This is a list of monsters and kaiju that have minor or non-notable appearances, mentions, and/or roles in the Godzilla franchise. Descriptions for each monster can be found under the chronological era of the series and work they appeared in.
Showa era[]
Mothra[]
Vampire Plant[]
The Vampire Plant (吸血植物?) is a mutated plant kaiju that first appears in the Kyūketsu Shokubutsu1961 film, Mothra. When Shin'ichi Chūjō was exploring Infant Island on his own, he comes across mutated flora. As he passed through the low hanging vines, the plants attacked him, squeezing him to unconsciousness. Before passing out, the last thing he sees are the Shobijin, who save his life.
Mothra vs. Godzilla[]
Mystery Bones of Infant Island[]
The Mystery Bones of Infant Island (インファント島の怪骨?), also known as Infant Island's Kai Kotsu is a turtle kaiju that first appeared in the Infanto-jima no kai kotsu1964 Godzilla film, Mothra vs. Godzilla. The Mystery Bones was found on Infant Island, which had a lot of radiation and lifeless skeletons lying around.
- Trivia
- The official name "Mystery Bones of Infant Island," is a translation of the name for the creature found in a 2012 toy of it,[1][2] which reads "Infanto-jima no kai kotsu." Officially licensed t-shirts featuring Skeleturtle that were sold in Japan refer to the creature in English as "Infant Island's Kai Kotsu."
- In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, the Mystery Bones can be seen on Infant Island running from the battle between Mothra and Battra in issue #19.
King Kong vs. Godzilla[]
Giant Lizard[]
The giant lizard (大トカゲ?, lit. Large Lizard) is a lizard kaiju that first appeared in the Ootokage1962 Godzilla film, King Kong vs. Godzilla. Once on Farou Island, the expedition team find the Giant Lizard while in search of King Kong. The Giant Lizard antagonizes the main characters while one of them comically spins the lizard above his head. Scared and surprised at the same time, they immediately kill the Giant Lizard with a shotgun. It is after this distraction that they hear King Kong roaring nearby, forcing them to return to the village.
Son of Godzilla[]
Giant Praying Mantis[]
The Giant Praying Mantises (大カマキリ?, lit. Large Mantis) were a species of giant mantis kaiju that first appeared in the Ōkamakiri1967 Godzilla film, Son of Godzilla. These mantises roamed the forests peacefully until the Japanese government decided to set up a base for testing weather control. The testing resulted in a radioactive fallout on the island, turning the mantises into gigantic ones dubbed Kamacuras.
- Trivia
- The ShodaiKama puppet was used to portray both the original mantises and Kamacuras.
All Monsters Attack[]
Maneater[]
The Maneater (人喰い植物?, lit. Flesh-Eating Plant) is a humanoid plant kaiju created by Hitokui shokubutsuToho that first appeared in the 1969 Godzilla film, All Monsters Attack. The Maneater appears when Ichiro Miki walks in front of it, distracted by watching Minilla trying to fire atomic breath in front of Godzilla but failing. The Maneater sneakily grabs Ichiro, puts him up to his body, and covers his mouth so he can't talk. Ichiro then wakes up from his dream and realizes that he was being kidnapped by the robbers who were hiding out on the same place he was in.
The Godzilla Power Hour[]
Giant Venus Flytrap[]
The Giant Venus Flytrap is a Venus flytrap kaiju created by Hanna-Barbera that appeared in the 1979 Godzilla Power Hour episode, "Valley of the Giants". The Giant Venus Flytrap was one of the many mutated denizens of the valley hidden among the African mountains. When the Calico crew was exploring the valley, the humongous flytrap ambushed Brock and captured him, imprisoning him between its leaves. Fortunately, Godzooky forced the plant's leaves open and saved his friend.
TriStar series[]
Godzilla: The Series[]
Giant Centipede[]
The Giant Centipede (ミュータント・ワーム?, lit. Mutant Worm) is a centipede kaiju that first appeared in the episode " Myūtanto wāmuCash of the Titans". A mutation of unknown origin, it was removed from its habitat and brought to fight in Maximilian Spiel's mutation fighting arena, where it battled the Shrewster and lost. He is presumed succumbed at his injuries.
Concept art[]
Area 51 Mutations[]
The Area 51 Mutations are kaiju that first appeared in the episode "Area 51". They were the monsters that were kept in Area 51 after their creation due to the extensive nuclear testing done there in the 1950s. Other mutations spawned by decades of underground nuclear testing, the lizard and six-legged desert rat mutations were at home in the underground Area 51 reserve for mutations. Along with other creatures, such as the Thorny Devil and Giant Armadillo, they were studied for beneficial uses for mankind. They are the only two Mutations that are shown to not have escaped during the events of the episode.
