KING KONG BATTLE ROYALE
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King Kong Battle Royale is a What If? Death Battle by DBDoctor13. It sees the 5 Live Action Versions of King Kong from the franchise of the same name battling it out to determine which one of Kong’s incarnations is the strongest.
Description: It’s a slobberknocker on Skull Island! King Kong is one of the most famous movie monsters in all of cinema, having appeared in various forms throughout his cinematic history. But which one is truly worthy of the title ‘King’? Will it be the original 1933, the Toho Kong, the 1976 Kong, the Peter Jackson Kong, or the MonsterVerse Kong that will emerge victorious? One thing is for sure, when the dust clears, there will only be one King to rule them all!
INTRO[]
(Music: Wiz & Boomstick- Brandon Yates)
Wiz: It began with an idea. One conceived by Marion C. Cooper which took on a face of a terrifying god that became a movie icon. Since then, there have been four other versions that have taken on the legendary name of this god.
Boomstick (Singing): Put your hands together, if you want to clap! As we take you through this monkey rap!
Boomstick starts making monkey noises and starts acting like a monkey while Wiz does a Picard-styled face-palm. He then recomposes himself.
Wiz: Today, we will determine which of these giant apes is truly worth of the title ‘King.’
Boomstick: The original 1933 King Kong.
Wiz: Toho Studios King Kong.
Boomstick: The 1976 King Kong.
Wiz: Peter Jackson’s 2005 Re-Imagining King Kong.
Boomstick: And the MonsterVerse’s King Kong. He’s Wiz, and I’m Boomstick!
Wiz: And it’s our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skill to find out who would win a Death Battle!
KING KONG (1933)[]
(Music: Death of Ymir 19 (30) by Glenn Gabriel Jansson)
Wiz: Carl Denham was a thrill-seeking adventurer looking to film exotic wildlife from its natural environment rather than create one artificially. The problem was that it was the Great Depression, and Carl needed a leading lady for his picture.
Boomstick: Enter one Ann Darrow!
(YAKKO & WAKKO: Helooooooooooo Nurse!)
Wiz: The film crew traveled on the ship known as The Venture and alongside first mate Jack Driscoll, discovered the fabled Skull Island; an uncharted area.
Boomstick: Population: everything that wants to kill you. Including the natives who saw Ann as the perfect sacrifice to their god; the mighty King Kong!
(Ann screams as a lightning-like animalistic roar is heard. The trees are shoved aside to reveal Kong as he looks down upon Anne.)
Boomstick: Aww…. That’s like the story of how my parents first met!
(Music: Power and Force 19 (30) by Igor Dvorkin)
Wiz: However, Kong surprisingly did not kill Ann. For some unexplained reason, he found himself infatuated with her. Thus, the mighty King defended her from what he deemed a threat. Fortunately, Kong’s immense size and strength was able to back him up. Standing at 50 feet tall and weighing 10,000 pounds, Kong is a powerhouse of a monster!
Boomstick: He can fight using his environment around him and even bite down on his foes using his teeth.
Wiz: The average biting strength of a gorilla is 1,300 PSI. Given Kong’s height, this would mean that Kong would be able to bite with a force of 65,000 PSI, which is ridiculous!
Boomstick: That’s nothing. He’s also strong enough to rip apart a T-Rex’s jaw, and even once broke out of chrome steel restraints! This would mean that Kong’s natural strength is greater than 325,000 PSI!
Wiz: That’s… actually correct, Boomstick.
Boomstick: I did a science!
Wiz: Kong’s also shown incredible tenacity having fought the various monsters of Skull Island over the years.
(Kong is seen battling with a T-Rex as he duplexes the T-Rex in reverse.)
Boomstick holds up a sign reading 9.5 as Wiz holds up a sign reading 10. Wiz looks at his co-host confused.
Boomstick: Sorry, Wiz. I had to take points off for the effects at the time. That was totally green screened.
Wiz: You really don’t watch a whole lot of movies, do you?
Boomstick: Eh, rule of 3, 6 of 8’s, it’s all the same.
(Music: Stampede And Hunt (30) by James Brett)
Wiz: Moving on, Kong was even able to briefly resist some improvised gas bombs!
(Kong is seen struggling as Carl and the rescue party eventually subdue him.)
Boomstick: But not for long.
Wiz: Right, Denham eventually realized Kong would be a much more lucrative way of making money if he were brought before the people in person.
(DENHAM: Well, the whole world will pay to see this. CAPTAIN: No chains will ever hold that. DENHAM: We’ll give him more than chains. He’s always been King of his world. But we’ll teach him fear! We’re millionaires, boys, I’ll share it with all of you. Why, in a few months, it’ll be up in lights on Broadway: ‘Kong – the Eighth Wonder of the World!’)
