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*Yeti / Cyber-Yeti (Top of the World)
*Yeti / Cyber-Yeti (Top of the World)
==Episodes==
==Episodes==
#The Return, Part 1
#[[The Return: Part 1]]
#The Return, Part 2
#[[The Return: Part 2]]
#Primal Power
#[[Primal Power]]
#Dark Force Rising
#[[Dark Force Rising]]
#The Giant Claw Robberies
#[[The Giant Claw Robberies]]
#Dragon Fire
#[[Dragon Fire]]
#Mistress of the Game
#[[Mistress of the Game]]
#Reborn
#[[Reborn]]
#The Infinity Stone
#[[The Infinity Stone]]
#Night of the Talons
#[[Night of the Talons]]
#Howling Jack
#[[Howling Jack]]
#Hidden Fears
#[[Hidden Fears]]
#The Sleeping City
#[[The Sleeping City]]
#Top of the World
#[[Top of the World]]
#Master of Souls
#[[Master of Souls]]
#Billy
#[[Billy]]
#Enlil's Wrath
#[[Enlil's Wrath]]
#Indian Summer
#[[Indian Summer]]
#Welcome to Ramon's
#[[Welcome to Ramon's]]
#DNA Land
#[[DNA Land]]
#Curse of the Dragon
#[[Curse of the Dragon]]
#Blue Star
#[[Blue Star]]
#The Renewal
#[[The Renewal]]
#Chiros Child
#[[Chiros Child]]
#The Aquanauts
#[[The Aquanauts]]
#Cobra God
#[[Cobra God]]
#Windigo
#[[Windigo]]
#Dangerous Melody
#[[Dangerous Melody]]
#Green Fear
#[[Green Fear]]
#Twilight of the Gods
#[[Twilight of the Gods]]
#Framed
#[[Framed]]
#The Invisible Threat
#[[The Invisible Threat]]
#Sir James Alex's Legacy
#[[Sir James Alex's Legacy]]
#Lies
#[[Lies]]
#Sacred Songs
#[[Sacred Songs]]
#Apocalypse
#[[Apocalypse]]
#Quetzalcoatl
#[[Quetzalcoatl (Episode)|Quetzalcoatl]]
#Return to Redwoods
#[[Return to Redwoods]]
#The Thirteenth Stone
#[[The Thirteenth Stone]]
#Interview with a Monkey
#[[Interview with a Monkey]]
==Movies==
==Movies==
Two tie-in direct-to-DVD animated films were made after this series ended, ''[[Kong: King of Atlantis]]'' in [[2005]] and ''[[Kong: Return to the Jungle]]'' in [[2007]].
Two tie-in direct-to-DVD animated films were made after this series ended, ''[[Kong: King of Atlantis]]'' in [[2005]] and ''[[Kong: Return to the Jungle]]'' in [[2007]].
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*Pauline Newstone - Harpy
*Pauline Newstone - Harpy
*Ron Halder - Andre
*Ron Halder - Andre
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Kong The Animated Series.jpg|A DVD release of the series
</gallery>
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*''Kong: The Animated Series'' was created mainly to compete with the other popular contemporary giant monster cartoon, ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'', and managed to stay on the air for the same number of episodes. Both series were ultimately cancelled due to their inability to compete with popular children's anime series such as ''Pokémon'' and ''Digimon''.
*''Kong: The Animated Series'' was created mainly to compete with the other popular contemporary giant monster cartoon, ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'', and managed to stay on the air for the same number of episodes. Both series were ultimately cancelled due to their inability to compete with popular children's anime series such as ''Pokémon'' and ''Digimon''.
**However, ''Kong: The Animated Series'' did have reruns aired on Fox Kids long after its cancellation, and even had two spin-off animated films produced for it in 2005 and 2007.
**However, ''Kong: The Animated Series'' did have reruns aired on Fox Kids long after its cancellation, and even had two spin-off animated films produced for it in 2005 and 2007.
*''Kong: The Animated Series'' was the second animated series based on [[King Kong]] after ''[[The King Kong Show]]'', and the last until ''[[Kong: King Of The Apes]]'' in [[2016]].
*''Kong: The Animated Series'' was the second animated series based on [[King Kong]] after ''[[The King Kong Show]]'', and the last until ''[[Kong: King of the Apes]]'' in [[2016]].
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Revision as of 17:04, 4 October 2016


Kong: The Animated Series
Kong: The Animated Series
Air date September 9, 2000 - March 26, 2001
Producer(s) BKN International, M6 Metropole Television, Philippine Animation Studio, Inc., Ellipseanime
Distributor BKN International
Channel(s) BKN (Original run), Fox Kids, Jetix, TeletoonCA
Genre(s) Animated series
Episodes 40

Kong: The Animated Series is an American animated series starring the monster King Kong, which ran from September 9, 2000 to March 26, 2001.

Plot

To be added.

