First Appearance: Terror of Mechagodzilla
Titanosaurus, the amphibious sea monster that dwells in our
oceans, falls into the category of prehistoric monster. Like Rodan and
Anguirus, Titanosaurus was not exposed to radiation and mutate, but is rather
the forgotten descendant of aquatic creatures that roamed the ocean millions of
years ago. This is a common theme with the very early Godzilla monsters: creatures
of nature rather than myth or science-experiments. Titanosaurus is probably one
of the tallest monsters, sporting a huge head fine and dorsal fin. He has a
long tale that ends in a fish-like tail and is covered in a bumpy red skin. Able to create hurricane
force winds with his tail, match Godzilla’s strength, jump extraordinarily far,
and emit supersonic blasts from mouth, Titanosaurus is a formidable foe for the
King of the Monsters.
This lumbering giant only makes one appearance in the
Godzilla series along-side MechaGodzilla and is forced to be the resurrected aliens
ally. Discovered in the deep ocean by Shinji Mafune, a mad scientists obsessed with
the brain patters of marine life, Titanosaurs is mentally taken over by Mafune
and is set forth to destroy Tokyo and the scientific community that exiled
Mafune. Later, Mafune rebuilds MechaGodzilla and pairs the two against
Godzilla, who is trying to stop Titanosaurs. Ultimately Titanosaurs and
MechaGodzilla are defeated. It is said many times in the movie that Titanosaurs
is of a peaceful nature (how they know I have no idea since this is the first
anyone has seen of the dinosaur) and therefor is not really a foe to Godzilla.
Perhaps if he wasn’t under mind control Godzilla would have gained another ally
to rank among his friends like Rodan and Anguirus.
Titanosaurus does however make a triumphant return in Godzilla:
Unleashed and is a welcome addition to the characters. He is nimble and quick
and sports all his abilities he had in the movie.
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