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* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: The name of the first game's second boss's level: Necky's Nuts.
*[[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Are the tikis evil? Or are they simply trying to reproduce using DK’s banana hoard?
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Retro Studios taking over for ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''.
* [[Awesome Music]]: [[Donkey Kong Country (video game)/Awesome Music|Enough for its own page]].
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** Also, fans either view the original as a classic, or an overrated [[Follow the Leader|Mario clone]].
** A few fans miss Tiny Kong's old ''Donkey Kong 64'' design, while others much prefer her aged up redesign. You will rarely find a person who likes both designs.
* [[Demonic Spiders]]:
** Kabooms from ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. If you're even a second late from jumping, they run right into you and explode. Black/dark gray Klobbers steal lives away from you on contact. Their cousins, the Klasps, which are found in both ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' and ''Donkey Kong Land III'' also qualify. Cat o' Nine Tails sweep you away into a [[Bottomless Pit]] or [[Spikes of Doom|into brambles]] with great accuracy. Thankfully, they're not in ''Donkey Kong Land 2''.
** Zingers are lethal on contact and cannot be harmed except by projectile attacks or while under the effect of an invincibility barrel. ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' introduces reinforced red Zingers that can only be killed with TNT or invincibility. The Buzzes in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' serve the exact same purpose.
* [[Disappointing Last Level]]: Chimp Caverns,
* [[Ear Worm]]: Most of the songs in ''Donkey Kong Country 1'', ''Donkey Kong Country 2''
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
** Funky Kong, while Rambi proved the most popular of the animal buddies, likely since in the original game he was the most useful, and continued to make the most appearances of all of them.
** King K. Rool nowadays (as he is not the [[Big Bad]] anymore), to the point that his absence from ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' and ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' is seen as a detriment. He's also a very popular request for ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''; his receiving a Mii Brawler costume was seen as a very poor consolation prize and borderline insulting.
* [[Even Better Sequel]]: ''Donkey Kong Country 1'' did things with graphics that no one had seen before, but ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' streamlined that gameplay ([[That One Level|for the most part]]), fixed what minor problems there were, got much more creative and fair with the bonus stage locations, included about a half dozen [[Platform Hell]] levels and a [[Bonus Boss]] for players dedicated enough to go for [[100% Completion]], and in general made it seem less of a ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' clone and more of its own game.
* [[Fandom Berserk Button]]: People will often mistake Diddy and Dixie for siblings. They're supposed to be an [[Official Couple]]. This bugs fans, especially shippers.
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]:
** The Japanese love [[Surfer Dude|Funky Kong]].
* [[Goddamned Bats]]: Zingers in the first two games and Buzzes in the third.▼
** The series itself may not be a complete example because Donkey Kong originated in Japan, but the ''Donkey Kong Country'' games did very well in Japan despite their Western developers. The third game actually sold significantly more in Japan than it did overseas, probably because it was a SNES game released after the Nintendo 64, and unlike everywhere else, Japan tends to continue supporting consoles even after their successors come out.
* [[Good Bad Bugs]]: A [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNTiJYOsOTQ glitch] in the first game's level can cause Rambi's sprites to be mistakenly replaced with a copy of the player's character with a messed-up palette. This can be combined with another glitch which causes Donkey Kong to get stuck in a certain animation while riding "himself", making the situation resemble [[Screw Yourself|something else]]...▼
▲* [[Goddamned Bats]]: Zingers in the first two games, and Buzzes in the third.
* [[Good Bad Bugs]]:
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** There's another glitch in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' where you can avoid the difficult [[That One Level|Bramble Race against Screech]]. If you come up right behind Screech to where the race will not start yet, and you fly upwards (you must have both characters at this point for this to work), you will then hit the the ceiling and hurt yourself causing yourself to blink. Quickly, while you are still blinking, pass Screech and head off to the rest of the level without having to worry about doing it in good time.
** The Castle Crush glitch is one of the most infamous, scariest and a literal [[Game Breaking Bug|Game-Breaking Bug]] to go as far as being independently mentioned in the series [[Nightmare Fuel]] page, but with so many results and odd visuals and effects upon activating it, it can also be one of the most entertaining. If you have an emulator or a Virtual Console port, go wild, just make sure to try to back up your save files, but '''do not attempt it with a real console'''.
* [[Growing the Beard]]: It was with the first game that the whole ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' series came into its own, rather than being little more than Mario's parent franchise.
* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXXhoBa_A4U Misty Menace]. Makes a couple of already disturbing levels, such as the infamous ''Stop N Go Station'', several times worse.
