List of Donkey Kong characters

The following is a list of characters featured in the Donkey Kong series of video-games made by both Rare and Nintendo, among others.

Rare has confirmed in their scribes section that they own all of the characters from the Diddy Kong Racing series except for Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Tiny Kong, and Krunch.[1]

Kongs

Baby Kong

Originally Donkey Kong after drinking a youth potion, Baby Kong eventually became an actual character, Donkey Kong's other little friend, after Diddy Kong, in the show.

Bluster Kong

Bluster Kong is a character that only appears in the animated series. A wealthy Kong with a moustache, he runs the island's resident barrel factory, which is actually owned by his mother (who is never seen). He is a cowardly, narcissistic buffoon who is constantly seen hitting on Candy Kong, his only employee, despite the fact that she loves Donkey Kong.

Candy Kong

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Candy Kong as she appears in DK: Jungle Climber

Candy Kong provides various services for the Kongs throughout the different games. She first appeared in Donkey Kong Country and allowed the player to save their game. In other versions, she acts as a manager of mini-games, and ran a dance studio minigame. She was the first female character throughout the Donkey Kong Country series, although Dixie Kong was the first playable female character in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. In Donkey Kong Country, she wore a pink bow with white polka-dots and a pink tanga. In later games she appears in from scratch, she ditched the bow. Candy Kong also appeared in Donkey Kong 64; in this game, she provided instruments for DK and company to use against the Kremlings. In this game she also gives the players more watermelons which increase the player's life. In this game, she wore headphones, a pink short-sleeve top, pink short shorts, and some footwear. She makes a brief appearance in DK-King of Swing, and is seen cheering on the player's characters. In this game, she wore a pink bikini top and short shorts (this appearance has remained in subsequent games). She also makes a brief appearance in the GBA remake of Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Country 3. In Donkey Kong Country 2 she appears in Swanky Kong's Quiz Show, and she wore a purple dress. She also made a brief appearance in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast on one of the menus, but was not playable.

Candy was also a regular on the Donkey Kong Country animated series as well. She was voiced by Joy Tanner. However, in the series, she looked completely different from the pink-clad blonde seen in the games. Also, on the show, she worked at the barrel factory run by Bluster Kong, her boss, who constantly hit on her. Candy sometimes had a goal of buying the factory. Time to time, she had lunch with Donkey Kong. This version of Candy also showed off a very quick temper.

Chunky Kong

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Chunky Kong

Chunky Kong is a large Gorilla weighing 2000 lbs and is one of the playable Kongs in the game Donkey Kong 64. Chunky is the older brother of Kiddy Kong and cousin of Dixie Kong and Tiny Kong. He was freed by Lanky in the level Frantic Factory. Before he was freed, he indicates that he doesn't like heights. Despite his brawny build, he acts somewhat cowardly and childish. One example of this is when the player selects him in the barrel, he gets scared, shakes his head 'no' and tries to convince the player to choose Tiny Kong instead. His weapon is the Pineapple Launcher, his instrument is the Triangle Trample, and the potion enables him to do Hunky Chunky, turning gigantic, Primate Punch, unleashing a very powerful punch, and Gorilla-Gone, turning temporarily invisible. He can carry boulders and other heavy items that the other Kongs cannot carry. It should be noted that it was Chunky, with a combination of the "Hunky Chunky" and "Primate Punch" abilities, who defeated K.Rool in the last boxing match in Donkey Kong 64.

Cranky Kong

Main article: Cranky Kong

Cranky Kong is an elderly and extremely grouchy Kong. It has been stated that he is in fact the original DK from the 1980s Donkey Kong arcade trilogy (as he himself implied in the Donkey Kong Country series of games), but this has not been reflected in recent titles.

Diddy Kong

Main article: Diddy Kong

Diddy Kong is Donkey Kong's young monkey friend and nephew (he is often referred to as a chimpanzee in promotional media). He wears a red Nintendo hat and shirt with stars on it. He first appears in "Donkey Kong Country" as Donkey Kong's sidekick, before starring in the sequel: "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest". Though he made a cameo appearance in "Donkey Kong Country 3", the next game where he is featured as a playable character is "Diddy Kong Racing". He again joined Donkey Kong in a quest against the Kremlings in "Donkey Kong 64", and was not featured again until several years later in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. He is also included as a playable character in several other Mario sports.

Dixie Kong

Main article: Dixie Kong

Dixie Kong is Diddy Kong's girlfriend and one of the more popular Kongs. Though she first appeared in Donkey Kong Country 2 as Diddy Kong's sidekick, and later made the starring role of Donkey Kong Country 3. While she didn't return in Donkey Kong 64, her sister, Tiny, did take over her place. Dixie is remembered by her ability to twirl her hair to float downwards.

Donkey Kong

Main article: Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong is the main character of the Donkey Kong series, appearing in almost all the series' games. Due to his stubborn nature, he occasionally alternates his role to a villain as Mario's rival.

Donkey Kong Junior

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Donkey Kong Jr., as he appears in Mario Tennis.

Donkey Kong Junior (ドンキーコングジュニア, Donkī Kongu Junia, also known as DK Jr. or simply Junior) is the protagonist of the 1982 arcade game of the same name and the son of the Donkey Kong. In terms of character design, Junior is essentially a child version of his father, but wears a white gymnasts leotard with a red letter "J" written over it. His objective in the game is to save his father, who is being kept in a locked cage by Mario. He returns in the 1994 Game Boy remake of Donkey Kong, where he teams up with his father against Mario, who is once again holding Pauline captive. Junior has also appeared as a playable character in the original Super Mario Kart and Virtual Boy game Mario's Tennis, as well as a hidden character in the Nintendo 64 version of the similarly named Mario Tennis. He is also featured in the games Donkey Kong Jr. Math and Donkey Kong Classics for the NES. Other appearances by Junior includes the Game & Watch games Donkey Kong Jr. (in wide-screen, tabletop and panorama versions) and Donkey Kong 2, as well as the Game & Watch Gallery series compilations for Game Boy. He also appears as the physical appearances of the transformed king of World 5 in the Super NES and Game Boy Advance versions of Super Mario Bros. 3.

According to Rare, the developers of Donkey Kong Country, there are multiple Donkey Kongs, with the modern one who appears from Donkey Kong Country and onward is actually a grown-up version of Junior himself. However, in the actual in-game dialogue, Cranky refers to the current Donkey Kong as his "grandson" and Nintendo has interpreted this literally, referring to the current Donkey Kong as the grandson of the original. However, this relationship is often ignoredor downplayed in more recent games, as Donkey Kong is often referred as Mario's "old rival" (particularly in Mario vs. Donkey Kong and Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis), implying he is the same Donkey Kong as the original. Though, Nintendo confirms that Donkey Kong, Junior and Cranky are different characters.

Funky Kong

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Funky Kong in DK: Jungle Climber

Funky Kong usually supplies services to the Kongs such as allowing them to go back to worlds they have previously completed in the game. However, in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, he took on a different role as a watercraft merchant, allowing Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong to reach new areas of the game world. In Donkey Kong 64, Funky switched jobs yet again to become the amunitions expert of the group. He supplied various weaponry and upgrades to the Kongs, and donned camouflage clothing, goggles and a large rocket on his back in favor of his old board shorts and sunglasses. He is also a playable character in some spinoff games.

Funky was also a regular on the Donkey Kong Country cartoon, where he was voiced by Damon D'Oliveira. An obvious difference one might notice is that the cartoon version of Funky had tan fur as opposed to the brown fur his video game counterpart had. He was also given a Jamaican accent. However, like his game counterpart, Funky is keen on surfing (although we never see him doing it), and like in the first game, he runs his own airline service. He often talks about karma and is the best dancer on the island. Funky is obviously not fond of adventuring or fighting the Kremlings. Nor is he keen on doing very much work; he often tries to take the easier way out of a situation, or just leave it up to DK and Diddy. Funky is more peace-loving than the other Kong family members.

