History Monster / KingKong

** Film: [[TheCaligula The Skar King]] is an {{ancient|Evil}} Great Ape Titan [[TheWarlord warlord]] who, untold millennia ago, led his tribe in an attempt to conquer the Surface World, but was imprisoned in a lower layer of the Hollow Earth by Godzilla. Confining his tribe to a volcanic wasteland and ruling through pain and suffering for generations, the Skar King killed those who dared to defy him; [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil gathered a harem of terrorized females to father his children]]; and enslaved the cryogenic reptilian Titan Shimo through torture with the intent of using her to cause [[GlacialApocalypse another Ice Age]]. When he discovered humans from the surface had entered the Hollow Earth, the Skar King slaughtered Monarch's Outpost and led his army in an attempted conquest. Upon reaching the surface with Shimo, he nearly succeeded in accomplishing his goals but was killed by the combined efforts of Kong, Godzilla, the young ape Suko--implied to be the Skar King's own son--and [[TheDogBitesBack a liberated Shimo]].
** Greg Keyes's {{novelization}}: [[TheSocialDarwinist The Skar King]] is an {{ancient|Evil}} Great Ape [[TheWarlord warlord]] who [[TheCorrupter corrupted his once-peaceful tribe]] and waged war against Godzilla and his allies in an attempt to conquer the Surface World. Defeated and imprisoned in a lower layer of the Hollow Earth--inspiring various myths of evil gods being imprisoned--[[TheCaligula the Skar King]] confined his tribe to a volcanic wasteland; ruled for generations through suffering and fear; took the tribe's females as [[BreedingSlave his personal harem]]; imposed a mentality on his tribe where [[TheSocialDarwinist only the most cruel and vicious Great Apes were deemed fit for survival]]; and brutally killed any who dared to defy or fail him. Enslaving and torturing the prehistoric cryogenic Titan called Shimo, the Skar King plotted to use her [[OmnicidalManiac to wipe out all life on the surface]] by causing [[GlacialApocalypse a new Ice Age]], while lying to his followers that they would rule together once his conquest was complete. When Suko--[[ArchnemesisDad one of his sons]]--betrayed him to rescue Kong, the Skar King ordered his Red-Stripe enforcers to capture them to be executed; even attempting to [[OffingTheOffspring kill Suko himself]] before being defeated by the combined efforts of Kong and Godzilla, frozen solid by [[TheDogBitesBack a liberated Shimo]], and smashed to pieces.

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* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'': [[EvilGenius Dr. Who]] is an egotistical MadScientist working for an unnamed country represented by [[DragonLady Madame Piranha]]. Planning to help make her country a nuclear superpower, he creates the [[HumongousMecha Mechani-Kong]] to mine for Element X, before deciding to use the real Kong. Attacking and capturing Kong on his island, Who guns down a innocent native for no particular reason, before taking Commander Carl Nelson and his lieutenants hostage, torturing Jiro and Susan by rapidly freezing them, and threatening to personally disfigure Susan's face. When Kong and the crew manage to escape, Who plans to force Kong to fight the Mechani-Kong in the city of Tokyo, not caring that he'd kill thousands of people; when this is [[EvenEvilHasStandards protested by Madame Piranha]], Who scoffs at her for being a moralist. In Kong and the Mechani-Kong's ensuing fight, Who has Susan taken hostage and threatens to drop her to her death, and when Piranha herself tries to stop his madness, Who shoots her to death in retaliation.
* Franchise/MonsterVerse's [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 2019 film]] & ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]], The One Who is Many, is an invasive alien kaiju who fought the kaiju of Earth for control of the planet before being defeated and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] in [[AncientEvil ancient times]]. Released in the present day, Ghidorah cheerfully kills several humans before and during a fight with [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]], displaying a [[AxCrazy simplistic thirst for blood]] that clashes horribly with the natural animal instincts that motivate the terrestrial kaiju. After the apparent death of Godzilla, Ghidorah uses his powers to enslave the remaining kaiju of Earth, forcibly awakening them and commanding them to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life on the planet]]. When [[Characters/MonsterVerseMadisonRussell Madison Russell]] uses a device called the ORCA to disrupt his plans, Ghidorah attempts to kill her in cold blood simply because he can. After being converted into [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] by Apex Cybernetics, Ghidorah promptly corrupts Mechagodzilla's AI, slaughters the ones who brought him back, and resumes his rampage, his sadistic tendencies shown in how he targets Godzilla and wipes out swathes of Hong Kong and laughing about it. A [[SatanicArchetype sinister analogue to the Devil]] opposite the benevolent God-like Godzilla, King Ghidorah is just as wicked here as he was at the start of his movie career.

