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This is a list of known monsters from unproduced media projects and abandoned concepts from completed works in the Godzilla franchise. As many were created during pre-production and early drafts, these monster may have had a small role, a brief cameo, and/or existed only as a design or concept. This list is organized by the medium they appeared in and in alphabetical order. Films that were never made are denoted with an asterisk (*).

Note that this excludes those that were integrated into the franchise much later, such as Bagan. The list is meant to be comprehensive, however, given the obscure subject matter, it may be incomplete.

Films and television[]

Showa era[]

Bride of Godzilla*
  • Giant Archaeopteryx and Giant Chameleon: Monsters created for the 1956 film Bride of Godzilla. They, along with Godzilla and Anguirus, came from the center of the "Hollow Earth" and attacked Kyushu. They are all ultimately defeated by Robot Daughter. The Giant Archaeopteryx was possibly a predecessor to Rodan, as Bride of Godzilla was planned to be released the same year as Rodan, and some early concept art of Rodan depicts him as more like an Archaeopteryx than a Pteranodon.
  • Giant blood-sucking flea
  • Female Godzilla
  • Robot Daughter
  • Sea serpent
  • Mermaids
Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla*
  • Giant Scorpion
Giant Monsters Converge on Okinawa! Showdown At Zampamisaki / Mechanical Monster Garugan*
  • Garugan: An unused mecha from the unmade 1974 Godzilla film, Mechanical Monster Garugan. No official concept or images of the monster is known to exist, yet it is known that he was controlled by a race called the "Garuga Aliens." He was going to fight Godzilla, Anguirus and Mothra in Okinawa, and would ultimately be defeated by them.
Godzilla 2: Godzilla vs. The Robot Army*
  • Robot Army
Godzilla: King of the Monsters 3-D*
  • Juvenile Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Ankyron
  • Ankyron
Godzilla Legend: The Asuka Fortress / Godzilla vs. the Asuka Fortress*
Godzilla vs. Gejira*
Godzilla vs. Mothra
  • Scorpion Monster
Godzilla vs. Redmoon
Hafun
  • Hafun: The offspring to Redmoon and Erabus. Shortly after being born, he is kidnapped by an entrepreneur with the hopes of displaying the creature for profits. Hafun dies in the process of being moved, causing Redmoon and Erabus to go berserk and begin laying waste to the cities in Okinawa.
Godzilla vs. the Space Monsters: Earth Defense Directive*
Godzilla vs. The Megalon Brothers: The Undersea Kingdom's Annihilation Strategy*
  • Megalon Brothers
Godzilla vs. The Mysterians*
  • Hira-Jin
  • Mutated animal hybrids
  • Sea monster
Nessie
  • Mutated dog
Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon*
  • Robot Ousu
Prophecies of Nostradamus II: The King of Terror
  • UFO
Rebirth of Mothra III
  • Fire-themed monster
S.O.S. Japan! Godzilla's Suicide Strategy
  • Chamelegon
  • Titan Aliens of Galaxy 23
Terror of Mechagodzilla
The Resurrection of Godzilla (original draft)
  • Meat-Eating Plant
The Return of King Ghidorah*
  • Mogu: An unused dragon kaiju planned for the unmade 1971 film. Not much is known about this monster based on Hurricane Ryu Hariken's illustration for the film, which shows the monster bears resemblance to a dragon. Additionally, Mogu has something spiky on its forehead, at least one claw, a pair of wings, and a sharp, forked tail.
The Volcano Monsters*
  • Giant Tyrannosaurus rex
  • Giant Ankylosaurus
  • Third volcano monster

Heisei era[]

A Space Godzilla*
  • Kunin
  • Lilin
  • Rozan
  • Gamoni
  • Sphinxes
  • Sunerians
Godzilla: Great Naval Battle
  • Three unnamed sea monsters
  • Underwater Mechagodzilla
Godzilla's Counterattack*
  • Red Godzilla
Godzilla 3*
  • Nazca Aliens
Godzilla vs. AstroGodzilla*
Godzilla vs. Barubaroi*
  • Barubaroi
Godzilla vs. Berserk*
Godzilla vs. Biollante
  • Deuterious
  • Mutated humans
Godzilla vs. Cyber City*
  • Genocide Jaguar / Female Android
  • Rossum
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Godzilla vs. Divine Beast*
  • Divine Beast
Godzilla vs. Emperor Ghidorah*
  • Emperor Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. Gigamoth*
Godzilla vs. Ghost Godzilla
Godzilla vs. King Goku
  • King Goku
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (early draft)
Godzilla vs. MechaMothra*
Godzilla vs. NeoGodzilla
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla vs. Super Atomic Godzilla
  • Super Atomic Godzilla
Godzilla vs. the Mutant Starfish*
  • Mutant Starfish
Terror of SpaceGodzilla*
  • SpaceGodzilla satellite
  • Space Moguera
Kaiju Sentai Godzilla*
  • Five Godzillas of different colors

Millennium series[]

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
  • Liopleurodon
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
  • Bubble-like monster
Godzilla 3D, a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Deathla
  • Deathla
Godzilla vs. M*
  • Alien virus
  • Takegami / M
Godzilla Reborn*
  • Godzilla clone
  • Miba
Two Godzillas: Japan S.O.S.!*
  • Giant clams

TriStar series[]

Godzilla (1994)*
  • Gryphon
  • Marty
  • Probe Bats
  • Sidekick monster
GODZILLA 2*
Godzilla: The Series
Unused 1

