Godzilla: The Series
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Godzilla: The Series is an American/Japanese animated television series which originally aired on Fox
in the United States. The show premiered on September 12, 1998, and is a direct sequel to the American Godzilla
remake.
previous productions Men in Black: The Series
and Extreme Ghostbusters
, the series follows the Humanitarian Environmental (or Ecological, in "Area 51") Analysis Team (H.E.A.T.), a research team led by Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (voiced by Ian Ziering
) as they battle giant monsters which frequently appear in the wake of the events depicted in the film. Godzilla, the only hatchling of its species to survive in the movie, imprints
on Nick and becomes the chief weapon summoned against the other monsters encountered by the human characters.
The series also introduces two new characters: Monique Dupre, a French
secret agent
assigned by Philippe Roache to keep an eye on Godzilla and H.E.A.T., and Randy Hernandez, an intern of Nick's who specializes in computer hacking
.
released two episode sequences on VHS
: "Trouble Hatches", the two-episode pilot, and "Monster Wars."
Columbia TriStar Home Video has also released nine episodes on DVD
, spread out onto three separate volumes: "The Monster Wars Trilogy", consisting of the same three episodes previously released on the VHS
of the same name, "Monster Mayhem", which included "What Dreams May Come", "Bird of Paradise", and "Deadloch", the third volume was entitled "Mutant Madness", which contained "S.C.A.L.E. (Fist Of Godzilla)", "The Twister" and "Where Is Thy Sting?".
Also the special edition DVD of the film titled "Godzilla: Monster Edition" also contains three episodes of the TV series "What Dreams May Come", "Monster Wars Part 1" and "Where Is Thy Sting?".
As of October 2010, the entire series is available on the Netflix Instant Streaming service.
, the animated series still did well during Fox Kids
' Saturday morning line-up and was praised by those who condemned the film. Ultimately, the series was overshadowed by the late 1990s Pokémon
/Digimon
war between Kids WB and Fox Kids during the 1999-2000 season. The result was Godzilla: The Series being placed in different timeslots on Saturdays to accommodate many of the Digimon marathons and back-to-back episodes; this would also affect other Fox Kids shows as well. For a brief period of time, episodes of Godzilla: The Series were either never repeated, or skipped over and rescheduled. There was a brief period where the show was taken off the schedule to accommodate new shows for mid-season, resulting in three episodes that were never broadcast.
of Godzilla can be streamed on Sony owned Crackle
. In addition, Kabillion
syndicates the series on Comcast's On Demand
service as well as online.
Fox Kids
Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. It was owned by Fox Television Entertainment airing programming on Monday–Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.Depending on the show, the...
in the United States. The show premiered on September 12, 1998, and is a direct sequel to the American Godzilla
Godzilla (1998 film)
Godzilla is a 1998 science fiction monster disaster film film co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. It is a loose remake of the 1954 giant monster classic Godzilla. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The film relates a tale of a nuclear incident...
remake.
Plot
Using an art style similar to that of Adelaide'sAdelaide Productions
Adelaide Productions is an animation division of Sony Pictures Television.Originally named Columbia TriStar Children's Television, Adelaide has produced numerous animated television series including:*Jumanji: The Series...
previous productions Men in Black: The Series
Men in Black: The Series
Men in Black: The Series also known as Men in Black: The Animated Series is an American animated television series that aired during The WB's Kids' WB programming block for four seasons from 1997 through 2001.The show features characters from 1997's science fiction film Men in Black, which was...
and Extreme Ghostbusters
Extreme Ghostbusters
Extreme Ghostbusters is an animated television series and a follow-up to the animated series Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters. It is a part of the film/TV Ghostbusters franchise...
, the series follows the Humanitarian Environmental (or Ecological, in "Area 51") Analysis Team (H.E.A.T.), a research team led by Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (voiced by Ian Ziering
Ian Ziering
Ian Andrew Ziering is an American actor best known for playing Steve Sanders on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.-Personal life:...
) as they battle giant monsters which frequently appear in the wake of the events depicted in the film. Godzilla, the only hatchling of its species to survive in the movie, imprints
Imprinting (psychology)
Imprinting is the term used in psychology and ethology to describe any kind of phase-sensitive learning that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior...
on Nick and becomes the chief weapon summoned against the other monsters encountered by the human characters.
The series also introduces two new characters: Monique Dupre, a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
secret agent
Secret Agent
Secret Agent is a British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on two stories in Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. The film starred John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, and Robert Young...
assigned by Philippe Roache to keep an eye on Godzilla and H.E.A.T., and Randy Hernandez, an intern of Nick's who specializes in computer hacking
Hacker (computer security)
In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
.
Home video and DVD
Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentSony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was established in November 1979 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, releasing 20 titles: The Anderson Tapes, Bell, Book and Candle, Born Free, Breakout,...
released two episode sequences on VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
: "Trouble Hatches", the two-episode pilot, and "Monster Wars."
Columbia TriStar Home Video has also released nine episodes on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
, spread out onto three separate volumes: "The Monster Wars Trilogy", consisting of the same three episodes previously released on the VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
of the same name, "Monster Mayhem", which included "What Dreams May Come", "Bird of Paradise", and "Deadloch", the third volume was entitled "Mutant Madness", which contained "S.C.A.L.E. (Fist Of Godzilla)", "The Twister" and "Where Is Thy Sting?".
Also the special edition DVD of the film titled "Godzilla: Monster Edition" also contains three episodes of the TV series "What Dreams May Come", "Monster Wars Part 1" and "Where Is Thy Sting?".
As of October 2010, the entire series is available on the Netflix Instant Streaming service.
Scheduling problems
Despite the mostly negative response to the filmGodzilla (1998 film)
Godzilla is a 1998 science fiction monster disaster film film co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. It is a loose remake of the 1954 giant monster classic Godzilla. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The film relates a tale of a nuclear incident...
