Zilla (Godzilla: Final Wars)

Zilla's History

Zilla (ジラ Jira?) is a daikaiju that first appeared in the 2004 Godzilla film, Godzilla: Final Wars. Its design is derived from that of the creature that appears in the 1998 TriStar film Godzilla, with the rights to that design now belonging to Toho. The creature was one of the many monsters that fell prey to the influence of the Xiliens and used to carry out global attacks on the planet. It met its end when it faces Godzilla and falls to the latter's atomic breath after a brief duel.

Origins

Zilla's origins go unexplained in Godzilla: Final Wars, and he is never even mentioned by name in the film. According to supplementary materials for the film, Zilla is a monster "closely resembling" a monster that attacked New York City in 1998 and may be the same creature, though this is "unconfirmed," an inside-joke referencing the 1998 film.

Godzilla: Final Wars

In the film, Zilla is one of the monsters controlled by the Xiliens, and under their control he attacks Sydney, Australia. The towering reptile topples down buildings, chomps on vehicles, incinerates a crowd with his acidic flame breath, and even eats a couple of civilians.

Then suddenly, the Xiliens teleport the reptile and the other monsters around the world. They tell the humans that they took the monsters away to save Earth. However, the humans find that the Xiliens were controlling the monsters and the Xiliens release all the monsters again to finish destroying the cities they were attacking. When Godzilla is freed from the south pole and defeats the Xilien warrior Gigan, the alien leader's re-release Zilla in Sydney to do battle with Godzilla. He is defeated rather quickly by Godzilla himself, who sends him flying into the Sydney Opera House and finishes him off with his atomic breath.