Appearances

Characters & Monsters

  • King Kong
  • Jason Jenkins
  • Eric Tannenbaum IV
  • Dr. Lorna Jenkins
  • Lua
  • Chondar
  • Saura
  • Professor Ramon De La Porta
  • Chiros
  • Rakhir
  • Andre
  • Howling Jack Crockett
  • Alternate Universe Ominous / Red Ominous (The Renewal)
  • Ancient Atlantean Kong (The Thirteenth Stone)
  • Apatosaurs / Brontosaurs (The Return, Part 1)
  • Badkat (The Return, Part 1)
  • Berserk Plant Life (Green Fear)
  • Billy (Billy)
  • Cave Snake / Cyber-Snake (Primal Power)
  • Cyber-Ant Eater (Master of Souls)
  • Cyber-Coyotes (Sir James Alexander’s Legacy)
  • Cyber-Cockatoo (Green Fear)
  • Cyber-Crocodile (The Sleeping City)
  • Cyber-Dog (Cobra God)
  • Cyber-Eagle (DNA Land)
  • Cyber-Fennec Fox (DNA Land)
  • Cyber-Germen Shepherd (Interview with a Monkey)
  • Cyber-Hyena (Enlil’s Wrath)
  • Cyber-Mandrill (Framed)
  • Cyber-Polar Bear (Blue Star)
  • Cyber-Pteranodon (The Renewal)
  • Cyber-Rat (The Giant Claw Robberies)
  • Cyber-Saber Tooth (Howling Jack)
  • Cyber-Spider Monkey (The Invisible Threat)
  • Cyber-Stegosaurus (Lies)
  • Cyber-Tarantula (Dangerous Melody)
  • Cyber-Thorny Devil (Sacred Songs)
  • Cyber-Triceratops 1 (Howling Jack)
  • Cyber-Triceratops 2 (The Renewal)
  • Cyber-Tyrannosaurus 1 (Howling Jack)
  • Cyber-Tyrannosaurus 2 (Hidden Fears)
  • Cyber-Wild Boar (The Infinity Stone)
  • Evil Kong / Alternative Universe Kong (The Renewal)
  • Giant Kong Island Alligator (Dark Forces Rising)
  • Giant One-Eyed Critter from Saturn (Interview with a Monkey)
  • Gryffin (Night of the Talons)
  • Ice Giant, the (Twilight of the Gods)
  • Jaguar God (Master of Souls)
  • Lava Men, the (Chiros Child)
  • Living Rock Monster (Indian Summer)
  • Locust Guardian / Swarm (Indian Summer)
  • Manticore, the (The Infinity Stone)
  • Mechanical Monster Suit (Howling Jack)
  • Mind Reaper, the (Hidden Fears)
  • Naga the Great Fire Cobra (Cobra God)
  • Nessai / Cyber-Nessie (The Aquanauts)
  • Over-sized Fly (Hidden Fears)
  • Pachycephalosaurus / 'Egg Heads' (The Return, Part 2)
  • Plesiosaur (The Thirteenth Stone)
  • Quetzalcoatl (Quetzalcoatl)
  • Renaldo the Komodo Dragon / Cyber-Dragon (Dragon Fire)
  • Velociraptors (Reborn)
  • Venus Flytrap (Green Fear)
  • Windigo (Windigo)
  • Woolly Mammoth Family
  • Yeti / Cyber-Yeti (Top of the World)

Episodes

  1. The Return: Part 1
  2. The Return: Part 2
  3. Primal Power
  4. Dark Force Rising
  5. The Giant Claw Robberies
  6. Dragon Fire
  7. Mistress of the Game
  8. Reborn
  9. The Infinity Stone
  10. Night of the Talons
  11. Howling Jack
  12. Hidden Fears
  13. The Sleeping City
  14. Top of the World
  15. Master of Souls
  16. Billy
  17. Enlil's Wrath
  18. Indian Summer
  19. Welcome to Ramon's
  20. DNA Land
  21. Curse of the Dragon
  22. Blue Star
  23. The Renewal
  24. Chiros Child
  25. The Aquanauts
  26. Cobra God
  27. Windigo
  28. Dangerous Melody
  29. Green Fear
  30. Twilight of the Gods
  31. Framed
  32. The Invisible Threat
  33. Sir James Alex's Legacy
  34. Lies
  35. Sacred Songs
  36. Apocalypse
  37. Quetzalcoatl
  38. Return to Redwoods
  39. The Thirteenth Stone
  40. Interview with a Monkey

Movies

Two tie-in direct-to-DVD animated films were made after this series ended, Kong: King of Atlantis in 2005 and Kong: Return to the Jungle in 2007.

Video Games

Two tie-in video games were created for the series, both for the Gameboy Advance. The first one, simply titled Kong: The Animated Series was released in 2002, while the second, Kong: King of Atlantis, was released in 2005 to tie in with the direct-to-DVD animated film of the same name.

Cast

  • Scott McNeil - King Kong, Eric "Tann" Tannenbaum IV, Omar, Wu-Chan
  • Kirby Morrow - Jason Jenkins, Frazetti, Rakhir
  • Daphne Goldrick - Dr. Lorna Jenkins
  • Kathy Morse - Dr. Lorna Jenkins
  • Saffron Henderson - Lua
  • David Kaye - Professor Ramon De La Porta
  • Nicole Oliver - Tiger Lucy
  • Paul Dobson - Chiros
  • Pauline Newstone - Harpy
  • Ron Halder - Andre

Gallery

Trivia

  • Kong: The Animated Series was created mainly to compete with the other popular contemporary giant monster cartoon, Godzilla: The Series, and managed to stay on the air for the same number of episodes. Both series were ultimately cancelled due to their inability to compete with popular children's anime series such as Pokémon and Digimon.
    • However, Kong: The Animated Series did have reruns aired on Fox Kids long after its cancellation, and even had two spin-off animated films produced for it in 2005 and 2007.
  • Kong: The Animated Series was the second animated series based on King Kong after The King Kong Show, and the last until Kong: King of the Apes in 2016.

Television show
Era Icon - King Kong.png