, the animated series still did well during Fox Kids
Fox Kids
Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children's programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. It was owned by Fox Television Entertainment airing programming on Monday–Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.Depending on the show, the...
' Saturday morning line-up and was praised by those who condemned the film. Ultimately, the series was overshadowed by the late 1990s Pokémon
Pokémon (anime)
, abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets...
/Digimon
Digimon
, short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and...
war between Kids WB and Fox Kids during the 1999-2000 season. The result was Godzilla: The Series being placed in different timeslots on Saturdays to accommodate many of the Digimon marathons and back-to-back episodes; this would also affect other Fox Kids shows as well. For a brief period of time, episodes of Godzilla: The Series were either never repeated, or skipped over and rescheduled. There was a brief period where the show was taken off the schedule to accommodate new shows for mid-season, resulting in three episodes that were never broadcast.
H.E.A.T.
- Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos - Leader of H.E.A.T. and the "adoptive father" of Godzilla. Nick fiercely protects Godzilla and other mutants from both foreign and domestic governments. Voiced by Ian ZieringIan ZieringIan Andrew Ziering is an American actor best known for playing Steve Sanders on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.-Personal life:...
(replacing Matthew BroderickMatthew BroderickMatthew Broderick is an American film and stage actor who, among other roles, played the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Adult Simba in The Lion King film series, and Leo Bloom in the film and Broadway productions of The Producers.He has won two Tony Awards, one in 1983 for his...
, who played Nick Tatopoulos in the movie).
- Monique Dupre - A Vietnamese/French agent of the French Secret Service specializing in hand-to-hand combat and infiltration. Originally sent to have Godzilla killed, but later one of his defenders. Voiced by Brigitte BakoBrigitte BakoBrigitte Bako is a Canadian actress known for her role on Red Shoe Diaries. She also wrote, produced and starred in the adult comedy G-Spot.-Life and career:...
.
- Randy Hernandez - An intern working under Nick, and like him Godzilla's defender. Hugely talented in all fields of technology, but extremely lazy and somewhat laconic. He has a crush on Monique, but is always refused when he attempts to court her. Voiced by Rino RomanoRino RomanoRino Romano is a Canadian voice actor who has portrayed Batman in the animated series The Batman, Spider-Man in Spider-Man Unlimited, and Tuxedo Mask in the English dub of the anime Sailor Moon...
.
- Dr. Mendel Craven - The team's engineer and chemist. He is slightly cowardly (as his last name implies) and prone to numerous strong allergies, but is often useful. He is enamoured of Elsie. Although initially fearful of Godzilla, over the course of the series he comes to trust the monster as an ally. Voiced by Malcolm Danare who is reprising his role from the film.
- N.I.G.E.L. (Next millennium Intelligence Gathering Electronic Liaison) - An analysis robot created by Mendel and reprogrammed by Randy to have a cheerful personality, from Texas cowboy to Shakespearean. A running gag on the show is that he is destroyed in almost every episode, presumably to be rebuilt or replaced (evidenced by Craven's remark in the episode "Competition" that he should "just buy spare parts in bulk". Voiced by Tom KennyTom KennyThomas James "Tom" Kenny is an American actor, voice actor and comedian. He is especially known for his long-running-role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the television series of the same name, as well as the live-action character Patchy the Pirate, Gary the Snail and the French narrator based on...
.
- Dr. Elsie Chapman - One of the original members of Nick's team; often sarcastic for the sake of causing laughs, and partly interested in Mendel. She specializes in studying the behavior of Godzilla and the other monsters. Voiced by Charity James.
- GodzillaZilla, also known as the American Godzilla, is a movie monster that first appeared as the title character in the 1998 Roland Emmerich film Godzilla. The design by Patrick Tatopoulos is that of a hunched bent-over marine iguana...
- The only surviving offspring of the first Godzilla that attacked New York City in 1998Godzilla (1998 film)Godzilla is a 1998 science fiction monster disaster film film co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. It is a loose remake of the 1954 giant monster classic Godzilla. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The film relates a tale of a nuclear incident...
. Due to Nick's presence at his hatching, Godzilla has imprinted on Nick as his parent. As a result, Godzilla is very protective of him, and Nick has the ability to control him to a certain extent, which allows the humans to use him as a weapon against other mutated monsters. Unlike his biological father, he is incapable of asexual reproduction, yet capable of breathing radioactive fire and relentless in any fight, much like the Godzilla from the original franchise.
Others
- Major Anthony Hicks - Major of the New York Sandy Point Military Base of New York. He has developed a soft spot for Godzilla, whom he views as a hero, due to Nick's attachment to the creature that allows the humans to use him to fight against other mutant monsters. Voiced by Kevin DunnKevin DunnKevin Dunn is an American actor who has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films since the 1980s. His roles include Colonel Hicks in the 1998 version of Godzilla, Sam Witwicky's father in Transformers, and Oscar Galvin, the primary antagonist in the 2010 action thriller...
who reprised his role from the film.
- Audrey Timmonds - Nick's college sweetheart and current girlfriend, whose career as a reporter often leads to conflict with him. Voiced by Paget BrewsterPaget BrewsterPaget Valerie Brewster is an American actress. She is currently known for playing Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds. In June 2010, it was said that her role on Criminal Minds would be reduced in the sixth season. In March 2011, Brewster's character left the series...
.
- Victor "Animal" Palotti - New York's Channel 8 News cameraman and Audrey's working partner. Voiced by Joe PantolianoJoe PantolianoJoseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano is an American film and television actor. He played the character of Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos, Bob Keane in La Bamba, Cypher in The Matrix, Teddy in Memento, Francis Fratelli in The Goonies, Guido "the Killer Pimp" in Risky Business, and Jennifer Tilly's...
.
