Kong (Monsterverse)

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Articles About Character
Original Movie and Remakes	1933 Film - 1976 Film - 2005 Film
Crossovers	King Kong vs. Godzilla - King Kong Escapes - Monsterverse
Animated Series	The Mighty Kong - The King Kong Show - Kong: The Animated Series

2017 Kong Roar

“	I know Jia's only a child. But she's the only one he'll communicate with. And we need Kong to find that power source. The world needs him.	„
	~ Nathan Lind

2021 Kong Roar

Background

Kong is a giant ape Titan who first appeared in the 2017 Legendary Pictures film Kong: Skull Island. He is the largest incarnation of the character to date.

The last of a race of huge, gorilla-like ape Titans who reigned over Skull Island, Kong was born in the midst of a battle between his parents and a horde of vicious Skullcrawlers. Kong's mother sealed him safely within a cave before the Skullcrawlers slaughtered her along with his father. The infant Kong witnessed the brutal demise of his parents from the cave and dedicated his life to avenging them by keeping the island's Skullcrawler population in check and defending the other creatures of the island. He was first witnessed by humans other than the island's Iwi tribe when fighter pilots Hank Marlow and Gunpei Ikari crashed on the island following a dogfight over the Pacific Ocean in 1944. Nearly 3 decades later in 1973, a survey expedition to the previously uncharted island organized by the scientific organization Monarch brought many more people to the island, who unintentionally drew more Skullcrawlers to the surface by dropping seismic charges to map the island. Kong destroyed the helicopter escort carrying the expedition members in a furious rage, causing Colonel Preston Packard to develop a burning hatred for the Titan. Some of the survivors encountered Marlow and the Iwi and learned Kong's true nature as a protector of the island. However, Packard and his surviving men salvaged heavy ordnance from a downed Sea Stallion and sprung a trap for Kong which succeeded in weakening him enough to the point the colossal Skull Devil emerged. Kong killed Packard before the evil creature attacked him, and Packard's men joined up with the other survivors to escape the island. The Skull Devil chose to pursue them, but Kong came to their rescue and slew the beast once and for all. The survivors were successfully extracted from the island, their experience kept a secret to everyone except Monarch.

In 1995, Aaron Brooks, the son of 1973 expedition member and Monarch scientist Houston Brooks, organized a covert return mission to the island out of a belief Kong could not be trusted to keep the volatile ecosystem under control. The mission became a disaster as the island's more malevolent fauna stranded the team and killed many members. Kong rescued them from a pack of attacking Death Jackals, and later from a Sirenjaw. One of the team members, Walter R. Riccio, lost his mind on the island and blasted open a hole in the wall surrounding the Iwi village, meant as a sort of "test" of whether the Iwi were worthy of Kong's protection. Kong quickly sprung into action and saved the Iwi from attacking Mother Longlegs, then killed Riccio once he realized he was the cause of the attack. Brooks, now the last survivor of the expedition, met Kong face-to-face and finally understood his pure intentions and capability to defend the island, and chose to remain behind and help the Iwi rebuild.