Kiddy Kong

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Kiddy Kong

Kiddy Kong (known as Dinky Kong in Japan: ディンキー コング Dinki Kongu) was created by Rareware to be partnered up with his cousin Dixie Kong in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! for the game. He also served as Dixie's sidekick in the Game Boy follow-up, Donkey Kong Land III and in the GBA port of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Kiddy had great strength which allowed him to throw Dixie further than Diddy ever could, and allowed him to destroy cracked floors when thrown. Chunky Kong of Donkey Kong 64 is his older brother. So far Kiddy hasn't had any apperences since Donkey Kong Land III.

Lanky Kong

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Lanky Kong, as depicted in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast.

Lanky Kong is an anthropomorphic orangutan who is a distant cousion to the Kong family. Lanky's first appearance was in Donkey Kong 64 as one of the games five playable Kongs. He was freed by Donkey Kong in the Angry Aztec level in the Llama's Temple. His weapon is the Grape Shooter, his instrument is the Trombone Tremor, and the Potion enables him to do OrangStand, walking on his hand to climb steep slopes. Baboon Balloon allows him to inflate himself to reach higher areas, and OrangSprint allows him to run really fast on his hands. In the level, Gloomy Galleon, he can transform into Enguarde the Swordfish when he enters the Enguarde Crate. If the player is using one of the other Kongs, the Enguarde Crate is transparent.

Lanky Kong also makes a cameo in the GBA port of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! in one of Funky's minigames.

Lanky appears in his spin-off debut, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast as one of the Kongs.

Swanky Kong

Swanky Kong is a member of the Kong family who often runs business ventures such as quiz shows and sideshow attractions. In his first appearance, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, he ran a quiz show, and in the Game Boy Advance port, Donkey Kong's girlfriend Candy Kong appeared in it. In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, he ran a sideshow attraction, where the objective is to beat Cranky Kong. In the Game Boy Advance version of the game, he ran a virtual reality-dome entitled "Swanky's Dash"; here, Dixie Kong had to run through a metal tunnel while collecting stars.

In Mario Superstar Baseball, a wooden billboard in the background of Donkey Kong's field has a picture of Swanky Kong on it.

Tiny Kong

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Tiny Kong, as depicted in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast

Tiny Kong is a character in the Donkey Kong games who first appeared in Donkey Kong 64. She is an anthropomorphic tail-less monkey that has blonde hair and pigtails. She is Dixie Kong's younger sister and is a cousin to Chunky Kong and Kiddy Kong. In Donkey Kong 64, she was voiced by Kevin Bayliss. In Diddy Kong Racing DS and all later games, she is voiced by Jen Taylor. This actress also voiced Dixie in Mario Superstar Baseball. She is now depicted taller than Dixie. Although she is no longer a regular character in the main series since her debut in Donkey Kong 64, she has now become a regular character in the spin-offs; starting with Diddy Kong Racing DS.

In Donkey Kong 64, her clothing was a beanie hat, blue overalls, a white T-Shirt, and white shoes. She was freed by Diddy Kong in the Angry Aztec level in the building near Candy's Music Shop. Her weapon is the Feather Crossbow, her instrument is the Saxophone Slam, the Potion enables her for Mini-Monkey, Pony-Tail Whirl, and Monkey-Port. She can shrink when she jumps into her special barrel, allowing her access to areas other Kongs cannot go. She can do a helicopter-spin, equivalent to Dixie's, to slow down her descent. This has the added benefit of negating damage from a high leap. She can user her pad to Monkey-Port to secret areas that other Kongs cannot go to. The player must utilize the Z button as part of this feature.

She encounters the mother of the Banana Fairies on the Banana Fairies Island. She receives a specialized camera so the team can take pictures of all twenty hidden Banana Fairies inside the game. Each picture increases the player's ammo and ammo supply capabillity. She also receives a special move to create an expanding forcefield.

