“	We call him... Gojira.	„
	— Ishiro Serizawa (Godzilla)

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The MonsterVerse Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira), also often referred to as the Legendary Godzilla, is an incarnation of Godzilla which first appeared in the 2014 Godzilla film, Godzilla.

The Legendary Godzilla is the second incarnation of Godzilla to be featured in an American-made film, after the TriStar Godzilla from the 1998 film, and the tenth onscreen incarnation of the character overall. A colossal apex predator hailing from a time in Earth's past where surface radiation levels were considerably higher, Godzilla retreated deep underwater as this radiation declined to feed on the planet's natural geothermal radiation. Godzilla occasionally surfaced throughout history, inspiring some of humanity's mythology. In the 20th century, the advent of the nuclear age drew Godzilla to the surface, attracting the attention of the American military, which carried out a campaign of nuclear strikes against the monster in the South Pacific under the guise of nuclear testing. Godzilla vanished up until 2014, when parasitic creatures from his time period dubbed M.U.T.O.s were unleashed and prepared to begin reproducing. Godzilla hunted the M.U.T.O.s down to San Francisco, where he engaged in a protracted battle which ended when he killed them both and returned to the ocean. This incarnation of Godzilla has appeared in only a single film so far, but is referenced in the film Kong: Skull Island and is scheduled to reappear in the films Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong

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