Godzilla returned to American cinemas in 2014 in Legendary Pictures' reboot directed by Gareth Edwards, launching the modern MonsterVerse and giving the creature a deeper, more animalistic roar than earlier versions. Short clips of its growls were later ripped and shared on soundboards, where this fourth variant became a favourite for fans recreating the film's sense of scale. It remains popular because the sound is instantly recognisable as Godzilla, even without a picture, and it works as shorthand for something enormous approaching.