King Kong (MonsterVerse)

1995: 62
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1995: 144ft (44.1690 meters)
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 Alignment | Chaotic Good

**King Kong**, or simply known as **Kong**, is one of the kaiju protagonists in the ongoing *MonsterVerse* franchise. He first appeared as one of the two main protagonists alongside James Conrad in the 2017 monster film *Kong: Skull Island* and reappears in 2021's *Godzilla vs. Kong*, in which he battles against Godzilla and Mechagodzilla.

## Background

The last of a race of huge ape-like 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 Kong's 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 in 1944. Nearly 30 years 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, 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. After fighting off a swarm of Hellhawks and killing Apex executive Maia Simmons, Kong 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. After 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.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Ape Titan Physiology:** Being the sole surviving member of the ape-like Titans, Kong possesses attributes not unlike regular apes albeit in massive scale, thus making him a formidable Titan as well as among few who nearly equals Godzilla in terms of overall combat parameters.
	+ **Advanced Strength:** Kong's primary power is his immense physical strength because of his humongous size and has enormously powerful arms. This makes him far greater than that of his kind, thus he is the second strongest Titan after Godzilla. However, Titans of similar strength like Godzilla and Mechagodzilla can harm Kong and, potentially, kill him. As an adolescent, Kong's tremendous strength allows him to throw a boulder around half his own size, uproot large trees and throw them a great distance at flying targets with accuracy, fight off a Mire Squid and kill it using his own muscles and also able to rip off Skull Devil's powerful tongue when it latched onto him, killing the alpha Skullcrawler. His punches can smash helicopters as well as incapacitate Skullcrawlers and can wrestle and pin the alpha to the ground by using sheer force. He was also capable of casually lifting a crashed helicopter off of a trapped Sker Buffalo with just one hand. Kong was even strong enough to break free from the anchor chains of a wrecked ship. Once he is fully grown in 2024, Kong possesses the strength to take on Godzilla. He was able to grab hold both of the alpha Titan's arms and keep him still before unleashing a devastating headbutt that knocks Godzilla back, despite Godzilla's attempts to claw and bite his face. Kong's punches were shown to make Godzilla stagger and even fall to the ground, but while his strength can stun and make Godzilla stagger, it did little to slow him down. Kong was also able to subdue Godzilla several times, even managing to use his momentum to toss Godzilla away and have distance from one another. Kong even made Godzilla roar in pain after he punched the latter's wounded thigh. Kong could also throw a Warbat with ease before smashing it against another and ripping its head clean off without its spine intact. Furthermore, Kong was also able to pull and drag a damaged aircraft carrier with his chains as well as crush a Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle containing Maia Simmons and her guards inside with just one hand. During the final fight with Mechagodzilla, after Godzilla charged Kong's axe, Kong pushed back Mechagodzilla's tail before cutting it off, then stopped the mecha's punch using his left arm with ease, when beforehand he was struggling to hold Mechagodzilla's tail back. Later, he was able to rip the robot's head off, pulling the spinal cord out with it.
		- **Advanced Leaping:** Kong's incredible strength extends to his legs, allowing him to leap great heights and distances. He was able to leap from a cargo ship onto a nearby destroyer and then an aircraft carrier in only two bounds in his first fight with Godzilla and can even leap from building to building during their second battle in Hong Kong.
	+ **Advanced Durability:** Kong appears to be tough and resilient as he is capable of withstanding great physical damage, partly because of his titanic size. However, Titans of similar strength like Godzilla can harm him and, potentially, kill him. As an adolescent, he is capable of withstanding bullets from military helicopters and bites from the Skullcrawlers, though he was still injured by these attacks. Kong can even survived getting set ablaze in a lake filled with napalm caused by Packard, despite being temporarily knocked out from oxygen depletion. During his battle with Godzilla in Hong Kong, despite being bitten, clawed, and tail whipped by the latter, Kong was able to withstand the majority of these attacks and the only things that actually affected him were his dislocated left arm and his heart slowing down from Godzilla stomping on his chest very hard which unluckily caused commotio cordis. Kong has also survived Godzilla's atomic breath, though he was visibly hurt by it. Kong can also survive Gravitational Inversion, a planet's owrth of gravity reversed in a split second.
	+ **Advanced Dexterity:** Like all apes, Kong has five fully opposable digits on each of his hands and feet, allowing him to grab objects and opponents firmly with ease.
	+ **Advanced Speed:** Regardless of his size, Kong's strong legs allow him to run incredibly fast. At one point, he is also shown to walk and run on fours in an almost ape-like fashion when entering the Hollow Earth.
	+ **Advanced Agility:** Kong is able to quickly dodge bullets from military helicopters and the Skullcrawlers that attack him from behind. He also has a body built for flexibility and can swing his long arms to make effective combat strikes. After the fleet was decimated by Godzilla and Kong was transported to Antarctica, he swung on the pipes inside of the entrance to the Hollow Earth with considerable speed. In their second fight in Hong Kong, Kong showcased his agility by climbing and swinging around buildings with ease despite his large size. With his agility, he was able to avoid Godzilla's atomic breath for a time, only being hit once in both of their fights.
	+ **Advanced Stamina:** Kong's musculature is considerably efficient. His virtually inexhaustible stamina enables him to exert himself at peak capacity for an undefined period of time without tiring at all, allowing him to fight longer durations against his formidable opponents such as Skullcrawlers, Mire Squids, Skull Devil, Camazotz, Warbats, Godzilla, and Mechagodzilla lasting several minutes.
	+ **Advanced Endurance:** Kong's endurance is shown to be high as he is capable of enduring powerful attacks from Skullcrawlers, Mire Squids, Skull Devil, Camazotz, Warbats, Godzilla, and Mechagodzilla, able to fight with all his might while ignoring the pain from injuries sustained from combating either opponents.
	+ **Advanced Healing Factor:** Kong was able to heal from his injuries sometime after his match with Mechagodzilla with assistance from Godzilla.
	+ **Advanced Senses:** Kong is granted with powerful acute senses, especially his sense of smell and hearing. He is able to sense a Mire Squid lurking near him while drinking from a lake and can also hear the cries of a trapped Sker Buffalo struggling to break free from the wreckage of a helicopter. In *Godzilla vs. Kong*, Kong was able to sense that he is trapped inside a dome-shaped facility that Monarch had constructed to contain him while out on the ocean, he was able to sense Godzilla approaching before the radar systems could detect him.
		- **Night Vision:** Kong's vision is powerfully acute to the point of allowing him to fully see clearly in darkness, enabling him to notice people standing on a cliff through the dead of night.
	+ **Communication/Sign Language:** By the time of *Godzilla vs. Kong*, Kong was taught sign language in order to communicate as Jia is currently the only person he trusts with this form of communication to the point he avoided using it when anyone else was around to see him do so. Kong is even able to speak a single word, simply by saying "Home". Given that Jia can communicate with him fluently and explain to him what is happening, it is very clear that Kong can understand sign language quite well.
	+ **Self-Sustenance:** As a Titan, Kong does not need to eat or sleep, but nevertheless must perform either to quickly replenish his strength and boost his natural healing factor from battles and other extreme activities. He is also shown to sleep each night out of habit shared by other living beings.

