History Film / GodzillaXKongTheNewEmpire

** There are a few moments where the camera frames Kong and Suko the same way as [[VideoGame/GodOfWar2018 Kratos and Atreus]].

* ChestInsignia: The other members of Kong's species are shown to have red handprints that are imprinted on their upper torsos. Given that Skar King has left behind a BloodyHandprint on specific locales, it's very likely that he has them in a position where he deliberately has them in ''his'' ownership as their ruler.

** This also happens to [[spoiler:Skar King's main enforcer (the one that initially goes to alert Skar King to Kong's arrival) during the gravity surge in the climax after Suko knocks him off a rock he was climbing to try and attack him.]]

* EasilyForgiven: Twice Suko attempts to kill Kong by luring him into a trap, but both times Kong doesn't retaliate, although it's at least partly due to his curiosity of where the other giant apes come from. Kong does share a portion of the Gatorsnake with Suko, so he holds no hard feelings over the young ape trying to get him eaten by it.

** Also how Kong [[spoiler: kills the Gator-Snake offscreen. We see some troubled water after it drags him under, but as Suko walks away assuming Kong to be dead he's suddenly tripped by the Gator-Snake's severed head--Kong emerging after having decapitated it.]]

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Kong kills the Gator-Snake and throws its severed head near Suko.]]

** How Kong kills [[spoiler:the Gator-Snake in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.]]

* SoLastSeason: In his first confrontation against [[spoiler:Shimo]], Kong attempts to block and absorb it with his axe the way he did Godzilla's Atomic Breath[=/=]Heat Ray. This backfires badly enough that [[spoiler: it badly maims Kong's right arm]]. Ilene and Bernie note that Kong won't be able to defeat the Skar King and his army alone, realizing they need Godzilla's help.

** Remains of MechaGodzilla are in Monarch facilities.
** Project Powerhouse was built from the MechaGodzilla technology.

** Red-painted apes (logal to Skar King) are called "Red-Stripes."

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Godzilla has grown drastically more powerful since the events of ''Godzilla vs. Kong''. Tiamat, who has a reputation within the Monsterverse for being extremely deadly and powerful, is killed by Godzilla with barely any effort whatsoever. And this is ''before'' Godzilla attains his new, even stronger form.

* EnemyMine: Kong attempts to get Godzilla to help in his battle against the Skar King and his army, which ends in him attacking Kong in Egypt, tearing apart the Great Pyramid of Giza, but [[spoiler:with Mothra's help in stopping the fight]] they ultimately join forces to defeat the Skar King and his army.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Subverted: Godzilla and Kong don't particularly like each other following the events of ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', with the former attacking the latter on sight when they meet in Egypt. [[spoiler:However, by the climax, Mothra's already got them to bury the hatchet and they're completely on the same page when the FinalBattle starts.]]

* MadeOfIron: Suko [[spoiler: even after being used as a makeshift bludgeon by Kong to hit other apes with displays no broken bones and keeps on going.]]
** Skar King even during the FinalBattle [[spoiler: gets punched and smacked around like a ragdoll by shrugs it off and keeps on going.]]

* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler: it's implied Suko being the son of the BigBad was also constantly abused and was denied any food only scraps making him malnutrition and also implied the scar on his eye was given to him by his implied father.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Shimo is chained and abused by the Skar King and is kept subservient by a controlling crystal. Once the crystal is shattered by Suko, she wastes no time in freezing her former master, allowing Kong to finally shatter and kill him for good.]]

''Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire'' is a 2024 {{Kaiju}} film, the fifth film and seventh installment of the Franchise/MonsterVerse franchise, and as the title says, the sequel to ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' and the third film to feature Godzilla and King Kong. Director Creator/AdamWingard once more helms with cast members Creator/RebeccaHall, Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, and Kaylee Hottle returning to their roles alongside new additions Creator/DanStevens, Fala Chen, Alex Ferns, and Creator/RachelHouse.

