Welcome to Godzilland!/Tropes


 * 100% Adoration Rate
 * Not exactly in the show itself, but almost any fan of the anime itself can generally believe that Baragon is a likeable character, because of his shyness and timidness, general friendliness and the fact that he's almost always happy. Sure, apart from that he does sometimes switch over to being a rebellious schoolboy, but still.
 * 2D Visuals, 3D Effects
 * Downplayed, as 3D is only used for the opening sequence (atleast since the 2nd episode overall) and some minor special effects mostly after season 3.
 * 65-Episode Cartoon
 * Not exactly 65 episodes, but seasons 2 and 4 were pretty close to cutting it, as they had 50 and 75 episodes each.
 * Afraid of Needles
 * Godzilla and his friends in 'The Suspicious Doctor's Appointment'
 * All There in the Manual
 * A lot of information about the characters themselves are only seen either in books about the series or online. However, some attributes, such as their age, are never revealed.
 * Alliterative Name
 * The kaiju's family members have names similar to theirs. One example is Godzilla's little brother, Shozilla (ショージラShōjira lit. 'Littlezilla ')
 * And Knowing is Half the Battle
 * Unlike the four OVAs that were released in 1994 and 1996 seperately, the show isn't targeted at 3 - 5 year olds and is about teaching reading or maths, rather its for older children instead and the plotline isnt entirely about learning stuff. But they do try and insert morals or lessons in some episodes.
 * Arson, Murder and Jaywalking
 * Every single time Destroyah lists the villianous things he will do. An example:
 * "I'll take over Monster Island, enslave all the monsters, and raise the NHK license fee by 1000 yenJP only! NOW WHO'S GOING TO STOP ME!?"
 * Automobile Opening
 * In Season 1, the opening sequence up until episode 16 contained a scene where Godzilla is riding on his bike.
 * Banned in China
 * This show was never majorly banned (although heavily censored in some countries such as Vicnora), but a major case happened in Russia, where the show aired on the channel 2×2 until its closure on August 14th, 1997. It was then transferred to RTR (in which it aired on aswell since 1995), the state-owned television network. After about a year of airing on it, parents were making complaints about the show being "a bad influence" to children, due to its (mostly slapstick) violence and some things that the characters said that could be extremely offensive to overly conserative parents. So, instead of the Russian government giving up, taking it off air on their channel and asking another commercial channel (such as NTV) to air it on theirs instead, what did they do? They just banned the show entirely. Literally just 3 months before it was scheduled to end.
 * Big Bad
 * Destroyah and his servant Mechagodzilla. Some other villian characters appear but they mostly appear for only a few episodes and are minor characters (apart from Gamera).
 * Big Eater
 * Almost every single character is one.
 * Godzilla is like this with everything, most especially with fruit and berries.
 * Anguirus with dango and udon noodles.
 * Baragon with okonomiyaki and dorayaki, he also loves drinking Sencha (a green tea).
 * Mothra's larvae have eaten nothing in their lives except leaves. Just leaves. You cant try to get them to eat anything else.
 * Rodan seems to really like apples and cake.
 * All of the characters seem to love onigiri the same way. There's even a scene where the characters are looking at an album book and there's a photo of Anguirus, Baragon, King Ghidorah and Rodan eating some.
 * Black-Bead Eyes
 * Slightly downplayed, the characters eyes are just black circles, but a lot of the time they have white circles in them that can range from being small and barely visible to large and giving the eyes an outlined look.
 * Body Horror
 * How Baragon (and all of his family members too) got the stitching on his belly. TL;DR: His family's surgeon (who probably's been around since his grandma was a child) is an absolute idiot.
 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * Godzilla for a while in season 1. He is way more obnoxious and whiny than he is in the rest of the seasons.
 * Godzilla: looks down at piece of paper, and then looks over to see a large berry, which he grabs Oh! I think i have the biggest one now!
 * Baragon: takes the berry from him It's not, whoever looks at it first gets it.
 * Godzilla: That doesn't even make sense! And, it says 'whoever grabs it has it'!
 * Baragon: It says right here. pointing to a part in the rulebook So, it's actually mine.
 * Godzilla: You don't even deserve it! I bet you can't even it eat, so there, you heartless orange lizard!
 * Baragon: Listen, whoever LOOKS AT IT first gets it. You clearly saw me looking over at it, right?
 * Godzilla: But it's MY berry, isn't it! It... IT'S MINE!
 * Baragon: Fine, you can have it... gives the berry back to Godzilla Even though you're clearly breaking the rules.
 * Thankfully, suddenly he stopped acting like this at the beginning of season 2.
 * Another example of this trope is Anguirus, who can be stubborn, grumpy and impatient a lot of the times but his plans do rarely backfire. And Gamera, who is by far the most annoying and obnoxious character in the entire show. His personality is entirely modelled off of that of a stereotypical nerd, minus the glasses.
 * Character Title
 * Kind of? Sure, it has the protagonist's name in it, but modified to add an "-nd" at the end, forming "Godzilland".
 * But for the Catalan and Latin American Spanish dubs? Check.