29 years later, after Kong drove Camazotz back to the Hollow Earth, Skull Island's climate became unstable due to a perpetual storm, forcing Kong to be contained in a dome-shaped facility that simulated the island's environment, with the sole surviving Iwi named Jia providing him company. After being convinced by Nathan Lind to bring Kong with them on a joint expedition between Monarch and Apex Cybernetics into the Hollow Earth in order to find a power source that could help build a weapon capable of stopping the rampaging Godzilla, Jia and her adoptive mother Ilene Andrews accompanied Kong as he was escorted by sea to an entrance in Antarctica. However, Godzilla arrived and attacked the fleet, battling Kong and nearly drowning him before they were separated by depth charges. Godzilla called off his attack after he no longer deemed Kong a threat and the remaining fleet "played dead" by shutting off their power. Kong was brought to the Antarctica entrance by air and, after some convincing from Jia, headed into the Hollow Earth. After battling a pair of Warbats, Kong made his way to a large throne room where he found an ancient axe that was charged by the same energy that powered the temple. Godzilla drilled a hole into the Hollow Earth with his atomic breath, causing the temple to collapse. Fighting off a swarm of Hellhawks and killing Apex executive Maia Simmons, the angered Kong then made his way to Hong Kong where he battled Godzilla. After a protracted battle, Kong was eventually defeated by Godzilla and collapsed to the ground unconscious. When Jia informed Andrews that Kong was dying, Lind landed the remaining HEAV onto Kong's chest and overloaded it, reviving him. Jia convinced Kong to help Godzilla against the newly unleashed Mechagodzilla, and the two Titans managed to destroy the mech with some human assistance. Kong and Godzilla acknowledged each other before Godzilla went back into the ocean and Kong made his permanent home in the Hollow Earth.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Kong’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Kong: Skull Island After crash-landing on Skull Island in 1944, American fighter pilot Hank Marlow and Japanese pilot Gunpei Ikari engaged in a fight to the death. As Ikari gained the upper hand and prepared to fatally stab Marlow with a dagger, Kong appeared over a cliff, leading the two shocked men to end their struggle. In 1973, the scientific organization Monarch organized an expedition to Skull Island, escorted by the Sky Devils helicopter squadron led by Lt. Colonel Preston Packard. One of the helicopters carrying the expedition members cleared the storm cell surrounding the island and began flying over land, they immediately began dropping seismic charges onto the ground below, allegedly to map the island. The explosions drew out Kong, who responded by throwing a tree through one of the choppers. The remaining choppers formed a perimeter around Kong and opened fire on him. The bullets did little more than irritate Kong, who proceeded to rip the helicopters out of the sky and smash them. After downing all of the choppers, Kong wandered back off into the jungle. Kong eventually reached a river, where he noticed the wounds he had sustained from the choppers' rotor blades. Kong winced in pain briefly before beginning to drink from the lake. Suddenly, Kong realized that a Mire Squid was in the water and grabbed one of the creature's tentacles. The Mire Squid then attacked Kong with all of its tentacles, trying to strangle him to death. Kong was able to crush the creature's head under his foot and kill it, then proceeded to eat several of its tentacles. Kong then grabbed the squid's carcass and dragged it away, presumably back to his lair. After meeting Marlow, some of the surviving expedition members were brought back to the village of the island's indigenous tribe, the Iwis. There, Marlow explained that Kong was perceived as a god by the islanders, and generally acted as a guardian on the island that kept the most dangerous creatures there under control. He stated that the reason Kong attacked the helicopters was that the seismic charges they dropped had drawn creatures he called Skullcrawlers to the surface. According to Marlow, Skullcrawlers were the most vicious and dangerous animals on the island and were responsible for killing Kong's family. At this time, Kong was being attacked by two Skullcrawlers but was able to easily dispatch the two smaller creatures. One of the expedition members, Mason Weaver, found a Sker Buffalo pinned underneath a downed helicopter and tried to free it, only for Kong to arrive and free the buffalo himself. Kong gave Weaver an indifferent glance and simply wandered off. After surviving an encounter with a Skullcrawler and several Leafwings, Weaver and James Conrad stood atop a cliff and looked out over the island, only to witness Kong approach them. To their surprise, Kong did not seem violent or aggressive at all and even allowed Weaver to place her hand on his face. Suddenly, explosions appeared over the distance, and Kong immediately raced toward them. Weaver and Conrad knew that Packard and his men were setting a trap for Kong, intending to kill him. The two of them, joined by Marlow, rushed to the scene to try and save Kong. When Kong arrived at the scene of the explosions, he saw Packard and his men in the distance. As Kong crossed a lake to reach them, Packard ignited the napalm he had dumped into the water, causing the entire lake to erupt into flames. Kong swung his arm angrily at the water, causing the flaming napalm to hit some of the soldiers, before collapsing onto the ground. Packard placed leftover seismic charges around Kong, preparing to finish him, but Weaver, Conrad, and Marlow arrived and aimed their guns at him, demanding for him to stop. Packard refused and was prepared to detonate the charges and blow them all sky-high when suddenly a gigantic Skullcrawler, known as the Skull Devil, erupted from the lake. Everyone except Packard fled, while Kong regained consciousness and promptly smashed Packard under his fist. The Skull Devil attacked Kong, and the humans were forced to leave the giant ape to his fate. The following morning, as the surviving expedition members neared the extraction point on the north side of the island, they were confronted by the giant Skullcrawler. Fortunately, Kong arrived and smashed the monster in the face with a boulder. Kong engaged in battle with the Skull Devil, buying time for the humans to get to safety. The weakened Kong simply was not a match for the Skull Devil and was knocked into an old shipwreck and entangled in its anchor chain. Weaver had managed to reach a vantage point and fired a flare into the Skull Devil's eye, enraging it. Kong finally broke free of the chain and managed to create a makeshift flail when it became entangled with the ship's propeller. Kong swung the flail at the Skull Devil, embedding the propeller into its back. Kong pulled the propeller out and slammed the Skull Devil into the same hill Weaver is standing on, causing her to fall into the water below. He then sliced the creature across its throat, seemingly killing it. Kong then pulled Weaver out of the water and took a second to stare at her in his hand, only for the Skull Devil to get back up and clamp its jaws onto his arm. Kong battled the Skull Devil again, trying to keep Weaver away from its mouth, but the beast used its prehensile tongue to pull Kong's hand, with Weaver held in it, down its throat. Mustering all his strength, Kong pulled his hand free of the Skull Devil's gullet, ripping out the beast's innards and killing it instantly. Kong gently set Weaver down on the ground, while Conrad immediately ran to her to ensure she was okay. As Weaver regained consciousness and embraced Conrad, Kong looked back at the two of them before walking away. Once the survivors were finally rescued from the island, Kong