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What does the surviving head signify?
(Looking at you, Mecha-King Ghidorah fans.)
But to understand the Mecha-Easter egg, you must first catch up on your foundational Monarch history.
(If you dont know what Monarch is, this might be tough.)
In fact, the pastel-colored egg looks like aliteralEaster egg.
A Japanese tuna-fishing vessel, theDaigo Fukuryu Maru(or Lucky Dragon No.
In the end, one crew member died.
It was a trick, though, as Ghidorah was under the aliens control the whole time.
The aliens make all three kaiju attack Earth, but theyre eventually defeated.
One of them does reemerge from the Volcano inGhidorah, the Three-Headed Monster.
It doesnt work, but the name should bring chills to any longtimeGodzillafan.
That way, it could never be used again.
Godzilla is headed toward a thermonuclear explosion, and he starts glowing red.
The risk of nuclear death is downplayed inKing of the Monsters.
When hes evil, Mothra typically opposes him).
The same holds true inKing of the Monsters, where Mothra ultimately sacrifices herself to give Godzilla her power.
Similar things have happened in past movies, but not quite like this.
In an unusual twist, Ghidorah was a good guy in this movie, while Godzilla was evil.
In 1993sGodzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Rodan sacrifices itself to give Godzilla the power to defeat Mechagodzilla.
So, What happens inKing of the Monstersis a fun remix of things weve seen before.
Take that, DisneysLion Kingremake.
Mothra Reborn?
Theres mention of another Mothra egg, suggesting that Mothra will be reborn.
This happens quite a bit in the movies.
It almost certainly isnt actually Manda, since Legendary wouldve needed to get the official rights from Toho.
Nakajima died in 2017.
Banno was a coexecutive producer on Legendarys 2014Godzilla.
Clearly, this is a setup for the next movie, but what kind of setup?
Some Godzilla fans speculate that hell build some sort of Mecha-King Ghidorah, as seen in the 1991 movie.
Hmm …
