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| |type =[[Godzilla]] Incarnations
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| |prev =Godzilla/Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
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| |prevname =Godzilla 2000
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| |name =Godzilla 2001{{DISPLAYTITLE:Godzilla (GMK)}}
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| |next =Godzilla/Kiryu Saga
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| |nextname =Kiryu Saga Godzilla
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| {{Kaiju Infobox
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| |type1 =Ground
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| |type2 =Fire
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| |header ={{Toho Kaiju}}
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| |copyrighticon =Monster Icons - Godzilla.png
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| |image =Godzilla.jp_-_Godzilla_2001.jpg
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| |caption =Godzilla in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
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| |name =Godzilla{{tt|®|Godzilla is a registered Trademark of Toho Company Ltd.}} (2001)
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| |species =Collective Spirits of Victims of World War II
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| |nicknames =Gojira, King of the Monsters, G, Goji, GMK Godzilla, [[SokogekiGoji]],<br>God of Destruction
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| |height =60 meters
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| |length =~120 meters
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| |weight =30,000 metric tons<ref name="metric millennium 2">[[Toho Special Effects All Monster Encyclopedia]]. Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack; Page 110.</ref>
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| |forms =None
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| |allies =None
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| |enemies =[[Baragon]], [[Mothra]],<br>[[King Ghidorah]]
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| |relationships =None
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| |controlled =None
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| |created =[[Ishiro Honda]],<br>[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]],<br>[[Eiji Tsuburaya]],<br>[[Shusuke Kaneko]]
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| |portrayed =[[Mizuho Yoshida]]
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| |firstappearance =[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]
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| |latestappearance =[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]
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| |suits =[[SokogekiGoji]]
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| |roar =[[File:Godzilla 1999-2004 SFX.ogg|center|180px|noicon]]
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| {{Quote|The sky was blood red and filled with smoke. And through it a '''devil''' appeared, its face was twisted with rage and hatred. When it was over my parents were gone. I will never forget the wretched cries of the dead...|[[Taizo Tachibana]] (''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'')}}
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| The '''Godzilla''' {{Nihongo|ゴジラ|''Gojira''}} from ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' is an incarnation of [[Godzilla]] which appeared in the [[2001]] [[Godzilla (Franchise)|Godzilla]] film, ''Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack''.
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| It is the third incarnation of Godzilla to appear in the [[Millennium era|Millennium series]] of films.
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| ==Name==
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| The name "Godzilla" is a transliteration of ''Gojira'' {{Nihongo|ゴジラ}}, a combination of two Japanese words: ''gorira'' {{Nihongo|ゴリラ}}, meaning gorilla, and ''kujira'' (鯨 or クジラ), meaning whale. At one planning stage of the [[Godzilla (1954 film)|original film]], the concept of "Gojira" was described as "a cross between a gorilla and a whale." The two words "whale" and "gorilla" describe Godzilla's traditional characteristics. The word whale represents his aquatic lifestyle and his bulky size. The word gorilla represents his sheer strength and the strategic thinking he uses when fighting against other monsters.
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| Contrary to popular belief, the name "Godzilla" is not the idea of the American distributor. Before Toho sold the original film to US distributors, Toho's international division had originally marketed an English-subtitled print under the title of ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'', which was shown briefly in Japanese-American theaters. Toho came up with "Godzilla" as an English transliteration of the name "Gojira"." The Japanese-to-English translation method of the Americans in the 1950's also proved that ''Godzilla'' was the correct English translation of ''Gojira''.
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| ==Appearance==
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| {{Main|SokogekiGoji}}
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| The Godzilla in ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' departs from the [[MireGoji|design]] sported by the [[Godzilla/Godzilla 2000|previous]] [[Godzilla/Godzilla vs. Megaguirus|incarnations]] of Godzilla in the [[Millennium era|Millennium series]], and bears a design reminiscent of several past designs, including the [[ShodaiGoji|original 1954 design]]. This Godzilla once again has rough charcoal-gray skin and smaller bone-white {{scutes}}. The head is smaller and more rounded once again, with prominent fangs extending from the mouth. Perhaps most distinct are this Godzilla's white pupil-less eyes, which are meant to give him the appearance of being undead and otherworldy. This Godzilla has very large white claws on his hands and feet. His feet and legs are relatively large compared to the rest of his body. Rather than standing completely upright, this Godzilla leans forward slightly, holding his neck at a downward angle.
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| ==Personality==
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| The Godzilla in ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' is unique among other incarnations in that, instead of being either an anti-hero or force of nature with no true malicious intent, he is completely evil and malevolent. This Godzilla seeks nothing except for the complete and utter destruction of [[Japan]] and all of its people as punishment for all of the deaths and atrocities caused by the Japanese military during World War II. This version of Godzilla actively seeks out individual humans and attempts to kill them, shown when he spots a crowd of civilians and blasts them with his atomic breath. For this reason, this is the only version of Godzilla to be truly evil.