stood triumphantly in his domain, beating his chest and letting out a mighty roar. Godzilla: King of the Monsters Kong was on Skull Island, now the site of Monarch Outpost 33, when King Ghidorah emitted an alpha call which awakened the planet's dormant Titans and bent them to his will. While Kong did not comply with Ghidorah's call, he was shown to be leaving Skull Island on one of Monarch's computer monitors. After Godzilla defeated Ghidorah, humanity began uncovering many secrets from the ancient world regarding the Titans, including a cave painting of what appeared to be a member of Kong's species fighting Godzilla. Godzilla vs. Kong By 2024, a storm generated by King Ghidorah had combined with the storm cell perpetually surrounding Skull Island, causing the island to be consumed by a never-ending storm. Monarch constructed Outpost #236, a large dome-like structure with an artificial recreation of Skull Island's original environment, to contain Kong. One morning, Kong woke up as a flock of Leafwings flew overhead. He wandered into a nearby lake and stood under a waterfall, then uprooted a tree. Jia, a young orphaned Iwi girl with whom Kong shared a bond, approached him and showed him her doll of him. Kong leaned forward and inspected it, then reared back and threw the tree into the false sky over the containment unit. Dr. Ilene Andrews, an anthropological linguist who was assigned to watch over Kong, discussed the current situation with Ben, another Monarch member. It was clear that Kong was becoming too large for his surroundings, and that the containment unit wouldn't be able to hold him forever. Ben suggested they look into relocating the Titan, but Andrews believed this would be a death sentence. There could not be two alpha Titans, she said, and the moment Kong left the island, Godzilla would come for him. Meanwhile, Godzilla unexpectedly attacked an Apex Cybernetics facility in Pensacola, Florida, causing mankind to turn against him. Apex CEO Walter Simmons and Chief Technology Officer Ren Serizawa approached ex-Monarch geologist Nathan Lind and proposed a joint Apex-Monarch expedition to the Hollow Earth in order to find an energy source which would allow Apex to create a weapon capable of standing up to Godzilla. Lind was convinced but further explained that due to all Titans sharing genetic memory which instinctively led them to their evolutionary source, a Titan could lead the way. Lind traveled to Outpost #236 and explained the plan to Andrews, who rejected it again on the basis that Godzilla would come for Kong as soon as he left the island. Lind stated that they needed to find this energy source in order to stop Godzilla and that in the process they could find Kong a new home. Andrews was finally convinced but accepted on the condition that she was in charge of Kong. Kong was sedated and placed on a ship, which was escorted by a naval fleet en route to Antarctica. One night, Kong became restless and began tugging at the chains restraining him. Jia came onto the deck and held out her finger to Kong, who responded by touching it with his finger. Andrews rushed onto the deck and asked Jia what she was doing, and Jia responded by signing to her that Kong was sad and angry. Andrews signed that Kong didn't understand that they were trying to help him, but Jia signed back that Kong didn't believe that. Andrews asked how she knew, and Jia signed that Kong told her. To Andrews' amazement, Kong proceeded to sign the word "home." The next day, Andrews and Lind discussed what happened the night before. Andrews explained that she had spent years trying to establish communication with Kong, teaching him the alphabet and basic commands. Though Kong showed signs of recognition, he had never openly communicated with her. Lind asked if it was possible for Jia to give commands to Kong, but Andrews rejected the idea, saying Jia was just a child. When the storm wiped out most of the Iwi people, Jia's parents were killed, and she and Kong both took up the responsibility to protect her. Jia, meanwhile, felt something approaching the ship and ran to warn Andrews. Lind asked what was going on, and Andrews responded that Godzilla was coming. Battleships and fighter jets opened fire on Godzilla but did nothing to slow his approach. As Godzilla submerged near his ship, Kong roared into the sea below, only for Godzilla to burst up from underwater and capsize the ship. As the ship filled with water, Lind released Kong's chains, allowing him to fight back. He held back Godzilla as he snapped at him with his jaws, then freed himself as the ship righted itself. Kong stood on the ship and watched as Godzilla circled around the fleet. He then jumped on a destroyer then onto an aircraft carrier. As Godzilla approached, Kong grabbed a jet and threw it at him. Godzilla climbed aboard the carrier and was promptly greeted by a punch from Kong. Godzilla retaliated by slashing at Kong's face with his claws, knocking him down. Godzilla charged his atomic breath, but a fighter jet managed to interrupt him before he could fire it. Kong punched Godzilla, then got back to his feet and shoved him off the carrier. Godzilla fired his atomic breath at the carrier from underwater, with Kong leaping off just in time to avoid the blast. Godzilla grabbed Kong in the water and tried to pull him down, but Kong kicked himself free and tried to surface. Godzilla wrapped his tail around Kong and began pulling him down again. Andrews told the commander that they had to disorient Godzilla somehow before he drowned Kong, and suggested depth charges. The ships fired depth charges into the sea, which exploded. After a few moments, Kong pulled himself back onto the ship, coughing up water before falling onto his back. Lind told the commander to shut down all of the fleet's power in order to make Godzilla think he had won. The commander obliged, and Godzilla soon surfaced amidst the burning remnants of several ships. Kong scowled at Godzilla, who finally departed the area. Andrews told Lind that Godzilla would return the second they started moving again, so Lind suggested airlifting Kong instead. Kong was transported in a net carried by numerous helicopters and Ospreys, then deposited in Antarctica. Kong inspected the snow surrounding him, then looked to see Jia and the others standing on a nearby ledge. Jia signed to Kong that his home was through the entrance to the Hollow Earth behind him, but Kong did not go through. Lind told Andrews to tell Kong there could be others like him down there, so Andrews asked Jia to sign this to Kong. Jia signed to Kong that his family could be down there, and Kong immediately charged through. Everyone else boarded Apex's HEAVs and followed Kong. Kong swung himself along the pipes on the ceiling of the tunnel before losing his grip and falling through a crater. Kong and the HEAVs passed through a vortex that eventually spits them out into the Hollow Earth. Kong ran across the terrain with the HEAVs in pursuit. Suddenly, one HEAV was destroyed by a Warbat. Before the creature could attack another HEAV, Kong grabbed it by its tail and slammed it on the ground, killing it. A second Warbat flew toward Kong, who swung the other's corpse into it. The Warbat recovered and roared at Kong, then proceeded to constrict its body around him. It pulled its wing over Kong's face in an attempt to suffocate him, but a HEAV interrupted it by firing missiles at it. Kong freed himself and began pummeling the Warbat into the dirt before tearing off its head and drinking the contents of its skull. Kong continued moving across the Hollow Earth before reaching a cliff. Kong jumped off the cliff and floated through the air onto another surface. Kong eventually reached a gigantic temple, with the imprint of his species' hand on the door. Kong placed his hand over the imprint and pushed the door open, opening it into a huge chamber. Kong roared loudly, but his roar echoed through the