Wiz: Always a good sign when your greed starts talking for you.
Boomstick: I call that good marketing PR. So after knocking out the God of Skull Island, Denham took Kong into New York City to display him on Broadway before a live audience.
Wiz (Sarcastically): Yeah, no. That makes total perfect sense! Put the giant Gorilla in one of the largest cities in America where millions of people are and even by the standards of that time, were unkind to each other. I can’t possibly see anything going wrong.
Boomstick: Glad to see you’ve come to thinking my way, Wiz. You’re just jealous because you didn’t think of it first…
(We see Kong break through his restraints and begin his rampage through the big city.)
Wiz (Smirking): You were saying?
Boomstick: Oh. Well, Kong once again captured Anne and took her to he top of the Empire State Building. There, he made one last stand against the military airplanes until he was brutally shot down. But it wasn’t the planes that killed him. It was beauty that killed the beast!
Wiz: Even with his shortcomings, Kong was one ferocious beast the likes of which wouldn’t be seen again. At least until 8 months later.
Boomstick: But 29 years later, we’d get the return of the King. King Kong, I mean. Not the Lord of the Rings sequel…
(Kong is seen pounding on his chest hard.)
TOHO KING KONG[]
(Music: Playing Cards 2 by Gavin Burrough)
Wiz: The year was 1962. The United States Navy SEALS had been established, Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro…
Boomstick: And GIANT FREAKING MOSTERS WERE SPOTTED ALL OVER JAPAN!!!
Wiz: While many other monsters had fought prior to this year, this year would see a battle only dreamed of beforehand. Enter one Mr. Tako; head of the Japanese company known as Pacific Pharmaceuticals.
Boomstick: Isn’t he also the same guy who created Taco Bell?
Wiz: Mr. Tako was frustrated with having to rely on television sponsors and wanted to bring in something more independent to boost his ratings.
Boomstick: I dunno what he’s complaining about! He’s running a drug manufacturing system all right. Though I guess he’d need more money to show him how to not ham it up so much.
Wiz: Fortunately for Mr. Tako, he got more than he bargained for when he traveled to Farou Island. The Pharmaceutical head had recently heard legends of giant berries. These giant pieces of fruit were said to be a miracle cure for virtually any needs. But upon arriving on Farou Island, Mr. Tako found something much more lucrative…
(Kong is shown appearing over the mountains in Farou Island.)
(Music: Shamisen Chikara by Pete Masitti)
Boomstick (Bursting out laughing): Oh my- oh my god!! He looks so ridiculous!
Wiz: This was also King Kong. Standing at 148 feet tall and weighing in at around 607,545,492 pounds, this version of King Kong is… well, the most unique version of the character.
Boomstick: Really?! Seems like we’re kind of blowing it a bit early if THIS is the weirdest. Anyways, he’s got your standard big Monkey Boy powers including sharp teeth, punching really hard, and basically stomping around everywhere. But like Wiz mentioned, Japan’s Kong has got a few other tricks up his non-existent sleeves.
Wiz: Toho’s Kong is strong enough to rip a giant octopus off its body, tough enough to break another kaiju’s jaw…
Boomstick: And able to burst through a FREAKING MOUNTAIN LIKE HE WAS THE KOOL-AID MAN! OH YEAH!!
Wiz: He also showed incredible skill against his first Toho film opponent who also happened to be the face of the Japanese Studio’s company…
(Images of Japan are shown.)
Boomstick (Realizing): Oh no. There goes Tokyo.
Wiz: Yeah. It’s Godzilla.
(Godzilla is shown giving his iconic roar.)
Boomstick: Well, Toho Kong was actually able to resist Godzilla’s atomic breath which we know can melt metal and leave targets with dangerously high levels of nuclear radiation. If they’re not completely decimated by the blast of course.
Wiz: To melt metal as he did to some power station lines, Godzilla’s breath would need to be hotter than 1,510 degrees Celsius or 2,750 degrees Fahrenheit. And Toho Kong resisted that breath. Not only that, in a surprising move for Japan, Toho Kong was strong enough to pin Godzilla down and ultimately kill him.
(Music: Brain Repair by Terry Devine-King)
Boomstick: Heh. Take that, Japan. Well afterwards, Kong’s existence was later discovered by a scientist named… DR. WHO?!
Wiz: Um… probably a different Doctor Who.
Boomstick: Aw, so it’s not Peter Cushing then?
Wiz slaps his hand over his eyes in annoyance.
Wiz: Who kidnapped Kong and hypnotized him to mine a special substance. Somehow… Kong eventually resisted the hypnosis.
