Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

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Warning : This clause contains spoiler forGodzilla x Kong : The New Empire .

In addition to deliver plenty of monster - mash spectacle , Godzilla x Kong : The New Empirehas revealed more detail about Kong ’s metal money in the MonsterVerse and how they ended up in the Hollow Earth ( and why a few of them go to Skull Island).Godzilla x Kong : The New Empiresees Kong encountering more fellow member of his species in the Hollow Earth and teaming up with Godzilla to defeat their tyrannical leader , the Skar King . This storyline give the MonsterVerse an chance to flesh out its worldbuilding by explaining where Kong ’s species come from and why they retreated into the Hollow Earth .

Monarch , the organization in charge ofthe giant monsters in the MonsterVerse , have a few interior names to refer to their kaiju friends . The MonsterVerse ’s first entryway , the 2014 reboot ofGodzilla , introduced the condition “ MUTOs ” to name to the mysterious brute pour down up around the globe . This acronym stand for “ Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism ” and it went from put on to a finicky epenthetic monster to referring to any unidentified tool in this universe . ButGodzilla x Kong : The New Empirehas given a more specific name to Kong ’s species in the MonsterVerse ( and filled in its chronicle ) .

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Godzilla x Kong : The New Empire is a bona fide hit at the box office , and there are a few reason for its unexpected blockbuster success .

Kong Is A Great Ape In The MonsterVerse

The name Kong only applies to Kong himself

InGodzilla x Kong : The New Empire , the term “ Great Ape ” is applied to Kong ’s mintage . Kong meets some fellow Great emulator in the Hollow Earth and finds that they ’re all being lead by the Skar King , a sort of evil variant of Kong who wants to invade the surface universe and wipe out the human race . The Kong of the MonsterVerse has always been known as the Titanus Kong – just as the MonsterVerse ’s Godzilla is “ the Titanus Gojira ” – but it was ill-defined whether Kong ’s Titan name applied only to him or if all member of his species were “ Kongs . ”

Now , Godzilla x Kong : The New Empirehas fall along to clear that up . As it turns out , Kong and the other members of his metal money are “ Great Apes . ”The name “ Kong ” applies only to Kong himself , not to his entire species . Every other Great Ape has their own name that ’s specific to them , just like Kong is specific to the beloved Titan . The smaller juvenile emulator referred to as a mini Kong in the trailers is in reality visit Suko . The villainous Great Ape that Kong teams up with Godzilla to vanquish is forebode the Skar King , or just “ Skar . ”

The Great Apes Lost The Ancient Titan War With Godzilla

Losing the Ancient Titan War forced the Great Apes to relocate

Godzilla x Kong : The New Empirehas reveal that Godzilla and the Great Apes have a long history together . A tenacious time ago , the Great Apes fought member of Godzilla ’s specie in a state of war know as the Ancient Titan War , also bear on to as the Great Titan War . This difference of opinion primarily involved fellow member of the Titanus Gojira crusade against members of the Titanus Kong , but a few other MUTO mintage were need .

The Ancient Titan War guide spot at the center of the kingdom of Agartha , the oldest known human civilisation set up by humans and the Anunnaki ( an advanced alien species that derive to Earth in ancient fourth dimension ) inthe Hollow Earth . Since the war took situation before the beginning of record human history , very little is know about the specific of the battle or how it ab initio better out . The result theory is that the war was started by the Hollow Earth Alpha , better know as the Skar King .

The warfare entrust the realm of Agartha in ruins andthe Great Apes who live there were forced to relocate to a dissimilar part of the Hollow Earth , where they institute the New Agarthan Empire . In the ruins of Agartha , archeologists have discovered all kinds of fossils that point which MUTOs took part in the war . Of of course , there are plenty of Titanus Gojira and Titanus Kong fossil , but they also found Genitors , Skullcrawlers , the Titanus Mosura , and other parasitic MUTOs .

Kong from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

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Why Some Great Apes Were On Skull Island

Not all Great Apes retreated to the Hollow Earth

While most of the Great Apes followed the Skar King to shew the New Agarthan Empire after the gloam of the realm of Agartha , they did n’t all go with him . Some of the Great Apes pass on the Hollow Earth for skilful and channelise for the aerofoil earth . They ended up finalize on Skull Island , which is where the humans of the MonsterVerse first encountered Kongin 2017’sKong : Skull Island . It ’s unclear why some of the Great Apes live to Skull Island or else of observe the Skar King . Perhaps they did n’t trust the Skar King or they feared another licking .

This backstory was filled in by writer Greg Keyes inGodzilla vs. Kong : The Official Movie Novelization . In the book , Jia recalls the ancient warfare between Godzilla ’s species and Kong ’s species , with the Iwi scrap on the Kongs ’ side . After losing the war , the Iwi and some of the remaining Great Apes headed to Skull Island . Godzilla x Kong : The New Empireadapted this story and total a twain of details , like the Skar King ’s involvement and the revealing that Godzilla seal off the other Great Apes within the Hollow Earth .

Kong Is The New Ruler Of The Great Apes

Kong has taken his place as the Great Apes' leader

The climactic conflict ofGodzilla x Kong : The New Empiretakes the monsters to Rio de Janeiro , where Shimo is attempting to kickstart a new ice age on the Skar King ’s orders . in the end , Suko uses Kong ’s axe to smash the quartz glass that controls Shimo ’s powers . This allows Shimo and Kong to team up to freeze and shatter the Skar King , defeating him once and for all . Godzilla then reverses the beginning of Shimo ’s ice years with his signature atomic breath before returning to hibernation in the Colosseum . Mothra restores the safeguards on the Iwi ’s home .

In the aftermath of the final battle , Kong returns to the Hollow Earth with Suko and Shimo . Atthe end ofGodzilla x Kong : The New Empire , Kong take his lawful place as the leader of the Great Apes . Rather than ruling with an iron fist like the Skar King did , Kong will be a fair leader . He ’ll practice his forces for dear , not to invade the surface world . In his next MonsterVerse appearance afterGodzilla x Kong : The New Empire , Kong will have an U. S. Army of Great Apes at his garbage disposal .

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Godzilla x Kong : The New Empire unites iconic monsters Godzilla and Kong in a colossal confrontation . As these ancient titans clash , humans delve into their partake in origins and research the enigmatic secrets of Skull Island .

Godzilla and Kong with money in Godzilla x Kong

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire unites iconic monsters Godzilla and Kong in a colossal confrontation. As these ancient titans clash, humans delve into their shared origins and explore the enigmatic secrets of Skull Island.

Shimo roars before spitting out ice in Godzilla x Kong The New Empire

Kong looking to the side in Kong Skull Island

Kong looking worried in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire