INFO: Godzilla Kaiju/Monster List
Mothra
モスラ (Mosura)
We collected all this for our production of Looking for Godzilla's Sandals.
(Mothra larva is knocking over a tower)
POWERS:
– can create gales when flying
– shoots lightning from its wings
– can emit a poisonous powder when flying
– shoots energy beams from its antennae and forehead
1964 - Godzilla vs The Thing
aka (also known as):
Godzilla vs Mothra
Godzilla vs the Giant Moth
Godzilla Fights the Giant Moth
Godzilla & Mothra: The Battle For Earth
Mothra vs Godzilla
Godzilla Against Mothra
Mosura Tai Gojira - Japan
Godzilla contra los monstruos - Spain
Godzilla und die Urweltraupen - Germany
Mothra contre Godzilla - France
Mothra möter Godzilla - Sweden
Panik in Tokyo - Germany
Watang! Nel favoloso impero dei mostri - Italy
Basic Story:
1. An egg of Mothra, a giant moth, is found.
2. Godzilla starts attacking cities and also Mothra’s egg.
3. Mothra shows up and dies trying to protect her egg.
4. Godzilla loses interest and walks away from the egg.
5. The Shojobin – tiny twin girls from Mothra Island (aka Infant Island) – sing until the egg hatches and two Mothra larvae come out.
6. The larvae use cocoon spray to wrap up Godzilla until he plunges into the ocean.
1966 - Godzilla vs The Sea Monster
aka (also known as):
Terror of the Deep
The Great South Seas Duel
Big Duel in the North
Big Duel in the North Sea
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
Ebirah, Terror of the Deep
Nankai No Kai Ketto - Japan
Gojira, Ebirâ, Mosura: Nankai no daiketto - Japan
Frankenstein und die Ungeheuer aus dem Mee - Germany
Godzilla - Das Monster aus der Tiefe - Germany
Godzilla - Das Ungeheuer aus dem Meer - Germany (TV title)
Godzilla, Ebirah et Mothra: Duel dans les mers du sud - France
Los Monstruos del mar - Spain (TV title)
Basic Story:
1. Ebirah – a giant shrimp – lives by Infant Island.
2. A terrorist organization uses Infant Island natives as slaves.
3. Ship-wrecked castaways awaken Godzilla.
4. The slave natives awaken Mothra.
5. Godzilla de-claws Ebirah.
6. Mothra flies everyone away in a basket to safety (except the bad guys).
7. Godzilla escapes into the ocean as Infant Island is vaporized.
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.
1992 - Godzilla vs Mothra (remake)
aka (also known as):
Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
Gojira tai Mosura - Japan
Godzilla - Kampf der Sauriermutanten - Germany
Godzilla contra Mothra - Spain
Godzilla et Mothra - France
Gozdilla e Mothra - Portugal
Basic Story:
1. Millions of years ago, Battra (who was trying to kill humans) fought Mothra (who was trying to save humans).
2. Mothra won.
3. Millions of years later, a Battra larva is awakened by a meteorite.
4. Godzilla appears.
5. An egg of Mothra hatches and this larva fights Godzilla.
6. A Battra larva interrupts the fight and fights Godzilla underwater.
7. Mothra and Battra larvae both metamorphose into moths and start fighting each other.
8. Godzilla appears again and nearly kills Battra, but Mothra saves Battra.
9. Battra and Mothra join forces and paralyze Godzilla.
10. While they carry Godzilla out to sea and dump him, Battra dies.
11. Mothra then destroys an asteroid that was heading for Earth.