...it wakes up the monster, and one of our citiesgets destroyed and leaves radiation...

[Screaming] Edwards:
...it wakes up the monster, and one of our cities
gets destroyed and leaves radiation everywhere,
and they were like, "Oh, yeah. That's fine.
You can make that movie." It was like, "Okay. Cool.
It's called 'Godzilla.'" Tsutsui:
In Japan, the name is "Gojira." It is a combination
of two words -- "gorira,"
which means "gorilla," and "kujira,"
which means "whale." So it literally means
"gorilla whale." The legend is
this was a nickname of an overweight
Toho Studios employee