* **High-level Intellect/Master Tactician:** Kong is shown to be an intelligent beast, for he can differentiate his allies from his enemies. Most notably, he clearly recognizes Preston Packard and his men as threats but does not attempt to harm any other humans he comes across, even going out of his way to save Mason Weaver from drowning. He also takes advantage of his surroundings while fighting and can use tools as many primates do, which he shows by using boulders, trees, and other objects he can grasp as weapons. Kong's intelligence also allows him to anticipate enemy attacks and formulate strategies to deal them accordingly, which explains how he easily defeated a pair of Warbats and quick to analyze Godzilla's fighting style and power in order to maintain his ground against the veteran Titan. In his fight against the latter, Kong not only keeps preventing him from using it effectively by closing the distance and re-directing his head away from him, but also moves from one building to another so as not to become a sitting duck all while exploiting his battle axe's ability to absorb the latter's atomic breath to either defend himself or turn the alpha Titan's atomic breath against him. This, coupled with quick mastery of his axe that turned out crucial in defeating Mechagodzilla arguably among aspects in Kong that Godzilla admires since they both know brute force alone at times not enough in combating formidable adversaries.
* **Climbing Skills:** Kong is an excellent master of climbing as he is able to scale sheer cliffs and mountain faces with relative ease, mainly due to his size. He is also shown to climb buildings to avoid Godzilla's atomic breath during their battle in Hong Kong all while carefully placing his own weight over them so as not to topple them by mistake.
* **Swimming Skills:** Kong is known to be a decent swimmer as he is able to swim quite well, although he cannot hold his breath underwater for long periods of time.
* **Survival Skills:** Kong is a master survivor thanks to spending majorities of his life taming the wilderness in Skull Island, learning where to find food or water as well as overcoming dangerous situations.
	+ **Improvisation:** Among his skills, Kong has learned and apparently inspired by the Iwi to create something useful out from any object he can find, such as crafting a spear by shearing off a tree's leaves and branches.
	+ **Tool Usage:** Like all apes and his species, Kong is a tool user as he is capable of wielding any kind of object as a weapon for combat and self-defence, from trees and boulders to his ancestral axe. When combating Skull Devil, he uses a stripped tree trunk as a baseball bat to swing it against Skull Devil's face, used a ship's propeller attached to a chain as a flail to wound and pull the creature back toward him and even used the propeller as a saw blade to slice Skull Devil's throat open. In *Godzilla vs Kong*, Kong used a stripped tree as a spear to destroy a biodome Monarch had built to contain him, used a fighter jet as a dart to throw at Godzilla and later used a radio dish as a shield to block the latter's atomic breath during their battle in Hong Kong.
* **Advanced Combatant:** Kong is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, being able to perform a variety of punches, kicks and grapples during his fights with Skullcrawlers, Skull Devil, Mire Squids, Camazotz, Warbats, Godzilla and Mechagodzilla. His combat skills extends to the usage of objects or weapons, most notably his battle axe which he uses against Godzilla and Mechagodzilla.
	+ **Battle Axe Mastery:** Kong can offensively and defensively use his battle axe in his fights, as shown when he battled Godzilla and later Mechagodzilla.
* **Stealth:** Kong is shown to be stealthy, as he was able to sneak away from Godzilla and hide on the top of a building during their second battle in Hong Kong.
* **Sharp Teeth:** Like all apes and his species, Kong has sharp canine teeth that grant him a lethal bite. This was seen when he bites and tears off the tentacles of a Mire Squid after killing it. In *Godzilla vs. Kong*, Kong is briefly shown piercing Godzilla's neck very hard during their underwater fight, showing that his bite did hurt Godzilla quite a bit.

