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The Return of Godzilla

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The Return of Godzilla	comment	The sixteenth Godzilla film, also known as just Godzilla or Godzilla 1984, and first after a nearly decade long break. It is a direct sequel to the original Godzilla (even sharing the title in Japan) and ignores all other films. Godzilla returns after a thirty years absence and in the midst of high Cold War tensions between the U.S.A. and Soviets. It is the first Godzilla film to feature Kenpachiro Satsuma in the role of Godzilla, and it would be the last movie to not feature any Ifukube music until 2002's Godzilla X Mechagodzilla.Still produced in the actual reign of Emperor ShÅ�wa, it is discernibly a bridge between the old and the new eras of Godzilla. The special effects, helmed by series veteran Teruyoshi Nakano, give the film a classic look while still easing the transition into the Heisei series. Several recognizable actors from the "golden age" of Toho are present, some albeit in minor roles.Was released theatrically in the United States the following year in the heavily altered form of Godzilla 1985, which like Godzilla: King of the Monsters! before it, compressed the plot and included new scenes once again featuring Raymond Burr as Steve-ahem, Mr. Martin, filmed by a low budget American unit, though their integration and usefulness leans towards the often panned Americanizations of Half Human, King Kong vs. Godzilla and Tidal Wave (also distributed by New World).Kraken Releasing (a label of Section23 Films) has finally acquired the rights to Return of Godzilla and will be releasing it on DVD and Blu-Ray, though this release will not include the Americanized version of the film due to legal issues surrounding it.Production-wise, it was proceeded by Terror of Mechagodzilla. In continuity, it follows Godzilla (1954), and it is followed by Godzilla vs. Biollante.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
The Return of Godzilla / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: Not that Terror of Mechagodzilla was cheerful but aliens and robot monsters are replaced with a possible nuclear holocaust and a scary Godzilla. Plus, Tomoyuki Tanaka wanted to restore the dark themes of the original Godzilla.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_1c445e86	type	Poor Communication Kills
The Return of Godzilla / int_1c445e86	comment	Poor Communication Kills: Narrowly averted with the Japanese Government finally letting the world know of Godzilla's existence. If they hadn't, then the USA and the USSR would've started World War III, as Godzilla's destruction of the Russian sub had the USSR in a panic, with the Americans flying into a panic of their own as a reaction to the USSR's panic and finger pointing.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_1c5cfd7a	type	The Tramp
The Return of Godzilla / int_1c5cfd7a	comment	The Tramp: The bum, who is actually credited as "Tramp" in 1985's credits.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_1dacdb4f	type	Senseless Sacrifice
The Return of Godzilla / int_1dacdb4f	comment	Senseless Sacrifice: Colonel Kashrin in attempting to stop the nuclear satellite from deploying its missile.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_207e000c	type	Reveal Shot
The Return of Godzilla / int_207e000c	comment	Reveal Shot: Godzilla gets a dramatic pan up from the ground, when he is seen by the nuclear facilityâ€™s guard.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_20f689e9	type	Adaptational Villainy
The Return of Godzilla / int_20f689e9	comment	Adaptational Villainy: The Russians in New World's edit. In the original, the missile guidance ship Balashevo is damaged by Godzilla and sends out the signal for a satellite to launch an ICBM at Tokyo, with Colonel Kashirin bravely trying to stop the launch sequence before dying in a small explosion onboard the ship; in the New World edit, Kashirin exclaims that he â€˜must launch that missile!â€™ and activates the launch sequence himself... only to die in a small explosion anyway. Godzilla himself is notably more aggressive in the 1985 version. Unlike the original, it's strongly implied he stepped on both the security guard who first sees him at the power plant and the bum later on. Professor Hayashita's signal also causes him to attack the building he's on, whereas in Return he simply stood fascinated by it until the military attacked him.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
The Return of Godzilla / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Aside from Steve Martin, in the U.S. cut, the only other sane man on the military's payroll is the brown-haired Colonel who is far more rational than his superior and inferior.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
