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* AnAesop: Elections are complicated, to say the least. The best candidate has a good platform they actually can deliver on and is as honest as they can be, but also is good at convincing the populace of their intentions and character. K. Rool nearly wins by sweet-talking the island by telling them everything they want to hear, while Bluster is destroyed in the election because everyone knows he's a selfish egomaniac who has nobody's interests at heart besides his own.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: The Kongs are ''really'' bad friends towards DK even though he really is a terrible candidate. They all fall for K. Rool's campaign promises conveniently forgetting he's the BigBad and shame DK for mudslinging during the debate, even though he only speaks the truth.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: The Kongs are ''really'' bad friends towards DK even though he really is a terrible candidate. They all fall for K. Rool's campaign promises conveniently forgetting he's the BigBad and shame DK for mudslinging during the debate, even though he only speaks the truth.truth.
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*CartoonConductor: K. Rool’s attempt to finish Mozart’s Unfinished Symphony involves waving a baton around.
*CirclingBirdies: After DK crashes their mine cart, K. Rool, Klump and Krusha have stars spinning around their heads.
*CirclingBirdies: After DK crashes their mine cart, K. Rool, Klump and Krusha have stars spinning around their heads.
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* LiteralMinded: When K. Rool announces he plans to “Throw his hat in” to join the election. Klump takes it as an order and attempts to grab his crown. K. Rool has to inform him it’s a figure of speech.
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* ElectionDayEpisode: The episode's plot revolves around an election being held for the position of future ruler of the island at Bluster's demand.
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* AppealToPopularity: DK thinks he's going to win easily based on how people like him, and doesn't take the election seriously until K. Rool actually starts working like an actual candidate.
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* AppealToPopularity: DK thinks he's going to win easily based on how people like him, and doesn't take the election seriously until K. Rool actually starts working like an actual candidate.candidate and espousing a platform, smoke and mirrors as it may be.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Upon getting desperate DK and Diddy get the idea to plant the Crystal Coconut in K. Rool's lair before alerting the others over its disappearance. K. Rool manages to thwart it by simply returning the coconut to the apes, acting like he has no intention of having possession of it.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Upon getting desperate DK and Diddy get the idea to plant the Crystal Coconut in K. Rool's lair before alerting the others over its disappearance. K. Rool manages to thwart it by simply returning the coconut to the apes, acting like he has no intention of having possession of it.it, and flips it on DK by questioning why he was unable to prevent the apparent theft of the coconut in the first place.
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* GreenEyedMonster: A good chunk of Bluster's reason for starting the election is his long-standing lust for Candy.
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* GreenEyedMonster: A good chunk of Bluster's reason for starting the election is his long-standing lust for Candy.Candy and thinking that if he becomes ruler, he will earn her as a prize.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed. DK is encouraged by K. Rool to mudsling during the debate and to not be himself, but it's strongly implied he was telling the truth about Bluster during the debate.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed.JerkassHasAPoint:
** Downplayed example. Bluster points out and even gets DK to admit that in his job as future ruler, he doesn't do much and simply had the title bestowed upon him. The episode proves that DK is childish, has no real political leadership abilities and only cares about people liking him. But, this ''is'' Bluster, who has no leadership abilities himself and just wants the wealth and power he can gain from the position, and he also lacks DK's ability to fight off the Kremlings.
** Another downplayed example. DK is encouraged by K. Rool to mudsling during the debate and to not be himself, but it's strongly implied he was telling the truth about Bluster during the debate.
** Downplayed example. Bluster points out and even gets DK to admit that in his job as future ruler, he doesn't do much and simply had the title bestowed upon him. The episode proves that DK is childish, has no real political leadership abilities and only cares about people liking him. But, this ''is'' Bluster, who has no leadership abilities himself and just wants the wealth and power he can gain from the position, and he also lacks DK's ability to fight off the Kremlings.
** Another downplayed example. DK is encouraged by K. Rool to mudsling during the debate and to not be himself, but it's strongly implied he was telling the truth about Bluster during the debate.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Upon getting desperate DK and Diddy get the idea to plant the Crystal Coconut in K. Rool's lair before alerting the others over its disappearance. K. Rool manages to thwart it by simply returning the coconut to the apes, acting like he has no intention of having possession of it.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Downplayed. DK is encouraged by K. Rool to mudsling during the debate and to not be himself, but it's strongly implied he was telling the truth about Bluster during the debate.
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* NotMeThisTime: DK steals the Coconut to wreck K. Rool's lair with, and K. Rool seizes the opportunity to safely return it to build up his cred and tear down DK by claiming he failed to save the coconut.
