Biollante
| Biollante | |
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| Godzilla character | |
| First appearance | Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) |
| Last appearance | Chibi Godzilla Raids Again (2023) |
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| Species | Mutated rose, human and Godzilla hybrid |
Biollante (Japanese: ビオランテ, Hepburn: Biorante) is a giant rose, human, and Godzilla mutant hybrid monster, or kaiju, who first appeared in Toho's 1989 film Godzilla vs. Biollante and has since appeared in numerous licensed video games, novels, and comic books. The creature is portrayed as a genetically engineered clone of Godzilla spliced with the genes of a rose plant and a human. As the character was created during the end of the Cold War and the wane in concerns over nuclear weapons represented by Godzilla, Biollante was conceived as a symbol of more contemporary controversies regarding genetic engineering.