Concept art of Anguirus, Biollante, Gabara, and the organic and robotic versions of Moguera

Unused 2

Concept art of Flying Gigan, Gus the Spider, Manda the Worm, and Megalon

Flying Gigan

Flying Gigan

  • Anguirus: Named after the ankylosaur monster Anguirus from Godzilla Raids Again, this monster only appears in a single piece of concept art. It has three horns on its head, four on its neck and five on its chin.
  • Biollante: Named after the plant monster Biollante from Godzilla vs. Biollante, this monster is shown to have tentacle/vine like appendages and a small head crest. It appeared on one page of concept art.
  • Flying Gigan: An homage to the cyborg monster Gigan from Godzilla vs. Gigan, the Flying Gigan is a bat-like creature. It is featured in the opening sequence of the show where it is shown doing battle with Godzilla. It was also featured on a piece of promotional art for the series, battling Godzilla underwater.
  • Gabara: Named after the monster Gabara from All Monsters Attack, this monster has very few discernible features aside from its double-mouth and eight eyes. It appeared on one page of concept art.
  • Gus the Spider: Gus appears at the end of the opening sequence to Godzilla: The Series. Its most notable feature is its extremely large mandibles, it is reddish, has a stinger on the back of its body and its legs appear to be hollow. The Giant Black Widow in the show was based on Gus' design.
  • Manda the Worm: Named after the serpent monster Manda from Atragon, this creature has an elongated body that appears to be multisegmented, is green in color, has a mouth with large teeth, lacks visible eyes, has small horns, and has small legs that run through its entire body. This monster appears at the end of the opening sequence.
  • Megalon: An homage to the insectoid monster Megalon from Godzilla vs. Megalon, this monster appears at the end of the opening sequence. This creature has large horns, spider-like mandibles and an armored back. It also has very skinny arms compared to its bulky body and tentacle-like hands.
  • Moguera: Named after the mole-like robot Moguera from The Mysterians, both organic and mechanical versions of this monster appear in concept art. This art suggests that Moguera was meant to fight Godzilla and be defeated, only to be resurrected using robotics.
Concept Sub-Zero Manta

Bird of Prey

  • Bird of Prey: This creature was originally meant to be in the episode "Wedding Bells Blew". However, due to the amount of bird-like monsters already in the series, the Bird of Prey was replaced with the Sub-Zero Manta. In the Japanese version of the show, the Giant Manta Ray is still referred to as the Bird-Of-Prey.
LadyZillla
  • Female Godzilla: A female Godzilla was originally meant to be in the episode "End of the Line." However, the show's producers didn't feel the need for another Godzilla in the series, so they replaced the female Godzilla with the giant Komodo dragon monster, Komodithrax.
  • Growing creature: An unused story pitch/concept by William Stout

MonsterVerse[]

Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Kong
Kong: Skull Island
  • Big fish
  • Camouflaged birds
  • Cat-like creature with multiple tails
  • Cave Fishers
  • Dunkleosteus
  • Giant amphibious sea serpent
  • Giant elephant
  • Giant monkey
  • Giant river cobra
  • Giant Venus flytrap

Reiwa era[]

Hedorah 2 / Hedorah vs. Midora*
  • Midora
Shin Godzilla
  • Urvogel Godzilla
  • Second Godzilla / Godzilla split-off
  • Godzilla dorsal plate creatures / blood creatures

Comics and literature[]

Dark Horse Comics[]

Godzilla, King of the Monsters
  • Dragon/Hydra from Space: An unused monster based on King Ghidorah.
Godzilla vs. Anti-Godzilla
  • Anti-Godzilla: a Godzilla doppelganger for a planned 1996 storyline.
Godzilla vs. Terminator*
  • Giant Terminator T-800: The planned antagonist for Dark Horse Comics' proposed crossover storyline that was ultimately rejected.

IDW Publishing[]

Godzilla and the Lost Continent*
  • Monstrous forest growth
  • Raijin / Daitengu
Godzilla: Lolitas and Leviathans*
  • Crystal Pod Soldiers[2]
Godzilla: Rulers of Earth
  • Biollante-Monster Island mutation: a creature based on Biollante and Monster Island, it was planned to appear in a scrapped storyline.[3]
  • Godzilla clone: A Godzilla clone that was planned to appear in a scrapped storyline.[3]
Godzilla vs. Cthulhu*
  • Cthulhu
Godzilla VS Reborn*
  • A-07: A character who was made for an unused comic pitch by Matt Frank, A-07 is a prototype android made by technology from Mechagodzilla.[4]
  • Saiyori Kazuma: a human mutated by cells from Godzilla.[4]

Video games[]

Godzilla: Unleashed

Prototypes[]

  • Mammoth Snake / Mammoth Serpent: an early precursor to Manda.
  • Gebara: an early prototype version of Gabara and Megalon.
  • King Balgan / King Vulcan: an early prototype version of King Caesar.
  • Red Alone: an early prototype version of Jet Jaguar.
  • Mountain Frankenstein: an early prototype version of Sanda from The Frankenstein Brothers, the original title for War of the Gargantuas.
  • Sea Frankenstein: an early prototype version of Gaira from The Frankenstein Brothers.

Miscellaneous[]

  • Western Godzilla: a Godzilla planned to appear in the scrapped 20th anniversary Godzilla film.

References[]

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