging or weakening, thus has lived through the K-T extinction and remained physically unchanged for 100 million years. In addition of aging slower despite being 252 million years old and still has the physical appearance of a giant reptile in his prime, Godzilla can practically live forever, though close-call instances such as exposure to the Oxygen Destroyer and his battle against Mechagodzilla confirmed that he can still be killed.
	+ **Amphibious Nature:** Although spending half of his life in the water and on land since he has an amphibious lifestyle, Godzilla can survive both underwater and on land as he possesses amphibious lungs and gills on his neck, thus making him an adept combatant in both environments. Godzilla has displayed as being able to stay and breath underwater indefinitely, although he is certainly more than capable of living on land since he still needs to breathe air and has to surface periodically in order to breathe. Godzilla even closes his gills when he is on land so that he can use his lungs.
		- **Underwater Breathing:** Considering he is an amphibian and not a reptile, Godzilla is able to breathe while underwater.
	+ **Extreme Temperature Resistance:** Godzilla is highly resistant to cold and freezing temperatures, especially in Antarctica when he is fighting Ghidorah. In his burning form, Godzilla is highly resistant to extreme heat as he is capable of withstanding burning temperatures.
	+ **Nature Awareness:** After Mothra's sacrifice to empower him, Godzilla has permanently gained a heightened awareness of the tectonic and atmospheric interactions of the planet as well as the Earth's early geothermal history.
	+ **Symbiosis:** Godzilla has a symbiotic relationship with Mothra as they are able to communicate using sonar over great distances, with Mothra using this ability to locate Godzilla and lead Monarch to his location to revive him. After Ghidorah disintegrates Mothra with his gravity beams, her life energy rains down into Godzilla, imbuing him with increased power that causes his skin to crack and glow orange while emitting incredibly intense heat. In this empowered state, Godzilla can utilize his powerful incendiary nuclear pulse, which manifests in the shape of Mothra's wings.
	+ **Bio-Atomic Nature:** Godzilla possesses natural bio-nuclear circulatory systems as with his species, instead of gaining it upon being irradiated by man-made nuclear which acts as the source of his nuclear-based powers. Activating when threatened, a neutron flux is triggered that travels up Godzilla's dorsal fins to nucleosynthetic chambers in his throat and explodes into his atomic breath. His radioactive signature also makes it easy for Godzilla to be followed and monitored.
		- **Atomic Breath:** Godzilla's most prominent ability and main weapon of choice is his atomic breath, powerful energy that he generates inside of his body, uses electromagnetic force to concentrate it into a laser-like high velocity projectile and unleashes it from his jaws in the form of a blue radioactive energy beam. In the 2014 film, his atomic breath is strong enough to bring down and incapacitate the Eight-Legged M.U.T.O. in two shots and he often uses it as a final blow on his opponent. The neon-blue glow on Godzilla's dorsal plates begins at the tip of his tail and goes all the way to the top of his neck in this film and to let the audience know when he was going to fire it, an electric humming sound is heard. His eyes and numerous orifices around his scales also glow neon-blue moments before and when he unleashes the beam from his mouth, though this only occurs if he is in perfect condition and not hampered by M.U.T.O.s' EMP field. In 2014, Godzilla only used his atomic breath as a last resort against opponents he can't physically overpower on his own, as the atomic breath that he demonstrated during his battle against the Eight-Legged M.U.T.O. and Winged M.U.T.O., the atomic breath was not released at full strength. In the graphic novel *Godzilla: Awakening* and later, *Godzilla: King of the Monsters*, Godzilla was shown breathing a more intense and beam-like atomic breath, which could be stronger and as destructive as the atomic breath when he is in better condition. In *Godzilla: King of the Monsters*, after being revived by Monarch, a fully-powered Godzilla fires his attack and shows that the atomic breath can knock or push back opponents such as Ghidorah several times heavier than him. As of *Godzilla vs. Kong*, Godzilla's breath has grown more powerful, capable of easily destroying major human settlements not unlike his Heisei and Final Wars incarnations' versions as well as injuring Kong. A point-blank atomic ray, however, had never damaged Kong's battle axe. The breath is also shown, when fully charged, to be powerful enough to bore straight into the Earth's core.
		- **Thermonuclear Pulses:** In *Godzilla: Aftershock*, Godzilla is capable of emitting a shockwave of atomic energy from his body, specifically from his then-shattered dorsal plates at will as a short-range attack. It is strong enough to send a kaiju around MUTO Prime's size sailing and crippling it at the same time if deployed from point-blank range. Godzilla in his burning form is even more powerful as three successive blasts of a nuclear pulse were able to destroy Ghidorah completely, except for his middle head, which Godzilla later disintegrated with his atomic breath. Godzilla only uses this out of complete desperation as it drains a lot of power.