The Return of Godzilla / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: To Godzilla (1954). The opening scene depicts a fishing boat in a middle of a disaster (but in a different case). Goro Maki wants the existence of Godzilla's to be known publicly, despite objections from the government, and despite Godzilla's existence is known, people are still killed anyway when the monster makes his rampage in Tokyo. And Godzilla attacks a train, although in the original movie, the train attack was during his first raid on the mainland, while here it's during his second raid.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_26f41623	type	Kill Sat
The Return of Godzilla / int_26f41623	comment	If you watched the Japanese original version before the New World Dub, Kashirin becomes this. In the original film, he's a heroic character who dies trying to stop the Kill Sat from activating. In the New World Dub, he's just a heartless Russian who's way too eager to use the Nukes before Uncle Sam.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_2dc35926	type	Ghost Ship
The Return of Godzilla / int_2dc35926	comment	Ghost Ship: The Yahata-Maru.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_405f6f52	type	Recycled Soundtrack
The Return of Godzilla / int_405f6f52	comment	Recycled Soundtrack: Godzilla 1985 reuses some pieces from Christopher Young's score for Def-Con 4 in a few scenes (most notably during the JSDF mobilization alongside Tokyo Bay, and during the helicopter scene right before the third act) which is also present in The Return of Godzilla, however 1985 uses it far more extensively especially during Okamura's struggle with the rescue copter (where as Return lacks the music), it's also used as the ending credits for 1985, since New World owned the rights to both films. It was this overuse of the Def-Con 4 theme in the credits for 1985 is why the American version has yet to be released on DVD.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_4856ac40	type	Stock Footage
The Return of Godzilla / int_4856ac40	comment	Stock Footage: It's easy to miss prior to repeated viewings, but the movie lifts some stock footage from Submersion of Japan and Prophecies of Nostradamus for some of Godzilla's distruction. For continuity purposes, scenes from the original film are used for the American version.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_49d18492	type	Scenery Gorn
The Return of Godzilla / int_49d18492	comment	Scenery Gorn: Unlike the first film, Godzilla's invasion is more of a stroll. And unlike the first film, he (interestingly enough) doesn't destroy Tokyo as thoroughly.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_4b0ef86e	type	Advertised Extra
The Return of Godzilla / int_4b0ef86e	comment	Advertised Extra: The bum (Tetsuya Takeda) is shown in the poster along with Goro Maki (Ken Tanaka), Hiroshi Okumura (Shin Takuma), Naoko Okumura (Yasuko Sawaguchi), Makoto Hayashida (Yosuke Natsuki), and the Prime Minister (Seiki Mitamura). He only shows up when Godzilla attacks Tokyo in the third act.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
The Return of Godzilla / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early-Installment Weirdness: Downplayed as the Heisei era has a pretty consistent continuity from here to Destoroyah (the Super X for instance is brought back and modified 2 more times after this film), but characters like Miss Miki Saegusa are nowhere to be seen here, nor is the concept of psychics brought up once in this movie. Subsequently, aside from Godzilla vs. Biollante, the characters of this movie and their actions sans the Prime Minister are never brought up again after this. Along with this, the Godzillaâ€™s design in this movie differs from the otherwise fairly consistent look of the Hesei era designs.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_51a12a6f	type	Hong Kong Dub
The Return of Godzilla / int_51a12a6f	comment	Hong Kong Dub: The export dub is perhaps the most egregious example of whole series in its often poor syllable matching. Especially for the Russian characters. There are a few lines early in the technically superior '1985'' script where obviously shorter syllable words are used in place of what was originally said (e.g. "bakemono", or "monster", dubbed as the blunt "huge").
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The Return of Godzilla / int_52475ffd	type	Cutting Off the Branches
The Return of Godzilla / int_52475ffd	comment	Cutting Off the Branches: Non-video game example. The American version places the events of Godzilla: King of the Monsters! in 1956, while Japanese continuity of the Heisei films likewise places the events of the first film in 1954 instead.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Return of Godzilla / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: This film was made in the late Showa Era of Japan, making this the last movie of Japan's, not Godzilla's Showa era in Japan. The series would continue with Godzilla vs. Biollante in the form of the Heisei era.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_5b607875	type	Inconsistent Dub
The Return of Godzilla / int_5b607875	comment	Inconsistent Dub: Neither English version settles definitively on the pronunciation Naoko's name ("Nay-oko" or the more correct "Now-oko").
