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|species =Elasmosaurus | |species =''Elasmosaurus'' | ||
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'''Elasmosaurus'''<ref>Shay, Don. (January 1982) Willis O'Brien - Creating the Impossible. ''Cinefex'', 7, p. 30</ref><ref>Morton, Ray. (2005) ''King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson'', p. 66</ref> is an extinct genus of plesiosaur. An Elasmosaurus appears in the [[1933]] film, ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''. | '''''Elasmosaurus'''''<ref>Shay, Don. (January 1982) Willis O'Brien - Creating the Impossible. ''Cinefex'', 7, p. 30</ref><ref>Morton, Ray. (2005) ''King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon from Fay Wray to Peter Jackson'', p. 66</ref> is an extinct genus of plesiosaur. An ''Elasmosaurus'' appears in the [[1933]] film, ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''. | ||
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==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Elasmosaurus is a plesiosaur with a long neck. The depiction of Elasmosaurus in ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' resembles the 'head on the wrong end'<ref>[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Lealaps-cope.jpg "Head on the Wrong End"]</ref> version of the | ''Elasmosaurus'' is a plesiosaur with a long neck. The depiction of ''Elasmosaurus'' in ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'' resembles the 'head on the wrong end'<ref>[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Lealaps-cope.jpg "Head on the Wrong End"]</ref> version of the creature, a depiction that was later proven to be inaccurate. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
When [[King Kong]] brought [[Ann Darrow]] to his mountain lair, he was suddenly attacked by the cave serpent. Kong set Ann down and struggled with the serpent. The creature wrapped its long body around Kong's neck and attempted to strangle him. Kong pulled the serpent off with all his might and slammed it onto the rocky surface of the cave, snapping its spine and killing it. | When [[King Kong]] brought [[Ann Darrow]] to his mountain lair, he was suddenly attacked by the cave serpent. Kong set Ann down and struggled with the serpent. The creature wrapped its long body around Kong's neck and attempted to strangle him. Kong pulled the serpent off with all his might and slammed it onto the rocky surface of the cave, snapping its spine and killing it. | ||
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Elasmosaurus[1][2] is an extinct genus of plesiosaur. An Elasmosaurus appears in the 1933 film, King Kong.
Appearance
Elasmosaurus is a plesiosaur with a long neck. The depiction of Elasmosaurus in King Kong resembles the 'head on the wrong end'[3] version of the creature, a depiction that was later proven to be inaccurate.
History
When King Kong brought Ann Darrow to his mountain lair, he was suddenly attacked by the cave serpent. Kong set Ann down and struggled with the serpent. The creature wrapped its long body around Kong's neck and attempted to strangle him. Kong pulled the serpent off with all his might and slammed it onto the rocky surface of the cave, snapping its spine and killing it.
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Trivia
- The cave serpent may have inspired the other giant snake-like kaiju that King Kong fought in later films, such as the Giant Sea Serpent from King Kong Escapes and the Giant Boa from the 1976 remake of King Kong.
- In the video game adaptation of the 2005 film, during one level Kong must battle two giant serpent-like monsters in a cave. This level is most likely a tribute to Kong's battle with the cave serpent, as the way Kong kills the serpents is by slamming them onto the ground, the same way he killed the cave serpent.
References
This is a list of references for Elasmosaurus. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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