Boomstick: WHAT THE FUCK?! HOW IS THIS SUCH A GODDAMN FUCKING AWESOME GIANT MONKEY?! WHERE CAN I GET ONE?!
Wiz: Oh, this gets even crazier. In addition to surviving atomic energy and resisting hypnosis, Kong has survived massive explosions, massive falls, bullet shots, and most surprisingly electricity.
Boomstick: I think we’ve found Kong Jesus, Wiz.
Wiz: The Electricity aspect of Toho Kong is indeed the most bizarre not only was Kong able to walk through a power line containing one million volts running through it, but somehow, some way, he is able to absorb electricity itself. He can even heal himself from grave injuries, or expel the power to shock opponents. With this power, he was able to take down the King of the Monsters and even the mechanical duplicate Mecha-Kong.
Boomstick: I… I don’t even…
Boomstick freezes up. Wiz waves his hand in front of his face, realizing this fact has broken his co-host. Wiz takes an adrenaline shot and stabs it into Boomstick’s neck as he suddenly comes back.
Boomstick: AGH, WHATTHEFUCK?!?
Wiz: Lastly, Toho Kong has an impressive intelligence as demonstrated with his fight against Godzilla when he lured his foe into a trap. He can even understand some people to an extent. But Toho Kong is not without his flaws. He can be pretty clumsy at times and can be overwhelmed if there is too much happening at once.
Boomstick: But despite all that, Toho’s Kong proved to be a worthy foe. At least until they lost the rights almost five years after gaining them.
Wiz: But this would not be the last time that Kong fought Kaiju. Though that story is for later. For now, let’s take a journey ahead nine years onwards.
(Kong is seen shoving a tree down Godzilla’s throat.)
KING KONG 1976[]
(Music: Errie Calm by Paul Mottram)
Wiz: The year was 1976, John Travolta had discovered Disco, Jimmy Carter had been elected President of the United States, and companies were beginning to expand their powers looking to dominate each other in any way possible one such company was Petrox Oil. Hoping to gain an advantage over other fuel companies, Petrox Executive Fred Wilson set out to find new plentiful oil deposit. Having obtained a classified map from the United States Government, Wilson believed that there was a hidden island concealed by a fog bank that would have all the oil he’d need and then some.
Boomstick: But The Dude had snuck onboard with a warning about where they were heading.
(JACK PRESCOT: You see, in 1605, Piero Fernandez DeQuerez was blown south from Timetang. He wrote in his logs of piercing the white veil. That’s obviously the cloud bank. And landing on the beach of the skull… Where he heard the roar of the greatest beast. The rest of that long entry unfortunately was suppressed by the Holy Office in Rome. In 1749, a waterlogged lifeboat was found in the same area, it was empty, but drawn in blood on the thwart was the likeness of some huge, slouchy humanoid thing. And this strange warning… “From the wedding with the creature who touches Heaven, lady, God preserve thee.” I also heard of a note in a bottle written by a dying Japanese submariner in 1944. I haven’t been able to track that one down.)
Wiz: Despite these warnings, Wilson pressed on after saving the life of a shipwrecked actress Dwan. Arriving on the island, the natives wanted to use Dwan and took her to be a sacrifice for their god.
Boomstick: Spoilers; it was Kong.
(Dwan looks up to see the mighty Kong who pounds his chest and roars violently. Dawn screams loudly as she struggles against her restraints.)
(Music: Sunda by Barrie Gledden)
Wiz: Coming in at 50 feet tall and weighing in at 14,000 pounds, 1976 King Kong is surprisingly the most durable Kong so far despite not being from a Skull Island inhabited with Dinosaurs.
Boomstick:…WHAT?!
Wiz: Regardless, he’s still strong enough to shatter a giant wooden wall with only 8 strikes, strong enough to rip apart the jaws of a snake the same height he is and can completely flatten a man under his foot.
(Kong is seen looking down on a fallen Wilson as the executive screams in horror. Kong roars lifting his foot before bringing it down, killing Wilson.)
Boomstick: Take that, corporations.
Wiz: He also has surprisingly good aim as he was able to precisely throw a giant bolder directly onto a jeep despite being a good distance away. He’s even been shown to bend metal with his hands.
Boomstick: Not to mention he’s surprisingly durable. After falling into a river, 1976 Kong ended up smashing his head against a rock which left a pool of blood in the water.
Wiz: This would imply he suffered a skin and skull fracture. Despite that, he was all healed up in the next scene he was in like nothing had happened!
(Music: Hunted by David O'Brien)
Boomstick: Hell, he later took a bunch of multiple boulders to the head at once which left him buried up to his neck like he was in a ball pit. He was just fine!
Wiz: Sadly, Kong was kidnapped from his home after Fred Wilson discovered the oil on Skull Island was worthless. Instead, the greedy executive decided to display Kong back in America to make-up for the money of the trip and as a means of boosting Petrox with an exclusive exhibit.