Set a few years after the events of the previous film, Kong continues to explore deeper into the Hollow Earth hoping to find other Great Apes. As he continues ever forward, Monarch begins detecting a mysterious signal originating from previously unexplored regions of the Hollow Earth, which has begun to send Godzilla into a paranoid frenzy, as he starts steadily consuming more power. Realising that the King of the Monsters is preparing for something, MONARCH scientist Dr. Ilene Andrews teams up with Titan veterinarian Trapper, paranoid podcaster Bernie Hayes and her adoptive Iwi daughter Jia, to plot a course to find the signal's origin. Along the way they discover a hidden threat, believed to be long buried, that even Godzilla and Kong's combined might may not even be able to stop.
The film released on March 27 internationally, on March 29 in the United States, and is set for release on April 26 in Japan.

* AdaptationalExpansion: Similar to prior entries in the Monsterverse, there is a novelization which has more content than the film.

** Monarch speculates that the reason Godzilla takes up residence in the Roman Colosseum is that it reminds him of his old home that got nuked back in ''King of the Monsters'', observing there are architectural similarities between the two.

** The reason Kong runs into Suko and the other Great Apes so quickly after entering the suberranean realm is that they were waiting for him specifically. After destroying the Monarch outpost, the Skar King found evidence of another ape in Kong's cave and, curious, detailed Suko's party to capture him.
** [[spoiler:While it's kept vague, Shimo is given more backstory than in the film. Having worked out her existence even if they've never seen her, Monarch has knowledge of cave paintings showing her battling - and dominating - Godzilla, while Ilene at one point mentions the chemical composition of her ice powers matches Ghidorah's frozen tomb in ''King of the Monsters'', indicating she was the one that put him on ice]].
** Director Hampton gets far more characterization than just being Ilene's hapless boss. She was present in Honolulu when Godzilla first emerged to battle the male MUTO, in a hotel about to be destroyed by the latter, until Godzilla pushed it away. While she's firmly aware of how it sounds, she believes Godzilla saw her and pushed it away deliberately instead of smashing it through the building, making her believe he's a lot more than some mindless animal. For many of the sequences following Godzilla's actions in the film, she becomes the POV character as she and her staff confer on what's happening with the monster king.

* AbusiveDad: While never explicitly stated, the Skar King is heavily implied to be the father of Suko (which would also make him Suko's ArchnemesisDad), [[spoiler: and a number of other orange-haired simian babies, as later on in the film, there's a brief shot near his throne which shows a bunch of female Great Apes holding babies, all of them with the same orange colored fur as Suko. Not only was Suko evidently unspared the brutality and cruelty of the Skar King's kingdom based on his visible scars and initial viciousness towards Kong; but during the movie, the Skar King moves to attack Suko purely for not joining the rest of his gang in laughing loudly enough at Kong's prosthetic tooth, and when Suko's beloved caretaker pleads with the Skar King to be merciful, the Skar King responds by feigning mercy for a moment, then sending Suko's caretaker to their brutal death by lava immolation in front of Suko. Finally, when Suko destroys the Skar King's Shimo-controlling crystal, the Skar King neck lifts Suko and tries to outright strangle him to death.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: Monarch assumes that there's a horrific reason why Kong has come up to the surface (with Jia even saying he's hurt), and are freaking out at Godzilla being alerted. Turns out Kong came up because his tooth was hurting that badly and needed it fixed.

* BehemothBattle: As to be expected with this series, there's a few. Godzilla vs. Scylla, Godzilla vs. Tiamat, Kong vs. Skar King in his fiery realm and a Godzilla vs. Kong rematch in Egypt all take place over the movie's course. The finale outdoes all that, with Godzilla, Kong, [[spoiler:Mothra and Suko]] facing off against their {{Evil Counterpart}}s, the Skar King, [[spoiler: Shimo]] and the former's army - both in the Hollow Earth and in Rio De Janeiro.

* BetweenMyLegs: A particular view displays in-between the legs of Skar King after leaping down from a higher level, where it also shows Kong standing farther away from him in the exact same angle where the gap between his legs are shown.

* BigGood: [[spoiler:Mothra once again fulfills this role, and is ultimately the one to put an end to Godzilla's and Kong's ancient rivalry, by giving Godzilla a huge WhatTheHellHero moment by directly attacking him to convince him to work with Kong to defeat Skar King. She also plays a big role in the FinalBattle by assisting the duo in Rio in slowing down the Skar King's forces.]]
* BigBad: The malevolent Skar King is a sadistic and brutal oppressor who rules over the Great Apes with an ruthless iron fist and is personally responsible for the deaths of countless other Titans. No longer satisfied with simply having dominion over the Hollow Earth, he strikes out against the world, using his servant and minion Shimo the First Titan who he mind controls with a crystal, to unleash a second ice age upon the Surface World.

