Featuring a veritable "who's who" of the big names in the Toho roster, this flick also notes Godzilla's first appearance as a "friend" of humanity, though I'd say he more or less appears as an anti-hero... Anyway, our story sees Japan going through a mid-winter heatwave, and all their best scientists can do is send messages into space, in hopes that "the saucer people" will be able to tell em what exactly is fucking everything up. Speaking of the saucer jockeys, they're busy picking a Japanese princess off her private jet before it's blown by conspirators! The next day, the princess is running around, claiming she's from Mars and spouting prophecies of global destruction and chaos! Also, Mothra's little midget girlfriends are also in town, making a public appearance on a game show... my godz, this is unbearably stupid... Well, the "Martian girl's prophecies starting proving true, as the big boy Rodan (in all his spike laden beer gut glory) emerges from a volcano and Godzilla (who now looks like a giant mutated Grover!) awakens from the ocean (after the beating he took in GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA), frying a cruise ship. Elsewhere, a giant meteor that landed in a mountain range being studied by scientists seems to be growing larger! Soon enough, it explodes, and from the flames comes a big three-headed dragon that the "Martian girl" calls "Ghidrah" (if you didn't catch it from the title)! She says the monster will lay waste to the Earth, just like it apparently did to Mars in the past. Now, Japan's REALLY getting it from both sides, as not only Ghidrah wreaks havoc, but also a little fight between Godzilla and Rodan breaks out, sending property values plummeting! As always, the military is helpless, so they ask the tiny twins to ask Mothra a BIG favor to come save their asses once more. But, the twins have their own game plan: Mothra, Godzilla, and Rodan team-up and take Ghidrah down as a team! After G and R bitch slap each other around for 20 minutes (HAHA! Axle vs. Slash!), the Mothra larvae (where's the other one?) buts his head in to ask for help. But, G and R do what I'd do: NOTHING! Yep, neither one gives a damn about what happens to mankind, and they're both too pride stricken to stop smacking each other too! So, Mothra decides it's up to him alone to stop the tri-cranium menace (these past few sentences courtesy of the twins, who happen to speak Monsterese). Eventually, G and R figure they've got nothing better to do, so they join Mothra in battle. And, after Ghidrah rearranges the landscape with their collective faces for 10 minutes, they finally take the upper hand, work together (G and R hold Ghidrah while Mothra sprays him with silly string), and send Ghidrah packing, with both tails tucked between his legs, like a big 3-headed pussy (now there's a thought)! Oh, and while that was going on, the "Martian girl" bumps her head and remembers her royal lineage, going back to her role as a princess, the end. Sure, it's nice to see a lot of monsters in a movie, but not ones so badly done! Not only did G and R both look badly done, but G's trademark atomic breath was reduced to looking like a fire extinguisher blast! Gah, I need to go finish off Leonard Maltin, so go watch something educational!

Also Known As: GHIDORA - THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER; THE BIGGEST FIGHT ON EARTH; THE BIGGEST BATTLE ON EARTH; THE GREATEST FIGHT ON EARTH; MONSTER OF MONSTERS - GHIDRAH

Sequels: Actually, the older series of Godzilla flicks never really connected with each other, so I guess they're technically not sequels...

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