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* In Donkey Kong 64, why do Cranky, Candy and Funky charge you for potions/ instruments/ weapons? It'd be one thing if they had no stake in the Kongs' success, but Kong Isle is ''their'' home, too. Considering the fact that the island will be vaporized if the Kongs fail, you'd think that they'd be willing to give their upgrades away for free. Well, maybe not [[JerkAss Cranky]], but definitely the other two.
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*** Throughout the DKC series. It's only DK64 where Cranky claims to be [[=DK's=] father.
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** I thought DK was Donkey Kong Junior. Where is he said to be Cranky's grandson?
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***** The Fountain of Youth is on DK Island. Consuming the Never-Rotting bananas grown there can replicate the effect, hence the Kremling's motive.


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*** I assumed they were like owl pellets. Knocking out enemies with the half-digested skeletal remains of their brethren.
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***** Quawks is given a name in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast.
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* So if Cranky Kong was the original Donkey Kong and the current Donkey Kong is his grandson, whatever happened to Cranky's son A.K.A. Donkey Kong, Jr.?

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* So if Cranky Kong was the original Donkey Kong and the current Donkey Kong is his grandson, whatever happened to Cranky's son A.K.A. Donkey Kong, Kong Jr.?
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* So if Cranky Kong was the original Donkey Kong and the current Donkey Kong is his grandson, whatever happened to Cranky's son A.K.A. Donkey Kong, Jr.?
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** [[hottip:*:Well there's also the whole "floating bananas= coins/collect-a-thon" aspect, but I digress...]]It's because "Mario Clone" equals "Platformer Genre". Yes it doesn't make much sense, but most people tend to associate a genre with whatever game tends to stand out the most to them. It's the same contrived reasoning you see whenever action games are called "GodOfWar clones", every MMO ever being likened to WorldOfWarcraft, and any game involving raising monsters is ripping off {{Pokemon}}, regardless of how varied the gameplay mechanics actually are.

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** [[hottip:*:Well there's also the whole "floating bananas= coins/collect-a-thon" aspect, but I digress...]]It's because "Mario Clone" equals "Platformer Genre". Yes it doesn't make much sense, but most people tend to associate a genre with whatever game tends to stand out the most to them. It's the same contrived reasoning you see whenever action games are called "GodOfWar "VideoGame/GodOfWar clones", every MMO ever being likened to WorldOfWarcraft, and any game involving raising monsters is ripping off {{Pokemon}}, regardless of how varied the gameplay mechanics actually are.
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** [[hottip:*:Well there's also the whole "floating bananas= coins/collect-a-thon" aspect, but I digress...]]It's because "Mario Clone" equals "Platformer Genre". Yes it doesn't make much sense, but most people tend to associate a genre with whatever game tends to stand out the most to them. It's the same contrived reasoning you see whenever action games are called "GodOfWar clones", every MMO ever being likened to WorldOfWarcraft, and any game involving raising monsters is ripping off {{Pokemon}}, regardless of how varied the gameplay mechanics actually are.
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**Ewoks.
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** I thought they were eggs; my mom thinks they're nuts. It's a [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]] thing, I think.

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** I thought they were eggs; my mom thinks they're nuts. It's a [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]] thing, I think.
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** Probably because cranky apparently got smaller when he became eld...you know what I want to see now? A muscle bound person in their eighties...random, I know, but it'd be awesume.

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** Probably because cranky Cranky apparently got smaller when he became eld...old...you know what I want to see now? A muscle bound person in their eighties...random, I know, but it'd be awesume.awesome.
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* How does Donkey Kong keeps his horde of bananas from rotting?

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* How does Donkey Kong keeps his horde of bananas from rotting?Who lives in those creepy huts in Vine Valley?
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* How does Donkey Kong keeps his horde of bananas from rotting?
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** It seems like they're the [[ButtMonkey butt]] [[IncrediblyLamePun monkeys]] of the Kongs then.
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** OR......he could.......PUT IT IN HIS ASS!!!!!! There, I said it.
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** This accusation really pisses me off. The only thing they share is a genre. Oh, and i guess you could say animal buddies are Yoshi expies, but still...
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**** Seriously?! I've only ever heard them being called coconuts before now! I wonder what I missed that had that info (along with other stuff jossing other fan theories, like the purple parrot in DKC3 being called Quawks when it's not in the ending cast roll)...
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** The factories in DKC (and DCK Returns, as they're the same factories) were set up by the crocodiles to steal the resources from DK Island. Same with 3, only with a different region. The reason there is none in 2 is because their own resources have been used up, and whatever's left is completely useless, which is why they need to steal others resources in the first place. Why there's no abandoned factories? They let the buildings deteriorate to nothing. Look at the state of the buildings that they do use, Kremland!
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**** It is called Donkey Kong "Country"
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* Why is there a factory level in every DK game except Crocodile Isle (DKc2)

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* Why is there a factory level in every DK game except Crocodile Isle (DKc2)(DKC2)
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* Why is there a factory level in every DK game except Crocodile Isle (DKc2)
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* In every single artwork that features him, including in-game cutscenes, K. Rool has always been shown to have 3 toes. But during Tiny Kong's portion of the final battle in ''Donkey Kong 64'', he suddenly has 4! I know the other Kongs have to hit him 4 times, but couldn't they have made the last hit be the bottom of his foot?
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** Maybe the cage and keys were originally DK's, and then he stole them one day?
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*** DK Jr. was a gorilla. No tail, fairly large arms, strong enough to lift a cage that has his old man in it? Seems pretty much to confirm he's a gorilla.
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*** They have a weird sense of what's fun.

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** Also, getting to K Rool in the first game might have only taken 2 or 3 days, depending on how much they rested between levels. There is sunset and nightfall in the early levels, but they theoretically could have done everything else the next morning.

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** Also, getting to K Rool in the first game might have only taken 2 or 3 days, depending on how much they rested between levels. There is sunset and nightfall in the early levels, but they theoretically could have done everything else the next morning.morning (also, if [[VideoGameTime days went by faster here]], and bananas ripened at normal speed, all the better for the plot).

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** Also, getting to K Rool in the first game probably only took them a couple days, or even the same day they were stolen if they don't rest between levels.

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** Also, getting to K Rool in the first game probably might have only took them a couple taken 2 or 3 days, or even the same day depending on how much they were stolen if they don't rest rested between levels.levels. There is sunset and nightfall in the early levels, but they theoretically could have done everything else the next morning.
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*** Conversely, the world the island is on may be small.

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