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* AppealToPopularity: DK thinks he's going to win easily based on how people like him, and doesn't take the election seriously until K. Rool actually starts working like an actual candidate.
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* NearVillainVictory: K. Rool is nearly legally elected the future ruler of the island and only loses by one vote that should've been his, but unfortunately that vote was of the big dumb lug Krusha who is easily tricked into voting for DK.
* SmugSnake: K. Rool has a pleased, satisfied giggle when he learns Krusha is left to cast a tiebreaking vote between him and DK. A minute later, his sense of victory is shattered and turned into despondent rage when Krusha votes for DK.
* SmugSnake: K. Rool has a pleased, satisfied giggle when he learns Krusha is left to cast a tiebreaking vote between him and DK. A minute later, his sense of victory is shattered and turned into despondent rage when Krusha votes for DK.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Kongs all forget that K. Rool is the BigBad and fall for his campaign promises, and K. Rool even lampshades that by the time the election is over, they'll be begging him to take the coconut for himself.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The apes all forget that K. Rool is their mortal enemy and regularly lies and cheats, but fall for his lies and charm.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The apes all forget that K. Rool is their mortal enemy and regularly lies and cheats, but fall for his lies and charm. Even in desperation, DK falls for K. Rool's trap inspiring him to mudsling during the debate which earns the disgust of the Kongs.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Whereas K. Rool as aspirations of dictatorship and DK is a simpleton who is trying to be a heroic leader, Bluster obviously only wants the position of future ruler for the power and because he thinks it'll get Candy on his arm.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Whereas K. Rool as aspirations of dictatorship and DK is a simpleton who is trying to be a heroic leader, Bluster obviously only wants the position of future ruler for the power and because he thinks it'll get Candy on his arm.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Candy calls out DK for not having any platform to run on and just expecting all his friends to vote for him because they're friends. Later, all the apes rip into DK for mudslinging during the debate.
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: K. Rool enters the election so he can have a legal claim to the Crystal Coconut and rule over the island with an iron fist.
* WhatTheHellHero: Candy calls out DK for not having any platform to run on and just expecting all his friends to vote for him because they're friends. Later, all the apes rip into DK for mudslinging during thedebate.debate.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The Kongs are ''really'' bad friends towards DK even though he really is a terrible candidate. They all fall for K. Rool's campaign promises conveniently forgetting he's the BigBad and shame DK for mudslinging during the debate, even though he only speaks the truth.
* WhatTheHellHero: Candy calls out DK for not having any platform to run on and just expecting all his friends to vote for him because they're friends. Later, all the apes rip into DK for mudslinging during the
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The Kongs are ''really'' bad friends towards DK even though he really is a terrible candidate. They all fall for K. Rool's campaign promises conveniently forgetting he's the BigBad and shame DK for mudslinging during the debate, even though he only speaks the truth.
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Jealous of DK being the future ruler of the island, Bluster calls for an election so he can try to become the future ruler instead, sparking a three-way election between him, DK, and King K. Rool.
* AnAesop: Elections are complicated, to say the least. The best candidate has a good platform they actually can deliver on and is as honest as they can be, but also is good at convincing the populace of their intentions and character. K. Rool nearly wins by sweet-talking the island by telling them everything they want to hear, while Bluster is destroyed in the election because everyone knows he's a selfish egomaniac who has nobody's interests at heart besides his own.
* BreakTheHaughty: Bluster is forced to realize how much everybody truly hates him since his vote for himself was the only one he got, and he even realizes his own mother voted against him. He's left fleeing the scene in embarrassment.
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: All three electorates are not exactly ideal. Donkey Kong's entire platform is based on AppealToPopularity with no actual rhetoric or policy proposals, Bluster is an UpperClassTwit who's motives are transparently egocentric and the various Kongs on the island seem to conveniently forget that King K. Rool is a CardCarryingVillain and are sucked into his charisma and faux-populist rhetoric. In the end, DK only wins by a [[DecidedByOneVote single vote]]. What keeps it from being "DemocracyIsBad" is that he won that last tie-breaking vote by keeping a promise he made, the lesson of the episode being how leadership is built on keeping one's promises.
* HatedByAll: The only vote that Bluster receives is his own, and he gets upset when he finds out that not even his own mother voted for him.
* HatedByAll: The only vote that Bluster receives is his own, and he gets upset when he finds out that not even his own mother voted for him.