* **Genius-level Intellect/Master Tactician/Leader:** Godzilla is amazingly intelligent as he displayed the ability to learn and strategize to solve problems at hand owing to his millennia-worth experience; throughout his fight against the M.U.T.O.s, he didn't just simply attack them head on, but he also studied their pattern and weaknesses. When he killed the male M.U.T.O. by impaling him against a nearby skyscraper with a swipe of his tail, Godzilla targeted vital part on said M.U.T.O. to ensure he will be unable to recover from his wounds. Upon discovering female M.U.T.O.'s susceptibility to his atomic breath and exhaustion from being overwhelmed at the same time, Godzilla blasted her mouth to incinerate her innards and save his energy reserves in process, effectively killing her from the inside out and decapitating her in process. In his fight against Ghidorah, he brought their fight underwater and would've won had the military not severely crippled him with the experimental Oxygen Destroyer and to everyone's horror, ensuring his said nemesis' escape (due to the latter's immunity) and brief dominance over other Titans across the world. In addition of combat, Godzilla also displayed his problem-solving intelligence; to avoid unnecessary conflict with others. He intimidated the personnel of Monarch's Castle Bravo base not to attack him when they get into his way for investigating the ORCA signal from Antarctica and later, detecting humans from a nearby submarine (particularly Mark Russell) observing him and having something to do with the sudden nuclear explosion that revitalized his systems before heading off to confront Ghidorah in Boston. He also acknowledged by the other Titans who submitted to him after Ghidorah's defeat, proving that Godzilla knows that the only way to win over them and put them in their place; was by defeating Ghidorah and reclaim his rightful place as there alpha. In *Godzilla vs. Kong*, Godzilla singles out Apex Cybernetics facilities to destroy while searching for Mechagodzilla, showcasing that he is capable of pinpointing exact groups of people that represent a threat to him. This is further demonstrated when the fleet escorting Kong opens fire on Godzilla to defend the primate Titan, causing Godzilla to attack it out of retaliation before battling Kong. However, he continues to avoid unnecessary conflict, as showcased when he ceases his assault once the fleet decides to "play dead" by shutting off their power, making Godzilla believe it is no longer a threat and leave the area. This is further demonstrated with his rematch with Kong in Hong Kong when Godzilla manages to overpower his rival but spares his life before leaving to continue searching for Mechagodzilla. During the following fight, he recognizes Kong as an ally and in turn assists him by tag-teaming Mechagodzilla and then powering Kong's axe with his atomic breath to deliver the killing blow against the mechanical Titan. After their battle, Godzilla acknowledges Kong and returns to the ocean without further conflict once again.
* **Alpha Call:** As the alpha Titan, Godzilla is able to let out a powerful call that can be heard by Titans all over the world and make them compliant to his commands. However, he lost this when his nemesis, Ghidorah bested him in the water; due to the fact that the military intervened. After killing Ghidorah once-and-for all, Godzilla regained his alpha call. As displayed by Ghidorah, this cry only works on lesser Titans and does not work on other Titans with their own alpha status; such as Godzilla himself, Mothra and Kong, who were unaffected by Ghidorah's cry.
* **Advanced Combatant:** Godzilla is an extremely skilled combatant, able to perform a variety of bites, scratches, tail swipes, grapples and stomps during his fights with the M.U.T.O.s, MUTO Prime, Ghidorah, Kong and Mechagodzilla. His combat style is very similar to that of grizzly bears and Komodo dragons; which despite having powerful jaws and teeth, use their claws in combat.
* **Advanced Bite:** Godzilla has a particularly strong and powerful bite, either because of his sharp teeth, jaw-muscles, unusual jaw-structure or some other reason. Exactly what he can bite depends on the jaw-strength, resilience of his teeth/bite-surface and his shape.
* **Stealth:** Despite his prodigious size, Godzilla is shown to be stealthy, as he was somehow able to sneak up on the female M.U.T.O. without being noticed just as she was about to kill Ford Brody. In the water, he was also able to sneak up on Ghidorah just as he was about to attack Monarch's aircraft, the USS Argo.
* **Master Swimmer:** Godzilla, despite his enormous size, is an extremely skilled swimmer and can stay underwater for vast periods of time. In the water, he can propel his massive body by undulating his tail at great speed. Godzilla is also capable of swimming extremely quickly and eluding the United States Navy. Thanks to his aquatic adaptations, Godzilla is an extremely powerful combatant underwater.
* **Prehensile Tail:** Godzilla possesses a long prehensile tail that he can use to help balance himself, use as a formidable weapon, use it to hold opponents in its grasp and even uses it to smack his adversaries. He first used his tail as an improvised whip to kill the Winged M.U.T.O. by slamming him into a building with enough force, although he knocked it over by accident due to the impact of his tail swipe. When he is underwater, Godzilla is also capable of undulating his tail similar to crocodiles. During his fight with Ghidorah in Boston, Godzilla used his tail to knock back his rival, hitting Ghidorah with enough force to stagger him. Godzilla is also able to wrap his tail around Kong before dragging him into the depths of the ocean. Godzilla's tail is even muscular enough that Kong could not escape while coiled in it and only got free when Godzilla was distracted by depth charges, allowing Kong to swim back to the surface while Godzilla's grip was released. His tail was also powerful enough to destroy three warships escorting Kong with ease. In *Godzilla Dominion*, Godzilla's tail is strong enough to send Scylla bouncing across the ocean like a stone skipping on water.
* **Sharp Claws and Teeth:** Godzilla has razor-sharp teeth which grant him an incredibly lethal bite and razor-sharp claws to rend through most materials, including bodily tissues of other Titans. With his teeth, he was able to bite into the bodies of the M.U.T.O.s as well as bite and rip off Ghidorah's left head during their underwater fight. With his claws, Godzilla managed to force MUTO Prime off of him by slashing her in the head during one of his battles with her, visibly drawing blood. In *Godzilla vs. Kong*, Godzilla was capable of slashing through Kong's flesh after he knocked him over during their Hong Kong battle.

