History Characters / MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition

!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' | ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'' | ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' | ''Kingdom Kong''

'''[[center:[-[[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong King Kong]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMothra Mothra]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMUTO MUTO]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseRodan Rodan]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseShimo Shimo]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Skull Island Kaiju & Other Creatures]]-]]]'''

'''[[center:[-[[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah King Ghidorah]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingKong King Kong]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMothra Mothra]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMUTO MUTO]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseRodan Rodan]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandKaijuAndOtherCreatures Skull Island Kaiju & Other Creatures]]-]]]'''

* BlameGame: Packard accuses journalists like Weaver of being the reason behind America's decision to abandon Vietnam. Granted, he has a point since the Vietnam War is often called the first "televised war" and, thanks to media coverage becoming accessible from the comfort of their homes, people were able to see and hear about [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow the horrors of war]] in great detail like never before. The rise of mistrust in the government on the issue of credible news on the war contributed to the controversy as there were accusations of the gov't deliberately handing "fake news" to the populace rather than objective first-hand accounts. To maintain support for the war effort, the U.S. government manipulated news outlets to focus on optimistic topics to paint the Vietnam War as a noble mission and the troops as glorious figures. Meanwhile, media correspondents overseas focused more on the negative aspects and painted a dark picture of the war for the American people. On top of that, [[{{UsefulNotes/Feminism}} second-wave feminism]] was in full effect with the women's liberation movement, and women were very vocal in the anti-war protests as well as the issues of equal rights and better treatment from men. [[BothSidesHaveAPoint To be fair]], a number of U.S. citizens ''and'' soldiers were against the war from the get-go and protested against the country's involvement during the anti-war movement, and being anti-Vietnam War didn't automatically make someone a [[CategoryTraitor communist sympathizer]] (though there certainly was overlap). At the same time, ''some'' members of the media would later admit to deliberately slanting their coverage to undermine support for the war and turn public opinion against it. It's unknown whether or not this was Weaver's intention but since she declares herself anti-war, it's a high possibility that it was, and though she doesn't exactly go out of her way to get along with Packard afterward, the feeling is mutual.

''' [[center:[-[[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Families]] ([[Characters/MonsterVerseRussellFamily Russell Family]]) | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Monarch]] ([[Characters/MonsterVerseIshiroSerizawa Dr. Ishirō Serizawa]]) | [[Characters/MonsterVerseUSGovernmentAndMilitary U.S. Government & Military]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseSkullIslandExpedition Skull Island Expeditions]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseEcoTerrorists Eco-Terrorists]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseApexCybernetics Apex Cybernetics]]-]]]'''

''' [[center:[-[[Characters/MonsterVerseAlanJonah Alan Jonah]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseRenSerizawa Ren Serizawa]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseWalterSimmons Walter Simmons]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseFamilies Families]] ([[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell Dr. Emma Russell]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMarkRussell Dr. Mark Russell]] | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMadisonRussell Madison Russell]]) | [[Characters/MonsterVerseMonarch Monarch]] ([[Characters/MonsterVerseIshiroSerizawa Dr. Ishirō Serizawa]]) | Skull Island Expeditions | [[Characters/MonsterVerseUSGovernmentAndMilitary U.S. Government & Military]]-]]]'''

** In ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'', he tries to make one for Hiroshi on his handheld film camera, expressing sorrow for all the mistakes he made that Hiroshi blames him for and promising to establish a legacy that he hopes will give his sacrifices meaning. He drops the camera while fleeing a Mother Longlegs, which crushes it underfoot. However, Hiroshi is shown watching the footage in the finale.

* EmptyPromise: According to Hiroshi, when he was a boy, Bill promised him that he'd come back before his fateful death on Skull Island. [[spoiler:Unlike Lee and Keiko, whom were both only [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereExaggerated presumed dead]] and ''did'' manage to return to Lee some decades late, Bill really ''did'' die leaving his promise unfulfilled.

* BeardOfSorrow: In the [[MonarchLegacyOfMonstersS1E9AxisMundi ninth episode]] of ''Monarch: Legacy of Monsters'', Young Bill, who has been clean-shaven in all the flashbacks to earlier dates, has grown a five o'clock shadow in his depression [[spoiler:after he's seemingly lost Lee and now thinks he's the last living member of the original Monarch trio, putting him on the path to becoming the cynical, hairy ManipulativeBastard that was Old Bill in ''Kong: Skull Island'']].

* ParentalNeglect: After Keiko [[spoiler:and then Lee seemingly]] died, he

He is painfully aware of this when he was running for his life on Skull Island, and apologizes to Hiroshi for not being a good father, and doesn't blame his son if he doesn't care.

* ParentalNeglect: He is painfully aware of this when he was running for his life on Skull Island, and apologizes to Hiroshi for not being a good father, and doesn't blame his son if he doesn't care.

* AgentMulder: In his youth, even before joining Monarch, he was open to almost every crackpot theory up to and including {{kaiju}} getting around via teleportation. The only exception which he didn't believe in was [[ArbitrarySkepticism aliens]] ([[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah ironically]]).

** In ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'', he tries to make one for Hiroshi on his handheld film camera, expressing sorrow for all the mistakes he made that Hiroshi blames him for and promising to establish a legacy that he hopes will give his sacrifices meaning. However, he drops the camera while fleeing a Mother Longlegs, which crushes it underfoot.

* TookALevelInCynic: The 1950s Bill shared Keiko's [[TheXenophile awe and enthusiasm for the Titans]], and was disgusted by the military nuking and seemingly killing Godzilla without first verifying if he was at all an active threat. Compare that to the 1970s Bill, who set out trying to bring proof of the creatures on Skull Island back to the U.S. government so they would "send the cavalry" and try to eradicate the creatures before they could threaten humanity. Granted, [[spoiler: this relatively sudden shift in his stance is because he witnessed Keiko being devoured by a horde of newborn Endoswarmmers.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: He's much sweeter, warmer, friendlier and more idealistic during the scenes set in the 50s in ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'' than his bitter, jaded, conniving and ruthless older self during the events of ''Film/KongSkullIsland''. [[spoiler: Losing Keiko to the Endoswarmers after he supported her decision to go into the nest and was responsible for holding up her tether, and spending a decade and a half chasing monsters, probably had something to do with his bitter personality change.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: Packard becomes a hostile threat due to a movie-long SanitySlippage, but when Conrad and Weaver's group return to stop the Sky Devils' attempt to kill Kong; Packard starts ranting at them out of the blue that he and his men are soldiers enabling their country's civilians and families to sleep soundly at night, and he shouts at [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Slivko]] for having a gun pointed at his head. [[spoiler:From there, Packard doesn't hesitate in the slightest to draw a gun on Slivko the ''second'' that the latter relieves him of command. And when the Alpha Skullcrawler emerges, Packard goes completely catatonic at the sight, until Kong awakening rouses his attention and he spends his last seconds trying to kill the ape again, oblivious or uncaring that the men who he was a father to have abandoned him because of how far he's fallen]].

* DramaticIrony: While the original purpose of Monarch is murky, Randa was a senior Monarch official obsessed with discovering monsters so he can reveal them to the world and advocate for their extermination. The current heads of Monarch in 2019 have the exact opposite goal of preserving them; neither party likely knew about this difference of opinion and the divisiveness exists even into the current iteration. And when [[spoiler:his wife]] was [[spoiler:supposedly]] killed by newborn monsters in an abandoned nuclear power plant, he went from being awed to the sight of Godzilla to now wanting Titans dead.