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: DemocracyIsFlawed:
** All three electorates are not exactly ideal. Donkey Kong's entire platform is based on AppealToPopularity with no actual rhetoric or policy proposals, Bluster is an UpperClassTwit who's motives are transparently egocentric and the various Kongs on the island seem to conveniently forget that King K. Rool is a CardCarryingVillain and are sucked into his charisma and faux-populist rhetoric. In the end, DK only wins by a [[DecidedByOneVote single vote]]. What keeps it from being "DemocracyIsBad" is that he won that last tie-breaking vote by keeping a promise he made, the lesson of the episode being how leadership is built on keeping one's promises.
** Bluster lampshades this when he tries to demand another ballot from Cranky who refutes him since everyone only gets one vote. Bluster bemoans how he gets the same amount of votes as Eddie and curses democracy... for doing exactly what it's supposed to do, giving everyone an equal voice in an election.
* EpicFail: While K. Rool and DK tied, Bluster only got one vote and that was the vote he cast for himself.
* ExactWords: This is how DK manages to get Krusha to vote for him. When he's got the coconut and is confronted by DK, Krusha points out that he promised not to punch him the next time he stole it. DK agrees, but then adds the condition that he wouldn't punch him if Krusha simply returned the coconut peacefully. Krusha being a dumb lug falls for it, and votes for DK in the election.
* FauxAffablyEvil: K. Rool puts his charm and wits to good work, effortlessly positioning himself as a man of the people and sweet-talking everyone by promising them what they want to hear. But he's obviously just setting himself up to become their tyrant and dictator who will seize the coconut.
* GreenEyedMonster: A good chunk of Bluster's reason for starting the election is his long-standing lust for Candy.
* HatedByAll: The only vote that Bluster receives is his own, and he gets upset when he finds out that not even his own mother voted forhim.him.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The apes all forget that K. Rool is their mortal enemy and regularly lies and cheats, but fall for his lies and charm.
* ThisCannotBe: Bluster is mortified that he only received ''one'' vote in the election - ''himself''. His own mother voted against him.
* WhatTheHellHero: Candy calls out DK for not having any platform to run on and just expecting all his friends to vote for him because they're friends. Later, all the apes rip into DK for mudslinging during the debate.
** All three electorates are not exactly ideal. Donkey Kong's entire platform is based on AppealToPopularity with no actual rhetoric or policy proposals, Bluster is an UpperClassTwit who's motives are transparently egocentric and the various Kongs on the island seem to conveniently forget that King K. Rool is a CardCarryingVillain and are sucked into his charisma and faux-populist rhetoric. In the end, DK only wins by a [[DecidedByOneVote single vote]]. What keeps it from being "DemocracyIsBad" is that he won that last tie-breaking vote by keeping a promise he made, the lesson of the episode being how leadership is built on keeping one's promises.
** Bluster lampshades this when he tries to demand another ballot from Cranky who refutes him since everyone only gets one vote. Bluster bemoans how he gets the same amount of votes as Eddie and curses democracy... for doing exactly what it's supposed to do, giving everyone an equal voice in an election.
* EpicFail: While K. Rool and DK tied, Bluster only got one vote and that was the vote he cast for himself.
* ExactWords: This is how DK manages to get Krusha to vote for him. When he's got the coconut and is confronted by DK, Krusha points out that he promised not to punch him the next time he stole it. DK agrees, but then adds the condition that he wouldn't punch him if Krusha simply returned the coconut peacefully. Krusha being a dumb lug falls for it, and votes for DK in the election.
* FauxAffablyEvil: K. Rool puts his charm and wits to good work, effortlessly positioning himself as a man of the people and sweet-talking everyone by promising them what they want to hear. But he's obviously just setting himself up to become their tyrant and dictator who will seize the coconut.
* GreenEyedMonster: A good chunk of Bluster's reason for starting the election is his long-standing lust for Candy.
* HatedByAll: The only vote that Bluster receives is his own, and he gets upset when he finds out that not even his own mother voted for
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The apes all forget that K. Rool is their mortal enemy and regularly lies and cheats, but fall for his lies and charm.
* ThisCannotBe: Bluster is mortified that he only received ''one'' vote in the election - ''himself''. His own mother voted against him.
* WhatTheHellHero: Candy calls out DK for not having any platform to run on and just expecting all his friends to vote for him because they're friends. Later, all the apes rip into DK for mudslinging during the debate.
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Bluster’s not so sure that Donkey Kong should automatically be the Future Ruler of Kongo Bongo and wants it put to a vote. The idol of Inka Dinka Doo thinks is a fine idea as well, and “Everyone is in the running, to make the outcome all the more stunning”. And since “everyone” is in the running, King K. Rool throw his hat into the election ring. While Donkey Kong feels that he will win simply because he’s the most popular, Bluster and King K. Rool start campaigning hard. Both have platforms and discuss current island issues. Everybody loves THEM! This reduces Donkey Kong to a smear campaign. Hmmm, wonder what the outcome will be?
