List of unmade monsters
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This is a list of known monsters and aliens from unproduced media projects (film, television, literature, etc.) and abandoned concepts from completed ones, organized by the medium they appeared in and in alphabetical order. The list is meant to be comprehensive but, given the obscure subject matter, it may be incomplete.
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Films
- Albino pit beasts (King Kong (2005))[1]
- Alien dinosaurs (Space Kong (1969))[2]
- Allosaurus (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Anguirus Hound (Godzilla vs. Godzilla and Godzilla vs. Barubaroi)[3]
- Ankylosaurus (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Ankyron (Godzilla vs. Ankyron)
- Archaeopteryx (Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds)[4]
- Arkitius (Giant Squid Monster Arkitius)
- Arsinoitherium (King Kong (1933} and King Kong (2005))
- AstroGodzilla (Godzilla vs. AstroGodzilla)
- Asuka Fortress (Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress)
- Light Boy (Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress)
- Miracle Boy (Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress)
- Salamander (Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress)
- Titan (Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress)
- Aurora Godzilla (form of Ghost Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Godzilla)[5]
- Axolotl Monsters (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Bagan / Bakan (Resurrection of Godzilla)
- Bagan (second version; Mothra vs. Bagan, Godzilla 3, Godzilla vs. Bagan, and Yamato Takeru II)
- Baluchitherium (The Legend of King Kong)
- Baraguirus (kaiju resembling a hybrid of Baragon and Anguirus, Godzilla vs. Godzilla)
- Barubaroi (Godzilla vs. Barubaroi)
- Bat Creatures / Bat-Things (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Berserk (Godzilla vs. Berserk)
- Big fish (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)
- Biomonster (Godzilla vs. Biomonster)[6]
- Bionic Kong (Bionic Kong (1976-1977))
- Bubble-like monster (early precursor to Orga from Godzilla 2000: Millennium)[7]
- Camouflaged birds (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)
- Carnivorous pit plant (unused concept from King Kong (1933))
- Carnotaurus (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Cat-like creature with multiple tails (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)[8]
- Cave Fishers (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)[9][10]
- Cavern-dwelling centipedes (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Cavern-dwelling crab (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Cavern-dwelling mantises (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Cavern-dwelling spider (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Censeredon (King Kong (2005))[11]
- Centipede Creature (The Legend of King Kong)
- Chamelegon (S.O.S. Japan! Godzilla's Suicide Strategy, 1976)[7]
- Cthulhu (Godzilla vs. Cthulhu)[12]
- CrystalGodzilla / Neo SpaceGodzilla (Godzilla vs. NeoGodzilla)[13]
- Crystal Godzilla (form of Ghost Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Godzilla)
- Cyborg King Kong (Godzilla vs. King Kong)[14]
- Deathla (Godzilla 3-D)
- Deep Sea Life (Godzilla vs. Deep Sea Life)[6]
- Deuterious (Godzilla vs. Biollante original draft)
- Devil-Manta (Devil-Manta)
- Dimorphodontid pterosaurs (King Kong (2005))
- Dinocanisaurus (King Kong (2005))[15]
- Dinosaur (abandoned / unused concept from King Kong (1976))[16]
- Divine Beast (Godzilla vs. Divine Beast)
- Dunkleosteus (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)
- Computer-generated Godzilla (Godzilla 2001)[17]
- Eastern Godzilla (untitled 20th anniversary Godzilla film)[7]
- Elamosaurus (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Emperor Ghidorah (from the unnamed concept for the 6th Heisei Godzilla film)
- Erabus (Godzilla vs. Red Moon)
- Evil Gamera (Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris )[7]
- Female Godzilla (from the second late 1970s attempt of Bride of Godzilla?)[7]
- Fire-themed monster (early concept for Rebirth of Mothra 3)[18]
- Five Godzillas of different colors (Kaiju Sentai Godzilla)[19]
- G-END (unused anti-G mecha from Godzilla vs. Destoroyah[20]
- Gaira / Namagon / Nature Goddess (Gamera 3D)[21][22]
- Gamoni (A Space Godzilla)
- Garasharp (Gamera vs. Garasharp)
- Garasharp's babies
- Garuda (full robot-bird version, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (early draft))[23]
- Garugan (Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in Zanpamisaki)
- Gebara (early prototype version of Gabara and Megalon)
- Gejira (Jewellers, Yoshimitsu Banno (1972-2010))
- Genocide Jaguar / Female Android (Godzilla vs. Cyber City)[6][24]
- Ghost Godzilla (Godzilla vs. Godzilla)
- Ghostly Whale (The Ghostly Whale That Came from the Sea to Attack Tokyo, pre-Godzilla concept by Eiji Tsuburaya)
- Giant Alien Dragonfly (Godzilla vs. AstroGodzilla)
- Giant Amphibian (The Legend of King Kong)
- Giant amphibious sea serpent (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)
- Giant Ankylosaurus (The Volcano Monsters)
- Giant Archaeopteryx (Bride of Godzilla?)
