User blog comment:Hulk10/Godzilla's plates/@comment-3367060-20140307230619

Their name is not "plates" or "dorsal fins" or "fins" or "spikes" or "dorsal spikes" or "dorsal plates" or anything. They're called scutes.

But I think that it would only be a problem if Godzilla fell from like 400 meters up in the air and landed on them. They're quite strong.