## Equipment

* **Battle Axe:** Kong's main weapon of choice is an ancient battle axe which he used to absorb energy from the Hollow Earth as well as Godzilla's atomic breath. In their final battle, the fully-charged weapon is powerful enough to knock both Kong and Godzilla back, and even before it is charged, it is shown to be able to slash into Godzilla's thick hide. Godzilla voluntarily charges the axe again when he and Kong battle Mechagodzilla, allowing the ape Titan to quickly dismantle the machine. Kong can also swing the axe at a top speed of 62 miles per hour. In *PUBG Mobile*, he was capable of using his axe to absorb Mechagodzilla's proton scream.

## Feats

### Strength

* Threw a tree at a helicopter.
* Smacked a helicopter and caused it to spiral.
* Punched another to the ground.
* Destroyed a helicopter with a stomp.
* Throws up the ground, and sends a man flying into a helicopter.
* Chucked a helicopter at another one.
* Tore a helicopter in half.
* Killed a Mire Squid with a stomp.
* Manhandled two juvenile Skullcrawlers.
* Smashed a large boulder over the Skull Devil's head.
* Pried open the Skull Devil's jaws.
* Stripped a tree and used it as a bat.
* Caught the Skull Devil by its throat.
* Broke free of large chains.
* Used a ship propeller as a grappling hook of sort, then pulled in the Skull Devil.
* Flipped and threw around the Skull Devil.
* Tore out the Skull Devil's tongue.
* Could chuck large trees at the roof of his enclosure.
* Pulled a damaged aircraft carrier with his chains.
* Staggered Godzilla with a lunging haymaker and shoved him off the aircraft carrier they were fighting on.
* Swung one Warbat into another with ease.
* Manhandled Godzilla whilst smashing him into a building.
* Could hurt Mechagodzilla with his axe.

### Speed

* Jumped over a helicopter.
* Jumped from cliff to cliff.
* Can catch fleeing helicopters.
* Can keep up with Skullcrawlers.
* Kept up with the Skull Devil in their fight.
* Leaped around on all fours when moving forward.
* When Kong emerged from the Hollow Earth to face Godzilla, he charged towards Godzilla in 5 seconds.
* Climbed up and jumped from building to building.
* Reacted to Godzilla's Atomic Breath.