MonsterVerse[]
Kong: Skull Island[]
Unidentified snake[]
The unidentified snakes are snake kaiju that appeared in the novelization for Kong: Skull Island. James Conrad encountered one of the snakes that tried to eat him, but he killed it by stabbing it in the head with a knife.
Unidentified turtle[]
The unidentified turtle is a turtle MUTO. It was briefly seen as a sketch by Monarch. However, it was not seen at Skull Island.
Carnivorous plant[]
The carnivorous plant is a species of vegetative MUTO kaiju that appeared in the novelization. Conrad's party encountered a carnivorous plant with several dead animals inside its maw, including a Giant Wasp the size of Weaver’s hand. Its blood is described as acidic.
Giant Wasp[]
The Giant Wasp is a kaiju that appears in the novelization of Kong: Skull Island. One of the wasps is seen when the stem of a carnivorous plant was snapped, causing the wasp and various other small animals to spill out.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters[]
Unidentified giant spider[]
An unidentified giant spider is a spider kaiju that appears in Legendary Pictures' 2019 film Godzilla: King of the Monsters. After Mothra is awakened by the ORCA in the Temple of the Moth, she becomes enraged when Monarch tries to contain her. After using her mandibles to throw an agent into a large web, the giant spider can be briefly seen facing the agent.
Unidentified Anguirus-like Titan[]
An Anguirus-like Titan is a giant daikaiju that appears in Godzilla: King of the Monsters as a skeleton next to an entrance to the Hollow Earth.[3] At some point in the past, this Titan died near an entrance to the Hollow Earth cavern constructed by ancient humans for Godzilla. Monarch would later briefly pass Anguirus' skeleton as they followed Godzilla into the cavern, a millennia later.
- Trivia
- The true identity of this Titan is unknown, only that it has been compared with the character Anguirus. Michael Dougherty has hinted that this Titan may or may not be Anguirus.[3]
Godzilla: Dominion[]
Lemur Titan[]
The unnamed lemur-like Titans were ancient kaiju that first appeared in the comic Godzilla Dominion. Like their name suggests, these Titans bear a strong resemblance to lemurs, specifically the Ring-tailed Lemur. Other than size, the main differences include rocky growths along the back and tails that seemingly end in a sharp, pointed tip. As Godzilla thinks back on how Earth has changed over his lifetime, a vision shows these Titans traversing a mountainside at an unknown point in the ancient past.
- Trivia
- According to Greg Keyes, the original script called for the real-life "giant lemurs", Archaeoindris, to show up in the comic. Due to a miscommunication, lemur-like Titans were drawn instead.[4]
The Rival[]
An unidentified member of the Titanus Kong superspecies, also known as The Rival in the script,[5] was a colossal ape-like kaiju.
Millennia ago, the Rival fought, defeated, and drove Godzilla out from one of his Hollow Earth lairs, claiming it as his domain. Eventually, in his old age, he was killed when Tiamat fought him to take control of the lair. When Godzilla finds his remains, all that is left of the Rival is a mangled skull.
Godzilla vs. Kong[]
Unidentified Hollow Earth Titan[]
An unidentified Titan was a gigantic daikaiju found in Hollow Earth that first appeared in the 2021 film, Godzilla vs. Kong as a skeleton inside the Hollow Earth Temple.
History[]
The unidentified Titan likely evolved within the Hollow Earth. It died within the Hollow Earth Temple from the aforementioned lethal blow to the back of the skull from the mentioned axe during a battle. While unconfirmed, due to the ancient war mentioned in Godzilla vs. Kong, the skeleton most likely belongs to an ancient Titan. Years later, Kong enters the Hollow Earth Temple, where he notices a battle axe wedged within the Hollow Earth Titan. He removes it and holds it up high, roaring proudly while beating his chest. He then claims his new weaponized gift.
Trivia[]
- In the film novelization, the creature is implied to be the remains of Titanus Gojira based on its physical resemblance.[6] This is contradicted by the film, as the creature's skull is noticeably more mammalian than reptilian, possessing elongated canines.
Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong Issue 3[]
Unidentified rhino-like creatures[]
The Unidentified rhino-like creatures are rhinoceros creatures that first appeared in the comic Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong Issue 3. They appear similar to rhinoceroses, but they possess four horns and a ceratopsian frill on their heads. In Skull Island, two of these rhinos are seen running with Green Arrow during a battle between Kong and a Warbat. The rhinos bares some resemblance to Tundro from The Herculoids.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters[]
Unidentified Axis Mundi insect-like creatures[]
These unidentified insects inhabit Axis Mundi and can be seen flying around Keiko Randa, Lee Shaw, Cate Randa, and May Olowe-Hewitt
Concept art[]
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire[]
Kong Tribe[]
A tribe of Great Apes belonging to the Titanus Kong superspecies are colossal simian Titans that appear in Legendary Picture's 2024 film Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. They bear a general resemblance to Kong, sporting his gorilla-based features, but most have lack of fur on their bodies, some have scars on specific parts of their bodies, and some suffer from the skin condition Vitiligo that causes patches of skin to lose pigment, due to living as slaves in a volcanic environment with little nourishment. Males that are loyal to the Skar King are marked with red war paint on their bodies are called "Red Stripes", according to the film's official novelization. Several females have infants bearing their gorilla features but contain red fur, signifying their biological relation to the Skar King.
