King Kong

# Kaiju

* Kong
* Meat-eater
* Cave serpent
* Scavenger raven
* Muhuru
* Kongamato
* Mokele-mbembe

*Son of Kong (1933)*

* Kiko
* Dragon
* Triclonius
* Cave bear
* Loch-Ness monster

* Godzilla

* Gorosaurus
* Mechani-Kong

* Petrox Island python

* Baby Kong
* Lady Kong

* Vastatosaurus rex
* Venatosaurus saevidicus
* Brontosaurus baxteri
* Ferrucutus cerastes
* Ligocristus innocens
* Foetodon ferreus
* Piranhadon titanus
* Moonspider
* Scorpiopede
* Carnictis
* Deplector
* Decarnocimex
* Megapede
* W-rex
* Abyscidis
* Arachno-claw
* Terapusmordax obscenus

* Sker buffalo
* Mire squid
* Mother longlegs
* Spore mantis
* Leafwing
* Skullcrawler
* Eotriceratops xerinsularis

* Stone army
* Gigatyrannus servum
* Karablosaurus gigantis
* Chaetonychus brutalis
* Spinosuchosaurus arvalis
* Kronotyrannus optimum

# Films

## Showa

* King Kong (1933)
* Son of Kong (1933)
* King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
* King Kong Escapes (1967)

## Heisei

* King Kong (1976)
* King Kong Lives (1986)

## GoAnimate

* The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island (2019)

# Islands

## Showa

### Skull Mountain

In *King Kong*, the island is never mentioned by name and is located at approximately 12°S 78°E – somewhere off the coast of Periuk, Indonesia. There is a distinctive rocky knoll in the center of the island that is shaped like a human skull, which is referred to as "Skull Mountain".

According to the first film, the captain of a Norwegian barque discovered a canoe blown off course with only one native left alive. Before the native died, the captain of the barque was able to get a rough location of the island and some details on it, including its most distinctive feature - a huge wall built by the ancestors of the natives back when they had high civilization. When the protagonists of the picture arrive at the island and examine it they find, in addition to the expected superstitious natives, prehistoric creatures of all sorts and one extremely large ape, known by those on the island as "Kong".

Other than being the descendants of a high civilization, the ancestry of the natives is never explained.

In the sequel film *The Son of Kong*, Carl Denham returns to Skull Island when there was a mention of some treasure that was hidden there. He also encounters a large white gorilla who is the son of King Kong. Skull Island sinks into the sea during a powerful earthquake. Kong's son drowns while holding Carl Denham above the water. Denham survives unscathed, while the treasure is claimed by him and the other three survivors.

The term "Skull Island" is never used in the original films. In *King Kong*, only "Skull Mountain" is named, while in the sequel *Son of Kong*, its simply referred to as "Kong's island". In the novelization of *King Kong* by Delos Lovelace, it is called "Skull Mountain Island", but RKO referred to it as "Skull Island" in some of their publicity materials.

### Farou Island and Mondo Island

An expedition by Pacific Pharmaceuticals arrives on the island with the intention of finding the special Soma berries which only grow in the island's jungle. At first, they are not welcomed by the island's tribe, but relations improve after the expedition's members exchange modern goods with the natives, and they are allowed to head further into the island after hearing King Kong's roar. After an encounter with the Ganimes, the expedition returns to the native village, and Sanda and Gezora appears, trying to steal the Soma juice from a hut. After the Gargantuas (Gargantua Bros.) is repelled, Kong appears from the mountains, drinks several vases of Soma juice, and then falls asleep during the midst of a special chant carried out by the natives. The expedition force then sneaks Kong off the island, and onto a raft attached to a ship headed to Japan.

Mondo Island is the home of King Kong in *King Kong Escapes*. In the later film, it was also the home of Gorosaurus.

