Showa Series: Head Canon & Theories

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Godzilla's weakness to electricity in King Kong vs. Godzilla is less an overt weak point and more ties into him being frozen in ice for several years, having some negative effect on his body. Given he later is neutral or even benefits off electricity my guess is he lacked time to acclimate to it during the events of KKvG.
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Heisei kaiju like Space Godzilla, Battra, Destoroyah and Biollante exist in the Showa timeline, may as well throw in rejected kaiju like Bagan, Deathla, Barubaroi and Deutalious into the mix as well. They were all encountered in between the timeline of Terror of Mechagodzilla and Destroy All Monsters.

Minya is absent in the later Showa films because despite being an infant, he is mature enough in the Godzilla species' life cycle to fend for himself at this point and not require an older guardian with him at all times.

The events of Zone Fighter take place in what I call "Earth Two" of the Showa era, very similar to the timeline we all know and love but different, perhaps its a timeline where a lot of the unmade Godzilla films might even be canon.
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AllosaurHell wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:49 pm Heisei kaiju like Space Godzilla, Battra, Destoroyah and Biollante exist in the Showa timeline, may as well throw in rejected kaiju like Bagan, Deathla, Barubaroi and Deutalious into the mix as well. They were all encountered in between the timeline of Terror of Mechagodzilla and Destroy All Monsters.

Minya is absent in the later Showa films because despite being an infant, he is mature enough in the Godzilla species' life cycle to fend for himself at this point and not require an older guardian with him at all times.

The events of Zone Fighter take place in what I call "Earth Two" of the Showa era, very similar to the timeline we all know and love but different, perhaps its a timeline where a lot of the unmade Godzilla films might even be canon.
Minya is absent becasue he is taking care of Uncle Angurius's broken jaw.
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Minilla also shows the Showa Godzilla line seems to age relatively speaking at a very slow rate, with him still a "baby" even in 1999.
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The 50's Orochi movie takes place in this timeline, as do many classical monster movies from the 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s.
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godjacob wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:39 pm Minilla also shows the Showa Godzilla line seems to age relatively speaking at a very slow rate, with him still a "baby" even in 1999.
You're right; Minilla's definitely not an infant. I'd say he's more in the early juvenile stage of his life.

But through the three Showa films, he seems to be stuck there. At least in the Heisei films, the new son of Godzilla grew from infant (Baby Godzilla) to juvenile (Little Godzilla) to subadult (Godzilla Junior) to adult (Godzilla II), albeit within three films. And in his first, last and only Millennium appearance (Godzilla: Final Wars), this version of Minilla as an infant started out as the right size when compared to Godzilla. His next stage at the end of that appearance was the same as in the Showa films - early juvenile.
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All the various alien races are allies/friends and have plotted against Earth and Earth's monsters together.
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Destoroyah of Worlds wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:17 pm All the various alien races are allies/friends and have plotted against Earth and Earth's monsters together.
At minimum we do know the Seatopians and M Space Hunter Nebula Aliens have contact with each other/seem on good terms so the idea of an alien race coalition seems more likely than not.

Though the Seatopians being counted as "aliens" is up in the air.
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This one has been acknowledged by Tomoyuki Tanaka in a book so its not exactly a headcanon but ever since I read it, I've kind of adopted it into my own head

- Godzilla (1954) was a female and Minilla's mother.
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The reason Minya stays as he appears in SoG is because when he was broken out of the eggs by the Kamacuras, it somehow stunted his development, as maybe he wasn’t ready yet.
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My headcanons are:

1. King Caesar’s species were once a population of lions before being irradiated and becoming more mystic than organic.

2. 1st Gen King Kong actually drowned while on his way to Faro Island, which explains why he never appeared again, and was not used for KKE.

3. Hollow Earth exists in the Showa continuity, this would explain why Kaijus like Baragon live underground.

4. 1st Gen Godzilla and 2nd Gen Godzilla are actually related, either father and son or ancestor and descendant.

5. 1st Gen King Kong’s species went to battle with Godzilla’s species, with Godzilla’s species winning the battle.

6. Mothra 3rd Gen is the daughter of Mothra 2nd Gen.

7. Rodan’s species preyed on King Kong’s species.

8. 2nd Gen King Kong’s species is a subspecies to 1st Gen King Kong’s species.

9. Gorosauruses were the reason why 2nd Gen King Kong is the only Kong on Mondo Island and the nearby islands.

10. Titanosaurus is actually still alive, just fled to the lower depths of the ocean where it can’t be found.

11. Anguirus’ species were mostly scavengers.
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Minilla is the biological son of ShodaiGoji and rightful King of the Monsters. Shodai Goji is the king by birth but was driven mad by his wife and family being killed in the H-bomb test.

