Terror of Mechagodzilla

## Release chronology

"*Panic and confusion erupts as a giant mechanical Godzilla rampages across the world, killing MUTOs in its wake. The question on everyone's mind: could Monarch be responsible?*"
―News reporter
***Terror of Mechagodzilla*** is a 2022 sci-fi monster film based on the Toho kaiju of the same name. It is the 8th installment of the MonsterVerse. It was released on December 1, 2022.

The film fully introduces Mechagodzilla after its' cameo in *The King Kong*.

## Synopsis

*The discovery and reactivation of an alien mecha Mechagodzilla proved to be disastrous as the malevolent mecha tears its way through the world with one goal: hunting various MUTOs whom betrayed an old acquaintance.*

## Plot

11,797 BC, a human couple is walking about in what is today known as Australia, the man sees a potential food and chases it, when suddenly he sees a construction site of a mechanical gojira in the distance, the woman follows and as they look forth, they see a group of humanoid aliens overseeing the construction. As the project was completed, the aliens successfully activated Mechagodzilla, they then talk about if they want to start the mission immediately, and another alien agreed, they all retreat to their spacecrafts and controlled Mechagodzilla to locate a fugitive.

Mechagodzilla activates a signal to attract the fugitive and soon enough, the fugitive, also known as Ghidorah, arrives. Mechagodzilla is then commanded to capture Ghidorah which led them to **fight**, the aliens also try to take down Ghidorah with their weapons but instead they were taken down by Ghidorah's gravity beams and they're forced to abandon ship, Mechagodzilla held its own pretty well until Ghidorah pins Mechagodzilla by its hands with his two heads, and uses his telepathic powers to alter Mechagodzilla's programming, as Mechagodzilla loads up its proton scream, it glitches and succumbs to Ghidorah's mind control, Ghidorah lets go and Mechagodzilla gains consciousness, the BHP3 aliens panic as they can't seem to control Mechagodzilla anymore, Ghidorah then commands Mechagodzilla to kill the aliens and he lets out his proton scream which obliterated its' creators.

In the present day (2027), Australian Monarch operative Ronald Atwell takes his daughter Veronica to the abandoned and desolate Outpost 74 and they talk about the sightings of Tiamat, the MUTO he discovered in the Daintree rainforest and the subject of the outpost, he also tells the story of how she escaped during Ghidorah's alpha call, flashback scene shows the day that Tiamat woke up, stretching way up before burrowing her way in the waters of the forest.

Ronald then gets a visit from fellow Monarch operatives Alina Marquez and Jane Whitehall, they talk about some classified information and all Australian Monarch employee are invited to a certain event. Ronald agrees and they were en route to the site by helicopter, and were taken to the Great Victoria Desert, where Outpost 75 is located, many Monarch members are already there and the three is shown the MUTO is houses, a giant mechanical Godzilla. Ronald wonders how Monarch can engineer such technology and is surprised when they tell him that Monarch did not construct it and it was instead discovered, they also tell him that it was in a depleted state and they modified it with some additional features as well as using aether as its energy source. After a while it was then announced that Mechagodzilla will be activated for the first time.

After being successfully activated, Mechagodzilla surprised the Monarch crew by showing signs of sapience. It then experiences data surge and receives information of the events of King Ghidorah Uprising, after seeing his old friend betrayed by his subjects, Scylla, Behemoth, Rodan, Quetzalcoatl, Wukong, and finally the one who killed him, Godzilla, it immediately activated its' jet propulsion and flew up the air out of the outpost to hunt down its targets.

News all over the world immediately arise as a mechanical Godzilla is seen flying through the air. Mechagodzilla then landed in Sydney, where it detected a nearby MUTO activity and after scanning whether it was Scylla, Tiamat jumps out of the waters and attacked it, **they fight**, Mechagodzilla initially struggled against Tiamat's strength and elasticity, but it won anyway by killing Tiamat with its' tail driller as Ronald watches. It then flies away again to locate Scylla.

Mechagodzilla lands in Hawaii, where it located Scylla nearby and used a signal to lure her and once she emerges from the ocean it attacks her and broke her apart by the limbs before crushing her head with its foot. Mechagodzilla then recalculated and set its sight on Behemoth.

Mechagodzilla made its way to the Tingua Biological Reserve in Brazil and met Behemoth. Mechagodzilla attacks Behemoth and **they fight**, with Behemoth holding his own pretty well, Mechagodzilla then grabbed Behemoth and took him flying until they landed in Rio de Janeiro. In another scene, Ronald is called to decide on whether to release a dangerous MUTO the Australian branch of Monarch caught a few years back in order to counterattack Mechagodzilla. He is reluctant but allowed it. They then prepare for the containment to be sent to Mechagodzilla in Brazil with it being labelled "Baphomet".

