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Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley, Explained

Written by Kathleen Grotzinger
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Godzilla faced off against Charles Barkley in this famous 1992 Nike advertisement, but believe it or not, there's more lore to this story.

Godzilla has been facing off against iconic foes for over 70 years. Mothra is the rival Queen of the Monsters to Godzilla's King status. King Ghidorah is a triple-headed super predator that usually needs a team of kaiju to take him down. There's also Mechagodzilla, a classic "robot monster doppelgnger designed to destroy the original" enemy. He's even been paired up with King Kong, most recently in the MonsterVerse movies, where some fans are (jokingly?) calling their dynamic "enemies to lovers." However, there is one enemy that Godzilla faced off in the 1990s that is a little different from all his other foes.

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