- Philippe Roache - The leader of the French secret service. He led the team hunting down the first Godzilla and later sent Monique to kill the second, but relented when the latter saved lives. Voiced by Keith SzarabajkaKeith SzarabajkaKeith Szarabajka is an American actor and voice artist.-Early life:Szarabajka was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Anne, a school teacher, and Edward Szarabajka, a savings and loan officer....
.
- Cameron Winter - A former classmate of Nick in college. He is a technological mogul whose desire is to control Godzilla for the fulfillment of his ulterior motives. Voiced by David NewsomDavid NewsomDavid Newsom is an American actor and fine-arts photographer. He is best known for his various critically acclaimed US television appearances, and for his work in 2005 and 2006 with Viggo Mortensen and Perceval Press.-Photography:...
.
- Dale, Bill and Hank - Game hunters that came to New York to hunt for Godzilla. They serve as villains in the series. Dale is the leader of the group; Bill is the middle man; and Hank is the idiot of the trio. They are a parody of the characters from King of the HillKing of the HillKing of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...
. Dale is voiced by Ronny CoxRonny CoxDaniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox is an American character actor, singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Personal life:Cox, the third of five children, was born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, the son of Lounette and Bob P. Cox, a carpenter who also worked at a dairy. He grew up in Portales, New Mexico...
, Bill is voiced by Tom Kenny, Hank is voiced by Bob JolesBob Joles-Anime Roles:* Dinozaurs" - Dr. Abbott* Transformers: Robots in Disguise - X-Brawn* Naruto - Fujin* Naruto Shippuden - Onoki-TV Roles:* Planet Sheen - Mr. Nesmith* Chowder - Mr. Fugu* Danny Phantom - Frostbite...
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- Leviathon Aliens - An ancient race of psychicPsychicA psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
ally powerful extraterrestrials. One of their spaceships, called the Leviathan, crashed on Earth during the early Cretaceous Period and remained hidden until the Cenozoic Era.
Monsters
- Crustaceous Rex - A mutant crustaceanCrustaceanCrustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
which feeds on tarTarTar is modified pitch produced primarily from the wood and roots of pine by destructive distillation under pyrolysis. Production and trade in tar was a major contributor in the economies of Northern Europe and Colonial America. Its main use was in preserving wooden vessels against rot. The largest...
. It also appeared later in the monster wars trilogy and S.C.A.L.E. Currently on Monster Island. Inspired by EbirahEbirah, is a fictional kaiju that first appeared in the Showa Godzilla film Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster. He is one of the two main antagonists of the film.-Showa series:...
.
- Giant Squids - Giant squidSquidSquid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacles...
s of indeterminate origin, although it is believed they may have the same origin as Crustaceous Rex and the first Godzilla.
- Nanotech Creature - An amorphous colony of nanobots designed to dissolve petroleumPetroleumPetroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
and other non-biodegradable forms of waste.
- El Gusano - An earthwormEarthwormEarthworm is the common name for the largest members of Oligochaeta in the phylum Annelida. In classical systems they were placed in the order Opisthopora, on the basis of the male pores opening posterior to the female pores, even though the internal male segments are anterior to the female...
that fed off of a rare poisonous plant; as a result, it mutated and grew to an enormous size. It is pyrophobic, which means that every time Godzilla spat a cone of fire at it, it shrunk. It appeared later in the monster wars trilogy.
- Cyber-Flies - Created by Cameron Winter to implant his control device on Godzilla, only to be destroyed.
- Huge Rat - Giant ratsRATSRATS may refer to:* RATS , Regression Analysis of Time Series, a statistical package* Rough Auditing Tool for Security, a computer program...
that appeared in New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, leading a group of several smaller rats. It later appeared in the Monster wars trilogy.
- Cryptocleidus - Plesiosaurs mutated by the Leviathon Aliens from its namesake species. One later appeared in the Monster wars trilogy.
- Reptilians - Guard dogs created from the D.N.A. of dinosaurs by the Leviathon Aliens.
- Crackler - An electrokinetic creature created when an insomniac underwent a new sleep treatment.
- Queen Bee - The queen of a giant beeBeeBees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila...
colony discovered on an island whose unnaturally large and healthy flora fed off the radioactive ashes of a local volcano. She later appeared in the Monster wars trilogy.
- Quetzalcoatl - A legendary dinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
/birdBirdBirds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
evolutionary hybrid that lived in a volcanoVolcano2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
in Mexico. Inspired by the film Q: The Winged SerpentQ (film)Q is a 1982 horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine, and Richard Roundtree.-Plot:...
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- Ice Borers - MoleMole (animal)Moles are small cylindrical mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have velvety fur; tiny or invisible ears and eyes; and short, powerful limbs with large paws oriented for digging. The term is especially and most properly used for the true moles, those of the Talpidae family in the...
-like predators discovered in Antarctica whose high body heat allowed them to burrow through ice by melting it.
- Loch Ness MonsterLoch Ness MonsterThe Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next....
- A mosasaurMosasaurMosasaurs are large extinct marine lizards. The first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764...
whose ancestors survived the extinction of the dinosaurs and entered stasisStasisThe term stasis may refer to* A state of stability, in which all forces are equal and opposing, therefore they cancel out each other....
during the Ice AgeIce ageAn ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...
, ultimately to live in the Loch.
- Giant Albino Yeti/Robo-Yeti - Created by a JapaneseJapanese peopleThe are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
scientist as a counter to the mutation epidemic. Inspired by the film King Kong EscapesKing Kong EscapesKing Kong Escapes, released in Japan as , is a 1967 Kaiju film. A Japanese/American co-production from Toho and Rankin/Bass . Directed by Ishiro Honda and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, the film starred both American actors alongside Japanese actors...
.
- King Cobra - A gigantic mutant cobraCobraCobra is a venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. However, not all snakes commonly referred to as cobras are of the same genus, or even of the same family. The name is short for cobra capo or capa Snake, which is Portuguese for "snake with hood", or "hood-snake"...
that was found in Japan. Instead of venom, it secretes a gluey substance to trap its prey. the It later appeared in the Monster wars trilogy and S.C.A.L.E. Currently on Monster Island.
