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Godzilla

Adventure, Children · 1978 · Rated 5.5/10

Last aired: S2 E13, The Deadly Asteroid · 1979-12-08

Godzilla is a 30-minute animated series co-produced between Hanna-Barbera Productionsand Toho Ltd. in 1978 and aired on NBC in the United States and TV Tokyo in Japan. The series is an animated adaptation of the Japanese Godzilla movies produced by Toho. The series follows the adventures of a team of scientists on the Calico, a hydrofoil research vessel, headed by Captain Carl Majors. The rest of the crew include scientist Dr. Quinn Darien, her nephew Pete, and her research assistant Brock. Also along for the ride is Godzuki, the "cowardly cousin" of Godzilla and Pete's best friend, who has a lighthearted role in the show. Godzuki can attempt to fly using the small wings under his arms. Whenever Godzuki tries to breathe fire, he usually just coughs up smoke rings.

Cast

Season 2

E1 Calico Clones 1979-09-15 · 30 min While on their way to visit an oil rig, the team is captured by a mad scientist who has the knowledge to clone people. He plans to make a copy of the crew and use them to steal the oil and make a fortune. The team has to escape and alert Godzilla.
E2 Microgodzilla 1979-09-22 · 30 min While helping the crew out of a hurricane, Godzilla wanders through a mysterious pink fog. Before long, the strange fog causes Godzilla to start shrinking. Even worse, a fly also inhaled the gas and is now growing to gigantic proportions and seems to be targeting Godzooky and Brock. The others must find a way to get Godzilla and the fly back to their normal sizes.
E3 Ghost Ship 1979-09-29 · 30 min The team makes a fascinating discovery: A German U-boat from World War I trapped in an iceberg. After Godzilla frees it, the team is shocked to see the crew of the U-boat still alive and they also believe the war is still going. They manage to convince them the war is over, but then a giant octopus attacks the U-boat, with Pete and Brock inside. Godzilla must stop the octopus before the sub is destroyed.
E4 The Beast of Storm Island 1979-10-06 · 30 min The team becomes stranded on an island inhabited by a creature named Axor. Axor enslaves Majors, Quinn, and Brock and puts them to work. Pete, Godzooky, and Godzilla must find a way to destroy Axor and save the island's inhabitants.
E5 The City in the Clouds 1979-10-13 · 30 min The team gets caught in a strange-looking hurricane and end up in a city in the clouds. The inhabitants explain they are there to escape an evil dragon in their old world. Unfortunately, the dragon follows them there. To make matters worse, after seeing Godzilla defeat the dragon, the inhabitants turn hostile and want Godzilla so they can have him destroy the dragon. The team must rescue Godzilla and keep him from falling into the wrong hands.
E6 The Cyborg Whale 1979-10-20 · 30 min After a lightning strike, a cyborg whale -- a prototype sub used for scientific purposes -- suffers a malfunction and steams out of control with Pete and Brock inside. Even worse, the whale is on a collision course with Honolulu, Hawaii. The others and Godzilla must rescue Pete and Brock and stop the whale before it destroys Honolulu.
E7 Valley of the Giants 1979-10-27 · 30 min After the Calico runs aground in a river, the team discovers a valley full of giant insects. Godzilla is initially paralyzed by aBlack Widow Spider bite and the entrance sealed by a landslide. The team must find a way to escape and also prevent the insects from escaping the valley.
E8 Moonlode 1979-11-03 · 30 min A mysterious creature lands on Earth from the Moon. It soon starts to wreak havoc on shipping and seems to be affecting the water currents globally. The team and Godzilla must stop it before it causes worldwide devastation.
E9 The Golden Guardians 1979-11-10 · 30 min The gang runs into a hostile people who worship gold statues. Things get serious when the statues seem to come to life and Godzilla is turned into a gold statue while battling them. The others must free Godzilla and convince the people that the statues are evil.
E10 The Macro-Beasts 1979-11-17 · 30 min While investigating an ocean volcano, the team find the volcano oozing a strange liquid that causes sea creatures to turn into giants. The team and Godzilla must find a way to get the creatures back to their normal size before they threaten nearby shipping lanes.
E11 Pacific Peril 1979-11-24 · 30 min When a new island is formed in the Pacific Ocean, the team investigates. Aftershocks from the islands formation end up trapping them in the volcano on the island, which they find is inhabited by giant lizards that eat lava. Worst of all, Godzilla is unable to reach them because he is also trapped by the seismic activity. The others must find a way to escape without Godzilla's help.
E12 Island of Doom 1979-12-01 · 30 min When a new weather satellite is mysteriously shot down, the team traces the missile's source to an island near Australia. They find the island fortified and under the command of a terrorist organization known as COBRA. The terrorists imprison the team thinking they are spies. The nuclear reactor on the island begins to suffer problems that threaten to cause an explosion that could destroy the island. Godzilla must rescue the team, stop the COBRA group, and prevent the reactor from exploding.
E13 The Deadly Asteroid 1979-12-08 · 30 min A UFO lands in the Arctic and the team is sent to investigate. They discover a group of ice people from another planet that plan to destroy the Earth with an asteroid the size of the Moon. Majors and Quinn are taken prisoner and Godzilla, Brock, and Godzooky are frozen. Pete must free the others before the asteroid destroys the world.

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