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* {{Yandere}}: Guess who.

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* %%Tell us* {{Yandere}}: Guess who.
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* {{Novelization}}: A novel based on the film was written by Dudley Dean McGaughey under the pen name of Dean Owen.

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* {{Novelization}}: A novel based on the film was written by Dudley Dean McGaughey [=McGaughey=] under the pen name of Dean Owen.

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* ComicBookAdaptation:
** Dick Giordano drew an adaptation for Creator/CharltonComics.
** Konga also appeared in a three-issue miniseries that started off as ''The Return of Konga'', before it was renamed ''Konga's Revenge'' with issue #2. The series ran from 1962 to 1964 AND was followed by a one-shot reprint of issue #3 in 1968.



* {{Expy}}: Konga is one of King Kong.



%%* KingKongCopy: Konga.

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%%* * KingKongCopy: Konga.Konga is a shameless rip-off of King Kong.



* {{Novelization}}: A novel based on the film was written by Dean Owen.

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* {{Novelization}}: A novel based on the film was written by Dudley Dean McGaughey under the pen name of Dean Owen.
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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: "Konga! Ever-growing man-made beast!", who becomes almost as tall as Big Ben.
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It recieved a sequel... [[SequelGap in 2020]], titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_WyeAlSouw&ab_channel=SRSCinemaLLC Konga TNT]]''.

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It recieved received a sequel... [[SequelGap in 2020]], titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_WyeAlSouw&ab_channel=SRSCinemaLLC Konga TNT]]''.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: While he portrays himself as a respected botanist and university professor, Decker is actually ruthless, being willing to extinguish any rivals to his success.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: While he portrays himself as a respected botanist and university professor, Decker is actually ruthless, a ruthless MadScientist, being willing to extinguish any rivals to his success.



%%* TragicVillain: Konga

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%%* * TragicVillain: KongaKonga is really just an ordinary gorilla that was subjected to inhumane experiments.

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* KingKongCopy: Take a wild guess.

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* %%* KingKongCopy: Take a wild guess.Konga.
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%%* EvilIsPetty: Isn't it ever.

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%%* EvilIsPetty: Isn't it Decker ever.



* {{Expy}}: Of King Kong.

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* {{Expy}}: Of Konga is one of King Kong.



%%* ManEatingPlant

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%%* ManEatingPlantManEatingPlant: Decker has a bunch of them, like a venus flytap.
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It recieved a sequel... [[SequelGap in 2020]], titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_WyeAlSouw&ab_channel=SRSCinemaLLC Konga TNT]]''.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The film ends without showing whether Sandra freed her arm from the Venus flytrap. In the [[Novelization novel]], Sandra ends up EatenAlive and [[StrippedToTheBone reduced to a skeleton]].

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The film ends without showing whether Sandra freed her arm from the Venus flytrap. In the [[Novelization [[{{Novelization}} novel]], Sandra ends up EatenAlive and [[StrippedToTheBone reduced to a skeleton]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The film ends without showing whether Sandra freed her arm from the Venus flytrap.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The film ends without showing whether Sandra freed her arm from the Venus flytrap. In the [[Novelization novel]], Sandra ends up EatenAlive and [[StrippedToTheBone reduced to a skeleton]].
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* %% EvilTeacher: Decker again.

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* %% %%* EvilTeacher: Decker again.

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* EvilIsPetty: Isn't it ever.
* EvilTeacher: Decker again.

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* %%* EvilIsPetty: Isn't it ever.
* *%% EvilTeacher: Decker again.



* MadScientist: Decker.
* ManEatingPlant

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* KingKongCopy: Take a wild guess.
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MadScientist: Decker.
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* TragicVillain: Konga

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* %%* TragicVillain: Konga



* WeCanRuleTogether: Decker offers this to Sandra.

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* %%* WeCanRuleTogether: Decker offers this to Sandra.

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Decker plans on destroying Konga as he already has the serum.
* YourCheatingHeart: Margaret attempts to use Konga to kill Decker and Sandra after she realized that Decker was cheating on her. [[TooDumbToLive She thinks that because she has been 'nice' to Konga, he will obey her.]] [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard She is wrong.]]

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Decker plans on destroying Konga as he already has the serum. \n* YourCheatingHeart: Margaret attempts to use Konga to kill Decker and Sandra after she realized that Decker was cheating on her. [[TooDumbToLive She thinks that because she has been 'nice' to Konga, he will obey her.]] [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard She is wrong.]]
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Befalls both Margaret and Decker [[spoiler:who are slain by the angry Konga]].

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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Befalls both Margaret and Decker [[spoiler:who [[spoiler: who are slain by the angry Konga]].



* KickTheDog: Decker shoots and kills Margaret's pet cat, Tabby, because he had drank some droplets of the serum. He only gets worse from there.

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* KickTheDog: Decker shoots and kills Margaret's pet cat, Tabby, because he had drank drunk some droplets of the serum. He only gets worse from there.



* MyCarHatesMe: Scooter, rather. Bob Kent has trouble starting up his scooter. After Konga[[spoiler:kills him]], his scooter finally starts, the rear wheel spinning while the scooter is on its side.