Boomstick: But it of course went horribly wrong.
(Kong is seen breaking out of Wilson’s display and stomping on Fred again.)
Boomstick (Sighing): Ah, I could loop that all day. IN FACT…
(We see a repeated loop of Fred getting stomped similar to Boomstick looping Hercule Satan getting slapped away by Cell in Hercule Satan vs Dan Hibiki.)
Boomstick: Heh-heh. Nice.
Wiz: Of course, Kong tried to take Dwan whom he had gained affection for, taking her to…
(The scene suddenly shows Jack Driscoll looking upon the World Trade Center as it reminds him of the highest point in Kong’s lair on Skull Island.)
Wiz and Boomstick look uncomfortable at the implications. They turn to see the yellow elephant from Ben 10 vs Green Lantern sitting in a chair while drinking tea.
Wiz: Moving on… Kong took her to the highest point before the military took him down with a combination of heavy machineguns and flamethrowers. Kong eventually fell down to his doom. Once again it was beauty that killed the best.
(Dwan cries hysterically as she is swarmed by reporters.)
Wiz: Or so it appeared.
Boomstick: WHAT?!
(Music: Sticky Rescue by Ceiri Torjussen)
Wiz: It turns out Kong had simply been placed into a comatose state. His heartbeat was failing, and he was eventually given an artificial heart. However, we will not be using the heart as it does not add much to Kong’s abilities and is more of a hindrance. Seeing as how the heart contained a failsafe that could drug Kong with an anesthetic directly into his body.
Boomstick: Man, I know people were doing drugs during the 70’s, but this is ridiculous. Well, despite being able to take more damage than me after multiple divorces, Kong is still not without his flaws. He does appear to go for more aggressive action over tactical planning. Even though he was able to survive being shot from multiple areas for a time after receiving his new heart. Kong eventually succumbed to his wounds.
Wiz: But Kong did not die in vain. It turns out there was another female member of Kong’s species who was pregnant with Kong’s child. Though the King of Skull Island did die, he kept the military away long enough for his species to get away safely and for his son to be born into the world. Perhaps the legend of King Kong would continue to live on after all.
(Kong is seen smashing up a subway and roaring angrily.)
KING KONG 2005[]
(Music: War of the Machines by Bob Bradley)
Wiz: Let’s go back in time to another reality. It was 1933. The Great Depression had hit New York and many people were suffering because of it. Enter one Carl Denham. Although close to financially bankrupt, Denham had a dream to journey to an unknown land to record what he thought would be his masterpiece. He had recently been given a map thanks to his nephew Will Denham who had recently undergone an expedition to explore a mysterious island known as Skull Island. Carl thought it would be the perfect place to film his magnum opus. But unfortunately, he was missing a female lead.
(CARL DENHAM: Fay’s a size four. PRESTON: Yes, she is. But she’s doing a picture with RKO. CARL DENHAM: Cooper, huh? I might’ve known.)
Boomstick: Fortunately, he just so happened to find the perfect actress who was struggling to get work; Ann Darrow. What a coincidence!
Wiz: Alongside screenwriter Jack Driscoll along with more than enough film crew and adventurers, Carl set off upon the SS Venture and eventually discovered the legendary Skull Island.
Boomstick: But big twist; it wasn’t uninhabited. So the natives kidnapped Ann and prepared to sacrifice her to their god; a giant gorilla known as King Kong. What a shock.
(Kong is seen busting through the theater in New York.)
Wiz: The 2005 King Kong comes in at 25 feet tall and weighing in at 10,000 pounds. He has put that power to good use in his time as king. During the original expedition to map Skull Island, Kong managed to notice and catch a falling jeep in under 5 seconds! This means that Peter Jackson’s Kong was able to react at about 0.000026841 times the speed of light!
Boomstick: He’s tossed large stone structures like nobody’s business, knocked off the antenna of the Empire State Building, and even ripped apart the jaws of this Jurassic World Reject T-Rex.
Wiz: That’s the Vasatarous Rex, Boomstick. While we don’t know its exact weight, we can compare it to what we know of a real-life T-Rex. Most have been estimated to weigh 9 tons or 18,000 pounds. Meaning that the 2005 King Kong managed to rip the jaws off of a creature that weighed more than Kong himself!
Boomstick: Goddamn. I really need to hit the gym and work out more.
(Music: Take Action by Joe Kraemer)
Wiz: He’s also very agile and acrobatic, able to make large jumps and swing from trees even while carrying Ann. Plus, much like his original counterpart, the Peter Jackson King Kong was able to carry Ann up the Empire State Building without dropping her.
