Evolution of Godzilla's Appearances and Storyline

Original Godzilla

• First Appearance: Atomic bomb awakens Godzilla.
• Description: Small arms, thick legs, dorsal plates, tiny pupils, fangs, pointy ears.
• Story: Attacks Japan, gets disintegrated to bones.

Godzilla Raids Again

• Description: Thinner, longer arms, smaller head, larger pupils, jutting teeth.
• Story: Buried alive after the attack.

King Kong vs. Godzilla

• Color Debut: First time in color.
• Description: More plump, lizard-like head, yellow eyes, no ears or fangs.
• Story: Faces King Kong, tumbles into ocean.

Mothra vs. Godzilla

• Description: Slimmer, wider head, wide eyes, smooth brows.
• Story: Covered in silk, drops into sea.

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

• Description: Slimmer face, longer tongue.
• Story: Defends humanity, fights off evil monsters.

Invasion of Astro-Monster

• Description: Thinner, more defined dorsal plates, dull claws, rounder head.
• Story: Shows dance moves, briefly controlled by aliens.

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep

• Description: Less angry brows.
• Story: Battles big lobster, escapes an exploding island.

Son of Godzilla

• Description: Elongated neck, pudgier, flimsy dorsal fins.
• Story: Raises a son, battles a bully.

Destroy All Monsters

• Description: Slimmer, mutilated face.
• Story: Controlled by aliens, turns on them.

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

• Description: Detailed muzzle, magnetic upgrade.
• Story: Opposes pollution monster, learns to fly backwards.

Godzilla vs. Gigan

• Description: Ability to speak, skin starts ripping.
• Story: Triumphant battle.

Godzilla vs. Megalon

• Description: Shorter neck, bright dorsal fins, round pig-nosed face.
• Story: Long-distance dropkick.

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

• Description: Angrier expression, detailed muzzle.
• Story: Defeats Mechagodzilla twice.
• Reboot: New Godzilla, taller, larger dorsal fins, fangs and ears return.

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

• Description: Smaller head, muscular build, cat-like face.
• Story: Fights a plant monster.

Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)

• Description: Taller, muscular, angrier.
• Story: Turned from Godzillasaurus to Godzilla, fights Mecha-King Ghidorah.

Various Sequels

• Changes: Adjusted appearance: arranged dorsal plates, ribbed neck, golden eyes.
• Forms and stories: Fights Mothra, Mechagodzilla, Space Godzilla.

American Godzilla (1998)

• Description: Mutated iguana, blue dorsal spines, hanging dewlap.
• Story: Spawned hundreds of raptor-like offspring.

Godzilla 2000 (1999)

• Description: Shorter, green jagged skin, purple spines, reptilian face.
• Story: Swamped whole but survives.

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)

• Description: Lighter, longer neck, smaller mouth.
• Story: Defeats giant flying insect, banished to black hole.

Godzilla: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

• Description: Formed by ghosts, charcoal skin, white dorsal fins, hunched neck, white eyes.
• Story: Destroyed by drill missile.

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

• Description: Jagged design, wolf-like face, scarred chest.
• Story: Battles Mechagodzilla, sequel features silk-covered Godzilla.

Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

• Description: Slimmer, longer ears, red eyes.
• Story: Fights many creatures, heads back to ocean.

Shin Godzilla (2016)

• Description: Starts armless, becomes red, jaw unhinges, multiple skills, reproductive evolution halted.
• Story: Stopped with freezing agent.

Godzilla: Anime Trilogy

• Description: Muscular, tree bark texture, beard-like spikes, largest on-screen size.
• Story: Ruler of Earth after 19,000 years.

American Godzilla (2014)

• Description: Plump, jagged dorsal plates, wide feet, noticeable gills.
• Story: Stops hideous creatures, undergoes radiation boost.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

• Description: Taller, beefier, blunt tail tip, glowing dorsal fins.
• Story: Extra radiation, fiery new powers, retains kingly crown.