## Heisei

### Petrox Island

After hearing of a potentially massive hidden oil well located underneath a gigantic fog blanket in the Pacific Ocean west of Indonesia, Petrox Oil Company executive Fred Wilson prepared to lead a surveying expedition to find it. After the expedition's ship, the *Petrox Explorer* left New York, a stowaway primatologist named Jack Prescott was discovered on board. Wilson was convinced that Prescott was a spy from a rival oil company, but Prescott explained he had stowed away on the ship to see the hidden island that presumably contained the oil well himself. Prescott revealed that throughout history, there had been accounts of ships traveling into that fog blanket and discovering "the beach of the skull," where they reported seeing a gigantic ape-like creature. Prescott explained that he wanted to see just what exactly those explorers had seen. After some convincing, Wilson decided to allow Prescott to stay on the expedition as its official photographer. Along the way, the ship picked up a castaway named Dawn, an aspiring young actress who had been on board a yacht that suddenly exploded. When the ship reached the fog bank, it passed through and found a large island. Believing he had found the "big one," Wilson ordered a landing party to come ashore. Prescott and Dawn accompanied the party and landed on the beach. After traveling inland, the party discovered a gigantic wall. Wilson said the island was uninhabited and the wall must be ancient, but Prescott noted that the wall looked to be constantly maintained, meaning natives must live on the island. The party passed through the wall and found a village filled with natives, who were performing a religious ritual. The natives were upset at being disturbed, claiming they were preparing to offer a human sacrifice to their god, "Kong." However, the witch doctor saw Dawn and believed she would make a superior offering to Kong and offered to buy her from the crew. When they refused, the natives prepared to take her by force, but were scared off by the party's guns. The team returned to the *Petrox Explorer*, but a group of natives followed them and kidnapped Dawn.

Dawn was taken back to the village and adorned with native jewelry and tied to a pedestal outside the wall. The jungle shook as a giant ape, Kong himself, emerged from the jungle and grabbed Dawn before carrying her away. Kong brought Dawn to a clearing and set her down. Believing Kong was going to kill her, Dawn begged for her life, only to eventually realize Kong meant her no harm and was actually infatuated with her. Meanwhile, Prescott and several members of the expedition followed Kong into the interior of the island in an attempt to rescue Dawn. When they reached a fallen log spanning a chasm, they attempted to cross it, only for Kong to appear and throw the log into the chasm below. Only Prescott and another crew member named Boan survived. Prescott told Boan to return to the village, where Wilson had set up a base camp, while he continued his pursuit of Kong. Kong brought Dawn to his lair and prepared to undress her, only to be attacked by a giant boa constrictor. While Kong battled the boa, Prescott rescued Dawn and the two ran back to the village. Kong noticed and quickly tore the snake's jaws, then proceeded to chase after his bride. Once Prescott and Dawn reached the village, Wilson and his men set up a trap behind the wall: a pit filled with chloroform. When Kong reached the wall, he smashed the gate down and entered the village, only to fall into the pit and be knocked unconscious. The natives surrounded their fallen god and bowed. Since the oil deposits found on the island were of such low quality they were essentially worthless, Wilson decided to bring Kong back to New York and use him as an advertising gimmick for Petrox. Kong was loaded into the *Petrox Explorer*'s cargo hold, and the ship set sail for New York.

## Millennium

### Skull Island

Failing film director Carl Denham, in order to escape prosecution for fraud, assembled a crew to travel to the uncharted Skull Island and film his newest picture. After Denham found his leading lady, Ann Darrow, and tricked playwright Jack Driscoll into boarding the *Venture*, Denham set sail for the island. After months at sea, the *Venture* reached Skull Island, an ominous rocky island blanketed in fog and bearing a gigantic mountain in its center in the shape of a human skull. Denham and his crew set foot on the island, only to discover a hostile tribe of natives. The natives, attempted to kidnap Ann so they could sacrifice her to their god, "Kong," attacked Denham's party, killing one of them with a spear. Denham and his crew escaped back to the Venture, but were followed by the natives, who kidnapped Ann and brought her into their village to sacrifice her to Kong. Kong, a giant ape, arrived and grabbed Ann, carrying her off to his mountainous lair. Ann was worried Kong would kill her, but he seemed to be romantically interested in her. Ann used her dancing skills to try and entertain Kong, but when she fell he began to laugh. Kong then repeatedly knocked Ann over with his hand whenever she tried to dance until Ann became angry and yelled at him, causing Kong to storm off. While the *Venture* crew tried to find Ann, braving a Brontosaurus stampede and other dangers, Ann escaped from Kong's lair and wandered the island, only to come face-to-face with a Foetodon, a giant crocodile. Ann ran from the creature, only for it to be killed by a Vastatosaurus rex. The V-Rex saw Ann and chased after her, eventually leading her to a second V-Rex. Kong arrived in time to save Ann from the V-Rexes, only to be attacked by them both along with a third V-Rex. Kong defeated one, but he and the remaining two fell off a cliff and became entangled in vines. As Ann fell from the vines, Kong grabbed her and the two of them fell to the ground. One V-Rex was trapped, while the other jumped down and resumed its battle with Kong. Without any backup, the V-Rex was overwhelmed and killed when Kong broke its jaws. After being saved by Kong, Ann, out of gratitude for the beast, willingly allowed Kong to take her back to his lair.