## Alternate Forms

### Burning Godzilla

After absorbing the radiation of a nuclear warhead and Mothra’s life force, Godzilla began to glow red and unleashed incredibly powerful thermonuclear pulses that incinerated Ghidorah and a large portion of Boston with him. This ability is based off Godzilla releasing excess energy; he cannot maintain this state without suffering grievous injury.

* **Thermonuclear Pulse:** Burning Godzilla can unleash blasts of thermonuclear energy that can seemingly burn almost anything. Godzilla took Ghidorah down with three pulses in a row, two of which burned off Ghidorah's wings and two of his heads.
* **Enhanced Strength:** In this form, Godzilla is physically much stronger than he ever was. This was shown when he stomped a hole in Ghidorah's chest, causing him to explode in a burst of light.
* **Invulnerability:** Godzilla can take physical and special blows without taking damage or flinching. He got hit with three of Ghidorah's Gravity Beams and merely scowled in response.
* **Thermonuclear Aura:** Godzilla is so superheated in this state that he can melt buildings in flames just by being close to them.

## Feats

### Strength

* Plowed through the Golden Gate Bridge like it was nothing.
* Was able to effortlessly push the female M.U.T.O. backward with his arms like a bear.
* The strength of his tail swing was great enough to kill the male M.U.T.O. outright as well as knock over a large skyscraper by accident.
* Was able to physically incapacitate and raise the M.U.T.O. Prime, in spite of her comparable size and weight to Godzilla.
* Grabbed one of Ghidorah's heads and slammed it into the Outpost 32 building.
* Was able to spin and throw the larger King Ghidorah with ease.
* Ripped one of Ghidorah's heads apart.
* Tackled Ghidorah through a building.
* Stomped a hole through Ghidorah's chest as Burning Godzilla.
* Broke through the Antarctic ice.
* Cleaved through and destroyed navy battleships effortlessly.
* Opened a tunnel to the Hollow Earth from Hong Kong with his Atomic Breath.
* Was able to throw Kong like a ragdoll.