- Termite Queen - The ruler of a mutant termiteTermiteTermites are a group of eusocial insects that, until recently, were classified at the taxonomic rank of order Isoptera , but are now accepted as the epifamily Termitoidae, of the cockroach order Blattodea...
colony found to be consuming the Amazon RainforestAmazon RainforestThe Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
.
- Giant Bat - A giant batBatBats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
that has the ability to emit powerful sonic waves from its mouth. It later appeared in S.C.A.L.E. Currently on Monster Island.
- Cyber-Godzilla - A cyborgCyborgA cyborg is a being with both biological and artificial parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space. D. S...
created from the body of the first Godzilla. Inspired by MechagodzillaMechagodzillais a fictional character from various films in the Godzilla series, introduced in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla . He is Godzilla's mechanical doppelgänger and one of the most popular Toho kaiju...
.
- Chameleon - Created by Cameron Winter from a combination of Godzilla'sZilla, also known as the American Godzilla, is a movie monster that first appeared as the title character in the 1998 Roland Emmerich film Godzilla. The design by Patrick Tatopoulos is that of a hunched bent-over marine iguana...
D.N.A. and a chameleonChameleonChameleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their parrot-like zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a...
's D.N.A. Like a real chameleon, it can change its color to blend with the surroundings
- Bacillus - A giant, mutant germMicroorganismA microorganism or microbe is a microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters, or no cell at all...
.
- Giant Mutant Widow Spider - A black widow spiderBlack widow spiderLatrodectus mactans, the Southern black widow, is a highly venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus. They are well known for the distinctive black and red coloring of the female of the species and for the fact that she will occasionally eat her mate after reproduction. The species is...
mutation of immense size, whose multitudinous offspring attacked military bases. It is possible that the Giant Mutant Widow Spider and it's young was taken to Monster Island since it was just paralyzed not killed. Inspired by KumongaKumongais a giant spider daikaiju that appeared in the Toho produced Godzilla series. In the monster's first two appearances, it was called Spiega or Spiga. Spiga/Kumonga is the main antagonist in Son of Godzilla.-Abilities:...
.
- Techno-Sentient - A mysterious object from outer space that landed on Earth, able to fuse itself with any mechanical device it met.
- Silver Hydra - A cnidarian-like creature which stalked an abandoned mining field. It can spray a liquid that would slowly encase its victims in silver.
- D.N.A. Mimic - A shapeshiftingShapeshiftingShapeshifting is a common theme in mythology, folklore, and fairy tales. It is also found in epic poems, science fiction literature, fantasy literature, children's literature, Shakespearean comedy, ballet, film, television, comics, and video games...
creature capable of turning into a facsimile of anything it touched, including humans. Inspired by the short story Who Goes There?Who Goes There?Who Goes There? is a science fiction novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. under the pen name Don A. Stuart, published August 1938 in Astounding Stories. In 1973, the story was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written, and published with...
by John W. CampbellJohn W. CampbellJohn Wood Campbell, Jr. was an influential figure in American science fiction. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction , from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction.Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in...
.
- Lizard Slayers - Anti-Godzilla weapons created by Cameron Winter.
- Swamp Beast - A monster able to throw mud at an opponent, trapping it.
- Fire Monster - A creature which had the power to surround itself with flames.
- Norzzug - A sphinxSphinxA sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head.The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless...
-like monster from Saudi Arabia, awakened after many years by archaeologists who were cleaning it with a rust-removing agent.
- Giant Mutant Hummingbirds - Giant hummingbirds that attacked San Francisco, California, whose food supply was polluted by chlorofluorocarbonChlorofluorocarbonA chlorofluorocarbon is an organic compound that contains carbon, chlorine, and fluorine, produced as a volatile derivative of methane and ethane. A common subclass are the hydrochlorofluorocarbons , which contain hydrogen, as well. They are also commonly known by the DuPont trade name Freon...
s, enabling their immense size.
- Sub-Zero Manta Ray - A mutated manta ray that can fly and breathe supercooled air.
- Medusa - A mutant anemoneAnemoneAnemone , is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae in the north and south temperate zones...
owned by a traveling mutant circus. It can turn itself into a liquid form and drain water sources and living creatures.
- Giant Gila Monster - Another mutant creatureGila monsterThe Gila monster is a species of venomous lizard native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexican state of Sonora...
owned by a traveling mutant circus.
- Megapede/Giant Cicada - A giant centipedeCentipedeCentipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs from under 20 to over 300. Centipedes have an odd number of pairs of...
/cicadaCicadaA cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha , in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world, and many of them remain unclassified...
hybrid that was destroying farms in Chicago, Illinois.
- Giant Centipede - A mutant centipedeCentipedeCentipedes are arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda of the subphylum Myriapoda. They are elongated metameric animals with one pair of legs per body segment. Despite the name, centipedes can have a varying number of legs from under 20 to over 300. Centipedes have an odd number of pairs of...
that battled the Shrewster in a monster arena.
- Ts-eh-Go - A mutant scorpionScorpionScorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping claws and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger...
created by the U.S. military, code-named the First Wave.
- Armillaria - A mutant fungusFungusA fungus is a member of a large group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds , as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, Fungi, which is separate from plants, animals, and bacteria...
that could suck the amino acids from any living organism.
- Shrewster - A mutated shrewShrewA shrew or shrew mouse is a small molelike mammal classified in the order Soricomorpha. True shrews are also not to be confused with West Indies shrews, treeshrews, otter shrews, or elephant shrews, which belong to different families or orders.Although its external appearance is generally that of...
that was fused to a twisterTwister-Entertainment:* Twister , a comedy film starring Suzy Amis and Crispin Glover* Twister , a disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton** Twister...Ride it Out, a ride in Universal Studios Florida based on the film...
