New York City
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New York City is the largest city in the United States of America. It has been visited by several kaiju in films, television series, comic books, and video games, most famously King Kong.
History
King Kong (1933)
After Carl Denham and the surviving crew members of the Venture managed to subdue the giant ape King Kong and bring him back from Skull Island, Kong was exhibited in a Broadway show and billed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World." During the exhibition, Kong became agitated by a group of photographers taking pictures of Ann Darrow and broke free of his bindings. Kong rampaged through the theater and escaped onto the streets of New York. After destroying a train and scaling several buildings, Kong abducted Ann from a hotel room where she was hiding and proceeded to climb to the top of the Empire State Building. The military deployed a fleet of biplanes armed with machine guns to bring down the beast. Kong set Ann down and swatted at the planes, destroying one of them, but was mortally wounded by machine gun fire. Kong succumbed to his wounds and fell off the top of the building, plummeting to the streets below. As crowds gathered around Kong's body, Denham remarked that it wasn't the airplanes that killed Kong, but that "It was beauty killed the beast."
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
When the Rhedosaurus was freed from suspended animation in the Arctic due to nuclear testing, the beast made its way to New York. There the monster begun a rampage, smashing vehicles and eating the unfortunate humans in its way. Eventually the military was able to wound the creature enough to make it bleed, driving the monster to retreat. However the fumes from the spilled blood of the creature on the streets were toxic, causing the pursuing soldiers to collapse. After this discovery, a new plan was formed to fire a radioactive isotope into the wound on the Rhedosaurus' neck, killing the creature from inside without the fear of spilling the toxic blood throughout the city. Later, the beast arrived on shore of Coney Island, and started to destroy a nearby roller coaster. After some difficulty, such as a large fire, the isotope was fired into the beast's wound, causing it to collapse and die.
Showa era
Battle in Outer Space
One of the Space Torpedoes fired by the Natarl during their final assault on Earth impacts New York City and San Francisco, destroying the city in the process.
The Last War
New York City was one of several cities targeted by the Alliance's nuclear missiles shortly after the destruction of Tokyo; a missile detonated over the Hudson River, completely obliterating Manhattan and presumably destroying the rest of the city.
Gorath
At a meeting at United Nations Headquarters, Dr. Kono presented humanity's two options for avoiding the scourge of the rogue star Gorath: destroy it or move the Earth out of its path. For the latter plan, heavy-water nuclear reactors would provide the necessary energy. Every country with a nuclear program pledged to declassify its research to aid in the operation.
Destroy All Monsters
After the Kilaaks invaded Monsterland and took control of the monsters there, they unleashed Godzilla on New York City. He began his attack from the East River, targeting the United Nations Secretariat Building and other nearby structures with his atomic breath.
King Kong (1976)
King Kong is put on display in New York in an open space, bound in chains with a large crown on his head. When Kong sees a group of reporters pushing and shoving Dwan for interviews, the ape breaks free of his bonds, roaring at the crowd as panic ensues. People are trampled as Kong walks through the crowd, including Wilson, who is completely flattened by the ape's foot. Kong grabs Dwan in a Manhattan bar, and climbs the World Trade Center as it reminds him of the mountains in Skull Island. After scaling the South Tower, Kong fights the military while also jumping to the North Tower. Eventually Kong is shot down by helicopters and plummets to the plaza below, seemingly dead.
GODZILLA (1998)
After going through Jamaica, the monster dubbed "Godzilla" arrived in New York, causing catastrophic damage either by himself or due to the military accidentally striking buildings trying to hit him. Godzilla burrowed into the city's subway systems to evade the military, and eventually confronted them again near Central Park. Godzilla evaded the military's forces and dove into the Hudson River, where he was pursued by several Ohio-class submarinemarines. The submarines successfully struck Godzilla with their torpedoes, presumably killing him. Meanwhile, the group led by Niko Tatopoulos and Philippe Roaché discovered Godzilla's nest inside Madison Square Garden, right as the eggs hatched into hundreds of Baby Godzillas. Eventually the babies were killed once the military called in an airstrike to blow up the building. The threat was not over, however, as the adult Godzilla had actually survived and surfaced from under the city streets. Pursuing Nick and his squad, Godzilla ended up trapped by the suspension cables on the Brooklyn Bridge and was shot down by three F-18 Hornets. While the people of New York celebrated the monster's death, one lone egg hatched within the ruins of Madison Square Garden.
Godzilla: The Series
Following Godzilla's death, Niko Tatopoulos and a team of soldiers investigated the ruins of Madison Square Garden to ensure none of the creature's offspring had survived. During the investigation, Nick was separated from the team and fell into a tunnel, where he discovered one surviving egg, which hatched into a baby Godzilla. Rather than attack Nick, the hatchling imprinted on him and believed him to be his father. Nick convinced the hatchling to flee the ruins of the building before the military could find him, and returned to the headquarters of his research team, H.E.A.T., on the shores of the Hudson River. However, the rapidly growing Godzilla followed him there. After running some studies, Nick concluded that the new Godzilla was different from his parent, showing surprising intelligence and loyalty, and had no risk of reproducing. After a failed military attempt to kill him, Godzilla swam away from the city to Jamaica, where he defeated Crustaceous Rex. Having proved his worth, the military allowed Godzilla to live. Godzilla would go on to battle numerous other creatures in New York, including the Mutant Rats, the Chameleon and the Crackler.