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| ==Origins==
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| The Godzilla in ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' is a malicious entity created from a combination of the restless souls of those killed as a result of the Japanese military's actions during World War II, who comes ashore in modern-day Japan to seek vengeance against the nation. It is implied that he is the result of these souls possessing and reanimating the remains of the [[Godzilla/1954|original Godzilla]] that attacked [[Tokyo]] in [[1954]].
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| ==History==
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| ===[[Millennium era|Millennium Series]]===
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| ====''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''====
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| [[File:GMK_Godzilla_1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[SokogekiGoji|Godzilla]] in ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'']]In [[1954]], [[Japan]] suffered an attack from Godzilla. The monster laid waste to [[Tokyo]], transforming the once-proud capital of Japan into ground zero of a nuclear disaster overnight. Godzilla was finally killed with an [[Oxygen Destroyer|experimental chemical weapon]], while the [[Daisuke Serizawa|weapon's inventor]] took his own life to ensure it could never be used again. In order to avoid facing ridicule for failing to stop Godzilla and ensure the citizens of Japan they were safe from future attacks, the [[J.S.D.F.]] claimed credit for killing Godzilla. Over the next several decades, humanity gradually began to forget about Godzilla, with many assuming the creature never existed and was simply a legend. In [[1998]], a [[Zilla|giant reptilian monster]] attacked [[New York|New York City]], with American experts identifying the creature as Godzilla. The J.S.D.F. doubted that the monster was Godzilla, but could not ignore the appearance of another giant monster. In the years following the New York attack, sightings of giant monsters skyrocketed around the world, forcing the J.S.D.F. to be on high alert for the possible return of Godzilla. In [[2002]], an [[United States|American]] nuclear submarine vanished off the coast of Guam. The Japanese research submersible ''[[Satsuma]]'' investigated the wreckage, noticing huge claw marks in the sub's hull. Just then, the ground shook, causing the ''Satsuma''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> sister craft to crash into a rock. Just then, the vessel's pilot witnessed Godzilla's {{scutes}} briefly appear behind several large rocks.
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| When the ''Satsuma'' operator's story was reported to the J.S.D.F., units were scrambled to search for Godzilla. The monster came ashore in the Bonin Islands, stomping on several houses during a storm. The J.S.D.F. searched the waters all around Japan, but could find no trace of Godzilla. Several of the soldiers began assuming Godzilla never really did exist, and search operations were called off. Not long after, Godzilla appeared from a harbor and came ashore in Japan once again. The beast destroyed a small town and marched through the countryside, eventually being attacked by the [[Guardian Monsters|Guardian Monster]] [[Baragon]], who had been awakened by the prophet Hirotoshi Isayama to stop Godzilla. Godzilla easily overpowered the smaller monster, and after a short fight obliterated Baragon with his atomic breath. Godzilla continued his march across Japan, as it became apparent that he was once again approaching Tokyo. Fighter jets were deployed to attack Godzilla, but their missiles had no effect and Godzilla easily shot the jets down with his atomic breath. Eventually, Godzilla reached Yokohama, where the J.S.D.F. had erected a last line of defense to prevent Godzilla from reaching Tokyo. Godzilla showed no mercy and easily annihilated the J.S.D.F.'s forces in the city, but was interrupted by the arrival of [[Mothra]], a second Guardian Monster. Godzilla fired his atomic breath at Mothra, but she dodged it, causing the beam to hit the [[Yokohama Landmark Tower]] instead. As Godzilla was fighting Mothra, the third Guardian Monster, [[King Ghidorah|Ghidorah]], arrived, and helped Mothra take on Godzilla. Godzilla proved to be more than a match for both beasts, knocking Mothra aside with his tail and tearing into Ghidorah's necks with his teeth before slamming him onto a building. Godzilla fired his atomic breath at the unconscious Ghidorah, intending to finish him once and for all, but Mothra flew in front of him and was blasted away by the beam. Godzilla then turned his attention to the J.S.D.F.'s battleships docked in the harbor, destroying several of them with his atomic breath. As Godzilla prepared to destroy the last few ships, Mothra flew up behind him, intending to take him by surprise. Suddenly, Godzilla turned around and fired his beam at Mothra, vaporizing her.
