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* TheChosenOne: Donkey Kong is 'The future ruler of Kongo Bongo'. The thing is, no one knows when he'll become ruler, but for now it seems his only job is to protect the Crystal Coconut.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Averted. while DK is 'The biggest, strongest ape on all of Kongo Bongo' the episode 'Kong Fu' shows that if he just sits around eating bananas he loses that strength.
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** BraggingThemeTune: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=AF01SK8emjw&feature=endscreen "I'm so bad I scare myself!"]]
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Donkey Kong is flying around in Funky's bi-place when he notices something in the cockpit;
-->'''DK:''' Hey, it's Dixie's pet crab! Aw, isn't it cute, eatin' through all those funny-lookin' wires- This is definately a bad thing.
-->'''DK:''' Hey, it's Dixie's pet crab! Aw, isn't it cute, eatin' through all those funny-lookin' wires- This is definately a bad thing.
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* YouNeverAsked: 'Legends of the Crystal Coconut' has Klump and Krusha hiding in barrels on Kaptain Skurvy's pirate ship while it sails off:
-->'''Klump:''' Now when the coast is clear, we'll jump out of the barrels, steal the Crystal Coconut back, and then swim back to shore.
-->'''Krusha:''' Duh, I can't swim.
-->'''Klump:''' Well, why didn't ya say so before we snuck on board?!
-->'''Krusha:''' Well, you never asked.
-->'''Klump:''' Now when the coast is clear, we'll jump out of the barrels, steal the Crystal Coconut back, and then swim back to shore.
-->'''Krusha:''' Duh, I can't swim.
-->'''Klump:''' Well, why didn't ya say so before we snuck on board?!
-->'''Krusha:''' Well, you never asked.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Everybody pronounces K. Rool as [[AWorldWidePunomenon KUH Rool]], when it should actually be pronounced as KAY Rool.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Everybody pronounces K. Rool as [[AWorldWidePunomenon [[{{Pun}} KUH Rool]], when it should actually be pronounced as KAY Rool.
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* TheUnseen: Dixie's pet crab. The episodes make everything in their power to make the pet not get seen in the picture. Only the characters can see where it is, usually about to cause some sort of accident.
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* TheUnseen: Dixie's pet crab. The episodes make everything in their power to make the pet not get seen in the picture. Only the characters can see where it is, usually about to cause some sort of accident.
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** [[TheBerenstainBears The 2003 incarnation of Papa Q. Bear]] is King K. Rool, [[Animated/TheLegendOfZelda Ganon]] is Klump and [[SailorMoon Artemis]] is Krusha.
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** [[TheBerenstainBears The 2003 incarnation of Papa Q. Bear]] is King K. Rool, [[Animated/TheLegendOfZelda [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda Ganon]] is Klump and [[SailorMoon Artemis]] is Krusha.
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* HeroWithAnFInGood: Bluster Kong. His attempts to ligetimately help his fellow apes in 'Get a Life, Don't Save One!' and 'Bluster the Benevolent' are so destructive (Not to mention annoying and overblown) that WeWantOurJerkBack ensues.
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* IWantSong
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The conflict in 'Legend of the Crystal Coconut' began when DK just GAVE the MacGuffin to K.Rool under the belief that would grant him enlightenment. (To know everything you must give up everything)
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* VillainSong: Notable examples are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkn0ORDxUc Pirate's Scorn]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5NerQIRk4 Booty Booty]] for Skurvy, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S86XCXalbSE One of Us]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vDCEaoSP1E No One's Going To Make A Monkey Out Of Me]] for K. Rool.
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** VillainSong: Notable examples are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkn0ORDxUc Pirate's Scorn]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5NerQIRk4 Booty Booty]] for Skurvy, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S86XCXalbSE One of Us]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vDCEaoSP1E No One's Going To Make A Monkey Out Of Me]] for K. Rool.
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& NewAgeRetroHippie: Funky Kong became this, man.
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* NewAgeRetroHippie: Funky Kong became this, man.
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* InsistentTerminology: Or rather, insistence on ''not'' using a particular terminology. The word "Kremling" is never heard at any point throughout the series.
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* InsistentTerminology: 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".
