Ranking Every Godzilla Incarnation

10. TriStar (Zilla)

Tristar Pictures is responsible for one of the most unforgettable iterations of Godzilla we have ever seen. The only problem is we would all rather forget. Directed Roland Emmerich, starring Matthew Broderick and featuring more Simpsons cast members than you realized at the time, TriStar's Godzilla film was one of the biggest film blunders of its decade.

This incarnation was shunned by Godzilla fans for virtually every reason, from the origin as a mutated iguana to the lizard's evasive fighting style. To list all of the problems, we would not know where the criticism of the monster ends and criticism of the movie itself begins.

Toho despised the creation even more than fans, disavowing the monster entirely. The creature is now known as Zilla, which arguably negates its entry on this list (the film is named Godzilla, so sadly it still counts).

If you're the glass half-full type, the accompanying Saturday morning cartoon fared far better. The ridiculous design from the film was still used, but Zilla actually engaged in some entertaining monster mayhem. Still, the film was too high a price to pay for the solid animated outing.

If presented in a vacuum as a completely original creation, and assuming it ever got made without the Godzilla name attached, Tristar's Zilla would have been relegated to pop culture obscurity. If only it were that lucky.