In the level, Jungle Japes, she uses her Feather Crossbow to shoot the switches that open the gate to a secret area of the jungle. In the manual, it was stated that Cranky first thought it was Dixie, until she told Cranky that she's Dixie's younger sister.

If the player manages to follow the Banana Fairy using Tiny in the Overworld, a sixth Golden Banana (Only five Golden bananas per level can be found by any of the five playable Kongs.), with a Rareware logo instead of an N64 one, can be found.

Tiny was one of the confirmed characters in Donkey Kong Racing for the GameCube with Donkey, Diddy, Kiddy, and Taj, but the game was cancelled as Microsoft purchased Rare in September 2002.

She makes a cameo appearance in the GBA port of the SNES games, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Diddy, Dixie, or both must rescue her from the Zingers in a mini-game called, Kongnapped, and the objective is to rescue six of her in order to win. In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, she appears in one of Funky's Motorboat Challenges. These two games she appeared in are the only games where she is not a playable character.

In her spin-off debut, Diddy Kong Racing DS, her clothing was a beanie hat, sweat pants, a spaghetti-strap top, sandals, and fur wristbands, and she wore earrings that she did not wear in the previous games. She is one of the first eight playable characters. Her acceleration and handling are slightly below average, and she has a medium top speed. In the game's commercial, she was using a Hovercraft and instead of being in the usual position in the game, she was standing, leaning forward. Her clothing has remained in subsequent games.

In Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, Tiny is one of the Kongs in this game. It is the first game on the Wii she appears in. It is also the second racing game for her character.

Wrinkly Kong

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Wrinkly Kong in DK: Jungle Climber

Wrinkly Kong is an elderly gorilla, mother of Donkey Kong, and the wife of Cranky Kong. Wrinkly first appeared in the game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest for the Super Nintendo, where she ran Kong Kollege. She gave the player advice and allowed the player to save his or her game. She appeared again in Donkey Kong Land 2, and again in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! This time, she resided in Wrinkly's Save Cave, where the player could both save their game and deposit Banana Birds, which were found throughout the game. This concept remained sans birds in Donkey Kong Land III. In the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Wrinkly was portrayed as a spiritual follower of the Banana Birds.

Wrinkly next appeared in Donkey Kong 64; she had apparently passed away at some point after Donkey Kong Land III, as she was now a spirit. Every world lobby in the game, with the exception of Hideout Helm, featured five doors with Wrinkly's face on them; each door presented a hint for the level that applied to the Kong that corresponded to the door color (Yellow for Donkey Kong, Red for Diddy Kong, etc.). When the player begins meeting her in Donkey Kong 64, she says "Don't be afraid of me young ones! It's only me, Wrinkly Kong," and then she gives the player advice on how to win a Golden Banana on the corresponding level.

Her latest appearance is in DK-King of Swing, where she was a playable character for the first time. She is confirmed to be an unlockable character in Donkey Kong Jet.

Friendly characters

Bachelor

Bachelor is a swingin' cool bear encountered only in the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Bachelor takes Barnacle's place as the Brothers Bear member located in Lake Orangatanga. When the Kongs first speak with Bachelor he will say he has a hot date coming up, but he needs flowers and chocolates for this date, something he doesn't have. The Kongs, if they wish can get some chocolates from Bazaar and a rose from Bramble and give these to Bachelor, in exchange Bachelor will give the Kongs his pet Banana Bird.

Baffle

Baffle the bear lives near the entrance to KAOS Kore in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Baffle's speciality is code breaking, unfortunately, Baffle can't seem to break the code he currently has; if the Kongs bring Baffle a mirror though, he will crack the code and reveal to them how to find a hidden Banana Bird Cave.

Barnacle

Barnacle is a deep-sea diving member of the Brothers Bear family encountered in Lake Orangatanga in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. During the events Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Dixie and Kiddy Kong, if they choose too, can buy a sea shell from Bazaar and give it to Barnacle in exchange for a Banana Bird. In the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Barnacle is moved from his house in Lake Orangatanga to a ship in Pacifica, Bachelor takes Barnacles place in Lake Orangatanga.