temple unanswered. Kong began walking through the temple and picked up an axe he found lodged in the skull of a fallen Titan, beating his chest triumphantly as he wielded it. He then sat on a giant throne as the expedition members disembarked from the HEAVs. Apex's Maia Simmons asked where the energy source was, while the blade of Kong's axe began to glow blue. Kong found an indentation in the ground in the shape of the axe, and placed the axe into it. The ground around him began glowing blue; they had found the energy source. Apex deployed a drone to harvest the material and scan it, sending the data to Apex HQ in Hong Kong. The Monarch members objected to Apex mining the energy source, so Maia had her guards aim their weapons at them, causing Kong to roar angrily at the guards. Suddenly, the temple began to shake, causing the Hellhawks roosting on the ceiling to become active and attack. Maia and her guards boarded a HEAV and tried to escape, while a Hellhawk cornered the Monarch members. Just then, Godzilla's atomic breath burst into the temple, opening up a tunnel directly to Hong Kong. As her HEAV tried to escape, Maia ordered it to fire on Kong, who grabbed it in his hand and crushed it. Witnessing the temple collapsing, Kong, who was now furious at Godzilla, then grabbed his axe and leaped through the tunnel and climbed his way into Hong Kong. The enraged Kong surfaced in Hong Kong to confront Godzilla. Both Titans exchanged roars before beginning to fight. Kong swung his axe at Godzilla, but it became lodged in a building. Kong then tried to fight Godzilla hand-to-hand. Godzilla tried to fire his atomic breath, but Kong stopped him. Godzilla freed himself from Kong's grip, only for Kong to bring down both of his fists onto Godzilla's head. Kong then jumped and kicked Godzilla to the ground, after which Godzilla tried to fire his atomic breath again. Thinking quickly, Kong grabbed his axe and shoved it into Godzilla's mouth, stopping him from firing it. Godzilla fired his atomic breath again, but Kong blocked it with the blade of his axe. Godzilla then tackled Kong, who stabbed his axe into Godzilla's leg. Godzilla retaliated by pushing Kong into the water, then tore the axe out of his leg with his mouth. Godzilla fired his atomic breath, forcing Kong to run through the city to avoid it. One blast did eventually hit Kong in the back, burning him and knocking him down. Kong got back up, only for Godzilla to fire his atomic breath again. Kong once more avoided the blast and climbed onto a skyscraper, which Godzilla knocked over with his atomic breath. The surviving HEAV, with Lind, Andrews, and Jia in tow, flew through the tunnel from the Hollow Earth and narrowly avoided crashing into Kong and then Godzilla's atomic breath. Kong tears off a radio dish from a surrounding building to utilize as a makeshift shield against the beam. Closing the distance, Kong grabbed his axe and jumped off the skyscraper, with Godzilla firing his atomic breath. Kong used the axe to block the blast and absorb its energy, then brought it down on Godzilla, creating a massive shockwave that blew both Titans back. The axe lost its charge as Lind remarked that it appeared Kong won the second round. Both Titans got back to their feet, with Godzilla dropping onto all fours and hunting for Kong, angered following the impact of his axe. Kong climbed a building and threw a crane to distract Godzilla, then jumped off the building and pushed Godzilla headfirst through another building. The Titans exchanged blows again before Godzilla pulled Kong off his back and threw into a building, dislocating his shoulder. In a fit of primal rage, Godzilla dropped onto all fours again and aggressively pursued Kong, who kicked at his face as Godzilla snapped his jaws at his feet. Godzilla then jumped onto Kong, clawing into his chest repeatedly before stomping on it. Kong punched at Godzilla's leg, who roared in pain before bringing his foot down on Kong's chest again. Kong weakly tried to pull Godzilla's foot off of him but to no avail. Godzilla then roared in Kong's face, but Kong answered with a roar of his own. Godzilla finally took his foot off of Kong and began to walk away. Kong weakly got back to his feet and tried to pursue him, only to fall backward and pass out. Meanwhile, Apex's ultimate weapon, Mechagodzilla, had gone out of control after being infused with the energy source from the Hollow Earth, prompting the consciousness of Ghidorah to possess the mecha. It killed its creators and freed itself from under Victoria Peak with its Proton Scream. Godzilla tried to battle Mechagodzilla alone but was severely outmatched by its physical strength, agility, and powerful weaponry. The HEAV landed near the fallen Kong as Godzilla and his mechanical duplicate fought. Jia placed her hand on the ground and reported that she could feel Kong's heart slowing down. Andrews said there was nothing they could do, as restarting his heart would require a huge electrical charge. Lind remembered that Maia told him earlier that the HEAVs possessed enough power to "light up Las Vegas for a week," and decided to use the HEAV to revive Kong. Lind flew the HEAV onto Kong's chest, then set it to self-destruct. He quickly escaped the craft and ran to safety just as the HEAV exploded. The electrical charge released by the explosion instantly revived Kong. Jia got Kong's attention and signed to him that Godzilla was not the enemy. Kong roared angrily, but Jia pointed to Mechagodzilla and signed that that was the enemy. Kong finally accepted this and got back to his feet. He then rammed his shoulder into a building, resetting his arm. As Mechagodzilla pried apart Godzilla's jaws and prepared to fire its Proton Scream down his throat, Kong leaped onto Mechagodzilla's back and forced it to fire the beam into the sky. Mechagodzilla threw Kong off of it, but Godzilla recovered and grabbed it by the arm. Kong grabbed the other arm, and both Titans proceeded to pull Mechagodzilla through a building. The mechanical Titan got back up and tried to punch the Titans, who interrupted its punches. Finally, Mechagodzilla overpowered Kong and Godzilla and knocked both aside. Kong saw his axe and ran to get it as the mecha focused its wrath on Godzilla. Kong reentered the battle and swung his axe into Mechagodzilla repeatedly. Mechagodzilla pinned Kong against a building and began spinning the blades on its tail and trying to shove them into Kong's face. Kong held back the spinning blades with all of his might, but couldn't hold on for long. When Josh Valentine, Madison Russell, and Bernie Hayes failed to stop Mechagodzilla from its control room, Bernie suggested they have one last drink before they died. This gave Josh an idea, as he grabbed Bernie's flask and poured its contents all over Mechagodzilla's control monitor. This caused Mechagodzilla to briefly stall, allowing Godzilla to fire his atomic breath at Kong's axe and charge it. Kong immediately hacked off Mechagodzilla's tail with the axe, then cut off both of its arms and one of its legs. Mechagodzilla fell to the ground but defiantly charged one last Proton Scream. Kong did not hesitate to bring the axe down on the mecha's neck, then proceeded to grab its head and tear it off. Kong held Mechagodzilla's head into the air and roared triumphantly before slumping down from exhaustion. Godzilla roared and began approaching Kong, who weakly got back to his feet and picked up his axe again. The two Titans stared each other down before Kong finally dropped his axe. Godzilla roared in acknowledgment and turned to return to the sea. Kong and the gathered humans watched as Godzilla dove below the waves. Sometime later, Andrews, Lind, and Jia watched from a monitoring station inside the Hollow Earth as Kong passed by on his morning walk. Kong signed "home" to Jia, who smiled back at him. Kong then swung from vines onto a cliff, then pounded his chest and roared