6.0/1011 votes#1 - The Return (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2000
18 year old Jason and his best friend Tann journey to the mysterious Kong Island hidden in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle. With them is their college Professor, Dr. De La Porta. After a close encounter with dinosaurs, Jason is reunited with his grandmother, Dr. Jenkins, and Kong. With them is the beautiful Jungle Girl, Lua. Dr. Jenkins has resurrected Kong via DNA splicing and the Cyber-Link, a communication and data link to the Web. With the Cyber-link a person can also ""merge"" with other animals. De la Porta threatens Dr. Jenkins in an attempt to steal her research and discover the location of the magical Primal Stones. He uses the Cyber-Link to merge with a sabertooth tiger becoming the monstrous Badkat. Jason merges with Kong and drives De La Porta away after an epic battle.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek
- 5.6/107 votes
#2 - The Return (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2000
On Kong Island, the evil Professor Ramone De La Porta forces Dr. Jenkins to take him to the location of the powerful, mystic Primal Stones. Jason, Tann, and Lua frantically search the exotic Island for the kidnapped scientist. They find Dr. Jenkins and De La Porta in the ruins of an ancient temple. De la Porta merges with a giant prehistoric bear, becoming Slothbear, and attacks them. Jason merges with Kong and defeats him
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek, Larry DiTillio
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Primal Power
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired Unknown
De La Porta takes the Primal Stones from an ancient temple on Kong Island, which upsets the Island's mystic and environmental balance. Earthquakes, storms, and volcanoes shake the Island. They find the Professor, but De La Porta merges with a giant prehistoric cave snake. Kong goes head to the head with the newly created monster, but is buried in a cave-in. Drawing on his memories, he finds the strength to slowly free himself. De La Porta attempts to leave the Island in a seaplane, but Jason, Tann, and Lua battle him until Kong arrives to help. De La Porta eventually escapes with 6 of the 12 Primal Stones. Jason vows to hunt him down and retrieve the Stones.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Dragon Fire
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/16/2001
The theft of the Primal Stones from Kong Island threatens to awaken the ancient demon Chiros. Lua journeys alone to Chiros' ruined temple in an attempt to imprison him. She is captured and brainwashed by Harpy, one of Chiros' servants. They journey to the Island's volcano and set the demon free. Jason, Kong, and Tann arrive and Chiros awakens the monster Ominous to stop them. Jason merges with Kong and confronts him. In the fight Kong's anger transforms him into the gigantic Mega-Kong. He easily defeats Ominous forcing Chiros to retreat.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Billy
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/23/2001
Jason, Tann, Lua, and Kong travel to New York City in an attempt to stop a series of robberies of ancient tablets connected to the Primal Stones. They discover that De La Porta is behind the thefts and is trying to learn how to unlock the power of the Stones. Kong and Jason are forced to battle two monstrous Cyber-Link creatures, BadKat and Slothbear, in order to stop De La Porta.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Cobra God
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/7/2001
A ""sea monster"" is stealing hi-tech weapons. Jason and his friends suspect that it's De La Porta using the Cyber-Link. While investigating, they uncover De La Porta's connection with Andre a notorious underworld arms dealer. De La Porta attempts to doublecross Andre, but is taken prisoner in Andre's hideout in an offshore oilrig. Our heroes attempt to free De La Porta and keep the Cyber-Link from falling into Andre's hands.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - The Giant Claw Robberies
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/14/2001
Jason, Kong, Tann, and Lua are forced down in Africa by engine trouble. Lua encounters an evil poacher named Rakhir who kidnaps her to use as bait for his real target--Kong! With his mercenary hunters, Rakhir ambushes and captures Kong. With the help of a baby gorilla whose father was captured by Rakhir, Jason and Tann defeat Rakhir and set Lua and Kong free. Jason merges with Kong, becoming Mega-Kong, and the hunters become the hunted.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Top of the World
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/21/2001
Kong, Jason, Tann and Lua investigate a temple in the Atlantean ruins of Shama-Ra on Kong Island. Tann and Lua are possessed by the ancient spirits of the Atlantean King and Queen. They take the Primal Stone of Lightening from Kong's Lair and use it in an attempt to destroy their old enemy--Chiros! A massive battle takes place with Jason, Kong, and the Atlanteans fighting against Harpy, Ominous, and an army of Apbats. The minions of Chiros are defeated, but the temple is destroyed. Tann and Lua are released by the King and Queen who rejoin their ancestors.
