Explaining the Heisei Timeline (Official)

[DaveTheAnalyzer]

One thing that stuck my mind was when Emi Kano came clean and admitted that Godzilla never attacked again, and Japan became super rich, and bought off South America and Africa, etc. etc.

And judging from the movies that followed, that was no longer the case.

So...the Futurians kept the timeline mostly intact from 1944 - 1992, but everything after that went to hell?

[Living Corpse]

She didn't say he never attacked again she said he never destroyed Japan, as evidenced in Destroyah the reason he never destroyed Japan completely is because he died.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

She didn't say he never attacked again she said he never destroyed Japan, as evidenced in Destroyah the reason he never destroyed Japan completely is because he died.

And it can be inferred that the world never gave the third Godzilla a reason to attack. And he had a friendly time with humans when he was younger.

[heiseiGfan]

GODZILLA VS KING GHIDORAH was a big hit at the Japanese box office in 1991, but the story— about time travelers going back to 1944 in an attempt to prevent the creation of Godzilla— was so convoluted and confusing that sixteen years later many viewers are still perplexed by what the movie was about and how it relates to the other films in the Heisei series.

Questions about the GODZILLA VS KING GHIDORAH and the Heisei timeline pop up frequently on the fan forums (there have been a least three threads on the subject in the past month alone) so I revised an old explanation and added some new information, quotes, and screenshots. For anyone who is interested, the report is now on SciFi Japan.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007 ... -godzilla/

After reading the link the whole timeline of the heisei series made a lot more sense. Thank you so much.

[ScootaVaran]

That actually helps alot, thank you.

[miguelnuva]

She didn't say he never attacked again she said he never destroyed Japan, as evidenced in Destroyah the reason he never destroyed Japan completely is because he died.

According to the timeline 80 meter Godzilla never recovered from the ANEB so most likely when Godzilla is increased in power again to his 100 meter self is when the timeline shifts again to the current Heisei timeline that we see in the movies, that's how I see it.

[ZillaMaster91]

While that may be true, you have to remember that there was that one scene in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah where the nuclear submarine that was intended to revive the Godzillasaurus in the Bering Sea was intercepted by Godzilla himself, and destroyed. I always took that incident as the reason behind Godzilla's 20 meter growth spurt. The sub from the 70's that was referenced earlier on in the film was the cause of the mutation of the Godzillasaurus in the first place into the Heisei Godzilla, only 80 meters at the time.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

While that may be true, you have to remember that there was that one scene in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah where the nuclear submarine that was intended to revive the Godzillasaurus in the Bering Sea was intercepted by Godzilla himself, and destroyed. I always took that incident as the reason behind Godzilla's 20 meter growth spurt. The sub from the 70's that was referenced earlier on in the film was the cause of the mutation of the Godzillasaurus in the first place into the Heisei Godzilla, only 80 meters at the time.

And that's more or less correct.

[ZillaMaster91]

Well, the Heisei timeline is so jumbled up that it's hard to really grasp the general concept of it without reading the 'official' explanation of it.
That's why whenever I watch any of the Heisei films, I just toss continuity out of the window and enjoy the movie rather than wrap my head around the whole idea of the entire continuity.

[Mincecraft]

That made a lot of sense. The nuclear sub explains a lot. Basically, there were 2 G-saurs; the Lagos one and the 54 one buried somewhere right?

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

That made a lot of sense. The nuclear sub explains a lot. Basically, there were 2 G-saurs; the Lagos one and the 54 one buried somewhere right?

Well, depends on what you want to believe.

They never said that the original Godzilla was a Godzillasaurus. The creators didn't say so, at least. And that's the word every has as law.

[Beef Bigshot]

i really dont even no, the timeline got raped by the time traveling thing and also the movie doesnt even follow the time traveling rules because even tho godzilla "never" existed people still remember him.....soooo it really makes absolutely no sense

[Tyler]

even tho godzilla "never" existed people still remember him

Did you even read the article? You can just scroll down to the nice little timeline at the bottom.

[miguelnuva]

Did anyone else watch Gvs KG the first time and understand the time travel plot either almost right or completely right.

I always figure that the futrains are talking about G54's creation and had they not moved G84 at all he would have died on the island.

[Chris55]

Did anyone else watch Gvs KG the first time and understand the time travel plot either almost right or completely right.

I thought it was a weird movie but right when I saw the American soldiers being killed in such a lame way, it took me right out of the movie. Still bugs me.

[ligerzilla2014]

There is one problem though. I just watched GvKG and one of the Futurains says that the same being cannot exist twice at the same time: one of them would dissappear. He says that this is the reason as to why they cannot take Mr. Shindo back in time. If this is true, then when Mecha King Ghidorah goes back in time, there are two Ghidorahs, meaning one of them would have to dissappear. Since Mecha King Ghidorah didn't dissappear, that means that the other one did. And if that Ghidorah dissappeared then it wouldn't exist in the future to be made into Mecha King Ghidorah.

Edit: You know it's really incredible that the plot for this movie hasn't started a black hole.

[Grayshot954]

^ I think it only applied if they met. Only problem is he is a soldier and probably wouldn't feint when he saw himself a la Back to the Future. That concept I understood as a paradox like action which theoretically could cause the older version to disappear.

[eabaker]

^This is all based on the assumption that the Futurians were telling the truth.

[miguelnuva]

^This is all based on the assumption that the Futurians were telling the truth.

Because they so were right about everything else they said in the movie.

[three]

excellent explanation.