When it comes to giant monsters, I'm willing to bet that most of you are like me and generally assume that they're all generally around the same size, right? When one says Godzilla or King Kong or the Stay Puft Marshmellow man, in my head I picture them all about the sizes of tall skyscrapers, going toe-to-toe in violent and destructive combat through highly populated city centers.
It turns out though, that's not the case at all. In fact, the size disparity between many of the best known monsters is actually pretty large. You remember that famous Godzilla vs. King Kong battle we've all seen before? Well, that was total crap. According to the actual mythologies around both characters, it turns out that Godzilla is actually a great deal larger than King Kong as well as just about every other monster ever.
How large, you ask? Just look at the chart above. That's how large. What you see there is a relative size comparison chart which is part of a book series called Visual Aid. It has all sorts of fun comparative size charts for things like man-made space rockets, fictional starships and other stuff too. You can see some of these other charts by going here.
The picture above is accurate. If King Kong and Godzilla actually existed and were to actually fight, Kong would be scooped up by Godzilla as a light snack pretty quickly. Hell, eve the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man is only half of Godzilla's size. And Optimus Prime? Forget about it. He's about the size of a football to Godzilla. Before he knew what was happening, a good swift kick from the King of Monsters would punt Optimus hundreds of miles away.
People say that size doesn't matter, but in the world of giant monsters it definitely does. There's a reason Godzilla is called the King of the Monsters. This chart points out exactly what that reason is.
its totally inacurate
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