Director: N/A
Writer: Christy Marx
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Curse of the Great Dragon
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/28/2001
In England, De La Porta forces a Druid Priest, Dr. MacKay, to agree to help him use ancient Druid ceremonies to unlock the powers of a Primal Stone. Kong and his friends travel to England to stop them. Merging with a wild boar, De La Porta dukes it out with Kong, forcing our heroes to retreat. The battle resumes at Stonehenge where MacKay is unleashing the power of the Stone. Merged as a fantastic cat/scorpion hybrid--the manticore--De La Porta holds Kong at bay until the Stone opens up a vortex into Infinity. Kong is nearly sucked into the vortex, but Jason merges with him and becomes Mega-Kong, escaping the vortex and defeating De La Porta.
Director: N/A
Writer: Katherine Lawrence
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Reborn
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 8/4/2001
De La Porta takes Tann's billionaire parents hostage in Paris, forcing Tann to agree to lead Lua into a trap. An unhappy and confused Tann sends Jason and Kong off on a false trail and takes Lua to a chateau outside Paris and into De La Porta's trap. Jason shows up with Kong, surprising everybody. Kong battles a Cyber-Link created Gryffin in a tremendous fight over the French countryside and Paris.
Director: N/A
Writer: Glenn Leopold
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Indian Summer
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/11/2001
Jason, Kong, Tann, and Lua travel to Los Angeles in an attempt to stop De La Porta from stealing a stone tablet on display at an LA museum that contains the secrets of the Primal Stones. Down and out, director and stuntman, Howling Jack Crockett spots Kong and becomes obsessed with getting footage of the giant ape. Our heroes confront De La Porta at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum where they battle Cyber-Link monsters created by the evil professor's henchmen. Howling Jack arrives in a mechanical monster suit and gets caught up in the middle of the action. De La Porta is forced to retreat, but poor Howling Jack never gets his footage. Kong remains a secret.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Blue Star
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 8/18/2001
Harpy takes Dr. Jenkins and Chon-Dar prisoner in an effort to find the Primal Stones. Jason, Tann, and Lua attempt to rescue them, but Harpy gasses Kong with giant spider venom knocking him unconscious. Lua merges with Kong's mind to try to bring him out of his coma. She is forced to grapple with Kong's inner demons. Tann uses rockets to drive Harpy and her apbats away. Chiros sends the giant monster Ominous against our heroes, forcing Jason to merge with a T-Rex. Jason is defeated, but Kong awakens and saves him, driving Ominous away and freeing Dr. Jenkins, and Chon-Dar.
Director: N/A
Writer: Sean Catherine Derek
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Dangerous Melody
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/18/2001
Our heroes travel to Egypt to foil De La Porta's scheme to find the legendary Staff of Set, use it to activate a Primal Stone and resurrect Set, the ancient Egyptian God of Evil. Pursuing the Professor, Jason, Tann, Lua and Kong are forced to fight a giant Crocodile/Giggles Cyber-link created monster. They follow De La Porta to the lost city of Akur Vash, where the evil professor raises Set from his long sleep. Kong must battle the God of Evil to save the world. Merged with Jason and armed with the magical Flail of Osiris, he destroys Set.
