Mechagodzilla (Monsterverse)

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Mechagodzilla® (MonsterVerse) Alternate names Robot Godzilla, Mecha, Mechanized Titan Subtitle(s) Ultimate Destroyer The Apex Titan of My Own Hand Species Robotic Titan Place(s) of emergence Victoria Peak Mountain Controlled by Apex Cybernetics (initially), King Ghidorah's brain Relations King Ghidorah (neural connection) Enemies Skullcrawler, Godzilla, King Kong First appearance Godzilla vs. Kong Roar(s)

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Bernie Hayes: “That's Robot Godzilla!”

Josh Valentine: “Oh, no. That’s... That's Mechagodzilla.”

― Bernie Hayes, Madison Russell and Josh Valentine as they witness Mechagodzilla rising for a combat test (Godzilla vs. Kong)

Mechagodzilla (メカゴジラ,   Mekagojira) is a mechanical Titan that appears in the 2021 Legendary Pictures film Godzilla vs. Kong. It is the second incarnation of Mechagodzilla to appear in an American-made film, after the incarnation featured in the 2018 film Ready Player One.

A robotic duplicate of Godzilla built in secrecy by Apex Cybernetics to end the reign of the Titans, Mechagodzilla was activated while Godzilla and Kong battled in Hong Kong. Quickly going out of control, the machine destroyed the Apex facility and burst free from Victoria Peak Mountain just after Godzilla defeated Kong. The mechanical monster set its sights on its organic counterpart and bombarded him with its missiles, proton scream, and punches from its drill hand. Just when Godzilla seemed outmatched, Kong came to his enemy's rescue, helping to turn the tide. By cooperating, Godzilla and Kong were able to triumph over the Ultimate Destroyer when Godzilla charged Kong's axe with his atomic breath, allowing Kong to slice Mechagodzilla apart.

Name

The name "Mechagodzilla" comes from "mecha," which is derived from the word "mechanical," and Godzilla's name.

In-universe, it is Josh Valentine who gives the machine the name "Mechagodzilla," after Bernie Hayes calls it "Robot Godzilla." Apex Cybernetics simply refers to Mechagodzilla as "the Mecha."

Design

This Mechagodzilla is considerably thinner than previous incarnations of the character. Mechagodzilla is primarily a gunmetal silver color, with small hints of black, and various red lights throughout its body.

It supports three rows of small, square-shaped dorsal plates with red lights at each tip that travel from its head to its back, which then converges into one row as they move down its tail. Compared to past incarnations, Mechagodzilla's tail is more flexible and versatile and has a set of small twin blades at the tip which can spin like a drill. Its head has a pair of red eyes that flash blue when it begins to go out of control.

Mechagodzilla's arms and hands are noticeably larger and thicker than those of previous incarnations, its hands resembling giant crane claws. Its arms are laced with various panels, along with hidden missile launchers under its shoulder pads and saws at the bottom of each finger.

Both of Mechagodzilla's feet support a total of five digits, with four at the front and one at the back. Its legs are shown to contain various pieces of machinery such as hydraulic pumps to support its massive weight.

According to director Adam Wingard, he based Mechagodzilla's design on the robot designs from the live-action Transformers movies.

Personality

Mechagodzilla is initially completely under the control of Ren Serizawa, who, using a neural interface, controls Mechagodzilla like an extension of his own body. However, once King Ghidorah's consciousness takes control of the machine, Mechagodzilla becomes incredibly violent and destructive, immediately turning on and killing its creators before bursting free from its facility. Mechagodzilla immediately begins destroying Hong Kong before turning its attention to Godzilla, brutally and relentlessly attacking and attempting to kill him.

Origins

Mechagodzilla is a cybernetic Titan that was created by Apex Cybernetics in secret to destroy Godzilla and end the reign of Titans. At some point during the five years after Godzilla defeated King Ghidorah, Apex had acquired King Ghidorah's skull and connected its neural networks to Mechagodzilla.

History

MonsterVerse

Godzilla vs. Kong

Mechagodzilla in Godzilla vs. Kong

Five years after King Ghidorah’s defeat, billionaire Walter Simmons founded Apex Cybernetics in order to help mankind and rebuild the world. Bernie Haye, an online conspiracy theorist and host of the Titan Truth Podcast has worked deep undercover for Apex Cybernetics in Pensacola, Florida for five years to expose the companies shady activities.

Just as Hayes was downloading data from an Apex computer and onto a flash drive, Godzilla rose from the waters and attacked the facility. As the staff began to evacuate, Hayes sneaked into a restricted area of the facility where he was confronted by two guards. As they held him at gunpoint, the two guards were suddenly killed from a blast of Godzilla’s atomic breath, leaving Hayes unharmed. As the smoke cleared, and Godzilla continuing his rampage, Hayes saw a strange piece of technology, and “eye” among the ruins of the facility.

