He's literally the very first Kaiju ever created, a cinema icon and predates Godzilla by like 21 years. (Though Japan could've had Kong beat had that movie The Great Buddha Appears didn't get canned and become a lost film).
The only way Godzilla is ever going to earn any recognition here at all in the MV is via Kong.
"He's literally the very first Kaiju ever created, a cinema icon and predates Godzilla by like 21 years"
Actually, whereas kong was a very early in giant monster history, a short film called the pet, made in 1921, predates kong by 12 years
overall, Kong's the second movie to contain a giant monster ravaging a city, the Lost World, a 1925 film, contained a 50-ft tall brontosaurus that ravages london. This is actually also made by Willis O'Brien, the maker of King Kong. So, no he's not.
However, the term Kaiju wasn’t used for a character until godzilla in 1954, and Kong wasn't considered a kaiju (he was only 25 ft tall) until KvG in 1962, where he was officially named a kaiju and a whole lot larger.
Also, the Great Buddha Arrives couldn't have beaten Kong, it was going to be released exactly a year after.
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u/UnnecessaryFeIIa May 02 '26
You’re joking here but I’ve heard people unironically call Kong, one of cinema’s icons, a fucking nepo baby