History WesternAnimation / TheKingKongShow

The show is notable for introducing Mechani-Kong (spelled Mechanikong in the series), Kong's robot duplicate, and the main antagonist Dr. Who (No, not [[Series/DoctorWho that]] Dr. Who; [[IAmNotShazam that's not even that character's name, for one]]), who would both become the main antagonists of ''Film/KingKongEscapes'', envisioned originally as a co-production between Creator/{{Toho}} and Rankin-Bass.

The show is notable for introducing Mechani-Kong, Kong's robot duplicate, and the main antagonist Dr. Who (No, not [[Series/DoctorWho that]] Dr. Who; [[IAmNotShazam that's not even that character's name, for one]]), who would both become the main antagonists of ''Film/KingKongEscapes'', envisioned originally as a co-production between Creator/{{Toho}} and Rankin-Bass.

* Ur-Example: ''The King Kong Show'' is the first anime series produced in Japan for an American company (fully hand-drawn that is, not counting Rankin/Bass' previous Animagic stop motion productions, which were also animated in Japan).

* MerchandiseDriven: The only reason the series was created in the first place was to capitalize on the resurgent Kong, who had appeared in ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' years prior and began generating massive dollars in merchandise throughout the sixties.

* {{Prequel}}: The series is implied to take place years before the events of the 1933 film.

''The King Kong Show'' has almost [[InNameOnly nothing to do with the]] [[Film/KingKong1933 1933 film]] and its plot, aside from the use of Kong and an island setting. All other characters were created strictly for the series (well, almost, read below for more on that) and do not appear in any other ''Kong'' material. The later two animated series based on the ''Kong'' universe, ''WesternAnimation/KongTheAnimatedSeries'' and its SpiritualSuccessor, ''Kong: King of the Apes'', follow a very similar formula as this series, but are set in a more modern/futuristic timeline.

* AdaptedOut: Unlike Skull Island in the original work, there are no natives in Mondo Island.
** Although in an early episode, the Bond family and Kong have a near fatal encounter with a lost tribe of people living under a volcano on a small neighboring island.

The show is notable for introducing Mechani-Kong, Kong's robot duplicate, and the main antagonist Dr. Who (No, not [[Series/DoctorWho that]] Dr. Who), who would both become the main antagonists of ''Film/KingKongEscapes'', envisioned originally as a co-production between Creator/{{Toho}} and Rankin-Bass.

The show is notable for introducing Mechani-Kong, Kong's robot duplicate, and the main antagonist Dr. Who (No, not [[Series/DoctorWho that]] Dr. Who), who would both become the main antagonists of ''Film/KingKongEscapes''.

**On at least one episode, Bobby is forced to exploit that fact when he, his family, and their friend Captain Englehorn are placed in a death trap room by Dr. Who, with an unsuspecting Kong outside observing them through an impenetrable glass so thick he is unable to hear them call out to him for help. When all attempts to get him to understand fail, Bobby gets an understandably reluctant Captain to hit him in order to get Kong angry enough to smash through the wall and save them. The plan works, but Bobby and his family barely manage to calm Kong down long enough to explain the true situation to him before he can kill poor Englehorn.

The third television series to be produced by Videocraft (later known as Creator/RankinBassProductions), with help from Japanese animation studio Creator/ToeiAnimation, in one of the latter's earliest works. This series, very loosely based off [[Film/KingKong the iconic giant gorilla]], ran on Creator/{{ABC}} from 1966 to 1969.

* AdaptationExpansion: The series is implied to take place years before the events of the 1933 film.

* MadScientist: Doctor Who plays this straight throughout the series.

''The King Kong Show'' has almost [[InNameOnly nothing to do with the 1933 film and its plot]], aside from the use of Kong and an island setting. All other characters were created strictly for the series (well, almost, read below for more on that) and do not appear in any other ''Kong'' material. The later two animated series based on the ''Kong'' universe, ''WesternAnimation/KongTheAnimatedSeries'' and its SpiritualSuccessor, ''Kong: King of the Apes'', follow a very similar formula as this series, but are set in a more modern/futuristic timeline.

''The King Kong Show'' has almost [[InNameOnly nothing to do with the 1933 film and its plot]], aside from the use of Kong and an island setting. All other characters were created strictly for the series and do not appear in any other ''Kong'' material. The later two animated series based on the ''Kong'' universe, ''WesternAnimation/KongTheAnimatedSeries'' and its SpiritualSuccessor, ''Kong: King of the Apes'', follow a very similar formula as this series, but are set in a more modern/futuristic timeline.

* MadScientist: Doctor Who ([[Series/DoctorWho not that one]]) plays this straight throughout the series.

* LimitedAnimation: It's from the guys that would later give us ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman'', so this is expected.

* AdaptationExpansion: The series is implied to take place years before the events of the 1933 film