Director: N/A
Writer: Larry DiTillio
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Top of the World
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/21/2001
Jason and company discovers that De La Porta is on his way to an isolated Himalayan monastery to seize an ancient parchment revealing the use of the Primal Stones. De La Porta and his henchmen attack the monastery, which is defended by a yeti. When Kong arrives, one of the Professor's men merges with the yeti and attacks Kong while De La Porta steals the parchment. Jason merges with Kong and they transform into Mega-Kong, defeating the Cyber-Yeti and recovering the parchment for the monks.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Master of Souls
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired Unknown
An old friend of Tann's, Caroline Watson has discovered the Primal Stone of the Soul and is being stalked by De La Porta and his men. Tann, Jason, Kong, and Lua fly to Guatemala to rescue her. In an ancient Mayan temple the Professor captures Tann and Caroline and uses the Stone to size control of their minds. Jason merges with Kong and battles a giant mutant Jaguar. Defeating the Cyber creature they free their friends and recover the Stone.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - Billy
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired Unknown
On the deserted Manhattan docks, a young boy named Billy witnesses a titanic battle between Kong and a giant Cyber-Rat creature. After the battle, Billy finds one of the Cyber-links. He uses it to merge with a cat, but the link was damaged and the merger creates a giant, formless, creature. Kong attempts to subdue it, but does not want to use force on the innocent boy. The police move in and prepare to destroy the creature. Tann finds out about the creature's true nature from Billy's sister and airlifts Lua to the top of the creature. Lua removes the Cyber-Link returning Billy and the cat to normal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Enlil's Wrath
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired Unknown
De La Porta kidnaps a Middle Eastern Shaman forcing him to use the powers of the Air Stone against Kong Island. Terrible storms strike Kong Island. Our heroes journey to temple of Enlil in the Middle East to try and stop the mad Professor. Angry Bedouins then attacked by a Cyber-Hyena capture them. Arriving at the temple, Jason rescues the Shaman while Kong defeats and pursues De La Porta and recaptures the Stone
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Indian Summer
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired Unknown
Tiger Lucy and Giggles break into a sacred Indian cave/temple hidden in the Ozark Mountains, and steal a mystical totem for De La Porta. The Professor attempts to use the totem to control the Earth Stone, but his NY headquarters is attacked by vicious swarms of locusts. Tiger Lucy and Giggle's stole the wrong stone! De La Porta flees back to the Ozarks pursued by our heroes and the locusts. Jason rescues him and they team up to try to retrieve the right totem. In the cave/temple, Lua locates a secret chamber with the totem. Before they can stop him, De La Porta uses its powers to merge with the Earth Stone becoming a giant monster made of living rock. In a close battle Kong manages to defeat the Professor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Welcome to Ramon's
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired Unknown
Ramone De La Porta makes a peace offer to Jason, inviting him to meet with him at an Opening at his museum/headquarters in NY. Jason cautiously accepts, but Tann and Lua come in disguise to provide backup with Kong. De La Porta wants Jason to join him in gaining all the Primal Stones to dominate the world together. Jason refuses and De La Porta turns his museum into a deathtrap to destroy Jason and his friends. A Cyber-bull stalks and captures Jason and the Professor contacts Dr. Jenkins offering to trade Jason for the Primal Stones. With help from Dr. Jenkins and Kong, Jason and his friends barely manage to escape.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - DNA Land
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired Unknown
Jason, Tann, Lua and Kong attempt to trap Professor De La Porta, but the trap turns into a running battle. While our heroes are distracted, Howling Jack stuns and captures Kong with a powerful laser. He imprisons the giant ape in his DNA Land, a zoo like compound for rare species. Kong begins working with the other captured animals to escape. Jason and Lua infiltrate into DNA Land and attempt to free Kong. De La Porta follows and attacks Kong with the giant laser. Jason merges with an eagle and fly's Kong to safety, but DNA Land is destroyed and all its animals escape. Poor Howling Jack is left with nothing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Curse of the Great Dragon
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 7/28/2001