* BloodyHandprint: The new logo for the movie has a huge, long-fingered red handprint over its new white font, and the official Instagram account posted several photos of mountains and hills sporting same reddish print. It's implied to be a threat or calling card made by Skar King.

* {{Bookends}}: Both the beginning and the end has Godzilla [[spoiler:going to sleep inside the Roman Colosseum. Naturally it does upset the humans that he chooses such a historical landmark as his bed but they decide they have no choice but to let him given he's suppressing monster attacks on human cities all the time and it's the very least gratitude they could show him]].

* ChestInsignia: The other members of Kong's species are shown to be having red handprints that are imprinted on their upper torsos. Given that Skar King has left behind a BloodyHandprint on specific locales, it's very likely that he has them in a position where he deliberately has them in ''his'' ownership as their ruler.

* CoDragons: Skar King has two top minions: Shimo, who is his strongest asset but only loyal to him due to the control crystal, and an unnamed, chimp-like Great Ape that serves as his right hand man, filling him in on things and leading his forces when Skar King isn't present.

** The Iwi are stated to refer to Godzilla as "the monster who ate a star". This term was previously used as the Iwi name for Godzilla in the novelization for ''Godzilla vs. Kong''.
** The Iwi are revealed to have a connection to Mothra. This was foreshadowed all the way back in ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' by an Iwi having Mothra's symbol on her head.
** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, one of the posters on the wall of Bernie's room is the same one which was seen on the wall of the Brody family's introduction scene in ''Film/Godzilla2014''.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The main antagonists of this movie contrasts those of ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'':
** The Skar King to [[EvilInc Apex Cybernetics]]. Both are hegemonic schemers that stand apart comparative to most Titans for their uses of technology and higher intelligence to get what they want, and both seek to control a Titan of mass destruction that they're keeping inside their respective lairs as their attack-dog against Godzilla, Kong and any other threat so they can secure supremacy over the Earth for themselves. But whereas Apex were an up-and-coming mega-corporation, created their own [[HumongousMecha hi-tech cybernetic Titan]], and they were completely undone by [[SelfDisposingVillain their own hubris]] before they ever came close to realizing their dreams of conquering the Titans and ruling supreme on the Earth; the Skar King is an AncientEvil Titan who has already made significant progress toward establishing himself as the apex monster, having killed and enslaved other Titans including enough Great Apes to form an entire kingdom already, and he's using an ancient, organic Titan as his weapon while having much more success at controlling it than Apex had with their Titan weapon. Whereas Apex were a direct EvilCounterpart to fellow Titan-researching organization Monarch, the Skar King is a direct evil counterpart to fellow Alpha Titan simian Kong.
** Shimo to Mechagodzilla. Both are powerful Titan threats that are set up as a direct rival to Godzilla specifically, and which are being used by hegemonic masterminds as their attack-dogs. But whereas Mechagodzilla was a newborn, cybernetic Titan in the form of a manmade HumongousMecha cyborg, its organic components were derived from the SatanicArchetype Ghidorah, and it was an iconic character originally belonging to Toho; Shimo is an ancient (even by the Titans' standards based on her {{Red Baron}}s), and organic, reptilian CanonForeigner Titan. Whereas Mechagodzilla had fire-based abilities in the forms of its inbuilt missile launchers, back-mounted rocket boosters, plasma punches and its [[BreathWeapon A-74 Proton Scream]], and it produced [[PowerGlows crimson light]]; Shimo is AnIcePerson who produces [[BlueMeansCold blue light]]. Most importantly, Mechagodzilla is an authentic OmnicidalManiac, and the biggest threat it poses comes from it breaking free of its masters' control as soon as it's ready for action; whereas Shimo on the other hand is being ForcedIntoEvil by her master, [[spoiler:and she ceases being an active threat and antagonist altogether as soon as she breaks free from his control]].
* CreepilyLongArms: Skar King is an ape like Kong, except his arms are much longer and thinner in comparison.

* DeathGlare: Skar King from the teaser is bearing an absolutely livid and violent expression where it's seen near the end of the teaser.