Most of the *Venture* crew were sent to their deaths when Kong tossed the log bridge they were crossing into a chasm. There, they were attacked by various gigantic insects, who killed most of the men until Bruce Baxter arrived and rescued them. Jack decided to continue pursuing Kong while Denham and the others returned to the village. Jack reached Kong's lair and managed to grab Ann while Kong was distracted by a flock of Terapusmordax. The two of them jumped off the cliff of Kong's lair and into the water below before returning to the village. Kong pursued them and broke through the village wall, destroying the natives' village in search of Ann. Denham and his crew threw bottles of chloroform at Kong until he fell unconscious. Denham decided to bring Kong back to New York and put him on display, believing it would make him a fortune despite his inability to make a film on the island. Kong was loaded onto the *Venture* and brought back to New York, where he would be exhibited on Broadway.

## Legendary

### Isla De Craneo

Isla De Craneo, also known as Skull Island is once again the home of King Kong in this reboot to the franchise, which is set in the year 1973 and in the same universe as Legendary Pictures' *Godzilla*. Scenes featuring Skull Island were filmed in Hawaii and Vietnam. The island itself seems to be larger and more open and mountainous than in past versions, and the skeletons of various prehistoric species, including Kong's, litter its terrain. The island is also protected and surrounded by a perpetual storm system. Unlike the other depictions of Skull Islands, this island has an ecosystem similar to that of Africa or California. There are giant Sker Buffaloes, deer, a type of gigantic arachnid called the Mother Longlegs, and others. This island has a less exaggerated and fantasy-like ecosystem, with many species described as a fusion of plant and animal (known as "florafauna"). Under the island, there is an underground space connected to the island surface and inhabited by gigantic reptiles known as Skullcrawlers. The native human inhabitants are the Iwi, who worship Kong as their god and protector.

By the year 2024, Skull Island's ecosystem destabilized due to a massive storm that wiped out the forests and rendered it a frozen wasteland. The Iwi were wiped out in this natural disaster, save for the orphaned girl Jia. As a result, Kong had to be relocated to his ancestral homeland; the Hollow Earth, where he would establish himself as its new ruler.

## GoAnimate

### Kong Island

In the World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island, the island was named Kong Island. Unlike previous incarnations, Kong Island was situated in the infamous Bermuda Triangle, not the Indian Ocean. Although various prehistoric creatures are seen living there, Kong Island also contains some ruins where one of them serves as the prison of the demon, giant stone warrior.

