Somewhere in California, National Basketball Association star Charles Barkley was on an undisclosed beach, preparing to shoot a commercial. As to be expected, a large crowd of fans and onlookers had gathered, all wanting to meet the athlete, each of them claiming to be his biggest fan. One of these was a young boy named Matthew, who was accompanied by his grandfather. Unfortunately, Matthew couldn't even get close to Barkley and was turned away by security. Seeing how dejected his grandson was, Matthew's grandfather tried to cheer him up by reassuring him that he would be as big a star as Barkley one day. He gave Matthew a special silver dollar coin that his grandfather gave him, claiming that it had magical properties.
As the two of them continued down the beach, they watched as a shipwreck survivor that had washed ashore was being tended to by a crowd. Weakly, the sailor tried to warn them about the oncoming threat, the creature that had sunk his ship: Godzilla. Only Matthew recognized the name, and as if on cue, the radioactive reptile rose up from the sea, approaching the shore and terrorizing the beach goers. As people fled, the United States Air Force arrived and began to attack Godzilla with fighter jets, but the assault proved useless, as the monster shot the planes out of the sky with his atomic breath.
 Seeing the threat the monster posed, Matthew knew there was only one person who could stop him: Charles Barkley! Hopping onto a skateboard, the boy sped back to the commercial set, just as Barkley's entourage were encouraging him to evacuate before Godzilla got any closer. Pulling a stunt on a makeshift ramp, Matthew leapt into the air and flipped into Charles' arms. Now with Barkley's attention, Matthew implored him to take on Godzilla, offering him the magic silver dollar his grandfather gave him. At first, Barkley rebuked Matthew's attempts, saying if he really wanted to give Charles money, he should buy a ticket to a game. But when Matthew said only Barkley could stop Godzilla because he was Earth's greatest warrior, the NBA star started listening. Annoyed with his entourage's incessant nagging, Sir Charles fired the lot of them, then left the beach with Matthew.
As Godzilla made his way further inland and started attacking the city, Charles drove with Matthew in his convertible, keeping the rampaging monster in sight. Matthew explained the legend of the silver dollar to Barkley, but although the athlete was listening, he still didn't fully believe him. Spotting a basketball court, Matthew told Charles to pull over. Frustrated by Barkley's indifference, the boy said he'd teach the basketball star a lesson on the court. To see which of them would go first, Matthew flipped the silver dollar and told Barkley to call it. When Charles called 'Heads,' the coin landed on its side, standing up straight and shocking them both. When Charles knelt down to pick it up, the coin's magic surged through him, and he rapidly increased in height, becoming an absolute giant! With his newfound size, Barkley turned his head and spotted Godzilla demolishing the city. Finally, he knew what had to be done.
Marching down the street, Sir Charles called out to Godzilla, trash talking him as if he were an opponent on the court. A news reporter, watching the disaster unfold in her helicopter, asked Barkley what he was doing. Charles explained that he was going to try and lead Godzilla out of the city by challenging him to a game of basketball, as it was a little-known fact that the King of the Monsters was a sucker for the sport. Challenging Godzilla to a game, Barkley bounced his basketball off the monster's face. Enraged, Godzilla returned fire with a blast of his atomic ray, an attack that Charles just barely managed to avoid. Despite this initial violence, Charles was able to lead Godzilla out of the city, some miles away to Scarfe Air Force Base, planning to use the facility as their court.
 With the two giants ready to play, Charles explained the rules to Godzilla: The first one to score fifteen points would be the winner, and to be nice, he told the reptile he'd let him have the ball first. With Charles pulling down a large ring from the base's old shuttle scaffold, the two players had themselves a monster-sized basketball hoop. Though Godzilla made the first basket, the NBA star soon got ahold of the ball, and Sir Charles' speed was too much for the monster to handle. Frustrated that Barkley now had the higher score, Godzilla unleashed an atomic blast that reduced the basketball to molten sludge. Angry at the monster's unsportsmanlike conduct, Barkley gave him a verbal dressing down before acknowledging Godzilla's skills and offering him some help with his basketball career. Together, the two walked off, leaving the Air Force base behind them.
Some time later, having relocated to a remote canyon somewhere in Utah, Barkley was true to his word, providing Godzilla with his very own basketball, hoop, and sneakers. Instructing the monster to practice and perform one million lay-ups, he promised to check up on Godzilla in about a hundred years.
Now shrunk back to regular size, Charles eventually made his way back to the city, intent on finding Matthew and returning the silver dollar to him. He found the youth at the same basketball court as before, arguing with another kid that he could not only swish a ball, but that he also knew Charles Barkley personally, neither of which the other boy believed. Announcing his presence, Charles returned the coin to Matthew, then watched as he proceeded to swish the ball, winning his bet with the other kid.
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