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* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong: The Official Movie {{Novelization}}'', by Greg Keyes: [[Characters/MonsterVerseWalterSimmons Walter Simmons]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO of Apex Cybernetics]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. When [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]] was first revealed to the world, Simmons, aggravated that humanity wasn't the dominant species on Earth, sought to take that title back, with his corporate empire on top. It's revealed he was the one who created the Oxygen Destroyer in an attempt to kill Godzilla. Simmons bribed his way out of accountability for the resulting disaster, and when Sara Hayes tries to reveal Apex's involvement, Simmons had her assassinated. Simmons masterminds the creation of [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]], intending to use it to kill and usurp Godzilla as Alpha, killing the Titans they can't enslave, testing it by having it slaughter Skullcrawlers that Apex are breeding. When the test for Mechagodzilla's signal results in Godzilla going on a rampage in Pensacola, Simmons sees this as a stepping stone to turn the world against Godzilla. Simmons then deliberately engineers Godzilla's rampage in Hong Kong, putting millions of innocents on Godzilla's warpath. During Godzilla's rampage, Simmons looks on in excitement, admitting he's counting on Godzilla destroying much of the city so that Apex can be "[[EngineeredHeroics saviors]]" when they set Mechagodzilla loose.

* ''Literature/KongKingOfSkullIsland'': [[BigBad Bar-Atu]] is the HighPriest of the Atu, one of the two tribes that inhabit Skull Island, the other being the Tagu. While Bar claims to be able to communicate with the Gods, including the voracious [[PrehistoricMonster Gaw]], in reality he is a charlatan who uses fear to convince his followers to perform {{Human Sacrifice}}s to Gaw, who Bar pretends to summon by secretly slathering the sacrifices with a scent that attracts Gaw. The sacrifices are Bar's way of covertly [[FinalSolution genociding]] the Tagu, who he has stoked hatred of by claiming that they were the ones who caused the downfall of the island's once great civilization by angering the Gods. When Europeans become shipwrecked on the island, Bar convinces their captain to help him assassinate his rival, Kublai, in exchange for all of the treasure on Skull Island. During the search for the treasure, Bar [[DirtyCoward abandons]] all of his own men to be butchered by the rampaging Gaw, who also slaughters the Europeans before being slain by Kong. [[FakeUltimateHero After taking sole credit for summoning Kong to dispose of Gaw and the Europeans]], Bar has Kublai gunned down, murders the island's elderly Storyteller, and begins sacrificing people to Kong while plotting to massacre everyone who is still loyal to Kublai's widow, Ishara. When Carl Denham arrives on Skull Island, Bar offers him five native women in exchange for Denham's friend, Ann Darrow; when Denham refuses the trade, Bar has Ann forcibly abducted and sacrificed to Kong.

* ''Kong: King of Skull Island'', by Joe [=DeVito=], Brad Strickland, & John Michlig: [[BigBad Bar-Atu]] is the HighPriest of the Atu, one of the two tribes that inhabit Skull Island, the other being the Tagu. While Bar claims to be able to communicate with the Gods, including the voracious [[PrehistoricMonster Gaw]], in reality he is a charlatan who uses fear to convince his followers to perform {{Human Sacrifice}}s to Gaw, who Bar pretends to summon by secretly slathering the sacrifices with a scent that attracts Gaw. The sacrifices are Bar's way of covertly [[FinalSolution genociding]] the Tagu, who he has stoked hatred of by claiming that they were the ones who caused the downfall of the island's once great civilization by angering the Gods. When Europeans become shipwrecked on the island, Bar convinces their captain to help him assassinate his rival, Kublai, in exchange for all of the treasure on Skull Island. During the search for the treasure, Bar [[DirtyCoward abandons]] all of his own men to be butchered by the rampaging Gaw, who also slaughters the Europeans before being slain by Kong. [[FakeUltimateHero After taking sole credit for summoning Kong to dispose of Gaw and the Europeans]], Bar has Kublai gunned down, murders the island's elderly Storyteller, and begins sacrificing people to Kong while plotting to massacre everyone who is still loyal to Kublai's widow, Ishara. When Carl Denham arrives on Skull Island, Bar offers him five native women in exchange for Denham's friend, Ann Darrow; when Denham refuses the trade, Bar has Ann forcibly abducted and sacrificed to Kong.