# Locations

## New York

* World Trade Center
	+ In the final scene of the film, King Kong traveled towards the World Trade Center, as its two towers resemble a rock formation on Skull Island. Holding Dawn in his hand, he began scaling the South Tower (WTC 2) with Jack in pursuit. Once he reached the roof of the South Tower, he was repelled by soldiers on the roof carrying flamethrowers. He leapt between the South and North Tower, landing on the North Tower's roof. After ripping up and throwing pieces of the radio equipment at the soldiers, he threw a tank of flammable material at them, killing the men in a small explosion. A group of military Helicopters intercepted the Giant Ape, and King Kong fought them, destroying two of the helicopters. Unfortunately, the mounted machine guns of the remaining helicopters were too much for the primate to handle, and he grew weak from his injuries, falling off the tower and crushing the fountain at ground level. After hitting the ground, his heart stopped, and he died.
* New York City
	+ New York City (NYC), often simply called New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2019 population of 8,336,817 distributed over about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the State of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area. With almost 20 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and approximately 23 million in its combined statistical area, it is one of the world's most populous megacities. New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, significantly influencing commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports, and is the most photographed city in the world. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy, and has sometimes been called the capital of the world. Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City is composed of five boroughs, each of which is a county of the State of New York. The five boroughs—Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island—were created when local governments were consolidated into a single city in 1898. The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. New York is home to more than 3.2 million residents born outside the United States, the largest foreign-born population of any city in the world as of 2016. As of 2019, the New York metropolitan area is estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $2.0 trillion. If the New York metropolitan area were a sovereign state, it would have the eighth-largest economy in the world. New York is home to the highest number of billionaires of any city in the world. New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded on the southern tip of Manhattan Island by Dutch colonists in 1624. The settlement was named New Amsterdam (Dutch: *Nieuw Amsterdam*) in 1626 and was chartered as a city in 1653. The city came under English control in 1664 and was renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. The city was regained by the Dutch in July 1673 and was renamed New Orange for one year and three months; the city has been continuously named New York since November 1674. New York City was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest U.S. city since 1790. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the U.S. by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is a symbol of the U.S. and its ideals of liberty and peace. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a global node of creativity, entrepreneurship, and environmental sustainability, and as a symbol of freedom and cultural diversity. In 2019, New York was voted the greatest city in the world per a survey of over 30,000 people from 48 cities worldwide, citing its cultural diversity. Many districts and landmarks in New York City are well known, including three of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013. A record 62.8 million tourists visited New York City in 2017. Times Square is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Many of the city's landmarks, skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. The Empire State Building has become the global standard of reference to describe the height and length of other structures. Manhattan's real estate market is among the most expensive in the world. Providing continuous 24/7 service and contributing to the nickname *The City That Never Sleeps*, the New York City Subway is the largest single-operator rapid transit system worldwide, with 472 rail stations. The city has over 120 colleges and universities, including Columbia University, New York University, Rockefeller University, and the City University of New York system, which is the largest urban public university system in the United States. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the world's leading financial center and the most financially powerful city in the world, and is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.
	+ The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn on Long Island. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It was also the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its opening, with a main span of 1,595.5 feet and a deck 127 ft above mean high water. The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915.
	+ The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, California—the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula—to Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 across the strait. The bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco and California. It was initially designed by engineer Joseph Strauss in 1917. It has been declared one of the Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
* Empire State Building
	+ The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York. The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet and stands a total of 1,454 feet tall, including its antenna. The Empire State Building stood as the world's tallest building until the construction of the World Trade Center in 1970; following its collapse in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the city's tallest skyscraper until 2012. As of 2020, the building is the seventh-tallest building in New York City, the ninth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, the 49th-tallest in the world, and the sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.
* 42 Second Street
	+ 42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, running primarily in Midtown Manhattan and Hell's Kitchen. The street is the site of some of New York's best known buildings, including (east to west) the headquarters of the United Nations, Chrysler Building, Grand Central Terminal, New York Public Library Main Branch, Times Square, and the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
	+ The street is known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square, and as such is also the name of the region of the theater district (and, at times, the red-light district) near that intersection.