- Giant blood-sucking flea (Bride of Godzilla?)
- Giant Chameleon (Bride of Godzilla?)
- Giant clams (Two Godzillas: Japan S.O.S.!)[7]
- Giant door spider (early 1997 version of Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005))
- Giant elephant (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)[25]
- Giant eagles (War Eagles)
- The Legendary White Eagle (War Eagles)
- Giant Frankenstein's monster / the Ginko / Prometheus (King Kong vs. Frankenstein / King Kong vs. the Ginko / King Kong vs. Prometheus)
- Giant Iguana (Reigon: Devil of the Seabed)
- Giant Komodo dragons (unused concept from King Kong (1933))
- Giant monkey (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)[26]
- Giant octopus (The Giant Monster from 20,000 Miles Under the Sea, pre-Godzilla concept by Eiji Tsuburaya)
- Giant octopus (Kuru Island, early version of Gorgo)
- Giant river cobra (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)[27]
- Giant Salamander (abandoned concept from Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon)
- Giant Scorpion (Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla)
- Giant Tyrannosaurus rex (The Volcano Monsters)
- Giant venomous bee (deleted scene from Genocide)
- Giant Venus flytrap (Kong: Skull Island)[28]
- Giant vulture (The Legend of King Kong)
- Gigamoth (Micro Super Battle: Godzilla vs. Gigamoth and Godzilla vs. Gigamoth)
- Gigant (Giant Monster Gigant)
- Gigantophis garstini (deleted / lost scene from King Kong (1933))
- Godzilla clone (early draft for Godzilla Reborn)
- Godzilla dorsal plate creatures / blood creatures (unused concept / deleted scene from Shin Godzilla)
- Godzirus (hybrid of Ghost Godzilla and Anguirus, Godzilla vs. Godzilla)[5]
- Gokemidoro (original giant creature from the unreleased version of Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell)[29][30][31]
- Granny the Witch (abandoned giantess version, from The Lost World of Sinbad, originally titled Samurai Pirate in the U.S. (1963))[32]
- Great Spider (deleted / lost scene from King Kong (1933))
- Gryphon (Godzilla (1994))
- Halfun (Godzilla vs. Red Moon)
- Heaps of roots (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)
- Hira-Jin (Godzilla vs. The Mysterians)[7][33]
- Huge heaps of roots (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)
- Icarus Tigris / Tiger Creature (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)
- Ice Giant (Gamera vs. the Space Icemen)
- Jesus (God's Godzilla)[7][34]
- Juvenile Godzilla (seen only as a carcass, Godzilla: King of the Monsters 3-D)
- King Balgan / King Vulcan (early prototype version of King Caesar)[35]
- King Ghidorah (second alien individual, from The Return of King Ghidorah and an early version of Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla)
- King Goku (Godzilla vs. King Goku)
- Kongorilla (Kongorilla (1977-1978))
- Kunin (A Space Godzilla)
- Laminacollosaurus (King Kong (2005))
- Lilin (A Space Godzilla)
- Liopleurodon (Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (early draft))
- Majin Tuol (Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive)
- Marukobukarappa (unused concept from Gamera vs. Viras and later Gamera vs. Garasharp)
- Maser-King Ghidorah (unused concept from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II)[23][36]
- Meat-Eating Plant (Resurrection of Godzilla)
- Mechagodzilla (rebuilt / second version; planned for Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla)
- MechaMothra (Godzilla vs. MechaMothra)
- Mechanical female Godzilla (from William Dozier's treatment for Batman Meets Godzilla)[7][37]
- Megalon Brothers (Godzilla vs. the Megalon Brothers: The Undersea Kingdom's Annihilation Strategy)
- Miba (Godzilla Reborn)
- Midora (Hedorah 2, a.k.a. Hedorah vs. Midora (2014-2017))[38]
- Miko (Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive)
- Mogu (The Return of King Ghidorah)
- Moguera (abandoned living creature version, The Mysterians)[39]
- Mammoth Snake / Mammoth Serpent (early precursor to Manda)
- Momonra (Giant Monster Momonra)
- Monga (abandoned concept from Gamera vs. Guiron, replaced by Space Gyaos)
- Monster Island fauna (GODZILLA 2)