Jason is really excited when he receives an invitation to a karate exhibition in the city of Xi An in China! Unfortunately Tann was not invited and now plans to give up karate. Jason and Lua fly to China where they are kidnapped by Ramone De La Porta and taken to an area near the Great Wall. Buried in the nearby tomb of the first Emperor of China is a parchment that will reveal the secret of the Primal Stone of Life and Death. De La Porta threatens Lua, forcing Jason to enter the deadly tomb maze to recover the parchment. Tann merges with Kong and flies to his buddy's rescue. Together Tann and Kong rescue Jason and retrieve the parchment from the boobytrap filled maze. Kong battles with a Cyber-link created Chinese Dragon while Jason and Tann defeat the Professor and rescue Lua. Jason wins the karate tournament and Tann is proud of his bud.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Blue Star
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown
A meteorite glowing with blue energy approaches Earth. Dr. Jenkins deduces that it will collide with the Earth attracted by the power of the Primal Stones. Guided by Lua's visions, Jason, Tann, Lua and Kong journey to the lost city of Ultima Thule in the icy wastes of Greenland. En route they rescue a pod of humpback whales from a gang of poachers under the command of Andre the Terrorist. Our heroes find the lost city hidden beneath the ice pack. In its center is a giant Blue Crystal. Andre attacks in the form of a Cyber-link created Cyber-bear. After a hair-raising battle, Kong defeats the monster. Lua uses the Blue Crystal and the powers of the whales to activate the Primal Stones sending a powerful beam of energy up to deflect the meteorite and saving the Earth as we know it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - The Renewal
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown
Dr. Jenkins, Jason and Tann host a surprise 15th birthday party for Kong completes with a giant birthday cake! That night Lua leads Kong out into the jungle where she uses a Primal Stone to open a Portal into another dimension and take Kong and herself into a parallel world version of Kong Island. Jason and Tann follow. Kong is forced by the other world's Shaman/Judge to undergo a series of tests to see if he is worthy to be the Protector of Kong Island. Kong encounters Ominous and an evil version of himself that attempt to enrage him and divert him from his quest. When his friends are threatened by a titanic tidal wave, Kong abandons his test to rescue them. The Shaman announces that Kong is worthy and returns them all to their own Kong Island.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Chiros Child
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired Unknown
Lua falls into a trap set by the demon Chiros and falls into a fissure and deep into the earth. A mysterious young girl who leads Lua to a cavern containing the secret Chamber of the Thirteen Shaman's treats her wounds. Lua is attacked by Apbats, but is saved by the Shaman-like powers of the girl. Reading the Chamber's ancient hieroglyphics, Lua become convinced that the young girl is Zara, the Child/Shaman of Lua's ancestors. They are attacked by Chiros' lava men, but rescued by the arrival of Jason, Tann, and Kong. Escaping to the surface, Lua is determined to show Zara all the secrets of the Island Shaman's. Lua is about to give her the Primal Lightening Stone, when Zara's disguise is pierced revealing herself to be Chiros' chief servant--Harpy! Harpy uses the Stone's powers to batter Kong, but is defeated by Lua's Shaman powers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - The Aquanauts
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired Unknown
Professor Ramone De La Porta travels to Scotland and Loch Ness and its sunken Atlantean ruins and the Primal Water Stone. Dr. Jenkins, Jason, Tann, Lua and Kong arrive to stop him. Ramone merges with the Loch Ness monster and attacks. Jason merges with Kong to fight the newly created Cyber-monster, but Ramone/Nessie beats Kong unconscious. Underwater dwellers, the Aquanauts, rescue Kong/Jason and take them to their underwater Atlantean city and the Temple of Kong. Dr. Jenkins, Lua, and Tann who arrive join them in Tann's mini sub. The Aquanaut Queen falls in love with Jason. Ramone/Nessie attacks, aided by an army of Ramone's mini subs firing advanced weapons. Working together, our heroes and the valiant Aquanauts defeat Ramone and his minions, setting Nessie free. The Queen throws a big party. Kong and Nessie play
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Kong: The Animated Series Season 1
Every episode of Kong: The Animated Series Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Kong: The Animated Series Season 1!
Kong: The Animated Series is an American television series for children that follows King Kong, the monster of the 1933 film of the same name....
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Return (1)" is the best rated episode of "Kong: The Animated Series" season 1. It scored 6/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Sean Catherine Derek, it aired on 9/9/2000. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Return (2)".