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* MyCarHatesMe: Scooter, rather. Bob Kent has trouble starting up his scooter. After Konga[[spoiler:kills Konga [[spoiler:kills him]], his scooter finally starts, the rear wheel spinning while the scooter is on its side.
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Konga (or I Was a Teenage Gorilla) is a 1961 British/American science fiction horror film starring Michael Gough (of ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' fame) in the lead role of Dr. Charles Decker. After being assumed dead for a year, Decker returns home with several specimens of carnivorous plants and a baby chimpanzee, whom he dubs Konga. Decker had conducted experiments on plants during his time in the African wilderness, and seeing the potential of stimulating plant growth, Decker injects a serum into Konga's circulatory system, causing him to reach his adult size in less than a minute. However, when the dean of the Essex University threatens his research, Decker doubles the dosage and sends the primate to kill all of his rivals.

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Konga (or I Was a Teenage Gorilla) is a 1961 British/American science fiction horror film starring Michael Gough Creator/MichaelGough (of ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' fame) in the lead role of Dr. Charles Decker. After being assumed dead for a year, Decker returns home with several specimens of carnivorous plants and a baby chimpanzee, whom he dubs Konga. Decker had conducted experiments on plants during his time in the African wilderness, and seeing the potential of stimulating plant growth, Decker injects a serum into Konga's circulatory system, causing him to reach his adult size in less than a minute. However, when the dean of the Essex University threatens his research, Decker doubles the dosage and sends the primate to kill all of his rivals.
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Konga (or I Was a Teenage Gorilla) is a 1961 British/American science fiction horror film starring Michael Gough (of ''Film/{{Batman}}'' fame) in the lead role of Dr. Charles Decker. After being assumed dead for a year, Decker returns home with several specimens of carnivorous plants and a baby chimpanzee, whom he dubs Konga. Decker had conducted experiments on plants during his time in the African wilderness, and seeing the potential of stimulating plant growth, Decker injects a serum into Konga's circulatory system, causing him to reach his adult size in less than a minute. However, when the dean of the Essex University threatens his research, Decker doubles the dosage and sends the primate to kill all of his rivals.

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Konga (or I Was a Teenage Gorilla) is a 1961 British/American science fiction horror film starring Michael Gough (of ''Film/{{Batman}}'' ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' fame) in the lead role of Dr. Charles Decker. After being assumed dead for a year, Decker returns home with several specimens of carnivorous plants and a baby chimpanzee, whom he dubs Konga. Decker had conducted experiments on plants during his time in the African wilderness, and seeing the potential of stimulating plant growth, Decker injects a serum into Konga's circulatory system, causing him to reach his adult size in less than a minute. However, when the dean of the Essex University threatens his research, Decker doubles the dosage and sends the primate to kill all of his rivals.
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* MyCarHatesMe: Scooter, rather. Bob Kent has trouble starting up his scooter. After Konga[[spoiler:kills him]], his scooter finally starts, the rear wheel spinning while the scooter is on its side.
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'''''Konga''''' (or '''''I Was a Teenage Gorilla''''') is a 1961 British/American science fiction horror film starring Michael Gough (of ''Film/{{Batman}}'' fame) in the lead role of Dr. Charles Decker. After being assumed dead for a year, Decker returns home with several specimens of carnivorous plants and a baby chimpanzee, whom he dubs Konga. Decker had conducted experiments on plants during his time in the African wilderness, and seeing the potential of stimulating plant growth, Decker injects a serum into Konga's circulatory system, causing him to reach his adult size in less than a minute. However, when the dean of the Essex University threatens his research, Decker doubles the dosage and sends the primate to kill all of his rivals.

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'''''Konga''''' Konga (or '''''I I Was a Teenage Gorilla''''') Gorilla) is a 1961 British/American science fiction horror film starring Michael Gough (of ''Film/{{Batman}}'' fame) in the lead role of Dr. Charles Decker. After being assumed dead for a year, Decker returns home with several specimens of carnivorous plants and a baby chimpanzee, whom he dubs Konga. Decker had conducted experiments on plants during his time in the African wilderness, and seeing the potential of stimulating plant growth, Decker injects a serum into Konga's circulatory system, causing him to reach his adult size in less than a minute. However, when the dean of the Essex University threatens his research, Decker doubles the dosage and sends the primate to kill all of his rivals.
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* TooDumbToLive: Affects several people in this movie, but Professor Tagore deserves special mention for telling the obviously obsessed Decker that he lives alone in an isolated area and never even locks his doors. [[IncrediblyLamePun It should be no surprise that he soon joins the other victims in the Konga line.]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not in the film itself, but in the novel, Decker attempts to save a young woman who had fallen victim to one of his many Venus flytraps, to no avail.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not in the film itself, but in the novel, Decker attempts to save a young woman who had fallen Sandra after she falls victim to one of his many Venus flytraps, to no avail.



* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Befalls both Margaret and Decker [[spoiler:who are slain by the angry Konga]].



* YourCheatingHeart: Margaret attempts to use Konga to kill Decker and Sandra after she realized that Decker was cheating on her.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Margaret attempts to use Konga to kill Decker and Sandra after she realized that Decker was cheating on her. [[TooDumbToLive She thinks that because she has been 'nice' to Konga, he will obey her.]] [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard She is wrong.]]

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