 * Christmas Episode
 * The 2nd special out of all of the others, 'Christmas Comes to Godzilland!', aired in 1995.
 * Darker and Edgier
 * Every season, the show slowly but surely loses its "funny kaiju cartoon for 9 year olds with a lot of funny bits in it" status once in a while. Hell, sometimes an episode can make you wonder "How could this possibly be rated PG?"
 * Dramedy
 * The show is mainly influenced on comedic moments and regular action and adventure, but a lot of the characters arguments reach soap opera-levels.
 * Early-Installment Weirdness
 * The character's voices are much closer to their voices in the OVAs (which sound like 5 year olds), meaning they sound much more high pitched and younger as usual.
 * There are a lot of animation errors in seasons 1 - 2.
 * In season 1, the character's emotions are way more exaggerated than in later seasons. I mean, just look at Anguirus, King Ghidorah and Rodan's reaction in the S1 OP when they see Godzilla get catapulted through the sky!
 * El Kadsreians Love Dunkin Donuts
 * Don't even get me started on the show's reputation in the Aritonazcas, Eruokittens, and Eurasia.
 * And the show's fanbase in Neonia? Dear lord.
 * Germans Love David Hasselhoff
 * The show in Japan, its country of origin, is still well loved and is remembered as one of the best animes of the mid - late 1990s amongst children born in the early - late 80s and extremely early 90s.
 * Hated by All
 * Destroyah and his own personal servant.
 * Interspecies Friendship
 * The main 10 characters (excluding Gamera) are all friends with each other, despite some of them being very varied when it comes to their subspecies of Kaiju. An example is how Baragon and King Ghidorah are almost best friends.
 * It's Always Spring
 * Heavily downplayed. While during most of the episodes it does look like it's set in the summer, since 1995 during episodes aired between 1st December - 28/29th February, the island is partially to fully covered in snow and from March - April and October - November, the island looks like it's set in a colder environment.
 * Jerk With the Heart of a Jerk
 * Destroyah and Gamera.
 * Kaiju
 * The show is about the chibi and younger versions of Toho's kaijus for crying out loud!
 * Also, unlike the movies, they never really go 'be massive and destroy city time', except for two episodes - One where Destroyah secretley gives Godzilla a potion that turns him massive and just like how he is in the movies, the other where Anguirus has to fight a massive and way more terrifying version of himself.
 * Although some of their abilites from the movies are kept, such as Godzilla's Atomic Breath.
 * Living Dinosaurs
 * The main four characters and a lot of the monsters on Monster Island look like tiny dinosaurs. Except, none of them actually look close to a species of dinosaur, except for Anguirus, who is pretty comparable to an Ankylosaurus.
 * No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
 * This happens so many times in the show, to the point where it's even a running gag.
 * Played for Laughs
 * Too many too count.
 * Preschool Show
 * Averted. Unlike its 4 OVA counterparts, Get Going! Godzilland, this show is directed at more older children. But the artstyle (especially in the earlier seasons) kind of makes it look like it sometimes.
 * The Dragon
 * King Ghidorah.
 * The One Who Wears Shoes
 * Baragon's father, Kanaragon, is mostly seen in his signature police office outfit, which includes shoes. He is also the only character in the show to actually have clothing.
 * ¡Three Amigos!
 * Very much zig-zagged. In the first episode of the series, it was just Godzilla, Anguirus and Baragon, with Godzilly being added an episode later. But even then, there's Mothra. Why this is zig-zagged and not averted all of the time? Well, sometimes two characters are thrown OUT of the mix for one episode. Infact, some episodes only focus on TWO characters instead of the others.
 * What Do You Mean, It's For Kids?
 * This show has everything. Brutually violent beatdowns (albeit slapstick), a lot of innuendos, and apparently Godzilla once got so mad he swore uncensored. (although the episode in which he did was later aired with the swear in particular being cut off halfway through, with the scene in which he did it later being cut entirely). And don't even get me started on Mechagodzilla. More comparable to a sadistic robotic lizard version of Tío Pelado and/or Mr. Manguera from 31 Minutos, he has kidnapped (and possibly tortured) Godzilla, Anguirus, Baragon and King Ghidorah, and once kidnapped Godzilly and forced her to be his girlfriend. Prophet Isa Xayslam. Just add a bit of blood and more coarse language, and the show's rating immediately bumps up to atleast a 14.
 * What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made on Drugs?
 * Just listen to any of the musical numbers from before Season 3. Despite being probably the best thing you'll ever listen to in your whole entire life, the visuals aren't creepy, they just make you think "Did the animators at Toho Animation take LSD beforehand?"
 * Where It All Began
 * It is literally canon that this show takes place around a decade or two before the first Godzilla movie from 1954.
 * World of Funny Animals
 * No humans were ever shown at all (except for some famous people shown on portraits in the episode 'Museum of Curiosities'), and the show was entirely revolved around the kaijus that lived on Monster Island. Infact, one might call it 'World of Funny Lizards' or more accurately (as not all of the main characters are reptillic) 'World of Funny Kaijus'.