Jill: You mean, there really was a King Kong? How do you know, Grandpa?
Tim: Because I was there in New York when Kong went on his rampage.
Tim: Because I was there in New York when Kong went on his rampage.
"After King Kong Fell" is a 1973 short story written by author Philip José Farmer.
Tim Howller and his six year-old granddaughter Jill are watching the classic film King Kong (1933). After watching it Jill asks him if what she saw was real. It wasn't, but Tim it was based on real events. Not only that, he was there to experience it for himself, and knows what actually happened after what was seen in the film.
Tropes:
- Author Avatar: Tim Howller is this for Philip Jose Farmer himself, right down to being from the same town (Peoria, Illinois) and having the same age (thirteen) in 1931 as Farmer would've been at that time.
- Bring My Brown Pants: Tim fainted and peed himself at the site of Kong escaping in the theatre.
- Lawyer-Friendly Cameo: Both The Shadow and Doc Savage are there at the site of Kong's body after he falls. They go unnamed, but descriptions of the former's "hawk-like face" and the latter's "gold-specked eyes" make them unmistakable references.
- Square-Cube Law: Used by Tim to speculate on the size of Kong's penis proportionately to his body.
- A True Story in My Universe: Tim claims to his granddaughter that both King Kong (1933) and its 1932 novelization are mere dramatizations of events that took place in 1931, that he experienced first-hand.