Barnacle also appears in Donkey Konga 3

Barter

Barter is a bear who runs a swop-shop near K3 on the main map of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. If the Kongs have bought a mirror from Bazaar, they can give it to Barter in exchange for a wrench, which they can use to fix Bjorn's chairlifts. Later in the game, Dixie and Kiddy can buy back the mirror from Barter and give it to Baffle.

Bazaar

Bazaar is a member of the Brothers Bear family encountered in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. In this game Bazaar runs Bazaar's General Store, which is located near Funky's Rentals and Wrinkly Save Cave/Wrinkly's Retreat on the main map of the game. Throughout Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong had to venture to Bazaar's General Store, usually to buy information or various goods.

Bazooka

Bazooka is a veteran soldier (he fought in the "Kremean War") encountered on Mekanos in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. If Dixie and Kiddy bring Bazooka the bowling ball they can obtain from Blue, Bazooka will launch the Kongs to a nearby Banana Bird Cave, oddly suspended from a crane.

Benny

Benny is a polar bear who operates the chairlifts, along with his brother Björn in the area Razor Ridge in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Dixie and Kiddy can use Benny's chairlift to reach to cross a large chasm in the middle of Razor Ridge. Most likely, he and his twin, Björn, were named after Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the male singers of the 1970s pop sensation, ABBA.

Björn

Björn is the twin brother of Benny. Like Benny, Björn operates the chairlifts of Razor Ridge in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. It seems Björn's chairlifts have broken down and he is unable to operate them. If the player wishes, they can have Dixie and Kiddy Kong bring Björn a wrench that can be obtained from Barter; with this wrench, Björn can fix his chairlift, using the now repaired chairlift Dixie and Kiddy can reach a Banana Bird Cave.

Blizzard

Blizzard is a polar bear encountered on the snowy mountain K3 in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Blizzard is the only member of the Brothers Bear family who remembered his brother, Blue's birthday. Unfortunately, Blizzard is unable to attend Blue's birthday, the Kongs can do him a favor though by bringing Blizzard's present for Blue to him.

Blue

Blue is a rather depressing bear encountered in Cotton-Top Cove in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. The reason Blue is so depressed is because he believes the other members of the Brothers Bear family have forgotten his birthday. Dixie and Kiddy Kong can cheer Blue up by bringing him the present Blizzard prepared for him, in exchange for this present, Blue will give the Kongs a bowling ball.

Blunder

Blunder is an intelligent, yet arrogant bear with a habit of having words slip off his tongue. In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Blunder can be found on the games main map near Kremwood Forest, if the Kongs speak with him he will accidentally reveal that there is a secret world in the game.

Boomer

Boomer is a trigger-happy bear encountered in Krematoa in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. It seems the other members of the Brothers Bear, sick of Boomer's explosive habits, decided to banish him to Krematoa. When the Kongs run into Boomer they can pay him (with Bonus Coins, he won't accept Bear Coins) to blow a path for them to the levels of Krematoa.

At the end of every level in Krematoa, Dixie and Kiddy will come across a cog. If they bring these cogs to Boomer he will put them in a machine he had found when he first moved to Krematoa. Once all the cogs are in the device, it will somehow awaken the dormant volcano in Krematoa.

Bramble

Bramble is the nature loving member of the Brothers Bear family located near Cotton-Top Cove and Mekanos in Donkey Kong Country 3 on the game's main map. If players choose too, they can find and give Bramble a rare type of flower; in exchange, they will gain a Banana Bird. In the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3 players will get a rose from Bramble instead of a Banana Bird; a Banana Bird can be obtained from Bramble later in the game for no price.

Brash

Brash is a somewhat arrogant member of the Brothers Bear family encountered in Kremwood Forest in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. If Dixie and Kiddy Kong manage to beat Brash's racing record in the level "Riverside Race", Brash will become so enraged that he will accidentally open the path to a hidden Banana Bird Cave. After his record is beaten Brash cannot be spoken to again, if the player tries to converse with him he will simply kick the Kongs out of his cabin/stadium.