. It later appeared in Cash of the Titans. Possibly on Monster Island.
- Skeetera - A mutated mosquitoMosquitoMosquitoes are members of a family of nematocerid flies: the Culicidae . The word Mosquito is from the Spanish and Portuguese for little fly...
that could absorb the powers from other creatures by drinking their blood. Currently on Monster Island.
- D.R.A.G.M.A.s (Democratic Resurgence Against a Global Mechanized Armageddon) - Genetically engineered creatures created to replace technology. In the future they were indestructible, but the youngborns in the past were easily defeated by Godzilla.
- Mutant Jellyfish - A bug-like mutation that has acidic saliva.
- Komodithrax - A mutant komodo dragonKomodo dragonThe Komodo dragon , also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang and Gili Dasami. A member of the monitor lizard family , it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of in rare cases...
that fell in love with Godzilla. It can breathe blue fire.
- Giant Turtle - A mutant turtleTurtleTurtles are reptiles of the order Testudines , characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield...
that killed Komodithrax and her egg. It had a mace-like tail similar to those of glyptodonts. Inspired by Kamoebas and GameraGamerais a giant, flying turtle from a popular series of kaiju films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own...
.
- Thorny Devil - A mutated thorny devilThorny DevilThorny Devil is an Australian lizard. It is also known as the Thorny Dragon, Mountain Devil, Thorny Lizard, or the Moloch and is the sole species of genus Moloch....
located in Area 51Area 51Area 51 is a military base, and a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 83 miles north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas. Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield...
. It can shoot poisonous spines.
- Giant Armadillo - An armadilloArmadilloArmadillos are New World placental mammals, known for having a leathery armor shell. Dasypodidae is the only surviving family in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra along with the anteaters and sloths. The word armadillo is Spanish for "little armored one"...
mutation located in Area 51.
- Desert Lizard - A mutant lizardLizardLizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
located in Area 51.
- Desert Rat - A mutant rodentRodentRodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
located in Area 51.
- Deep-Dweller - A mutant frogfishFrogfishFrogfishes, family Antennariidae, are a type of anglerfish in the order Lophiiformes. They are known as anglerfishes in Australia, where 'frogfish' refers to a different type of fish...
who lived in total darkness.
- Rhinosaurus - A mutant rhinoRhinocerosRhinoceros , also known as rhino, is a group of five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia....
genetically engineered by Cameron Winter's company.
- Giant Water Beetle - A mutant water beetleWater beetleA water beetle is a beetle adapted to living in water. Water beetles rise to the water surface and take atmospheric air into their tracheal systems. There are approximately 2000 species of water beetles. The rest marine species tend to live in the intertidal zone...
that sprays ammonium nitrate from its nostrils.
- Flying Gigan - A strange, flying creature that appears in the main titles. Named after the alien cyborg GiganGiganis a kaiju from the Godzilla series, introduced in the 1972 film Godzilla vs. Gigan. Gigan is a cybernetic monster sporting a buzzsaw weapon in its frontal abdominal region and large metallic hooks for hands. Gigan is considered Godzilla's most brutal and violent opponent, alongside Destroyah,...
from Godzilla vs. GiganGodzilla vs. GiganGodzilla vs. Gigan, released in Japan as and also known as Godzilla on Monster Island when first released to U.S. theaters, is a 1972 Science Fiction Kaiju film. The 12th of Toho Studio's Godzilla series, it was directed by Jun Fukuda with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano. It is the fourth film...
.
Season One
| # | Title | Air Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Family, Part 1 | 9/12/98 | While scouring the sewers of New York, Nick Tatopoulos discovers one of Godzilla's eggs has survived. The hatchling that emerges escapes and by the time the team find it again, has grown to a massive (but thankfully harmless) sub-adult. As the team try to study the new Godzilla, the U.S. military, responding to a series of disappearances in Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic... , attack and seemingly kill Godzilla. |
| 2 | New Family, Part 2 | 9/19/98 | With Godzilla seemingly dead, the team journey to Jamaica to help the U.S. military investigate the ongoing disappearances in Jamaica. The team discover that a group of giant deep dwelling squids and a hideously mutated crustacean - Crustaceous Rex - is responsible and Godzilla (who has survived the attack) arrives to fight the beast off. Nick must now battle to help Major Hicks destroy C-Rex, and then convince him Godzilla is more useful alive than dead. |
| 3 | D.O.A. | 9/26/98 | H.E.A.T. are called to help the Central America Republic of Costo Rojo deal with El Gusano - a mutated worm that is devouring untold amounts of crops. The country's ruler, General Albondiga, uses an experimental bio-weapon against the worm and Godzilla, but the worm is only strengthed by the attack. Mendel must synthesise an antidote for the poisoned Godzilla, then find a way to destroy El Gusano without Albondiga interfering. |
| 4 | Talkin' Trash | 10/3/98 | In response to a sanitation workers' strike, a colony of petroleum-eating microbes, controlled by nanotechnology Nanotechnology Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres... , are released to try to curb New York's garbage problem. Unfortunately, the microbes quickly grow out of control and now the team and Godzilla must find a way to stop it before the colony devours Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York... . |
| 5 | The Winter of Our Discontent | 10/10/98 | The team encounter Cameron Winter: a powerful technology mogul, and an old rival of Nick's from college. He wants the team to work with him, but Nick refuses, suspecting his old enemy has ulterior motives. But can he find out what they are before Winter's schemes have fatal consequences for Godzilla? |
| 6 | Cat and Mouse | 10/31/98 | The team not only have to contend with a plague of mutated giant rats roaming the sewers of New York, but a trio of redneck hunters seeking to make Godzilla the ultimate hunting trophy. |
| 7 | What Dreams May Come | 11/7/98 | When a strange electrical creature known as the Crackler attacks seemingly random locations in Manhattan, the team investigate. But the Crackler isn't behaving like the mutations H.E.A.T. have fought before, and what is its connection to mild-mannered insomniac, Sidney Walker? |
