Godzilla has had many epic moments with the atomic breath, but some versions are far more devastating than others.

Shin Godzilla's atomic breath was bright purple and highly destructive, starting as a black smoke that transformed into an orange fire and then a precise, narrow beam capable of heavy destruction.

Godzilla was a symbol of thermonuclear weapons as well as a victim, an intentional directorial decision by director Ishiro Honda, who explained, "I took the characteristics of an atomic bomb and ...