triumphantly. Skull Island "Maritime Pilot" In the early 1990s, Charlie and Mike washed ashore on Skull Island after the Kraken destroyed their ship, Once Upon a Maritime. They found themselves in one of Kong's massive footprints as they wondered where they were. "The Last Blank Space on the Map" Kong's distant roar persuaded a group of Trapdoor Crabs menacing Charlie, Mike, and Annie to retreat. "What's Up, Croc?" Kong grabbed a Croc Monster relentlessly pursuing Charlie and Mike out of a river and ate it in a single bite. As he walked away, Annie caught a glimpse of him and described him as a "big monkey." "Breakfast Fit for a Kong While Annie and Mike were trying to help Charlie out of a pit, Kong took a tree and uprooted it before leaving. "Doggone It" The Hawk Monster abducted Charlie and Annie's monstrous pet Dog separately and deposited them in Kong's temple. As the pair descended a platform, Charlie noticed a mural of Kong battling monsters. Kong then swung past them in the flesh, nearly causing them to fall off the platform's side. Once they reached the ground, Charlie watched Kong sitting inside the temple with a melancholic expression, with Charlie wondering why he looked so sad. Kong fiddled with a blood-stained compass set on an alter. The Kraken soon threw a whale into Skull Island to goad Kong; it landed in front of his temple. Enraged, Kong pounded the ground. "Terms of Endearment" With no feasible way for his group to kill the Kraken themselves to escape Skull Island, Charlie suggested Kong as the solution. "You're Not a King, You're Just a Stupid Animal" In the past, a Skull Islander lured a Skullcrawler into a trap. Attacking from above, Kong impaled the beast through both jaws with a sharpened tree stump, killing it in a single blow, before beating his chest and roaring loudly. At the girl's insistence, he picked her up and she rode on his shoulder to the top of a tall mountain. They watched the stars as she speculated about the outside world, which she had only glimpsed from the men in their flying machines who once visited the island. She suggested they might be able to build mechanical versions of themselves who could replace them on occasion and give them time to rest and dream. The Hawk Monster delivered a Grass Hedgehog to Kong at his temple. He picked it up and ate it before it could get its bearings, then gazed into the massive pit nearby. As she fished, the girl was startled by a giant shape passing beneath her boat and lifting her up. It turned out to be Kong, who she scolded for the prank. The Hawk Monster interrupted, leading them to a dead Sker Buffalo inland. The bird then brought them to the culprits: three Killer Chameleons, now feasting on another creature's corpse. The girl wanted them to return to their village to form a plan with the others, but Kong, having the high ground, defiantly dropped a boulder on the monsters, pinning one's tail to the ground. After a fierce battle, the trio slayed the resilient reptiles, but Kong triggered a rock slide while finishing off the last one. He evaded several falling boulders to shield the girl just before they were buried. The Hawk Monster watched as he quickly broke free. The girl was furious with Kong, who she said nearly killed all three of them by going on the offensive when he did. He roared at her, and she roared right back, calling him a "stupid animal," not a king. They left in separate directions. That evening, Kong washed his wounds in the ocean. Unbeknownst to him, a drop of his blood descended to the depths, awakening the Kraken. From her village, the girl spotted him sitting on top of the hill from before, morose, but declined to go to him. The next day, he tried to make amends by dropping an entire fruit tree into the village, crushing a cart, but she rejected it. Kong stomped away. The Kraken launched an attack on the village, starting with the fishers. Kong rushed to their rescue when he heard the girl scream, but arrived too late. Many of the villagers were dead, and the girl trapped under debris. The Kraken waved its tentacles in the water, seeming to taunt him as he withdrew to his temple with the girl. Barely clinging to life, she called him her king and touched his face before passing away, leaving Kong devastated. He hung her compass-necklace in his temple, where Charlie would later see it, and buried her on the island’s highest mountain. As the Kraken continued to linger offshore, he bellowed a mighty roar. In the present, Charlie explained his plan to his skeptical group: steal the necklace to lure an enraged Kong to the Kraken. "You'll Never Catch a Monkey That Way" Annie and Dog agreed to help Charlie with his plan. Kong appeared behind the trio as they entered the temple, watching them. They sidled over to the necklace and Annie grabbed it; as planned, Kong charged after them. Dog evaded several swings from the Titan, but was left clinging to a cliff face after Kong shook the bridge as he crossed it. He climbed out and kept going, barely avoiding Kong as he leapt across the gap. Noticing that Dog was injured and only used to riding with Annie, Charlie threw himself off the animal to allow them to escape. Kong passed over him. Annie's mother Irene watched her and Dog draw Kong to the beach, evading Trapdoor Crabs along the way. Kong cut off Annie and Dog at the shoreline and prepared to smash them into the sand, but Annie held up the necklace and he stood down. She threw it to the ground; just before Kong could pick it up, the Kraken struck, restraining and electrocuting him with its tentacles. It finally surfaced, revealing itself to be much taller than him. Kong ripped off the tentacles, but it caught him in one of its claws and lifted him into the air, then threw him. Annie and Dog found themselves pulled out to sea amidst the battle. Kong reached underwater and threw a Rock Bug at the Kraken, who intercepted it with a tentacle. He tried to tear off a chunk of rock from a nearby mountain, but the Kraken reached him first, dragging him underwater. Pinned to the ocean floor by the Kraken as it sank its beak into his neck, Kong appeared doomed until he spotted the wreck of the Once Upon a Martime resting nearby. He smashed the Kraken twice in the head with the improvised weapon, taking out two of its four eyes, then swam to the surface. Annie had made it to shore, but Dog was still floundering. She reached out to her pet, reminding Kong of when the dying Skull Islander girl reached out to him. A wave pulled Dog under, but Kong scooped him up and deposited him on the shore. After embracing Dog, Annie prepared to apologize to Kong, but was cut off by the Kraken’s return. It again tossed him into deeper water, but he caught one of its tentacles and threw it onto a small island. Kong unleashed a barrage of punches which left the water stained with the Kraken’s blood. Annie watched in awe as he pounded his chest in victory. The necklace washed ashore near her, and she held it out to Kong. Just then the Kraken lashed him with a tentacle, still alive—so he made sure it stayed dead by picking it up and ripping it in half. He carelessly threw it at the shore, causing a tidal wave that threatened to drown Dog and Annie. While Annie was knocked unconscious and woke up in a hospital two weeks later, Dog's fate was unknown. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters "Aftermath" Footage taken of Kong during the expedition to Skull Island in 1973 is shown before Bill Randa's recorded message to Hiroshi Randa. "Beyond Logic" Shortly after an Apex Cybernetics facility on Skull Island received a pod containing Lee Shaw, Keiko Randa, Cate Randa, and May Olowe-Hewitt from Axis Mundi in 2017, Kong approached the facility, beat his chest, and roared. "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire When an unprecedented massive enemy is discovered that threatens the entire planet, Kong joins forces with Godzilla once again in order to defeat it.

