Godzilla (Rulers of Earth Continuity)
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- This article covers the Godzilla that appeared in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Godzilla and Godzilla: Rulers of Earth. The Godzilla incarnations featured in IDW’s various other miniseries and media are not covered in this article.
Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira) is a giant monster who first appeared in IDW Publishing's comic book series Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters. The third incarnation of Godzilla to star in an ongoing American comic book series, following the Marvel and Dark Horse Godzillas, this Godzilla was also the focus of IDW's two follow-up series, Godzilla and Godzilla: Rulers of Earth.
A prehistoric monster who suddenly awakened from under the sea in 2011, Godzilla was immediately attacked with a nuclear weapon which only served to grant him atomic powers. Godzilla terrorized the globe as other giant monsters began to appear as well. After clashing with Anguirus, Godzilla battled against King Ghidorah and humanity's own weapon, Mechagodzilla. He finally triumphed in battle against Rodan and Battra, who were under the control of the evil psychic twin girls Minette and Mallory. As time went on, Godzilla remained a constant threat, appearing in cities such as Washington, D.C. Mercenary Boxer formed an elite team specifically to hunt Godzilla and monsters like him, while humanity built a new and improved Mechagodzilla to combat him. Godzilla would turn out to be the lesser of two evils when a group of four space monsters arrived on Earth to wreak havoc. Godzilla joined forces with humanity and his fellow Earth monsters to battle the space monsters, finally defeating the powerful Keizer Ghidorah with help from Rodan. Godzilla gradually began to be seen as a force of nature, his occassional attacks much like a hurricane or earthquake. He became more active as other new monsters such as Zilla and Sanda and Gaira began emerging. The Earth soon fell victim to an alien invasion by the Cryogs and the Devonians and their armies of monsters. Godzilla stood at the front lines, defeating the Devonians' monsters and destroying their capital. However, the Cryogs struck back with monsters of their own, including an army of mass-produced Mechagodzillas and the deadly power-absorbing Trilopods. Only with the assistance of the other monsters of Earth and mankind's mecha units was Godzilla able to slay the Trilopods and their colossal queen Magita, earning him a much-deserved rest from battle.
Name
- See also: Godzilla#Name.
Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ), comes from a combination of the Japanese approximation of "gorilla" (ゴリラ gorira), and kujira (クジラ), the Japanese word for "whale."
Design
The design of the IDW Godzilla changes throughout his appearances. In Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Godzilla debuts baring a heavy resemblance to the ShodaiGoji design. Over time, Godzilla more vaguely resembles the earlier Heisei Godzilla designs. What remains unchanged in the series is his pointed dorsal fins reminiscent of the FinalGoji design. In this comic series, Godzilla has no visible pupils or irises similar to the GMKGoji design, however close ups of his face or eyes show black eyes in earlier issues and orange ones by the end of the series. Godzilla is a blend of gray and green in color, with his dorsal fins being roughly the same color as the rest of his body.
In Godzilla, Godzilla more explicitly resembles the later Heisei designs, specifically the MogeGoji design. Godzilla is considerably bulkier in this comic, with thick, powerful legs. His dorsal fins are similar to the Heisei Godzilla's, with a black center and white outline. His eyes are seemingly white with black pupils. His skin seems to be a gray and blue blend in color courtesy of the art style, however, it otherwise appears black.
In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Godzilla now closely resembles the KiryuGoji and FinalGoji designs. He possesses scaly gray skin, large bone-white dorsal fins, pointed ears, large brow ridges, and gold eyes. When charging his atomic breath, his dorsal plates, and eyes occasionally, glow blue. They turned orange when Godzilla utilized an abnormal nuclear pulse to obliterate Magita.
