Top 10 Saddest Godzilla Moments

who says giant monster movies don't have heart welcome to watchmojo.com omens for this list given that many of our entries deal with the endings of the films in question heavy spoiler alert is in effect all right get your atomic tissues out folks number 10 Godzilla embraces Manila son of Godzilla [Music] this entry in the Godzilla franchise introduced a much kinder gentler version of the eponymous monster one who always took time to look after his son Manila but even though the film was meant to make the franchise much more palatable to younger audiences it still managed to end on a rather melancholy note after their sunny island home is turned into a frozen wasteland by a weather altering machine Godzilla and Manila find themselves trapped in sub-zero temperatures in order to keep his son safe the formerly terrifying monster embraces his child in an attempt to keep him warm while the pair hibernates now that's good parenting [Music] number nine goodbye Junior Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla - maybe [Music] another entry featuring Godzilla's offspring this one never fails to get us misty-eyed the 90 series of films introduced a new version of Godzilla's child one that looked a bit less like a stuffed animal after befriending some humans the young monster becomes resistant to rejoining his pop and initially refuses to return to his natural habitat Hey if our dad were a 300 foot tall atomic monster we wouldn't want to go home either in a final attempt to prevent his foster family from leaving him the baby even grabs on to their clothes with his teeth come on junior how is someone supposed to say no to that number 8 death of Godzilla Junior Godzilla vs. destoroyah we've already seen Godzilla's pint-sized progeny nearly freeze to death and be tearfully torn from his human friends but now we're getting to the really sad stuff when a monster appears that was created by the oxygen destroyer the machine that killed the original Godzilla the big guy finds himself fighting for his life the ensuing battle is one of the most intense in the franchise's history one will touch more on later but one of the most devastating moments in the sequence is the death of Godzilla's child at the hands of his new nemesis [Music] we never thought we'd see Godzilla morning and it's sadder than we could have imagined number seven evacuating earth Godzilla planet of the monsters Godzilla movies have presented some dark moments for Humanity but having to evacuate the entire planet is a whole new ballgame in the first of a trilogy of animated films the appearance of Godzilla forces humankind to flee from its home world taking to the stars in the face of an unprecedented threat in the midst of the chaotic evacuation protagonists how to Osaka he loses much more than just his home planet when his parents are killed by Godzilla's atomic breath before they can reach the escape ship how do I laterally swears revenge both for his parents and for Humanity as a whole pledging to one day take the earth back honestly we can't say we blame him for being mad over the eternal one so I'll cook a sonnet that's Lorna season though gonna touch you know cow number six Godzilla falls into Mount Mahara the return of Godzilla [Music] humanity's victories over Godzilla often come with a melancholy note and this is a perfect example when the iconic monster returned two screens in 1985 he was eventually defeated not with military might but with science and the dangers of the natural world after it's discovered that Godzilla responds to the movement of birds he's lured into mountain mihara an active volcano to make sure he stays put the volcano is then bombed shut despite the chaos he's brought Godzilla's fall into the smoking mob the volcano is treated as a somber moment this is especially true if you watch the American dub which features a closing monologue by actor Raymond Burr Nature has a way sometimes it's reminding men of just how small he is she occasionally throws up the Terrible offsprings of our pride and carelessness to remind us of how puny we really are in the face of a tornado an earthquake or a Godzilla number 5 Mothra sacrifices herself to save her children Godzilla Tokyo SOS do you cure Mothra is always willing to step up or perhaps we should say fly up to sacrifice herself for the greater good seriously watch enough giant monster movies featuring the giant insect and you'll notice a distinct tendency towards heroic sacrifices in this 2003 entry in the franchise Mothra puts herself in between Godzilla's fearsome atomic fire breath and her twin offspring [Music] this goes about how you'd expect with Mothra turning into a fiery effigy before exploding her children are saved but at a terrible cost the two eventually avenged their mother by helping to subdue Godzilla but they have some help from an unexpected ally number four goodbye yoshito Godzilla Tokyo SOS in the 2000s era Godzilla movies Godzilla's robotic nemesis mecha godzilla is actually constructed using the skeleton of the original Godzilla this has a few unintended consequences not the least of which is the high-tech fighting machine being imbued with some of the originals memories and spirit this has led to at least one instance of the machine going berserk but also resulted in an unexpected act of sacrifice after its memories were awakened during battle the cyborg weapon bid farewell to its latest pilot before forcibly ejecting them it then took advantage of the new Godzilla's incapacitation by Mothra's children plunging itself and Godzilla into the sea [Music] number three aftermath a prayer for peace Godzilla yeah like no Kylie yo cook hi Erica thank ok painting Alcala de Maya hey Maya no you know T while the series eventually became much more focused on being pure escapist fun it's worth remembering that the film that started it all was something else entirely as much a parable about the horrors of war and nuclear weaponry is a blockbuster disaster movie a shadow Hondas original vision pulls absolutely no punches in its depiction of the consequences of Godzilla's rampage following Godzilla's initial attack on Japan the film takes the time to showcase the devastation and loss of life with rows of hospital beds and seemingly endless fields of ruined City drawing parallels to the aftermath of world war ii the sequence is closed out by a mournful choir making for a haunting and emotionally devastating scene [Music] number two dr. Serizawa death Godzilla human are you a Monday yo yo yo customer well he not have any other good data like we said the original Godzilla film is full of tragedy and sacrifice in order to destroy the Beast a brilliant scientist named dr. Serizawa uses an experimental device called the oxygen destroyer which kills anything in a body of water when it's activated but Serizawa fears that his invention could be used for evil and elects to sacrifice himself rather than allow it to fall into the wrong hands go back this summer sequence closes out the original film on a downbeat note with humankind's triumph over Godzilla turning tragic it's a lesson that's been felt in nearly all Godzilla films since [Music] mm 19's Godzilla king of the monsters offers up a unique twist on this tale bow as dr. Serizawa once again sacrifices himself but this time it's to save Godzilla before we unveil our number one pick here are a few honorable mentions [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] not quite at the end yet almost there though just be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos alright back to business number one the death of Godzilla Godzilla vs. destoroyah cuisine aside what a Kinetico machine the 90s series of Godzilla movies came to a close in 1995 and it was intended at the time that this would be Godzilla's final curtain call to try and bring the series full circle Godzilla's final opponent would be destoroyah a creature accidentally created by the deployment of the oxygen destroyer in the original film but in addition to this new threat Godzilla's internal atomic reactor had begun to overheat while Godzilla eventually overcomes his imposing new enemy his reactor melts down shortly thereafter ending the life of one of cinema's greatest monsters godzilla did return two screens a mere four years later but at the time it really looked like this was the last we would see of him [Music] do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos you

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Length: 12min 29sec (749 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 17 2019