General Information

Name: Kong

Origin: Kong: Skull Island

First Appearance: Kong: Skull Island

Latest Appearance: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Latest canonical appearance), Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong (Latest non-canonical appearance)

Company: Legendary Pictures, Toho

Creator: Toho Co., Ltd

Actor: Toby Kebell & Terry Notary (Both did the mocap)

Sex: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Around Tens of Thousands Years Old

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Skull Island (Formerly), Hollow Earth (Currently)

Story Role: Monster, Hero, Protector, Main Protagonist

Classification: Ape, The King, Eighth Wonder of the World, Giant God of Skull Island, Guardian God of Skull Island, The-Mountain-Who-Thunders-Death Guardian Deity, The King of Skull Island, Ultimate Guardian, The Challenger, The Juggernaut of the Jungle, The Mighty, The Mighty Titan, The Apex Predator, Alpha Titan of Skull Island, Titanus Kong, Apus Giganticus

Species: Giant ape

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Mutant Physiology

Occupation: Protector of Skull Island, King of Hollow Earth

Ranking: Alpha Predator

Affiliation: Iwi, Sker Buffalo, Hank Marlow, Mason Weaver, James Conrad, Houston Brooks, Lin San, Jia, Ilene Andrews, Hawk Monster, Annie, Spineprowler cubs, Trapper, Great Apes (After Skar King's defeat), Mothra, Godzilla (Both after their fights in Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire), Jia, Suko, Humanity, Shimo (After breaking out of Skar King's control)

Enemies: Skullcrawlers/Skull Devil, Mire Squid, Preston Packard, Death Jackals, Sirenjaw, Mother Longlegs, Psychovultures, Camazotz, Spirit Tiger, Walter R. Riccio, Croc Monster, Grass Hedgehog, Killer Chameleons, Kraken, Annie (Formerly), Charlie, Spineprowler, Titan Hunter, Wart Dogs, Doug, Suko (Formerly), Drownviper, Godzilla (Formerly), Mechagodzilla, Skar King, Shimo (Formerly), Great Apes (Formerly)

Height:

104 feet/31.6 meters

337 feet/102-103 meters

Weight: 158 tons in Kong: Skull Island

Status: Alive

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Kong is noted to be a protector of Skull Island, protecting its people from the monsters on the island, noted the only reason he attacked the military helicopters were because they were bombing his home and awakening the baby Skullcrawlers. Helped Mason Weaver with a Sker Buffalo that was pinned underneath a downed helicopter. Saved Mason Weaver from drowning and protected her while he was fighting the Skullcrawler)

Threat Level: Metropolitan Threat (Despite Kong being a protector, he will cause large city scale damage in order to defeat the kaiju he fights, shown with his fights against Godzilla, Mechagodzilla, Skar King, & Shimo)

Codex Statistics

Key: Kong Skull Island | Skull Island Anime | Godzilla vs. Kong | Godzilla X Kong

Grade: A (Kong is noted to be a protector of Skull Island, protecting its people from the monsters on the island, being essentially the strongest force on Skull Island) | A (Stated to be the apex predator on Skull Island circa in 1995) | A (Can contend with the likes of Godzilla during Godzilla vs. Kong, who is the King of the Monsters, where he is noted to have "dominance display" being noted to be an Ancient Alpha Predator. Noted to be "the King" making all Titans yield to him) | S (Can contend with the likes of Evolved Godzilla and aided him in his fight against Shimo, one of the most powerful titans)

