is a rose, human and dinosaur hybrid kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 1989 film Godzilla vs. Biollante, and has since appeared in numerous licensed video games and comic books. The creature is portrayed as a genetically engineered clone of Godzilla spliced with the genes of a rose and a human. As the character was created during the end of the Cold War and a wane in the concerns over nuclear weapons represented by Godzilla, Biollante was conceived as a symbol of more contemporary controversies regarding genetic engineering. Overview Biollante first appears in the 1989 film Godzilla vs. Biollante. After Godzilla's return in 1985, Dr. Genshiro Shiragami attempts to use the monster's cells to genetically enhance various species of plants to create crops resistant to harsh weather of Saradia, an arid country in the Middle East. His attempts are initially thwarted when a bomb planted by the American organisation Bio-Major destroys his laboratory and kills his daughter Erika. Shiragami splices her DNA with that of a rose, which is nearly destroyed five years later by an earthquake. Hoping to make the rose immortal, he further splices its DNA with those of Godzilla, resulting in the creation of a hybrid mutant he christens Biollante. The creature breaks out of the lab and into Lake Ashi, where it begins calling out to its progenitor Godzilla. Godzilla arrives and incinerates Biollante, whose spores float into the atmosphere. The spores later land near Osaka in the form of a much more Godzilla-like Biollante, who fights Godzilla to a standstill until the latter retreats after being weakened by the Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria. Biollante subsequently transforms into spores again and floats into space, with an image of Erika being seen among the spores. The creature makes a brief cameo appearance in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, where it is speculated that its cells floating in space may have contributed to the creation of the monster SpaceGodzilla. In Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse, a prequel novel to Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Biollante emerged off the coast of Normandy and battled against the Far East Union's amphibious warfare force. Two Moguera prototypes, each loaded with explosives were deployed to Normandy and engaged Biollante in battle. Biollante manages to destroy one of the two machines, but is eventually defeated when the remaining Moguera drilled into the nucleus in its root cavity. In the web series Godziban, a Biollante named Sakuya is the