** The cave level theme gets really creepy at one part in particular.
* [[Ho Yay]]: Several jokes implying that the crocs are gay pop up in "Four Weddings and a Coconut".
* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: The "true" ending to ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' features {{spoiler|Crocodile Isle exploding and sinking beneath the waves}}, and the only survivor that we see is K.Rool sailing away by himself on a raft. Obviously, the Kremlings weren't completely wiped out, considering that we see more of them in the following games, but that had to cause a ''lot'' of casualties.
* [[It's Short, So It Sucks]]: A common complaint about ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. It is more often the main complaint about ''Donkey Kong Land 1'' and ''Donkey Kong Land
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "[[Gaming in The Clinton Years|If you don't buy this game]], '''[[You Suck|you are stupid!]]''' [[Retsupurae|Yes, I know that's insulting, but it's also the truth]]."
* [[More Popular Spinoff]]: More people seem to be familiar with this series than the original ''[[Donkey Kong]]''.
* [[Most Annoying Sound]]: Courtesy of the [[Game Boy Advance]] port of ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zwe-TmMF7A&feature=player_detailpage#t=23s NAAA-HAAA-HAAAAA...!]"
* [[Most Wonderful Sound]]:
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** Also, when you have one Kong, and you are traversing a tough level, the sound of a Kong in a DK barrel makes a great [[Hope Spot]].
** The chimes you hear when you reach the goal of a level also count.
** When you beat the bosses in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' with the right timing, you can flail the wiimote like crazy, which causes DK to massively pummel the Tiki controlling the boss. The more punches he gives, the more awesome it sounds.
* [[MST3K Mantra]]: It's probably best not to ask how a parrot can fly around while holding two apes in his claws.
* [[My Real Daddy]]: While Miyamoto created Donkey Kong, it is the work of Rare and to a smaller degree Retro Studios that undeniably made Donkey Kong into what he's known for and made this series and its creations such as Diddy Kong iconic to the character and turned him into a hero.
* [[Never Live It Down]]: [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] will never live down saying "''Donkey Kong Country'' proves that players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good." He said this because he was working on ''[[Yoshi's Island]]'' at the time, and there was a lot of pressure for him to make it look like ''Donkey Kong Country'' (the game still turned out awesome-looking though). He stated in a [https://web.archive.org/web/20120815011602/http://wii.ign.com/articles/110/1100039p3.html recent interview] that he does like ''Donkey Kong Country'', saying that he worked closely with [[Rare]] on the project.
** Tiny Kong from ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', who is a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] of Dixie.
** Ellie the Elephant from ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', who replaced the series' most iconic animal buddy
** Kiddy Kong. Aside from holding things in front of him instead of over his head, being able to bounce off of water, and having tag actions (which weren't possible in ''Donkey Kong Country 1''), he plays exactly like Donkey Kong. There were those who wondered why Donkey Kong was only playable once in a series named after him and felt that there was no excuse to not have those changes applied to Donkey Kong instead of creating an entire new character. Some even felt as if it made him look less badass since he got kidnapped twice in a row by the same villain, whom he's already been shown to be able to beat.
** The Tiki-Tak Tribe from ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', who replaced the iconic Kremlings as the villains. Their goofy, unimposing appearance didn't help. They have become so hated that certain parts of the fandom [[Fanon Discontinuity|refuse to acknowledge the existence]] of ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''. This was averted with the Snowmad Tribe from ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'', which were much better received.
** An example of [[Replacement Scrappy]] music. Opinions on the soundtrack from the GBA version of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' are mixed: some think it's better, some worse, but almost everyone agrees the music to the tree and ice stages are a significant downgrade to the originals, if not outright awful.
▲* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]:
* [[Sequelitis]]: It's generally agreed that ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' is the weakest of the original trilogy. Those who like the game find it to be just as fun and enjoyable as its predecessors (though you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who thinks it's ''better''). Those who dislike the game do so mainly for the [[Lighter and Softer]] treatment (especially compared to ''Donkey Kong Country 2''), the absence of fan-favorite characters and the [[Replacement Scrappy|Replacement Scrappies]] in their stead, and both versions of the soundtrack, with the original featuring little to no input from longtime ''Donkey Kong Country'' composer David Wise.
* [[Squick]]: Tiny Kong's redesign, to some. The aging and fanservicing up of an underage character disturbed a few fans, while others are repulsed by the idea of making an ape attractive at all, though the latter case is not to the same degree as Candy Kong.
