7 Biggest Reveals About The Monsterverse In Monarch Episode 5

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters

Warning : Spoilers for Monarch : Legacy of Monsters episode 5

Summary

Monarch : Legacy of Monstersepisode 5 dropped a handful of interesting reveals regarding the Monsterverse . As a multi - episode storyline , as contradict to a feature - distance film , Monarch : Legacy of Monstersoperates in a data formatting that puts it in an first-class position to expand the lore of Godzilla and Kong ’s cinematic universe . The show has been quick to seize on those opportunities , revealing more about the origins of Monarch , the war machine ’s failed attempt to kill Godzilla , and other Titans conceal on Earth .

Monarch : Legacy of Monstersepisode 5 continues the effort of May , Kentaro , and Cate to find Hiroshi Randa by sending them back to San Franciso , the site of Godzila ’s now - famous battle with the MUTOs and the emplacement of Randa ’s office . Their visit to San Francisco yield some eye - open response about their next course of study of action . As for Kurt Russell ’s Lee Shaw , the Monarch team ’s interactions with him were similarly illuminating . Through these two storylines , Monarch : Legacy of Monstersfurthered its exploration of the Monsterverse , complete with seven new reveals .

7Alaska’s Ice Monster Was A Secret Monsterverse Titan Until 2015

Monarch didn’t know it existed

dub the Frost Vark behind - the - scenes , theice Titan introduced inMonarch : Legacy of Monstersepisode 3 ’s endingwas nowhere on Monarch ’s radar . Apparently , this beast is not among the many devil Monarch has been keeping tabs on for decade . There are some Monarch has been mindful of since the fifties , such as Godzilla and the new dragon Titan , but Duvall confirm in episode 5 that " no one in the entire organisation " had any clue that this monster existed . This puts a clear date on when this young Monsterverse Titan was bring out : 2015 . But aside from that and its frappe powers , not much is known about the creature , include its prescribed Monarch appointment and present - day placement in the Monsterverse timeline .

6How Monarch Names Titans

People name Titans they discover after themselves

The scene with Duvall and May inMonarch : Legacy of Monstersepisode 5 sheds twinkle on the process in which Monarch names theTitans of the Monsterverse . Duvall explained to May that when someone break a new species , they get to name it after themselves and used May ’s name to hash out potential denomination for the new creature . Duvall offered hypothetical options , with " Titanus " followed by May ’s name . While this is for certain how key out new animals often work in veridical life , this was not a known guideline for Monarch . It was already well - known that Monarch put " Titanus " in front of every giant monster name , but how it pick what come after " Titanus " has only been hint at antecedently .

In dividing line to what Duvall said , most Titans seem to be named after mythological , folklore , or biblical beast . This is dead on target for Methuselah , Behemoth , Scylla , and theother Monsterverse Titanswhose names were on Monarch ’s monitor screen inGodzilla : King of the Monsters . However , that does n’t stand for that what Duvall mention to May is n’t an official Monarch protocol . It could have been used to name other creature in the Monsterverse that only sure the great unwashed at Monarch get laid about .

5Lee Shaw’s Aging Was Affected By A Secret Monarch Mission

Lee Shaw doesn’t age normally

adverse to what many may have assumed about the cast of Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell as older and young versions of Lee Shaw , the age remainder is n’t an issue with theMonsterverse timeline . It was apparent when the elder version of Lee Shaw was introduced that something did n’t add up about his age . He was born in 1924 and active in Monarch operation as early as the 1950s , but has the strong-arm show of a humans in his other seventy . After Durvall addressed this confusion , Monarch : Legacy of Monstersmade it extravagantly clear that there is indeed a reason why Shaw aged so wonderfully .

According to Tim , his looks have to do with " hearsay " of a mission that went unseasonable . He claims the details are " classified . " clear , what resulted in Shaw ’s reduce aging is a secret the Monsterverse plans to save for another Clarence Day . It would seem that a Titan - related incident leave in Shaw ’s physical structure being vary in some way . How that could pass is unclear , but it ’s possible it connects withKong : Skull Island ; in the movie , Hank Marlow noted that some people on the island do n’t seem to historic period .

4What Happened To San Francisco After Godzilla’s Fight With The MUTOs

San Francisco hasn’t been rebuilt

The slip back home for Cate give the Monsterverse a chance to explore what happened to the epicenter of the 2014 Godzilla after the event of the movie . Godzilla and the MUTOs leave behind much of San Francisco in ruining , leaving its future in certain . The serial publication revealed that by 2015 , it was still uninhabitable . For a scant sentence , citizenry tried to hold go of the city , but the military machine create a quarantine zone around it and enforced strict rules to keep citizenry out . A friend of Cate ’s mother told theMonarch : Legacy of Monsterscharactersthat FEMA mastermind relocation try for those who misplace their household , but most remain in the field , presumably dispossessed .

3Some People Still Doubt The Existence Of Titans In 2015

In the look of all the wipeout that hap in San Francisco , not everyone was convinced by what happened that monster exist . While on their way to her mother ’s business firm , Cate talked about how some people would assay to confabulate the ruination of San Francisco just to prove that the behemoth fighting was just a " government conspiracy . " Of course , event that will occur later on the timeline , include the battles in Boston and Hong Kong , will make these confederacy theory even hard - if not impossible - to believe in the days to come .

2Monarch Has No Solutions To Fighting The Titans

1A Place In Africa Appears To Be A Titan Location

Cate and Kentaro’s father went to Africa after leaving Alaska

crowned head : Legacy of Monstersepisode 5 ’s end double over down on a reveal from episode 3 , which mentioned several locating found in Bill Randa ’s notes . One was North Africa . This do up again in episode 5 where it was express to be among the place visited by Cate and Kentaro ’s founding father . Apparently , he went from San Francisco to Alaska and then to Africa . Since Titans seem in the former two location , it clear good sense that there ’s a monster in North Africa as well .

Monarch : Legacy of Monstersreleases raw episodes on Fridays on Apple TV+ .

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