*Some mistakes in the video:* 17:33 - President Nixon is incorrectly called "Reagan." (oops, some history geek I am) 50:50 - I claim Godzilla takes rest on a remote island, but the upside down mountains in the background indicate he’s actually resting in the Hollow Earth.

Easily my favourite part about the Monsterverse is the continuity between projects in release order, like how Monarch: Legacy of Monsters introduced Applied Experimental Technologies and its eventual rebrand to Apex Cybernetics!

Fantastic recap. For as much [partially undeserved] flack that The Monsterverse gets, it honestly feels like one of the most fleshed out continuities in the Godzilla franchise, and, if not that, the most loving version. Every single entry beams with a passion for Godzilla, King Kong, or Giant Monsters as a whole.

This universe's continuity may be a mess, considering its few entries compared to universes like the MCU, but we can always trust Dakota to make sense out of all of it in a very comprehensive timeline.

You've done it again, Dakota! I've been looking forward to this Timeline since you first mentioned being interested in diving into it, and ohhh boy, IT WAS SO WORTH THE WAIT. Thank you for your dedication in not just the research, but also the amazing editing and visuals you put into this video (and all videos, ofc). I hope people come to this video more and more as we come closer to Godzilla x Kong. Now, I've tried doing this Titan-Sized task of tracking the MonsterVerse timeline, but very poorly it seems. There's much new information and new characters to me! Thank you for also reading the comics, summarizing them for us and placing them in the timeline as well! I used to think the Skull Island 1973 Mission took place on April 7th, due to some reports and videos stating that, but it being in January-February makes so much sense due to the War background. I had noticed it but paid no attention to it in favor of the April date haha And oh, I've been dying to talk about this! In regards to the Monarch: Legacy of Monsters continuity: -I came to the same conclusion as you, with G-Day working best on the 16th of May! Even if there's so much going against it, it definitely works best in that date. -And I'm sure you know about this, but for Kentaro's Art Gallery flashback, I believe it occurs on March 19, 2014 (even if the poster says June), since the graphic designer Arin Ringwald who did the artwork for the show posted on their blog some other versions of the poster with that March date, so... Maybe they were told to add March in the first place, and then for some reason they were told to change it to June? Anyway, even though it wasn't used, it works better for it happening just one year before the April 2015 date, and not in June 2014, after G-Day. -There's definitely no excuse for the year of May and Kentaro meeting being that horribly dated lmao -Also, Ecko (@Blacklight_21) actually posted to Twitter how the teaser for the series showed a December 16, 1959 date on a redacted file. Isn't is safe to assume that's at least the month when Keiko fell to Axis Mundi, as the redacted file would be a report on that mission? Looking forward to your next videos as well!

Bro! An hour long look at this is insane. No wonder you were holed up watching Godzilla films for months. I'm always impressed! I'd tell you that I hope the next video is simpler and easier, but let's be honest, that's probably not going to happen.

Thank you so much for making this! 😃 I Love The Monsterverse!

This continuity was incredible. This is so much work man. Thank you.

At home sick the last couple days. Listening to this while I recover was awesome. Would love to see an update now that the next film is out. Thank you!

This was super helpful in understanding the continuity (or lack of it) of this universe! I'm way behind, so this got my hyped to get caught up! Also Benson Farris is the freaking coolest.

Dude I love video! Definitely worth the wait. Didn’t know the MonsterVerse had so many “continuity” errors. Keep up the good work!

Incredible video Dakota! Easily one of the most in depth MV timeline videos I’ve ever seen, even with how confusing the continuity is. Keep up the great work!

This was a great timeline! There's a ton of information here and there's even stuff in the Monsterverse timeline I didn't even know about until now. Although, there are a couple of things that are missing. The years Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah were discovered (Rodan was discovered in 1991, Mothra was discovered in 2009, and Ghidorah was discovered in 2016, just 3 years before King of the Monsters took place), and there's also the discoveries made during King of the Monster's events. Na Kika was discovered sometime before Ghidorah was awakened (nicknamed as "Kraken" then), and the other female MUTO (Queen MUTO; nicknamed "Barb") wasn't discovered by Monarch until Ghidorah did his mass awakening call.

Glad this showed up on my recommended! Incredible work

Awesome job Dakota. As always.

This is the true timeline of the Monsterverse that I was looking for, it is very well explained and structured, and thanks for adding the comics that are canon, especially Godzilla Aftershock and Muto Prime, whose participation was of vital importance, this comic Like the others, except for Godzilla Awakening, they are still canon because they are much more than just additional material and their stories connect very well with the films and also answer many details and questions that cannot be seen in the films.

