Picking up where the blockbuster motion picture left off, GODZILLA.: THE SERIES is a new fast-paced animated adventure series that pits humanity against a new generation of giant monsters.
Born of radiation on a French Polynesian island, GODZILLA. wreaks havoc on the city while attempting to find a nest to give birth to its young. The
overgrown lizard appears unstoppable, until biologist NICK TATOPOULOS and French Secret Service operative PHILLIPE ROACHE team up to take down the beast. Life in the greater Tri-State area begins to return to normal, well almost!
It appears the late, great King of the Monsters has left behind an heir to the throne. During a routine clean-up sweep of the city's decimated subway tunnels, Nick encounters the hatchling during its crucial imprinting stage. Rather than attacking Nick, the creature actually bonds with him as a bizarre pseudo-parent figure.
Parting company with the military task force headed by Major Hicks, Nick recruits his own environmentally-directed research outfit - HEAT(Humanitarian Ecological Analysis Team). Recruiting a few of his colleagues from the original Godzilla. research team, as well as some new allies, Nicksets out to study not only this new generation of Godzilla., but also to investigate the increasing reports of unusual beasties and other environmental anomalies popping up across the globe.
Monsters of all types - natural, unnatural, man-made, alien, regal, reptilian, mammalian, insectoid, flying, floating, poisonous, electrified - have begun appearing on the scene weekly. Is it a result of nuclear testing? Or a hole in the ozone layer? Whatever their origin, the beasts have humanity terrified and desperately in need of heroes.
Officially an extension of the New York Institute of Technology's "World Assistance Program," HEAT is soon to become the Earth's foremost Anti Monster Squad. Setting up a small research compound inside a derelict ferry terminal on the tip of Staten Island. HEAT headquarters quickly becomes a staging area for defending the world against monstrous threats and also for careful study of the young mutant reptile. Besides the research compound, their main HQ is a barnacle-covered vessel called "The Heat-Seeker."
The military is not a strong believer in HEAT or the value of Godzilla.. While Major Hicks is willing to give Nick a little leeway with his pet project - just so
long as the pet doesn't level any major cities - his superiors put their faith in more conventional weaponry.
Each exciting episode of Godzilla: The Series was a pulse-pounding monster-hunt driven by our investigative HEAT team (accompanied by their 180-foot giant reptile), as they travel the globe defending mankind against mutant threats.
Here is a quick look at some of the major buildings, vehicles, and robots in the show.
H.E.A.T. TEAM
(Humanitarian Ecological Analasys Team)
In order from left to right: Monique Dupre, Randy Hernandez, Nick Tatopolous, Elsie Chapman, and Mendell Craven.
H.E.A.T. HEAD QUARTERS
This is the H.E.A.T. Teams home base, a former Staten Island Ferry boat dock, it is now transformed into the Head Quarters for the H.E.A.T. Team. Nick had used the Staten Island Ferry for thirteen months with Randy Hernandez before actually starting the H.E.A.T. Team. It is rumored Godzilla's Lair is somewhere near the headquarters.
H.E.A.T. SEEKER
This is the H.E.A.T. Teams most reliable means of transportation. It was modified through the courtesy of Monique Dupre and the French Government. The eyes and teeth were painted on by Randy Hernandez.
N.I.G.E.L
Built by Craven, N.I.G.E.L. (which stands for "Next-millennium Intelligence Gathering Electronic Liaison"), wait a minute, shouldn't that be NMIGEL? Anyways, N.I.G.E.L.is a low-tech-looking, but high-tech-acting research robot. N.I.G.E.L.'s main function for the HEAT team is to go where HEAT can't go - the ocean floor, inside an active volcano or near highly toxic fumes, which usually results in the robot getting pummeled, bashed-up or obliterated, much to Craven's dismay. Usually after his daily beating, Craven can whip NI.I.G.E.L. back into shape pretty quick.
N.I.G.E.L. also serves as a vehicle for Randy and Craven's ongoing competition. Craven programmed N.I.G.E.L. with the selfless heroic personality he imagines himself to possess. Randy is constantly
reprogramming N.I.G.E.L.'s personality just to drive Craven crazy. Some of the funnier moments of Randy's reprogramming was when he progammed N.I.G.E.L. to talk in Craven's mom's voice, and when he programmed N.I.G.E.L. to quote Shakespear.
Outside of Nick, N.I.G.E.L. is the one member of the HEAT team who can get physically close to Godzilla™. N.I.G.E.L. proved invaluable in the creature's early "housebreaking" and can also be dispatched to signal Godzilla™ when the team needs him most. Godzilla™, in turn, regards the little 'bot as somewhere between beloved pet and beloved chew toy.