Personality
In Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Godzilla is a violent and destructive creature that indiscriminately lays waste to human civilization. He displayed great hostility towards other monsters and occasionally humans upon encountering them, deliberately obliterating a helpless group of humans trapped in a dangling Limousine at one point. However, during his fight with Anguirus in Los Angeles, he took notice of the renowned “HOLLYWOOD” before deliberately obliterating it with his atomic breath for unknown reasons. He continued to demonstrate horrifying malice when he fired his atomic breath upon a thick line of civilian traffic in addition to trampling everything, leaving behind a field of destruction and only one survivor. He remains extremely aggressive throughout the majority of Godzilla; however, he is convinced to stand down at one point by Mothra. By the end of this series, Godzilla joins forces with other monsters such as Mechagodzilla, Kumonga, and Rodan in order to defend the Earth against the invading space monsters Hedorah, SpaceGodzilla, and Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah. In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Godzilla is still highly aggressive and often attacks other monsters he encounters; however, he is often the lesser of two evils and fends off the other more malevolent creatures employed by both the Cryogs and the Devonians. However, Godzilla is not above allying with former enemies like with SpaceGodzilla and Megaguirus once they shared a common enemy in the form of the trilopods. He is also friendly toward some of his fellow monsters, such as Mothra and Anguirus. When one of the Mothra larvae took an interest in his tail after defeating Destoroyah, Godzilla simply walked away instead of attacking it. By the storyline's finale, Godzilla joins forces with nearly all of Earth's other monsters, even those that were once his enemies, to defeat the Trilopods in a final confrontation in Los Angeles. Afterwards, Godzilla went back into the ocean in peace as the other monsters proceeded to follow him.
Origins
Godzilla's origins are somewhat ambiguous in the series. Presumably, Godzilla's origins are similar to most origins, being a prehistoric amphibious reptile, though his role in the balance of Earth's kaiju is brought into question as the mural on Infant Island does not feature him. Unlike most versions of Godzilla, he rampages through Japan before being mutated by a nuclear bomb strike, a reverse of the character’s usual backstory character.
History
- Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters (2011-2012)
- Godzilla (IDW comic) (2012-2013)
- Godzilla: Rulers of Earth (2013-2015)
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 1
As a sibling duo were enjoying their day at the beach on Nii-jima Island off the coast of Japan, an enormous protrusion erupted from the ground. The two kids were left shocked as the ground began to rise and reveal teeth. They soon find themselves hanging onto a pair of Godzilla’s teeth as the monster’s head burst from the sand. Subsequently, Godzilla deliberately laid waste to the nearby town before entering the ocean on a trajectory for Tokyo. Godzilla’s journey was paused when a nuclear missile from a JSDF submarine was launched at him. The resulting explosion engulfed Godzilla and left the Japanese breaking into celebration. To their horror, Godzilla is revealed to be alive and completely unharmed. Godzilla roared in rage at the sky as a blue burst of fire exited his mouth. When he reached Tokyo three hours later, Godzilla utilized his newly acquired weapon to set the surrounding area ablaze in a rampage through the city.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 2
Godzilla eventually travels to Yokohama and does the city the same as he had done to Tokyo. At one point, Godzilla stops in front of a building as a fisherman, the vengeful father of the children from Nii-jima Island, jumped down onto the monster’s snout covered in explosive material. His attempt at harming Godzilla occurred in vain as the miniature explosion only made Godzilla scratch his snout like an itch.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 3
Afterwards, Godzilla continued his rampage into a Korean demilitarized zone. After trampling the tower housing North Korean soldiers, Godzilla directed his rampage in a trajectory east towards the US on an intercept course with Anguirus.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 4
The two monsters eventually met in Los Angeles, California, where they engaged in a long and brutal battle.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 5
The fight ended with a triumphant Godzilla continuing East while Anguirus lied vulnerable and bleeding from his snout. Subsequently, Godzilla continued traveling east over the course of a month. At one point, Godzilla, with deliberate malice, slaughtered a long line of thick traffic via his atomic breath and trampling, leaving behind complete destruction and a sole survivor.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 6
Godzilla soon made his presence in South Dakota, deliberately destroying Mount Rushmore. Not much time later, he was met by the global collaborated project and line of defense, a robot built in his image dubbed Mechagodzilla. Godzilla quickly triumphed over the Mecha after firing his atomic breath at its propulsion boosters, causing it to fly away and go on a rampage in Atlanta, Georgia.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 7
