MonsterVerse Makes The Name For Godzilla’s Signature Move Canon

Godzilla vs. Kong made the “Kiss of Death,” the fan name for Godzilla’s killing blow on the female MUTO in 2014’s Godzilla, canon in the MonsterVerse.

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Godzilla vs. Kong just canonized the fan name for Godzilla’s most memorable kill in Legendary’s MonsterVerse. Fans nicknamed one of Godzilla’s moves in the 2014 film the “Kiss of Death,” and it was just namedropped in the fourth MonsterVerse installment. It’s fitting that it earned a nickname, seeing as how the move is brutal and more like a Mortal Kombat video game finishing move than something in a kaiju movie.

The moment happened at the end of Godzilla. After taking a beating from the MUTOs, Gojira was able to gain the upper hand when the two creatures became separated. By executing a well-timed tail smack, Godzilla eliminated the male MUTO, and set off to find its mate. Before she could kill Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and avenge her mate, Godzilla grabbed the Titan from behind. After yanking her close, he pulled her jaws open and sent a surge of atomic breath down her throat. The heat of the blast caused her head to break apart from her shoulders, allowing Godzilla to drop it on the ground and roar triumphantly.

This scene was mentioned again in the opening credits of Godzilla vs. Kong, which revealed Monarch’s files on previously established MonsterVerse Titans, like King Ghidorah and the giant Skullcrawler from Kong: Skull Island. The file on the female MUTO from the 2014 movie listed her cause of death as “internal combustion,” and labeled what happened to her as the “Kiss of Death.” Prior to Godzilla vs. Kong, the name hadn’t appeared in a MonsterVerse movie, and up until now, it’s just been a term used by the fans.

It always felt like an accurate description for how Godzilla disposed of the creature, plus it was in line with what Godzilla director Gareth Edwards said about it. According to Edwards, the female MUTO was actually supposed to die by a different method. They intended for Godzilla to break her jaws, but since it was too similar to what Kong did to a dinosaur in the 1933 classic, they had to spice it up a bit somehow. While trying to come up with a solution, Edwards joked about a scenario in which Godzilla “vomits blue breath” down the MUTO’s throat in a moment that would be “nearly a kiss.” Ever since the scene played out on the big screen in 2014, Godzilla killing the female MUTO has been a memorable moment from the MonsterVerse.

It’s worth noting that the Kiss of Death wasn’t the only move referenced by the Godzilla vs. Kong opening credits. The sequence directly referred to Godzilla’s go-to attack as “atomic breath”, which is what it’s been known as for several decades. The credits avoided the all-too-common mistake of calling it “blue fire.” Another name it officially incorporated into its world was “nuclear pulse,” the powerful wave of atomic energy that Godzilla obliterated Ghidorah with in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. This particular ability of his originates from the Heisei series of Godzilla movies. By addressing Godzilla’s powers in the credits, Godzilla vs. Kong found an interesting way to expand the MonsterVerse lore.

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