King Ghidorah (MonsterVerse)

* Ghidorah
* Mechagodzilla

Reclaim the city as his own territory and expand it by destroying things and causing many deaths (mostly failed)
Pose as a weapon under the influence of Apex Cybernetics just so he could easily kill them later (succeeded)
Kill Nathan, Ilene, Jia and whichever other human who stands in his way to glory (failed; he did kill many people but he was eventually stopped)
Destroy King Kong and Godzilla in his new form "Mechagodzilla" (failed)

### Hobbies

Killing innocents for sport
Brutalizing and intimidating Godzilla
Being a despotic ruler over the Titans
Destroying everything and everyone in his way
Planning ahead his comebacks and strategizing against all humans and other titans or creatures

### Powers

Superhuman strength
Superhuman intelligence
Electrokinesis
Regeneration
Gravity Beams
Enhanced Durability
Rocket shooting (as Mechagodzila)

### Skills

Flying
Command over the Titans
Gravity beams

### Type of Villain

Satanic Archetype

**King Ghidorah** is the main antagonist of the *MonsterVerse,* serving as the main antagonist of *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* and the overarching antagonist of *Godzilla vs. Kong*.

He is a three-headed space dragon who invaded Earth to have dominance over the world, and soon became dormant in Antarctica for thousands of years. Now awakened by eco-terrorist Alan Jonah, Ghidorah plots to destroy his archenemy Godzilla and everyone in his way to get what he wants: to terraform the Earth solely for himself just because he can.

After supposedly being killed by Godzilla, his consciousness was implamented in the body of a robotic Godzilla clone called **Mechagodzilla**, whom he took control of and tried to kill his rival again.

His middle head was portrayed by Jason Liles, his right head by Alex Manson, and his left head by Rochard Dorton, all in motion capture.

## Biography

### Background

#### Fighting for Dominance

Ghidorah's origin is a three-headed space dragon who arrived to Earth millions of years ago to terraform the planet for himself. However, Godzilla, wanting balance and order on the planet, fought Ghidorah for dominance. Many thousands of years later, encounters with Ghidorah inspired many ancient civilizations to add creatures to their mythologies, such as the Rainbow Serpent of the Aboriginal Australian religion, or the Hydra from Greek mythology. In an unspecified time, Ghidorah became frozen in ice in Antarctica, and remained in that state for thousands of years.

### *Kong: Skull Island*

#### Cave Painting

Ghidorah is seen in one of the cave paintings viewed by the organization Monarch. Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan are also shown on the cave paintings.

### Between *Skull Island* and *King of the Monsters*

#### Found by Monarch

In the year 2016, Ghidorah was eventually found by the secret organization known as Monarch which studies the Titans around the world. Dr. Vivienne Graham led the expedition in building a containment and research facility around him to study him.

### *Godzilla: King of the Monsters*

#### Showdown with Godzilla

Three years after being discovered by Monarch, in the beginning of the movie, Ghidorah is releasd from his prison by Alan Jonah, Dr. Emma Russell, and the eco-terrorists, under their intention to commit genocide on humanity (including themselves) so the Titans would be the dominant species. Once freed, the space dragon wreaks havoc until Godzilla arrives in the scene. The two monsters do a brief showdown, but Ghidorah wins the battle. He then devours Dr. Vivienne Graham out of sadism, and flees.

Eventually, Monarch discovers Ghidorah's current location and lures Rodan to Ghidorah, under intentions that they will kill each other. However, Ghidorah wins the fight, and brutalizes Rodan before going after Monarch's aircraft. Because of this, Godzilla attacks Ghidorah, and the two fight in a more destructive battle. Eventually, Godzilla rips off Ghidorah's left head. However, the military decides to use the Oxygen Destroyer to kill both Godzilla and Ghidorah. While Godzilla was fatally wounded by the Oxygen Destroyer, Ghidorah is left unharmed because he doesn't need oxygen to survive.

#### Claiming Dominance over the Titans

Ghidorah then flies over to Rodan's volcano and absorbs energy to regenerate his left head. Rodan, having been beaten by Ghidorah, submits to him as his king. After that, Ghidorah awakens seventeen Titans around the world, and becomes their alpha when they submit to him. With no one to threaten his dictatorship, Ghidorah sends the Titans to do massacres on various cities around the world. The only one who refuses to heed his call is Mothra, who has an undying loyalty for Godzilla.

After Godzilla retreats to an underwater ancient city, Dr. Ishiro Serizawa volunteers to sacrifice himself by detonating a nuke, knowing that Godzilla can only fight Ghidorah after years of recovery now. As he walks over to Godzilla, he lays a hand on his snout, and detonates the nuke, killing himself and boosting Godzilla to full recovery.

#### Final Showdown

Eventually, Mark Russell, husband of Emma Russell, uses a device called the ORCA to lure Ghidorah to Boston so he would be killed by Godzilla. From there, Ghidorah starts chasing his daughter, Madison Russell, before being attacked by Godzilla. While the latter nearly defeats him, Ghidorah absorbs electricity to become more powerful than Godzilla, and brutalizes him. However, Mothra, who has now defeated Rodan, flies over to Godzilla's aid and battles Ghidorah, but at the cost of her life.

