A French-produced Animated Adaptation of the popular Super Nintendo game Donkey Kong Country.On the island of Kongo Bongo, The Hero of the series, Donkey Kong, is the island's future ruler, as selected by a magical orb called the Crystal Coconut, which has the ability to grant wishes. But the Coconut is a prize coveted by the show's villain, King K. Rool, who aims to steal it and take over the island himself. Thus, DK has to always stand guard over it, which isn't an easy task since he's frequently taking time off to do activities such as eating his Trademark Favorite Food, bananas. Sometimes, another threat appears in the form of a group of Pirates led by Kaptain Skurvy, who believes the Coconut belongs to him. And did I mention there's a lot of singing? It happens at least Once an Episode.While the series takes place in an Alternate Continuity from that of the games, a few elements of the show would find their way into the games, particularly in Donkey Kong 64, where Crystal Coconuts are an item (but not a MacGuffin like here), and Cranky Kong works as a potion-mixing Mad Scientist.
Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: The Ape-propriately-named one-episode character Kong Fu. In fact, he's so arrogant that when K. Rool's krew make fun of his phobia, he quits working for them.
Art Devolution: The animation takes a step down in quality in the second season.
Be Careful What You Wish For: The Crystal Coconut can grant wishes, so this trope comes up now and again. The biggest example would be in 'The Day The Island Stood Still'; DK, about to take a nap, absent-mindedly wishes he could sleep forever. The result is time halting...and he can't protect the island if he's napping...
Beta Couple: Diddy and Dixie to Donkey and Candy's Alpha Couple
Be The Ball: DK does this to Diddy in one episode.
Big "NO!": K. Rool's reaction to when Klump's video conference messes up his game playing in "Buried Treasure".
Broken Aesop: Subverted. In the episode "Bug A Boogie", Cranky tries to show DK and Diddy that practical jokes aren't fun... by pulling a practical joke on them. However, this actually comes back to bite him when not having DK around due to said practical joke leaves the Crystal Coconut unprotected, fixing the Aesop.
Butt Monkey: DK himself is this, in "Kong for a Day" and the majority of season two.
Cranky also qualifies, as he's been injured at least once by every other character in the show, most often by Donkey Kong.
Canon Foreigner: Bluster, Inka Dinka Doo, Polly Roger, Eddie the Mean Old Yeti and Skurvy and his crew.
Canon Immigrant: The Crystal Coconut, and Cranky dealing in potions.
Getting Crap Past the Radar: Literally. When offering to help look for Dixie's pet crab, named Crabby, Diddy calls out, "HERE, CRAPPY! CRAPPY! Here, Crappy, Crappy..."
Not to mention Diddy telling Donkey that "Your plan's a bit of a boner" in another. However, Skurvy saying "Me great-great-great-grandpappy Skurvy, may he rot in hell" had "in hell" replaced with a laugh (though the closed captioning and the VHS release still had it intact).
Guns Are Worthless: A notable aversion, as anyone with any sort of firearm, no matter how ridiculous the weapon(or how ridiculous the wielder in the case of Bluster's Let's Get Dangerous) is taken quite seriously.
Idea Bulb: Shows up. K. Rool at one point had turning gears appear over his head before the bulb did.
I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One on TV: DK's not a villain. But he played one in Bluster's movie and when K. Rool, playing the hero, stole the Crystal Coconut DK got the blame and was banished for it.
Insistent Terminology: Or rather, insistence on not using a particular terminology. The word "Kremling" is never heard at any point throughout the series. Instead, the minions are called "Kritters".
Donkey Kong is never referred to as just "Donkey", even though every other Kong shares his surname. It's always "Donkey Kong" or "DK". Dixie once refers to "Donkey and Diddy", but that's it in two seasons.
Kiss of Life: DK accidentally wishes he could sleep forever and ends up doing just that. He is eventually awoken when K. Rool accidentally kisses him while having apples in his eyes.
Large Ham: King K. Rool and, to a lesser extent, Bluster Kong.
What's worse is that in the first episode, Cranky and a Robot Candy duplicate pronounce his name using the latter once, then only use the former for the remainder of the episode.
This whole pronunciation kerfuffle may be because this was made in France, who pronounce the letter K as "ka", hence "KA-Rool".
Pirate Booty: One episode revolves around most of the main characters looking for Buried Treasure pinpointed on a map that DK finds. The Kongs believe the treasure is money, and King K. Rool believes it is a Doomsday Device. It turns out to be some now-spoiled bananas that DK buried in his youth.
The Easy Amnesia episode brings Skurvy and his crew into the fold by trying to dig up treasure they buried on the beach. "Captain, why does we bury the treasure?"
Snipe Hunt: Bug a Boogie features MULTIPLE snipe hunts, starting when DK and Diddy trick K. Rool's crew into thinking there's a magic amulet in the swamp, Cranky tricks the two apes that some trinket is cursed, and then K. Rool tricking Scurvy into coming after an amulet.
Spy Speak: Klump does this. K. Rool is not impressed.
Wedding Smashers: DK at, ironically, what is supposed to be his own wedding.
We Want Our Jerk Back: Two occasions with Bluster. Also, one occasion with Cranky and K. Rool.
K. Rool and Cranky's case is interesting. They both become friends, ending the Kong and croc feud, but their pranks tick off everyone so much that DK, Diddy, Klump and Krusha conspire to make them enemies again.
Who Writes This Crap?!: Cranky's reaction to the lines Bluster feeds him for a commercial;
Cranky: "Bluster Barrelworks...because their barrels have been around forever...and I should know 'cause so have I"? What kind of crock is that!?
Write Who You Know: Bluster's movie, written by Funky is based off the events of the series. Leading to a in story What The Hell, Casting Agency? when K. Rool is cast as the hero and DK is cast as the villain.
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