History Characters / KingKong2005

** The character iterations on the film tie in media such as the [[VideoGame/PeterJacksonsKingKong video game]] as her without her robe from the get go or in the case of the comic book adaptation its lost off-panel in-between the scene where Kong captures her and her waking up in his cave, thus having her run around in the jungle of skull island in nothing but a silk nightgown.

The character iterations on the film tie in media such as the [[VideoGame/PeterJacksonsKingKong video game]] as her without her robe from the get go or in the case of the comic book adaptation its lost off-panel in-between the scene where Kong captures her and her waking up in his cave, thus having her run around in the jungle of skull island in nothing but a silk nightgown.

* AdaptationalSkimpiness: The character iterations on the film tie in media such as the [[VideoGame/PeterJacksonsKingKong video game]] as her without her robe from the get go or in the case of the comic book adaptation its lost off-panel in-between the scene where Kong captures her and her waking up in his cave, thus having her run around in the jungle of skull island in nothing but a silk nightgown.

* LastOfHisKind: It is implied that Kong is the last giant ape on Skull Island: the most telling evidence is a shot of him entering his cave and walking past multiple skeletons of giant gorillas. This loneliness, along with the hostility of Skull Island's environment, accounts for both his ferocity and his need for company, which Ann Darrow supplies. Furthermore, [[AllThereInTheManual as stated in the background materials]], Skull Island's entire ecosystem is dying because the island is submerging due to geological activity. Only a few years after the events of the movie, a final earthquake buries Skull Island under the sea.

* AdaptationalSympathy: In large part due to ScienceMarchesOn, this version is portrayed far more tragically than before due to the knowledge of real life gorillas as {{Gentle Giant}}s. While the original film just has him a largely mindless rampaging beast, this version emphasizes that Kong's the LastOfHisKind, and he's an highly intelligent, social animal that's been forced to live alone for most of his life. His relationship with Ann is revamped as well; rather than simply being a passive DamselInDistress who is constantly terrified of Kong, here she eventually recognizes Kong is not a monster, he's just lonely, starts to pity him and despairs at his death.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: This may explain why he's so attached to Ann, and why he took it very personally when Ann at first made him feel welcome in her heart but then angrily lashed out at him for playing with her too rough. It may also explain why he kills his sacrifices and was going to do the same to Ann had she not fought herself free at the last minute; gorillas, like humans, are social animals, so the lack of meaningful communication with his or any other sentient species caused him to go feral.

* InformedSpecies: It looks more like a carnosaur than a raptor. The fact that it's hunting sauropods only cements this. During production, before they were named, they were even interchangeably referred to as raptors or carnosaurs.

* PowerPincers: Uses it's pincers for snatching prey.

* AscendedToCarnivorism: Real giant wetas are herbivores, but these are vicious meat-eaters that swarm like piranhas.

* MyGodWhathaveIDone: He's horrified when Kong escapes.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/AndySerkis

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JackBlack

->'''Played By:''' Creator/NaomiWatts

->'''Played By:''' Creator/AdrienBrody

->'''Played By:''' Creator/ColinHanks

->'''Played By:''' Creator/KyleChandler

->'''Played By:''' John Sumner

->'''Played By:''' Craig Hall

->'''Played By:''' Creator/ThomasKretschmann

->'''Played By:''' Evan Parke

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JamieBell

->'''Played By:''' Creator/AndySerkis

->'''Played By:''' Lobo Chan

* CordonBleughChef: Jimmy plays it up, claiming that the meal he's delivering to Jack is "lamb's brains in walnut sauce." [[spoiler: It's just a ploy to disgust Jack enough into distraction while Jimmy steals his fountain pen.]] However, every other dish seen onscreen aboard the Venture also incorporates walnuts somehow, ranging from porridge to swordfish pie; per the production diary featuring Serkis in-character as Lumpy giving a tour of the Venture's galley, he notes that on a previous voyage the crew obtained a staggeringly large surplus of them, and [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer he has since been attempting to work them into every meal in the absence of other ingredients.]]

* CordonBleughChef: Jimmy plays it up, claiming that the meal he's delivering to Jack is "lamb's brains in walnut sauce." [[spoiler: It's just a ploy to disgust Jack enough into distraction while Jimmy steals his fountain pen.]]

* TheRival: He becomes this to Kong over Ann's affections and is able to use this to draw Kong away from a crowd of panicking New Yorkers. [[spoiler: It's possible he and Ann became a couple after the U.S. Air Force shoot down Kong]].

* AdaptationalJerkass: A compulsive liar and manipulator. While the original movie's Carl was certainly an ambitious director and hungry businessman, he was honest about his agenda from the start and didn't BS his way into the expedition. Nowhere as bad as the 1976 incarnation's greedy oil man but more blatantly deceitful than the black and white Carl. Doesn't help there's not Son of Kong to give a redemption arc.

* ClothingDamage: Downplayed compared to her 1933 version, as her slip only suffers few rips on the lower side.

* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Ann does not seem to express even the slightest hint of discomfort despite running on rough terrain in her bare feet. In fact, she seems to be more comfortable without shoes.

* ActionSurvivor: Jack probably directly survives the most dangerous events in the film outside of Ann; he's forced to run among the ''Venatosaurus'', is directly targeted by the ''Piranhodon'', survives being mobbed by Weta-Rexes, and has several close encounters with Kong.

* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: More or less every living thing on Skull Island is dangerous enough to kill people, and in horrible ways; the fish, the predators, the herbivores, the bugs, and the native people.

* GenreSavvy: Once she realises the danger of Skull Island Ann decides that she is, most definitely, staying with Kong because, yes, he's a giant slightly uncontrollable Gorilla... but he's ''also'' the strongest thing on the island and likes her, which keeps her safe.