- Monstrous plants (early creature concepts for The X from Outer Space)[40]
- Mosasaur (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)
- Mountain Frankenstein (The Frankenstein Brothers, the first draft of what would become The War of the Gargantuas)
- Mutated animal hybrids (Godzilla vs. The Mysterians)[7][41]
- Mutated blue whale (GODZILLA 2)
- Mutated dog (Nessie)[7]
- Mutated humans (abandoned / unused concept from Godzilla vs. Biollante)
- Mutant Starfish (Godzilla vs. the Mutant Starfish)
- New Godzilla (abandoned / altered concept from Godzilla vs. Destoroyah)
- Nessie (Nessie)
- Nesugon (The Birth of Monster Nesugon)[40]
- Nezura (Giant Horde Beast Nezura)
- Nezoorabat (Giant Horde Beast Nezura)
- Octopus-Insect (deleted / lost scene from King Kong (1933))
- Parasaurolophus (The Legend of King Kong)[42]
- Phoenix (Gamera vs. Phoenix (1993-1994); the script was later re-purposed as a published novel)
- Pinnotono (King Kong (2005))[15]
- Pit lizard (deleted / lost scene from King Kong (1933))
- Pit scorpions (The Legend of King Kong)
- Predatory bird of Skull Island (King Kong (2005))[15]
- Probe Bats (Godzilla (1994))
- Pteranodons (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (early draft))
- Pterodactyl (Godzilla (2014))
- Queen Bitch (GODZILLA 2)
- Red Alone (early prototype version of Jet Jaguar)
- Red Godzilla (Godzilla's Counterattack)
- Red Moon (Godzilla vs. Red Moon)
- Reigon (Reigon: Devil of the Seabed)
- "Reptilian eel" (The Legend of King Kong)
- Robot army (Godzilla 2, also known as Godzilla vs. the Robot Army)
- Robot Daughter (Bride of Godzilla?)
- Robot female Godzilla (from the late 1970s attempt at Bride of Godzilla?)[7]
- Robot Ousu (abandoned concept from Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon)[43]
- Robot Yonggary (Yonggary 2)[44]
- Rock-like flying alien birds (A Space Godzilla)[7]
- Rokmutul (Godzilla (2014))
- Rossum (Godzilla vs. Cyber City)[6][45]
- Rozan (A Space Godzilla)
- Runt (GODZILLA 2)
- Scorpion Monster (Godzilla vs. Mothra (early draft))
- Sea Frankenstein (The Frankenstein Brothers, the first draft of what would become The War of the Gargantuas)
- Sea monster (Godzilla vs. The Mysterians)[7][41]
- Sea serpent (Bride of Godzilla?)[7]
- Second Godzilla / Godzilla split-off (abandoned / unused concept from Shin Godzilla)
- Second Hedorah (Godzilla vs. Hedorah 2)
- Shimidah (Godzilla vs. Kong)
- Sidekick monster (Godzilla (1994))
- Simian-like creature (Mortal)
- Son Goku (Gamera 3D)[21][22]
- SpaceGodzilla satellite (Terror of SpaceGodzilla)[46]
- Space Kong (Space Kong (1969))
- Space Moguera (Terror of SpaceGodzilla)[47]
- Spider Crab (deleted / lost scene from King Kong (1933))
- Squid-type monster (abandoned precursor to Zedus from Gamera the Brave)
- Strange, dead monster / "Vishnu" (Godzilla 2012 SDCC teaser trailer)
- Strange monstrous creatures (The New Adventures of King Kong)
- Super Atomic Godzilla (Godzilla vs. Super Atomic Godzilla)[6]
- Swamp Kitty (Godzilla vs. Kong)[48]
- Takegami / M (Godzilla vs. M)
- Teen 'Zillas (GODZILLA 2)
- Third volcano monster (The Volcano Monsters)
- Three unnamed sea monsters (Godzilla: Great Naval Battle)[6][49]
- New Monster A
- New Monster B
- New Monster C
- Titans (Titan I and Titan II, Terror of Mechagodzilla (early draft))
- Transforming Mechagodzilla (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (early draft))
- Triceratops (King Kong (1933); The Legend of King Kong; King Kong (2005))
- Umin (Jewellers, Yoshimitsu Banno (1972-2010))
- Underwater Mechagodzilla (Godzilla: Great Naval Battle)[6][50]
- Urvogel Godzilla (unused form of Godzilla from the 2013 manuscript for Shin Godzilla)[51]
- Vinestrangler (unused concept from Kong: Skull Island)
- Virtual reality monster (Godzilla 2001)[52]
- Western Godzilla (untitled 20th anniversary Godzilla film)[7]
- White Rodan (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (early draft))
- Wyvern (Gamera vs. Two-Headed Monster W, better known as Gamera vs. Wyvern)[53]
Television
- Anguirus (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series)