### Durability

* Took only minor damage by the bullets from military helicopters.
* Can take attacks from Skullcrawlers.
* Was only temporarily knocked out for a few moments from a flaming explosion.
* Took some attacks from the Skull Devil.
* Took blows from Godzilla, including a blast to the back from the latter's Atomic Breath.
* Took blows from Mechagodzilla.

### Skill

* Easily destroyed a dozen helicopters.
* Effortlessly killed a Mire Squid.
* Fought and killed two Skullcrawlers.
* Fought and killed the Skull Devil, avenging the deaths of his parents.
* Rescued a Sker Buffalo that was pinned underneath a downed helicopter.
* Rescued Mason Weaver during his battle with the Skull Devil.
* Survived being ambushed by Packard and his men.
* Killed Packard.
* The only Titan aside from Godzilla and Mothra that didn't respond to King Ghidorah's Alpha Call which was able to command every other Titan, including Rodan.
* Prevented the Skullcrawlers from leaving Skull Island after they also heard Ghidorah's call.
* Briefly fought Godzilla and held his own even underwater.
* Discovered the Hollow Earth.
* Fought and killed a pair of Warbats.
* Fought off a swarm of Hellhawks.
* Killed Maia Simmons.
* Battled Godzilla again in Hong Kong.
* Saved Godzilla from being killed by Mechagodzilla and ultimately destroyed the artifical Titan with his axe.
* Found a new home in the Hollow Earth.

## Weaknesses

* He is still very young.
* **Limited Durability:** Although Kong's bodily tissues are resistant to damage, he does have his limits; for example, he can get wounded very easily, which was seen when the blades of a helicopter he fought grazed his hand very badly and when artillery rounds severely wounded his arm. Kong also has a poor resistance to fire; due to his thick fur, collapsing unconscious from the napalm and fire he was hit with after a few minutes. As an adult, Kong was nearly drowned by Godzilla when the latter pulled him into the depths of the ocean, taking advantage of his own water-breathing capabilities. While he holds his own in their Hong Kong battle, Kong is badly burned when he is hit by a blast of Godzilla's atomic breath, creating a burn mark on his back, though it quickly fizzled out and didn't seem to affect Kong shortly afterward. Kong is also rendered helpless and nearly killed once Godzilla unleashes his full fury against him in the Hong Kong battle, dislocating Kong's left arm, slashing him with his claws and even stomping on his chest.
* **Limited Stamina:** Despite his limitless stamina, Kong can still be worn out from extreme activities such as recurring fights against Godzilla and Mechagodzilla. After Godzilla stomped on his chest very hard which caused Kong to suffer commotio cordis, he eventually lost consciousness and collapsed passed out before regaining consciousness after Nathan Lind revived him by using a Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle as a defibrillator. After defeating Mechagodzilla, Kong slumped down to rest and catch his breath, only to be interrupted by the roar of Godzilla.
* **Limited Healing Factor:** Kong's healing factor is inferior than Godzilla's despite providing him longevity as much as the latter as he needs greater amounts of time to fully recover from injuries and therefore said injuries must be treated so as not to impair him. This was seen when he washed his arm to heal his wounds from a skirmish with several helicopters. Kong's wounds on his chest have also not healed yet.
* **Oxygen:** Unlike Godzilla, Kong cannot breathe underwater because his physical structure was that of a terrestrial creature since he was not entirely suited for water. If Kong remains underwater for too long, he will lose consciousness and eventually drown if not able to surface for air.
* **Limitations:** Because Kong was still an adolescent (at the time), he had yet to fully develop the the physical attributes of adult Titan, as he had difficulty defeating much larger opponent(s). However, since reaching adulthood in 2024, this is no longer a weakness for Kong.

## Fun Facts

* The MonsterVerse Kong is currently the largest incarnation of the ape kaiju to date.
* The outpost Kong lives on, Monarch Outpost 33, homages 1933, the year *King Kong* was released.
* Kong is similar to Godzilla in several ways; both are the last of their kind, both have a vendetta against their natural enemies (the Skullcrawlers and the M.U.T.O.s) who have killed the rest of their species, and both are portrayed as morally-neutral apex predators who maintain order and have no personal quarrel with humans.