Soon after, Walter Simmons and his chief technical officer, Ren Serizawa visited Nathan Lind at Dunham University in Philadelphia, where they showed their interest in his studies of the Hollow Earth, the home of the Titans. They revealed that deep scan of the planet’s core revealed a powerful source of energy that sustained its ecosystem, similar to that of Godzilla himself. They proposed a joint mission between Apex and MONARCH to enter the Hollow Earth and harvest this source of energy to create a weapon of defeating Godzilla.

Suspicious after Godzilla’s attack, Madison Russell and her friend, Josh Valentine sought out Hayes, and agreed that Apex had something to do with Godzilla’s change in behaviour. The three then broke in the ruin Apex facility, finding that the “eye” Hayes described was now gone. Madison found an elevator that took them to sublevel 33, a mysterious area mentioned in the data Hayes managed to download. Upon reaching the sublevel, the group of three hid in a nearby transport vessel that housed Skullcrawler eggs. The vessel was then transported to Hong Kong, Apex’s headquarters and successfully broke in. As they began to investigate the large chamber, they stumbled on the activation test for Apex's ultimate anti-Titan weapon: Mechagodzilla.

As it activated, Walter Simmons unleashed a Skullcrawler into the chamber as a test subject. The Skullcrawler set its sight on the small group of people and began to give chase. As Josh and Bernie took cover in a small hatch, Madison tripped as she was running. But before the Skullcrawler could devour her, Ren Serizawa, who was piloting Mechagodzilla, restrained it, held it by its arms, and sliced in half with its Proton Scream before powering down. Serizawa reported that Mechagodzilla only reached about 40% capacity, which Water Simmons dismissed it as expected and not to worry as they would have the power they needed to finish their creation. However, as they activated Mechagodzilla, Godzilla had sensed this and was now swimming towards Hong Kong.

As Madison Russell, Josh Valentine, and Bernie Hayes continued to sneak around the facility, they found out that Apex had gotten their hands on King Ghidorah’s skull, built a living supercomputer, and were using it for neural interface in order to control Mechagodzilla. After Kong had led the Apex-Monarch team to a massive castle-like structure that was built for his species, Kong found a massive axe that glowed with blue energy, which caused the ground around him began to glow with the same energy. Apex immediately set out a spider-drone to extract and analyze a sample of the energy, much to MONARCH’s disagreement.

Nevertheless, Apex managed to copy and recreate the energy from the Hollow Earth and implant ended it in Mechagodzilla. Simmons gave the order to activate Mechagodzilla once more, but Ren Serizawa warned him that the neural interface was untested and that they had no idea how Mechagodzilla could react to the new source of energy. Simmons dismissed these concerns and order Serizawa to activate Mechagodzilla to “show the world what he can do”.

As the two Titans Godzilla and Kong fought in Hong Kong for supremacy, Apex activated Mechagodzilla, who was now infused with the power from the Hollow Earth. However, this also prompted King Ghidorah's consciousness to possess the mecha. The machine instantly severed its neural link with Ren Serizawa before shocking and killing him. Mechagodzilla went out of control, killing Simmons as it broke free of its chamber under Victoria Peak Mountain and began to destroy what was left of Hong Kong with its proton scream. Godzilla, who had just nearly killed Kong, roared at his mechanical doppelgänger and promptly charged at him.

Mechagodzilla, recognizing its old rival, responded with a charge of its own, firing a barrage of missiles at the King of the Monsters. As both monsters clashed, Mechagodzilla activated its jet boosters, as its claws ignited with blue energy, knocking Godzilla to the ground with ease. Watching the battle from the control room, Madison, Josh, and Hayes realized that Mechagodzilla was still being controlled by the command center, so Josh tried to hack into Mechagodzilla's system in an attempt to slow it down

As Mechagodzilla continued its assault, it grabbed Godzilla by the head and slammed his head against multiple buildings. Finally, the two monsters engaged in a beam-lock, only for Mechagodzilla to pour more energy into its proton scream, knocking Godzilla over once more and severely burning his chest. As the mechanical Titan continued its relentless assault against Godzilla, Nathan Lind used a HEAV as a defibrillator on Kong's chest, reviving him. As Kong woke up, he witnessed the battle between Godzilla and Mechagodzilla. Jia convinced Kong that Godzilla wasn’t the enemy and that Mechagodzilla was the true enemy, but she also warned him to be careful.

As Kong sprung into action, Mechagodzilla dragged Godzilla to the ground once more. It pried Godzilla’s jaws open, intending on firing its proton scream into Godzilla's mouth. Just before Mechagodzilla dealt the killing blow, Kong jumped onto Mechagodzilla’s back and pulled its head back, forcing it to fire its Proton Scream into the sky. Mechagodzilla threw Kong off of its back and was just about to strike, only for Godzilla to grab one of its arms, stopping the oncoming attack and allowing Kong to do the same. Both monsters joined forces, pulling Mechagodzilla through a building by its arms.

