Who’s the cutest little baby monster? 10 creature kiddos who captured our hearts
Godzilla X Kong’s “Mini Kong” is just the latest in a long line of onscreen tykes and toddlers who are as dangerous as they are adorable
Film Features Hannibal Chau
There’s a lot to talk about in the new trailer for Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, but what caught our eye was our first look at the new character fans have already started calling Mini Kong (as coined by Brian Tyree Henry’s Bernie Hayes). Not only does the tiny titan’s appearance signal that Legendary’s Monsterverse may be building up to a Son Of Kong movie, he’s also just a cute little guy. It got us thinking about other adorable movie monsters, from Godzilla’s many offspring and adopted children, to the newborn kaiju in Pacific Rim to all those furry flerkens running around the S.A.B.E.R. space station in The Marvels. So we decided to round up 10 of the best examples of sweet young terrors we could find. Don’t let their looks or their size fool you—they’re not as harmless as they may seem.
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Psh! Justice for Squid from Men In Black
and why doesn’t batman dance anymore? remember the batusi??
Didn’t Mechagodzilla murder Minilla?
Did you just call Grogu a monster because he’s a non-human species? I assume that means you think Yoda is a monster too?
Grogu is a monster because he ate that frog-person’s eggs.
I assume that means you think Yoda is a monster too? Of course he is. Same voice as Cookie Monster and Grover.
I mean, the little dude basically ran the Jedi order into extinction so… kinda?
the Gizmo erasure is highly offensive.
No Mogwai from the Gremlins?
yeah justice for Gizmo.
Gizmo was an adult. The baby Mogwai were his evil offspring
i suppose. I was thinking more that the Gremlins were like adult Mogwais.
My first thought when I saw this list was Stitch from Lilo and Stitch, but he’s basically Gizmo & [whatever species Yoda/Yaddle/Grogu are].
Godzilla Jr is in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. He’s the ‘teen’ version of Little Godzilla, who is in the previous movie, Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla. Little Godzilla is the toddler version of Baby Godzilla who’s is shown in slide #4.
Yeah, as a godzilla nerd from way back my ire was raised as soon as I saw a picture of him from Spacegodzilla and labelled as being from Mechagodzilla II (where he looked way less stupid).
Gizmo from Gremlins is a huuuuuuge omission. #justiceforGizmo
What about Gossamer?
The mini staypuft dudes makes ZERO damn sense and was such a blatant nostalgia move I was insulted.
Slimer exists but miniature Stay Puff marshmallow men are a bridge too far.
Did you like Baby Colin from What We Do In The Shadows?
Do Tribbles count? Not their fault they’re born pregnant.
Somebody just wanted to write about 4 different baby Godzillas.
I’m offended by this little fella not being in the list