After this, Emma, who has now redeemed herself, uses the ORCA to lure Ghidorah away from Godzilla while her husband and daughter escape, but Ghidorah severely injures her and destroys the ORCA in the process. After this, Godzilla, enraged over Mothra's death, becomes more powerful than ever as he releases 2 thermonuclear blasts on him. He then steps on Ghidorah's chest and destroys his body, the middle head only remaining. Godzilla then bites down on the middle head and uses his blue atomic breath to destroy it, thus seemingly ending Ghidorah’s reign of terror.

#### Purchased from a Trader

In a post-credits scene, however, Ghidorah's lost left head has been recovered by a fisherman. Alan Jonah, who has survived, purchases the head from the trader, seeing potential use for it, indicating that Ghidorah may not be dead after all because of his regeneration abilities.

### *Godzilla vs. Kong*

#### Rebirth as Mechagodzilla

After his skull was purchased by the great businessman Walter Simmons and his chief lietuant Ren, Ghidorah's plans to come back to life and wreak more havoc on the city have started to work at last. Walter and Ren were building a massive and ultimately advanced machine called Mechagodzilla, which was supposed to be a robot copy of Godzilla which could easily bring an end to all titans in the world. However, Walter did not know that Ghidorah was the brain of his own mechanism and that he wanted to come back to life and he also posed as a weapon under his control just so he could easily betray him and kill him later before he goes to destroy the city and then the entire universe. Therefore, it was shown that Mechagodzilla is actually a newer form of King Ghidorah. Eventually, the team of protagonists discover the truth about Ghidorah's comeback as a robotic monster. However, Watler's guards have caught the protagonists and they were taken to Walter.

#### True colors revealed and final battle

Walter explains about his plans to use the robot and destroy all titans so the humans could be more dominant as a race. However, after being activated, Mechagodzilla/Ghidorah reveals his true nature and ultimately betrays Walter Simmons and Ren, thus smashing the window of the office and killing them both.

After Ghidorah officially returns to life and his plans are now revealed, he goes to fight once again against Godzilla, with hopes to kill his old archenemy and cause lots of havoc around the city during the battle. He almost kills Godzilla but Jia manages to teach Kong that Godzilla did not mean to be his enemy but the real enemy is Ghidorah. Kong recovers from his injuries which were caused by Godzilla before hand and the massive ape then attacks Ghidorah and saves Godzilla's life. Godzilla and Kong have a rough fight with Ghidorah, but they couldn't handle him for too long. However, before he could kill them both, the protagonists have deactivated his computer, and as he got weaker, Kong defeated the monster and took off his robotic head. Despite the destruction of his Mechagodzilla body, it is implied in the novelization that Ghidorah still lives in Ren Serizawa's body as he was gone from his cockpit when Madison decided to check on him.

## Personality

Ghidorah is a very intelligent being and is far worse than simply being chaotic, threatening, and manipulative. He is extremely sadistic, as he loves to kill innocent lives, even going so far as to gleefully murdering billions of innocents using the Titans, but uses the Titans for his own gain instead of genuinely caring about them. Ghidorah is also an egotist, as he wants to destroy the world's surface and turn it into a giant habitat for himself to rule.

While the film only implies Ghidorah's sadism, the novelization of the film makes it explicitly clear: "It wasn't the expression of one animal that had bested another, or of a predator regarding its prey. Ghidorah *enjoyed* killing. He lived for it."

## Trivia

* Ghidorah is highly symbolic of the Satan, which is hinted because of the scene where he calls the other Titans before him (with a cross in the foreground), and one of Dr. Vivienne Graham's field notes about Ghidorah says, "The Devil has three heads." His archenemy, Godzilla, can be seen as a resemblance to Jesus Christ.
* He is similar to Kazar from Disney's *The Wild* due to being destructive egotists who possess bloodthirsty and murderous ambitions. While Kazar wants to be at the top of the food chain, Ghidorah wants to terraform the Earth solely for himself.
* Ghidorah could be considered as the main antagonist of the entire *MonsterVerse* franchise because he is the archenemy of Godzilla, one of the two main kaiju protagonists of the franchise (alongside King Kong). Plus, he has existed in the world far longer than mankind has, appears in cave paintings in a post-credits scene from *Kong: Skull Island*, and his releasement by Alan Jonah would allow him to finally calculate his endgame goal: to dominate the world by turning it entirely into his own habitat. The fact that Ghidorah is an alien creature also makes him Godzilla's most dangerous foe to date in the *MonsterVerse* franchise.
* Ghidorah is estimated to be 521 feet tall, and weighing up to 141,000 tons. It's unknown what his wingspan is, but it is likely to be above 1,000 feet. This makes him the biggest monster in the franchise thus far.

## Gallery

A promotional picture of Ghidorah.Godzilla fighting King Ghidorah in a Comic-Con poster for *Godzilla: King of the Monsters*.Ghidorah summons the Titans to his despotism.King Ghidorah in his new form "Mechagodzilla"