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* Franchise/MonsterVerse's [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 2019 film]] & ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]], The One Who is Many, is an invasive alien kaiju who fought the kaiju of Earth for control of the planet before being defeated and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] in [[AncientEvil ancient times]]. Released in the present day, Ghidorah cheerfully kills several humans before and during a fight with [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]], displaying a [[AxCrazy simplistic thirst for blood]] that clashes horribly with the natural animal instincts that motivate the terrestrial kaiju. After the apparent death of Godzilla, Ghidorah uses his powers to enslave the remaining kaiju of Earth, forcibly awakening them and commanding them to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life on the planet]]. When Madison Russell uses a device called the ORCA to disrupt his plans, Ghidorah attempts to kill her in cold blood simply because he can. After being converted into [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] by Apex Cybernetics, Ghidorah promptly corrupts Mechagodzilla's AI, slaughters the ones who brought him back, and resumes his rampage, his sadistic tendencies shown in how he targets Godzilla and wipes out swathes of Hong Kong and laughing about it. A [[SatanicArchetype sinister analogue to the Devil]] opposite the benevolent God-like Godzilla, King Ghidorah is just as wicked here as he was at the start of his movie career.

* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong: The Official Movie {{Novelization}}'', by Greg Keyes: [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Walter Simmons]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO of Apex Cybernetics]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. When [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]] was first revealed to the world, Simmons, aggravated that humanity wasn't the dominant species on Earth, sought to take that title back, with his corporate empire on top. It's revealed he was the one who created the Oxygen Destroyer in an attempt to kill Godzilla. Simmons bribed his way out of accountability for the resulting disaster, and when Sara Hayes tries to reveal Apex's involvement, Simmons had her assassinated. Simmons masterminds the creation of [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]], intending to use it to kill and usurp Godzilla as Alpha, killing the Titans they can't enslave, testing it by having it slaughter Skullcrawlers that Apex are breeding. When the test for Mechagodzilla's signal results in Godzilla going on a rampage in Pensacola, Simmons sees this as a stepping stone to turn the world against Godzilla. Simmons then deliberately engineers Godzilla's rampage in Hong Kong, putting millions of innocents on Godzilla's warpath. During Godzilla's rampage, Simmons looks on in excitement, admitting he's counting on Godzilla destroying much of the city so that Apex can be "[[EngineeredHeroics saviors]]" when they set Mechagodzilla loose.

** ''Return to the Jungle'': [[EgomaniacHunter Hunter Stag III]] is a famous billionaire adventurer whose specialty is [[EvilPoacher hunting animals]] of all kinds. Ever since he heard the story of his grandfather capturing the first Kong, Stag has become obsessed with the idea of surpassing him by capturing every creature of Kong's Island. Allying himself with the notorious criminal Professor Ramon(e) De La Porta, Hunter Stag finds the island and sends his army of [[MechaMooks Cyber-Hunters]] to brutally captures all the animals before bringing them to New York City. Once there, Stag deliberately lets the [[PrehistoricMonster prehistoric creatures]] escape and attack the city, endangering countless civilians in the process, as [[EngineeredHeroics he wants to capture them again before witnesses and be seen as the city's savior]]. Stag also cruelly betrays his partner De La Porta, putting the blame on him for the animals' rampage. When Kong, Jason, Tann and Lua attempt to oppose him, Stag uses a soundwave device to drive the ''[[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' crazy, and sends it after Kong while he tries to kill the others himself. Devoid of any compassion for animals and humans alike, Hunter Stag proves to be so ruthless that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even De La Porta himself is horrified by his actions]].