| 8 | Leviathan | 11/14/98 | The team are called to help a rescue mission for xenobiologist Alexander Preloran, who disappeared while on a mission to explore the Leviathan: an alien spacecraft buried at the bottom of the Pacific for 65 million years. But once they go down, the team discover the ship's Alien crew are very much alive... and they have their own plans for Earth. |
| 9 | Hive | 11/21/98 | H.E.A.T. investigates the tropical island of Santa Marta in the wake of a devastating volcanic eruption. But what they find on the island is that, due to irradiated lava, a hideously mutated ecosystem has developed, including carnivorous plants and gigantic bees. As the volcano begins to erupt again, the team must find a way to escape the island alive. |
| 10 | Bird of Paradise | 12/5/98 | Villages in Mexico are being attacked by a strange winged creature. When ornithologist and Elsie's old fiance, Lawrence Cohen calls H.E.A.T. for help. They quickly discover the beast is Quetzlcoatl - an evolutionary hybrid of bird and dinosaur, capable of breathing fire and protected by impenetrable feathers. The team must find a way to stop the creature, but matters worsen when Quetzlcoatl takes Elsie to feed its starving young. |
| 11 | DeadLoch | 2/6/99 | H.E.A.T. heads for Scotland after Dr. Hugh Trevor of the Pisces Marine Research Institute claims his facility was attacked by the Loch Ness Monster Loch Ness Monster The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next.... . Once Nick is convinced of Nessie's existence, he discovers that the facility is hiding a terrible secret: Trevor has captured Nessie's baby and plans to sell it on the black market. Now the team must convince Godzilla to work with Nessie if they are to save her young and ensure her safety in Loch Ness Loch Ness Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. Its surface is above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie"... . |
| 12 | Monster Wars, Part 1 | 2/13/99 | As tension threatens to break the H.E.A.T. team up for good, major problems arise: a giant bat is terrorising the countryside of Nigeria Nigeria Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in... , the U.S. military have dredged the Leviathan from the bottom of the Pacific, and worst of all, the Aliens are back, with an army of monsters under their control and plans to conquer the Earth. |
| 13 | Monster Wars, Part 2 | 2/20/99 | From their secret base on Isle Del Diablo, the Aliens assemble their forces. H.E.A.T. desperately fights to resist, but are easily defeated. Once captured and brought to the Aliens, they are told that the monster army - which includes a brainwashed Godzilla - will be used to attack major cities across the world in preparation for the Alien invasion of Earth. At its head marches the Aliens' ultimate weapon: the first Godzilla, resurrected as a powerful cyborg. |
| 14 | Monster Wars, Part 3 | 2/27/99 | As the Aliens and their monster allies attack Earth, H.E.A.T. escapes captivity and battles to defeat the Alien onslaught and free the monsters from their control to help humanity fight back and save the planet from Alien conquest. |
| 15 | Competition | 3/6/99 | A trip to Japan to investigate a number of mysterious disappearances leads to a battle of wills between H.E.A.T. and the Japanese military, who perceive Godzilla to be a threat. However, when the real threat is revealed to be an ophidiaphobic's nightmare, it leads to a climactic showdown in Tokyo between Godzilla and the giant mutated serpent. |
| 16 | Freeze | 3/13/99 | H.E.A.T. are dispatched to aid investigation into the disappearance of a search party looking for oil in Antarctica. The team must now not only battle against the monsters responsible - a pack of mutated moles - but also against the energy company who employed the men, who are determined to brush all record of the incident under the rug. |
| 17 | Bug Out | 3/20/99 | Godzilla is throwing infantile tantrum Tantrum A tantrum is an emotional outburst, usually associated with children or those in emotional distress, that is typically characterized by stubbornness, crying, screaming, yelling, shrieking, defiance, angry ranting, a resistance to attempts at pacification and, in some cases, violence... s and H.E.A.T. are growing worried about their ability to control him. When Audrey lets this slip on live TV, despite being told in confidence by Nick, their relationship looks set to be torn apart. Meanwhile, when called in to investigate extensive deforestation Deforestation Deforestation is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a nonforest use. Examples of deforestation include conversion of forestland to farms, ranches, or urban use.... in the Amazon Rainforest Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America... , they discover a mutated termite colony is devouring the forest at an alarming rate. H.E.A.T. must find a way to destroy the voracious bugs before they devour the entire rainforest. |
| 18 | Web Site | 5/1/99 | When H.E.A.T. is charged by The Pentagon The Pentagon The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect... to investigate the growing population of spiders near an Army base in the Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union... , the team quickly discover that the explosive growth in population is due to a massive mutated female black widow spider Black widow spider Latrodectus mactans, the Southern black widow, is a highly venomous species of spider in the genus Latrodectus. They are well known for the distinctive black and red coloring of the female of the species and for the fact that she will occasionally eat her mate after reproduction. The species is... laying millions of eggs, and they must find a way to destroy the infant spiders and help Godzilla take care of the female. |
| 19 | An Early Frost | 5/8/99 | When Godzilla is accused of attacking New York, the military call in H.E.A.T. to help contain him. But Phillipe Roache has returned from France... with orders to terminate Godzilla. However, H.E.A.T. discover the real culprit is a hideous mutation called the Chameleon, genetically engineered by Cameron Winter (who has escaped from jail) to frame Godzilla. But can they stop Winter before Phillipe destroys Godzilla? |
| 20 | Trust No One | 7/31/99 | Acting on confidential information from Phillipe, H.E.A.T. investigate an abandoned lab in the Amazon jungle, where 50 years before, French scientists succeeded in creating a creature made of pure DNA DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in... . The creature is capable of mimicking the shape of any living creature it touches. As the team are put on edge as the creature leaves them uncertain who to trust, they must find a way to aid Godzilla and destroy the creature before it can reproduce and go on to create a new master race of monsters. |
