King Kong
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King Kong is a giant ape, and the star of a self-titled movie. He is known for climbing tall buildings and may be associated with Godzilla. In the future, Maximals will view him as a great leader.
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Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
Wheeljack saw King Kong when he patched his databank into a television broadcast of the movie. He was reminded of the ape when Devastator scaled the Empire State Building during a Transformer battle in New York City, and took a leaf out of the movie's book by remote-controlling some drone helicopters and sending them to attack him. When Devastator easily swatted the craft out of the air, Hound consoled Wheeljack by suggesting that maybe Devastator had seen the movie too. City of Steel
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
When the Actons arrived in Washington, D.C., Noah Acton was unimpressed with the Washington Monument, calling it a "toothpick for King Kong". Decepticon Graffiti!
Earthforce
The reporter Irwin Spoon considered Superion's destructive behaviour in upper New York State similar to that depicted in a Japanese monster movie. When Prowl didn't get the reference, he went on to cite King Kong as an example. Inside Story!
Beast Wars toy bios
King Kong was told to move over, as Optimus Primal was ready to rock! Optimus Primal bio
Beast Machines cartoon
An angry Cheetor asked Optimus Primal "Who died and made you King Kong?" A Wolf in the Fold
Beast Machines commercial
Optimus Primal hung on the side of a building, trying to explain a case of "mistaken identity" to an attacking Megatron: "I'm not King Kong; I told you I'm Optimus". YTV ad
IDW movie comics
The group that would become Sector Seven had, among other strange artifacts, a map of Skull Island in its possession. Movie Prequel #2
2005 IDW continuity
Action Man compared Kup to King Kong when the Autobot carried him up a building, noting that he was referring to the "old one" and not the "Vietnam metaphor." Strange Visitors
Notes
- In real life, the reason Optimus Primal and Megatron from Beast Wars were given the alternate forms of a gorilla and Tyrannosaurus rex, respectively, was to make a direct homage to the scene from King Kong where the title ape fights a Tyrannosaurus.[1]
- Irwin Spoon's citing of King Kong as a Japanese movie is incorrect. Although, King Kong has appeared in quite a few Japanese movies, the original movie was produced by Americans.
- Derek Connolly served as co-writer for the 2017 film, Kong: Skull Island.
- Just like with Godzilla, the sound design for King Kong's roar was provided by Erik Aadahl in the 2021 Godzilla vs. Kong film.
- Kong was voiced by Peter Cullen in the 1976 feature film, while Scott McNeil and Lee Tockar voiced him in animation and Dave Fennoy in video games.
References
External links
- King Kong on Wikizilla
- King Kong at Wikipedia
