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Cranky Kong



He made his first appearance in Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo. He is known for his scathing, fourth wall-breaking commentary on the state of video games today. Cranky has appeared in a number of Donkey Kong games, primarily as a reluctant adviser to Donkey Kong and his various simian pals. Cranky Kong was originally called Donkey Kong's grandfather, but since Donkey Kong 64, he has been retconned as Donkey Kong's father.

As his name implies, Cranky is a loud-mouthed old ape who is perpetually bitter about many things and complains about them to anyone who gives him even the slightest acknowledgment. He is mostly angry about the state of modern video games, once going so far as to complain about how many bits and bytes are used up to simply animate his swinging beard.

Rare has stated that Cranky is actually the Donkey Kong that pestered Mario in the original 1981 game by Nintendo, and that the current DK is his son; in DKC2, Cranky states that when he was young, he was always "whisking away maidens and throwing barrels".

Funky Kong




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 munitions 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.

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.

Tiny Kong



She is a Kong 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 Hoops 3-on-3. She is now depicted taller than Dixie.

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.

Kiddy Kong



Kiddy Kong was 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.

Wrinkly Kong



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.

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.

Klumps



Klumps are fat, bumbling Kremlings decked out in military attire. Their hard hats make it impossible for Diddy to stomp them, though a frontal attack will defeat them. In Donkey Kong 64, they threw explosive oranges and could only be defeated by the DK Crew's own explosive oranges . In the animated TV series, only one Klump was featured, and he was K. Rool's general. In Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Land 2, he became Kannon, who was also featured on the TV show in the form of Kaptain Skurvy. He was portrayed by currently deceased actor Len Carlson. In Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, a Kremling highly resembling a Klump, wearing a barrel on its head instead of a helmet, can be seen.