Godzilla Bad in Original,Good in Sequels?

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Godzilla is bad in the first four Godzilla movies, good for eleven more, then bad again for another thirteen, not counting the American release.

After the 1st movie Godzilla was bad, until Godzilla vs Hedorah (a.k.a. Godzilla vs the Smog Monster), or at least that is what I heard. Then in Godzilla 84 (or 85) he was a bad guy. Also he was like this in Godzilla vs Biollante. The next movie (vs King Ghidorah, 1991) he was a mix of both. VS Mothra movies (there were 2 of them) he was bad, or else Mothra would never be good. VS Spacegodzilla he was good (at least when he started to fight Spacegodzilla) and VS Mechagodzilla 2 he wasn't all good (you have to see it to understand). The last of the Heisei series (84-95 movies) VS Destroyah he was both good and bad (have to see it). The Millenium (spelled wrong) series, Godzilla 2000-Final Wars, he was (at some points) an unlikely hero, especially in the end (of some of them).



Note: what I mean by bad is when he is a threat to humans (good is the opposite).

This post here is a two parter, but to answer the questions...

1. Godzilla isn't a villain.
2. There are TWO Godzillas

Part One: Godzilla ins't evil...

"Monsters are tragic creatures. They are not evil. They are simply made too big, too heavy. That is why they must be destroyed." ~ Ishiro Honda (Director)

The movie "Gojira" was essentially World War II through the eyes of a Japan. It contained both Godzilla as a metaphor for the atomic bomb and a rather sharp criticism of the Japanese military. Most of the political stuff is cut out for the Americanized version "Godzilla: King of the Monsters," but in the original, Godzilla was as much a victim as anyone. The atomic bomb dropped on Japan resurrected a small island deity named 'Gojira' and caused him to grow to massive proportions. It also gave him the ability to harvest nuclear energy.

Like any animal, Godzilla was territorial. As a result, when ships came into his waters, he destroyed him in a sea of flames. The Japanese government assumed it was mines left over from the War, but they had all been cleared out and there was no declaration of impact, only the sea turning into fire. After a few more attacks, the Japanese government decided to start dropping bombs on Godzilla. Godzilla came onto shore and warned them, but they continued to attack. The more Japan provoked Godzilla, the more aggressive he became. I had always wondered why the city was protected by High Tension Wires, but left defenseless otherwise. This, as it turns out, was symbolic of the Japanese military crowding the front lines with soldiers, then leaving everything else almost entirely defensless. Once American troops broke through, they were defenseless. And yet, the Japanese military would not surrender until finally they were attacked not once, but twice with the Atom Bomb (Godzilla's two attacks on Tokyo). The only scene in the film that makes it to the Western world that displays any kind of compassion for Godzilla is the scene where the professor says "Godzilla should not be destroyed, he should be studied."

In the end, Doctor Serizawa is forced to use the Oxygen Destroyer to defeat Godzilla, but gives his life so that such a powerful weapon will never be used again... Godzilla is killed not because he is a monster, but because humanity is a monster.

Part Two: The Second Godzilla

In the sequel, Godzilla Raids Again (Godzilla's Counterstrike), a second Godzilla is found alive on an island. That Godzilla would go on to star in a total of 21 films including Showa and Heisei and also explains how Godzilla reappeared after his entire body was destroyed. While this particular Godzilla was originally villified as a creature of destruction, he converted to being a hero in the film Ghidrah: The Three Headed Monster in which an even stronger, more dangerous opponent arrived. Mothra's faeries translated the conversation between Godzilla and Monthra in which Godzilla says "Why should I care about humanity? They've caused me nothing but pain." Later, when Mothra is getting dominated by Ghidrah, Godzilla is driven to shame at seeing the small larva fight for what she believes in and he joins in the struggle to save humanity.

Never again would Godzilla attack humanity unless first attacked (as with the evil Red Bamboo faction from Godzilla versus the Sea Monster) or if his mind was being controled (Godzilla versus Monster Zero/Destroy All Monsters).

Godzilla I
1. Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla II as villain
2. Godzilla Raids Again
3. King Kong versus Godzilla
4. Godzilla versus Mothra
5. Ghidrah: The Three Headed Monster (First 2/3)

Godzilla II as hero
5. Ghidrah: The Three Headed Monster (Last 1/3)
6. Godzilla versus Monster Zero
7. Godzilla versus the Sea Monster
8. Son of Godzilla
9. Destroy All Monsters
10. Godzilla's Revenge
11. Godzilla versus Hedorah
12. Godzilla versus Gigan
13. Godzilla versus Megalon
14. Godzilla versus Mechagodzilla
15. Terror of Mechagodzilla

These days he's either bad or anti-hero. The hero, child friendly Godzilla pretty much died out in the 1970s.


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ok so some people on this post clearly don't watch Godzilla movie. Godzilla is basically a neutral to break it down. In thee original film he is clearly the antagonist in Godzilla Raids again godzilla is the atagonist along side the other monster Anguirus and this trend continues threw the next two movies. This changes however In ghidorah the three headed monster in this film Godzilla is still an enemy to Japan and man kind but is joins forces with Rodan and Mothra when it becomes apparent that king Ghidorah is much strong. Similarly in Godzilla vs Monster Zero, Godzilla vs the sea monster and destroy all Godzilla is still a treat and does in fact destroy a lot and kills it is just that he is portrayed as not as bad as the other monsters or whatever the main characters are up against. This is also the way that Godzilla portrayed in Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla Godzilla 2000, Godzilla Final Wars, and the 2014 film. After Destroy all monsters the Godzilla does become some what of a hero in that he doesn't really fight the military anymore and is generally praised by the human characters. It is worth noting that even in these films Godzilla destroys things and realistically probably kills a lot of people in the process of stopping the other monster. for example in Godzilla Vs Hedorah Godzilla is depicted as the hero but lets be honest he probably destroyed a lot of stuff in the processes of getting to Hedorah no doubt a lot of people where killed in this event as well. In 1984 Godzilla was rebooted and was mostly treated as bad but there are times where he is viewed in a better light the 2000 series is also the same time. In the end Godzilla can basically be whatever the plot needs him to be but generally he is viewed as something that is very dangerous but can sometime solve a bigger problem.

He's changes frequently. Sometimes he's bad, Sometimes he's good and other times he's just the lesser of two evils

He goes from bad to "lesser evil" to good in the original movies