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* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': During the Breach, the Grimm horde attacking Vale are led by a gigantic [[KillerGorilla Beringel]] referred to as a King Beringel, which is the Grimm-equivalent of King Kong.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' features a monster called a Megaprimatus, that is pretty clearly meant to be the [[Film/KingKong2005 2005 version]] of Kong. The name even comes from the [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary material]] from that movie.
** There's also Angazhan, the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Demonic Prince]] of savagery, who resembles a mix of this trope and a BigRedDevil. He rules over his own layer of [[{{Hell}} The Abyss]], a HungryJungle called Ahvoth-Kor riddled with [[KillerGorilla apelike demons]] and [[PrehistoricMonster fiendish dinosaurs]], [[PrimateVersusReptile usually fighting each other]], as well as BigCreepyCrawlies and [[ManEatingPlant carnivorous plants]].

* Space Ape is basically is a giant gorilla who joined the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' Corps.

* There was a parody novel called ''King Dong'' written by King Dong by Edgar Rider Ragged.

%%* Space Ape is basically King Kong as a ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''.

** He once fought a giant superpowered gorilla called King Krypton. Before dying [=KK=] was a Kryptonian scientist who was turned into a gorilla and launched into space hoping cosmic radiation would cure him.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'' episode "Rage of the Ape-Men", the eponymous ape-men hold a tournament where large KillerGorilla warriors fight each other to death. Their champion becomes an example of this trope [[spoiler:after earning the right to drink from a potion that increases his size, strength and bloodlust, and engaging in a battle with the ''TyrannosaurusRex'' Fang]].

A King Kong Copy will almost always either be [[KillerGorilla an ape]], [[{{Kaiju}} a giant creature]] or both. They often live on an IsleOfGiantHorrors, where they are [[GiantAnimalWorship worshipped like gods]] by [[HollywoodNatives primitive peoples]], being offered [[BeastAndBeauty a nubile young woman]], usually as a [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] to them. A KingKongClimb is almost inevitable, followed by a [[DisneyVillainDeath long drop to their death]] after being shot at by fighter-pilots. PrimalChestPound may also be used. A BehemothBattle with another giant monster (such as a {{Notzilla}}) is optional.

* The Oozaru (the Great Ape in some English Dubs) from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' seem to be inspired by King Kong, but are different from other examples in many respect. They are Saiyans, a savage HumanAlien race that conquered planets, who can transform into giant primates (resembling a cross between a gorilla and a baboon) [[{{Lunacy}} under the light of a full moon]] in a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf-like manner]]. The transformation stops and they come back to normal when the moon hides or disappears (temporarily), or if the monkey tail of a Saiyan is cut (meant to be permanent, but there's been instances of the tail growing back under the light of a subsequent full moon). A Saiyan who doesn't know how to control the form (as was the case for Goku in the original ''Dragon Ball'' and Gohan in ''Dragon Ball Z'') is likely to do the stereotypical gorilla [[PrimalChestPound chest-pounding]](despite the Oozaru technically being a monkey) while firing {{Ki Blast}}s from their mouths at everything in the general vicinity.

* The Oozaru (the Great Ape in some English Dubs) from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' seem to be inspired by King Kong, but are different from other examples in many respect. They are Saiyans, a savage HumanAlien race that conquered planets, who can transform into giant primates (resembling a cross between a gorilla and a baboon) [[{{Lunacy}} under the light of a full moon]] in a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf-like manner]]. The transformation stops and they come back to normal when the moon hides or disappears (temporarily), or if the monkey tail of a Saiyan is cut (meant to be permanent, but there's been instances of the tail growing back under the light of a subsequent full moon). A Saiyan who doesn't know how to control the form (as was the case for Goku in the original ''Dragon Ball'' and Gohan in ''Dragon Ball Z'') is likely to do the stereotypical gorilla [[PrimalChestPound chest-pounding]], despite the Oozaru technically being a monkey.