* [[That One Boss]]: A handful of them qualify.
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** K. Rool in the original game manages to pull this off simply because unlike the other bosses in the game, his difficulty is more scaled to the point you actually fight him. Otherwise though, he’s not hard by Final Boss standards. He's even tougher in the second game, and takes this [[Up to Eleven]] there.
▲** Happens in all games except ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' (more commonly occurring in the ''Donkey Kong Land'' trilogy due to hardware limitations), when any of the character(s) fall down from a great height faster than the game can keep up with them. The game mistakenly thinks you fell down a bottomless pit, resulting in you losing a life. [[Sarcasm Mode|Have fun repeating part of the level again due to]] [[Fake Difficulty]]!
* [[That One Level]]:
** "The Squawks part of Animal Antics" could easily be the laconic entry for the article. What makes that part worse is that it's somewhat easy to screw up a jump over a spike pit in the ensuing Rattly area. If you have only one hit left after Squawks' area (and you likely do) and screw up, you have to start the Squawks area all over again.▼
** Web Woods from the second game also qualifies for this in spades. It's extremely long, and most of it requires you to set up temporary platforms across long expanses as Squitter the Spider while fending off flying enemies on your way. What's really awful though is that the Hero Coin, needed for [[100% Completion]], is located on the goal roulette, and appears for only a ''split second''. If you mess up the timing, you have to start the entire stage over.
▲* [[That One Boss]]: A handful of them may qualify. A notable example is {{spoiler|Krow's Ghost}} in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', as half of the fight consists of climbing across ropes to chase after him, all the while having eggs shoot at you from multiple directions. If you're Diddy, you can speed past the ropes with some skill. If you're stuck with the slower Dixie, you're pretty much screwed.
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** Toxic Tower in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and Lightning Lookout in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' are also potential examples. Toxic Tower is a [[Rise to the Challenge]] level, and Lightning Lookout involves dodging lightning bolts that actively try to hit you. The source of the lightning even ''leads the bolts'' if you are running (the lightning is slow and telegraphed, and if you run nonstop, the lightning will aim ahead of you so you run right into it). Also, if you are underwater when lightning strikes, you will always get hit. In ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', Toxic Tower isn't particularly hard... but the earlier, similar level Slime Climb is almost impossible. It's also a [[Rise to the Challenge]] level where falling into the water leaves you scrambling to get away from an invincible and souped-up Snapjaw.
▲** What makes that part worse is that it's somewhat easy to screw up a jump over a spike pit in the ensuing Rattly area. If you have only one hit left after Squawks' area (and you likely do) and screw up, you have to start the Squawks area all over again.
*** Koindozer Klamber in the third game, with [[Palette Swap|Palette Swapped]] Koin Kremlings. Unlike Koin, there are many of them, they don't carry the DK coin, they can't be defeated, and they run very fast in an attempt to [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Koindoze]] you into [[Bottomless Pits]]. It's not too tough with Dixie if you're good with her helicopter hair, but god help you if you only have Kiddy.
▲*** Compounded with a DK coin hidden in a place you could never look unless you are really, ''really'', '''''really''''' [[Genre Savvy]].<ref>[[Genre Savvy]] players know that bananas in impossible-to-reach-without-killing-yourself locations indicate a hidden bonus. A banana hidden behind a fake wall with [[Spikes of Doom]] on it is the only indication that said wall is fake, and you have to wait for the camera to pan to see it.</ref>
▲** In the third game, there are the last 3 non-bonus levels:
*** Poisonous Pipeline, which ''reverses'' your control of the characters, making an already difficult level even ''more'' difficult.
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*** If you're going for the highest possible percentage of [[100% Completion|105%]], which requires inputting a code at the start of the game that eliminates all save points ''and'' all DK barrels, if you claim to get through the aforementioned Lighting Lookout on one try, ''you are '''lying'''.''
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]:
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** Also, ''Donkey Kong Country 3'''s GBA version has a much shortened credits sequence with no cast of characters.
* [[They Copied It, So It Sucks]]: This is what quite a bit of both reviewers and gamers feel about the original game. Not so much the second and third, since they incorporated ideas that made it seem less of a ''Mario'' clone.
* [[Visual Effects of Awesome]]: Back in the day, the graphics were absolutely amazing, and they still hold up remarkably well today. And more amazing is that the games didn't use any add-ons, or even the SNES Super FX chip; everything you see on-screen is done on the actual hardware!
'''And a list of Tropes from the Cartoon:'''
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