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Godzilla (disambiguation)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ356435 ↗
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Godzilla (ゴジラ, Gojira) is a giant monster originating from the series of Japanese and American films and other media.

Godzilla may also refer to:

Other versions of the character

Godzilla (Shōwa)

Godzilla (Heisei)

Godzilla (TriStar)

Godzilla (Monsterverse)

Shin Godzilla (character)

Godzilla (Takashi Yamazaki)

Film

Godzilla (1954 film), a 1954 film produced by Toho Co. Ltd. and the first film in the Godzilla franchise

"Godzilla (Main Theme)", a musical theme composed for the 1954 film

The Return of Godzilla, released in Japan as Godzilla, 1984 film produced by Toho Co. Ltd and the sixteenth film in the franchise

Godzilla (1998 film), 1998 film produced by TriStar Pictures and the twenty-third film in the franchise

Godzilla (2014 film), 2014 film produced by Legendary Pictures and the thirtieth film in the franchise

Television

Godzilla (1978 TV series), a 1978–1979 American animated television series from Hanna-Barbera that aired on NBC

Godzilla Island, a 1997–1998 Japanese children's television series

Godzilla: The Series, a 1998–2000 American-Japanese animated television series that aired on Fox Kids

Video games and pinball

Godzilla video games

Godzilla (1983 video game)

Godzilla (Game Boy), a 1990 video game for the Game Boy

Godzilla (2014 video game)

Godzilla (pinball)

Literature

Godzilla & Godzilla Raids Again (Shigeru Kayama novels), two novellas published in 1955 by Shigeru Kayama, the same science-fiction writer who wrote the screenplays for Godzilla (1954 film) and Godzilla Raids Again (1955 film).

Godzilla (comic), since the 1950s, comic books based on the films

Godzilla (Scott Ciencin series), starting in 1996, a series of children's novels

Godzilla (Marc Cerasini series), starting in 1996, a series of novels based on the film characters

Geography

Godzilla Rock (Oga), a natural creation in Oga, Akita, Japan

Godzilla Rock (Suzu), a natural creation in Suzu, Ishikawa, Japan

Godzilla Rock (Shari), a natural creation in Shari, Hokkaido, Japan

Godzilla Rock (Ōshima, Tokyo), a natural creation in Izu Ōshima, Japan

Music

"Godzilla" (Blue Öyster Cult song), 1977

”Godzilla”, a song by Michael Sembello from his 1983 album Bossa Nova Hotel

"Godzilla" (Eminem and Juice Wrld song), 2020

"Godzilla!", a 2003 song by The Creatures

"Godzilla", a song by The Doubleclicks from their 2014 album Dimetrodon

"Godzilla", a song by Feeder from their 2002 album Comfort in Sound

"Godzilla", a song by Kesha from her 2017 album Rainbow

Gojira (band), a French heavy metal band formerly known as Godzilla

Godzilla, a 1997 EP by Fu Manchu

Godzilla (Yukmouth album), a 2003 album by Yukmouth

Godzilla (The Veronicas album), a 2021 album by the Veronicas

Godzilla Entertainment, a 2003 record label founded by rapper Yukmouth

Godzilla (singer) (1988–2019), Tanzanian singer

Automotive

Nissan Skyline GT-R and Nissan GT-R, two Japanese sports cars nicknamed "Godzilla"

Ford Godzilla engine, a V8 engine offered by the Ford Motor Company

Other uses

Godzilla (franchise), the multimedia franchise as a whole spawned from Godzilla

Dakosaurus andiniensis, an extinct species of marine crocodilian

Godzillus robustus, a species of remiped discovered by Frederick Schram et al.

Gojirasaurus, a dinosaur from the Triassic period

Godzilla, a ligase of endosomes of Drosophila.

Godzilla, a large storm that brought masses of dust from the Sahara to the Caribbean basin during COVID-19 pandemic.

Godzilla Asian American Arts Network

Godzillatron, a scoreboard at the University of Texas

Godzilla Game, a 1978 Mattel board game

Godzilla, a fictional monster in the online game Rappelz

Hideki Matsui, a baseball player with the popular nickname "Godzilla"

Godzilla, name given by marine geologists to a hydrothermal vent in the Pacific

Godzilla Star, a Luminous blue variable (LBV) star in the Sunburst galaxy, currently the most luminous known star.

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