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The Return of Godzilla / int_5f52cfcf	type	Intrepid Reporter
The Return of Godzilla / int_5f52cfcf	comment	Intrepid Reporter: Goro Maki. Name seem familiar?
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The Return of Godzilla / int_638b65bc	type	Armor Is Useless
The Return of Godzilla / int_638b65bc	comment	Armor Is Useless: Subverted. The Super X is made out of space-age materials and given a special coating that allows it to withstand Godzilla's atomic ray; however, it only works for a limited number of blasts, and it does nothing to stop a skyscraper falling on top of it.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_65244998	type	Lightning Can Do Anything
The Return of Godzilla / int_65244998	comment	Lightning Can Do Anything: Godzilla is revived by an electrical storm created by the stratospheric nuclear resolution.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_6a9475c1	type	Dub-Induced Plot Hole
The Return of Godzilla / int_6a9475c1	comment	Dub Induced Plothole: In 1985, Colonel Kashirin deliberately launches a nuclear missile intending to kill Godzilla with it, but in the Cabinet scene taking place after, the Prime Minister's aide tells him that it was on accident like in the original cut. Though it can be interpreted as the Japanese not knowing it was on purpose.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_6b983bf7	type	Unstoppable Rage
The Return of Godzilla / int_6b983bf7	comment	Unstoppable Rage: When Godzilla sees the Super X, after waking up, he remembers what it did to him, which in turn leads to Roaring Rampage of Revenge described above.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_6c4ed101	type	Breath Weapon
The Return of Godzilla / int_6c4ed101	comment	Breath Weapon: Godzilla's atomic ray.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_7b20b8d2	type	Alternative Foreign Theme Song
The Return of Godzilla / int_7b20b8d2	comment	Alternative Foreign Theme Song: Sort of. There was a "love theme" used to promote the American version, although the song never appeared in the movie itself and wasn't even originally written for it.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_7b6e47a5	type	Armor-Piercing Question
The Return of Godzilla / int_7b6e47a5	comment	Armor-Piercing Question: In the Japanese version, the Prime Minister tells his aides that he was able to make the American and Russian representatives understand Japan's "no nuclear" policy by asking them what they would do if Godzilla attacked their own countries. In the manga adaptation, the Prime Minister is actually shown asking them this question, and so the sequence with the aides is removed. This was cut from the American version, for some reason.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_7c4ba0e0	type	Red Sky, Take Warning
The Return of Godzilla / int_7c4ba0e0	comment	Red Sky, Take Warning: The red clouds and sky produced by the nuclear missile explosion in atmosphere, which is actually kind of pretty, if you forget what caused it in the first place.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The Return of Godzilla / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Maki's intent to release of the story of the appearance of Godzilla and bringing Okumura's sister to to see him (only for bringing the news reporters to his hospital room) is the reason why Naoko distrusts him in the second half of the film.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The Return of Godzilla / int_823c6e3e	comment	The Bum, played by Tetsuya Takeda. He has a variety of funny antics and lines in the Japanese cut, the New World cut, and the International dub, arguably because of the HK dubber's hammy performance.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_82a64c4b	type	Adaptational Nice Guy
The Return of Godzilla / int_82a64c4b	comment	Adaptational Nice Guy: In the US cut, Naoko is interpreted as a girl who misses her brother and shy around Maki. In the Japanese version, she hates him in the first half of the film due to Maki using her to reunite with Hiroshi, and call him out for it after Godzilla was publically revealed.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
The Return of Godzilla / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: Whatever happened to that patrol helicopter that Godzilla surfaced in front of in Tokyo Bay? In the Manga adaptation it's destroyed by Godzilla's tail, but in the film it just, well, vanishes. Also, the Bum, who is last seen fainting as Godzilla approaches, is not seen again. (Although the 1985 version edits the scene to imply he was stepped on, to solve this.)
