King Kong is one of the best-known figures in cinema history.
 He and the series of films featuring him are frequently referenced in popular culture around the world.
 King Kong has achieved the stature of a pop-culture icon and modern myth.
 King Kong has inspired advertisements, cartoons, comic books, films, magazine covers, plays, poetry, political cartoons, short stories, television programmes, and other media.
 The forms of references to King Kong range from straight copies to parodies and humorous references.
Kong: The Animated Series was an American-Canadian television series for children that follows King Kong, the monster of the 1933 film of the same name.
 "Kong" was created to compete with "", and first aired on BKN in 2000.
 In May 2001, Fox Kids began airing reruns of the first 13 episodes.
 Then, Jetix began airing reruns on September 9, 2005, as a prelude to the release of Peter Jackson's "King Kong".
 Additionally, two direct-to-DVD movies based on the series were released: "Kong: King of Atlantis", where Kong fights to save the mythic island from a vicious snake sorceress (and which also contains three musical numbers; the only Kong film to do so) in 2005 and "Kong: Return to the Jungle", where poachers capture Kong and other animals from his island to sell to a zoo, in 2007.
King Kong is a 1933 American pre-Code monster adventure film directed and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack.
 The screenplay by James Ashmore Creelman and Ruth Rose was from an idea conceived by Cooper and Edgar Wallace.
 It stars Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot and Robert Armstrong, and opened in New York City on March 2, 1933, to rave reviews.
 It has been ranked by Rotten Tomatoes as the greatest horror film of all time and the twentieth greatest film of all time.
This is an alphabetical list of films featuring giant monsters, known in Japan as kaiju.
 One of the first films involving giant monsters was the 1933 classic "King Kong", as developments in cinema and animation enabled the creation of realistic giant creatures.
 The film influenced many giant-monster films in its wake, including many produced in Japan, starting with the adaptation "King Kong Appears in Edo" in 1938, which is now presumed to be a lost film.
 The visual effects in "King Kong", created by Willis O'Brien, inspired future monster film effects artists such as Ray Harryhausen and Dennis Muren.
 Early giant-monster films often had themes of adventure and exploration of unknown regions, and incorporated fights with giant monsters as a climactic element.
The Most Dangerous Game is a 1932 pre-Code adaptation of the 1924 short story of the same name by Richard Connell, the first film version of that story.
 The plot concerns a big game hunter on an island who hunts humans for sport.
 The film stars Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks, and "King Kong" leads Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong, and was made by a team including Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper, the co-directors of "King Kong" (1933).
 The film was shot at night on the "King Kong" jungle sets.
King Kong is a 2005 epic monster adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson.
 A remake of the 1933 film of the same name, the film stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and, through motion capture, Andy Serkis as the title character.
 Set in 1933, "King Kong" tells the story of an ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to the mysterious Skull Island.
 There they encounter Kong, a legendary giant gorilla, whom they capture and take to New York City.
King Kong vs. Godzilla (キングコング対ゴジラ , Kingu Kongu Tai Gojira ) is a 1962 Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring King Kong and Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho.
 It is the third film in the "Godzilla" franchise and Showa series and the first of two Japanese-produced films featuring King Kong.
 It is also the first time both characters appeared on film in color and widescreen.
 The film is directed by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and stars Tadao Takashima, Kenji Sahara, and Mie Hama.
 Produced as part of Toho's 30th anniversary celebration, this film remains the most attended of all the Godzilla films to date.
King Kong Escapes (released in Japan as Counterattack of King Kong (キングコングの逆襲 , Kingu Kongu no Gyakushū ) , is a 1967 Japanese-American science-fiction "kaiju" film featuring King Kong, co-produced by Toho and Rankin/Bass.
 The film is directed by Ishiro Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and stars Rhodes Reason, Linda Miller, Akira Takarada, Mie Hama, Eisei Amamoto, with Haruo Nakajima as King Kong and Yū Sekida as Mechani-Kong and Gorosaurus.
 The film was a loose adaptation of the Rankin/Bass Saturday morning cartoon series "The King Kong Show" and was the second and final Japanese-produced film featuring King Kong.
 "King Kong Escapes" was released in Japan on July 22, 1967 and released in the United States on June 19, 1968.
Mechani-Kong (Japanese: メカニコング , Hepburn: Mekanikongu ) is a remote-controlled robot double of King Kong introduced in the 1966 animated television series "The King Kong Show" and featured again in the 1967 film "King Kong Escapes".
 The robot was created by Dr. Who (not to be confused with the British television series or its main character) to kill the giant ape King Kong.
King Kong is a giant movie monster, resembling a giant ape, that has appeared in various media since 1933.
 The character first appeared in the 1933 film "King Kong" from RKO Pictures, which received universal acclaim upon its initial release and re-releases.
 A sequel quickly followed that same year with "The Son of Kong", featuring Little Kong.
 In the 1960s, Toho produced "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962), pitting a much larger Kong against Toho's own Godzilla, and "King Kong Escapes" (1967), based on "The King Kong Show" (1966–1969) from Rankin/Bass Productions.
 In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis produced a modern remake of the original film directed by John Guillermin.
 A sequel, "King Kong Lives", followed a decade later featuring a Lady Kong.
 Another remake of the original, this time set in 1933, was released in 2005 from filmmaker Peter Jackson.

Question: King Kong created in 1933 has been the inspiration for countless series’ what was the name of the American-Canadian television series aired in 2000 featuring him?
Answer: Kong: The Animated Series