Boomstick: He’s tanked gunfire from a Thompson Submachine Gun which can fire up to 800 rpm.
Wiz: Child’s play, Boomstick. That’s compared to the fact that he survived getting hit by explosive rounds from a tank. Plus, in his final battle against the airplanes atop the Empire State Building, Kong managed to swat away a few and even caught and threw a plane down to the ground without falling off.
Boomstick: Sadly, this is where it all starts going downhill from here.
Wiz: This version of Kong is a bit mindless and can easily be distracted. Also, if given enough chloroform, he will be knocked out. Finally, he can die in the traditional sense of taking too much damage and falling from too great a height. But despite those flaws, Kong did learn to care for Ann and ultimately sacrificed himself in his last stand against the biplanes.
Boomstick: So the planes got him in the end.
(CARL DENHAM: It wasn’t the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.)
MONSTERVERSE KING KONG[]
(Music: Speed Racer by Adam Drake)
Wiz: Let’s take one more trip back in time and simultaneously forward again. In yet another world, the year was 1973. The Vietnam War was about to end, but the United States Government was not entirely ready to pull out of Vietnam just yet.
Boomstick: As it turns out, the United States had encountered a certain giant lizard-like monster during World War II which they’d later try and fail to kill with their hydrogen bomb tests during the 50’s. Gee, who would’ve thought that man-made weapons would do shit against a giant monster?
Wiz: This was the beginning of the organization called Monarch; a secret branch of the United States government meant to catalogue and study various giant monsters to prepare humanity so that it would survive these apex predators.
Boomstick: So when a satellite picked up a photo of a mysterious island that could possibly be home to these giant monsters, Monarch imminently got the bigwigs to send them to Skull Island. Alongside the Sky Devils helicopter squadron, their intense leader Preston Packard, former British SAS tracker James Conrad, and anti-war photographer Mason Weaver, Monarch sent a few of its agents to map out this mysterious island before anyone else could get a chance to. Can you blame ‘em though. I’d never let anyone get the drop on me in discovering something first.
Wiz smiles and presses a remote which drops Boomstick. Wiz grabs his wallet and looks through there.
Wiz: Oh look, a $50 gift card for Doordash! Anyways, once they began mapping Skull Island, the motley individuals would come face-to-face with the Island’s King.
([A large tree is thrown straight into a helicopter, causing it to instantly explode. Everyone looks out as a giant figure begins to rise.] JACK CHAPMAN: Is that a monkey?)
(Music: Red Alert by David O'Brien)
Wiz: This was King Kong. God of Skull Island. Surprisingly, this is the only version of Kong besides the Toho version to be shown specifically as a monster that mainly walks on two feet and no hands, much like humans.
Boomstick: Huh, I should check out 23 & Me to see if we’re related by any chance. Well, regardless, this Kong is rather different from most other incarnations in many ways. Coming in at 334.6 feet tall and weighing in at 353,920 Pounds, the MonsterVerse Kong is already an improvement over the previous versions we’ve covered as he stood up to the air vehicles only and put them all in their place.
Wiz: Though you might be amazed to know that Kong is actually a rather just being in this continuity. Despite being the last of his kind, Kong genuinely cares for those that worship him and respect him.
Boomstick: Last of his kind, huh. Welp, here’s to you, buddy.
Boomstick cracks open a beer and chugs from it.
Wiz: He’s even been shown to be comparable to the Monsterverse’s Godzilla who weighs 223,180,160 Pounds. With Godzilla’s help, he was even shown to be comparable to the MonsterVerse Mechagodzilla who should be slightly stronger than Godzilla given his mechanical nature.
(Music: Intergalactic 2 by Bob Bradley)
Boomstick: Man, America can never get away from giant robots, can they?
Wiz: Well, Mechagodzilla was originally Japanese…
Boomstick: Legendary King Kong has also shown to be as fast as helicopters able to reach 218 miles per hour. And much like his Toho Counterpart, Kong is great at making high jumps, and swinging around structures.
Wiz: But Kong wouldn’t be king without the strength to prove it. Fortunately, he has shown to be stronger than the Skullcrawlers; the monsters that roamed Skull Island and killed Kong’s birth parents. We know that the strongest Skulllcrawler weighed up to 100 tons, meaning Kong is stronger than 220,462 pounds! In addition, the MonsterVerse Kong is extremely durable as he survived a napalm attack and multiple gunshot wounds from attack helicopters.
Boomstick: And his durability is the stuff that true legends are made of. He somehow managed to heal his arm after it was dislocated by Legendary Godzilla by simply popping it back into place via slamming his shoulder into a building!