Tier: 8-C | High 8-C | 7-C, Higher at Full Swing, Far Higher with Ancient Axe | 7-C, Higher at Full Swing, Far Higher with Ancient Axe, 7-B with B.E.A.S.T. Glove

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Building level (Size) (Kong is 104 feet in size. Destroyed several helicopters and slammed them hard enough to make them explode, punching helicopters hard enough to crash and make it explode. Casually destroyed helicopters) | Large Building level (Potency) (Stated to be the apex predator on Skull Island circa in 1995, which included the Queen Mother longlegs and Sirenjaws, who are of this size) | Town level (Potency) (Can fight and harm Godzilla, where his atomic breath is noted to have an energy yield of 3.15 x 10^14 joules or 315 terajoules (75.3 kilotons of TNT)), Town level (Potency) at full swing (Noted to have approximately a 4.2 magnitude on the Richter scale at full swing, which gives these levels of total seismic energy), Far Higher with Ancient Axe (Kong's axe is able to pierce Godzilla's skin and can easily cut through Mechagodzilla) | Town level (Potency), Town level (Potency) at full swing, Far Higher with Ancient Axe, City level (Potency) with B.E.A.S.T. Glove (The B.E.A.S.T. Glove was made for Kong to deal with the strongest titans after seeing the Mechagodzilla threat, as a way to augment Kong's strength, with it being directly injected into his body and healing his frostbite. With it he could fight against and harmEvolved Godzilla while holding back who evolved to a state where his energy capacity increased by 20 times)

Durability: Building level | Large Building level | Town level, Higher with Ancient Axe (Able to absorb Godzilla's atomic breath) | Town level, City level with B.E.A.S.T. Glove

Striking Strength: Building Class (Potency) | Large Building Class (Potency) | Town Class (Potency) (Noted to have approximately a 4.2 magnitude on the Richter scale at full swing) | Town Class (Potency), City Class (Potency) with B.E.A.S.T. Glove

Lifting Strength: Class K (Noted to possess a crushing force of up to 150 tons. Can support his own weight, where he weighs 158 tons. Easily lifted a downned helicopter) | At least Class K | Class M (Can grapple and overpower Godzilla, who weighs 99,634 tons) | Class M, Higher with B.E.A.S.T. Glove

Travel Speed: Superhuman (His top bipedal running speed is 78 miles per hour), Higher with Quadrupedal running speed (His top quadrupedal running speed is 104 miles per hour) | Superhuman, Higher with Quadrupedal running speed | Superhuman, Higher with Quadrupedal running speed | Superhuman, Higher with Quadrupedal running speed

Attack Speed: Superhuman | Superhuman | Supersonic (Can fight and harm Godzilla, who can attack at supersonic speeds)| Supersonic

Reaction Speed: Superhuman | Superhuman | Supersonic | Supersonic

Stamina: Superhuman (Kong's fight with Godzilla lasted from night all the way into sunrise)

Range:

Tens of Meters through sheer size (Kong is 104 feet in size), Far Higher with Throwing (Can casually throw a tree from a far distance before he was even seen)

Hundreds of Meters (337 feet), Higher with Ancient Axe, Far Higher with Throwing

Intelligence: High Animalistic Intelligence (Even as a juvenille, destroyed several helicopters and slammed them hard enough to make them explode, manuvering around them and making them shoot each other by accident)

Knowledge: High Animalistic level

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Natural Weaponry (Kong possesses incredibly sharp teeth, allowing him to bite into an enemy), Acrobatics (Able to manuever and jump around helicopter gunfire), Animal Taming (Kong is able to tame the Hawk Monster as an ally), Longevity (The Kong species can live for millions of years), Large Size (Building Sized; Noted to have a height of 104 feet), Pierce Resistance (Standard Pierce Resistance; Took no damage from bullet fire from all directions), Enhanced Senses (Able to hear and help a Sker Buffalo that was pinned underneath a downed helicopter, able to see humans on a cliff in the dark fog of the night).

Resistance to Intimidation & Social Influencing (Kong was unaffected by King Ghidorah's alpha call, that woke up all the other titans and had them bow to him)

All previous powers and abilities, Weapon Usage (Axe Usage; Able to utilize a giant ancient axe in combat), Large Size (Skyscraper Sized; Kong is noted to have a height of 373 feet), Sound Manipulation (Noted to have a roar of up to 170 decibels).

Resistance to Poison Manipulation (Took a bite from the Warbat who can inject 9,800 gallons of venom in a single bite), Gravity Manipulation (Can withstand the gravitational inversion of Hollow Earth, which the entrance into Hollow Earth causes a gravity inversion feeling in a split second the gravity of an entire planet crushing one), Extreme Heats, Radiation Manipulation, & Matter Manipulation (Can take an atomic breath to his back, that's noted to reach about 20,000 degrees celcius, along with Godzilla's atomic breath being noted to be powered by nucleosynthetic glands in his throat, which is the creation of new atomic nuclei, the centers of atoms that are made up of protons and neutrons)

Absorption, Energy Manipulation & Explosion Manipulation (The axe can absorb Godzilla's atomic breath, and can use the energy to attack one in a massive energy explosion)

All previous powers and abilities

Same as before

Healing (The beast glove directly injects something into him to heal his frostbite), Electricity Manipulation (Kong can cause electricity to come from the glove such as when he punched the ground while sparks of electricity formed around the arm)