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| [[File:GMK - Godzilla's Still Beating Heart.png|thumb|right|200px|Godzilla's still-beating heart at the end of ''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'']]The battle was not over, as Mothra's energy showered onto Ghidorah, reviving him as the Thousand-Year-Old Dragon, King Ghidorah. King Ghidorah formed an energy shield and took to the air, screeching at Godzilla. Godzilla fired his atomic breath at King Ghidorah, but his shield deflected it. King Ghidorah dropped his shield onto Godzilla, causing a massive explosion that blasted Godzilla into the sea. King Ghidorah flew out over the water and attacked Godzilla again, while the ''Satsuma'' was deployed to fire a [[D-03 Missile]] into a wound on Godzilla's neck that King Ghidorah had opened. Godzilla grabbed King Ghidorah's legs and dragged him underwater, where the ''Satsuma'' fired its missile at Godzilla. Godzilla saw the missile and pulled King Ghidorah's neck in front of it, knocking the beast out once again. After swallowing the ''Satsuma'', Godzilla surfaced, while King Ghidorah was reawakened by an ancient stone that fell into the water after [[Yuri Tachibana]] dropped it. King Ghidorah flew out of the water and blasted Godzilla with his gravity beams, electrocuting him. After taking several hits, Godzilla somehow absorbed the gravity beams into his dorsal plates, then combined them with his atomic breath in a powerful spiral-wrapped beam that obliterated King Ghidorah in a single hit. The combined spirits of the Guardian Monsters then flew into Godzilla, dragging him underwater. Inside of Godzilla, the ''Satsuma'', piloted by [[Taizo Tachibana]], fired a D-03 Missile into Godzilla's neck wound, which tore it open until it was a gaping hole. Godzilla surfaced and prepared to fire his atomic breath at Yuri and her friend, but the beam shot out of his neck wound instead. Godzilla tried to fire his atomic breath again, with the same result. Godzilla fell back underwater in agony, while the ''Satsuma'' escaped his body. Godzilla saw the ''Satsuma'' swimming away and charged his atomic breath again. This time, Godzilla's wound flashed brightly and he suddenly exploded. Godzilla completely vanished from all radar and tracking systems, and it appeared he was finally gone. As Japan celebrated, Godzilla's disembodied heart began continuously beating on the sea floor.
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| ==Abilities==
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| ===Atomic Breath===
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| [[File:GMK_-_Radioactive_Heat_Ray_2.png|thumb|right|200px|Godzilla uses his atomic breath against [[Baragon]]]]
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| Godzilla's signature weapon is his powerful atomic breath. The ''GMK'' Godzilla's atomic breath returns to the traditional bluish-hued laser of the [[Heisei era|Heisei series]] rather than the incendiary fiery-orange beam fired by the [[Godzilla/Godzilla 2000|first]] [[Godzilla/Godzilla vs. Megaguirus|two]] [[Millennium era|Millennium]] Godzillas. When charging the beam, Godzilla's {{scutes}} actually stand up as they are surrounded by an intense blue glow. This Godzilla's atomic breath is extremely powerful, and is capable of producing a mushroom cloud upon impact or crippling or destroying other {{kaiju|s}} in a single hit. It also possesses pinpoint accuracy, demonstrated when Godzilla easily blasts numerous fighter jets out of the sky with them. The beam is also not impeded when fired underwater, shown when Godzilla uses it against King Ghidorah when they are fighting underwater.
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| ====Spiral Beam====
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| Godzilla demonstrates a variation of his normal atomic breath at the end of the film, when he absorbs energy from [[King Ghidorah]]'s gravity beams into his dorsal plates and combines it with his atomic breath, producing an even stronger blue beam wrapped in a yellow electrical spiral. This beam was powerful enough to completely destroy King Ghidorah in a single hit.
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| ===Durability===
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| One of the ''GMK'' Godzilla's greatest assets is his extreme durability. Godzilla proves to be completely immune to all of the [[J.S.D.F.]]'s weaponry, including the [[D-03 Missile]], an armor-piercing warhead designed to penetrate solid rock, which explodes harmlessly against his armored hide. In addition, the various attacks used against him by the [[Guardian Monsters]] prove ineffective as well. Even after Godzilla is blown up by his own atomic breath, his disembodied heart is shown still continuously beating on the sea floor.
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| ===Physical Abilities===
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| Aside from his atomic breath, the ''GMK'' Godzilla uses other tactics to fight the [[Guardian Monsters]]. Godzilla stomps [[Baragon]] into the ground during their battle. He bites down on one of [[King Ghidorah]]'s necks and draws blood, then easily knocks Mothra away with his tail when she attempts to attack him from behind. Godzilla displays impressive strength when he flips King Ghidorah over onto a building by grabbing him by one of his necks. Godzilla also grapples with King Ghidorah while underwater, at one point managing to pull one of his heads into the path of a [[D-03 Missile]].
