Godzilla (Zone Fighter)

## **Godzilla (Zone Fighter) (Kaiju Profile)**

**Zone Fighter Generation Godzilla** (ゾーンファイターのゴジラ) **Godzilla** Appeared in Zone Fighter Episodes in 1973.

## **History**

#### *Zone Fighter*

Godzilla would be called upon several times by the Sakimori family to assist them and the hero Zone Fighter against various monsters sent by the Garogas to conquer the Earth, including Gigan. Godzilla gradually developed a friendship with Zone Fighter and the Sakimori family, who came to know him as the "Monster of Justice." Around this time, Godzilla seemed to have also taken up residence inside a cave located in Japan.

## **Abilities**

Atomic Breath

Godzilla fires a white radioactive mist called the **Incandescent Light** (白熱光 *Hakunetsu Hikari*) from his mouth. This attack can destroy military weapons and cause raging fires, and is also used by Godzilla to finish off Anguirus. Starting in *King Kong vs. Godzilla*, the incandescent light is replaced by a more focused, blue beam called the **Atomic Breath** (放射熱線 *Hōsha Nessen*, lit. *Radioactive Heat Ray*). Godzilla uses his atomic breath to destroy buildings and military weaponry, and to burn enemy monsters. While it is effective in hurting most of Godzilla's opponents, both Rodan and King Ghidorah have demonstrated resistance to it. Godzilla's atomic breath reaches a temperature in excess of 100,000 degrees Celsius. It is unknown whether Godzilla always possessed his atomic breath, or if it was an ability he gained from exposure to the hydrogen bomb.

Magnetic Powers

Godzilla found a way to generate powerful magnetic fields from his body after being struck several times by lightning, which proved devastating against his metallic foe. This is the only time Godzilla ever used this power.

### Durability

Like his predecessor in 1954, the Showa Godzilla is completely immune to conventional human weaponry. Godzilla is also capable of withstanding attacks from most other kaiju that he battles. This is all possible thanks to his incredibly thick armored skin, which evolved as an adaptation to allow Godzilla to withstand underwater pressure and allowed him to survive a nuclear detonation in his immediate vicinity. The only monsters who were able to penetrate Godzilla's skin and seriously injure him are Hedorah, Gigan and Mechagodzilla. In *Godzilla vs. Hedorah*, Hedorah melts his right hand down to the bone.

### Regeneration

Between having his hand melted down to the bone in *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* and the events of *Godzilla vs. Gigan*, Godzilla's hand had visibly regenerated slightly; while the palm and lower sections of his fingers on the injured hand had repaired themselves, the tips of his fingers remained as bare bones. Godzilla had also regained function in the eye previously burnt away by Hedorah's acidic body.

Physical Abilities

As attributed to his size, weight and mass, Godzilla has displayed varied levels of physical strength that are, at the very least, sufficient enough to lift weights exceeding 2,000 tons and smash skyscrapers. Godzilla boasts immense arm strength, which allows him to lift heavy objects or deliver powerful physical blows. He has been depicted lifting and throwing monsters in excess of his own weight, such as King Ghidorah, Hedorah, Mechagodzilla and others. Godzilla's punches are known as **Megaton Punch** (メガトン•パンチ *Megaton Panchi*). He is adept in various martial arts techniques, such as boxing and judo throws, and sprinted at high speeds in episode 21 of *Zone Fighter* to rescue Zone Fighter from Jellar. Godzilla is able to use his massive legs and feet to stomp on objects such as buildings and vehicles, destroying them instantly, as well as to kick boulders at or directly kick his enemies. Godzilla may also elect to simply use his mass to destroy buildings or knock over enemy monsters by ramming them.

Godzilla's long tail is also a formidable weapon in addition to balancing his body and allowing him to walk on land. It has been shown to be very flexible and powerful, able to lash out quickly and topple over buildings and enemy monsters. Godzilla can use his tail to propel himself into the air and pounce at enemies. In *Godzilla vs. Megalon*, he was able to slide on his tail a great distance to deliver a devastating kick. In all of his incarnations, he has been shown to have powerful jaws, sharp teeth, and claws, although these are more prominent in some incarnations than in others. Rarely, Godzilla also showed the ability to use his dorsal fins as a weapon, such as in *Godzilla vs. Hedorah*, where he used them to cut into Hedorah during the flying scene. Godzilla's head is very hard, which allows him to headbutt his enemies or bounce incoming projectiles such as boulders off of it. Godzilla's large mouth is extremely strong and filled with sharp teeth, making his bite lethal to other monsters. He killed the First Generation Anguirus by biting down on his throat and disarmed Ebirah by biting off both of his claws.

Godzilla also sometimes prefers to battle his opponents from a distance, either by blasting them with his atomic breath or throwing objects such as boulders at them.

Flight

In a memorable, and somewhat infamous scene in *Godzilla vs. Hedorah*, Godzilla used his atomic breath to fly by aiming it at the ground and lifting off like a rocket. He can reach a speed of up to Mach 1 with this technique.