- History
The tribe was enslaved by the Skar King to act as his personal army, alongside the enslaved Shimo. They were later trapped in a volcanic region of the Hollow Earth by Godzilla for a long duration of time, forced to lived under their tyrant king's rule or be doomed to killed or fed to Shimo. In 2027, one of their young, Suko, had brought Kong to their home did it all change. When Kong goes out of his way to help an ape being abused by a guard, the tribe became enchanted by his strength and bravery but also his compassion and understanding. Though they still laugh at Kong when Skar King mocks his metal tooth, but more so out of fear. After Skar King had left with Shimo and his Red Stripes to destroy the Hollow Earth Iwi Tribe and invade the surface, the Apes remained behind to continue their slave work, but when Shimo returned, they were shocked to see not Skar King, but Kong, and Suko riding on her. Upon realizing their captor had been killed, the Apes all cheered and roared in elation for their savior and their new leader.
Reiwa era[]
Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse / Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla[]
Barem[]
The Barem (ベーレム?) of the AniGoji continuity is a pollution-byproduct that first appeared in BēremuGodzilla: Monster Apocalypse, a prequel novelization for the 2017 film, Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters. Barem came after Dagahra was killed on Christmas day, resulting in the waters being contaminated and killing all life present in them.
Giant Condor[]
The Giant Condor (大コンドル?) of the AniGoji continuity is a species of giant condor-like kaiju that first appeared in Oo KondoruGodzilla: Project Mechagodzilla. Similar to Griffons, Giant Condors inhabited northern Africa, attacking and preying on soldiers during Operation: Long March, although it was never mentioned whether or not it confronted Gigan.
Kumonga[]
The Kumonga (クモンガ?) of the AniGoji continuity is a giant spider-like kaiju that first appeared in Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse. Kumonga was mentioned to be inhabiting the USA along with Kamacuras in 2030s. In Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla, smaller arachnid monsters, possibly related species to Kumonga, were confirmed on South America and North Africa. Kumonga
Giant Octopus[]
The Giant Octopus (大ダコ?, lit. Large Octopus) of the AniGoji continuity is a giant octopus-like kaiju that first appeared in Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse. Oodako
- History
Alongside Ebirahs, Giant Octopuses were detected by US forces during searches for Godzilla, humanity regarded these monsters as "subspecies of monsters". The Giant Octopus inhabited the Pacific Ocean and had been attacking and sinking fishery vessels and transportation ships two to three times per year.
The timing of its activities was possibly before the appearance of Godzilla, as it was said that since Godzilla took the Pacific Ocean as its territory, not only humans but also other monsters were scared off by Godzilla's presence. Additionally, corpses of monsters had been confirmed occasionally since Godzilla appeared. It's not clear whether the Giant Octopus was one of those.
Ebirah[]
The Ebirah (エビラ?) of the AniGoji continuity is a species of giant lobster-like kaiju that first appeared in Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse. Ebira
- History
Along with the Giant Octopus, several Ebirahs had been confirmed by the US Army during their search efforts for Godzilla, and humanity regarded Ebirahs as a "subspecies of monsters". The USS Saratoga (CV-60) and its fleet defeated the third individual, known as "Ⅲ" in 2015, making it the first victory of its own.
It is unclear whether Godzilla had targeted and hunted down the Ebirah species, along with other monsters since after its occupation on the Pacific Ocean since at least in 2030, however corpses of monsters had been found in the ocean since then.
- Trivia
- USS Saratoga (CV-60) engaged in battles against thirteen monsters including Godzilla Earth in official record while it also fought against Daghara which was not included in the official record.
Griffon[]
The Griffon (グリホン?) of the AniGoji continuity is a species of giant winged lion-like kaiju that first appeared in GurihonGodzilla: Monster Apocalypse.
- History
In June 2021, a pack of Griffons attacked Cairo in Egypt and brought down the city, further cornering humanity on the African continent after the chaos brought mostly by Megalon.
It was said to be regrettable that United Nation didn't send forces which African nations asked for and had exterminated Griffons at early stage and prevented the monsters from reproducing, or had prevent conflicts among humanity at least.
- Trivia
- Like its predecessor, the orthography of Griffon is Gurihon (グリホン?) while the actual labeling of Griffon in Japanese is Guriffon Gurihon (グリフォン?); this gap was made possibly due to the fact that labeling of foreign words had not been standardized completely in the Guriffontime when the film Latitude Zero was made.