| 21 | Juggernaut | 8/14/99 | The Techno-Sentient, an alien piece of technology, falls to Earth and begins to bond with all manner of human technology, growing to gargantuan proportions. When it taps into the Internet Internet The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide... and learns of the location of humanity's weapons of mass destruction Weapons of mass destruction A weapon of mass destruction is a weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures , natural structures , or the biosphere in general... , the team and Godzilla must find a way to stop it before it takes control of an arsenal of nuclear missiles. |
Season Two
| # | Title | Air Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Future Shock | 9/18/99 | While pursuing a mutated jellyfish Jellyfish Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria... , a mysterious storm propels the H.E.A.T. team into the year 2022. There, they discover a post-apocalyptic future where Godzilla is dead, humanity is all but extinct, and the world ruled by terrifying monsters known as Dragmas. As the team battle for survival alongside future versions of Craven and Hicks, they discover that the Dragmas were created by the scientist Johnathan Insley. After narrowly making their way back to the past, they decide to stop him before he can create the monster race. But Insley's Democratic Resurgence Against Global Mechanized Armageddon (D.R.A.G.M.A.) project is ready to be activated, and now the team must battle to destroy Insley's work before the Dragmas are unleashed and the bleak future they saw becomes reality. |
| 2 | Cash of the Titans | 9/25/99 | In the middle of an attack on H.E.A.T. headquarters by a giant water beetle, the team is shocked to see Godzilla is not responding to their distress call. After fending off the beetle, the team discovers that the billionaire Maximillian Speil (voiced by Clancy Brown Clancy Brown Clarence J. "Clancy" Brown III is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his roles in live action as The Kurgan in the cult classic film Highlander, Byron Hadley in the award-winning The Shawshank Redemption, Brother Justin Crowe in HBO's critically acclaimed Carnivàle, and Career... ) is hosting a monster fighting ring with Godzilla as his new main attraction. Now with Audrey and Animal in tow, the team must save Godzilla from a brutal fight to the death against other mutations. |
| 3 | S.C.A.L.E. | 10/2/99 | Told in a documentary style, the H.E.A.T team are called to Miami to deal with Skeetera, a giant mutated mosquito Mosquito Mosquitoes are members of a family of nematocerid flies: the Culicidae . The word Mosquito is from the Spanish and Portuguese for little fly... , when they come under attack from S.C.A.L.E. (Servants of Creatures Arriving Late to Earth), an eco-terrorist Eco-terrorism Eco-terrorism usually refers to acts of violence or sabotage committed in support of ecological, environmental, or animal rights causes against persons or their property.... group who believe mutations are the next stage of evolution. After narrowly capturing the rampaging insect, H.E.A.T transport Skeetera to Monster Island so the creature can be studied by the U.S. military. But unknown to them, they have unwanted guests: Animal and Audrey have stowed away onboard the 'Heat-Seeker', hoping for a good story, and S.C.A.L.E. has tracked them to Monster Island. When the terrorists take over Monster Island with plans to unleash the monsters held there on the world, the only hope lies in the combined forces of H.E.A.T, Major Hicks and his troops, Audrey and Animal. |
| 4 | Protector | 10/9/99 | Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... accidentally reawaken Norrzug the Iron Lion, a gargantuan sphinx Sphinx A sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head.The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless... -like monster that once served as the guardian of the ancient city of Amon-Ra. H.E.A.T. discover from ancient texts that the people of the city deliberately rusted the creature to stop its rampage after it turned on them. Now the team must find a way to repeat the feat before this mythological terror devours every last drop of oil in the Middle East. |
| 5 | Freak Show | 12/11/99 | When circus master Tobias Wilson brings his 'Mutant Mania' circus to Manhattan, things go badly wrong when a mutated sea anemone, called Medusa, escapes its tank and goes on the rampage. When the team discover the creature is sucking water out of its victims, as it needs the electrolyte Electrolyte In chemistry, an electrolyte is any substance containing free ions that make the substance electrically conductive. The most typical electrolyte is an ionic solution, but molten electrolytes and solid electrolytes are also possible.... s found in water to survive, the race is on to stop Medusa before it drinks every drop of water on the planet. |
| 6 | End of the Line | 12/18/99 | While on a romantic cruise to Alaska, Nick and Audrey's ship is attacked by a mutated turtle, but they are saved, not by Godzilla, but by another mutated lizard: Komodithrax, a mutated Komodo Dragon Komodo dragon The Komodo dragon , also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Motang and Gili Dasami. A member of the monitor lizard family , it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to a maximum length of in rare cases... . When Godzilla heads for Alaska to find Nick and H.E.A.T. follow, they make a shocking discovery: Godzilla and Komodithrax are in love, and Godzilla has become surrogate father to an egg laid by Komodithrax. But with the menacing turtle nearby, and the U.S. military ordered to destroy all monsters in the area, can Nick and the team protect the two gargantuan, star-crossed reptilian lovers? |
| 7 | What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been | 1/15/00 | While fighting a giant mutant germ named Bacillus, Godzilla is infected by the bacteria and left fighting for his life. While Elsie, Randy and Mendel create an antibiotic to weaken the bacteria, Nick and Monique must enter Godzilla's body and destroy the infection at its source before Godzilla dies. |
| 8 | Wedding Bells Blew | 1/22/00 | When Elsie's estranged parents come to New York for her spoiled sister's wedding, she is forced to leave the wedding to help H.E.A.T capture a mutated manta ray Manta ray The manta ray is the largest species of the rays. The largest known specimen was more than across, with a weight of about . It ranges throughout waters of the world, typically around coral reefs... . Elsie is now determined not only to catch the creature, but to prove to her parents she is not the screw-up they think she is. |