* DinosaursAreDragons: While the very draconic atomic-fire-breathing Godzilla was already heavily based on dinosaurs, the comparison is made stronger in his evolved form as he now sports a pair plates resembling the thagomizers of a Stegosaurus at the end of his tail. The Ankylosaurus-like Shimo, meanwhile, could be considered an ice dragon.

** How Kong [[spoiler: kills one of Skar King's loyal followers after initially saving him from falling from a cliff, instead of being thankful the ape pulls an UngratefulBastard act on Kong anyway and trys to stab him with a stone knife causing Kong to retaliate in self-defense and kicks the ape over the cliff.]]

* EasilyForgiven: Twice Suko attempts to kill Kong by luring him into a trap, but both times Kong doesn't retaliate, although it's at least partly due to his curiosity of where the other giant apes come from. Kong does share a portion of the Gatorsnake with Suko, so he apparently holds no hard feelings over the young ape trying to get him eaten by it.

* EnemyMine: Kong attempts to get Godzilla to help in his battle agaisnt the Skar King and his army, which ends in him attacking Kong in Egypt, tearing apart the Great Pyramid of Giza, but [[spoiler:with Mothra's help in stopping the fight]] they ultimately join forces to defeat the Skar King and his army.
* EnfantTerrible: Suko started off like this, appearing cute and innocent [[spoiler: before biting Kong on the finger, helping Skar's enforcers to get him and then sneakily tries to get him killed by the lake monster. This was due to growing up in Skar King's harsh environment that Suko was initially so vicious since he warms up to Kong when shown kindness.]]

** Skar King is set up as one to Kong, being a highly-intelligent simian kaiju who rules over his domain. However, while Kong is benevolent--protecting the Iwi and fauna of Skull Island from the Skullcrawlers--Skar King is malevolent and framed as a tyrant who rules through fear.

* EyeAwaken: One shot reveals a close-up of Godzilla opening his eye, [[PowerGlows which glows hot-pink in coloration]]. In fact, the merest action of him opening his very eye alone ''causes the icy tomb he's resting in to crack apart''.
* FaceHeelTurn: In ''King of the Monsters,'' [[spoiler:Scylla was one of the Titans who bowed before Godzilla and was even having a positive effect on the environment. However, like in the tie-in comics she's shown attacking and destroying cities, challenging Godzilla in Rome and ultimately getting killed by him.]]

* FasterThanTheyLook: Godzilla in his powerful newfound Evolved Form. He's the bigger of the 2 titular monster protagonists, and is shown to be ''visibly outpacing Kong himself'', which could come as a rather shocking moment [[Film/GodzillaVsKong in comparison to the previous film where]] the latter was basically running circles around him with numerous acrobatics in the middle of their duel at Hong Kong.

** At the beginning Kong [[spoiler:holds up one of the Wart-Dogs over him and rips it in half. Near the end during the battle with Skar King he holds him up the same way before Shimo freezes him and Kong shatters him to pieces.]]
** As our human protagonists enter the Hollow Earth for the main plot, they enter a flock of flying creatures which are initially identified as predators, though Trapper points out that these particular animals are harmless unless provoked or during their competitive mating season, at which point they'll start shooting electricity out of their bodies, and sets their ship to camouflage with them so that they'll form an escort and keep them safe from other, more dangerous creatures. [[spoiler: Trapper exploits this during the fight with the Skar King and his forces when they attack the Iwi village, setting the ship to give off a mating season signal so that a huge flock of them, all firing bolts of lightning, will give them a few more minutes for Godzilla, Kong, and Mothra to return]].
* GenreSavvy: Godzilla , upon sensing another possibly global-scale threat on the horizon similar to what occurred in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', starts proactively seeking out sources of nuclear energy, to the point of raiding nuclear plants and killing at least one of his fellow Titans, in order to be as well-prepared as possible for it. He apparently remembers the power boost he needed to defeat King Ghidorah and [[spoiler:as far as he knows]] he doesn't have Mothra around to provide it this time.

** Godzilla has seemingly permanent pink ones in his evolved form (vs the occasional blue light up eyes he got charging up in [[Film/Godzilla2014 the]] [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 previous]] [[Film/GodzillaVsKong films]]).

