The shape of their head is reminiscent of Gyaos, and they have triangular jaws resembling a hooked beak. They have orangey-red, narrowly shaped eyes. The MUTO's bodies are covered in an iridescent, metallic grayish-black exoskeleton. Many of the early designs featured a rougher-looking, more 'organic' appearance, rather than the smooth and metallic-looking final design. Some concepts had the male MUTO with four wings, and others had him with only six total appendages (including wings). The MUTOs went through several dozen concepts before Legendary settled on their final designs. The female MUTO still appeared in Nevada, however.

One of the original screenplays of Godzilla had the male MUTO emerge from its chrysalis in Hokkaido, Japan, instead of the fictional city of Janjira. In the Comic-Con 2012 teaser trailer for the film, an unnamed, tardigrade-like, multi-legged monster was created to confirm that Godzilla would be fighting another monster in Legendary Pictures' Godzilla.Īccording to witnesses of the Godzilla trailer shown in Comic-Con 2013, the MUTOs were originally spider-like creatures with long, thin limbs and scythes. The MUTOs are known to have been developed from Rokmutul and Pterodactyl, two early monsters from the development of Godzilla. The third MUTO that was seen in Godzilla: King of the Monsters has been given the official title of 'Queen MUTO', and also given the nickname 'Barb' by the director and writer of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Michael Dougherty. In the final film, the MUTOs are referred to as such but are also referred to numerically, with the male MUTO being designated as 'MUTO 1' and the female as 'MUTO 2' respectively on a monitor present near William Stenz. In one of the original screenplays for Godzilla, the MUTOs were called 'Hokmuto' and 'Femuto,' which were short for 'Hokkaido MUTO' and 'Female MUTO,' respectively. Officially, they are classified as Titanus Jinshin-Mushi and are the same species as their progenitor superspecies, MUTO Prime, according to Arvid Nelson. Kong designates them as 'Titanus MUTO', which is inaccurate given the opening had many inconsistencies due to production delays. While initially lacking an official Titanus designation, the opening of Godzilla vs.

In this comic, both Godzilla and Shinomura were known as MUTOs before being given their respective names.

The MUTO's name is an acronym for 'Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism.' According to Godzilla: Awakening, this is a designation Monarch gives to all giant monsters as a sort of placeholder name.

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