Some can consider Franchise/KingKong one of the most famous and enduring movie monsters ever to be put to screen. "The 8th Wonder of the World" he was called since his [[Film/KingKong1933 1933 debut]]. He has appeared in things from sequels to remakes, spin-offs, animated spin-offs, comic books and video-games. Thus, copyright-dodging spoofs trying to [[{{Pun}} ape]] him are just as likely to exist. (Notably, while Godzilla is more difficult to knock off due to his unique design combining features of several real-life dinosaurs, King Kong, aside from his size, exactly resembles a typical gorilla and thus is more difficult to copyright as a trademarked character.)

* Space Ape is basically King Kong as a ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' fought a couple;

* Space Ape is basically King Kong as a ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''.

* Titano the Super-Ape, a recurring foe of ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'', in the Pre-Crisis version, is an ape of gigantic size with kryptonite EyeBeams which forces Superman to deal with him carefully. His species (i.e. gorilla or chimpanzee) and origin story varies from comic to comic. On one comic book cover, he's [[KingKongClimb climbing the Daily Planet tower]].

* An episode of Nelvana's ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'' animated series is about the elephant king and his friends getting shipwrecked on an IsleOfGiantHorrors, inhabited by a giant gorilla named Conga the Terrible.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge'': The film's BigBad is a {{Kaiju}}-sized ape ([[MixAndMatchCritters part mandrill, part gorilla, part echidna]]) named Spiny Mandrilla. The Betterman family hide behind a wooden wall from him, just like the Skull Island natives fo from Kong. The local tribe of Punch-Monkeys appease him with sacrifices (primarily [[StockAnimalDiet bananas]]), but when they Grug eats the bananas intended as sacrifice, the Punch-Monkeys kidnap him along with Phil and Guy and give them to the Mandrilla as HumanSacrifice. Finally, [[spoiler:the Mandrilla also suffers a DisneyVillainDeath, falling into a chasm to his doom]].

* ''WesternAnimation/CroodsANewAge'': The film's BigBad is a {{Kaiju}}-sized ape ([[MixAndMatchCritters part mandrill, part gorilla, part echidna]]) named Spiny Mandrilla. The Betterman family hide behind a wooden wall from him, just like the Skull Island natives fo from Kong. The local tribe of Punch-Monkeys appease him with sacrifices (primarily [[StockAnimalDiet bananas]]), but when they Grug eats the bananas intended as sacrifice, the Punch-Monkeys kidnap him along with Phil and Guy and give them to the Mandrilla as HumanSacrifice. Finally, [[spoiler:the Mandrilla also suffers a DisneyVillainDeath, falling into a chasm to his doom]].

** The 1977 Hong Kong film[[note]]yes, it's a [[TongueTwister Hong Kong King Kong]] Copy[[/note]] ''Mighty Peking Man'' features a giant [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti yeti]] named Utam, who raised a FurBikini-clad blonde woman named Samantha.

* One of the three original bosses in ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved'' is this, referred to as the Megapithecus.

* In Captain Celebrity's commercial for Narufest in ''Manga/VigilanteMyHeroAcademiaIllegals'', he is seen beating a villain who's "a giant gorilla with, let's say, an air of royalty about him" climbing the Tokyo Tower.

* Famous Nintendo character Franchise/DonkeyKong is said to be directly based off of King Kong, possessing the last name "Kong" (a word that applies to every other ape present in the franchise) and first name "Donkey" meant to be associated with "stubborn" to American audiences. This famously led Universal Studios to sue Nintendo for copyright violation [[DidntThinkThisThrough despite having established themselves in an earlier lawsuit that King Kong falls under public domain]]. In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'', one of the Event Matches has a giant Bowser and a giant Donkey Kong face off on skyscrapers, a clear ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' matchup.

Some can consider Franchise/KingKong one of the most famous and enduring movie monsters ever to be put to screen. "The 8th Wonder of the World" he was called since his [[Film/KingKong1933 1933 debut]]. He has appeared in things from sequels to remakes, spin-offs, animated spin-offs, comic books and video-games. Thus, copyright-dodging spoofs trying to [[{{Pun}} ape]] him are just as likely to exist.