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* FoeYay: K. Rool using a love potion to turn DK and Candy into his servants.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Outside of a handful of episodes released on VHS and DVD, a complete series has yet to surface in any English speaking countries.
** A US release (as least from ShoutFactory) seems unlikely, as [[http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/205/thread.aspx#axzz1KrqJLqOQ the distribution rights to the first season are owned by another company (possibly Paramount, which released a VHS containing four episodes from the first season)]], which means they could only release episodes from the second season onwards.
** A US release (as least from ShoutFactory) seems unlikely, as [[http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/205/thread.aspx#axzz1KrqJLqOQ the distribution rights to the first season are owned by another company (possibly Paramount, which released a VHS containing four episodes from the first season)]], which means they could only release episodes from the second season onwards.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: For all of his failings, Klump is an ''amazing'' spy, often finding things out about the Kongs the same time as we do.
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* ManIFeelLikeAWoman: Not easy to catch, but Klump does this once he realizes he's in a FreakyFridayFlip with Candy.
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* BrokenAesop: 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.
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** In the song "Metalhead" when the robotic DK is singing the last bit of the song, the tune is "Around the World" by DaftPunk.
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* GunsAreWorthless: A notable subversion, as anyone with any sort of firearm, no matter how ridiculous the weapon(or how ridiculous the wielder in the case of Bluster's LetsGetDangerous) is taken quite seriously.
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* GunsAreWorthless: A notable subversion, 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 LetsGetDangerous) is taken quite seriously.
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-->'''Cranky:''' "Bluster Barrelworks...because their barrels have been around forever...and I should know 'cause so have I"? ''What kind of crap is that!?''
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-->'''Cranky:''' "Bluster Barrelworks...because their barrels have been around forever...and I should know 'cause so have I"? ''What kind of crap crock is that!?''
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** Not to mention Cranky saying "What kind of crap is that!?" in one episode, and 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).
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* EvilVirtues: K. Rool gives his minions Christmas off.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: K. Rool gives his minions Christmas off.
-->"Even cerebrally-challenged, home-spun, pinheaded subordinates need to spend time with their scaly loved ones."
-->"Even cerebrally-challenged, home-spun, pinheaded subordinates need to spend time with their scaly loved ones."
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* LetsGetDangerous: One episode has Bluster hold up King K. Rool with his own blunderbuss.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oN3JX-bf14 I'm Nobody's Hero]]"
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xoU9OVee3g King K. Rool's Finest Hour]]"
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* FridgeBrilliance: In the pilot episode, Krusha is considerably more intelligent than he in all other episodes. Since the last we see of him in that episode is getting beat up by DK, it's possible that the beatdown ''gave him brain damage.''
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: 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...
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A French-produced AnimatedAdaptation of the popular SuperNintendo game ''DonkeyKongCountry''.
On the island of Kongo Bongo, TheHero 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 [[MacGuffin a prize coveted by the show's villain]], [[BigBad 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 TrademarkFavoriteFood, bananas. Sometimes, another threat appears in the form of a group of {{Pirate}}s 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 OnceAnEpisode.
While the series takes place in an AlternateContinuity from that of the games, [[CanonImmigrant a few elements of the show would find their way into the games]], particularly in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', where Crystal Coconuts are an item (but not a MacGuffin like here), and Cranky Kong works as a potion-mixing MadScientist.
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!!Tropes used exclusively in the show:
* AlmostKiss
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version has a different opening and ending theme.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: The [[IncrediblyLamePun 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.
* [[ArtEvolution Art Devolution]]: The animation takes a step down in quality in the second season.
* BetaCouple: Diddy and Dixie to Donkey and Candy's Alpha Couple
* BeTheBall: DK does this to Diddy in one episode.
* BigRedButton: K. Rool wanted to push it.
* BigNo: K. Rool's reaction to when Klump's video conference messes up his game playing in "Buried Treasure".
* ButtMonkey: 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.
* CanonForeigner: Bluster, Inka Dinka Doo, Polly Roger, Eddie the Mean Old Yeti and Skurvy and his crew.
* CanonImmigrant: The Crystal Coconut, and Cranky dealing in potions.