* Franchise/MonsterVerse's ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' & ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]], [[MultipleHeadCase The One Who is Many]], is an invasive alien kaiju who fought the kaiju of Earth for control of the planet before being defeated and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] in [[AncientEvil ancient times]]. Released in the present day, Ghidorah cheerfully kills several humans before and during a fight with Godzilla, displaying [[ForTheEvulz a simplistic thirst for blood]] that clashes horribly with the natural animal instincts that motivate the terrestrial Kaiju. After the apparent death of Godzilla, Ghidorah uses his powers to enslave the remaining Kaiju of Earth, forcibly awakening them and commanding them to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life on the planet]]. When Madison Russell uses a device called the ORCA to disrupt his plans, Ghidorah attempts to kill her in cold blood simply because he can. After being converted into a MechanicalMonster as Mechagodzilla by Apex Cybernetics, Ghidorah promptly corrupts Mechagodzilla's AI, slaughters the ones who brought him back, and resumes his rampage, his sadistic tendencies shown in how he targets Godzilla and wipes out swathes of Hong Kong while laughing about it. A [[SatanicArchetype sinister analogue to the Devil]] opposite the benevolent God-like Godzilla, King Ghidorah is just as wicked here as he was at the start of his movie career.

* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong: The Official Movie {{Novelization}}'', by Greg Keyes: [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Walter Simmons]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO of Apex Cybernetics]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. When Godzilla was first revealed to the world, Simmons, aggravated that humanity wasn't the dominant species on Earth, sought to take that title back, with his corporate empire on top. It's revealed he was the one who created the Oxygen Destroyer in an attempt to kill Godzilla. Simmons bribed his way out of accountability for the resulting disaster, and when Sara Hayes tries to reveal Apex's involvement, Simmons had her assassinated. Simmons masterminds the creation of [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah Mechagodzilla]], intending to use it to kill and usurp Godzilla as Alpha, killing the Titans they can't enslave, testing it by having it slaughter Skullcrawlers that Apex are breeding. When the test for Mechagodzilla's signal results in Godzilla going on a rampage in Pensacola, Simmons sees this as a stepping stone to turn the world against Godzilla. Simmons then deliberately engineers Godzilla's rampage in Hong Kong, putting millions of innocents on Godzilla's warpath. During Godzilla's rampage, Simmons looks on in excitement, admitting he's counting on Godzilla destroying much of the city so that Apex can be "[[EngineeredHeroics saviors]]" when they set Mechagodzilla loose.

->'''Dr. Who''': Do you think you can change your ideals now? Are you ready for an answer right now? (takes Susan by the chin).\\
'''Jiro''': Susan! Don't do it!.\\
'''Dr. Who''': Shut up! (''turns to Susan'') Let's see how your hero likes you when you're disfigured a little bit. Let's see what the ice will do to your lovely skin. (''presses Susan's face to the frozen wall'')

* ''Film/KingKongEscapes'': [[EvilGenius Dr. Who]] is an egotistical MadScientist working for an unnamed country represented by [[DragonLady Madame Piranha]]. Planning to help make her country a nuclear superpower, he creates the [[HumongousMecha Mechani-Kong]] to mine for Element X, before deciding to use the real Kong. Attacking and capturing Kong on his island, Who guns down a innocent native for no particular reason, before taking Commander Carl Nelson and his lieutenants hostage, torturing Jiro and Susan by rapidly freezing them, and threatening to personally disfigure Susan's face. When Kong and the crew manage to escape, Who plans to force Kong to fight the Mechani-Kong to fight in the city of Tokyo, not caring that he'd kill thousands of people; when this is [[EvenEvilHasStandards protested by Madame Piranha]], Who scoffs at her for being a moralist. In Kong and the Mechani-Kong's ensuing fight, Who has Susan taken hostage and threatens to drop her to her death, and when Piranha herself tries to stop his madness, Who shoots her to death in retaliation.

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-->-- '''Dr. Who''' to Jiro and Susan in ''Film/KingKongEscapes''

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'''Dr. Who''': Shut up! (turns to Susan) Let's see how your hero likes you when you're disfigured a little bit. Let's see what the ice will do to your lovely skin (presses Susan's face to the frozen wall).
-->--''Film/KingKongEscapes''

