Godzilla

Godzilla is a giant monster (or "kaiju") created by Toho in 1954.

History
Godzilla was created by the Japanese company Toho in 1954. His first movie, called "Godzilla" (or "Gojira"), was released in Japan in 1954, and the American version (renamed "Godzilla: King of the Monsters"), was released in 1956. After that, Toho would make much more Godzilla movies.

In 2010, Legendary Pictures borrowed the rights of Godzilla from Toho to make their own Godzilla series.

Originally, Legendary was to release their Godzilla movie in 2012. Then, the movie got delayed, with a new release date of May 16th, 2014. Then, the movie got released in Theaters on May 16th, 2014. The movie was directed by Gareth Edwards.

Origin
In the original Japanese series, Godzilla was either a dinosaur or prehistoric reptile until a nuclear bomb test mutated him into Godzilla.

In the MonsterVerse, Godzilla is a prehistoric amphibious reptile that lived millions of years ago when the Earth was more radioactive. After surviving many extinction events by consuming radiation in a hibernation-like state, until Godzilla was awakened in 1954 by a nuclear submarine. Than, Godzilla battles a monster called Shinomura, until the Atomic bomb that was supposed to destroy Godzilla destroyed Shinomura, but Godzilla survived the bomb.

Abilities
Godzilla has had many trademark abilities over the years, including his Atomic Breath, Regeneration, and Nuclear Pulse.

Atomic Breath
Godzilla's atomic breath is one of his most powerful weapons. Godzilla's atomic breath is usually blue (e.g. Showa/Heisei series, Legendary series), but has ococcasionally become red (e.g. The Early millennium era). When Godzilla fires his atomic breath, his spikes glow blue or red, and he unleashes an atomic ray from his mouth.

In the Legendary Pictures Godzilla, Godzilla's atomic breath is a fiery shaped energy beam that Godzilla shoots out. Godzilla only used it against the M.U.T.O.s after he had taken a big beating and was already growing weaker, showing that Godzilla only uses it as a last resort against opponents he can't physically overpower on his own. Though it doesn't appear to have the same destructive properties as the versions prior, the blasts were strong enough to push, severely weaken, and eventually kill, the female M.U.T.O. While it may not have the destructive force of its predecessors, this version of Godzilla's atomic breath is still incredibly deadly in its own right. It is, however, entirely possible that Godzilla never used his atomic breath at its full power, seeing as how Godzilla was already extremely weak when he began using it, so whether or not it's capable of more is unknown at this point. The neon-blue glow on Godzilla's dorsal plates begins at the tail and goes all the way to the top of his neck in the film.

Nuclear Pulse
In addition to his atomic breath, Godzilla can also unleash atomic energy in all directions from every inch of his body in a short-range pulse. The pulse was first seen in his fight against Biollante. Godzilla only used the nuclear pulse in the Heisei series, although many consider the climactic scene in Godzilla 2000 to be a use of Godzilla's nuclear pulse; and also, Godzilla uses something similar to a nuclear pulse to prevent Keizer Ghidorah from draining any more of his energy from him after being surged with Ozaki's energy.

Regenerator G-1
In addition to his atomic breath and nuclear pulse, Godzilla also has a regenerative ability, called Regenerator-G1. Because of Regenerator-G1, Godzilla's cells (when damaged) can heal almost immediately, which can explain why Godzilla is almost invincible.

Movie Appearances
Godzilla (1954)

Godzilla Raids Again

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster

Invasion of Astro-Monster

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

Son of Godzilla

Destroy all Monsters

All Monsters Attack

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Godzilla vs. Gigan

Godzilla vs. Megalon

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Terror of Mechagodzilla

The Return of Godzilla

Godzilla vs. Biollante

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah

Godzilla vs. Mothra

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 2

Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

Godzilla vs. Destroyah

Godzilla 2000

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

Godzilla against Mechagodzilla

Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S

Godzilla: Final Wars

Godzilla (2014 film)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla vs. Kong

Video Game Appearances
Godzilla (Commodore 64) Monster's Fair

Godzilla vs. 3 Major Monsters Gojira-Kun The Movie Monster Game Godzilla: Monster of Monsters

Circus Caper Godzilla (Gameboy

Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters Battle Soccer Godzilla (Arcade) Kaiju-Oh Godzilla Super Godzilla

Godzilla: Battle Legends

Godzilla: Monster War

Godzilla: Giant Monster March

Godzilla: Archipelago Shock

Godzilla Generations

Godzilla Trading Battle

Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee

Godzilla: Save the Earth CR Godzilla 3S-T Battle

Godzilla: Unleashed

Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash

Godzilla: Pachislot Wars

Godzilla: Monster Mayhem (Fighting Game) Godzilla: Monster Mayhem (Sidescroller)

Godzilla on Monster Island

Godzilla: Crisis Defense

Monster Strike

Godzilla: Kaiju Collection

Godzilla: Smash3

Godzilla: Strike Zone

Godzilla: The Game

Book Appearances
Godzilla: Awakening

Trivia

 * Starring in 29 films, Godzilla has appeared in more films than any other kaiju.
 * One of the original ideas for Godzilla was that he would be a sea monster.
 * There where two monsters that inspired Toho to create Godzilla: One was King Kong, while the other was The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms.
 * Godzilla got a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004, Godzilla's 50th anniversary.