Mechagodzilla

Mechagodzilla's History

Mechagodzilla is a mechanized daikaiju created by Legendary Pictures that first appeared in the 2021 film, Godzilla vs. Kong, as its main antagonist.

Mechagodzilla was constructed by the technology conglomerate Apex Industries in the aftermath of Ghidorah's apocalyptic rampage in 2019. Using the skull of Ghidorah's left head, a cockpit was made to control Mechagodzilla through radio waves. The pilot used was Ren Serizawa, the son of Ishiro Serizawa, who would enter a trance while piloting the mecha. The purpose of his construction was to exterminate every living Titan on Earth so that humans can become the permanent dominant species.

First seen in an enclosed Apex facility in Hong Kong, Mechagodzilla's might was tested against an adult Skullcrawler, with the mecha's strength and energy beam cutting through the animal, slicing it in half.

Following an excursion to the Hollow Earth, Mechagodzilla gets powered up with energy from the Earth's core. However, the energy influx prompted Ghidorah's consciousness to override the controls and kill his creators, Walter Simmons and Ren Serizawa and in the wake of the titanic conflict between Godzilla and Kong, he breaks free from his nearby facility and goes on a rampage in Hong Kong. Quickly coming into contact with Godzilla, Mechagodzilla fights his organic counterpart. MechaGodzilla manages to swiftly and brutally overpower the King of the Monsters and would have killed him if Kong had not intervened.

Despite going up against both Godzilla and Kong, Mechagodzilla manages to fight off and overpower both monsters. However, before he can kill Kong, Josh Valentine pours Bernie Hayes's alcohol onto a control panel for the mecha, causing him to stall for a brief moment, allowing Godzilla to charge up Kong's axe. Kong then uses his axe to brutally dismember and subsequently decapitate Mechagodzilla, ending his brief reign of terror.