Gallery: The 16 Most Badass Monsters From the Godzilla Movies

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    godzilla

    The original Godzilla (or "Gojira," a portmanteau of the Japanese words for gorilla and whale) stood 50 meters tall and weighed 40 million pounds. Not that it stopped dumb-ass kaiju from messing with him. (Expand the gallery to fullscreen for the best experience.)
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    hedorah

    Hedorah (aka The Smog Monster) First Appearance: *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (1971) Height: 60 meters Weight: 96 million pounds Powers: Discharges sludge; fires energy beams; merges with other Hedorahs, Voltron style
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    megalon

    Megalon (at right, with Godzilla, GIgan, and Jet Jaguar) First Appearance: *Godzilla vs. Megalon* (1973) Height: 55 meters Weight: 80 million pounds Powers: Shoots napalm bombs from mouth, electric bolts from horn, and can fly *and* swim
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    anguirus

    Anguirus First Appearance: *Godzilla Raids Again* (1955) Length: 100 meters (60 meters standing upright) Weight: 60 million pounds Powers: Super-spiky and can jump like the dickens
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    ebirah

    Ebirah First Appearance: *Ebirah, Horror of the Deep* (1966) Height: 50 meters Weight: 46 million pounds Powers: Swimming, horrific claws
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    ghidorah

    King Ghidorah First Appearance: *Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster* (1964) Height: 100 meters (150-meter wingspan) Weight: 60 million pounds Powers: Can travel through space; can surround self with a meteor
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    gigan

    Gigan (At right, with Godzilla and Ghidorah) First Appearance: *Godzilla vs. Gigan* (1971) Height: 65 meters Weight: 50 million pounds Powers: Night vision, laser cannon in face, abdominal buzzsaw
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    frankenstein

    Frankenstein First Appearance: *Frankenstein vs. Baragon* (1965) Height: 20 meters Weight: 4 million pounds Powers: Regenerates body parts, great at speed dating
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    rodan

    Rodan First Appearance: *Rodan* (1956) Height: 50 meters (120-meter wingspan) Weight: 30 million pounds Powers: Wings generate hurricane winds, spiked chest
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    kingcaesar

    King Caesar First Appearance: *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla* (1974) Height: 50 meters Weight: 60 million pounds Powers: Eyes can reflect energy
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    manda

    Manda First Appearance: *Atragon* (1963) Length: 150 meters Weight: 60 million pounds Powers: Constricts enemies
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    mechagodzilla

    Mechagodzilla First Appearance: *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla * (1974) Height: 50 meters Weight: 80 million pounds Powers: Shoots beams from eyes, missiles from most body parts, can fly at Mach 5
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    mechanikong

    Mechani-Kong First Appearance: *King Kong Escapes* (1967) Height: 20 meters Weight: 30 million pounds Powers: Can shoot hypnosis beam from head
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    meganulon

    The Meganulon First Appearance: *Rodan* (1954) Height: 8 meters Weight: 1 ton Powers: Pincers, blue-collar work ethic
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