Godzilla (1954) is a Japanese monster movie, directed by Ishiro Honda, starring the giant monster Godzilla. This movie spawned 28 including a flopped American remake in 1998 and an American reboot in 2014 with a sequel coming in 2018 along with two cartoon series, and an upcoming film made by Toho in 2016.
Matt Groening is a fan of the original Japanese film series.
History
When the Simpsons leave Tokyo, Godzilla attacks their plane, alongside Rodan, Mothra and Gamera. "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"
Citations
Episodes
Image | Season | Episode number | Episode name | Description |
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4 | 73 | "Brother from the Same Planet" | Kent Brockman refers to Homer as a giant lizard creature on the news, it then shows a picture of a Godzilla style monster behind him. | |
4 | 80 | "Marge in Chains" | On Kent Brockman's news show, a sick Godzilla image is used to describe the Japanese, Osaka flu. | |
6 | 117 | "Bart's Comet" | Bart's alternate name for his Principal Skinner balloon is 'ButtZilla' a play on the name Godzilla. | |
7 | 134 | "Treehouse of Horror VI" | In the segment "Attack of the 50 foot Eyesores", after Homer steals the Lard Lad's giant doughnut, he gets struck by lightning and comes to life. Then, he pulls his feet off the ground and stomps into the middle of the street, and emits Godzilla's trademark roar. | |
8 | 168 | "Homer's Phobia" | A Godzilla doll is seen on the shelf in John's store. | |
8 | 174 | "The Canine Mutiny" | Bart tries to buy comics called 'Zoidzilla' from Comic Book Guy. | |
10 | 202 | "Mayored to the Mob" | Godzilla signs autographs at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con | |
10 | 226 | "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" | The Simpson family's flight home is briefly interrupted by a monster attack on Tokyo, featuring Godzilla and other Japanese film monsters: Gamera, Rodan, and Mothra. | |
11 | 235 | "Grift of the Magi" | A blond classmate of Bart's has a Godzilla toy on his desk. | |
11 | 237 | "Faith Off" | When Homer is thinking of a float for his college homecoming, one of his idea's is Godzilla vs. Superman. He shows a picture of it to Lisa who says "I think Godzilla is bigger than Superman". | |
12 | 259 | "Worst Episode Ever" | Bart is selling comic books at the Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop called 'Blood Zilla'.". | |
12 | 262 | "New Kids on the Blecch" | One of the NSYNC members claim that the NAVY help fight Godzilla". | |
12 | 263 | "Hungry, Hungry Homer" | Radio Zilla is a radio news station.". | |
12 | 269 | "Simpsons Tall Tales" | In the hobo's first story, Homer fights Rodan, a Japanese movie monster that has has appeared in countless Godzilla films. When he roars it's the same roar as Godzilla. | |
13 | 275 | "She of Little Faith" | 'The People VS Godzilla' is the name of a movie in the video store. | |
13 | 288 | "I Am Furious (Yellow)" | 'Zoidzilla is a name of a comic in this episode. | |
14 | 296 | "Helter Shelter" | 'Comic Book Guy has a Godzilla action figure in his house. | |
15 | 329 | "The Wandering Juvie" | Bart's has a drawing in his bag of 'FartZilla'. | |
15 | 333 | "The Way We Weren't" | Homer says that the girl he met at the lake looks like a Godzilla made of garbage. | |
16 | 338 | "Sleeping with the Enemy" | Bart is reading 'Zoidzilla' a comic that has been in two other episodes before this. | |
17 | 360 | "Treehouse of Horror XVI" | David Silverman's scary name is "Godzilla vs. Silverman". | |
20 | 424 | "Treehouse of Horror XIX" | There is a Godzilla poster on Raphael's store wall. | |
20 | 435 | "Wedding for Disaster" | While arguing, Homer calls Marge "Bridezilla" (combination of a bride and Godzilla) and Marge calls him "King Wrong" (combinations of King Kong and wrong). Maggie, watching their argue, imagines Marge as Margezilla and Homer as King Homer. The both then battle. Godzilla spits fire at King Kong and leaves. King Kong then starts drinking beer and reads a magazine Apes, turning back to Homer, who actually reads a magazine People. | |
25 | 532 | "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" | During the intro Guillermo del Toro created, Godzilla's skeleton is seen under dirt. Later on you can hear Godzilla's roar in the distance. |
Behind the Laughter
- In the 1998 American Movie Remake Godzilla, several Simpsons voice actors such as Nancy Cartwright (as a news worker), Hank Azaria (as Victor "Animal" Pilotti), and Harry Shearer (as Charles Caiman) appeared in the movie.
- Bryan Cranston who starred in the 2014 American Godzilla movie, guest starred in the episode 'The Spy Who Learned Me'.