Afterwards, Godzilla eventually arrived in Washington, D.C., reducing the American capitol city to complete ruin off-panel. After destroying the Washington monument, Godzilla was introduced to a new enemy, King Ghidorah.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 8
The two powerful monsters thunderously roared before making their first moves. Godzilla charged up his atomic breath, only to be knocked down by Ghidorah’s gravity beams, however, Godzilla retaliated with a powerful blast of his atomic breath that bought him the opportunity to tackle the three-headed-dragon down. Pinning down his enemy with his foot, Godzilla blasted down at Ghidorah, but suddenly, the latter’s side heads bit down on his wrists as the middle one fired its gravity beam at him, all three heads bombarding Godzilla with electricity. Immediately afterwards, Ghidorah knocked Godzilla onto his back with his gravity beams. When it seemed Ghidorah was winning, Godzilla charged his atomic breath for an abnormal amount of time as blue electricity emitted from his dorsal plates, before Godzilla fired it upon Ghidorah. Resultantly, the attack produced an enormous black mushroom cloud, which eventually revealed Godzilla standing before a knocked out King Ghidorah roaring in triumph.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 9
Soon, Mechagodzilla closed in on Washington DC, detecting Godzilla from 20 kilometers away. Before it could retreat back to its construction plant in Detroit, Godzilla stood in front of the robot, ready to fight his Mecha-doppelgänger once more.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 10
As the battle commenced, Godzilla charged at Mechagodzilla before being sent crashing into some nearby buildings by the latter’s Mega Buster. In retaliation, Godzilla fired his atomic breath at Mechagodzilla right at point-blank, leaving it open for him to close the distance and throw a powerful punch that knocked Mechagodzilla off its feet. Clawing at Mechagodzilla’s chest, Godzilla prepared to annihilate the robot’s head in point-blank range, before his attack was forced up into the atmosphere, which inadvertently beaconed Minette and Mallory to his location. Subsequently, Godzilla took three powerful blows from Mechagodzilla before tripping it with his tail. The two were then joined by Ghidorah, who eventually proceeded to fly over Mechagodzilla and tackled Godzilla down. After the Monster King got back on his feet, he and Ghidorah were pierced by Mechagodzilla’s shock anchors, which sent a tremendous voltage of electricity into the two monsters. After seconds of electrocuting its enemies, Mechagodzilla knocked out Godzilla and Ghidorah with its Plasma Grenade, leaving them lying unconscious. Subsequently, Minette, Mallory, and their kaiju minions landed down in front of Godzilla, the psychic twins relishing in the sight of Godzilla as his eyes suddenly opened.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 11
Now awake but critically weakened, Godzilla lied as Minette and Mallory unsuccessfully commanded him to get up, but an idea suddenly came to the latter twin. Subsequently, Rodan and Battra under the twins’ command carried Godzilla to a nearby nuclear power plant before dropping him onto the cooling reactor. Battra then fired his prism beams upon Godzilla, causing a fiery explosion, from which, Godzilla stood revitalized as he looked at company with his atomic breath charging. The monster king unleashed his beam afterwards, inadvertently knocking the twins unconscious before Rodan and Battra proceeded to engage with him in battle. In little time, Godzilla swiftly overpowered the two flying monsters, leaping up before landing on them forcefully. The dark divine moth then got up and with Godzilla, beam locked their respective weapons, causing an explosion that sent both monsters flying backwards. In the resulting crater, Godzilla, Battra, and Rodan all lied covered in rubble unable to continue fighting.
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 12
Along with Rodan and Battra, Godzilla lied in a crater in the city of Washington DC, covered in debris and unable to continue fighting.
Godzilla (IDW comic)
Two years after his battle against Rodan and Battra, Godzilla roamed the area 50 miles outside of Washington DC unopposed. It is eventually shown in a flashback of Boxer’s past that he had inadvertently killed the bodyguard’s daughter during his rampage on Los Angeles. Later on, it is explained that after Godzilla’s fight with Rodan and Battra, he was buried underneath the mountains near Washington DC, only for him to free himself from them.
"Forty Stories of Sheer Terror"
Godzilla made an appearance on Washington DC, trampling its infrastructure over an incredible distance while destroying helicopters attacking him with his atomic breath. After a while, Godzilla’s attention was drawn to a group of armed citizens, whom inadvertently shot Boxer’s client, Gwen. Godzilla soon made his presence at the Capitol Building, obliterating it with his atomic breath. Afterwards, Godzilla attacked Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while the other monsters attacked other cities around the world.
"Giant Monsters are the Disease: Meet the Cure..."
Godzilla isn’t featured in this issue.
"This Time It's Personal"
On the Fourth of July, Godzilla made landfall in St. Louis, Missouri and proceeded to obliterate the surrounding buildings with his atomic breath.
