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Godzilla Day
"🎶 With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down
Helpless people on subway trains
Scream, bug-eyed, as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
Oh, no, they say he's got to go
Go! Go! Godzilla, yeah"
~ "Godzilla", Blue Oyster Cult, 1977
SKREEEONK!!!!!!
If Nessie ever had a prickly, temper-challenged Japanese cousin in dire need of anger-management, it would of course be Godzilla — that towering, prehistoric sea monster awakened and super-charged by nuclear radiation. His iconic roar — that glorious, disyllabic Skreeeonk! — was famously created by composer Akira Ifukube, who dragged a pine-tar-resin-coated glove down a contrabass string and then slowed the recording!
And for those of us who enjoy a good linguistic rabbit hole, some have even suggested hints of Scots-Gaelic in this battle cry: the ancient Scots/Norse “scree” (a tumble of rock and rubble) meeting “onk” (as in Scots “onkferry,” meaning “a great fuss”). Truly, what is Godzilla if not a giant, radioactive fuss?
After unleashing his roar comes the signature weapon — that blazing atomic breath, blue or red and always catastrophic. Which naturally leads us to the most important question: how many yards of tartan would Godzilla need for his kilt?
Back in 1954, the scaly lizard king stood at 50 meters, already looming over Tokyo’s skyline. But by Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), he’d grown to an impressive 119.8 meters (393 feet). Using a very scientific, very tartan-respecting formula — assuming Godzilla is the monster-sized equivalent of a sturdy, three-yard-kilt-wearing Highland gentleman and that only about a third of his rather prodigious reptilian bulk needs kilt coverage — we arrive at a hearty estimate of ~5,100 yards of heavyweight wool. (60" width, naturally. Your calculations may vary.)
Japan’s love of tartan makes perfect sense for Godzilla—after all, who better than a noble clan-beast of epic scale to stride the streets of Tokyo wrapped in centuries-deep tradition and roaring in tartan-covered pride? The streak of atomic breath blue makes this lizard and destruction-coloured sett instantly recognizable to all terrified citizens.
And with another Godzilla movie stomping into theaters fairly soon - Godzilla x Kong: Supernova - better start knitting those oversized kilt hose right away! SKREEEONK! 💚 🖤 🤎 💙 💛 🦖🦖🦖
Skreeeonk!
Godzilla first appeared November 3rd, 1954 in Ishirō Honda's film of the same name. Ever since, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in video games, novels, comic books, television shows, and films.
Godzilla is commonly known as "King of the Monsters" a phrase first used in Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, the Americanized version of Honda's original 1954 film.
In post-war Japan, Godzilla was originally conceived as a metaphor for nuclear weapons. But as the film series expanded, some stories took on less serious undertones portraying Godzilla as an antihero rather than solely as a destructive monster.
Godzilla's exact origins vary, but he is generally depicted as an enormous, violent, prehistoric sea monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. dHis signature weapon is his "atomic breath," a nuclear blast generated from within his body and unleashed from his jaws in the form of a blue or red radioactive heat ray.
And Godzilla has a distinctive disyllabic roar, transcribed in several comics as Skreeeonk!
In 1996, Godzilla received an MTV Lifetime Achievement Award and was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
Although not an official tartan, we feature Godzilla's tartan because the King of Monsters deserves his tartan due.
Designed by: Justin L. Hunt, KGO
In expectation of the next Godzilla movie, click the King of Monsters!