Mechagodzilla soon broke free of both monsters' grip, knocking Kong away as it dealt with Godzilla. Mechagodzilla delivered a swift uppercut to Godzilla's chin before pinning him to a building. But before Mechagodzilla could deliver a blow from its tail, Kong reentered the fight, his axe at hand, and swung the weapon at Mechagodzilla. Mechagodzilla quickly gained the upper hand once more, pinning Kong against a building as it lashed its drill-tipped tail into Kong’s face, only for him to catch it.

As the battle was still going on, Josh was still trying to hack into Mechagodzilla's system, only for Hayes to dismiss the motion and suggest having one last drink before they died. This gave Josh an idea, as he took Hayes' flask of alcohol and poured it all over Mechagodzilla's control panel, causing it to spark and making Mechagodzilla momentarily stall. Godzilla took this opportunity to fire his atomic breath at Kong's axe, supercharging it. As Kong broke free, he began to strike Mechagodzilla with the axe, managing to chop both of its arms off before severing one of its legs, bringing Mechagodzilla down to the ground.

As Kong lifted his axe over its head, Mechagodzilla attempted to fire one last proton scream but failed as Kong slammed his weapon onto Mechagodzilla's neck, then tore off its head. Kong held up Mechagodzilla's severed head and spine and roared triumphantly, then threw it aside, ending Mechagodzilla's short reign of terror.

Abilities

Proton scream

Mechagodzilla's Proton Scream overpowers Godzilla's atomic breath.

Mechagodzilla can fire a red beam of pure energy from its mouth. This attack managed to overpower Godzilla’s atomic breath and was potent enough to cut a Skullcrawler in half.

Missile launchers

Mechagodzilla unleashes a barrage of missiles at Godzilla.

Mechagodzilla has a pair of mounted missile launchers which rise from behind its shoulder pads. These missiles can easily blow buildings to pieces and caused Godzilla to roar out in pain.

Jet boosters

Mechagodzilla knocks Godzilla down with a charged punch combined with its jet boosters.

Mechagodzilla has a set of six rocket boosters that fire out of openable ports by its dorsal fins. These boosters make Mechagodzilla more agile in close-quarters combat, allowing it to get the upper hand over Godzilla.

Rotating hands

Much like Kiryu, this Mechagodzilla can rotate its hands like drills, delivering extra damage with its punches.

Tail

The drill at the end of Mechagodzilla's tail inches closer and closer to Kong's face.

Mechagodzilla's tail is tipped with multiple spikes and can be rotated at high speed to act like a drill.

Physical capabilities

Mechagodzilla relies on close-quarters combat, human-like reflexes, and weapons empowered with the energy from the Hollow Earth. Mechagodzilla uses its jet boosters to outmaneuver Godzilla. In close-quarters combat, Mechagodzilla uses its massive claws to knock Godzilla to the ground and even effortlessly drags him across the ground.

Weaknesses

Mechagodzilla requires a substantial amount of power to operate at full capacity and is shown to burn through energy rather quickly. The charge from the energy source within the Hollow Earth was required to charge Mechagodzilla up to full combat potential. Mechagodzilla is also momentarily stalled when Josh Valentine pours Bernie Hayes' flask of alcohol onto its control panel. This buys Godzilla the time needed to charge Kong's axe, after which the Titan can easily slice the mecha apart. Mechagodzilla is finally destroyed once its head is torn off.

Roar

The MonsterVerse Mechagodzilla's roars are mostly Godzilla's roars that have been increased in pitch and edited to sound metallic. Once King Ghidorah's consciousness takes control of the mecha, it emits modified Ghidorah roars. A down-pitched Kiryu roar can be heard as Mechagodzilla drags Godzilla on the ground.

Mechagodzilla's roars

Gallery

Main article: Mechagodzilla/Legendary/Gallery.

Trivia

• This Mechagodzilla, like the Showa Mechagodzilla, first emerges from a mountain, engages in a beam lock with Godzilla, fires missiles, fights Godzilla and another monster helping him, and is defeated by having its head torn off.
• This is the first incarnation of Mechagodzilla to be primarily built by humans and still serve as a villain.
• King Ghidorah's brain being used to control Mechagodzilla is reminiscent of the film Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, in which Mecha-King Ghidorah's components were used to construct Mechagodzilla. Furthermore, just as Ghidorah's brain takes over control of Mechagodzilla in Godzilla vs. Kong and drives it berserk, in the Shogakukan manga adaptation of Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Mecha-King Ghidorah's programming overrides control over Mechagodzilla and causes G-Force to lose control of it.
• Mechagodzilla is teased during the end credits montage of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, in which a news article states that a "mechanized Titan" has been constructed.

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