King Kong (Toho)
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| Toho character | |
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| King Kong | |
| Species | Giant Gorilla |
| Height | 1 million metres |
| Weight | 1 septillion tons |
| Major enemies | Oodako Godzilla Gorosaurus Mechani-Kong |
| First appearance | King Kong vs. Godzilla |
| Created by | Merian C. Cooper |
| Portrayed by | Shoichi Hirose Haruo Nakajima |
King Kong is a fictional monster, greatly based on the titular character from the 1933 film King Kong. He appeared in Toho Studio's successful film King Kong vs. Godzilla and would later reappear in film King Kong Escapes. This King Kong differs slightly from the original in size and abilities.
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[edit] Powers and Abilities
This incarnation of King Kong has the intelligence and colossal strength of its American predecessor, but also has some powers relating to electricity. He has demonstrated the abilities to become stronger once charged with the electricity from pylons, become completely regenerated upon hearing thunder storms and can conduct electricity through its hands and harness it as a weapon. These ability were only seen in King Kong vs. Godzilla. This version is also considerably larger than the original, in an attempt to make him an even match for Godzilla.
[edit] Movie Appearances
[edit] King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong lived on a island called Faro Island and was worshipped as a god by the natives on the island until a pharmaceutical company decided to take Kong to Japan as a sponsor. The leading men Tako, Sakurai and Kinsaburo successfully captured Kong, but on their way to Japan, Tako accidentally blows up the raft covered in dynamite Kong was sleeping on.
Kong wakes up after the explosion and swims off to Japan. In a valley, King Kong meets Godzilla and they go into battle. After Kong throws some rocks at Godzilla, the king shots his atomic ray at Kong and the giant ape retreats. After his battle with Godzilla, Kong attacks Tokyo, and has a woman hostage with him. The JSDF drop some capsules with Kong's favorite berry juice from Faro, and is put to sleep. The next morning, the JSDF drop Kong from a balloon air-lift in the Mt. Fuji area where Godzilla is located to make the two giants fight to the death.
Godzilla had an advantage in the beginning, but Kong begins to get the advantage when an electric storm hits him and uses his electrical power to do damage on Godzilla. In the end, Kong and Godzilla fall off a cliff and hurl into the ocean and a few minutes later, Kong resufaces from the water and swims back to his home.
[edit] King Kong Escapes
In the sequel, King Kong goes up against his robotic counterpart, Mechani-Kong, invented by the evil genius Dr. Who to dig for a radioactive element called "Element X". After Mechani-Kong fails to do this, Dr. Who kidnaps the real Kong and hypnotizes him to dig for Element X. Kong eventually snaps out of it and swims to Tokyo to finish it with his mechanical enemy.
In this film, King Kong's appearance is quite different, and he lacks the electrical powers seen in King Kong vs. Godzilla, leading to the possibility that he is in fact a different King Kong altogether. There is however no proof either way.
| Toho Tokusatsu | |
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| Kaiju / Mecha: | Anguirus · Baragon · Battra · Biollante · Dagahra · Death Ghidorah · Destoroyah · Dogora · Ebirah · Frankenstein · Gabara · Ganimes · Gezora · Giant Condor · Gigan · Godzilla · Godzilla Junior · Godzillasaurus · Gorosaurus · Hedorah · Jet Jaguar · Kamacuras · Kameba · King Caesar · King Ghidorah · King Kong · Kumonga · Leo · Magma · Manda · Mechagodzilla · Mechani-Kong · Megalon · Megaguirus · Minilla · Moguera · Monster X · Mothra · Oodako · Orga · Rodan · SpaceGodzilla · Titanosaurus · Varan · Zilla |
| Technology: | Oxygen Destroyer · Markalite · Gotengo · Super X |
| Other: | Fictional locations · Alien races · Monsterland and Monster Island |
