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studying the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah, the UN
begins work on Mechagodzilla, a giant mechanical machine
built in the likeness of the King of the Monsters.
The UN equips the mech with the ability to separate
itself into two parts: one part a flying ship with
laser cannons, while the other a tank equipped with
multiple missile launchers.
Meanwhile, there is an expedition to Adona Island
in which a giant egg is uncovered, believed to be
a remnant of prehistoric times. Shortly after the
remarkable discovery, the expedition team is attacked
by two pteranodons. The UN receives word of the
two dinosaurs and dispatches Mechagodzilla to deal
with them. The mech is successful, killing one of
the pteranodons and sending the other collapsing
into the nearby sea. The scientists then leave the
island, egg in tow.
Upon the scientists return to Japan, the egg eventually
hatches to reveal a newborn Godzillasaurus, as opposed
to a pteranodon as speculated. The scientists then
propose a hypothesis of how this came to be as a
brief scene accompanies the discussion showing a
pteranodon fighting a Godzillasaurus in prehistoric
times. In light of the discovery, it's feared that
Godzilla might try to rescue the infant. The fear
is quickly justified as a report comes in that Godzilla
is attacking an oil refinery, and making his way
toward the laboratory. In response, the UN send
Mechagodzilla to attack the nuclear menace. The
two towering monsters battle it out until a mechanical
failure occurs allowing Godzilla to defeat his robotic
clone.
Godzilla continues onward to the lab; however,
upon arriving Godzilla suddenly turns away, leaving
the vicinity. It is later discovered that the Baby
Godzilla can communicate telepathically, and was
sending off distress waves which caused Godzilla
to leave. The UN, seeing the tactical advantage
that this presents, sets up a new plan to kill Godzilla
in which the infant is used as bait. As an extra
precaution, the UN also readies an older war machine,
Garuda, for combat in order to ensure Godzilla's
defeat at the hands of Mechagodzilla. In order to
execute the plan, Baby Godzilla is sealed away in
a canister so it can be shipped to a remote location.
While in transit, the small Godzillasaurus sends
out a distress call.
Meanwhile, in the shores off Adona Island, the
pteranodon that was knocked into the sea awakes
and, due to a heavy exposure to radiation from the
local nuclear deposits, transforms into Rodan. Rodan
then flies to Japan to answer Baby's distress call.
The winged monster discovers the helicopter that
is transporting the small Godzillasaurus, and quickly
destroys it and carries Baby off to safety.
The UN reacts to this change of events by deploying
Mechagodzilla and Garuda to finish off the pteranodon.
Rodan tries his best to defend Baby Godzilla from
the mechanical monster, but in the end is slayed.
Shortly after Rodan is killed, Godzilla emerges
from the nearby water. Mechagodzilla splits into
two parts to attack the nuclear menace. Eventually
Godzilla is killed, but not at the expense of Garuda
being defeated. The flying war machine's nuclear
reactor then explodes and the fallout from the detonation
resurrects Godzilla who this time defeats Mechagodzilla
once and for all. Godzilla then carries Baby Godzilla,
with his teeth, out to sea.
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| Although
similar to the final script for Godzilla
vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993), this rough draft
has several notable differences. For example, this
script features two pteranodons that are attacked
on Adona Island by Mechagodzilla rather than Godzilla.
In fact, Rodan never even meets Godzilla in this early
version of the film, and only transforms into his
namesake near the climax.
The Mechagodzilla character was also vastly different
in this early draft, as the robot was modeled more
closely after the Showa version and was given the
power to break into two separate war machines, a
concept which would be used for Moguera in Godzilla
vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994).
The final scene to this script was also changed,
as Godzilla was originally going to carry off Baby
with his teeth, an idea that was dropped because
it was thought "that the scene would not be
very convincing because Godzilla was so much larger
than Baby Godzilla" - Wataru
Mimura, writer.
The ending to this draft was also different compared
with what would be seen in the final script. In
this version, Godzilla is revived thanks to Garuda
exploding, not Rodan's sacrifice, and this was likely
changed in order to make Rodan a more respectably
"third pillar" in the film next to Godzilla
and Mechagodzilla. It should be noted, though, that
this was not the next choice for the ending, as
a revision later appeared which did not feature
Godzilla being revived at all. However, his death
triggers a reaction causing the fallen Godzilla
to explode, resulting in Baby Godzilla rapidly growing
to full size and attacking Mechagodzilla.
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