(Music: Quantum Float by Dan Weniger)
Wiz: Further revelations reveal that Kong can actually communicate with humans using a special sign language. Not to mention, he’s quite intelligent when it comes to using his surroundings to his advantage. Anything he sees he can figure out almost instantly how to use in order to outsmart enemies.
Boomstick: But this Kong also carries a weapon! A giant 204 Foot battle axe which can absorb radiation like Godzilla’s atomic breath. Kong can swing this at a speed of 62 miles per-hour and when this thing is fully-charged, it can be strong enough to cut up foes like Mechagodzilla!
Wiz: It’s no surprise that Kong has a number of impressive victories over foes usually assumed to be stronger and faster than him. He does have a number of weaknesses though. Unlike his Toho incarnation, he is not immune to Godzilla’s atomic breath and repeated exposure is deadly to him. He also lost his fight to Godzilla fair-and-square. He nearly died because of it, but thanks to some Monarch agents, he was able to come back to life to aid Godzilla against Mechagodzilla. But perhaps his most impressive act was his ability to concede to Kong.
Boomstick: WHAT?!
Wiz: To be fair, Kong had discovered the Hollow Earth; a lost civilization close to the core of Earth which was similar in geology to Skull Island. Seeing as how he now had a proper home to call his own, Kong chose to let Godzilla keep his crown above while Kong would finally find what none of his other incarnations managed to find; a home to live in peace.
Boomstick: Aw. But despite that good ending, Kong was able to prove why he will always be the legendary King of Skull Island.
([Packard sees Kong wake up and rise to his feet. Kong looks down at Packard angrily. The disturbed Helicopter Squad leader stares him down defiantly while holding a detonator.] PACKARD: Die, you motherf... [Kong crushes him.])
DEATH BATTLE![]
Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. Let’s end this debate once and for all.
Boomstick: It’s time for a DEATH BATTTTLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
PRE-FIGHT[]
(Music: Kongfrontation Clash by Therewolf Media & Brandon Yates)
We open on Skull Island as the original King Kong overlooks the land from a mountain. He beats his chest and roars with a loud commanding voice. He then hears a T-Rex roar from bellow and jumps down to investigate. The original 8th Wonder of the World slides down a slope and eventually finds the T-Rex which roars upon noticing Kong. The first King of Skull Island roars back but stops when the sound of something being cut is heard. We hear something dropping down fast as the Toho Kong lands atop the T-Rex cushioned by both the dinosaur’s weight and a net that Toho Kong was dropped from.
Before either has time to comprehend what has happened, the trees begin to shake and eventually part to reveal Paramount’s King Kong who growls confused to see two pretenders to his title. Things are escalated when a nearby stone structure breaks apart as Peter Jackson’s King Kong smashes through and beats his chest equally confused and angry as to why there are now three other versions of himself. Finally, the ground begins to shake and move. A large hand shoots out from beneath the Earth as the MonsterVerse Kong rises up and growls angrily at his new foes. All the Kongs roar loudly at the same time as they stare down each other.
FIGHT![]
The RKO Kong quickly picks up a series of rocks and flings them at the Paramount Pictures Kong. The 1976 counterpart stands there as the boulders harmlessly bounce off his chest given his massive size. He retaliates with a mighty punch to the 1933 version’s body sending him flying away. The Dino DeLaurentis Kong roars only for Toho Kong to shove a tree into the 1976 version’s mouth. However, the 1976 Kong bites down hard on the tree, munching it around in his mouth before spitting the remains into Toho Kong’s face. This takes the Japanese-based Kong off-guard and allows 1976 Kong to push him off and begin smashing the Kaiju Kong’s chest in with his foot.
Meanwhile, the 2005 Kong finds himself squaring off against the MonsterVerse Counterpart. The Legendary Pictures King Kong smashes up the ground with his giant fists while the 2005 Kong jumps and leaps around the fists that strike the ground hard enough to leave large imprints in the ground. Eventually, Peter Jackson’s Kong manages to swing around a tree breaking it off in the process. Using this opportunity, the 2005 Kong smashes it into the back of the MonsterVerse Kong’s leg. This does nothing as MonsterVerse Kong simply uses the opportunity to grab the 2005 Counterpart and begins to squeeze hard. Peter Jackson’s Kong roars in pain as we hear the breaking of bones. With no other option, the 2005 Kong rears his head back bites down on the giant finger crushing him with all his might. MonsterVerse Kong drops him and the Universal Studios Kong bites down on his toe.
Cutting to a further distance away. RKO Kong groans getting back up after being swatted away like a fly. Looking around, he sees many dinosaurs and other creatures native to Skull Island. A smile appears on his face as a plan begins to form.
