One group escaped the flood brought on by the quake by climbing to the top of the trees while the other clung to the roots.
Kom is a member of the Woonkos, the tribe of monkeys residing in the tree canopy, who live in obsessive fear of falling into the world below which they believe to be inhabited by demons.
Kom refuses to believe these superstitions and dismisses the warnings of both his older brother, Gavin, and the paranoid elder of the Woonkos.
The film ends with Sebastian and Gerard imprisoned, Ida as the new queen, and Kom and Gina returning to the land of the Woonkos, with the implication that the two tribes will learn to know each other once more.
[2] In this film, it is revealed that the King of the Lankoos survived falling into the lake and is rescued by a younger monkey named Tom.