* [[strike:Christmas]] [[ChristmasEpisode Festival of Lights Episode]]
* ChaseScene
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oN3JX-bf14 I'm Nobody's Hero]]"
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xoU9OVee3g King K. Rool's Finest Hour]]"
** The entire sound track.
* DeadpanSnarker: Diddy, K. Rool, and Cranky.
* DecidedByOneVote: Krusha in "Vote of Kong-fidence".
* DumbMuscle: Krusha, and to a lesser extent, Donkey Kong.
** King K. Rool and all of his henchmen would qualify as DumbMuscle.
** Eddie the Mean Old Yeti would also qualify.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: In the B-plot of Bluster's Sales Ape-Straveganza, K. Rool decides to steal the Crystal Coconut on live TV.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The way the Kritters [[ThoseWackyNazis march]] in the song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3G5_rwvIi8 King K. Rool's Finest Hour]]".
* EvilVsEvil: Kaptain Skurvy allowed for a three way conflict. Something that doesn’t show up often in children’s cartoons in the era.
* FoeYay: K. Rool using a love potion to turn DK and Candy into his servants.
* FreakyFridayFlip: "The Big Switcheroo" has DK getting his brain switched with a barrel-making robot's, and Candy's with Klump's.
* FridgeBrilliance: In the pilot episode, Krusha is considerably more intelligent than he in all other episodes. Since the last we see of him in that episode is getting beat up by DK, it's possible that the beatdown ''gave him brain damage.''
* FullNameUltimatum: Donkey Kong gets this the most. Usually from Cranky.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: 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 Cranky saying "What kind of crap is that!?" in one episode, and 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).
* GrumpyBear: Cranky Kong and K.Rool.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld Andrew "Yoshi" Sabiston]] as Diddy Kong.
** [[TheBerenstainBears The 2003 incarnation of Papa Q. Bear]] is King K. Rool, [[Animated/TheLegendOfZelda Ganon]] is Klump and [[SailorMoon Artemis]] is Krusha.
** The Japanese version contains an all-star cast of veteran voice actors, including KoichiYamadera as DK himself, MegumiHayashibara as Diddy, RyuseiNakao as Cranky, MikaKanai as Candy, JurotaKosugi as King K. Rool, KenyuuHoriuchi as Eddie the Mean Old Yeti and HochuOtsuka as the one-time character Kong Fu.
* HoYay: Several jokes implying that the crocs are gay pop up in "Four Weddings and a Coconut".
* HulkSpeak: Eddie the Mean Old Yeti.
* IdiotHero: Donkey Kong.
* IdeaBulb: Shows up. K. Rool at one point had [[VisualPun turning gears]] appear over his head before the bulb did.
* ImNotADoctorButIPlayOneOnTV: 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.
* InexplicablyTailless: K. Rool has no tail for some reason.
* InNameOnly: Kutlass
* InsistentTerminology: Or rather, insistence on ''not'' using a particular terminology. The word "Kremling" is never heard at any point throughout the series.
** 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.
* IWantSong
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cranky Kong. Also, Klump in a few episodes.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Outside of a handful of episodes released on VHS and DVD, a complete series has yet to surface in any English speaking countries.
** A US release (as least from ShoutFactory) seems unlikely, as [[http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/205/thread.aspx#axzz1KrqJLqOQ the distribution rights to the first season are owned by another company (possibly Paramount, which released a VHS containing four episodes from the first season)]], which means they could only release episodes from the second season onwards.
* KissOfLife: 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.
* LargeHam: King K. Rool and, to a lesser extent, Bluster Kong.
* LemonadeStand: Coconut Chill
* MilesGloriosus: Bluster Kong.
* MistakenForDying: Bluster in one episode.
* {{Mooks}}: Kritters
* MythologyGag: In "Buried Treasure", Diddy throws his hat to the ground and stomps on it.
** In "Get A Life, Don't Save One", Donkey Kong said flying a plane is more fun than "[[DonkeyKong on top of some skyscraper]]".
* NoFlowInCGI: K. Rool's cape is MUCH shorter than in the games.
* NoIndoorVoice: Inca Dinka Doo TALKS LIKE THIS.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Everybody pronounces K. Rool as [[AWorldWidePunomenon KUH Rool]], when it should actually be pronounced as KAY Rool.