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Equipment

• Ancient Axe: In Godzilla vs. Kong, Kong discovers a 207.4-foot battle axe, also know as scepter, its blade made from what appears to be a Godzilla dorsal plate, that can absorb energy from the Hollow Earth, as well as Godzilla's atomic breath. In their final battle, the fully-charged axe is powerful enough to knock both him and Godzilla back, swung in a maneuver called the Aerial Axe Slash (空中戦斧 Kūchū senpu, lit. Aerial battle axe)</ref>. Even before it is charged, it is shown to be able to slash into Godzilla's thick hide, causing him to audibly roar out in pain. Godzilla voluntarily charges the axe again when he and Kong battle Mechagodzilla, allowing the ape Titan to quickly dismantle the machine. Kong can swing the axe at a top speed of 62 miles per hour. In PUBG Mobile and in the Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Godzilla DLC, it is also able to absorb Mechagodzilla's Proton Scream.
• B.E.A.S.T. Glove: After Kong had his arm suffer from frostbite from Shimo, the humans retrofitted him with a B.E.A.S.T. Glove made to counteract the likes of Godzilla. The arm is able to keep up with the likes of Evolved Godzilla and even knock him out.

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Notable Techniques

• Quake Slam: An attack that allows him to unleash a 4.2 magnitude punches.
• The Fin Breaker: An attack where Kong essentially breaks the dorsal fins within Kong.
• Aerial Axe Slash: An axe slash from the air where Kong slams it into the ground.
• Earth Break: Kong slams his axe into the ground to damage nearby enemies. Comes from Godzilla Battle Line.

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Other

Standard Tactics: As noted from a still card included in Toho's Godzilla vs Kong special set: "Kong has developed an epic brawler fight-style, using quick feet, aerial traversal and sheer feral strength to confuse and disorient his opponents".

Weaknesses: Kong has a disadvantage in combat around water, needing to force his opponent onto land to fight to the best of his ability.

Note: The opening to Godzilla vs. Kong is admitted by Adam Wingard, director of Godzilla vs. Kong to have some overlooked things in the statistics, though he mainly notes that heights and weight statistics were overlooked, thus using the opening for the atomic breaths energy value is perfectly fine.

Miscellaneous Feats

• Tanked a fall from the top of Hollow Earth.

Trivia

• The Monsterverse King Kong is the tallest version of the character to date, surpassing his 1962 incarnation by roughly 190 feet, or 58 meters.
• This incarnation of Kong is the second to appear alongside Godzilla, and the first to become his ally; Kong previously faced off against the King of the Monsters in King Kong vs. Godzilla.
• Kong's battle with Mechagodzilla marks the first instance of the character appearing alongside a monster which originated in a Godzilla film other than Godzilla himself.
  • He also previously fought Gorosaurus in King Kong Escapes (1967) prior to Gorosaurus joining the Godzilla series in Destroy All Monsters (1968).
• King Kong has possessed a beard previously on the manga adaptation for The King Kong Show
• Concept art shows Kong holding a giant bone as a weapon instead of an axe. An illustration used in tie-in media shows Kong with his battle axe and a torch made with a bone; it is unclear if the latter was ever considered for Godzilla vs. Kong.
• Kong originally had a scar on the left side of his face throughout Godzilla vs. Kong, as seen in early concepts and on the model used for pre-visualization scenes. It still appears in a Chinese poster, tie-in Instagram stickers, an illustration used in tie-in media, in the bust made by Prime 1 Studio, and on cover artwork of Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #2.

Battle Records

12 - 3 - 1

• Fox Squad - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skull Island

• Mire Squid - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skull Island

• Baby Skullscrawlers - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skull Island

• Skullcrawler - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skull Island

• Skullcrawler - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skull Island

• Killer Chameleon - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skull Island

• Grass Hedgehog - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skull Island

• Kraken - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skull Island

• Mother Longlegs - Fight
  • Conditions: None.
  • Location: Skull Island

• Mechagodzilla - Fight
  • Conditions: Godzilla and Kong teamed up to defeat Mechagodzilla and both were under extreme exhaustion.
  • Location: Hong Kong
  • Note: Mechagodzilla attacked Godzilla and Kong after their battle where both were greatly tired from the previous fight. If both were in their peak, Mechagodzilla would have likely been defeated by only one of them.

• Kongs - Fight
  • Conditions: The Kongs were jumping Kong.
  • Location: Hollow Earth

• Shimo & Skar - Fight
  • Conditions: Godzilla has help from Kong and Mothra, Shimo had help from Skar King.
  • Location: Hollow Earth to Rio
  • Note: Mothra several times during the battle helped Godzilla, such as when Shimo shot him with an ice blast before Mothra got in the way so Godzilla could break out. Godzilla also removed the mind control Shimo was under, making her join with Godzilla and Kong to defeat Skar.

• Godzilla - Fight
  • Conditions: The fight was on ships and in the ocean, giving Godzilla the ocean advantage.
  • Location: Random location in the Ocean
  • Note: Godzilla had the home field advantage as Kong cannot fight as well in the water.

• Godzilla - Fight
  • Conditions: This was a rematch. This time Kong had a battle axe that could absorb Godzilla's atomic breath.
  • Location: Hong Kong
  • Note: Midway through the fight a big explosion happened from Kong hitting Godzilla with the atomic breath amplified axe that dislocated his shoulder, greatly limiting his combat opportunities. Without it, Kong could've likely won.

• Skar & Shimo - Fight
  • Conditions: Skar got overpowered and summoned Shimo to help him.
  • Location: Hollow Earth
  • Note: Kong would've likely won the fight if Skar did not call in Shimo to aid him, giving Kong a frostbite arm and causing him to run away.

• Godzilla - Fight
  • Conditions: None
  • Location: Egypt
  • Note: Kong was holding back and not trying to fight him, instead bringing him to Hollow Earth, after Godzilla caught him off guard and was about to blast him with an atomic breath, Mothra came in to intervene causing the fight to end inconclusive. Without these elements here, Kong would've likely been the victor if he didn't hold back.