Is Mothra really dead?

[Goji]

The footage of Mothra flying back to Infant Island can clearly be seen on any version of the film. The international version is exactly the same, just with English credits.

The credits are full of unused SPX footage, and I can understand why that can be jarring to some viewers.

[Destroyer]

But is that a deleted scene? Cause Hedorah is also shown alive, so looks like he's also back in action.

[Goji]

Well yea, since Mothra clearly dies in the film.

That's what I meant by "unused SPX footage". Second-long clips don't amount to what I'd called "deleted scenes".

[Destroyer]

Well then, that's quite annoying definitely. I use to think she came back alive, then Hedorah was alive leading in to a future film, ha.

[Goji]

Leave it to Kitamura to end the film by confusing viewers with footage that's out of context.

[Rody]

Personally, I was never confused by those scenes. I simply wished some of them had been in the final version of the film.

[ManWithNoName]

Yes, Mothra's dead, now go cry and get over it.

[CheetoKamper]

Then I guess that means Hedorah's still alive and Manda is still fighting the Gotengo. No, I'm pretty sure that's just a deleted scene along with Hedorah attacking the city it wasn't put in the final cut of the film but rather than let that scene go to waste as it was obviously finished so they said hey let's put it in the end credits. There is also an extended scene for when Ozaki gets Cpt. Gordon out of his cell where he punches the guard and steals the key card then runs down the hall to the cell. In the actual film Mothra is on fire and flies into Gigan exploding obliterating both monsters Mothra sacrificed it's self. Would it really make sense for Mothra to have survived that and flown back to the island? No, but I'm sure even though that, that Mothra is dead there's probably an egg laying around somewhere.

[Patrick Alan]

Actually as the credits rolled at the end of Godzilla Final Wars, Mothra is seen flying back to the Island, so did she really die?

[Goji]

You're not actually reading anything in any of these topics, are you?

[Godzillais#1]

Peter said: We all know that back in Final Wars, Gigan set Mothra ablaze with his shotgun laser, then she charged into him causing an explosion that killed both of them in the process. But if we look back at Tokyo SOS, there was two Mothra Larvae. Their mother protected them by sacrificing herself in Godzilla's atomic breath. Both larvae survived, so only one of them had to be the Mothra in Final Wars, right? So my theory is that the Mothra legacy is still alive because of that one larvae that didn't appear after Tokyo S.O.S.



I agree.

[Godzilla 1995]

Peter said: We all know that back in Final Wars, Gigan set Mothra ablaze with his shotgun laser, then she charged into him causing an explosion that killed both of them in the process. But if we look back at Tokyo SOS, there was two Mothra Larvae. Their mother protected them by sacrificing herself in Godzilla's atomic breath. Both larvae survived, so only one of them had to be the Mothra in Final Wars, right? So my theory is that the Mothra legacy is still alive because of that one larvae that didn't appear after Tokyo S.O.S.



I agree.

Great theory, but there's only one problem with it: SOS isn't connected to GFW.

[Shadow]

Peter said: We all know that back in Final Wars, Gigan set Mothra ablaze with his shotgun laser, then she charged into him causing an explosion that killed both of them in the process. But if we look back at Tokyo SOS, there was two Mothra Larvae. Their mother protected them by sacrificing herself in Godzilla's atomic breath. Both larvae survived, so only one of them had to be the Mothra in Final Wars, right? So my theory is that the Mothra legacy is still alive because of that one larvae that didn't appear after Tokyo S.O.S.

Great theory, but there's only one problem with it: SOS isn't connected to GFW.

DUN DUN DUNNN! Some people just don't get the message: The Millenium Series has no connection with the exception of one (Kiryu saga).

[ZillaMaster91]

It always bugs me when I meet people who watch the Godzilla films and believe that ALL the films are related.
In a perfect world that'll be great, but unfortunately that isn't the case....and I have to spend 20 minutes explaining that there are 3 different series, and that the films in the third series are not related to each other except for GxMG and Tokyo SOS, etc.

[edgaguirus]

Look at it this way. Mothra has been and is a popular kaiju that's made money for Toho. That fact alone ensures that Mothra will always be alive in one form or another.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

Mothra can never die! I know, because when I was a child I would chant that repeatedly while huddled in a corner and sobbing every time she kicked it.

[BBanzai]

Of course Mothra is not dead. At the end of Rebirth 3 she transforms into "Eternal" Mothra. Eternal, for those who are paying attention, means Forever. Forever means does not end, thus Mothra is Imoortal and not dead.

As with Godzilla, there are multiple Mothras anyway. This is referenced in Rebirth 1 when the Elias state that DesGhidorah was first defeated in the past when there were "many Mothras" to fight it.

I guess we really just need to wait and see if Toho does anything with Mothra, then we'll know for sure.

[Goji]

Well, the REBIRTH OF MOTHRA films aren't canon with the Godzilla series, so keep that in mind.

[BBanzai]

Really?

I did not know that.

Although, I suppose it makes sense given that they do seem to have a completely different feel than the Godzilla movies, but, then again, each era has its own feel too.

[GiganKing2]

Well No because There Were Rebirth Of Mothra Movies (1996-1998) so NOoooOOOokoIOOOooooo!111!!!!!