Millennium era
Godzilla Final Wars
Rodan was sent to New York after the Xiliens began their invasion. He destroyed the city by flying past buildings at supersonic speeds, and was eventually challenged by the Rumbling. He was called back, but released again after X's plan was discovered. He destroyed the Rumbling and the rest of the city.
King Kong (2005)
Similar to the 1933 original, Kong is exhibited on Broadway, only this time, he travels across more of the city with Ann, who willingly goes with him, before scaling the Empire State Building.
Cloverfield
Clover surfaces from the Atlantic Ocean and attacks New York in confusion, destroying much of the city and killing numerous people. He is eventually killed by the military after countless bombs are dropped on him, destroying the city as well.
Heisei era
Death Kappa
As Yuriko describes her grandfather's plans to invade the United States with an army of Umihiko at the end of World War II, a shot of New York City under attack is shown.
Reiwa era
GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters
Kamacuras was the first kaiju to menace humanity, attacking Boston and New York City in May 1999. By the time it was ultimately felled by bunker busters, it had caused 2.5 million deaths.
Godzilla Singular Point
A large flock of Rodan invaded and overwhelmed New York City while spreading large amounts of Red Dust across the city. Following Godzilla's defeat by Jet Jaguar in Tokyo, the city was freed of the Red Dust along with other places across the world, as the archetype was converted to its true state.
Video games
Godzilla: Save the Earth
New York City, along with a smaller Manhattan map, appears as an arena in Godzilla: Save the Earth.
Godzilla: Unleashed
New York appears as a stage in the game Godzilla: Unleashed, and serves as the final level of the game's campaign for all factions except the Mutants. In this level, SpaceGodzilla emerges from a portal in New York, while monsters from each of the other factions converge on the city as well. If the player plays as a monster other than SpaceGodzilla, SpaceGodzilla is defeated and the crystal incursion ends. Otherwise, SpaceGodzilla is victorious and travels to San Francisco to complete his conquest.
Comics
- Gorgo issues #2, and #5 (1961)
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1979)
- Godzilla (2012-2013)
- Godzilla Rivals: Vs. Hedorah (2021)
Gorgo
In #2 of Charlton Comics Gorgo comic series, Ogra woke up and go on a search for her son. She surfaced in New York city and embarked on a destructive rampage as the military attacked her, razing the United Nations building and the Empire State Building in process. The military fired a nuclear weapon at her, but amidst the smoke she survived. After the rampage, she returned to the sea and reunited with Gorgo.
Godzilla
When S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Godzilla Squad managed to shrink Godzilla down using Pym Particles acquired from Hank Pym, they transported the now-tiny monster to New York City, only for his cage to accidentally be dropped into New York Harbor upon arrival. The rodent-sized Godzilla made his way into the sewer system of the city and battled a rat before the Pym Particles began to wear off and Godzilla grew to human size. Robert Takiguchi managed to find Godzilla and tried to help him evade S.H.I.E.L.D.'s team, disguising him with a hat and trenchcoat. The team eventually caught up to them and Godzilla ended up going into the city on his own, growing to 20 feet tall and hiding in the American Museum of Natural History. The Fantastic Four assisted the Godzilla Squad and managed to capture Godzilla and bring him to the Baxter Building, where they tried sending him back in time using Dr. Doom's time machine. However, Godzilla's radioactivity interfered with the machine, sending him instead to the alternate universe home of Devil Dinosaur and Moon-Boy. Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards), the leader of the Fantastic Four, was ultimately forced to bring Godzilla back to their Earth when the radioactive interference threatened to create an explosion. The energy of Dr. Doom's time machine negated the Pym Particles and restored Godzilla to his original size, resulting in him starting a rampage. The combined efforts of the Godzilla Squad, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers were unable to stand against Godzilla, though the impassioned cries of Robert Takiguchi were able to calm Godzilla and lead him to peacefully return to the ocean, a scene that Spider-Man was able to take a picture of for the Daily Bugle.
Godzilla
After the space monsters Gigan, SpaceGodzilla, Hedorah and Monster X appeared on Earth, Monster X descended on New York, terrorizing the city. Mothra flew to New York to battle Monster X, but was defeated. After freeing the monsters of Monster Island, Kiryu flew to New York with Kumonga to join the battle against Monster X. Godzilla, having defeated Hedorah, arrived there as well and fought alongside Kiryu and Kumonga. However, SpaceGodzilla defeated Battra and Titanosaurus in London and arrived to support Monster X. During the battle, Kumonga was defeated and Kiryu was knocked into the Hudson River. Godzilla was quickly overwhelmed by the combined forces of Monster X and SpaceGodzilla, but Kiryu turned the tide by freezing SpaceGodzilla with his Absolute Zero cannon, allowing Godzilla to defeat him with his atomic breath. With Godzilla and Monster X the only combatants left standing, Monster X transformed into Keizer Ghidorah and easily took the upper hand against his opponent. Fortunately, Rodan arrived and decapitated one of Keizer Ghidorah's heads with a sonic boom from his wings, allowing Godzilla to fight back. Eventually, Godzilla decapitated another head and killed Keizer Ghidorah by crushing his last head under his foot. Before Godzilla could return to the sea, Boxer attempted a final attack on Godzilla by jumping into his mouth with the Headache Beam. Godzilla swallowed Boxer whole, only showing mild annoyance from the attack.
Books
GODZILLA: Monster Apocalypse
Kamacuras was the first kaiju to menace humanity, attacking Boston and New York City in May 1999, thus causing 2.5 million deaths.
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