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* DemocracyIsFlawed: All three electorates are not exactly ideal. Donkey Kong's entire platform is based on AppealToPopularity with no actual rhetoric or policy proposals, Bluster is an UpperClassTwit who's motives are transparently egocentric and the various Kongs on the island seem to conveniently forget that King K. Rool is a CardCarryingVillain and are sucked into his charisma and faux-populist rhetoric. In the end, DK only wins by a [[DecidedByOneVote single vote]]. What keeps it from being "DemocracyIsBad" is that he won that last tie-breaking vote by keeping a promise he made, the lesson of the episode being how leadership is built on keeping one's promises.
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* DecidedByASingleVoteDecidedByOneVote: When DK and K. Rool are tied in the election, Krusha, the only one who hasn't voted yet, is left to break the tie.
* HatedByAll: The only vote that Bluster receives is his own, and he gets upset when he finds out that not even his own mother voted for him.
* HatedByAll: The only vote that Bluster receives is his own, and he gets upset when he finds out that not even his own mother voted for him.
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Bluster’s not so sure that Donkey Kong should automatically be the Future Ruler of Kongo Bongo and wants it put to a vote. The idol of Inka Dinka Doo thinks is a fine idea as well, and “Everyone is in the running, to make the outcome all the more stunning”. And since “everyone” is in the running, King K. Rool throw hi hat into the election ring. While Donkey Kong feels that he will sin simply because he’s the most popular, Blaster and King K. Rool start campaigning hard. Both have platforms and discuss current island issues. Everybody love THEM! This reduces Donkey Kong to a smear campaign. Hmmm, wonder what the outcome will be?
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Bluster’s not so sure that Donkey Kong should automatically be the Future Ruler of Kongo Bongo and wants it put to a vote. The idol of Inka Dinka Doo thinks is a fine idea as well, and “Everyone is in the running, to make the outcome all the more stunning”. And since “everyone” is in the running, King K. Rool throw hi his hat into the election ring. While Donkey Kong feels that he will sin win simply because he’s the most popular, Blaster Bluster and King K. Rool start campaigning hard. Both have platforms and discuss current island issues. Everybody love loves THEM! This reduces Donkey Kong to a smear campaign. Hmmm, wonder what the outcome will be?
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Bluster’s not so sure that Donkey Kong should automatically be the Future Ruler of Kongo Bongo and wants it put to a vote. The idol of Inka Dinka Doo thinks is a fine idea as well, and “Everyone is in the running, to make the outcome all the more stunning”. And since “everyone” is in the running, King K. Rool throw hi hat into the election ring. While Donkey Kong feels that he will sin simply because he’s the most popular, Blaster and King K. Rool start campaigning hard. Both have platforms and discuss current island issues. Everybody love THEM! This reduces Donkey Kong to a smear campaign. Hmmm, wonder what the outcome will be?
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Bluster’s not so sure that Donkey Kong should automatically be the Future Ruler of Kongo Bongo and wants it put to a vote. The idol of Inka Dinka Doo thinks is a fine idea as well, and “Everyone is in the running, to make the outcome all the more stunning”. And since “everyone” is in the running, King K. Rool throw hi hat into the election ring. While Donkey Kong feels that he will sin simply because he’s the most popular, Blaster and King K. Rool start campaigning hard. Both have platforms and discuss current island issues. Everybody love THEM! This reduces Donkey Kong to a smear campaign. Hmmm, wonder what the outcome will be?be?
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: DK's only campaign promise was not to punch Krusha the next time he tried to steal the Crystal Coconut, which he kept (If only on the condition Krusha returned it). Krusha gives his vote to DK for this.
* DecidedByASingleVote
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: DK's only campaign promise was not to punch Krusha the next time he tried to steal the Crystal Coconut, which he kept (If only on the condition Krusha returned it). Krusha gives his vote to DK for this.
* DecidedByASingleVote
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Bluster’s not so sure that Donkey Kong should automatically be the Future Ruler of Kongo Bongo and wants it put to a vote. The idol of Inka Dinka Doo thinks is a fine idea as well, and “Everyone is in the running, to make the outcome all the more stunning”. And since “everyone” is in the running, King K. Rool throw hi hat into the election ring. While Donkey Kong feels that he will sin simply because he’s the most popular, Blaster and King K. Rool start campaigning hard. Both have platforms and discuss current island issues. Everybody love THEM! This reduces Donkey Kong to a smear campaign. Hmmm, wonder what the outcome will be?
