King Kong

King Kong is a giant ape, and the star of a self-titled movie. He is known for being from obscure lands, climbing tall buildings, and being associated with Godzilla. In the future, Maximals will view him as a great leader.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

"Quick! Get a bunch of Ransacks!"

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

These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

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

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 "[[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Kong: Skull Island|{{#if:Vietnam metaphor|Vietnam metaphor|Kong: Skull Island}}]]." Strange Visitors

Notes

• Beast Wars Optimus Primal and Megatron were given the alternate forms of a gorilla and Tyrannosaurus rex, respectively, to make a direct homage to the scene from King Kong where the title ape fights a Tyrannosaurus.<ref>Botcon 2004 Interview with Vinnie D'Alleva, p2</ref>
• In the Marvel UK comic, Irwin Spoon's citing of King Kong as a Japanese movie is incorrect. Although King Kong has appeared in Japanese films, his original movie was produced by Americans.
• Derek Connolly served as co-writer for the 2017 film, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Kong: Skull Island|{{#if:||Kong: Skull Island}}]].
• Just like with Godzilla, the sound design for King Kong's roar was provided by Erik Aadahl in the 2021 [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Godzilla vs. Kong|{{#if:||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.
• Simon Furman served as the writer to the 2025 comic series Return to Skull Island, continuing the Skull Island Netflix series.

References

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External links

• [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}King Kong|{{#if:||King Kong}}]] at Wikipedia
• King Kong at Wikizilla