Fake Godzilla

Fake Godzilla is the name given to the disguise used by Mechagodzilla when the robot first arrived Earth.

Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
Rising from a hurled volcanic rock, Godzilla, it seemed, had once again returned to his malevolent ways. Waging a campaign of destruction against humanity, this fake Godzilla leveled anything that stood in its path. Not even Anguirus could stop its power. The quadruped reptile, though, being able to see through the hidden MechaGodzilla's disguise was powerless to halt its wrath. Receiving a grisly broken jaw, the kaiju was forced to flee, leaving the fake Godzilla to once again push deeper into Japan's mainland.

By nightfall the machine had arrived at a refinery. Using its golden hued flamethrower breath, the demon set the area aflame. Unfortunately for it, though, the real Godzilla had sensed its presence and came forth to battle. Fighting with fierce determination, the real Godzilla tore and blasted away chunks of the doppelganger's rubber skin. He was perplexed by the unusual affect his attacks had against the foe, but his questions were soon to be answered. The Black Hole aliens, which had constructed this hellish instrument of terror, burned away the guise and revealed to Godzilla and the world the true Mechagodzilla.

Terror of Mechagodzilla
The fake Godzilla appears via stock footage in this movie, showing his fight with the real Godzilla.

Godzilla: Final Wars
The fake Godzilla appears via stock footage again, showing the same scene when the movie talks about the attacks of kaiju over the history.

Super Godzilla
The fake Godzilla appears in the SNES videogame Super Godzilla, but becomes Mechagodzilla before fighting his real counterpart.