** 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".
* OddNameOut: Bluster in the Kong's ThemeNaming of ending with an "e" sound and in Skurvy's crew there's Green Croc. [[NonIndicativeName Who isn't even green.]]
* OncePerEpisode: There are two songs sung by the characters in each episode.
* PaletteSwap: Donkey Kong and Eddie the Mean Old Yeti. Also [[TerribleTrio Captain Scurvy and his two henchmen]] are Palette Swaps of General Klump, King K. Rool and one of the {{mooks}}.
* ParodyEpisode: One episode copied the plot (and even the title) of the movie ''Film/{{Speed}}''. Another episode used the WonderfulLife trope in an AllJustADream fashion.
* PirateBooty: One episode revolves around most of the main characters looking for BuriedTreasure pinpointed on a map that DK finds. The Kongs believe the treasure is money, and King K. Rool believes it is a DoomsdayDevice. [[spoiler:It turns out to be some now-spoiled bananas that DK buried in his youth]].
** The EasyAmnesia 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?"
* {{Pirate}}s: Kaptain Skurvy and his crew.
* [[RichBitch Rich Bastard]]: Bluster Kong.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: King K. Rool is surprisingly active. From leading operations from the front to building his own super weapons.
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Donkey and Diddy briefly chase Polly Roger into this trope in "Raiders of the Lost Banana".
* ShesGotLegs: Candy Kong
* ShoutOut: When Barrel 007 is loaded for launch in one episode, JamesBond style music starts playing.
** In the episode "Zero to Hero", DK and Diddy argue about a movie about a [[KingKongVsGodzilla "giant ape" and a "lizard"]].
** In the song "Metalhead" when the robotic DK is singing the last bit of the song, the tune is "Around the World" by DaftPunk.
* SmugSnake: Bluster Kong and King K. Rool.
* SnipeHunt: 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.
* SpySpeak: Klump does this. K. Rool is not impressed.
* SquashedFlat: K. Rool in one episode as a result of TheDoorSlamsYou and Cranky in another.
* SurroundedByIdiots: ''It's at times like this I ask myself, do I really want the coconut this badly?''
* TerribleTrio: Klump and Krusha, with K. Rool as TheManBehindTheMan.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Donkey Kong in Season 2.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Candy and Dixie.
* {{Tsundere}}: Candy Kong.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: At least OncePerEpisode, someone will burst into song, usually about what's going on.
* VillainSong: Notable examples are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkn0ORDxUc Pirate's Scorn]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5NerQIRk4 Booty Booty]] for Skurvy, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S86XCXalbSE One of Us]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vDCEaoSP1E No One's Going To Make A Monkey Out Of Me]] for K. Rool.
** DK also gets [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXM6yez8Gog&feature=related one, sorta.]] When he's tries Method Acting to play the bad guy in Bluster's movie in Hooray for Holly Kongo Bongo.
* WackyMarriageProposal: In "Four Weddings and a Coconut", DK's attempt to propose to Candy leads to him [[IKissYourHand kissing Bluster's hand]].
* WeddingSmashers: DK at, ironically, what is supposed to be his own wedding.
* WeWantOurJerkBack: 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.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Bluster's movie, written by Funky is based off the events of the series. Leading to a in story WTHCastingAgency when K. Rool is cast as the hero and DK is cast as the villain.
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A French-produced AnimatedAdaptation of the popular SuperNintendo game ''DonkeyKongCountry''.
On the island of Kongo Bongo, TheHero 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 [[MacGuffin a prize coveted by the show's villain]], [[BigBad 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 TrademarkFavoriteFood, bananas. Sometimes, another threat appears in the form of a group of {{Pirate}}s 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 OnceAnEpisode.
While the series takes place in an AlternateContinuity from that of the games, [[CanonImmigrant a few elements of the show would find their way into the games]], particularly in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', where Crystal Coconuts are an item (but not a MacGuffin like here), and Cranky Kong works as a potion-mixing MadScientist.
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!!Tropes used exclusively in the show:
* AlmostKiss
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version has a different opening and ending theme.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: The [[IncrediblyLamePun 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.
