Is King Ghidorah a mutation?

Resurgence

So for those who are wondering what I mean is if it is possible that King Ghidorah may possibly be a genetic error much like how there are snakes that have multiple heads, is it possible that there somewhere is a single headed non split tail version of Ghidorah and It likely would be smaller of course.

Godzillatheking123

Well, in the 1991 Heisei-era film (sorry if I am spoiling if you haven't watched, but hey, you asked), Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, the Futurians went back to the past (WW2 Pacific) and left behind 3 genetically-engineered creatures, the Dorats, which fused to become King Ghidorah after that island became the site of nuclear weapons testing.

G. H. (Gman)

Godzillatheking123,

In the Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah novelization the Dorats were reverse engineered from a King Ghidorah corpse found on Venus in the 2200s. 

Shame they didn't use that for the movie, I think it would've made a little more sense as to how three tiny creatures mutated into a three headed monstrosity. It would've also kept King Ghidorah's extra-terrestrial origins to some extent.

Godzillatheking123

Godzillatheking123: Yeah I am aware of the novel. But I didn't mention it because I was not sure of the canon status of the novel, so I just stuck to the movie.

Although, I suppose the Godzilla series as a whole never cared too much about canon.

TheGMan123

Potentially, though smaller?

Not likely. As a Titan, his species are likely to be naturally large winged dragons that possibly come from space.

Gmkgoji

Nah, I think Ghidorah is an alien

Resurgence

I am referring to the monsterverse version

Gmkgoji

Yes, I know. And i do think he is an alien

Resurgence

But it is still possible that it is a mutation of an alien species

Gmkgoji

Sure, I guess

G. H. (Gman)

Godzillatheking123,

True, the Japanese don't particularly care for the concept of canon. But for all intents and purposes I guess you could say it is not canon to the Heisei continuity. But it sure would've made things more interesting.

Titan of Water

I think Ghidorah will be a space creature, but he will also have to an ancient since we saw cave paintings of him in Skull Island and Monarch Sciences.

Resurgence

Well he is at least as old as godzilla

Titan of Water

If he is both an ancient and a space creature you could compare him to the old ones in the Cthulhu mythos.

Resurgence

OMG I never thought about it like that

MDK 2 (MinecraftDinoKaiju)

I do not think Monsterverse Ghidorah is a mutation. And even if he was, it might have been intentional. At least, that's how I see it. But who knows? (Insert my forum signature here.)

Resurgence

Yeah I guarantee that it would be intentional

MDK 2 (MinecraftDinoKaiju)

Resurgence When I said that, I meant that it might have been intentional from the perspective of whichever aliens created Monsterverse King Ghidorah.

GojiFanPat

Correct Me if I'm wrong, but I do believe that Legendary/Mike Dougherty said that Ghidorah's origins will be that Ghidorah is a creature from space who most likely arrived on Earth many millions of years ago.

MDK 2 (MinecraftDinoKaiju)

Yeah, he did say that. But I think everyone is asking if Monsterverse King Ghidorah is a mutation of some sort that was made by aliens.

Resurgence

I'm asking if it is a natural mutation

Gmkgoji

Nah, hes most likely a unique alien (Only one)

Resurgence

That wouldn't make much sense

Gmkgoji

how so?

Resurgence

Because so far even godzilla is a species

MDK 2 (MinecraftDinoKaiju)

Yeah, but still, we don't know. You know what? Here's what we should do. We should tweet this entire forum out to Legendary/Mike Dougherty and see what they say. (And it better not be the same quote that states "that Ghidorah is a creature from space who most likely arrived on Earth many millions of years ago.") We need ACTUAL answers so that we could put this topic to rest. (For Monsterverse King Ghidorah, at least.)

Resurgence

they probably won't respond, but it's worth a shot

MDK 2 (MinecraftDinoKaiju)

Well, if Michael Dougherty "re-wrote Godzilla vs. Kong (2020)" (Btw, I'm surprised there isn't a forum topic discussing that. Why?), then I'm sure he can answer this question. (Insert my forum signature here.)

Resurgence

Wait he rewrote godzilla versus king kong, seriously? Not sure whether to be concerned or happy about that

MDK 2 (MinecraftDinoKaiju)

Yes. I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. Look it up. You're welcome.

Godzilla's_Tail79

Does it matter? From the perspective of a human, Ghidorah having mutated in space prior to coming to Earth would have no bearing on our perception of Ghidorah as an alien. It would only matter if Ghidorah came to Earth and somehow we mutated it.