"You Don't Assign Him a Giant Monster, You Just Turn Him Loose"
Godzilla made landfall on San Diego, California, where he was temporarily occupied with a nuclear submarine close by. Afterwards, he became aware of a helicopter flying far above him, though he didn’t attack it.
"The Mission is a Giant Monster"
Godzilla took his rampage into Fernando Valley, where Boxer and his crew, the Giant Monster Kill Crew, had attempted to utilize a Headache Beam on him, only for it to completely fail against him. Godzilla then proceeded to slam his tail down on an automobile that Boxer’s son, Harrison himself, attempted to hot wire. Subsequently, Godzilla was reunited with an old enemy from two years prior, MechaGodzilla. The new Mechagodzilla proceeded to fire a powerful blue beam from its chest, which knocked Godzilla onto his back. As Godzilla attempted to get up, Mechagodzilla bombarded harm on him with its arm weapons, though he had gotten back onto his feet and began to approach his enemy. Godzilla then proceeded to bite at Mechagodzilla’s neck before the latter took while holding the Monster King. After landing, Mechagodzilla fired its chest weapon, which Godzilla retaliated with his atomic breath, and the two beam locked. Godzilla proved himself more powerful as his atomic breath went through Mechagodzilla’s neck, resulting in the robot falling over in defeat. The triumphant Godzilla then continued east.
"They Had Nothing Left to Lose but Each Other"
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"The Government Gave Them A Choice... Now There's No Turning Back"
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"Somewhere, Somehow, Something is Going to Pay"
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"The Night the Giant Monsters Came Home!"
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"His Whole Life Was a Million-to-One Shot"
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"The War's Not Over Until the Last Monster Goes Home!"
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"This Time He's Fighting For His Life"
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"The End of This Nightmare... Once and for All"
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Godzilla: Rulers of Earth
"In the Court of the King"
In the Pacific Ocean, an Earth Defense Force submarine picked up an enormous lifeform on its sonar. Though the mysterious creature was deemed too fast and thin to be Godzilla, the Monster King himself was strolling along the ocean floor at the time. More TBA
"Showdown"
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"Tides of War"
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"Dawn of Destoroyah"
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"Captive"
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"Two of a Kind"
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"Viva Jet Jaguar"
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"Monster Island"
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"An Unnatural History"
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"No Place Like Home"
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"The Devils and the Deep"
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"As Above, So Below"
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"Changing of the Guard"
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"Strangers"
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"Hunting Party"
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"King for a Day"
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"Space and Time"
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"All Creatures, Mega and Small"
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"Signal to End"
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"Dawn of the Trilopods"
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"Home Invasion"
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"An Uneasy Alliance"
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"Old Rules"
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"Battlecry"
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"End"
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Abilities
Atomic breath
Godzilla is capable of shooting a beam of focused nuclear radiation out of his mouth. He gained this ability in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters after absorbing the energy of a nuclear missile launched upon him. This weapon started out as a blue radioactive beam of fire with fluid movement, baring a resemblance to the Incandescent Light possessed by the Original and Showa Godzillas in their debut films. By the time of his second battle against Mechagodzilla, the atomic breath begins to appear as a concentrated energy beam. Atomic Breath is capable of inflicting great harm on most other monsters and engulf the surrounding environment in flames. In Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, it reduced various cities such as Nii-Jima Island, Tokyo, Yokohama, Los Angeles, and Washington DC to ruin. In his second battle against Mechagodzilla, when the robot forced his head up to divert his atomic breath, the beam instantaneously surpassed the altitude of the lower clouds. In his fight against King Ghidorah, an extensively charged up blast of his atomic breath produced a mushroom cloud akin to that of a hydrogen bomb in addition to an electromagnetic pulse that affected all human technology within close proximity. Godzilla’s atomic breath created an enormous explosion and subsequent crater after locking with Battra’s prism beams.
By Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, the atomic breath’s appearance became more of a powerful, concentrated blast of energy, making it identical to the atomic breath of the Godzilla incarnations from the Millennium era films, especially that of the Final Wars Godzilla. It set Biollante ablaze completely, leaving the monster in flames and agonizing pain as Godzilla left.