## Islands

* Skull mountain
	+ In *King Kong*, Skull Island is located at approximately, somewhere off the coast of Sumatra. There is a distinctive rocky knoll in the center of the island which is shaped like a human skull, hence its foreboding name.
	+ At first, it is thought of as deserted, but upon further examination by the protagonists of the picture, it is filled to the brim with superstitious natives, prehistoric creatures of all sorts, and one extremely large gorilla, known by those on the island as "Kong".
	+ The ancestry of the natives is never really explained, although the setting suggests they are a South East Asian group. Their barbaric portrayal in the film has provoked complaints and controversy ever since the movie's release. In the sequel film, *Son of Kong*, we last see Skull Island as it sinks into the sea. Kong's son drowns while holding Carl Denham above the water. Denham survives unscathed.
	+ Skull Island is never referred to by name on film. In the original film, only *Skull Mountain* is named, while in the sequel *Son of Kong*, its simply referred to as "Kong's Island". In the novelization of *King Kong* (1933) by Delos Lovelace, it's called *Skull Mountain Island*. But RKO referred to it as Skull Island in their publicity materials.
	+ *Kong: King of Skull Island*, a 2004 sequel-novel which ignores *Son of Kong*, makes an attempt to reveal the history of Skull Island before the events of the 1933 film's story.
* Faro island
	+ An expedition by Pacific Pharmaceuticals arrives on the island with the intention of finding the special Farolacton berries which only grow in the island's jungle. At first, they are not welcomed by the island's tribe, but relations improve after the expedition's members exchange modern goods with the natives, and they are allowed to head further into the island after hearing King Kong's roar. After an encounter with the Ganimes, a giant mutant crustacean-like monster the expedition returns to the native village, and the Gezora appears, trying to steal the Farolacton from a hut. After Kong arrives and defeats the Gargantua Bros. known as Gaira and Sanda, he proceeds to drink several vases of Farolacton offered to him and then falls asleep during the midst of a special chant carried out by the natives. The expedition force then sneaks Kong off the island, and onto a raft attached to a ship headed to Japan.
* Mondo island
	+ Mondo Island is the island home of King Kong in *King Kong Escapes*. In the latter film, it was also the home of Gorosaurus.
* Petrox island
	+ Though not called by name in the film (it is simply referred to as the *Beach of the Skull* by Jack Prescott), and lacking the distinctive skull outcropping, the island featured in the King Kong 1976 remake film is referenced as Skull Island within the film's soundtrack. The infrared satellite photo of the island featured in the shipboard briefing demonstrates that it is the island's outline, rather than its features, that is the cause of it being referred to as skull-like. This incarnation is also located in the Indian Ocean and is discovered by an oil drilling expedition. As in the original, the ancestry of the natives is never really explained and most seem to be West African. In this film's sequel *King Kong Lives* (1986), the island is mistakenly referred to by Hank Mitchell as *Kong Island.*
* Skull island
	+ The island of myth and legend.
* Isla de Craneo
	+ On April 7, 1973, Skull Island is discovered via satellite imagery. Monarch official William Randa approaches and convinces Senator Willis to allow Monarch to accompany Landsat on a mission to the island with military support before the Russians stumble onto their discovery and go there first. Despite the heavy casualties, the expedition is a success.
	+ When Monster Zero seemingly defeats Godzilla and becomes the new Alpha Titan, several creatures from Skull Island start to leave Skull Island to follow their new king. Hearing Ghidorah's call to hunt, the Skullcrawlers start waking from beneath the island and Kong has to make sure that none escape. After Godzilla kills Ghidorah and becomes the Alpha Titan again, it's revealed that numerous Titans begin converging on Skull Island as the island grows unstable.
	+ In 2021, Monarch had begun developing a more significant presence on Skull Island. Establishing numerous bases and outpost to not only observe Kong but also to find a way towards Hollow Earth. The island had began to suffer sever storms left over from Ghidorah's rampage that began to close in on the island. Eventually, the malevolent Titan known as Karablosaurus took advantage of the storm, hoping to use it to bring eternal darkness to Skull Island in order to thrive. Kong confronted and battled the creature and was nearly beaten. Fortunately, fighter pilot Audrey Burns managed to distract the creature long enough for Kong to beat him into submission before throwing him back down to the hole from which he came. However, the victory came at a cost as Karablosaurus had caused the storm to almost fully in close on Skull Island itself putting, many of the living creatures on Skull Island in danger, Kong himself included.
	+ In a 2024 morning, Kong wakes up as he begins his morning routine. He then finds a tree before he grabs and shears its leaves off, fashioning it into a spear. Kong is then greeted by the Iwi orphan Jia, who presents him a doll that she made to resemble him. After checking on Jia, Kong eventually throws the tree to the sky as it shatters the illusion and exposes the biodome Monarch had built to contain him, prompting him to roar in anger. Eventually it is revealed that before the biodome was created, the perpetual storms that once shielded the island's existence have slowly begun to overtake it and rendered it an inhospitable wasteland, the storms wiping out all the Iwi people except Jia in the process. In the novelization of the film, it was revealed that the storms overtaking the island were caused by residual energy left by Ghidorah during his attempt to dominate and destroy the Earth. As a result, one of the reasons why Monarch eventually decides to move Kong to the Hollow Earth is because Skull Island, as time passes, would no longer be stable enough to sustain or allow the giant ape to survive. Later in the film it is revealed that Kong's ancestors actually came from the Hollow Earth and that Skull Island is apparently a piece of the biome from the Hollow Earth ecosystem that somehow made its way to the surface, which explains the Titans' presence. In the process of Kong's relocation to the Hollow Earth, the Monarch outpost on the island was partly destroyed when the top was dismantled in order to lift Kong out and onto the ship. The fate of Skull Island's remaining fauna remains unknown but some may have returned to the Hollow Earth ecosystem as the storms worsened or were driven to extinction.
* Kong island
	+ In the series, the island is called Kong Island and rather than being situated in the Pacific, it is in the notorious Bermuda Triangle. As well as being home to a myriad of prehistoric wildlife, the island is also home to ruins in which the demon Giant Warrior is imprisoned. The island is also home to various extinct animals, prehistoric creatures and legendary beasts.