Godzillamonsters can be surprisingly varied. They come from every notable location, from the bottom of the ocean to the far reaches of space. Only a few of them have stood the test of time. Ghidorah and Mothra, for example, live on in consistent recreations and mountains of related media. Other giant monsters disappear almost immediately. That’s the tragic fate of the Dinosaur Monster, Titanosaurus. Though he wasn’t around long, his design is interesting enough to stick in the memory.
The Monsterverse is going to continue its campaign of domination.Godzilla x Kong: The New Empireis the most profitable film in the franchise, celebrating Godzilla’s 70th birthday with a tremendous box-office return. That level of success will likely lead the franchise to learn a few lessons. The least successful entry in the franchise brought legacy characters back for a new generation, but all the especially profitable ones make up their own villains. This implies that they’ll continue to create new Titans, rather than falling back on names like Titanosaurus.
Portrayed By
Tatsumi Nikamoto
Titanosaurus is simultaneouslyone of the simplest Godzillamonsters and one of the weirdest. Screenwriter Yukikio Takayama imagined the monster that would eventually become Titanosaurus. She dreamed up a matched pair of dinosaurs called Titans who would entangle their long necks together and grow violent. They would eventually fuse into one Titan and fight Godzilla. Akihiko Iguchi, who also designed the first Mechagodzilla and King Cesar, drew the concept art for Titanosaurus. Titanosaurus is an aquatic dinosaur with several fins and a long neck. He resembles several creatures, including seahorses and Chinese conceptions of dragons. He bears no resemblance to the real Titanosaurs, which were a group of long-necked sauropods that survived into the late Cretaceous period. The shared names seem to be a coincidence, as they both owe their names to the Greek mythological Titans. The fact that theMonsterverse would later selectthe term “Titans” to describe all giant monsters is also probably a coincidence.
In the lore, Titanosaurus is just kind of always around. He’s a bit likethe Loch Ness Monster, in that he’s a living dinosaur that somehow hid from every event of the last 66 million years. He’s a docile animal who probably occupied the notoriously deep Izu-Ogasawara Trench off the coast of the Bonin Islands. Titanosaurus probably would have lived out his life in peace, thriving in waters so deep that no human could reach him. Unfortunately, mad marine biologist Dr. Shinzo Mafune discovered Titanosaurus in 1960. Mafune developed technology that allowed him to control the minds of various sea creatures. When he found Titanosaurus, he announced his accomplishment to the rest of the scientific community. They laughed him out of the room, so he plotted his revenge. Working with aliens, Mafune built a machine that let him command Titanosaurus. He used the friendly dinosaur to carry out his rage, sending him to attack Tokyo to please the aforementioned aliens.
What is Titanosaurus capable of?
Titanosaurus is one of the weakest creatures to gotoe-to-toe with Godzilla. He really only has one impressive move. The massive fin on his tail can generate gale-force winds or destructive whirlpools with their rapid movement. The resulting wind can reach speeds of over 700 miles per hour. The fastest wind speed ever recorded (excluding tornadoes) was 253 miles per hour during Tropical Cyclone Olivia. Humans currently struggle to measure the speed of tornadoes, but even the most generous figures from those events are less than half of Titanosaurus’s gusts. Titanosaurus can create consistent gales that rival the blast wind of a nuclear bomb, uprooting skyscrapers and destroying cities by wagging his tail at them. This immensely destructive power is essentially his only meaningful weapon. He can jump very high and swim very fast, but he lacks any other meaningful powers. It’s also worth noting that Titanosaurus could never engage in combat if he wasn’t forced to. He doesn’t want to fight, but humanity is often cruel.
What happened to Titanosaurus?
Mafune used Titanosaurus to destroy a submarine that was tryingto recover Mechagodzilla’s remains. The aliens offered Mafune and his daughter, Katsura, a place in their society as long as he continued wielding Titanosaurus for their cause. Mafune worked to restore Mechagodzilla, but INTERPOL consistently attacked his operations. The first time Godzilla intervened, Mafune was busy dealing with the humans trying to stop him. An INTERPOL agent shot Katsura, forcing the aliens to save her life. They also gave her the device that controlled Mechagodzilla. Together, they overpowered Godzilla. INTERPOL activated a sonic disruptor that damaged Mafune’s connection to Titanosaurus, allowing Godzilla to seek vengeance.Godzilla destroyed Mechagodzilla andblasted Titanosaurus off a cliff into the sea below. Every reasonable fan hopes that Titanosaurus survived his ordeal and returned to his peaceful life, but the film doesn’t confirm his fate.
Titanosaurus is one of the friendliest giant monstersin the Godzilla franchise. He isn’t even technically a kaiju. He’s just a dinosaur that someone used as a weapon. Fans can only hope that he gets to return to his home under the sea. It seems wrong to want Titanosaurus back for another film. Just let him stay in the trench.