- Attacks on northwestern Africa to the Middle East by winged lion-like monsters acts as a potential reference to that of Norzzug in Godzilla: The Series.
Godzilla Singular Point[]
Unidentified insect creature[]
A species of insect-like creature were creatures that appeared in the episode "Together". These creatures resemble Meganulon of the Showa counterpart having a brown worm like body, two crab like claws, insect legs and two big blue eyes.
- History
The insectoid creatures were first encountered by Yun Arikawa and Jet Jaguar after the two crash-landed on Godzilla Ultima’s back. They emerged shortly afterwards, and Yun was chased by the creatures as he tried to retrieve the Orthogonal Diagonalizer, being forced to jump off Godzilla’s back in order to catch it. The creatures were presumably erased from the timeline along with Godzilla when Jet Jaguar PP activated its final code to defeat the Kaiju.
- Trivia
- Due to their strong resemblance to Meganulon's appearance in Rodan, many fans thought that they were the anime's version of them. The official guide book references this by suggesting they might be Meganulon.[7]
- The creatures may also be inspired by Shockirus, a species of mutated sea lice from the film The Return of Godzilla.
Robogodzilla[]
Robogodzilla (ROBOGODZILLA Robogojira?) is a kaiju from the Godzilla Singular Point continuity, and is the second Mechagodzilla of the Reiwa era.
This creature first appears under construction in a post-credits scene for the final episode of the first season of Godzilla Singular Point. Its frame was built around the skeleton of Godzilla from the 1950s.
- Name
The name is a combination of the words "robot" and "Godzilla". The title for the robot was shown, albeit encoded in special characters, on the schematics displayed on the monitor; when deciphered, it spelled "ROBOGODZILLA" in English.[8]
- History
Robogodzilla began as the skeleton of the Godzilla who appeared in the 1950s before it was sealed underneath Misakioku. During Godzilla's rampage across Tokyo, SHIVA ordered a squadron led by Kai Takehiro to commandeer the skeleton, secretly planning to weaponize it as an asset against Godzilla and other kaiju.
- Trivia
- Robogodzilla being built upon the frame of a Godzilla skeleton is similar to Kiryu, the Millenium Mechagodzilla.
- It shares its name with the original name of its MonsterVerse counterpart.
Printed media[]
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Marvel Comics)[]
Unnamed monsters[]
The various mutations/aliens made an appearance in Marvel's run of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, all which are unnamed. They play no major role, as they only appear in flashbacks.
Godzilla: Oblivion[]
Oblivion monsters[]
The Oblivion monsters are a group of kaiju from Godzilla's dimension. These monsters included incarnations of Biollante, Mothra and her larva, King Caesar, Anguirus, Battra, Hedorah, and Zilla. They were responsible for ravaging the planet to the brink of collapse, only pausing their havoc under the reign of Godzilla. The creatures first appear and the end of issue #4, when after a portal created Dr. Talbert and Dr. Yamada accidentally brings Godzilla to their dimension, the inhabitants send the monsters as a chance to rid them. By the next issue, the monsters quickly invade the entire Earth and overwhelm Mecha-King Ghidorah. Eventually, humanity is forced evacuate the planet to a new dimension, but not before sealing the monsters on the abandoned Earth to ensure they do not follow their escape.
Godzilla: Legends[]
Irradiated Bird[]
The Mutant Bird is a creature who appears in IDW Publishing's Godzilla: Legends #5. It first appears when Bryson Allworth was sent to climb Godzilla in order to take tissue samples from him, he found a new species of bird on his back. It had a nest with its mate and ate an amphibian using its long tongue.
Video games[]
Miscellaneous[]
References[]
- ↑ インファント島の怪骨!? - Yahoo Japan
- ↑ Kai bone of Infant Island! ?
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dougherty, Mike (June 8, 2019). Mike Dougherty on Twitter. Twitter. “The skeleton of a creature that might or might not be Anguirus is briefly visible in one shot, just outside Godzilla's underwater lair.”
- ↑ Keyes, Greg. "So. In my script, I said something about giant lemurs. But I meant the actual giant lemurs that existed fairly recently o. M". Instagram.
- ↑ Johnson, Drew Edward. The "Ancient" Kong's name. Twitter.
- ↑ Leyes, Greg. Godzilla vs. Kong - The Official Movie Novelization. Titan Books. p. 250. April 6, 2021. ISBN: 9781789097351. ASIN: B08R6PKDFS.
- ↑ Godzilla S.P. Fan Book. Futabasha. p. 74. 13 July 2021. ISBN: 978-4575458831.
- ↑ Metalgross Armor (June 24, 2021). ゴジラ S.P 13話 作中テキスト、用語メモ. Hatena Blog.