Godzilla(2000)'s spikes

[Godzillatheultimate]

I actually thought about this for awhile, and I wasn't really able to think of where else to put this, but I think I came up with a pretty credible reason as to why exactly Godzilla's spikes appear the way they do in this movie. Simply, they're not how they originally appeared. Whether Godzilla's spines are a catalyst for his ray charging, or meant as some form of warning signal, it's shown to be hot enough to at least cause heat-based distortions (the waves in the air. I dunno what they're called). Going off of this, I think it's possible that that much heat could actually cause the bone to melt. After the heat leaves, the spines cool, and change shape from melting.

[Mincecraft]

Sounds good. This is radiation we're talking about!

[GodzillaRangerPrime]

Interesting theory

I've also always assumed a Godzilla would turn into something looking like Godzilla 2000 if allowed to live that long or hit with a higher amount of radiation.

[HayesAJones]

Neat idea. It would be cool to see a newly mutated Godzilla with smooth, bone-white spines slowly have them slowly turn darker and more jagged as he used his beam.

[Gojira1963]

Yeah, this is a good theory! I like it. It would be cool to see this done in a movie. But does this mean he would eventually wear them down until they fell off?

[GodzillaSpawn]

The only hitch in the theory I suppose is, he should constantly be regenerating them, so the spines should be ever-changing back to the original shape. And if we are talking about Godzilla 2000 and that regenerator G-1 where he regenerated on a similar pace to Wolverine than it should all happen rather quickly and steadily. The way Godzilla heals, there is no way his dorsal fins would remain unchanging if they were actually melting from the heat he generates.

Furthermore, I'd imagine Godzilla's dorsal spines worked in a way similar to "fans" that some lizards use and specific dinosaur species had in regard to absorbing heat and storing it. So, the spikes would naturally be able to withstand the heat.

[Godzillatheultimate]

I do see your point on The Regenerator G-1 angle, however perhaps it's more like scarring. Assuming the spines are the correct height, shape is similar, etc. but due to scarring from incorrect healing and melted residue on the spines, the shape becomes different. I had to think n that second one, but I really feel like his spines aren't naturally supposed to charge the nuclear energy. I'm assuming again here, but say this Godzilla is a mutated form of some evolutionary throwback or dinosaur (we don't know specifically seeing as a past for this Godzilla is never addressed). Perhaps there were spiny growths on his (the species') back used to regulate heat. The heat generated in there post mutation would melt the spikes, due to them not originally intended to disperse or contain anything that hot (or radioactive). Keep in mind this is all conjecture, just like most of this thread.

[GodzillaSpawn]

Yeah, it is difficult to say for sure. The only time we have seen Godzilla's past self is the hesei series, and Godzillasaurus had tiny spines going down his back. They were probably more cosmetic than practical. But I find it hard to believe that after being mutated by massive radiation, surviving it, absorbing it, and then becoming dependent (he is lured to it and consumes it in 2000 from what I remember, much like all the other movies) on it, that the spikes would not have mutated to support in the same fashion. It's illogical to me that Godzilla's body would evolve to the radiation but his spikes wouldn't. And even if it didn't heal, which it should (bones are integral to DNA), we would still see the damage happen to the spines throughout the film. Godzilla 2000 is a direct sequel to the original Gojira. He wasn't thrashing tokyo all the years in between and likely wasn't blasting things with nuclear radiation. So I think they would have appeared "healed" in the beginning of the film and then see them deteriorate throughout the movie as he used his ray more and more, almost like a slower, circumstantial fashion similar to the way they dissipated during "meltdown" in Godzilla vs. Destroyah.

[Godzillatheultimate]

I actually believe Godzilla 2000 doesn't have any connection to Gojira. Even so, I see where you're coming from.

[GodzillaSpawn]

It's been a while, but I think you are right. They don't say he's related or the same monster. The millennium series gets fuzzy for me.

[edgaguirus]

I'd think they wouldn't melt. The spines appear to serve a double purpose. The serve as a warning, but also a way to vent the heat when he charges his beam.