* [[ArtEvolution Art Devolution]]: The animation takes a step down in quality in the second season.
* BetaCouple: Diddy and Dixie to Donkey and Candy's Alpha Couple
* BeTheBall: DK does this to Diddy in one episode.
* BigRedButton: K. Rool wanted to push it.
* BigNo: K. Rool's reaction to when Klump's video conference messes up his game playing in "Buried Treasure".
* ButtMonkey: 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.
* CanonForeigner: Bluster, Inka Dinka Doo, Polly Roger, Eddie the Mean Old Yeti and Skurvy and his crew.
* CanonImmigrant: The Crystal Coconut, and Cranky dealing in potions.
* [[strike:Christmas]] [[ChristmasEpisode Festival of Lights Episode]]
* ChaseScene
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oN3JX-bf14 I'm Nobody's Hero]]"
** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xoU9OVee3g King K. Rool's Finest Hour]]"
** The entire sound track.
* DeadpanSnarker: Diddy, K. Rool, and Cranky.
* DecidedByOneVote: Krusha in "Vote of Kong-fidence".
* DumbMuscle: Krusha, and to a lesser extent, Donkey Kong.
** King K. Rool and all of his henchmen would qualify as DumbMuscle.
** Eddie the Mean Old Yeti would also qualify.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: In the B-plot of Bluster's Sales Ape-Straveganza, K. Rool decides to steal the Crystal Coconut on live TV.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The way the Kritters [[ThoseWackyNazis march]] in the song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3G5_rwvIi8 King K. Rool's Finest Hour]]".
* EvilVsEvil: Kaptain Skurvy allowed for a three way conflict. Something that doesn’t show up often in children’s cartoons in the era.
* FoeYay: K. Rool using a love potion to turn DK and Candy into his servants.
* FreakyFridayFlip: "The Big Switcheroo" has DK getting his brain switched with a barrel-making robot's, and Candy's with Klump's.
* FridgeBrilliance: In the pilot episode, Krusha is considerably more intelligent than he in all other episodes. Since the last we see of him in that episode is getting beat up by DK, it's possible that the beatdown ''gave him brain damage.''
* FullNameUltimatum: Donkey Kong gets this the most. Usually from Cranky.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: 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 Cranky saying "What kind of crap is that!?" in one episode, and 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).
* GrumpyBear: Cranky Kong and K.Rool.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld Andrew "Yoshi" Sabiston]] as Diddy Kong.
** [[TheBerenstainBears The 2003 incarnation of Papa Q. Bear]] is King K. Rool, [[Animated/TheLegendOfZelda Ganon]] is Klump and [[SailorMoon Artemis]] is Krusha.
** The Japanese version contains an all-star cast of veteran voice actors, including KoichiYamadera as DK himself, MegumiHayashibara as Diddy, RyuseiNakao as Cranky, MikaKanai as Candy, JurotaKosugi as King K. Rool, KenyuuHoriuchi as Eddie the Mean Old Yeti and HochuOtsuka as the one-time character Kong Fu.
* HoYay: Several jokes implying that the crocs are gay pop up in "Four Weddings and a Coconut".
* HulkSpeak: Eddie the Mean Old Yeti.
* IdiotHero: Donkey Kong.
* IdeaBulb: Shows up. K. Rool at one point had [[VisualPun turning gears]] appear over his head before the bulb did.
* ImNotADoctorButIPlayOneOnTV: 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.
* InexplicablyTailless: K. Rool has no tail for some reason.
* InNameOnly: Kutlass
* InsistentTerminology: Or rather, insistence on ''not'' using a particular terminology. The word "Kremling" is never heard at any point throughout the series.
** 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.
* IWantSong
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cranky Kong. Also, Klump in a few episodes.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Outside of a handful of episodes released on VHS and DVD, a complete series has yet to surface in any English speaking countries.
** A US release (as least from ShoutFactory) seems unlikely, as [[http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/205/thread.aspx#axzz1KrqJLqOQ the distribution rights to the first season are owned by another company (possibly Paramount, which released a VHS containing four episodes from the first season)]], which means they could only release episodes from the second season onwards.