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: After being chased by a pack of wart-dogs through Hollow Earth, Kong tears one of them in half as an intimidation display, causing all of its green blood to drench him.
* HarmlessFreezing: Subverted with Shimo's ice breath, which is depicted as realistically deadly. [[spoiler:One shot from it gives Kong's right arm severe frost bite to the point of nerve damage and her freezing Skar King solid is part of the killing blow.]] The only thing that can shrug it off is Godzilla's new evolved form.

** Suko starts off as one of the Skar King's loyal minions, attacking Kong alongside his enforcers when he intrudes into the Skar King's domain. After Kong spares him, tolerates his unsuccessful assassination attempts with remarkable patience, and treats him with genuine kindness, Suko has a change of heart [[spoiler:and sides with Kong and his allies]].
** [[spoiler:Once the Skar King's controlling crystal is finally shattered, Shimo joins Godzilla, Mothra and Kong's side and turns on her former master--freezing him solid with her Frostbite Blast and allowing Kong to deal the finishing blow to kill him once-and-for all. They all stand around enjoying the victory as Godzilla shoots up a beam to clear the skies, and Shimo later willingly serves Kong once he becomes the new ruler of the apes.]]

* KidAppealCharacter: Suko, a cute and friendly juvenile member of the Kong species, providing a titan-child character, much like Minilla, Godzooky and Godzilla Junior before him, for younger audiences to gravitate towards.
* KillItWithIce: How [[spoiler: Skar King is defeated at the end, although Shimo freezing him doesn't actually kill him. It's ultimately Kong who finishes the job by smashing the crazed tyrant to pieces.]]

* LastOfHisKind: While all evidence in the previous movies pointed towards Godzilla, Kong and Jia all being the last of their kinds/race this gets subverted for the with Kong when he discovers of a population of both Kongs and with [[spoiler: Jia when she finds a tribe of Iwi in the Hollow Earth.]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The films assumes the viewer has watched ''Godzilla vs. Kong'' and knows that Kong was defeated and nearly killed by Godzilla during their last encounter, with Bernie mentioning the last time the two met it was "nearly the end of Kong".

* MemeAcknowledgement: ''Godzilla vs Kong'' quickly lead to a [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice "Save Mothra"]] meme based around the shot of Godzilla pinning Kong to the ground and roaring in his face. This film leans in that direction by showing [[spoiler: Kong being saved by Mothra, similar to how [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Lois saved Batman from Superman]]]].
* {{Metamorphosis}}: Godzilla spends the first half of the film building up energy and then goes to sleep in the arctic, becoming encased in ice. After awakening, he erupts from the glacier in a new form that's slimmer, has larger magenta-tinted dorsal plates, and a similarly-colored Atomic Breath.
* MonsterInTheIce: Godzilla becomes encased in ice whilst metamorphosing into his Evolved form in the arctic ocean.
* MonumentalDamage: Godzilla damages the Rock of Gibraltar by jumping off of it when he hears Kong's call and when he briefly fights Kong in Cario, Egypt which results in the destruction of the three main Pyramids of Giza, the first when Godzilla literally tackles Kong through it courtesy of the former's Atomic Breath. When Scylla attacks Rome at the film's beginning, Godzilla destroys the Vittorio Emanuelle monument when he literally tackles Scylla through it during their fight and he ends up using the Roman Coliseum as a Godzilla-sized bed and he partially damages it when he senses Skar King's awakening. {{Subverted}} for the Christ the Redeemer Statue as it gets frozen by Shimo when the FinalBattle ends up at Rio de Janeiro as ordered by the Skar King, but it's implied to have thawed out following Godzilla destroying the ice storm that Shimo spawned.

** Graffiti in Rome of Godzilla notably has him surrounded by [[Film/MothravsGodzilla a skeletal turtle]], [[Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster a floating white UFO]], [[Film/GodzillaVsHedorah an ominous red eye with the warning to "save the earth"]], and [[Film/GodzillaVsMegalon a fist with the epithet "Punch, Punch, Punch!"]]. Outside Godzilla, there's also the image of [[Film/PacificRim a dagger faced monster with four eyes in blue....]]
** During Godzilla's fight with Scylla, he makes a running jump as his opponent and lands on them feet first, reminiscent of his famous "drop kick" in ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon''.

* TheNewAdventures: The subtitle of the film as revealed in the first teaser is ''The New Empire''.

