Monster Speculation: KING GHIDORAH

[Lain Of The Wired]

Thought it'd be a nice time to start a speculation thread about the MonsterVerse's Ghidorah, so let's talk about everyone's favorite three-headed dragon~

I have a strong feeling King Ghidorah will be a creature frozen in Antarctica, whether or not he retains his alien heritage is yet to be determined, but I definitely think he's been put on ice.

[LegendaryMonster]

I really hope he maintains his alien origin, it wouldn’t be a deal breaker for me though I’d he didn’t. I wonder how long it will be before we get a look at him. How long before G14 did they reveal Godzilla?

[GodzillaFan1990's]

Still crossing my fingers that he wasn't only responsible for the Permian Extinction Event but the Ice Age Extinction (Hence why we don't have Mammoths, Saber-tooth Cats, Ground Sloths, etc. to this day) too which would be a good way to tie into those cave paintings.

Said it once and I'll say it again. King Ghidorah could've arrived on earth during the Permian when he was younger and weaker (Similar to RoM III) nearly wiping out all life but was then thwarted by Godzilla forcing him to retreat then millions of years later returned to earth far larger and powerful to finish the job expecting Godzilla to be long dead by now thinking he wouldn't have lived this long but before he could was not only thwarted by Godzilla (Who would at this point not stand a chance against King Ghidorah due to having became more powerful and larger) once again but Mothra and Rodan as well.

[Godzilla165]

King Ghidorah needs to be the dominate one when Godzilla fights him by himself, and even when he has backup. Godzilla can fight the hardest that he's ever fought, and try as much as he can, but Ghidorah simply needs to be way too much for Godzilla to handle and should kick his ass with minimal trouble. This isn't some ancient rival that Godzilla will be facing here, this is armageddon brought to life, and it needs to be clearly shown. Ghidorah should be significantly stronger, faster, and smarter than Godzilla. He goes for a hit, Ghidorah counters it, and delivers an attack that makes Godzilla's would-be attack look feeble in comparison. Ghidorah's gravity bolts should shit all over Godzilla's atomic breath, and there should be a scene where Ghidorah effortlessly lifts Godzilla up and brutally slams him down, before mercilessly and sadistically proceeding to pummel him.

You can have your even fight with Rodan and Mothra, not the King of Terror.

I also think that Ghidorah needs to absolutely TOWER over every other monster, be significantly superior to them in every single category, and just needs to be an all-around living death that threatens the entire planet itself. Godzilla himself should show some legitimate concern (not fear), when Ghidorah shows up, and to me be nearly killed when trying to face the space demon by himself. Gareth said that Godzilla is big enough to be seen anywhere in the city, but can still be obscured? Well, Ghidorah should be viewable from every corner, and nearly every crevasse because of his gargantuan size and magnificent wings. Godzilla's roar can be heard from 3 miles away? Ghidorah should be heard CLEARLY from 10 miles away. A single gravity bolt should buckle Godzilla, and a volley should bring him to the brink of unconsciousness, or even death. Ghidorah should easily be able to catch and beat both Rodan and Mothra in flight speed, and should rival both in agility. Ghidorah needs to make the damage done to San Francisco look like a rock was thrown at it, by leveling entire cities in under an hour or so. I also believe that KG should be absolutely beautiful and awe inspiring in appearance, due to his golden scales and grand wingspan. However, as soon as he attacks, that facade immediately fades away, and is replaced with the psychotic horror from space that Ghidorah truly is.

[GodzillaFan1990's]

They also better have King Ghidorah being the reason why the events of GvK occurs, him destroying Skull Island leading you to presume Kong died in the attack while on one of his destroying sprees would be a great way to tie into it and highlight the large threat he truly poses making you wonder "How's Godzilla gonna defeat him?".

Then in a post credit scene could hint towards the next movie such as seismologists detecting something large and living traveling beneath the earth before in the beginning of GvK that Kong pops out from underground somewhere in the world revealing he survived the attack.

[Lain Of The Wired]

I have a feeling the Godzilla in the cave painting isn't our Godzilla
Instead, another ancestor who waged war with King Ghidorah before either both, or just King Ghidorah, was frozen, locked in battle with eachother.

[scottzilla]

King Ghidorah needs to be the dominate one when Godzilla fights him by himself, and even when he has backup. Godzilla can fight the hardest that he's ever fought, and try as much as he can, but Ghidorah simply needs to be way too much for Godzilla to handle and should kick his ass with minimal trouble. This isn't some ancient rival that Godzilla will be facing here, this is armageddon brought to life, and it needs to be clearly shown. Ghidorah should be significantly stronger, faster, and smarter than Godzilla. He goes for a hit, Ghidorah counters it, and delivers an attack that makes Godzilla's would-be attack look feeble in comparison. Ghidorah's gravity bolts should shit all over Godzilla's atomic breath, and there should be a scene where Ghidorah effortlessly lifts Godzilla up and brutally slams him down, before mercilessly and sadistically proceeding to pummel him.

You can have your even fight with Rodan and Mothra, not the King of Terror.