Awesome video man! You'd think the series about monsters fighting would have simple continuity but like these films, when you start focusing on the humans, it gets messy.

I've been a casual fan of the Monsterverse but WOW this timeline was insane! Once again you can feel the dedication put into the research and quality of this video, it kept me interested throughout the whole thing and legit got me much more interested into the franchise overall. Really wanna start watching those tie-in shows now

No continuity errors in this video 👏🏻

That Legendary joke almost made me choke on my lunch. (Luckily I was already done eating when you reached the Green Monster joke.) Well done. Wait, Camazotz? Like from A Wrinkle in Time? It's a shame the dates don't quite work out, because the overall story of this continuity is actually pretty interesting.

Wow! This is better than I expected. Continuity

When it comes to Godzilla: Awakening, there’s a few things. -the comic actually correlates with Kong: Skull Island in terms of the timeline of when Monarch was discovered. -the comic was confirmed by Legendary to be canon via the Monsterverse Watchalong in 2020 when discussing the Godzilla 2014 film. -Max Borenstein, who made the comic and the producer of the MV films, confirmed the comic was still canon when discussing the KOTM film and stated that Monarch kept things secret from Brody involving the events of the comic. -the official novelization of Godzilla: King of the Monsters acknowledged the Shinomura’s existence when discussing Godzilla and Monarch’s history. -the Monsterverse: Omnibus is a collection of comics from the entire series. Legendary confirmed the comics to be canon with the slogan “the Monsterverse is Expanding” and Godzilla: Awakening is confirmed as one of those comics. So there’s more things confirming the comic as canon than not. -About Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the director confirmed that the show had its own place in the mythology when asked about Awakening and Aftershock. So the show can be considered soft canon with certain aspects (the origin of the USS Lawton, Keiko’s disappearance, Operation: Hourglass, G-Day, and the 2015 timeline) tying into the films. -The show itself contradicts the movies (Castle Bravo was stated to be a result of multiple tests throughout the 50s by the 2014 film while the show shows one test, the test scene itself contradicts how Godzilla got nuked, Monarch’s history, and the episode where the staff were surprised of Godzilla’s appearance in 2015 when Aftershock, arguably the most important comic in the MV, acknowledged that Godzilla was present after the events of San Fransisco).

Great video love it❤

watched this while building legos. 10/10. now i gotta check out your other timelines because i got even more sets 😭

Yo this is dope

Very cool watch! I'm not surprised that the CONTINUITY is a mess here - the tone of the movies vary pretty wildly from the 2014 Godzilla to the new Godzilla/Kong stuff, so they'd be playing fast-and-loose with the dates as well. But it's a series that's really grounded in history and legacy so it was a great choice to try and put together a cohesive timeline for. I still need to watch the Monarch show - seems like the plot is a little convoluted but the retro setting was my favorite part of Skull Island, so more of that is welcome. Would love another movie set in that timeframe, too.

Amazing video and incredible breakdown, my mind got blown away that Sandra and Michelle are sister, how could I have miss that

The continuity within this franchise is that of legend

19:13 I remember seeing a March date during this scene on the screen, did you notice it, I may have misread the year

Definitely needed this for the new movie

I think for the sake of Story Randa wasn't allowed to discuss further what happened during Castle Bravo and K:SI was still a separate thing from Legendary that time. That's why I don't consider this a retcon due to property of K:SI back then.

PERFECTION,

My issue in the CONTINUITY is that the iwi tribe know of Godzilla thousands of years ago. Yet in the show monarch they show how he was created when testing nukes. It’s either Godzilla was already big or there was a previous version. It seems now they’re just doing some sort of cross between the monsterverse and power rangers

Continuity. Never new that there was so much to these movies

Finally a new vid 🎉🎉🎉

It’d be a bit unorthodox, but I think a timeline of the Kung-Fu Panda universe would be cool.

great video

director of monarch Verdugo totes gives me imperious leader vibes from battle star galactica and its creeping me tf out

great work, bro. but, remember. one can not have unity without continuity.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters has the opportunity to canonize Godzilla vs. Kong's 2022 placement by introducing Bernie as a newly-hired employee of Apex, if they decide to start Season 2 in 2017 where Season 1 ended. Having said that, however, according to the audiobook novelization of The New Empire, it takes place three years after Godzilla vs. Kong... in 2027.

Thank you sincerely for your service in compiling everything into this highly entertaining yet informative video. Service guarantees citizenship.

