Niko Tatopoulos

Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos is a main protagonist in the 1998 "Godzilla" film GODZILLA.

GODZILLA
Niko Tatopoulos is a biologist who worked to catalog new species created by the nuclear spill at the Chernobyl spill site. He is picked up via helicopter by the military to Panama where he is commissioned to observe a large footprint found there. The creature is identified as a large reptile, and is tracked to New York City. When Niko arrives in New York City, he makes it clear that Zilla is only acting on instinct, and that the most efficient way to subdue him would be to set a trap. The trap fails, but it allows Niko to collect a blood sample from the monster. The blood test allows Niko to discover that Zilla will soon lay eggs. around this time Niko reconnects with his college sweetheart Audrey Timmonds who he invites to his research station. Timmonds betrays Niko by stealing some tapes from his tent and using the information on Zilla that he had disclosed to her in a news story. This gets Niko fired from the team.

When Niko hails a cab to the airport (presumably back to Chernobyl) he finds that he is being taken against his will to another team that seeks to destroy Zilla, a group of French secret servicemen. The Frenchmen's plan is to locate Zilla's nest and eliminate it. Niko and the team follow Zilla's burrow to Madison Square Garden where they discover that they do not have enough explosives to destroy all of the eggs. this leads them to call for an airstrike on the gardens. All of them escape in time, only for the Adult Zilla to discover his dead children and chase after Niko and the team. They then lure Zilla to the Brooklyn Bridge where it is defeated by military airplanes.

GODZILLA: The Series
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