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* [[Cataclysm Climax]]: Notably, the destruction of Skull Island in both the 1933 and 2005 versions does not happen in the main films themselves (in 1933, it happened in the sequel; in 2005, it is described only on the [[Expanded Universe|website]] and the special features on the DVD.
** The demise of Skull Island is further discussed in ''[[All There in the Manual|A Natural History Of Skull Island]]''.
* [[Chained Byby Fashion]]
* [[Clothing Damage]]: Sustained by Ann/Dwan, particularly in the '33 version when Kong tries to "peel" her like a banana.
** This is taken to insane extremes in the little-known Don Simpson "Monster Comics" adaptation. She's stripped completely down to her bra and panties. Likewise, Jack consistently loses bits and pieces of ''his'' clothing throughout his travails. By the time he and Ann get back to the wall, he's shirtless and his pants have been shredded to the point where it looks like he's wearing daisy dukes.
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* [[Epic Movie]]
* [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]]: ...particularly during the "shaken log" sequence, which both the 1933 and 1976 versions have. Subverted at first in the 2005 remake, where {{spoiler|Denham and most of his crew survive the fall, but then double-subverted when the insects attack and consume his entire crew}}.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Dinosaurs]]: As much a staple of the films as Kong himself.
** ''King Kong'' '33 features the famous fight between Kong and a T-Rex, as well as plenty of other dinosaurs.
** Godzilla in ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'', of course (he's kind of a dinosaur).
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** The V-Rexes and the stampeding Brontosaurs in ''King Kong'' '05.
*** Don't forget the '''RAPTORS!''' Oh, and the ceratopsian Ferrucutus in the extended version, as well as other dinosaurs.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Monkeys]]: Especially 50-foot gorillas. Which aren't really monkeys.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Skull Island. So much.
* [[Helicopter Flyswatter]]: Probably the [[Trope Maker]].
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== 1933 Film ==
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Safari and wildlife travelogues were pretty popular at the time, and a filmmaker like Carl Denham would have been famous.
* [[Cavemen vs. Astronauts Debate]]: The original film is a quite literal depiction of the [[Trope Namer|Trope-naming]] [[Angel (TV)|argument]]. Merian Cooper was a man fascinated by both the past and the future. He traveled the world studying primitive societies that had not changed for hundreds of years. He was also a bold innovator who made important advances in aviation and motion pictures, and talked in his later life about his wish that he could live long enough to travel in space. In ''[[King Kong]]'' this duality becomes a violent conflict between the mighty but savage Kong and the technology of the modern world. Cooper recognized that the modern world would eventually win, but in many ways his sympathies lay with the primitive.
* [[Expospeak]]: The opening lines are rather painful.
* [[Fan Service]]: Fay Wray wears a rather thin and clingy dress in the screen test scene.
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== 1976 Film ==
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Charles Grodin's "Fred Wilson".
* [[Dada Ad]]: [[In -Universe]] example with Kong's New York premiere. Given that he entered the stadium disguised as a giant Petrox gas pump, one could presume that this whole thing was a stealth ad for Wilson's oil company. Exactly what oil has to do with a 50-foot ape<ref>other than the fact that, a million years after he dies, Kong will become oil</ref> remains unclear.
{{quote| '''Wilson:''' [[Large Ham|ALL HAIL THE POWER]] OF ''KONG''! [sotto voce] ''And'' Petrox!}}
* [[Gorn]]: Kong's death.
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* [[Papa Wolf|Papa Silverback]]: If you're a ''Vastatosaurus'', don't even '''think''' about sneaking a nibble from Kong's new surrogate child, Ann.
* [[Serkis Folk]]: Quite literal: Andy Serkis provides both vocalizations and [[Motion Capture]] for Kong. He also plays the ship's cook.
* [[Spared Byby the Adaptation]]: In the FPS video game based on the film, Hayes has a much larger role as [[The Lancer]], and survives the events of the game. Meanwhile Preston, who survived in the film, has no significant role in the game other than [[Death Byby Adaptation|getting eaten by the first V-Rex fairly early on.]]
** There's also the unlockable bonus ending in which Kong ''survives'' , due to Jack and Captain Englehardt swooping in to save him in a bi-plane.
* [[Stock Scream]]: One sailor does a Wilhelm scream during the brontosaur stampede as he is knocked off the cliff.
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