Spiral Heat Ray
Godzilla possesses an unnamed, but far more powerful version of his atomic breath, which is orange in color. He used this beam in his fight with Magita.
Nuclear Pulse
Godzilla sports a nuclear pulse, which is capable of incinerating Destoroyah’s aggravate forms and throw off various attackers. He posses an orange variant of the pulse that was able to finish off and obliterate Magita.
Physical Abilities
Godzilla has a breathtaking amount of strength, overpowering most other monsters with ease, even standing his ground against the likes of Destoroyah and SpaceGodzilla. He triumphed over Anguirus with tremendous brutality in their fight in Los Angeles, leaving the latter lying in a vulnerable state of being and heavily bleeding. In his first encounter with Mechagodzilla, Godzilla inflicted enough damage to the robot to leave it covered in cracks and visible damage when he unintentionally sent it flying with a changed objective. He would later worsen Mechagodzilla’s condition when the two of them and Ghidorah engaged in a free-for-all battle in Washington DC, giving its controllers no choice but to retreat. In his very first one-against-one fight against Ghidorah, Godzilla over time gained the victory when his strength and power proved greater than that of the less enduring dragon. In Godzilla: Ongoing, it is explained by Boxer’s exe, Claire Plangman, that Godzilla was buried underneath a mountain range near Washington DC after his fight with Rodan and Battra, but he managed to free himself. He threw Zilla over an incredible distance with just his jaws, and later held him by the throat with one hand. He overpowered Biollante despite his size disadvantage. He used Anguirus as a flail-like weapon against Mecha King Ghidorah with great efficiency. In the final issue of Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Godzilla upholds Magita as she attempts to crush him, holding the mountain-sized alien long enough to kill her.
Godzilla possesses a natural prowess in combat as shown throughout his fights in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, proving capable of handling two enemies at once. He defeated Rodan and Battra with ease. By his last appearances, Godzilla had mastered a particular martial art and is incredibly prow in hand-to-hand combat, taking on numerous opponents at once on at least three occasions in Godzilla: Rulers of Earth. The first was when he fought multiple Mechagodzillas before facing Mecha-King Ghidorah. The second was when he temporarily faced the numerous trilopods sent to earth alone. At one point, Godzilla took on Titanosaurus, Manda, Gezora, Ebirah, and Destoroyah all alone underwater.
Durability
Godzilla's resilience is unrivaled by most kaiju, being able to endure many powerful attacks, even when facing a worthy opponent.
Intelligence
Godzilla has proven to be very intelligent both in and out of battle. In his fight with Anguirus in Los Angeles, for unknown reasons, Godzilla deliberately obliterated the famous “HOLLYWOOD” reading in the outskirts of the city upon noticing it. Immediately afterwards, Godzilla countered Anguirus in mid-air before the Ankylosaurid-Monster could succeed in pouncing on him. He pulled off a successful ambush on Zilla during their fight. He is capable of effectively coordinating and strategizing in battle with other Kaiju such as Anguirus, Mothra, Jet Jaguar, SpaceGodzilla, and more.
Healing Factor
Godzilla possesses regenerative capabilities that can heal injuries quickly, sometimes with enough speed to heal from blood-drawing attacks as soon as they are inflicted.
Energy Absorption
Godzilla possesses energy absorbing capabilities, first demonstrated in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters when the absorption of energy from a nuclear missile granted him his infamous atomic breath. After exhausting himself in his fights in Washington DC, Godzilla was brought back to his feet when the evil psychic twins Minette and Mallory commanded Rodan and Battra to drop him onto a nuclear power plant before having the latter ignite an explosion with his prism beams. This completely revitalized Godzilla and allowed him to swiftly dispatch his company.
Radioactive Emissions
In Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Godzilla’s rampage in Tokyo produced a radioactive fallout, causing a mass contamination that left masses of fish dead and sources of water undrinkable.
Weaknesses
As seemingly unstoppable as he is, Godzilla has had blood drawn by many of his enemies. He can be overwhelmed when facing too many opponents, and has required help with defeating certain enemies, such as in his fight against Destoroyah before Mothra intervened, his fight with Mecha-King Ghidorah prior to Anguirus’ help, and Magita prior to channeling his atomic energy into a powerful nuclear pulse.
Gallery
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Roar
Godzilla's roar is usually represented with the onomatopoeia "Skreeonk".
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