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The Return of Godzilla / int_8738b454	type	Signs of the End Times
The Return of Godzilla / int_8738b454	comment	Signs of the End Times: Hayashida views Godzilla's existence as one since monsters often appear in mythological tellings of the end times.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_8797239c	type	Bait-and-Switch
The Return of Godzilla / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: Godzilla 1985's minimalistic theatrical trailer sets up the film as a reintroduction to a famous retiree film star (with lots of Stealth Pun comments, like "the height of his fame"), before revealing said star to be...Godzilla!
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The Return of Godzilla / int_8a800d36	type	Bilingual Dialogue
The Return of Godzilla / int_8a800d36	comment	Bilingual Dialogue: In the Japanese version, the conversations with the diplomatic discussion to use nuclear weapons on Godzilla are as follows: The Prime Minister: Japanese (obviously), the American Ambassador (English), and the USSR ambassador (Russian). In the English version, The Prime Minister speaks English while the Russian ambassador still speaks Russian. Averted entirely in the International version, where everyone has been re-dubbed into English, the U.S. envoy included.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_8cb844c6	type	Mr. Exposition
The Return of Godzilla / int_8cb844c6	comment	Mr. Exposition: Steve Martin and Dr. Hayashida.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_8e04eca1	type	Proportionately Ponderous Parasites
The Return of Godzilla / int_8e04eca1	comment	Proportionately Ponderous Parasites: Shokilas.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_8eb3d48f	type	Revisiting the Roots
The Return of Godzilla / int_8eb3d48f	comment	Revisiting the Roots: Following several films where he was a straight up heroic character, Godzilla is once again portrayed as an antagonistic yet tragic figure, like the original 1954 incarnation.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_8f50849	type	Credits Medley
The Return of Godzilla / int_8f50849	comment	Credits Medley: Godzilla 1985 substitutes the vocal synth-pop Goodbye Godzilla ballad with a simple mix of some of Koroku and Young's themes.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_92f863b6	type	Revival
The Return of Godzilla / int_92f863b6	comment	Revival: After nine years of absence from the big screen, Godzilla returned with a vengeance.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_93deab19	type	Ominous Fog
The Return of Godzilla / int_93deab19	comment	Ominous Fog: Godzilla evades visual detection from the Defense Force and lands concealed in a dense bank.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_96a33f11	type	Riddle for the Ages
The Return of Godzilla / int_96a33f11	comment	Riddle for the Ages: Martin is seen thumbing a taichi amulet, the significance of which is never revealed.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_979f41a	type	Continuity Reboot
The Return of Godzilla / int_979f41a	comment	Continuity Reboot: This film ignores majority of the Showa series (ironically, it is part of the era, but it's considered part of the Heisei series) while Godzilla (1954) is the only film not to be ignored in the Showa-Era. This tradition continues in the Millennium series.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_9bca83eb	type	Death by Irony
The Return of Godzilla / int_9bca83eb	comment	Death by Irony: See Mythology Gag below. In the first film, it is the engineer's failure to stop the train which results in an accident, while here, it would've been wiser to let the bullet train just keep on going, as Godzilla decides to have a little fun with a car before tossing it aside.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Return of Godzilla / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The flock of birds that take flight just before Godzilla touches ground on mainland Japan. The birds show up few minutes later and distract Godzilla, leading him away from the ruins of the nuclear power plant, leaving our protagonists dumbfounded by his sudden leave.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_aa30e350	type	Sole Survivor
The Return of Godzilla / int_aa30e350	comment	Sole Survivor: Hiroshi Okumura survives the sea louse attack on the Yatamaru, and Goro Maki helps him get to the mainland.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_aa87556f	type	Orange/Blue Contrast
The Return of Godzilla / int_aa87556f	comment	Orange/Blue Contrast: Every single scene in the the New World video version of Godzilla 1985.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_ac09dc0f	type	Alas, Poor Villain
The Return of Godzilla / int_ac09dc0f	comment	Alas, Poor Villain: Though Godzilla is clearly the antagonist, the film treats him sympathetically, particularly towards the end when he unleashes a sad roar as he plummets down the volcano. In the closing monologue, Burr even refers to him as a "strangely innocent and Tragic Monster." Teruyoshi Nakano suggested Godzilla's eyes to emote a touch of sorrow. Director Koji Hashimoto stated in an interview "The existence of Godzilla itself is a dilemma. Godzilla is a living conflict of evil and sadness." If you watched the Japanese original version before the New World Dub, Kashirin becomes this. In the original film, he's a heroic character who dies trying to stop the Kill Sat from activating. In the New World Dub, he's just a heartless Russian who's way too eager to use the Nukes before Uncle Sam.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Return of Godzilla / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: When Godzilla's tranquility is interrupted by maser fire and he rushes forward, Hayashida clearly has this look on his face. This can also be felt when the Japanese government hears about the Soviet missile being launched.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Return of Godzilla / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: The Russian captain delivers one, saying, "A whale doesn't send out sonar" when asked if a whale is what they're picking up on their own sonar. Maki in response to Okumura in 1985. "I know why. It's very simple. He had enough to eat". Major McDonough delivers "That's uh, quite an urban renewal program they got over there" as Godzilla levels his way through metropolitan Tokyo, to Steve Martin's annoyance. And the best part is that Raymond Burr actually (temporarily) broke character during that scene. It shows his displeasure of trying to turn the film Lighter and Softer. Martin sardonically recalls the effects of the 1962 Starfish Prime nuclear test after McDonough assures the EMP from the stratospheric explosion is "absolutely harmless".