Cutting back to the battle, we get a split shot of ’76 Kong biting into the leg of Toho Kong and ripping off his flesh and fur, while 2005 Kong gets crushed under the giant foot of MonsterVerse Kong. However, there is a feral cry that makes all Kongs stop and look in the direction of the cry. We then see RKO Kong chasing the monsters and dinosaurs towards the battle. A herd of stegosaurs puncture Toho Kong’s foot causing him to drop to the ground as he gets trampled by some of the dinosaurs. 1976 Kong looks back to see the original King Kong running towards him. 1976 Kong grabs a nearby giant snake and tosses it at the RKO version only for him to grab it and use it as a whip around 1976 Kong’s neck. RKO Kong pulls him in close and punches him in the chin only to find it barely scratches him. 1976 Kong grins and brings his hands together, squashing the original Kong between them. He then undoes the makeshift snake lasso around his neck and throws it at Peter Jackson’s Kong who is busy fighting off some startled brontosaurus. The snake bites down into 2005 Kong’s back as he growls seeing what happened as 1976 Kong reels him in.
Over with MonsterVerse Kong, he takes the opportunity to move over to the fallen Toho Kong and begins slamming his foot down hard on the monster repeatedly. The MonsterVerse King of Skull Island pounds his chest triumphantly as he grabs down on Toho Kong’s right arm and pulls it off with all his might, causing blood to splatter everywhere. Toho Kong roars in pain as The clouds above start to darken. Toho Kong grins as a giant lightning bolt quickly descends towards the Earth. The Kongs see this and leap for cover as the lightning bolt strikes causing a massive burst of electricity that fries the other monsters around them.
The Kongs look back to see the Toho Kong has recovered and the wound is cauterized. He reaches down picking up the skeletal remains of a T-Rex and slams it into where the arm once was. He beats his chest with his remaining hand and runs at the other Kongs. MonsterVerse Kong looks down and sees the ground is a bit unstable and begins beating down on the ground. Before Toho Kong can reach them, the ground gives way and the remaining Kongs begin free-falling.
As they fall, they pass by a number of Terapusmordax and Hellhawks which awake upon hearing the descent of the apes. Flying down, they attempt to take a bite out of each Kong only for the Kongs to grab and crush them or swat the flying creatures into the rocky side of the pit that they are falling into. Finally, the Kongs see the water below. Toho Kong summons another bolt of lightning, so MonsterVerse Kong grabs the wall as does the 1976 Kong. Peter Jackson’s Kong attempts to do so as well, but Toho Kong catches both a Terapusmordax and a Hellhawk in each hand and throws them into the Universal Kong’s arms as they bite down, causing him to miss and get incinerated by the lightning blast.
The 1976 Kong drops down, but Legendary Kong stops noticing two things. The first is the impact from the flying monsters. A few drops of water are shown to be dripping from where the beasts impacted meaning there’s water behind there. Then MonsterVerse Kong sees a familiar-looking battle-axe embedded into the side of the wall not far from where he is.
1976 Kong brings his fists together and brings them down on Toho Kong’s Head. He follows this up with a haymaker strike to the jaw and a powerful gut punch. However, Toho Kong roars almost in mock laughter. He grabs 1976 Kong by the head and repeatedly smashes him against the wall causing boulders to come crashing down. Finally, Toho Kong rushes the Paramount Kong with the T-Rex skull in his stump, impaling the 1976 Kong with it. Toho Kong tosses him to the side and looks back up only to get struck across the face by MonsterVerse Kong’s battle axe. The two remaining Kongs stare each other down with hatred.
Finally, they rush at each other with MonsterVerse Kong slicing off some of Toho Kong’s stomach causing copious amounts of blood to start pouring out. MonsterVerse Kong then finishes the swing by striking the nearby wall hard enough to leave a noticeable crack in there. Toho Kong laughs and swipes at MonsterVerse Kong’s feet, sending him into the air before punching him back into the nearby wall that he struck. Toho Kong summons another bolt of lightning, but that’s when MonsterVerse Kong plays his giant paw and rolls to the left as a burst of water erupts from the wall quickly going up to their knees. MonsterVerse Kong leaps upward as Toho Kong tries to do the same, but MonsterVerse Kong throws his axe which cuts off Toho Kong’s feet, causing him to drop as the lightning hits both Toho Kong and the water.
We cut back to the surface as we see MonsterVerse Kong emerge from the hole and begin to beat his chest letting out a triumphant roar. The Legendary King Kong suddenly stops looking out to sea noticing a few bubbles coming from bellow. Out of nowhere, a giant mechanical ape arises beating its chest. The victorious King Kong roars and takes off to challenge this new foe.
K.O.![]
ANNOUNCER: K.O.!
RESULTS[]
Boomstick: HOLLY ****! **** **** ***** *** **** ****!!! THAT WAS AMAZING!!!
