History WesternAnimation / TheMightyKong

* OffModel: Kong is inexplicably colored brown on the VHS and DVD covers, even on his face.

* OnlyKnownByInitials: Denham is never referred to as Carl at any point in the movie, everyone calls him C.B. (and it’s never explained what the B. stands for).

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Most likely the reason why Kong is never referred to as “King Kong,” not even during the Broadway show, Denham just calls him “The Mighty Kong” instead. Weirdly enough, he is called “King Kong” in promotional material, like the trailer and VHS cover.

* CoverAlwaysLie: [[https://i.redd.it/au01vbjaikma1.jpg One poster]] used to promote the movie (probably a teaser) depicts the movie as if it was a darker and more serious movie like the original 1933 classic or the 1976 remake and not the colorful kid-friendly musical it really is.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Besides being a LighterAndSofter adaptation of King Kong, the film changes the originals BittersweetEnding into a straight up HappyEnding, [[spoiler: right down to Kong surviving the battle on (and subsequent fall from) the Empire State Building]].

* PlaceWorseThanDeath: Carl Denham discusses a plan to buy land in New Jersey for King Kong to inhabit. Anne protests this: "He can’t survive in Jersey! No one can!"

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: The giant snake that Kong fights is a ''Gigantophis'', an extinct species of prehistoric snake.

* MythologyGag: Kong bathes Anne under a waterfall like his 1976 counterpart. He also fights a giant snake.

* ImOkay: At one point in his New York rampage, Kong places a car with a couple inside onto train tracks, which immediately speeds away -- only to find itself about to crash into an oncoming train. The collision is obscured, but the woman exclaims "That's the last time I [[HenpeckedHusband let you drive]]!" to let the audience know they somehow survived (assuming you can hear it over the cacophony of the crash).

* ImOkay: At one point in his New York rampage, Kong places a car with a couple inside onto train tracks, which immediately speeds away -- only to find itself about to crash into an oncoming train. The collision is obscured, but the woman exclaims "That's the last time I [[HenpeckedHusband let you drive!" to let the audience know they somehow survived (assuming you can hear it over the cacophony of the crash).

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The film stars Creator/JodiBenson and Dudley Moore (in his final role before his death four years later).

* AnimatedMusical

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* MythologyGag:
** Kong bathes Anne under a waterfall like in the 1976 version. He also fights a giant snake.