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So the poorly translated [[Fan Nickname|Deanzilla]] [[Godzilla (
Contrast the earlier ''[[The Godzilla Power Hour]]''.
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* [[Alien Invasion]]: "Monster Wars."
* [[Animal Mecha]]: Cameron Winter's "Cyber flies."
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Mocked in "Leviathan":
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** Played straight in "Deadloch": Nick doesn't believe in the [[Loch Ness Monster]] despite being the adopted father of a giant fire-breathing lizard.
* [[Area 51]]: And the rumors of aliens are {{spoiler|a ''coverup'' for what's really going on}}.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Elsie and Craven actually appear in the 1998 movie, though you won't be blamed for not remembering them.
* [[Asteroids Monster]]: The silver monster in "Shafted."
* [[Attack of the 50
* [[Back
* [[Bad Future]]: The episode "Future Shock" has the crew sent forward through time to one of these, where bio-engineered monstrosities have killed all the other [[Kaiju]] ([[Heroic Sacrifice|Including Godzilla]]) and overrun the world.
* [[Big Creepy
* [[Body Horror]]: The Chameleon, as well as the Tachyons.
* [[Brainwashed]]
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** Don't forget <s>Mecha</s> ''Cyber''-Zilla.
* [[The Chew Toy]]: Mendel's robot N.I.G.E.L. dies as often as [[South Park|Kenny]].
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''"N.I.G.E.L., [[Big No|nooooo]]!"'' }}
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Cameron Winter.
* [[Conveniently Empty Building]]: A remarkable amount of people manage to not be killed during various monster fights. Sure it's technically a kids show, but still.
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* [[Cryptid Episode]]: Godzilla fights the Loch Ness Monster.
* [[Cutting the Knot]]: In "Monster Wars":
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''Monique blasts the console''
'''Mendel''': --or we could just blow it up. }}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Elsie's the most prodigious team snarker, Monique being a close second.
* [[Destructive Savior]]: To be fair, Godzilla's the [[Attack of the 50
** "Underground Movement" had the city of Miami suing HEAT for damage caused not by Godzilla but by their own weapons. {{spoiler|Their lawyer gets them off on a technicality}}.
* [[Energy Absorption]]: Several of the monsters had this type of ability, whether it be against fire or some other form of energy.
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* [[Fantastic Voyage]]: Of course, since they're going inside ''Godzilla'', no shrinking is required.
** Big Guy had some massive blood vessels, though.
* [[Feed It
* [[Five-Man Band]]
** [[The Hero]]: Nick.
** [[The Lancer]]: Monique.
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** [[Team Pet]]: N.I.G.E.L.
* [[Fungus Humongous]]: "Underground Movement."
* [[Fun
* [[Future Badass]]: {{spoiler|Craven}} in "[[Bad Future|Future Shock]]."
** Also N.I.G.E.L. and Hicks.
* [[Gaia's Vengeance]]
* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: How the Chameleon is created.
** As well as the [[Hero-Killer|D.R.A.G.M.A.'s]] in "Future Shock."
* [[Giant Equals Invincible]]: Unlike the [[Godzilla (
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Most notably, Big G Junior himself.
* [[Godzilla Threshold]]: Somewhat the trope namer. While Godzilla comes to the human's aid by himself, H.E.A.T decides to use his computerized voice to summon him when there's a kaiju that gives them trouble.
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* [[Hunter of His Own Kind]]: Many of the mutations were caused by radiation like in Godzilla's origin story. Not quite so tragic as most examples as many of them would just as soon as kill Godzilla as look at him.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In "Future Shock":
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'''Nick:''' Kid's kind of bossy, isn't he? }}
* [[I Love Nuclear Power]]: Quite a few mutations are the result of radiation.
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* [[Kaiju]]
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: There's only been a handful of episodes ''officially'' released to video/DVD, including the oft-mentioned "Monster Wars."
** While still not available on DVD, the full series is streamed on Netflix.
* [[Legion of Doom]]: "Monster Wars."
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Insley in "Future Shock."
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** It is played straight fairly often too, if you are human and you do something that can harm Godzilla, Nick will cut a bitch.
* [[Playful Hacker]]: Randy.
* [[Raised
* [[Recurring Character|Recurring Monsters]]: In "Monster Wars," Crustaceous Rex, King Cobra, El Gusano, Queen Bee and Cryptocleidus all made return appearances. In the later episode "S.C.A.L.E.," Crustaceous Rex and King Cobra (as well as the Giant Bat introduced in "Monster Wars"') appeared again, this time as captives on Monster Island.
* [[Recycled:
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Ridiculous Future Sequelisation]]: A movie marquee in "Future Shock" displays "[[
* [[Robot Names]]: ''Next-Millennium Intelligence Gathering Electronic Liaison'', or N.I.G.E.L.
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* [[Running Gag]]: You can count on N.I.G.E.L. being smashed to pieces by the [[Monster of the Week]] or Junior at least once per episode.
* [[Science Hero]]: A whole team of them, really. Even Monique has [[Hidden Depths]] like translating ancient Arabian glyphs.
* [[Screwed
* [[Shout-Out]]: Several pop culture references an episode is the norm.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Randy and Monique.
* [[Spike Shooter]]: There's an episode about giant bees that can shoot their poison stinger.
* [[Spot the Impostor]]: The shapeshifting DNA Mimic began mimicking Godzilla Junior at the climax, and Nick had to tell them apart.
** Which is actually an [[Homage]] to the classic sci-fi movie ''[[The Thing (
* [[They Killed Kenny]]: The previously-mentioned N.I.G.E.L.-smashing.
** This led to a perceived rivalry with said trope namesake.
* [[Took a Level
** Also, Nick is much more active than he used to be when [[Matthew Broderick]] portrayed him in the movie.
* [[Tunnel King]]: Godzilla, like his daddy, but even better at it than he was.
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* [[Western Terrorists]]: SCALE (Servants of Creatures Arriving Late to Earth), the [[Animal Wrongs Group]] who frees imprisoned [[Kaiju]] to [[Gaia's Vengeance|purge humanity]].
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: The "Monster Wars" three-parter was based on the Godzilla movie ''Destroy All Monsters''.
** "Trust No One" is basically a PG-version of the ''[[The Thing (
** "Future Shock" is pretty much ''[[Reign of Fire]]'', which is impressive considering [[Older Than They Think|it came out three years before the movie]].
* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: Zilla Senior is brought back as Cyber-Godzilla by aliens to fight the star of the show.
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