Bumper

Bumper is a black badger and one of the playable characters in the Nintendo 64 game, Diddy Kong Racing and the Nintendo DS remake, Diddy Kong Racing DS. A resident of Timber Island, as the story goes Bumper was apparently one of the many allies called upon by Diddy Kong and Timber to help them defeat the evil Wizpig. In Diddy Kong Racing DS, he appeared in the opening with Diddy Kong and Tiptup.

Appearances

• Diddy Kong Racing (1997)
• Timber 64 (Cancelled)
• Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007)

Conker the Squirrel

Conker is a squirrel that is the main character in the Conker series. He also appeared on Diddy Kong Racing as a playable character for the Nintendo 64. He is one of the allies Diddy called on to defeat the evil Wizpig.

Drumstick

Drumstick is a rooster who lives on Timber's Island and is well-known among the locals for his racing skills. Constantly training on the island's many tourist-trap racetracks, Drumstick has honed his ability to become one of the greatest racers on the island. While his mastery of speed isn't in question, it was because of the confidence that stemmed from this that he was punished at the hands of an intergalactic pig.

When Wizpig took over the island in 1997's Diddy Kong Racing, Taj, T.T., and Timber planned an immediate counter-offensive. They went to Drumstick and asked him to face down Wizpig in a race, with the stipulation that if Drumstick won, Wizpig would leave the island. Drumstick agreed, and all doubted that Wizpig would come out on top as the victor. However, some time passed and Drumstick never returned. It was after this failure that Timber sent out a plea of help to his old friend Diddy Kong which led to a slew of racers both native and from elsewhere to help race Timber's Island to freedom.

In the midst of the racing adventure led by Diddy and Timber that would liberate the island, the slow defeat of Wizpig's magic also led to a reveal of sorts in the main meadow of the island. In the pool of water where the island's waterfalls came crashing down over the mountainside lived many frogs. One of these frogs was unusually sporting red plumage sprouting from its head. On a hunch, one of the racers ran over it with their vehicle, and in a brilliant flash of gold, Drumstick appeared. Wizpig had turned him into a frog, and it wasn't until his frog form was destroyed that he was able to be free. He immediately joined with the others in the fight, staying with them until the end.

Drumstick is believed to still be living on Timber's Island, spending his days (and nights) perfecting his skills on the track.

Eddie the Mean Old Yeti

Eddie the Mean Old Yeti, or Eddie the Yeti for short, is a Yeti who appears in the Donkey Kong Country television series. Like a few other characters featured in the show, he does not appear in the video game the show is based on, but is roughly based off of one of its characters. In personality, he seems to be based off of the orangutan enemy Manky Kong, who threw barrels at Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in the style of the original arcade game, and appeared in the "Ice Age Alley" level of Gorilla Glacier.

Living in Kongo Bongo Island's White Mountains, Eddie is a solitary ape, differing from the other apes on the island in several ways, the most obvious being that while most of the apes are brown in fur color, Eddie has white fur. Wearing a bobble hat, Eddie usually walks around bearing a large club, which he often bangs things with.

Inka Dinka Doo

A large stone idol from the Donkey Kong Country animated series, Inka Dinka Doo possesses three faces, each one representing a different mood. Inka Dinka Doo apparently has a vast amount of knowledge, despite this, he can be extremely vague.

Pipsy

Pipsy is a yellow, bow-wearing mouse and one of the playable characters in Diddy Kong Racing. Pipsy, along with various other characters such as Bumper and Conker, were apparently contacted by Diddy Kong and Timber to aid them in freeing Timber's Island from the control of an evil alien pig named Wizpig.

Pipsy has recently made a return appearance in Diddy Kong Racing's Nintendo DS port, Diddy Kong Racing DS.