- Biollante (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series)
- Bird of Prey (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series; replaced by the Sub-Zero Manta)
- Female Godzilla (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series, replaced by Komodithrax)
- Fire-eating tortoise (Stop!, 1960s television series)
- Flying Gigan (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series; only seen twice briefly near the end of the series' opening)
- Gabara (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series)
- Growing creature (unused story pitch / concept by William Stout from Godzilla: The Series)[54]
- Gus the Spider (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series; only seen once briefly near the end of the series' opening)
- Manda the Worm (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series; only seen once briefly near the end of the series' opening)
- Megalon (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series; only seen once briefly near the end of the series' opening)
- "Mechanic Gamera Corpse" (Scrapped 2006 Gamera anime concept by Yoshimoyo Yonetani)[55]
- Moguera (unused monster from Godzilla: The Series)
- Pandaran (Toho Monster TV Film Project: Zone The Meteor Man)[56]
- W.A.R.T. / Wilhelm's Armored Robotic Technician (Kid Kong (1987))[57]
- Zone Angel (unmade giantess version, from Toho Monster TV Film Project: Zone The Meteor Man)[56]
Comics and literature
- Anti-Godzilla (Godzilla vs. Anti-Godzilla, unpublished Dark Horse Comics storyline (1996))[58]
- Biollante Monster Island mutation (unused concept from a scrapped Godzilla: Rulers of Earth storyline)[59]
- Crystal Pod Soldiers (Godzilla: Lolitas and Leviathans, unused comic pitch by Matt Frank)[60]
- Cthulhu (IDW Comics' proposed but rejected crossover storyline Godzilla vs. Cthulhu in Infestation 2)[61]
- Dragon / Hydra from Space (unused Dark Horse Comics monster based on King Ghidorah)[62]
- Giant Terminator T-800 (Dark Horse Comics' proposed but rejected crossover storyline Godzilla vs. the Terminator)
- Godzilla clone (unused concept from a scrapped Godzilla: Rulers of Earth storyline)[59]
- Great Turtle (unused Dark Horse Comics monster based on Anguirus, reworked into Kamerus)
- Monster zoo menagerie (abandoned precursors to the Trilopods)[59]
- Monstrous forest growth (Godzilla and the Lost Continent)
- Mothra surrogate (unused Dark Horse Comics monster based on Mothra, reworked into Inagos)[63]
- Raijin / Daitengu (Godzilla and the Lost Continent)
- Saiyori Kazuma (Godzilla VS Reborn, unused comic pitch by Matt Frank)[64]
- Spiky golden dragon (unused cover art by Chris Scalf for Dark Horse Comics' Godzilla)
Video games
- Fire Lion (Godzilla: Unleashed)
- Lightning Bug (Godzilla: Unleashed)
- The Visitor (Godzilla: Unleashed)
Aliens
The following are alien races and creatures who are not monsters, but were still planned for an unrealized kaiju film project.
- A-07 (Godzilla VS Reborn, unused comic pitch by Matt Frank)[65]
- Alien virus (Godzilla vs. M)
- Aquans (Inter Ice Age 4)[66]
- Garuga Aliens (Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown in Zanpamisaki)
- Gods (God's Godzilla)[7]
- Human Torch (The Dreadful Human Torch, The Human Torch and The Invisible Man vs. The Human Torch (1973-1977))
- Icemen (Gamera vs. the Space Icemen)
- Invisible Man (Toho version) (The Invisible Man vs. The Human Torch (1975-1977))
- Jewellers (Jewellers, Yoshimitsu Banno's unmade 1972-2010 project)
- Mana (Godzilla vs. Gigamoth)
- Marty / ancient alien intelligence (Godzilla (1994))
- Mermaids (Bride of Godzilla?)
- Nazca Aliens (Godzilla 3)[67]
- Robot duplicate (Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress)
- Sphinxes (A Space Godzilla)[7]
- Spy robots (Batman Meets Godzilla (William Dozier version))
- Sunerians (A Space Godzilla)
- Titan Aliens of Galaxy 23 (S.O.S. Japan! Godzilla's Suicide Strategy (1979))[7]
- UFO (Prophecies of Nostradamus II: The King of Terror (1975))
See also
- List of Gamera monsters
- List of Godzilla monsters
- List of King Kong monsters
- List of unmade giant monster films
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