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* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' & ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]], [[MultipleHeadCase The One Who is Many]], is an invasive alien kaiju who fought the kaiju of Earth for control of the planet before being defeated and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] in [[AncientEvil ancient times]]. Released in the present day, Ghidorah cheerfully kills several humans before and during a fight with Godzilla, displaying [[ForTheEvulz a simplistic thirst for blood]] that clashes horribly with the natural animal instincts that motivate the terrestrial Kaiju. After the apparent death of Godzilla, Ghidorah uses his powers to enslave the remaining Kaiju of Earth, forcibly awakening them and commanding them to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life on the planet]]. When Madison Russell uses a device called the ORCA to disrupt his plans, Ghidorah attempts to kill her in cold blood simply because he can. After being converted into a MechanicalMonster as Mechagodzilla by Apex Cybernetics, Ghidorah promptly corrupts Mechagodzilla's AI, slaughters the ones who brought him back, and resumes his rampage, his sadistic tendencies shown in how he targets Godzilla and wipes out swathes of Hong Kong while laughing about it. A [[SatanicArchetype sinister analogue to the Devil]] opposite the benevolent God-like Godzilla, King Ghidorah is just as wicked here as he was at the start of his movie career.
** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong: The Official Movie {{Novelization}}'', by Greg Keyes: [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Walter Simmons]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO of Apex Cybernetics]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. When Godzilla was first revealed to the world, Simmons, aggravated that humanity wasn't the dominant species on Earth, sought to take that title back, with his corporate empire on top. It's revealed he was the one who created the Oxygen Destroyer in an attempt to kill Godzilla. Simmons bribed his way out of accountability for the resulting disaster, and when Sara Hayes tries to reveal Apex's involvement, Simmons had her assassinated. Simmons masterminds the creation of [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah Mechagodzilla]], intending to use it to kill and usurp Godzilla as Alpha, killing the Titans they can't enslave, testing it by having it slaughter Skullcrawlers that Apex are breeding. When the test for Mechagodzilla's signal results in Godzilla going on a rampage in Pensacola, Simmons sees this as a stepping stone to turn the world against Godzilla. Simmons then deliberately engineers Godzilla's rampage in Hong Kong, putting millions of innocents on Godzilla's warpath. During Godzilla's rampage, Simmons looks on in excitement, admitting he's counting on Godzilla destroying much of the city so that Apex can be "[[EngineeredHeroics saviors]]" when they set Mechagodzilla loose.

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* ''Kong: King of Skull Island'' novel, by Joe [=DeVito=], Brad Strickland, & John Michlig: [[BigBad Bar-Atu]] is the HighPriest of the Atu, one of the two tribes that inhabit Skull Island, the other being the Tagu. While Bar claims to be able to communicate with the Gods, including the voracious [[PrehistoricMonster Gaw]], in reality he is a charlatan who uses fear to convince his followers to perform {{Human Sacrifice}}s to Gaw, who Bar pretends to summon by secretly slathering the sacrifices with a scent that attracts Gaw. The sacrifices are Bar's way of covertly [[FinalSolution genociding]] the Tagu, who he has stoked hatred of by claiming that they were the ones who caused the downfall of the island's once great civilization by angering the Gods. When Europeans become shipwrecked on the island, Bar convinces their captain to help him assassinate his rival, Kublai, in exchange for all of the treasure on Skull Island. During the search for the treasure, Bar [[DirtyCoward abandons]] all of his own men to be butchered by the rampaging Gaw, who also slaughters the Europeans before being slain by Kong. [[FakeUltimateHero After taking sole credit for summoning Kong to dispose of Gaw and the Europeans]], Bar has Kublai gunned down, murders the island's elderly Storyteller, and begins sacrificing people to Kong while plotting to massacre everyone who is still loyal to Kublai's widow, Ishara. When Carl Denham arrives on Skull Island, Bar offers him five native women in exchange for Denham's friend, Ann Darrow; when Denham refuses the trade, Bar has Ann forcibly abducted and sacrificed to Kong.

Entries are by release date.

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[[Franchise/KingKong The Eighth Wonder of the World]] has [[LongRunners been around since 1933]], and when he is not climbing buildings with beauty, he has faced [[CompleteMonster some vile foes]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheKingKongShow'': [[MadScientist Dr. Who]] is the most dangerous and persistent enemy of King Kong and the Bond family. Obsessed with the idea of [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]], Who tries to capture Kong on several occasions to use him as a weapon at his command. Throughout the show, Dr. Who attempts to subjugate the Earth by using various machines to cause a large amount of destruction all across the planet, such as a rocket armed with a nuclear device; a radioactive machine capable of melting the ice of the North Pole and flooding the entirety of the Western Hemisphere; a solar mirror powerful enough to destroy all the cities of the West Coast; or even mechanical monsters such as a robotic Sphinx and [[EvilKnockoff Mechani-Kong]] that are capable of causing lots of havoc. Not only does he successfully destroy entire cities more than once, his crimes also include repeatedly trying to kill the Bond family, [[WouldHurtAChild even the two children]], and [[IHaveYourWife holding a benevolent scientist's family hostage]] to force him to help him in his plans at one point. Callous and remorseless, Dr. Who is much more of a monster than any of the creatures fought by King Kong.

* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' & ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]], [[MultipleHeadCase The One Who is Many]], is an invasive alien kaiju who fought the kaiju of Earth for control of the planet before being defeated and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] in [[AncientEvil ancient times]]. Released in the present day, Ghidorah cheerfully kills several humans before and during a fight with Godzilla, displaying [[ForTheEvulz a simplistic thirst for blood]] that clashes horribly with the natural animal instincts that motivate the terrestrial Kaiju. After the apparent death of Godzilla, Ghidorah uses his powers to enslave the remaining Kaiju of Earth, forcibly awakening them and commanding them to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life on the planet]]. When Madison Russell uses a device called the ORCA to disrupt his plans, Ghidorah attempts to kill her in cold blood simply because he can. After being converted into a MechanicalMonster as Mechagodzilla by Apex Cybernetics, Ghidorah promptly corrupts Mechagodzilla's AI, slaughters the ones who brought him back, and resumes his rampage, his sadistic tendencies shown in how he targets Godzilla and wipes out swathes of Hong Kong while laughing about it. A [[SatanicArchetype sinister analogue to the Devil]] opposite the benevolent God-like Godzilla, King Ghidorah is just as wicked here as he was at the start of his movie career.
** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong: The Official Movie {{Novelization}}'', by Greg Keyes: [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Walter Simmons]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO of Apex Cybernetics]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. When Godzilla was first revealed to the world, Simmons, aggravated that humanity wasn't the dominant species on Earth, sought to take that title back, with his corporate empire on top. It's revealed he was the one who created the Oxygen Destroyer in an attempt to kill Godzilla. Simmons bribed his way out of accountability for the resulting disaster, and when Sara Hayes tries to reveal Apex's involvement, Simmons had her assassinated. Simmons masterminds the creation of [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah Mechagodzilla]], intending to use it to kill and usurp Godzilla as Alpha, killing the Titans they can't enslave, testing it by having it slaughter Skullcrawlers that Apex are breeding. When the test for Mechagodzilla's signal results in Godzilla going on a rampage in Pensacola, Simmons sees this as a stepping stone to turn the world against Godzilla. Simmons then deliberately engineers Godzilla's rampage in Hong Kong, putting millions of innocents on Godzilla's warpath. During Godzilla's rampage, Simmons looks on in excitement, admitting he's counting on Godzilla destroying much of the city so that Apex can be "[[EngineeredHeroics saviors]]" when they set Mechagodzilla loose.

** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' {{novelization}}, by Greg Keyes: [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Walter Simmons]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO of Apex Cybernetics]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy notably worse]] than his film counterpart. When Godzilla was first revealed to the world, Simmons, aggravated that humanity wasn't the dominant species on Earth, sought to take that title back, with his corporate empire on top. It's revealed he was the one who created the Oxygen Destroyer in an attempt to kill Godzilla. Simmons bribed his way out of accountability for the resulting disaster, and when Sara Hayes tries to reveal Apex's involvement, Simmons had her assassinated. Simmons masterminds the creation of [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah Mechagodzilla]], intending to use it to kill and usurp Godzilla as Alpha, killing the Titans they can't enslave, testing it by having it slaughter Skullcrawlers that Apex are breeding. When the test for Mechagodzilla's signal results in Godzilla going on a rampage in Pensacola, Simmons sees this as a stepping stone to turn the world against Godzilla. Simmons then deliberately engineers Godzilla's rampage in Hong Kong, putting millions of innocents on Godzilla's warpath. During Godzilla's rampage, Simmons looks on in excitement, admitting he's counting on Godzilla destroying much of the city so that Apex can be "[[EngineeredHeroics saviors]]" when they set Mechagodzilla loose.

** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' {{novelization}}, by Greg Keyes: Walter Simmons...

"[[Franchise/KingKong The Eighth Wonder of the World]]"...

** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' & ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]], [[MultipleHeadCase The One Who is Many]], is an invasive alien kaiju who fought the kaiju of Earth for control of the planet before being defeated and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] in [[AncientEvil ancient times]]. Released in the present day, Ghidorah cheerfully kills several humans before and during a fight with Godzilla, displaying [[ForTheEvulz a simplistic thirst for blood]] that clashes horribly with the natural animal instincts that motivate the terrestrial Kaiju. After the apparent death of Godzilla, Ghidorah uses his powers to enslave the remaining Kaiju of Earth, forcibly awakening them and commanding them to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life on the planet]]. When Madison Russell uses a device called the ORCA to disrupt his plans, Ghidorah attempts to kill her in cold blood simply because he can. After being converted into a MechanicalMonster as Mechagodzilla by Apex Cybernetics, Ghidorah promptly corrupts Mechagodzilla's AI, slaughters the ones who brought him back, and resumes his rampage, his sadistic tendencies shown in how he targets Godzilla and wipes out swathes of Hong Kong and laughing about it. A [[SatanicArchetype sinister analogue to the Devil]] opposite the benevolent God-like Godzilla, King Ghidorah is just as wicked here as he was at the start of his movie career.

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* ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': After being converted into a RoboticPsychopath as Mechagodzilla by Apex Cybernetics, [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]] promptly corrupts Mechagodzilla's AI, slaughters the ones who brought him back, and resumes his rampage, his sadistic tendencies shown in how he targets Godzilla and wipes out swathes of Hong Kong and laughing about it. A [[SatanicArchetype sinister analogue to the Devil]] opposite the benevolent God-like Godzilla, King Ghidorah is just as wicked here as he was at the start of his movie career.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheKingKongShow'': [[MadScientist Dr. Who]] is the most dangerous and persistent enemy of King Kong and the Bond family. Obsessed with the idea of [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]], Who tries to capture Kong on several occasions to use him as a weapon at his command. Throughout the show, Dr. Who attempts to subjugate the Earth by using various machines to cause a large amount of destruction all across the planet, such as a rocket armed with a nuclear device; a radioactive machine capable of melting the ice of the North Pole and flooding the entirety of the Western Hemisphere; a solar mirror powerful enough to destroy all the cities of the West Coast; or even mechanical monsters such as a robotic Sphinx and [[EvilKnockoff Mechani-Kong]] that are capable of causing lots of havoc. Not only does he successfully destroy entire cities more than once, his crimes also include repeatedly trying to kill the Bond family, [[WouldHurtAChild even the two children]], and [[IHaveYourWife holding a benevolent scientist's family hostage]] to force him to help him in his plans at one point. Callous and remorseless, Dr. Who is much more of a monster than any of the creatures fought by King Kong.

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* ''[[Franchise/KingKong Kong]]: King of Skull Island'', by Joe [=DeVito=], Brad Strickland, and John Michlig: [[BigBad Bar-Atu]] is the HighPriest of the Atu, one of the two tribes that inhabit Skull Island, the other being the Tagu. While Bar claims to be able to communicate with the Gods, including the voracious [[PrehistoricMonster Gaw]], in reality he is a charlatan who uses fear to convince his followers to perform {{Human Sacrifice}}s to Gaw, who Bar pretends to summon by secretly slathering the sacrifices with a scent that attracts Gaw. The sacrifices are Bar's way of covertly [[FinalSolution genociding]] the Tagu, who he has stoked hatred of by claiming that they were the ones who caused the downfall of the island's once great civilization by angering the Gods. When Europeans become shipwrecked on the island, Bar convinces their captain to help him assassinate his rival, Kublai, in exchange for all of the treasure on Skull Island. During the search for the treasure, Bar [[DirtyCoward abandons]] all of his own men to be butchered by the rampaging Gaw, who also slaughters the Europeans before being slain by Kong. [[FakeUltimateHero After taking sole credit for summoning Kong to dispose of Gaw and the Europeans]], Bar has Kublai gunned down, murders the island's elderly Storyteller, and begins sacrificing people to Kong while plotting to massacre everyone who is still loyal to Kublai's widow, Ishara. When Carl Denham arrives on Skull Island, Bar offers him five native women in exchange for Denham's friend, Ann Darrow; when Denham refuses the trade, Bar has Ann forcibly abducted and sacrificed to Kong.
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