Godzilla Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
46 of the most interesting Godzilla easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Godzilla movie message.
The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity.
Genre | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
Director | Gareth Edwards |
Stars | Aaron Taylor-Johnson, CJ Adams, Ken Watanabe, Bryan Cranston |
IMDB score | 6.4 |
Godzilla Movie Trivia
During the opening credits, some of the redacted words ask whether the MUTOs are "merely men in rubber suits", a reference to when Godzilla was played by a man in a suit.
Rage Against The Machine was commissioned to contribute to the original soundtrack. The resulting track, "No Shelter", explicitly trashes the movie, Hollywood in general, and American culture.
There is a statue of the wind demon Pazuzu (Captain Howdy) from the Exorcist (1973) in the underwater city Godzilla rests in
Godzilla Movie Easter Eggs
A Viking longship can be spotted among the ancient ruins of the Atlantis-like underwater city. Implying the Vikings got there first, as usual.
For Godzilla: King Of The Monsterss (2019) Godzilla's back spikes were updated from his 2014 version to look like his first appearance in Gojira (1954)
Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan are credited as him/herself.
The opening credits feature several phrases that are then redacted. This is one.
Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (2019) each of Ghidorah's heads is slightly different and designed after different appearances in the original Toho movies
Dr. Chen is a twin and says she is 3rd generation Monarch. One photo she has is her twin mother and aunt and it is marked "INFANT ISLAND, 1961". The original Mothra was released in 1961. It starts on Infant Island and involves a set of fairy twins.
Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (2019), a skeleton of Anguirus can be spotted just right after Dr. Serizawa bids farewell to Godzilla.
As Aaron Taylor and Brian Cranston are going through their old home in the Quarantine zone, the camera pans to a habitat with letters making out Mothra, a prominent Kaiju present in many of the past Movies
A scene in Godzilla (2014) hinted at the involvement of Mothra in the next movie.
The opening titles are meant to look like military documents being censored. Nearly every credit has a joke by the producers that is briefly visible before being whited-out.
As Ford and Joe Brody search their old home outside of the Janjira Nuclear Power Plant, we see a tank with a clear label for Mothra. A very clear reference to the 1964 film Godzilla vs. Mothra.
Has a small reference to director Hideaki Anno's popular Evangelion anime series during a quick glance at social media reactions to the disaster
You can see the word MOTHRA written near the bottom of the Aquarium. It's a clear indication of the setting up of the MonsterVerse.
The defense system of Castle Bravo is armed with Maser Turrets. This refers to the Maser cannons and vehicles seen through the Godzilla franchise spanning from the Showa era to the Millennium era.
Accuracy details in Godzilla
The F-18 pilot says that he is arming a laser-guided bomb, when his display clearly shows him arming a harpoon anti-ship missile.
Godzilla Movie Foreshadowing
You can see Rodan bowing to Ghidorah in submission in security camera footage after losing his fight to him.