History Characters / KingKong2005

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When she first sees the burlesque venue a producer her referred to, Ann turned away in disgust despite already being broke and on the cusp of starving. She later turns down Carl's offer (at first) for a movie role because of his intend of having her play a tragic heroine, to which Ann firmly declares that [[ForHappiness she acts to make people laugh and smile.]]

* MoneyDearBoy: Averted or played with. Even though Carl tells him that film is a more economically viable industry than theatre, Jack claims he's not in it for the money, he just enjoys theatre. Jack's already wealthy and he did not want to go on an excruciatingly long boat journey to some island. Though Carl did stall him long enough to stay on the boat and finish the screenplay (plus script) by writing him a series of bad checks.

* ItCanThink: Implied to have caused a stampede on purpose to pick off the Brontosauruses who leave the safety of their herd. Confirmed in the ''World of Kong'' companion book, which explains that this is typical hunting behavior of the venatosaurs and, seemingly, they're the only predators of the brontosaurs because of this and in spite of the sauropods' size.

[[folder:Giant Centipedes]]
!!Giant Centipedes

Centipedes that are giant. Skull Island has many, but the genus seen in the film and the game are specifically ''Megapede''.

[[folder:Weta-Rexes]]
!!Weta-Rexes

[[folder:Foetodon]]
!!Foetodon

[[folder:Piranhadon]]
!!Piranhadon

[[folder:Brontosaurus]]
!!Brontosaurus

[[folder:Venatosaurus]]
!!Venatosaurus

[[folder:Ferrucutus]]
!!Ferrucutus

[[folder:Terapusmordax]]
!!Terapusmordax

[[folder:''Vastatosaurus Rex'']]
!!''Vastatosaurus Rex''

A descendant of the ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', these huge carnivores are the apex predators of Skull Island and are what happens when Nature goes a bit crazy and pumps a metric fuck-tonne of steroids into a Tyrannosaurus Rex over sixty five million years...

* AdaptationalWimp: Compared to the original Meat-Eater who was able to hold his own in a one on one fight with Kong and, according to the novelization, would have been able to kill Kong with a single well placed bite of his jaws. In contrast Kong was able to hold his own against three V-Rexes and survived multiple bites from them.

* TheDeterminator: They are absolutely determined to get some human meat for dinner and are willing to go against Kong in order to have a taste. Big mistake. Even while wrapped up in vines and suspended above a mountainous ravine, one V. rex still has eyes only for eating Ann and it crudely attempts to swing forward just to get a bite of her.

* HorrorHunger: These prehistoric monsters have a ravenous, insatiable appetite that causes them to act insanely aggressive. They relentlessly pursue Ann, even though Kong is clearly defending her, and refuse to retreat when he lays down an ass-whooping, which should be any animal's natural instinct. By the time of the film, it's established in tie-in books that there is barely enough food to go around on Skull Island as the V. rexes have spent too long at the top of the food chain and can no longer sustain themselves in the collapsing ecosystem.

* {{Jawbreaker}}: The third and last Rex was killed by Kong from having it's mouth forced open, and it's jaws shoved backwards. And as a MythologyGag, Kong then toys with it's broken jaw a bit before beating it's chest in victory, just like in the 1933 version.

* PrehistoricMonster: The designers knew that they weren't making a realistic tyrannosaurus but instead the "most terrifying thing that Kong could fight" in the film. As such, the ''V. rex'' is given crocodilian texture, a more serpentine body, scarred tissue, and oversized teeth that seemed to be jutting out of their skin.
* StealthyColossus: They can be eerily quiet when stalking their prey, with Ann almost failing to notice a second V. rex while crawling away from the first one she sees. Kong also fails to notice a third V. rex until it comes out of nowhere to attack him from behind.

* TRexpy: A descendant of ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', with a shorter skull, overlapping teeth and an additional finger. They're also ''much'' larger, nearly twice the weight.

