Rodan (1956 film)

I saw Yoshua's post on flying titans fighting and it made me want to make a similar one, but with only Rodans!

The BR will include:

OG Rodan (1956)

Heisei/Fire Rodan (1993)

FW Rodan (2004)

MV Rodan (2019)

The BR will not include:

SP Rodan (2021) (way too small)

2nd generation Showa Rodan (1964) (way too OP)

There will be a bonus at the end.

First up:

OG RODAN (1956), RADON, RADO

STATS:

Height: 50 meters

Weight: 15,000 tons

Wingspan: 120 meters

CAPABILITIES:

Strength: Rodan destroys buildings without much effort, but not much else.

Speed: Rodan can reach flight speeds of Mach 1.5.

Durability: Shrugs off JSDF weaponry.

IQ: The 2 Rodans in 1956 had basic intelligence, but were able to feel emotion, when one Rodan got stuck on a volcano as it was spewing lava, the other came back for it and died alongside it.

BIQ: This Rodan only fought the military and some Meganulon, though that wasn't much of a contest.

Weaknesses: Lava

ABILITIES:

Supersonic Flight

Shockwaves

Wind Gusts

Wind Breath

Aquatic Capabilities

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Next up:

HEISEI/FIRE RODAN (1993)

STATS:

Height: 70 meters

Weight: 16,000 tons

Wingspan: 150 meters

CAPABILITIES:

Strength: Able to peck out Super Mecha's eye, and knocks Heisei Godzilla (60,000 tons) with a wing strike

Speed: Can fly at Mach 3

Durability: Survived getting beamed, stomped on, and strangled by Godzilla, and Withstood Super Mecha's plasma grenade

IQ: Acknowledges Baby Godzilla as an ally, but not much else

BIQ: Very skilled in aerial combat

Weaknesses: Kaiju much larger than him

ABILITIES:

Supersonic Flight

Uranium Heat Beam

Energy Transfer

Telepathy

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Next is:

FINAL WARS RODAN (2004)

STATS:

Height: 100 meters

Weight: 30,000 tons

Wingspan: 200 meters

CAPABILITIES:

Strength: Couldn't overwhelm Final Wars Godzilla even while jumping him with FW Ang and Ceasar

Speed: Can fly at Mach 3, but cannot dodge Caesar's head or Anguirus, so not very agile

Durability: got knocked out by a single Anguirus Ball attack

IQ: Mind controlled, so unknown

BIQ: comes into existence whenever called by Xiliens, so unknown

Weaknesses: Getting knocked out of the sky

ABILITIES:

Supersonic Flight

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And finally:

MONSTERVERSE RODAN (2019)

STATS:

Height: 47 meters

Weight: 39,043 tons

Wingspan: 265.5 meters

CAPABILITIES:

Strength: Stronger than Mothra, and managed to cause a bit of trouble for Monster Zero

Speed: Estimated Mach 1.6 speed, very agile, doing barrel rolls and maneuvering around Monster Zero

Durability: Extreme heat resistance, survived being impaled by Mothra, and MZ's Gravity Beams

IQ: Able to understand his own mortality, and sides with MZ when he's defeated

BIQ: very agile and performed decently against MZ, and overpowered Mothra in their fight

Weaknesses: Beam attacks, as a single Gravity Beam knocked him out

ABILITIES:

Supersonic Flight

Magma System

Volcanic Eruptions

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OVERALL:

Strength: HEISEI/FIRE (knocked over Godzilla)

Speed: HEISEI/FIRE & FINAL WARS (both fly at Mach 3)

Durability: HEISEI/FIRE & MONSTERVERSE (both survived powerful beams)

IQ: 1956 & MONSTERVERSE (Both understand their choices, with 1956 choosing to die with its mate, and MV choosing to side with MZ when he lost)

BIQ: HEISEI/FIRE & MONSTERVERSE (both very skilled agile fliers)

Least Relevant Weakness: HEISEI/FIRE (large, heavy Kaiju are his only weakness, with the only one larger and heavier being very low in durability)

LIKELY WINNER: HEISEI/FIRE RODAN (1993)

Heisei Rodan is the strongest, tied for fastest, most durable, tied for most skilled, and has the least exploitable weakness, so I think he takes the win here.

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BONUS:

Could they ALL beat 2nd gen Showa?

Based on how Showa Rodan performed against Showa Godzilla and Ghidorah, if all 4 other Rodans jump him, they will most likely lose. 1956 and FW are going to be useless, because 1956 has never fought another Kaiju, and FW is horrible at teamwork. MV Rodan was one shot by MZ's beam, so he would be beaten with a ram by Showa. Fire Rodan stands the best chance, but it isn't close. Fire Rodan has never had to fire at a moving target, and with both Kaiju it did hit, it did little to no damage, so his speed advantage would be his only chance. Unfortunately for him, Showa's durability is crazy, and he'd tank all hits from Fire and the others.

Also if SP showed up he'd get eaten in a second

OUTCOME: 2ND GENERATION SHOWA RODAN (1964)

2nd gen Showa is the most powerful Rodan incarnation ever seen so far in the mainstream Godzilla franchise.

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What do you guys think?

Rodan is about a group of miners who mine their daily mine and are attacked by a Meganulon.

There are two miners called Goro and the other guy named something like Ishizo. They always fight and they mine, when they don’t come back their (mining) group goes to find them and discovers they’re dead. This was because of a prehistoric dragonfly larvae called the Meganulon. The process prior happens one more time to this miner called Kawamura, except he gets amnesia, recovers and lives to tell the tale. He also witnessed the hatching of a baby Rodan, who eventually wrecks havoc amidst the city and then another Rodan, his mate appears! The city attacks, they flee, the male Rodan dies in a pit of lava and then the mate takes her life because of the tragedy.

The characters are good, the music too; I can’t get the track “Get Radon!” out of my head. It’s a very fun and well-written movie. For my overall score, I don’t know if I should give it a 9/10 or a 10/10 albeit I’ll give it a 9 for now.