King Kong (Showa)

King Kong, or simply known as Kong, was a giant species of gorilla that appeared in King Kong vs Godzilla. In the film, Kong lived on Farou Island and was worshipped by the residents. However, Kong would be exported by Mr. Tako's expedition team for advertising purposes, of course. However, Kong would go rouge and eventually meet up with Godzilla. However, in their first duel, Kong got cold feet and retreated. Kong would rampage in Tokyo but would be sedated and transported to Mount Fuji for his final fight with Godzilla. While Kong was nearly beaten to death, he was revived by lightning and fought again with Godzilla, eventually winning/tying with Godzilla before swimming back to his island.

***Note: This page only covers the Showa version of King Kong. For the MonsterVerse version, see here: King Kong (MonsterVerse)***

## Powers & Abilities

### Lightning Abilities

Though he may seem like a normal gorilla, this version of King Kong is the only version to have a specific power, and that is actually absorbing lightning. This is because the film was originally meant to be King Kong vs Frankenstein, where King Kong would battle it out with one of Dr. Frankenstein's monster, which could absorb lightning and hurt King Kong. However, once the film was changed to King Kong vs Godzilla, Frankenstein monster's powers were given to King Kong to even out the odds. Kong's lightning is quite powerful and effective against Godzilla, though this may be due to Godzilla's weakness to lightning in this film. Kong's lightning was such a power increase that it turned the fight from Kong nearly dying to Kong actually beating/tying with Godzilla. Kong was able to toss around the 20,000 ton Godzilla and through him by the tail like he weighed nothing.

### Physical abilities

Even without his electricity abilities, Kong is actually pretty powerful due to his sheer muscle. Kong was able to throw around Godzilla like a professional wrestler. He was also able to tear off the Giant Octopus off his face. The Giant Octopus is actually quite powerful, as it killed Frankenstein in the American version of Frankenstein vs Baragon, and put up a good fight against Gaira in War of the Gargantuas. Kong was also able to easily tear through Tokyo city.

### Intelligence

Due to being an ape, Kong actually is quite smart. In his second and third battle with Godzilla, Kong would grab rocks to use as ranged weapons, making up for the fact that he has no ranged weapons. In quite an infamous scene, Kong also used trees to shove down Godzilla's throat.

### Durability

Along with strength, King Kong's muscle provides him with his durability. Kong has able to tank point blank beams of Atomic breath and beatings from the King of the Monsters. Kong's durability allows him to constantly prolong a fight. His fur also allows some protection. However, some of this durability may be due to the fact that Godzilla's aim wasn't the greatest, he still survived several hits from the beam.

## Feats

* Easily defeated the Giant Octopus
* Survived getting blown up
* Tanked several beams of Atomic breath
* Teared through Tokyo like it was nothing
* Survived point blank beams of Atomic breath
* After getting the lightning boost, became even with Godzilla

## On this wiki

### Finished Battles:

**King Kong and Godzilla (1962) vs Godzilla and Kong (2021)**

### Win-to-Loss ratio

* General depiction
* Win-Loss ratio

The Showa version of King Kong has appeared in one battle so far. Click the other button to see his win-to-loss ratio.

**Battle Record**

* Wins: 0
* Losses: 1
* Draws: 0