Godzilla's Awesomest Enemies

published July 15, 2009

I've been all about monsters and aliens lately. I've always loved the monsters in the Japanese Godzilla movies, and really couldn't find a good list of Godzilla's enemies. So I decided to make a list of my own, featuring Godzilla's awesomest enemies. You will not be seeing Rodan, as he allied with Godzilla a couple times. You will not be seeing King King. You will not be seeing the Son of Godzilla. You also will not be seeing humans. Here is a list (perhaps not complete, but close) of Godzilla's awesomest enemies.

Mothra - Mothra has occasionally allied with Godzilla, but also has defeated Godzilla twice in larval form! Personally, I have an intense hatred of moths and a giant one only solidifies my hatred.

King Ghidorah - He is probably the most badass enemy of Godzilla. Usually Godzilla requires an ally or two to take the King down, except in the most recent of Ghidorah movies, where he did it all by his lonesome.

Ebirah - This monster is a giant shrimp (oxymoron?) made by terrorist organization made to destroy ships. Godzilla promptly made scampi out of him.

Hedorah the Smog Monster - This fearsome opponent fed on human pollution and Godzilla needed help from the dirty humans to dispose of this waste.

Space Godzilla - Space Godzilla is Godzilla on steroids. He's got a crystalline spine and huge crystalline shoulder pads He's got all of Godzilla's abilities and more but once his power source was destroyed, he had no chance.

Megalon - This was probably one of the weaker and least liked of the Godzilla monsters. This weird beetle creatures had drill-like arms, and was dispatched in a tag team match of Megalon and Gigan vs. Godzilla and Jet Jaguar.

Mechagodzilla - Some consider Mechagodzilla as Godzilla's true arch-nemesis, though I believe that title belongs to King Ghidorah. It did take some help from a doglike monster for Godzilla to destroy Mechagodzilla.

Biollante - Biollante was a strange monster created by mixing Godzilla's DNA with a rose's DNA. The result was a thorny - yet mobile monster. Why they chose a rose is beyond me. They should've crossed Godzilla with a hippo or something. That would be epic.

Destroyah - This badass monster killed Godzilla's son, and probably withstood more punishment from Godzilla than any monster, even beating Godzilla pretty good before taking an enhanced blast from Godzilla's breath.

Megaguirus - Even though I had to watch this badass on the Spanish channel, it still turned out to be one of the best. One of the best moments was Godzilla using his spine fin to sever one of Megaguirus's arms.

Gigan - Gigan is the jobber of the godzilla world. He abandons his allies when things turns sour. He's also lost many many times, including to Mothra once. All this despite some awesome abilities like flight, teleportation, abdominal buzzsaw, eye beams and his stabby arms.

Orga - Orga is actually a Cloverfield-esque monster featured in "Godzilla 2000." Godzilla had to shove himself into Orga's mouth and destroy him from the inside.

BONUS: Separated at birth?

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