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The Return of Godzilla / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
The Return of Godzilla / int_b58b4e3c	comment	Too Dumb to Live: The citizens of Tokyo are definitely not that bright to just crowd around an unconscious Godzilla after the Super X knocks him out during his rampage. The moment he wakes up, they become instant targets of his wrath. This is changed in the American cut, where the only casualties are the ones simply unfortunate enough not to evacuate in time.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_bcbf7aef	type	Plucky Comic Relief
The Return of Godzilla / int_bcbf7aef	comment	Plucky Comic Relief: The Bum, played by Tetsuya Takeda. He has a variety of funny antics and lines in the Japanese cut, the New World cut, and the International dub, arguably because of the HK dubber's hammy performance. Kamijo, Maki's photographer, who never speaks a single line in 1985. Major McDonough in Godzilla 1985, who seems to have inherited all the comedic dialogue originally intended for Raymond Burr's character, Steve Martin.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_c30593f3	type	Helicopter Flyswatter
The Return of Godzilla / int_c30593f3	comment	Helicopter Flyswatter: Godzilla shoots down a helicopter that's presumably annoying him. This in turn, destroys a crowded freeway which becomes an Every Car Is a Pinto moment courtesy of stock footage from the infamous Prophecies of Nostradamus.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_c4e0fcff	type	Story Reset
The Return of Godzilla / int_c4e0fcff	comment	Story Reset: Set after the first film, disregarding previous canon.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_c5ddc769	type	Armored Coffins
The Return of Godzilla / int_c5ddc769	comment	Armored Coffins: The Super X turns into one for its crew. While specifically stated to have been constructed to defend Japan, exactly what it was supposed to defend against was not so specific. We can assume Godzilla was not included in the mission parameters. Official sources state that it was to defend Japan from nuclear accidents or military invasions.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Return of Godzilla / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The scene where Hayashida shows Okumura photographs of Godzilla's original attack in the hospital is reminiscent of a scene in Rodan where Shigeru is shown photos of the Meganulon to jog his amnesiac memory. Okumura has Shigeru's same horrified expression.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_ccf46587	type	Redshirt Army
The Return of Godzilla / int_ccf46587	comment	Red Shirt Army: Godzilla annihilates the landing forces as they continue to blast him, with obviously no effect.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_cdaa029f	type	Nuclear Weapons Taboo
The Return of Godzilla / int_cdaa029f	comment	Nuclear Weapons Taboo: Only more emphasized. Unlike the original film with the same Japanese name, it's the use of nuclear weapons to kill Godzilla. Have they overlooked the fact that nuclear weapons is the reason why Godzilla exists? However, the Japanese Prime Minister still says no to nuclear weapons. It's the Americans and the Russians who want to use them on the monster. If anything, the Americans and the Russians just want to use Godzilla as an excuse to use their nuclear arsenal.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
The Return of Godzilla / int_ce6555f0	comment	Major McDonough delivers "That's uh, quite an urban renewal program they got over there" as Godzilla levels his way through metropolitan Tokyo, to Steve Martin's annoyance. And the best part is that Raymond Burr actually (temporarily) broke character during that scene. It shows his displeasure of trying to turn the film Lighter and Softer.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_ceec4df5	type	Roaring Rampage of Revenge
The Return of Godzilla / int_ceec4df5	comment	Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Godzilla's second fight with the Super X is actually one of these. He clearly recognizes the Super X, and he is very, very pissed from it trying and nearly succeeding to kill him. Tokyo's business district is thoroughly trashed by the end of the second fight, though not quite to the same extent as the 1954 film.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_db1ab4b1	type	Just a Stupid Accent