The scene goes back to Mechagodzilla fighting Behemoth, after a few minutes Mechagodzilla breaks Behemoth's tusks and kills him with it. Mechagodzilla then looks around and sets up a circular-shaped machinery, absorbing electricity from the city, Mechagodzilla shoots its proton scream at the machine which in turn shoots a proton beam to bore into the Earth creating a sinkhole, Monarch sees this and figures that it's trying to create an entrance to the Hollow Earth. As it keeps energizing the machine, Mechagodzilla stops and sees Monarch helicopters airlift Baphomet's containment, which they dropped and opened. Baphomet emerges from the box in a toxic cloud, and goes to **attack** Mechagodzilla, he sprays acid at Mechagodzilla which corrodes its' metal but not enough to destroy it, after a few struggle Mechagodzilla managed to slice Baphomet in half with his proton scream. As he drops Baphomet's corpses, Godzilla emerges from the waters and confronts Mechagodzilla, **their battle** further cause destruction as they keep unleashing their energy-based attacks, the machine then finally penetrates into the Hollow Earth.

In the Hollow Earth, King Kong and Wukong sees the sky beam produced by Mechagodzilla's machine and goes to check it out. They went to the hole Wukong flies to the surface while Kong goes there manually, in the surface Mechagodzilla kept fighting Godzilla until finally knocking him out, as it heads to the hole, it sees Wukong coming out of it, it detects that Wukong was one of the MUTOs who betrayed Ghidorah and immediately grabs it and with its energy flow, incinerates Wukong. After dumping Wukong's body, military jets starts arriving and bombards Mechagodzilla, as it also attacks the jets with its proton scream. King Kong finally gets to the surface and sees his friend dying, Wukong then dies in Kong's arms, which made him cry. Kong then sees Mechagodzilla, still being attacked by the military, and angrily pursues it with his axe. As Mechagodzilla fights the military, it's suddenly attacked by a raging King Kong, **they engage in a tense battle**, Godzilla awakens and sees Mechagodzilla fight Kong, he then decides to join and helps Kong defeat Mechagodzilla which he eventually did by destroying it with his axe. As the dust settles, Godzilla and Kong acknowledges each other and they return to their respective domains.

The epilogue shows that Monarch was overwhelmed with lawsuits, being accused for creating Mechagodzilla and they announce their bankruptcy and shut down the organization.

The mid-credits scene shows King Kong holding a funeral for Wukong, surrounded by his tribe.

## Cast

* Hugh Jackman as Dr. Ronald Atwell
* Jessica Henwick as Jane Whitehall
* Eiza González as Alina Marquez
* Olivia DeJonge as Veronica Atwell

## Appearances

### Benevolent MUTO(s)

GodzillaTiamat †King KongWukong †Behemoth †Baphomet †Scylla †

### Locations

* Earth
	+ Australia
		- Daintree Rainforest
			* Outpost 74
		- Great Victoria Desert
			* Outpost 75
		- Sydney
	+ Brazil
		- Rio de Janeiro
	+ Hollow Earth
		- Ginnungagap rainforest
	+ United States of America

### Species

* BHP3 aliens
* Humans
* MUTOs
	+ *Ammotitan scylla*
	+ *Deussimia wukong*
	+ Dragons
	+ Gojiras
	+ Kong giants
	+ *Quassoterram bahamut*
	+ *Vocatumortem baphomet*

### Items

* Aether
* Armor of the King Kong
* Axe of the King Kong
* BHP3 aliens' spacecrafts
* Earth's core
* ORCA

## Trivia

* Set 4 years after *The King Kong*.
* According to the writer, one of the most challenging part to write was figuring out how Mechagodzilla could create a sinkhole to the Hollow Earth because it also needed to be seen by Kong so he can be incorporated to the story, few ideas proposed were:
	+ Entirely using the power core on its chest, or its proton scream
	+ Using its tail to dig down (it can elongate)
	+ It detects a hollow interior on Earth, goes up the sky and strikes the ground like a meteor to bring it down
	+ **Using a machine to dig down, or the machine being set up to shoot an energy beam**, this method was eventually chosen
* Mothra was considered to be in the film.

## References and notes

1. ↑ in this scene Mechagodzilla looks at its hands like how babies first discovers their hands.
2. ↑ the scene also includes a dialogue of how he wanted to name it Titanosaurus but can't as there's already a dinosaur with that name
3. ↑ the machine keeps on going due to the energy it got
4. ↑ Godzilla retreats to the sea and Kong goes back to the Hollow Earth
5. ↑ cross means they die in this movie
6. ↑ Mechagodzilla has an energy source on its chest like Metallo from DC