Talk:Godzilla (TriStar)/@comment-30161070-20170117114648/@comment-4820209-20170117221918

Because legally every incarnation of this creature up to 2004 is known as "Godzilla". Toho re-branded, trademarked, and depicted Zilla in 2004, so any appearances of the creature PAST that point are known as Zilla, like in Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, but anything preceding it are still legally, and thus officially known as Godzilla.