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  1. Godzillanoun

    A fictional Japanese monster () from a series of science-fiction films.

  2. Godzillanoun

    Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type.

  3. Etymology: From ゴジラ, blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorilla) and 鯨 (whale).

Wikipedia

  1. Godzilla

    Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira, ; [ɡoꜜdʑiɾa] (listen)) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, in Toho Co., Ltd.'s Godzilla media franchise. The character debuted in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda; the character had become an international pop culture icon since, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films produced by Toho, five American films and numerous video games, novels, comic books and television shows. Godzilla has been dubbed the "King of the Monsters", an epithet first used in Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), the American localization of the 1954 film. Godzilla is a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. With the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Lucky Dragon 5 incident still fresh in the Japanese consciousness, Godzilla was conceived as a metaphor for nuclear weapons. Others have suggested that Godzilla is a metaphor for the United States, a giant beast woken from its slumber which then takes terrible vengeance on Japan. As the film series expanded, some stories took on less serious undertones, portraying Godzilla as an antihero, or a lesser threat who defends humanity. Later films address disparate themes and commentary including Japan's apathy and neglect of its imperial past, natural disasters, and the human condition.Godzilla has been featured alongside many supporting characters. It has faced human opponents such as the JSDF, or other monsters, including King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla and Gigan. Godzilla sometimes has allies, such as Rodan, Mothra and Anguirus, and offspring, such as Minilla and Godzilla Junior. Godzilla has also fought characters from other franchises in crossover media, such as King Kong, as well as various Marvel Comics characters, including S.H.I.E.L.D., the Fantastic Four and the Avengers.

Wikidata

  1. Godzilla

    Godzilla is a Kaiju, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd.. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games, novels, comic books, and television series. A 1998 American reimagining was produced and a second American version is currently undergoing principal photography. With the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Lucky Dragon 5 incident still fresh in the Japanese consciousness, Godzilla was conceived as a metaphor for nuclear weapons. As the film series expanded, some stories took on less serious undertones portraying Godzilla as a hero while other plots still portrayed Godzilla as a destructive monster; sometimes the lesser of two threats who plays the defender by default but is still a danger to humanity.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Godzilla in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Godzilla in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Godzilla in a Sentence

  1. President Trump:

    Well be able to get one before the year is out, at least the clinical trials, and thats if everything goes wrong, like fires, earthquakes and Godzilla attacks. Well get something out.

  2. Jeff Goldstein:

    The avid fans of Godzilla came out Thursday and Friday, the real key for us is how broadly can we expand over the next couple weeks? Can we hold on to an interest thats wider than the regular Godzilla fans? I think we can.

  3. Nathaniel Dominy:

    [Godzilla] is this ever-useful metaphor for whatever kinds of existential threat we fear as a collective culture, whether its nuclear bombs or climate change.

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