* NoEndorHolocaust: Downplayed as we are not told that no one died, but logically speaking Godzilla (in particular when he is in a blind rage and disregarding everything about his surroundings aside from Kong) likely should have caused the deaths of hundreds of people even before the necessary battle in Rio that Godzilla cannot be called at fault for (since Skar King started it and would have done a lot more damage if Godzilla and Kong did not engage him and in that situation neither heroic Titan could worry about casualties even if they wanted to). Even so, while previous movies would give some admission to the collateral loss of human life Godzilla causes (the small amounts underscoring how Godzilla is not trying to harm people), in this movie the closest they come is remarking on how much money it costs to repair damage Godzilla does to buildings.

** Skar King begins to panic when [[spoiler:Godzilla destroys his whip and sends the crystal flying. This is basically his default expression as he frantically tries to get it back.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: MONARCH takes note that Godzilla going after nuclear sources is so unusual the only explanation is he senses a big threat coming and is charging up to meet it. They're 100 percent right, as [[spoiler:the Iwi warned him]] Skar King has escaped his prison and is 'preparing for World War III' in Trapper's words.

* PapaWolf: Even though they start out as enemies, Kong attacks Skar King, as the latter is holding Suko in his grasp, showing that Kong has developed a paternal instinct to protect the child. He attacks after Skar kills Suko's guardian (and possibly his mother or father, it's unclear) and is shown working with Suko for the rest of the film after the latter's HeelFaceTurn.

* PowerFist: Kong gains a cybernetic gauntlet on his right forearm called the "B.E.A.S.T. Glove " after [[spoiler:having his arm frozen by Shimo's frost breath. It gives Kong's punches a bit more kick with energy explosions and replaces his axe which he leaves it behind escaping Shimo in his first match against the Skar King, and acts as bandage since Kong's right hand was badly maimed by both Skar King's whip and the Frost Bite Breath. It's also the weapon that allows Kong to finally kill the Skar King permanently after he's frozen by Shimo.]]

* PrimateVersusReptile: Both played straight and subverteted, the film emphasizes that while Kong and Godzilla may not like each other--even getting into a skirmish that destroys the Great Pyramid of Giza--they have to team up to take down Skar King and [[spoiler:Shimo]], their evil counterparts.
* ProductPlacement: Ilene's brand-new Volkswagen sedan gets a glamor shot when she picks up Jia from school.
* ProperlyParanoid: While working together the last time against Mechagodzilla, Godzilla and Kong only did so because it was the greater threat. They duked it out beforehand, which leveled half of Hong Kong, and MONARCH knows them running into each other again for any reason is a calamity waiting in happen. [[spoiler: Kong already knows this when he tries to find Godzilla near Egypt so they can put a stop to Skar King's terror, but said fight ensues before Mothra breaks it up.]]

* SealedEvilInACan: Skar King and his army were sealed deep undergound long ago by Godzilla. Kong accidentally sets them loose when one of his pit traps undermines an area of the Hollow Earth enough to collapse and set them free.

* SilenceIsGolden: Numerous extended sequences of the movie focus entirely on Kong with no human characters around, and rely almost entirely on visuals, since Kong and the other monsters are not capable of speech.

* SistineSteal: Kong reaches out to Suko and attempts to get him to touch their fingertips, it doesn't end well.

* TheSociopath: Skar King brutally rules over his kingdom with an iron fist, enslaving any ape that isn't 100% subservient to him. When things go his way, he bears a terrifying SlasherSmile and PsychoticSmirk. Particularly, during the [[spoiler: FinalBattle, when Skar King arrives to the surface and sees fleeing humans on the beach of Rio]], he simply grins and roars at them.

* SphereOfDestruction: A supercharged and furious Godzilla unleashes a Nuclear Pulse against attacking airplanes, this time without Mothra's help.

* SuperMode: Worried about the Skar King's impending invasion, Godzilla supercharges himself with energy until he's covered in glowing blue TaintedVeins and [[spoiler: then steals a cave in a radiation hotspot from Tiamat]] in order to metamorphosis into his evolved from

* TeethFlying: In the secondary trailer, Kong lunges forward and performs a powerful haymaker to Skar King so hard, his bloody tooth pierces through a skyscraper and lands onto the streets in front of a couple of fleeing civilians.
* ThereIsAnother: Kong is no longer TheLastOfHisKind, as he discovers a population of Kong's ruled by the tyrannical Skar King. [[spoiler: Jia similarly finds a tribe of Iwi living in the Hollow Earth after the tribe on Skull Island had been wiped out when the island's surrounding perpetual storm system consumed the island itself.]].