I also think that Ghidorah needs to absolutely TOWER over every other monster, be significantly superior to them in every single category, and just needs to be an all-around living death that threatens the entire planet itself. Godzilla himself should show some legitimate concern (not fear), when Ghidorah shows up, and to me be nearly killed when trying to face the space demon by himself. Gareth said that Godzilla is big enough to be seen anywhere in the city, but can still be obscured? Well, Ghidorah should be viewable from every corner, and nearly every crevasse because of his gargantuan size and magnificent wings. Godzilla's roar can be heard from 3 miles away? Ghidorah should be heard CLEARLY from 10 miles away. A single gravity bolt should buckle Godzilla, and a volley should bring him to the brink of unconsciousness, or even death. Ghidorah should easily be able to catch and beat both Rodan and Mothra in flight speed, and should rival both in agility. Ghidorah needs to make the damage done to San Francisco look like a rock was thrown at it, by leveling entire cities in under an hour or so. I also believe that KG should be absolutely beautiful and awe inspiring in appearance, due to his golden scales and grand wingspan. However, as soon as he attacks, that facade immediately fades away, and is replaced with the psychotic horror from space that Ghidorah truly is.

Pretty much this. I'm hoping he's just absolutely gargantuan, and NOTHING like that fake concept design a few weeks ago.

[GalacticPetey]

I have three hopes:

1. He towers over Godzilla
2. He's from space
3. He stands and walks on TWO legs.

As long as they maintain these I'll be satisfied.

[Kaeyas]

I would really like to see KG return to his roots as the reaper of worlds and the scourge of the galaxy...yet with a twist. No aliens controlling him. He kicks ass under his own free will. I've actually ALWAYS wanted that for him. What kind of king are you if your nothing more than a slave monster controlled by aliens? At the very least, I'd like (or like to have) seen him turn on his controllers as soon as they lose control over him and completely decimate them heralding the message that NOBODY enslaves the Reaper Of Worlds.

[KaijuCanuck]

I would like him to be an alien, but he needs to arrive on Earth as a natural consequence of kaiju activity. It would be weak storytelling if just coincidentally at the same time giant monsters are showing up, a bigger monster from space arrives. We know he was here at the time some cave paintings were made, and met at least A Godzilla, possibly THIS Godzilla. So maybe he left when the other monsters went back to sleep, and is back to fight them again? Or he was trapped here? But he shouldn't just arrive from space and that's it, he's just a thing now.

[vibramrunner]

I would like him to be an alien, but he needs to arrive on Earth as a natural consequence of kaiju activity. It would be weak storytelling if just coincidentally at the same time giant monsters are showing up, a bigger monster from space arrives. We know he was here at the time some cave paintings were made, and met at least A Godzilla, possibly THIS Godzilla. So maybe he left when the other monsters went back to sleep, and is back to fight them again? Or he was trapped here? But he shouldn't just arrive from space and that's it, he's just a thing now.

Maybe Ghidorah could be the genetic origin of giant radioactive monsters. Said monsters are, after all, pretty umm.. unique, compared to the rest of Earth's fauna (or is that "flora" also, Skull Island? hmm..)

[Godzilla165]

I've always liked that Ghidorah just kind of, existed. We don't know how old he is, where he came from, nor what his purpose is; he just... Is. Ghidorah has always been one of the more mysterious Kaiju in the franchise, alongside Godzilla. Hell, all four of the monsters in this movie are very mystery in their origins, and that's cool IMO.

[scottzilla]

I don't think the Hollow Earth theory was simply made for Skull Island because the Skull crawlers could have easily lived in caves or simply just roamed around and it would have been just as believable. The way it was talked about in the movie seemed as if they're setting it up as a connecting thread, like Monarch. I can see it being used as a hiding place for Ghidorah this whole time. Regardless, I'm very interested to see how they're going to explain his origin, either full blown alien and his arrival is straight up from the sky, or that he's been dormant, etc.

[Dawsbfiremind]

I remember that one tweet from Dougherty about the supposed possibility of alien organisms within meteorites. Maybe one of those "asteroid rovers" in Antarctica found a meteorite with King Ghidorah inside in 2016, thus explaining the icebreaker ship picture on the Monarch timeline (which is dated 2016).

[Mr_Goji_and_Watch]

And he will look the worst. Horrible, very bad. Sad.

[Gojira18]

I'd love to see him be so powerful, that Godzilla would need help taking him down. Though unlike most people, I'd want to see Godzilla at least hold his own 1 on 1 with Ghidorah for a little bit, land a few good hits in, and THEN get pummeled.

[GodzillavsRayquaza]

And he will look the worst. Horrible, very bad. Sad.

Oh just shut up. You don't know what he'll look like, and even if you did, you seem to think everything looks like shit.

[Mr_Goji_and_Watch]

Oh just shut up. You don't know what he'll look like, and even if you did, you seem to think everything looks like shit.

"Occupation:
Fucking around 99% of the time"

[KaijuCanuck]

I remember that one tweet from Dougherty about the supposed possibility of alien organisms within meteorites. Maybe one of those "asteroid rovers" in Antarctica found a meteorite with King Ghidorah inside in 2016, thus explaining the icebreaker ship picture on the Monarch timeline (which is dated 2016).

His twitter feed is cryptic AF. Just today he posted an article about an ice age creature trapped in ice. Maybe Zain's 'frozen' theory is correct?

[Lain Of The Wired]

*Lain