* KissOfLife: 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.
* LargeHam: King K. Rool and, to a lesser extent, Bluster Kong.
* LemonadeStand: Coconut Chill
* MilesGloriosus: Bluster Kong.
* MistakenForDying: Bluster in one episode.
* {{Mooks}}: Kritters
* MythologyGag: In "Buried Treasure", Diddy throws his hat to the ground and stomps on it.
** In "Get A Life, Don't Save One", Donkey Kong said flying a plane is more fun than "[[DonkeyKong on top of some skyscraper]]".
* NoFlowInCGI: K. Rool's cape is MUCH shorter than in the games.
* NoIndoorVoice: Inca Dinka Doo TALKS LIKE THIS.
* NoPronunciationGuide: Everybody pronounces K. Rool as [[AWorldWidePunomenon KUH Rool]], when it should actually be pronounced as KAY Rool.
** 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".
* OddNameOut: Bluster in the Kong's ThemeNaming of ending with an "e" sound and in Skurvy's crew there's Green Croc. [[NonIndicativeName Who isn't even green.]]
* OncePerEpisode: There are two songs sung by the characters in each episode.
* PaletteSwap: Donkey Kong and Eddie the Mean Old Yeti. Also [[TerribleTrio Captain Scurvy and his two henchmen]] are Palette Swaps of General Klump, King K. Rool and one of the {{mooks}}.
* ParodyEpisode: One episode copied the plot (and even the title) of the movie ''Film/{{Speed}}''. Another episode used the WonderfulLife trope in an AllJustADream fashion.
* PirateBooty: One episode revolves around most of the main characters looking for BuriedTreasure pinpointed on a map that DK finds. The Kongs believe the treasure is money, and King K. Rool believes it is a DoomsdayDevice. [[spoiler:It turns out to be some now-spoiled bananas that DK buried in his youth]].
** The EasyAmnesia 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?"
* {{Pirate}}s: Kaptain Skurvy and his crew.
* [[RichBitch Rich Bastard]]: Bluster Kong.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: King K. Rool is surprisingly active. From leading operations from the front to building his own super weapons.
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Donkey and Diddy briefly chase Polly Roger into this trope in "Raiders of the Lost Banana".
* ShesGotLegs: Candy Kong
* ShoutOut: When Barrel 007 is loaded for launch in one episode, JamesBond style music starts playing.
** In the episode "Zero to Hero", DK and Diddy argue about a movie about a [[KingKongVsGodzilla "giant ape" and a "lizard"]].
** In the song "Metalhead" when the robotic DK is singing the last bit of the song, the tune is "Around the World" by DaftPunk.
* SmugSnake: Bluster Kong and King K. Rool.
* SnipeHunt: 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.
* SpySpeak: Klump does this. K. Rool is not impressed.
* SquashedFlat: K. Rool in one episode as a result of TheDoorSlamsYou and Cranky in another.
* SurroundedByIdiots: ''It's at times like this I ask myself, do I really want the coconut this badly?''
* TerribleTrio: Klump and Krusha, with K. Rool as TheManBehindTheMan.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Donkey Kong in Season 2.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Candy and Dixie.
* {{Tsundere}}: Candy Kong.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: At least OncePerEpisode, someone will burst into song, usually about what's going on.
* VillainSong: Notable examples are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAkn0ORDxUc Pirate's Scorn]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5NerQIRk4 Booty Booty]] for Skurvy, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S86XCXalbSE One of Us]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vDCEaoSP1E No One's Going To Make A Monkey Out Of Me]] for K. Rool.
** DK also gets [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXM6yez8Gog&feature=related one, sorta.]] When he's tries Method Acting to play the bad guy in Bluster's movie in Hooray for Holly Kongo Bongo.
* WackyMarriageProposal: In "Four Weddings and a Coconut", DK's attempt to propose to Candy leads to him [[IKissYourHand kissing Bluster's hand]].
* WeddingSmashers: DK at, ironically, what is supposed to be his own wedding.
* WeWantOurJerkBack: 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.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Bluster's movie, written by Funky is based off the events of the series. Leading to a in story WTHCastingAgency when K. Rool is cast as the hero and DK is cast as the villain.
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