### Speed

* Can swim at 40 knots.
* Quickly ran across several city blocks in Boston.
* Able to whip his tail faster than the speed of sound.
* Matched Ghidorah in combat.
* Mauled Kong at high speeds on all fours.
* His Atomic Breath opened a tunnel to the Hollow Earth within seconds.

### Durability

* Survived the detonation of Castle Bravo, a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb, while directly next to the bomb in 1954.
* Survived the impact of the meteor which caused the Permian extinction event.
* When blasted by missiles and artillery by the United States military, Godzilla reacted but otherwise appeared unharmed until one missile struck him directly in the gills, causing him to reel back in pain and plow through the Golden Gate Bridge.
* Survived his battle against both M.U.T.O.s with little visible physical injury, and despite collapsing from exhaustion awakened hours later and walked back into the ocean completely unharmed.
* Survived the Oxygen Destroyer.
* Survived several vicious attacks from Ghidorah, including several strikes from his powerful Gravity Beams and being strangled by his necks.
* Survived being dropped from extremely high in the air to the ground below.
* Burning Godzilla outright ignored Ghidorah's Gravity Beams.
* Survived the explosion produced when the nuclear energy within his body reached critical mass.
* Took hits from Kong.
* Didn't even flinch when Kong buried his axe into his leg.
* Survived a supercharged blow from Kong's axe to the head.
* Took a beating from Mechagodzilla and even survived the latter's Proton Scream, which was stronger than his Atomic Breath.

### Skill

* Defeated both the male and female M.U.T.O..
* Destroyed Shinomura, a monster that can regenerate from a single cell.
* Killed M.U.T.O. Prime, the parent of the male and female M.U.T.O. and the one who previously killed a member of Godzilla's species.
* Fought King Ghidorah many times over the course of Earth's history for the title of alpha Kaiju until he finally destroyed him for good in 2019.
* Reclaimed his title as King of the Monsters upon ridding the world of Ghidorah's tyranny.
* Kept the other Titans in check and prevented them from attacking human cities.
* Survived various extinction events by consuming geothermal radiation in a hibernation-like state at the bottom of the sea.
* Attacked several Apex Cybernetics facilities.
* Nearly drowned Kong in their first battle.
* Fought and defeated Kong in Hong Kong.
* Tag-teamed Mechagodzilla alongside Kong and ultimately helped the latter defeat the former by charging his axe with his Atomic Breath.