The Return of Godzilla / int_db1ab4b1	comment	Just a Stupid Accent: Inherent to the Russian characters in the export dub.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_e28f88b8	type	Last-Name Basis
The Return of Godzilla / int_e28f88b8	comment	Last-Name Basis: Given that between 1956 and 1985 a certain Steve Martin rose to fame, Raymond Burr's character is only referred to as "Mr. Martin" here.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_e2c4b927	type	Dub Name Change
The Return of Godzilla / int_e2c4b927	comment	Dub Name Change: Hiroshi Okumura's first name is given as Ken in Godzilla 1985. Interestingly, his name is still rendered as Hiroshi in the end credits. Godzilla is just called KÇ’nglÃ³ng, or "Dinosaur" in the Mandarin video dub. This renaming seems to be in accordance with the retitling of many of the films in Taiwan.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_e35bc0f7	type	Tragic Monster
The Return of Godzilla / int_e35bc0f7	comment	Tragic Monster: In the American version, Godzilla is referred to by both Steve Martin and Professor Hayashida as a victim of mankind's use of nuclear weapons. Ironically enough, the U.S. cut of the film presents Godzilla as an angry jerk with a chip on his shoulder whereas the original Japanese version characterizes Godzilla as a confused, lost thing not so much actively destroying Tokyo as much as exploring. Martin outright calls him this during his final monologue. Interestingly enough, none of the re-edits done to make Godzilla seem more aggressive are specified in an earlier draft of the screenplay.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_e3c20140	type	As Long as It Sounds Foreign
The Return of Godzilla / int_e3c20140	comment	As Long as It Sounds Foreign: The Russian dialogue in 1985, specifically "I have to stop it!" being subtitled as "I've got to launch that missile!" when Kashrin "launches" the missile from the Kill Sat.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_f010eba7	type	Plot-Irrelevant Villain
The Return of Godzilla / int_f010eba7	comment	Plot-Irrelevant Villain: Shockirus, the man-sized, man-eating green lice who wiped out an entire boat crew. Though it doesn't really play much of a role in the plot, the producers probably placed him at the beginning to give Godzilla an Always a Bigger Fish introduction.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_f12c6fb1	type	Surprisingly Sudden Death
The Return of Godzilla / int_f12c6fb1	comment	Surprisingly Sudden Death: The sea louse's death by Okumura's hatchet.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_f44ea9dc	type	Howl of Sorrow
The Return of Godzilla / int_f44ea9dc	comment	Howl of Sorrow: Godzilla gives one at the end when Mt. Mihara is erupting, and it makes several characters, including the Japanese Prime Minister, very teary-eyed. This only appears in an alternate Japanese mix, the English dub, and U.S. version, however.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
The Return of Godzilla / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: In the American release, one of the soldiers is shown drinking Dr Pepper. This Godzilla-themed Dr Pepper commercial was on the air in 1985 to coincide with the film's release. When two Army officers meet in a hallway immediately after Godzilla's appearance, a Dr. Pepper vending machine is dead center in the shot.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_f516f938	comment	Never Found the Body: In the American version, Steve Martin makes this claim about the attempt to kill Godzilla with the Oxygen Destroyer back in 1956.
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The Return of Godzilla / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
The Return of Godzilla / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Godzilla is attracted to the calls of birds because, as a dinosaur himself, he is related to them, something which is addressed in the movie itself. Keep in mind this was made in a time when the link between dinosaurs and birds was still a topic of much debate between the scientific community.
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