Appearances

• Diddy Kong Racing (1997)
• Timber 64 (Cancelled)
• Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007)

Scoff

Scoff is a large blue hippopotamus encountered in Donkey Kong 64. The Kongs must feed Scoff a certain number of bananas in order to get him and his friend Troff to open a door to allow the Kongs to battle a game boss.

Snide

Snide is a weasel and former engineer and technician of King K. Rool who first appeared in Donkey Kong 64. After building the Blast-O-Matic, a weapon K. Rool had planned on using to blow up Donkey Kong Island with Snide was fired by K. Rool and had all his work confiscated.

Eventually Snide met the Kongs and decided to help them take down K. Rool. If the Kongs bring Snide a blueprint he will give them a Golden Banana, in increasingly bizzare ways. Every blueprint given to Snide will increase the amount of time the Kongs have to shut down the Blast-O-Matic in Hideout Helm.

T.T.

T.T. is an anthropomorphic stop-watch and the one in charge of most of the races in Diddy Kong Racing. T.T. can be found in the hub of every location on the island, updating players on their stats. If players manage to beat T.T.'s record in all of Diddy Kong Racing's Time Trials (except for the four courses that can be bought from Taj in the DS remake), T.T. becomes playable in the game's main adventure. In both the N64 version, and its Nintendo DS remake, T.T. is often considered the best character in the game; his top speed and acceleration are maxed out, as well as his handling also being very tight (as opposed to the game's other fast characters, who are balanced by poor steering). This may attribute to T.T. being arguably the most difficult character to unlock in both games.

Contrary to popular assumption, "T.T." stands for "Tick Tock" and not "Time Trials". In the Nintendo 64 version of the game, the narrator says his name as "Tick Tock!". In Diddy Kong Racing DS, he is in charge of T.T.'s Wish Races.

Taj

A large, blue elephant and genie, after he is evicted from his home by Wizpig in Diddy Kong Racing, Taj decides to aid Diddy Kong and his friends in defeating Wizpig. It is obvious he is from India hence his name is common in India and most genies are Arabian. It should be noted that in the second ending cutscence the wizpig face is replaced with Taj's face which may mean he owns the island instead of Timber's family.

Timber

Timber is a young tiger cub who wears a blue baseball cap. He is apparently a long-time friend of Diddy Kong. Timber's first appearance was Diddy Kong Racing. As the story of the game goes, Timber was apparently left in charge of Timber's Island when his parents went on vacation. Unfortunately disaster struck Timber and his family's island when an evil, intergalactic pig, aptly named Wizpig invaded the island. As Wizpig took over the island Timber managed to send letters to his various friends, requesting their assistance in helping him defeat Wizpig. With the aid of his friends Timber managed to defeat Wizpig and reclaim ownership of his island.

Appearances

• Diddy Kong Racing (1997)
• Timber 64 (Cancelled)
• Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007)

Tiptup

Tiptup is a green, somewhat clumsy turtle and one of the playable characters in Diddy Kong Racing. During the events of Diddy Kong Racing Tiptup is one of the many allies called upon by Diddy Kong and Timber to aid in their quest to defeat an invading alien named Wizpig. It seems Tiptup may live in the same vicinity as Banjo as he makes various cameos in his game series. Due to the fact that Banjo was removed from the DS port of Diddy Kong Racing but Tiptup wasn't, and the fact that a new Banjo game was announced for the Xbox 360, Tiptup may have been removed from the Banjo series' continuity.

Appearances

• Diddy Kong Racing (1997)
• Banjo-Kazooie (1998) - (cameo)
• Banjo-Tooie (2000) - (cameo)
• Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007)

Troff

Troff is a large pink pig encountered in the game Donkey Kong 64. The Kongs must feed Scoff's friend Troff a certain number of bananas so he can weigh enough to lift Troff up to reach the key in a boss door. (The two are standing on opposite sides of the door, on a scale of sorts.)

See also

• Kremlings
• Donkey Kong's animal buddies
• List of non-Kremling Donkey Kong enemies