Wiz: This battle was truly fascinating to look at. Despite essentially being the same character in different situations, each Kong held its own fair share of strengths and weaknesses.
Boomstick: Yes, the original might be great in his own right, but he was the smallest, slowest, and weakest of the Kongs. There was sadly no way he was coming out on top.
Wiz: Meanwhile, the 2005 Kong had his own strengths in speed and his strength let him survive for a while, but he too was inevitably not as fast as his successors.
Boomstick: The 1976 Kong surprisingly had a lot more power than you’d think. Coming out at 4,000 pounds stronger than the RKO Version and the 2005 Version. Damn. Who knew these Kongs were so buff?!
Wiz: While his speed was helpful, it didn’t matter when compared to both the size and power of Toho’s King Kong and the MonsterVerse King Kong.
Boomstick: Yeah, Wiz, how’d that happen?! The Kaiju Kong is clearly stronger than the MonsterVerse Kong.
Wiz: True, but strength isn’t always anything. While in some scenarios, Toho Kong could possibly overpower MonsterVerse Kong, he couldn’t reach the speeds that MonsterVerse Kong demonstrated in his fights with the choppers which put him around 3 times the speed of light! While summoning lightning was a possibility for a victory, the MonsterVerse Kong has had a history of strategizing and overpowering tougher foes especially in the heat of battle. Like his fight against his own universe's version of Godzilla when he realized the Legendary King of the Monsters had an advantage fighting in the water and tried to get him out of the sea to have a better advantage. Although he did not technically win the battle, it was enough to help drive Godzilla away with some help from Monarch. Meanwhile, the Toho Kong isn’t exactly a tactical genius and could not keep up with MonsterVerse Kong’s thinking. Once Legendary’s King Kong figured out the electricity and saw the water to fry him entirely, it was pretty much game over. Each Kong certainly had the right to be king of their own versions of Skull Island, but it was the speed, quick thinking, and resourcefulness of the MonsterVerse King Kong that proved enough to come out on top.
Boomstick: That was one great Kongclusion.
Wiz: The winner is the MonsterVerse King Kong.
TRIVIA[]
The connections between the combatants is that they are all different versions of King Kong in different interpretations.
This is DBDoctor13’s most ambitious Death Battle and as of 2021, the first to feature the most combatants in any of DBDoctor13's fights with five in total.
The track title of Kongfrontation Clash is a reference to how all of the combatants are all the live-action versions of King Kong throughout the ages fighting for dominance. It also references the former Universal Studios Florida attraction Kongfrontation. The ride ran from the park's opening on June 7th, 1990 until September 8th, 2002 when it was torn down to make way for Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride. However, Kong would later return to Universal Florida over at Islands of Adventure with the 2016 opening of Skull Island: Reign of Kong.
This fight was originally supposed to come out on the day 2021's Godzilla VS Kong was released, but due to COVID-19, DBDoctor13 decided to wait to rent it digitally and decided to include material from the film as well.
Wiz and Boomstick reference the Godzilla song by Blue Oyster Cult when they discuss Toho Kong’s 1962 Encounter with the King of the Monsters.
Boomstick refers to 1976 Driscoll as ‘The Dude.’ This is because 1976 Driscoll was played by Jeff Bridges who among his most famous roles is known for playing Jeffery ‘The Dude’ Lebowski in the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski.
The Yellow Elephant from Ben 10 VS Green Lantern returns when Wiz and Boomstick recount the ending to the 1976 Kong and realize he climbs up the then-standing Twin Towers rather than the Empire State Building.
In the 2005 Kong segment, it is mentioned that the Peter Jackson version of Carl Denham got the map from his nephew Will Denham. This is in reference to the Universal Studios Orlando attraction; Skull Island: Reign of Kong. The ride is ambiguous as to when in the Peter Jackson continuity it is set, but the ride features Will who mentions his uncle is a filmmaker and wants to make movies like him. Given the fact that Will seems to encounter Kong with surprise strongly suggests the ride is a prequel to the Jackson film. Another piece of evidence is the fact that since the riders are exploring and documenting Skull Island, this could have led to the creation of the map which Will could have then passed along to Carl. While Denham in the Jackson film says that the map came from a lone survivor of an expedition to Skull Island, it’s not unreasonable to believe he was referring to Will.
The design of the Skull Island featured in the fight is a mixture of the various live-action versions seeing as how all the monsters from each of the various Kong continuities appear in there.
MechaniKong appears at the end of the fight in reference to the second Toho Kong film. Originally, DBDoctor13 wanted to have Godzilla show up, but given how the MonsterVerse Kong and Godzilla fights went, he felt it did not make much sense for Godzilla to show up in this version especially with how the 2021 Godzilla VS Kong film ended.