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|name            =GX-813 Griffon
|name            =GX-813 Griffon, Special Fighter Griffon, Universal Fighter Griffon
|targets          =[[Godzilla]], [[Megaguirus]]
|targets          =[[Godzilla]], [[Megaguirus]]
|pilot            =[[Kiriko Tsujimori]]
|pilot            =Seiichi Hosono, [[Kiriko Tsujimori]]
|length          =18 meters<ref name="TSEMCWorks">{{cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works]]|date=28 September [[2012]]|publisher=Village Books|page=270|isbn=4-864-91013-8}}</ref>
|length          =18 meters<ref name="TSEMCWorks">{{cite book|title=[[Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works]]|date=28 September [[2012]]|publisher=Village Books|page=270|isbn=4-864-91013-8}}</ref>
|weight          =15 metric tons<ref name="TSEMCWorks"/>
|weight          =15 metric tons<ref name="TSEMCWorks"/>
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|attach          =[[Mini-SGS]]
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The '''GX-813 Griffon''' {{Nihongo|グリフォン|Gurifon|lit. ''Griffon''}} is a futuristic aircraft that appears in the [[2000]] [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] [[:Category:Godzilla Films|film]], ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''.
The '''GX-813 Griffon''' {{Nihongo|特殊戦闘機グリフォン|Tokushu sentōki Gurifon|lit. ''Special Fighter Machine Griffon''}} is a futuristic V-TOL aircraft that appears in the [[2000]] [[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]] [[:Category:Godzilla Films|film]], ''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]''.
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==History==
==History==

Revision as of 22:00, 22 July 2020

GX-813 Griffon, Special Fighter Griffon, Universal Fighter Griffon
The GX-813 Griffon in Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Length 18 meters[1]
Weight 15 metric tons[1]
Targets Godzilla, Megaguirus
Piloted by Seiichi Hosono, Kiriko Tsujimori
Attaches to Mini-SGS
First appearance Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

The GX-813 Griffon (特殊戦闘機グリフォン,   Tokushu sentōki Gurifon, lit. Special Fighter Machine Griffon) is a futuristic V-TOL aircraft that appears in the 2000 Godzilla film, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus.

History

Millennium series

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

The GX-813 Universal Special Fighter Griffon was originally developed from the FX (Fighter Experimental) Class "New Fighter" jet model proposed by the J.S.D.F in 1997, but the concept was adopted by G-Grasper and it was changed in the concept stage under the circumstances of Godzilla's threat so it was changed to "GX" (Griffon Experimental). The first model was designated "GX-810", but after the 811 and 812, the fourth and final version "GX-813 Special Fighter Griffon" was finished by 2001.

The Griffon is first dispatched when Godzilla makes it's first sighting in three months and the crew scramble to the jet and make an immediate takeoff to survey the area. The Pilot, Seiichi Hosono goes to Vertical Flight hover-mode as Captain Kiriko Tsujimori and Second in Command Hiroshi Okumura take the Griffon's life raft. They find a dead Meganula and collect a sample but just as they finish, their Radio Operator Kazuo Mima informs them that sonar readings show that Godzilla is directly under their raft. Tsujimori orders Okumura pulled up to the Griffon and she equips a special radiation mask and fires a special transmitter bullet onto Godzilla's back. Tsujimori then orders that an SGS probe is launched from the Griffon to follow Godzilla.

Later, as the SGS showed that Godzilla is most likely to surface at Kiganjima, Griffon flew there and was accompanied by the Dragon Arrow squadron of Mitsubishi F-15J Jets and they lured Godzilla closer as "The G Extermination Strategy" was about to be put into effect. As the Dimension Tide had only 300 seconds countdown before firing, suddonly the Griffon is swarmed by Meganula and the Strategy is nearly put on hold as the flying creatures foul up the DT's lock-on software but Godzilla destroys the worst of the swarm. The Griffon flies to a safe distance as the Dimension Tide fires on Godzilla, but it only buried the creature underground and the Griffon retreated quickly as Godzilla shook off the Dimension Tide's faulty power.

After Godzilla had annihilated Megaguirus, the Dimension Tide was still affected by Megaguirus's high frequency waves and it's orbit has started to decay but the system is still running and has one last shot at Exterminating Godzilla. However the lock-on system can't reach Godzilla so Tsujimori abandons her comrades and rushes to pilot the Griffon alone, risking her life so it could lock-on to her and she will fly towards Godzilla at full speed so it would effectively fire at Godzilla. She ejects just in time as DT fires and Godzilla is nowhere to be seen. G-Grasper has it's greatest victory as they have finally managed to get rid of Godzilla... Or so they thought.

Weapons and Mechanics

  • Flight at Mach 3.[1]
  • Capable of vertical takeoff and landing.
  • Can fire dual photon cannons.
  • Can fire 8 Vulcan cannons (From the front, the top, and from the engines on the wings).
  • Able to deploy Mini-SGS craft.

Video games

Gallery

Concept art

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

Screenshots

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

References

This is a list of references for GX-813 Griffon. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works. Village Books. 28 September 2012. p. 270. ISBN 4-864-91013-8. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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