Crazy how they got the russells playing same character. Also who protected raised kong

It say in the File 1999 is the years that Dr Vivienne Graham had her first field assignment not that she was recruited in 1999 its not a retcon also Godzilla Awakening is Canon until it is said not to be by the makers

My theory on the death of skull island’s iwi is that they made it off the island, but died at sea because of the storm

I think the newest movie is the best. My favorite, for sure. Looking forward to more.

Important note: you said that ghidorah called all titans but left out that kong ignored this call and prevented the skullcrawlers from taking the call. Hope this helps :) good video tho

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20:11 Bamboo Spider There are two of them.

Where does titanus Doug fit into the " continuity"

Some people out there theorize shimo to be the ancestor to all titans from earth of course, even titanus kong

Axis Monday seems to be inspired by purgatory from supernatural

I'll need to watch the Monarch show to learn more about this continuity.

Monsterverse is awesome!

"... all of his fury." I understood that reference.

Having just watched Godzilla X Kong: Are they Shrinking Godzilla? In the first Movie he stood taller than the Golden Gate Bridge and was capsizing destroyers and cruisers by surfacing too close. Now he looks SMALL swimming down the Tiber river in Rome... (That river is only 20 feet deep and around 300 feet wide)

I would love some more "continuity" I my life perhaps in the form of cards

The Spanish probably were just in skull island for months at the shortest time for years They certainly arrived there after 1973 as we have no mention of a spanish village in skull island

This whole timeline reveals how many families in this series has serious issues and there's never any full reconciliation later cause some prefer death than learn.

I hope it is ?.. space Godzilla!!!!!!!!! ,he comes to earth and kills Kong ,and that pisses of Godzilla ,who just got there as Kong lays mortally hurt ! Then Godzilla goes to work….to be continued…….🦍

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What was Hiroshi’s Main goal? To prevent another G-Day or prove that there is another world down there and that his father didn’t die in vain.

6:23 ice, icy water

I really want stories about Godzilla and the Titans but with minus dialogues.

If Dakota is 3rd, who are the first and second favorite chronologists?

When talking about kong / skull island you mentioned president Reagan , which was actually president Nixon.

What a time 🤯😤😮‍💨

Awesome stuff, amazing to see how you weave the frankly stupid continuity of the Monsterverse together. 😂

I'm not overly worked up about the timeline myself

I love the monsterverse but it really needs a story bible

Great video, I marvel how you can take all of these random elements from a bevy of writers who aren't communicating with one another and forge a continuity out of it.

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Man, this video made me realize just how sloppy the writing is. There's no communication between the writers on the different projects.

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Kong: Skull Island Godzilla Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 1 Godzilla: King of the Monsters GodzillavsKong GodzillaxKong Easy timeline 🔥🔥🔥.

Wait kong did not get the better of godzilla in round 2 and before someone @ me I say this because I don't believe there was 3 rounds to this fight only 2!..my reasoning is that godzilla was knocked down but not out! So it wasn't as if kong knocked him out then waited all that time for him to awake.. I believe he knocked him down and it took godzilla longer than it took kong to get to his feet but he was never unconscious!.. anyway now that I've rambled on for a bit good video I really enjoyed it

11:59 INDONESIA MENTIONED🎉🇮🇩

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The new one is in 2027

Um you left out how kong was literally killed by Godzilla. He won.

Eh. The mcu timeline is way easier to understand then marvel. Also the fact that people actually care about this universe to care about a timeline unlike marvel, dc, star wars etc. One thing tho....you said them having the titans come from hollow earth is a retcon, i dont think so, it just provides a better explanation then them just suddenly appearing

SKAR KING IS JUST A HENCHMAN OF THE REAL APE KING. DESOTROYAH IS THE NEXT ENEMY. GODZILLA WILL GIVE BIRTH and KONG and SUKO will be like GOW4 Kratos and Atreus.

They literally just wiped shinomura from existence with monarch…

I like Monkeys I like Lizards I like Contenuity

MONKEEEE

this new godzilla franchise has a hard time sticking to the continuity of different cities skyline growth across the world. san francisco buildings are added everywhere in other cities, sometimes multiple times in one shot. very triggering.

First! Now it's time to dive "Into the Monsterverse."

I like that they are trying to build lore around the Monsterverse, but man, they are as bad about creating continuity as the Alien series... Godzilla x Kong completely ignores the original battle with Ghidorah, any mention of Rodan. I feel like they have too many ideas and can't bring them all together in a cohesive way. That's not even including the comics and Apple TV series that try to bridge the gaps...

You realize school buses still exist during summer, right? They were being used to evacuate people.

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