The Kongs had faced prior conflicts with the Kremlings on Donkey Kong Island between the events of Donkey Kong 3 and Donkey Kong Country, Wrinkly Kong confirming that at Kong Kollege the only thing the Kremlings wanted to learn was how to defeat the Kongs. During his youthful prime, Cranky Kong was an escaped circus animal who kidnapped Lady Pauline as revenge for being (unintentionally) laughed at by her boyfriend Mario, was kidnapped by Mario, he even battled Stanley the Bugman in a greenhouse and a second time in outer space, and in the stage play retelling kidnapped Pauline again in his tower.Īpparently, after his defeat by Mario for the last time, Cranky migrated to Donkey Kong Island. Ultimate, Cranky Kong is the original Donkey Kong from the arcade games. aka a younger, middle-aged Cranky Kong in Donkey Kong '94Īccording to the Donkey Kong Country series and one of Snake's Codec Conversations in Super Smash Bros.

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Cranky is also speculated to be Funky's grandfather. While he is proud and loving towards his loyal son, he often looks down on his grandson and breaks the fourth wall by saying that Donkey Kong will never be as great a character as he was during his prime and that his DK knows nothing about the 8-bit gaming days.

Rool his arch-enemy.Īs part of the first generation in the DK Lineage, he now goes by his nickname Cranky after becoming old and retired. Cranky considers them to be arch-enemies in the same way present DK considers K. In the original DKC trilogy and other appearances, he is heavily implied to be the violent, bad tempered, and clumsy original Donkey Kong an escaped circus animal from Big Ape City/New Donk City in the classic arcade game Donkey Kong, making him the main adversary of Mario (Jumpman) and Stanley the Bugman in those games. He usually acts as a guide in the games to help his grandson Donkey Kong or the other Kongs along their journey as he has had some enlightening experiences. Cranky has made numerous appearances throughout the Donkey Kong series. In his heyday, Cranky was the original Donkey Kong who battled Mario in several of his own games.' - Donkey Kong Country manual and Rare's websiteĬranky Kong (also known as DK Senior, Donkey Kong I, or Donkey Kong the First) is Donkey Kong's crabby, rambling grandfather, the original Donkey Kong in the 1981 game, the widowed husband of Wrinkly Kong, and father of Donkey Kong Junior. ' He groggily rolled over to see the familiar wrinkled, white-bearded, grouchy face of his old granddad 'Cranky Kong' peering down at him.

Kong Family (possible other grandchildren),ĭonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Questĭonkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!ĭonkey Kong (game) (as Donkey Kong Sr.) (1981)ĭonkey Kong Country (as Cranky Kong) (1994)

Cranky Kong as he appears in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

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