** After Kong drops himself into a secluded pit somewhere within the Hollow Earth, he adopts this stance when he reaches solid ground with one knee being bent down along with his free arm in a clenched fist cushioning the impact.
** Even ''Godzilla'' himself happens to be assuming this type of pose emerging out of the ground in the Hollow Earth, he steadies himself with one hand being firmly pressed on the hardened rocky soil and even has his legs further apart in this fashion to stick the landing.
* ThisMeansWarpaint: Skar King has red TribalFacePaint around his eyes, which when combined with his surly expression and bone pile suggests it is actually blood.

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Mothra's brief attack on Godzilla is this, chastising him for attacking Kong in Cario, who was seeking Godzilla's help against Skar King and his forces. Godzilla is clearly annoyed by this until Mothra offers to team up with them against the Skar King that Godzilla finally agrees to the team up, knowing Godzilla will always fight by Mothra's side and that the Skar King is an immediate threat to both Godzilla's and Kong's respective rule as Alphas.]]

* WorldTour: In the tradition of the previous Monsterverse installments, the titular Kaiju travel to several locations, not only in the Hollow Earth, but across the globe, the Arctic, Rome, Cario and Rio de Janeiro, leaving major MonumentalDamage for their landmarks, the three main Pyramids of Giza [[spoiler: which Godzilla destroys during his rematch with Kong]], both the Vittorio Emanuelle monument [[spoiler:which gets smashed when Godzilla tackles Scylla through it]], the Roman Coliseum [[spoiler:which is confirmed to be Godzilla's resting place and is partially damaged when he wakes up when he senses the Skar King's awakening]] and the Christ the Redeemer Statue [[spoiler:which gets frozen by Shimo on Skar King's orders for the FinalBattle]].
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Kong saves one of Skar King's loyal followers from falling from a cliff, but as soon as he pulls him back up, the ape tries to stab Kong with a stone shiv causing Kong in self-defense to kick the ape off the cliff]].

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Skar King's smug sadism falls apart when Godzilla destroys his whip, sending the crystal to control Shimo flying. The rest of his life (short as it is) is mostly spent frantically trying to get it back. After Suko destroys the crystal, Skar King loses it and tries to strangle the little ape with his bare hands in a rage before desolving into terrified flailing as Kong finally gets a firm grip on him.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Nathan Lind, Madison Russel, Mark Russel, and Josh Valentine from the previous movie do not make any appearances or cameos. However, there is blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene of one of Nate's keepsakes of his brother suggesting that Nate is either still around or has passed away during the time gap. Considering that Dr. Andrews could have needed or called for his help any time during the movie suggests the latter]]. [[note]] The novelisation does imply the latter, with Ilene at one point noting she lost two friends to the wart dogs (the pack predators seen at the film's start) not long after one of her subordinates in Hollow Earth wonders about asking her about the spaceman toy. [[/note]]

* WouldHurtAChild: When Suko and a bunch of other apes try to attack him in an ambush, [[spoiler: Kong grabs hold Suko and starts using him as a club to smack the other apes away from him, before tossing him aside. With that much having been said, while Kong is perfectly willing to fight Suko off to defend himself, he's not going to hurt the younger ape if he doesn't have to, and he won't stand for others hurting him either, since he steps in to save Suko from being killed by the Skar King later in the movie.]]

* WreckedWeapon: [[spoiler:The turning point of the FinalBattle is Godzilla catching Skar King's whip in his mouth and destroying it. This not only disarms the tyrant, but leaves him scrambling to regain the control crystal at its tip.]]

** The reason Godzilla takes up residence in the Roman Colosseum is that it reminds him of his old home that got nuked back in ''King of the Monsters''.

** [[spoiler: Befitting her role as the BigGood, Mothra intervenes to break up the fight between Godzilla and Kong, showing up just as Kong's about to get incinerated by Godzilla's atomic breath and blasting the latter away with her God rays.]].