Showa Goji was the asshole younger brother of Shodai Goji who kept ducking his responsibilities and only wanted to fight other monsters.

Showa Goji only becomes king due this brother's death and he is also king of the Angurius species.

Son of Godzilla is Showa Goji adopting Minilla and becoming his father as a promise to his older brother who died. Minilla and 70's Showa Godzilla are how Shodai Goji would have acted had he not been driven mad by the H-bomb incident.
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miguelnuva wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:19 pm Minilla is the biological son of ShodaiGoji and rightful King of the Monsters. Shodai Goji is the king by birth but was driven mad by his wife and family being killed in the H-bomb test.

Showa Goji was the asshole younger brother of Shodai Goji who kept ducking his responsibilities and only wanted to fight other monsters.

Showa Goji only becomes king due this brother's death and he is also king of the Angurius species.

Son of Godzilla is Showa Goji adopting Minilla and becoming his father as a promise to his older brother who died. Minilla and 70's Showa Godzilla are how Shodai Goji would have acted had he not been driven mad by the H-bomb incident.
That’s interesting. But just asking, isn’t 2nd Gen less hostile compared to 1st Gen?

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Denis wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:24 pm
miguelnuva wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:19 pm Minilla is the biological son of ShodaiGoji and rightful King of the Monsters. Shodai Goji is the king by birth but was driven mad by his wife and family being killed in the H-bomb test.

Showa Goji was the asshole younger brother of Shodai Goji who kept ducking his responsibilities and only wanted to fight other monsters.

Showa Goji only becomes king due this brother's death and he is also king of the Angurius species.

Son of Godzilla is Showa Goji adopting Minilla and becoming his father as a promise to his older brother who died. Minilla and 70's Showa Godzilla are how Shodai Goji would have acted had he not been driven mad by the H-bomb incident.
That’s interesting. But just asking, isn’t 2nd Gen less hostile compared to 1st Gen?
Shodai Goji was but he is also suffering from his family being killed and himself being exposed to a nuclear blast.
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miguelnuva wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:19 pm Minilla is the biological son of ShodaiGoji and rightful King of the Monsters. Shodai Goji is the king by birth but was driven mad by his wife and family being killed in the H-bomb test.
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I have a weird headcanon that 1st Gen Anguirus is 2nd Gen Anguirus’ father, or at least ancestor.

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Three big ones, mainly

1. Gigan was augmented with cybernetics and Ghidorah DNA by the aliens, granting him the golden scales and the three Ghidorah-like back sails

2. The origin of Mothra and the lore about Infant Island is the exact same as in the novel “The Luminous Fairies and Mothra”, the inspiration for the 1961 film

3. The various aliens began attacking Earth due to the sudden popping-up of powerful kaiju starting in 1954
miguelnuva wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:19 pm Minilla is the biological son of ShodaiGoji and rightful King of the Monsters. Shodai Goji is the king by birth but was driven mad by his wife and family being killed in the H-bomb test.

Showa Goji was the asshole younger brother of Shodai Goji who kept ducking his responsibilities and only wanted to fight other monsters.

Showa Goji only becomes king due this brother's death and he is also king of the Angurius species.

Son of Godzilla is Showa Goji adopting Minilla and becoming his father as a promise to his older brother who died. Minilla and 70's Showa Godzilla are how Shodai Goji would have acted had he not been driven mad by the H-bomb incident.
This is...actually pretty damn cool. Gonna use these headcanons as my own now :P
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Jermobooka wrote: Sun Jun 06, 2021 12:20 pm Hol up!
Are you a Showa shill now or something?

Anyways, on topic.

-Gigan fought Hedorah, and that is why he has cybernetics.
-Megalon and Mothra are counterparts.
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The origin of Mothra and the lore about Infant Island is the exact same as in the novel “The Luminous Fairies and Mothra”, the inspiration for the 1961 film
What was the origin and lore to the novel, just asking. Never heard much about it.

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The Nebulan/Seatopian alliance is being manipulated by the Nebulans for their own ends. Like the City of Ember novel, the Seatopians we see are the remnants of a technologically advanced civilization who only vaguely know how the old tech works and have only adapted to parts of it. The Nebulans "help" them so they can get access to the technology they understand for their own manipulations before they will eventually, betray them and steal all the tech for themselves.
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