The strange object from Godzilla vs Mothra

[Gyaos]

What WAS that shimmering onject they found in the floating wreckage? Godzilla skin? Mothra scales? Egg shell?

[TokyoVigilante]

Considering its color, radioactivity, and proximity to where Godzilla washed up, I'd say it was just a scale.

[omgitsgodzilla]

Yeah, I think it's a scale. Whoever did the commentary (I forget who) had a similar hypothesis.

[Kaiju-King42]

Aww. I thought this was going to be about the living turtle skeleton on Infant Island. I'v been going what the shreeonk about that for years now.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

Aww. I thought this was going to be about the living turtle skeleton on Infant Island. I'v been going what the shreeonk about that for years now.

A year later, that irradiated turtle skeleton grew up, got some meat on his bones, and became a contract player over at Daiei...and the rest is history.

[Inferno Rodan]

Yeah, it's supposed to be a piece of skin. Never made sense to me though, considering it looks like someone chewed up a bunch of Skittles or something then mashed them together into a single solid chunk.

[DragonZord13]

That thing was a scale?! I would've never figured that out in a million years.

[DoctorMafune]

Toho definitely meant it to be a scale. I have an old English-language booklet Toho produced to promote their films from 1964, and the summary of Mothra vs. Godzilla in that one refers to the object as one of Godzilla's scales.

[B34sT]

I always thought it was Godzilla's poo.

[Living Corpse]

I always figured a thin outer layer of Mothra's egg got chipped off.

[Tyler]

I imagine a tiny speck of such a large creature wouldn't look as familiar close up. We're used to seeing Godzilla so far away.

[edgaguirus]

It didn't look like a scale, and it seems to wrong color for Godzilla. But if Toho says that's what it was.

[DoctorMafune]

It didn't look like a scale, and it seems to wrong color for Godzilla. But if Toho says that's what it was.

I'd always guessed it was from the edge of one of his fins.

[Living Corpse]

It would make more sense to me if it was Mothra's scale and a piece of the egg chipped off. The only reason I can come up with why Godzilla's scale would be such a weird color scheme is that it was starting to rot.

[Tamura]

I thought this thread was going to be about "strange voice"

[omgitsgodzilla]

But alas, it was not uttered.

[Rody]

I always assumed it was a scale; that seemed like the logical conclusion to me.
It certainly had a strange coloration, though.

[Primevalgodzilla V2]

I imagine a tiny speck of such a large creature wouldn't look as familiar close up. We're used to seeing Godzilla so far away.

Yeah, but rainbow? Really?

[Berzerkgodzilla]

It was probably covered up in grime and all that shit. I mean if you think about it all kinds of stuff could have gotten into that water after the storm

[omgitsgodzilla]

Yeah. You ever see rainbows in puddles with motor oil in them? Something like that.