[[folder:Carnictis]]
!!Carnictis

* ScrewMoneyIHaveRules: When she first sees the burlesque venue a producer her referred to, Ann turned away in disgust despite already being broke and on the cusp of starving. She later turns down Carl's offer (at first) for a movie role because of his intend of having her play a tragic heroine, to which Ann firmly declares that [[ForHappiness she acts to make people laugh and smile.]]

* SuperPersistentPredator: One chases Ann even when it has more substantial prey in its mouth. The others are equally single-minded in pursuing Ann, going out of their way to snap at her while Kong fends them off.

* {{Squick}}: Invoked all over the place. They're indisputably the most vile monstrosities Skull Island has to offer.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Not only are wetas real, but they do actually grow to be quite large by insect standards, though nowhere near as big as the ones in the film, nor are they particularly aggressive.

* AdaptationalBadass: His impressive feat of defeating a T. rex in the 1933 original is upgraded to him taking down ''three'' evolved Tyrannosaurs at once in the 2005 remake, all while carrying Ann in one hand. In general, he is far stronger, tougher and nimbler in this version of the story.

* AdaptationalBadass: His impressive feat of defeating a T. rex in the 1933 original is upgraded to him taking down ''three'' evolved Carnotosaurs at once in the 2005 remake, all while carrying Ann in one hand. In general, he is far stronger, tougher and nimbler in this version of the story.

* AchillesHeel: They have a key weakness that only a being of Kong's size and strength can exploit: prying open their massive jaws with his more dextrous hands.

* HorrorHunger: These prehistoric monsters have a ravenous, insatiable hunger that causes them to act insanely aggressive. They relentlessly pursue Ann, even though Kong is clearly defending her, and refuse to retreat when he lays down an ass-whooping, which should be any animal's natural instinct. By the time of the film, there is barely enough food to go around on Skull Island as the V. rexes have spent too long at the top of the food chain and can no longer sustain themselves.

* StealthyGiant: They can be eerily quiet when stalking their prey, with Ann almost failing to notice a second V. rex while crawling away from the first one she sees. Kong also fails to notice a third V. rex until it comes out of nowhere to attack him from behind.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes on one in New York as he's angry at the humans for chaining him up and supposedly stealing Ann from him. Then he goes after Jack (who deliberately challenging him to a chase so as to lure him out of the city where there's civilians). He does calm down when Ann runs to him.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The three ''V. rexes'' that attacked Kong all suffered gruesome deaths: two had their skulls bashed in, but the third takes the cake: its jaw was cracked and its head smashed in by the ape's mighty arms.

* SuperPersistentPredator: One chases Ann even when it has more substantial prey in its mouth.

* AllThereInTheManual: Most of them are not named in the film, but instead in promotional material and the companion book. Additionally, the book reveals animals that never made it into the film.

* CordonBleughChef: He makes poorly conceived meals such as lamb's brains in walnut sauce either because of a lack of funding or bizarre taste in cooking.

* PapaWolf: Refuses to let Jimmy join the search party headed for Skull Island's dense jungle and is furious when he discovers Jimmy snuck in, terrified of losing his inexperienced charge. His dying words are telling Jimmy are telling to stay close to Jack, concerned with his well being right up to the very end.

* CompositeCharacter: Combines the 1932 novel's version of Lumpy with Charlie, the 1933 film's Chinese cook,

* MsFanservice: Ann spends all of her time on Skull Island in her bare feet, wearing just a nightgown and a robe.

* StockDinosaurs: Their name is a lampshade hanging on it, and at the time technically not the name of a real species.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Many of them are the evolved descendants of dinosaurs which survived the Cretaceous extinction by hiding on Skull Island. This would indicate that Skull Island was immune to the extreme changes in temperature brought on following the end of the Mesozoic era such as the ice age, which today's scientists believe have contributed greatly to the non-avian dinosaurs extinction.

* NiceHat: Rocks a stylish sailor's cap that Jimmy starts wearing after Hayes' death.

* FluffyTamer: She is the only human that Kong that he really comes to like.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Denham is driven to complete ''his'' film in accordance with ''his'' vision. Even the eulogies he gives for Mike and Herb circle back to Denham finishing the picture, coming across very disingenuously caring.