The Oxygen Destroyer was a fictional weapon that appeared in Godzilla (1954 film). It was an extremely powerful weapon that was actually able to completely dissolve Godzilla and wipe out all life in the Tokyo Bay. It was also the only weapon that was truly effective against the monster.
Unintentionally created by Daisuke Serizawa during his experiments, the Oxygen Destroyer dissolved oxygen in water which instantly reduced any and all organic life within range to its skeletal frame. While it's never explained in either of the Godzilla films how removing oxygen causes such a destructive reaction, since the laws regarding the conservation of mass state that matter and energy can't be destroyed only converted into another form, it's possible that the Oxygen Destroyer actually converts oxygen into an entirely different element with highly corrosive properties. In the film, Serizawa was hesitant to use his device for fear of the damage it would cause but ultimately relented when he realized Godzilla was the greater threat.
In Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995), it turns out that the Oxygen Destroyer awakened and mutated Precambrian life forms that lived in Tokyo Bay that would merge together to form the stongest Kaiju ever recorded (taking Godzilla at the peak of his power, Godzilla Junior and Super X combined to finally destroy him) Destoroyah.
Stock footage from the first Godzilla film was also used in Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S..
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| Monsterverse • Godzilla in popular culture (-zilla) • Comics • Video games • Creators (Tomoyuki Tanaka • Eiji Tsuburaya • Ishirō Honda) • Powers and abilities of Godzilla | ||
| Japanese films | Shōwa era | Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) |
| Heisei series | The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) | |
| Millennium series | Godzilla 2000 (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) • Final Wars (2004) | |
| Reiwa series | Shin Godzilla (2016) • Planet of the Monsters (2017) • City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • The Planet Eater (2018) • Godzilla Minus One (2023) | |
| American films | Localizations | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) • Godzilla 1985 (1985) |
| TriStar Pictures | Godzilla (1998) | |
| Legendary Pictures | Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) | |
| Fan films | Wolfman vs. Godzilla | |
| Television | Japanese | Zone Fighter (1973) • Godzilland (1992–1996)• Godzilla Island (1997–1998) (episodes) • Godzilla Singular Point (2021) • Chibi Godzilla Raids Again (2023) |
| American | Godzilla (1978–1979) • Godzilla: The Series (1998–2000) • Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023) | |
| Music | Soundtracks | "Godzilla (Main Theme)" • Godzilla: The Album (1998) • Final Wars • Godzilla (2014) • Shin Godzilla (2016) • King of the Monsters • Godzilla vs. Kong • Godzilla Minus One • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire |
| Related | "Godzilla" (Blue Öyster Cult) • "Godzilla" (Eminem) • "Who Will Know" (Shiro Sagisu) | |
| Miscellaneous | Related films | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 3D (unproduced) • Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) • Ready Player One (2018) • Shin Ultraman (2022) |
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