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INFO: Godzilla Kaiju/Monster List

King Ghidorah, Ghidrah, Ghidorah, Monster Zero
キングギドラ
(Kingu Gidora)

We collected all this for our production of Looking for Godzilla's Sandals.

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King Ghidorah/Monster Zero キングギドラ

(same monster - different names)

POWERS:
– electrocutes with its bites
– can create a force field around itself
– fireballs and energy bolts shoot from its mouth

1965 - Godzilla vs Monster Zero

aka (also known as):
Monster Zero
Battle of the Astros
Invasion of Astro-Monster
Invasion of the Astro-Monsters
Invasion of the Astros
Invasion of Planet X
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
The Great Monster War
War of the Monsters

Kaijû daisenso - Japan
Kaijû daisenso Kingughidorah tai Gojira - Japan
Avaruushirviöt hyökkäävät - Finland
Befehl aus dem Dunkel - Germany
Invasion planète X - France
Invasione degli astromostri - Italy
Inwazja jaszczurów - Poland
Los Monstruos invaden la Tierra - Spain

Basic Story:
1. The Xilians of Planet X (a fictional planet that sits behind Jupiter) are being terrorized by Monster Zero (aka Ghidorah, King Ghidorah).
2. The Xilians offer Earth a cure-everything wonder drug (in a box) in exchange for Earth sending Godzilla and Rodan to fight Monster Zero.
3. Earth agrees to the plan.
4. Godzilla and Rodan then fight Monster Zero and drive him away.
5. Wonder-Drug-In-A-Box is really a taped ultimatum telling Earth to surrender to Planet X.
6. The Xilians, who at this point claim they can now control all three monsters (with magnetic waves), release them on Earth.
7. The three monsters start rampaging.
8. One character, coincidentally, has developed a personal alarm for women to use for protection while traveling alone.
9. The sound of this personal alarm disrupts Xilians.
10. This sound is then broadcast all over the world.
11. The Xilians leave.
12. Godzilla and Rodan then fight Monster Zero again – and drive him away.
13. Earth attempts peaceful relations with Planet X.

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1968 - Destroy All Monsters

aka (also known as):
All Monsters Attack
Attack of the Marching Monsters
Monster Attack March
Monster Invasion
The March of the Monsters

Kaijû sôshingeki - Japan
Gojira dengeki daisakusen - Japan (reissue title)
Les Envahisseurs attaquent - France
Gli Eredi di King Kong - Italy
Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem All - Germany
Frankenstein und die Monster aus dem Weltall - Germany
Godzilla - Die Monster aus dem All - Germany (TV title)
Godzilla und die Monster aus dem All - Germany
Hirviöt uhkaavat maailmaa - Finland
Invasión extraterrestre - Spain
Operation Monsterland - United Kingdom

Basic Story:
1. By 1999, all monsters have been caught and placed on an island called Monsterland.
2. Communications to the island are suddenly stopped by aliens called Kilaaks.
3. The Kilaaks then send the monsters out from Monsterland to destroy different cities: Godzilla attacks NYC, Rodan attacks Moscow, Mothra attacks Beijing, and Gorosaurus attacks Paris, etc.
4. The Kilaaks monster-controlling facility – which is on the moon – is destroyed by the UN.
5. The Kilaaks then release King Ghidorah.
6. Godzilla and the others (including Kumonga and Manda) defeat King Ghidorah and then return to Monsterland.

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1972 - Godzilla on Monster Island

aka (also known as):
Godzilla vs Gigan
Earth Assault Order: Godzilla vs. Gigan
Godzilla on Monster Island
Godzilla vs. Gigan
The Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan
War of the Monsters

Chikyû kogeki meirei: Gojira tai Gaigan - Japan
Frankensteins Höllenbrut - Germany
Godzilla contro i giganti - Italy
Godzilla gegen Frankensteins Höllenbrut - Germany (DVD title)

Basic Story:
1. From the planet Nebula M, giant cockroach-like aliens arrive on Earth and inhabit the bodies of recently demised humans who then work at a theme park in Switzerland while plotting to take over the world.
2. A tape, which is meant to call King Ghidorah and Gigan to Earth, is played. But it awakens Godzilla and Anguirus instead.
3. Everyone is confused.
4. The four monsters eventually fight.
5. Godzilla and Anguirus drive Gigan and King Ghidorah back into space, thus saving Earth.

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1991 - Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

aka (also known as):
Gojira tai Kingu Gidorâ - Japan
Godzilla - Duell der Megasaurier - Germany
Godzilla Contra King Ghidorah - Portugal
Godzilla contra King Ghidorah - Spain

Basic Story:
1. 23rd century time-travelers (Futurians) release genetically engineered creatures (Dorats) that become irradiated and then fuse/merge with King Ghidorah.
2. King Ghidorah then marauds 1992 Japan.
3. A reincarnated new-and-improved Godzilla fights King Ghidorah.
4. King Ghidorah falls into the ocean and remains comatose for hundreds of years.
5. King Ghidorah is recovered and made into a cyborg called Mecha-King Ghidorah.
6. Godzilla and Mecha-King Ghidorah fight and both fall into the ocean.

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