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| ===Weaknesses===
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| [[File:GMK_-_Godzilla_Fires_Out_His_Chest.png|thumb|right|200px|Godzilla's atomic breath fires out of a wound on his chest]]
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| Despite his near-invulnerability, Godzilla is ultimately defeated by the combined efforts of the [[Guardian Monsters]] and the [[J.S.D.F.]] A small wound is opened on Godzilla's neck during his battle with [[King Ghidorah]], which is exploited when Godzilla swallows the ''[[Satsuma]]'' whole, allowing [[Taizo Tachibana]] to fire a [[D-03 Missile]] at the wound from the inside. The missile actually is able to penetrate through Godzilla's skin, then explodes, opening a gaping wound in his chest. When Godzilla attempts to fire his atomic breath, it fires out of the wound in his chest multiple times until Godzilla falls over and sinks. While underwater, Godzilla charges his atomic breath once again, but this time the pressure built up from the previous attempts reaches a critical level and causes him to completely explode. Although defeated, Godzilla was not truly killed, as his disembodied heart continued to beat on the sea floor.
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| ==Filmography==
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| *''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]''
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| ==[[Toho monsters in video games|Video Game Appearances]]==
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| *''[[Godzilla: The Game]]'' (Kaiju Guide)
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| *''[[Godzilla: Kaiju Collection]]''
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| ===''[[Godzilla: The Game]]''===
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| ====Kaiju Guide====
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| ====='''Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Millennium Series)'''=====
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| [[File:Kaiju Guide Godzilla Millennium.png|right|200px]]{{small|The Godzilla of 1999 and beyond evolved to have a tougher appearance and rough dorsal plates. It frequently attacks Japan like a natural disaster, inflicting great damage upon the human race.}}
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| {{small|In the more recent Millennium Series, the Godzilla universe was reset once again, with each work separately situated as a continuation of the 1954 film. The "[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium|Millennium]]" [[MireGoji|version of Godzilla]] was the second version of Godzilla after 1954, this time attacking metropolitan cities and power plants as if it loathed the human race and its advanced science. The "[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]" film had Godzilla survive the end of the 1954 movie and return to attack Japan three times. The film "[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]" took place after 1954 and concentrated on the deep-seated resentment of the victims of the Pacific War. {{tt|The Godzilla in "[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]" and "[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]" was the same Godzilla as in the 1954 film.|Incorrect statement, as Kiryu was built around the bones of the original Godzilla who died in 1954, and the present Godzilla is separate from the 1954 Godzilla.}} In the "[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]" version, he appeared after Earth's environment was destroyed, having been sealed up in the [[Antarctica|South Pole]] by the submarine battleship [[Gotengo]] 50 years earlier.}}
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| {{Small|Though camera and costuming techniques have vastly improved over the 60-year history of Godzilla, and special effects now incorporate the latest computer-generated visuals, the character design always starts with the foundation established in the original 1954 film version.}}
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| ● '''"Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack"'''<br>
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| '''Height:'''<br>60 meters<br>
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| '''Weight:'''<br>30,000 tons<br>
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| '''Abilities:'''<br>Atomic breath<br>
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| '''Appearances:'''<br>"[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]"
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| <gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
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| GKC Godzilla 2001.jpg|Godzilla 2001 in ''[[Godzilla: Kaiju Collection]]''
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| </gallery>
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| ==Gallery==
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| {{Main|SokogekiGoji#Gallery}}
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| ==Roar==
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| {{Videos|
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| {{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">Ulny4Hl703g</youtube>|Godzilla's roars in the [[Millennium era|Millennium series]]}}
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| }}
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| ==Trivia==
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| *This is the first and so far only incarnation of Godzilla to be supernatural in origin. While other incarnations of Godzilla have usually been a type of prehistoric reptile irradiated by hydrogen bomb tests, the ''GMK'' Godzilla is an amalgamation of the restless souls of the countless people killed by the actions of the [[Japan]]ese military during World War II.
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| *This Godzilla is unique in that, instead of causing destruction mostly unintentionally and largely ignoring human beings, he actively attempts to destroy Japan and specifically targets humans due to his desire for vengeance against the nation due to its past crimes. For this reason, this can be the first Godzilla to be considered legitimately evil, even though some past incarnations have been antagonistic.
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| *This incarnation of Godzilla was portrayed by experienced suit actor [[Mizuho Yoshida]], whose other roles include the Mother [[Legion]] in ''[[Gamera 2: Attack of Legion]]'', [[Desghidorah]] in ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' and [[Dagahra]] in ''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]'', and [[Zedus]] in ''[[Gamera: The Brave]]''.
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| *The [[SokogekiGoji|suit]] used to portray this Godzilla is the tallest Godzilla suit to appear in a film, although the [[Snickers#SnickersGoji|suit]] used to portray Godzilla in a [[2014]] [[Snickers]] commercial is slightly taller.
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| ==References==
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