## Weaknesses

* **Limited Durability:** Although Godzilla's bodily tissues are resistant to damage, he does have his limits; for example, he was easily overwhelmed when both the M.U.T.O.s attacked at once, being unable to fight the female head-on and anticipate the male's attacks at the same time. Godzilla can also be outmatched in one-on-one combat by an enemy comparable or superior to him in size and strength, as observed in his encounters with MUTO Prime, Ghidorah, and Mechagodzilla. MUTO Prime relies on her powerful forelimbs to stun Godzilla with a well-timed punch to the face, while also successfully drawing blood from him with the sharp claws on her smaller additional arms. MUTO Prime's sonic roar is also powerful enough to completely shatter his dorsal fins. MUTO Prime's speed allows her to escape before Godzilla can react, meaning MUTO Prime gradually weakens Godzilla over several encounters by attacking him and retreating before she sustains any damage herself. Monarch determines that Godzilla lost his battle against MUTO Prime in France, as he sustains numerous wounds while MUTO Prime escapes mostly unharmed. Godzilla is nearly infected by MUTO Prime's parasitic spores twice and only manages to survive and win their final battle in Montana due to Monarch's intervention. However, unlike in his battle with the M.U.T.O.s, Godzilla's battle with MUTO Prime leaves him with visible injuries all over his body, and he is only able to weakly limp away. Godzilla can also be outmatched against Ghidorah in physical combat on several occasions, seen when his foe is strong enough to restrain Godzilla with his serpentine necks and can pin him to the ground or lift him into the air. During his battle with Mechagodzilla, Godzilla was consistently outmaneuvered and overpowered by his mechanical counterpart, only avoiding death in a fashion similar to the female M.U.T.O. thanks to Kong's interference. While Godzilla proved himself superior to Kong in terms of sheer strength and durability, he was repeatedly outmaneuvered by the smaller Titan and was tricked by Kong when he threw a crane to distract him before pouncing on his larger rival from behind. He was also injured by Kong's axe when he swung his weapon into Godzilla's thigh, drawing blood.
* **Limited Stamina:** Despite his limitless stamina, Godzilla can still be worn out from extreme activities such as recurring fights against the M.U.T.O.s, Ghidorah and Kong. After killing the male M.U.T.O., Godzilla paused to catch his breath, only to be pinned under a collapsing skyscraper. After killing the female and roaring victoriously, Godzilla eventually lost consciousness and collapsed on the ground passed out before regaining consciousness the following morning. After Ghidorah stunned him by firing lightning from his wings, Godzilla showed visible exhaustion as he started going into "critical mass". Though he is still energized from his fight against Kong, Godzilla's exhaustion soon becomes a major problem when he faces Mechagodzilla afterwards.
* **Gills:** The least durable part of Godzilla's body are his gills on the sides of his neck. This was seen when the military shot at Godzilla's dorsal plates while he was rising out of the sea, but he didn't suffer any damage. When they fired at his gills, it caused Godzilla to panic and accidentally smash through the Golden Gate Bridge due to his ginormous size, since he was suffering from a lot of agony at the time before he resumes hunting the male M.U.T.O. This was also seen when Godzilla was being beaten down by the mated M.U.T.O. pair. At one point, he roared angrily at the female M.U.T.O., but her mate attacked him, and after that, he suffered extreme agony when the female M.U.T.O. slashed through his gills with her claws. In *Godzilla vs. Kong*, Godzilla was briefly bitten on the gills by Kong during their underwater fight, showing that Kong's bite did hurt him quite a bit.
* **Lackluster Size:** While not inhibiting Godzilla in combat, his size can be exploited against his status as a hero, as he unintentionally causes destruction (such as creating a tsunami when he surfaces near Hawaii or when he charges right through the Golden Gate Bridge, cleaving it in half) as a byproduct. However, the destruction he inadvertently causes is of little concern to himself and is more of a danger to humans.
* **Anti-Titan Weapons:**
	+ **Oxygen Destroyer:** Godzilla is highly susceptible to an anti-Titan weapon known as the Oxygen Destroyer. Despite this, he was able to survive the exposure from a single blast; albeit it severely crippled him in the process, forcing him to retreat to his lair to restore his health before his heart stopped beating which would kill him of cardiac arrest.
	+ **Mechagodzilla:** Mechagodzilla is another anti-Titan weapon that can potentially kill Godzilla. Its main weapon, the proton scream, can counter Godzilla's atomic breath in addition of injuring him. It should be noted the reason how it easily overpowered Godzilla and even managed to burn his chest was because Godzilla already spent much of his energy to use his atomic breath extensively to drill into the Hollow Earth and battle Kong.

* **Energy Overload:** If Godzilla absorbs too much energy simultaneously, he will involuntarily explode, similar to an atomic bomb. However, since absorbing Mothra's life-force energy, this is no longer a weakness for Godzilla.

## Fun Facts

* The MonsterVerse Godzilla was at one point the tallest incarnation of Godzilla to appear in a film, but his height was exceeded by the Godzilla from *Shin Godzilla* two years later. For *Godzilla: King of the Monsters*, the MonsterVerse Godzilla's size was increased and he exceeded Shin Godzilla as the tallest live-action Godzilla to date, although he is still shorter than the Hanna-Barbera Godzilla and Godzilla Earth.
* In *Godzilla: King of the Monsters*, the pounding sound Godzilla's dorsal fins make when they flash is taken from King Kong's weakening heartbeat from the final scene of the 1976 film.
* The MonsterVerse Godzilla has noticeable gills on his neck, unlike the Toho Godzilla who does not have any gills.
* This Godzilla's fighting style and movements were primarily based on bears and komodo dragons.
* This is the first Godzilla to be portrayed by motion-capture, and the second to be primarily computer-generated, after the TriStar Godzilla.
* In an interview with Digital Spy, Jordan Vogt-Roberts stated that one potential post-credits scene for *Kong: Skull Island* involved characters on a boat in the Arctic Ocean witnessing Godzilla surface.