Godzilla - 65th Anniversary Tribute (Feat. Sweet Victory)

## Godzilla - 65th Anniversary Tribute

The Thumbnail of the Video depicting Godzilla and SpongeBob SquarePants in front of the Godzilla 65th Anniversary logo in gold

## Episode Information

### Dedicated to

Haruo Nakajima (January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017)Stephen Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018)

***Godzilla - 65th Anniversary Tribute (Feat. Sweet Victory)*** is a fan tribute video dedicated to the Godzilla franchise.

It honors the 65th anniversary of Godzilla the video gained 59 million views making it the most viewed video on the MK1MonsterOck1989's channel and one of his greatest achievements. It was uploaded on June 6th, 2019.

## Backstory

### The Super Bowl Halftime Show Controversy

When *SpongeBob SquarePants* creator Stephen Hillenburg, passed away on November 26th, 2018 a petition was made to have the song Sweet Victory by David Glen Eisley, as heard in the episode *Band Geeks* play in Super Bowl LIII during the halftime show. however it was "ruined" due to a short clip of it being used as a transition to Sicko Mode by Travis Scott. the reactions were mixed as it was considered a failure leaving fans outraged of the halftime show playing only just a short clip of Sweet Victory before being replaced by Sicko Mode. even *MK1MonsterOck1989* himself was heartbroken over the halftime show as well and claimed it felt like it were a waste of potential and "the biggest tease The NFL had ever done".

> "if you are going to officially play the song keep your promise if not don't spread the word otherwise people are gonna figure out that you a sham."
>
> —MK1MonsterOck1989

### Godzilla 65th Anniversary

With the 65th anniversary of the Godzilla franchise MK1MonsterOck1989 had an idea of "what if Sweet Victory played in Godzilla?" during the release of the film Godzilla: King of the Monster (2019) he created a tribute video showing clips from all of the Godzilla movies with Sweet Victory included in a video titled *"Godzilla - 65th Anniversary Tribute (Feat. Sweet Victory)"* celebrating 65 years of Godzilla. it was posted after the film's release the video was highly praised by fans and gained over millions of views as MK1MonsterOck1989 claimed it as his most popular video on his channel.

## Sequel

MK1MonsterOck1989 had plans for a follow up to the video where it'll play be mainly focused on *The Monsterverse* as it would play Sweet Victory again. originally it was planned for the release of *Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)* but MK1MonsterOck1989 stated that he "ran out of time" but did announced that it'll be finished for the release of the upcoming film *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)*. the video will once again play Sweet Victory but it would also feature another song Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength) from the movie *Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)* as both songs would be made into a medley for the video.

## The Godzilla-Kong-A-Thon

MK1MonsterOck1989 also announced that he'll be doing The Godzilla-Kong-A-Thon for the countdown to *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)* where by the end after the film's release he'll post the tribute to *The Monsterverse* titled "Destroy All Monsterverse! - A Godzilla x Kong Tribute (Sweet Victory Part 2 w/ Nothing Is Lost)". The Godzilla-Kong-A-Thon begins from March 6th, - April 12th, 2024.

## Gallery

The thumbnail of the videoThe Godzilla 65th (1954-2019) logoThe collection of all Godzilla films (posted on MK1MonsterOck1989's DeviantArt account)
## Trivia

* Being the most popular video on MK1MonsterOck1989's channel and with the idea of Sweet Victory playing in Godzilla he considered it as his favorite video he's ever done and is one of his greatest achievements.
* The video was planned for May 31st, the day *Godzilla: King of the Monster (2019)* was released but MK1MonsterOck1989 was sick around the time and couldn't get the video done in time before the film's premier but regardless he didn't give up and manage to complete the project afterwards.
* The video was also dedicated to both the late Harou Nakajima and Stephen Hillenburg.
* A joke ending shows Godzilla blasting Travis Scott at The Super Bowl with his atomic breath in retaliation for "butchering" Sweet Victory.

### Errors

* During the history of Godzilla at the end of the video a mistaken misspelling of one of the text said "symbloe" that was meant to spell symbol.
* Some of the posters that fly by during one of the clips were flashing though they were meant to be solid.
* The music during the human speeches had to be extended because one of the clips of the humans were too long.

## Other Links

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObeZnb3Mw2A