But...


...who is the mother of Godzilla Jr.?

Sorry if it was said in the film. It's been a long time.

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I've literally just this minute finished watching it and (in the US dub, the only version I have) there's no mention of a mother. I remember reading somewhere where someone suggested that Minya isn't Godzilla's biological son but Godzilla acts as a surrogate father figure instead. Which still doesn't explain where Minya came from though!

To be honest, with how shaky the script is it was probably the last thing on their mind, ha ha! Still, great film!


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As for the U.S. version [GINO], that has no bearing on the real Godzilla at all. Godzilla in this (and all the Japanese movies) is male, and Toho has never portrayed him in the films nor in their publicity materials as otherwise.

Yes, Minya is not Godzilla's biological son. Godzilla merely adopts him. Minya is a creature of the same species as Godzilla, or a similar one. You'll notice that Minya's skin is smooth--he does not have the char marks from the atomic bomb that Godzilla has covering his body.

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godzilla is A Sexual meaning he is the father and the mother, according to Hollywoods version....

"you're just a silly oil tanker"

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OK...

That's monstrous! So, where's the fun if you only have to get intimate with yourself????

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well i would stay in all day playing with myself :P

i think alot of people would lol

"you're just a silly oil tanker"

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No one ever said that Godzilla is male, if you pay attention to the Japanese dialogue they never refer to Godzilla as a "he" but as a "it". It's the same as every other monster in the movies.

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That is not necessarily true. The Japanese language uses gender-neutral pronouns to refer to the monsters, but all English dubs of the films explicitly refer to Godzilla as male. This was Toho's decision starting with the original Godzilla, and all subsequent English dubs have used male pronouns to refer to Godzilla. Toho themselves oversees most of these dubs. Not to mention, English is frequently spoken even in the Japanese versions of the films, and Godzilla is always referred to as male by the characters. Toho has also cemented Godzilla's gender in official media. For example, supplementary materials for Son of Godzilla refer to Godzilla as "Papagojira." The title "King of the Monsters" is officially applied to Godzilla, and is even trademarked by Toho.

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