| 9 | Metamorphosis | 1/29/00 | Shortly after receiving an anonymous check for 5 million dollars, the team are called to Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... , where a gigantic mutated caterpiller, Megapede, is devouring thousands of dollars worth of crops. The team are unable to stop the creature when they first encounter it, and upon finding it again, they discover the creature has metamorphed into a gigantic cicada Cicada A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha , in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world, and many of them remain unclassified... . The insect's mating call is disrupting all radar in Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... , and now H.E.A.T must find a way to silence the creature for long enough to launch a counterattack. |
| 10 | Area 51 | 2/5/00 | Just as H.E.A.T has had it with Randy, Elsie convinces the rest of the team to investigate a possible mutation sighting at Area 51, where they discover the real secret of Area 51 is not aliens, but mutations, created by underground nuclear testing. When one of the captive mutations-a mutant thorny devil lizard- breaks out of its cage, the team must stop the creature from escaping the base and destroying nearby Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... . |
| 11 | The Twister | 2/12/00 | During a nice relaxing day at the beach, the team is attacked by a twister. When they trace its origins to an experimental energy experiment at a local power plant, as well as discovering strange tracks near the plant. When the twister strikes again, H.E.A.T. discover that a giant mutant shrew has been bonded to the twister creating the Shrewster, and now the race is on to defeat the Shrewster before its ravenous metabolism drives it to eat all of New York. |
| 12 | Shafted | 2/19/00 | On their way to an expo in attempts to win a research patent, the team meets a lost young girl named Meg who asks the team to rescue her two brothers Steven and Kevin who went into a silver mine, where a gang of miners disappeared without trace fifty years before. While Monique is left babysitting Meg (much to her displeasure), the rest of the team encounters the Silver Hydra: a monster capable of encasing anyone unfortunate to meet it in silver, and able to regenerate itself every time it is harmed. Now the race is on to defeat the Hydra before Kevin, Steven, Elsie and Godzilla are transformed by it into lifeless silver statues. |
| 13 | Where Is Thy Sting? | 2/26/00 | While tracking Godzilla to Fort Armstrong, New Mexico the team discover a gigantic mutated scorpion, called Ts-eh-go by the locals, is on the rampage. But when they try to contain the monster, they come under fire from U.S. military under the command of Colonel William Tarrington, an old friend of Hicks, who is out to destroy both Ts-eh-go and Godzilla. When H.E.A.T discover Ts-eh-go was created by the army's 'First Wave' program, and that Tarrington is planning to use the creature's offspring -codenamed 'Second Wave'- as bioweapons, H.E.A.T and Hicks must convince Tarrington to stop when the scorpions get out of control. |
| 14 | Lizard Season | 3/11/00 | Cameron Winter springs the redneck Hunters from "Cat And Mouse" from jail and uses them to pilot the 'Lizard Slayers': three extremely well armed battle robots with one mission: to destroy Godzilla. When Cameron takes control of H.E.A.T.'s computer systems to stop them intervening, Nick and the others must get rid of Cameron, then find a way to save Godzilla from the attackers. |
| 15 | Underground Movement | 4/1/00 | The team is split up due to a law suit by the state of Miami (over damages caused by a giant mutated vampire bat). While Nick, Monique, and Elsie deal with the lawsuit, Randy and Mendel decide to deal with a mutant (without Nick's permission) in Michigan. The mutant Armillaria, a mutant fungus with the ability to suck the amino acids out of any living thing, swiftly proves too much for the duo, who are quickly trapped in the wilderness with nothing but the clothse on their backs and their wits. Once the others hear of their antics, the race is on to rescue the duo and defeat the mutation before it sucks Godzilla dry. |
| 16 | Ring of Fire | 4/22/00 | While preventing a strange creature made of living flame, called the Fire Monster, from destroying an oil platform in New Mexico, Randy and Craven sense a chance to make a lot of money if they can exploit the monster's ability to regenerate energy. Once H.E.A.T has taken the creature out, Randy and Mendel sneaks it back to headquarters for study, but things go badly wrong when the Fire Monster regains consciousness and starts burning down everything in its path. |
| 17 | Vision | unaired | The team are called to San Francisco, where a group of giant mutated hummingbirds are attacking aircraft. The creatures move too fast for the naked eye to see them, making them impossible for Godzilla to fight. Now Mendel must rig up a special set of goggles that will allow Godzilla to see the birds, giving him a chance to fight back. |
| 18 | The Ballard of Gens Du Marais | unaired | While in New Orleans covering Mardi Gras Mardi Gras The terms "Mardi Gras" , "Mardi Gras season", and "Carnival season", in English, refer to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday... , Audrey hears rumours of a strange 'Swamp Beast' Surinam toad Surinam toads, also called star-fingered toads, are members of the frog genus Pipa, within the family Pipidae. They are native to northern South America... and decides to call in H.E.A.T . The creature swiftly proves itself a match for Godzilla, and the team begin to suspect something is afoot when the locals claim the beast is the swamp's revenge against corrupt local politician, Paul Dimanche, who wants to mine oil in the bayou. But can they prove it before the Swamp Beast destroys New Orleans? |
| 19 | Tourist Trap | unaired | When the 'Deep-Dweller', a huge mutated frog fish begins to attack boats and fishing ships off the coast of New Jersey, H.E.A.T. must help Godzilla drive the creature back to deeper waters, while dealing with the interference of the sleazy and obnoxious tour promoter, Milo Sanders, who hopes to make money by getting good footage of Godzilla. |
Syndication
As of July 2008, MinisodesThe Minisode Network
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of Godzilla can be streamed on Sony owned Crackle
Crackle
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. In addition, Kabillion
Kabillion
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syndicates the series on Comcast's On Demand
Video on demand
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service as well as online.