Donkey Kong Country (1997–2000): Season 1, Episode 9 - From Zero to Hero - full transcript



♪ Huh, ha ♪ Huh,
ha ♪ Donkey Kong ♪ Hey oh

♪ Look out down
below ♪ Here he comes,

banana slamma ♪



♪ Donkey Kong

♪ Huh, ha ♪ Huh,
ha ♪ Donkey Kong



♪ Huh, ha ♪ Huh,
ha ♪ Donkey Kong ♪ Hey oh

♪ Look out down
below ♪ Here he comes,

banana slamma ♪



♪ Kongo Bongo"s hero ♪

♪ Hey oh ♪ Donkey Kong

♪ Let"s go, let's go ♪

♪ Here he comes, banana slamma ♪





[Chewing]

CRANKY: Ah, solitude.

Undisturbed,
uninterrupted solitude.

Nothing and no one to pester me

for a whole week.

[Buzzing]

Buzz off, bee.

Ah.



[Buzzing]

Uh oh.

[Yelping]

Get away!

[Shouting]

DIDDY: Oh, Cranky must be

having the time
of his life right now.

Maybe, Diddy.

More like he"s relaxing and

hating every minute of it.

No one to grouch at?

You guessed it, little buddy.

DIDDY: So, um, what do you

want to do today, DK?

FUNKY: Yo, donkey dudes!

Diddy dude!

You want to go surfin"?

Hang ten on the edge.

Whoo!

Ride the curve.

[Laughing]

Come on, Diddy!

Like Funky said, let"s fold five

on the side,
ride that swerve, and...

Wh... wh... wh... whoa!

[Crashing]

You okay, DK?

Yeah, "cept something's

jabbin" my vertibone.

An old bottle?

DIDDY: With a message inside.

A message from some flounder?

Not a message.

It"s a map.

That"s no ordinary map.

Look, look!

Footprints leading to a big "X."

So, who wants to go clear

across the island for an "X"?

Especially when all you can

spell with it is like,
uh, "xylophone."

Or "exit."

Or "ox."

Or treasure.

[Chuckling]

There"s no "X" in "treasure,
Diddy.

I know that!

I"m saying this
is a treasure map!

"X" marks the spot!

BOTH: Treasure?

Fame!

Fortune!

I can"t go.

BOTH: Huh?

I"ve got a date with Candy.



♪ How could you pass on

something like this? ♪

♪ Don"t wanna go when it's all

that you wish for ♪

♪ Think of all the treasure

you"re gonna miss ♪

♪ Don"t you wanna get your hands

on riches galore? ♪

No.

♪ Get your head
out of the clouds ♪

♪ Adventure"s waiting,
time's a-wasting ♪

♪ You could be
living on easy street ♪

♪ Come on, DK,
doesn"t this sound sweet? ♪

No.

♪ You can have a house
with coconut walls ♪

♪ You can have a
swing for two installed ♪

♪ You can have your
own banana tree ♪

♪ You can buy anything
you want for Candy ♪

A gift for Candy?

♪ Let"s go, let's go,
hit the road ♪

♪ We"ll find treasure
by the truckload ♪

♪ Let"s go, let's go,
grab the map ♪

♪ We"ll buy more
rhymes than we can rap ♪

Fire up the plane, Funky.

DIDDY: Whoo, yeah!

Oh boy, DK!

BLUSTER: I"m certain I

dropped that coin
around here somewhere.

DK: We"re going
on a treasure hunt.

FUNKY: Right on, dude.

Treasure?

FUNKY: Come on.

Yo.

I"m just one sneaky

beat-them-to-it step away from

becoming an even richer richest

ape on Kongo Bongo Island!

And that"s rich.

That unimaginative Donkey Kong

would be more than happy to

trade whatever treasure he finds

for a... a... station wagon to

cart all his bananas around in.

[Funky laughing]

DK: I"m gonna buy a

king-sized banana split!

CANDY: Hey,
where"s Donkey Kong going?

BLUSTER: Candy!

Forget that.

You didn"t see them.

You"re hallucinating.

You just think Donkey Kong"s

going on a treasure hunt.

Can I re-phrase that?

He"s standing me up to go on

a treasure hunt?

Why, of all the nerve!

Oh, Candy.

"Treasure hunt" as
in "treasure hunt."

"Treasure"?

He"s going on a treasure hunt?

Now, Candy,
as foreman of the barrel...

Are you flying this or am I

learning how to
fly it without you?

DIXIE: Good decision.

[Beeping]

Only 500 more points to beat

your record, Your Kroc-ship.

Come on, come on, come on.

[Static crackling]

KLUMP: General Klump to King

K. Rool, you read me, O High

and Mightiness?

Looking a little pale there,
Chief.

[Yelling]

[Bashing]

[Panting]

[Phone ringing]

Uh, Chief?

Are you there, Chief?

[Stammering]

Y... y... you... Highness.

KLUMP: Seems we had some sort

of interference.

Well, never mind.

You"re certainly gonna green up

around the gills
when you hear this.

Just give me your monkey

business field report, you

slimy-skinned bottom-feeder!

KLUMP: Uh, best we can tell,

the apes are mounting a full

force, top secret search and

rescue opertion in the mountain mines,
sir.

Mountain mines?

What could those monkeys be

looking for in the
mountain mines?

Duh... uh... rocks?

Rocks?

Of course.

Like the kind in your head!

What"s their target, Klump?

KLUMP: Buried treasure, sir.

Any idea what sort of treasure?

KLUMP: Um... rocks?

Oh, where have I failed?

You walking wallets!

It"s so painfully obvious.

Not rocks, not rocks.

The treasure contains a secret

doomsday device capable of

destroying the whole island.

Any fool could see that.

Do you know what that means?!

Uh... the apes will have

supreme domination over Kongo

Bongo and probably turn us into

matching luggage.

He does have his moments.

But that won"t happen.

We"ll get the treasure before

those knuckle-dragging baboons.

And I, King K. Rool, will have

complete domination
of Kongo Bongo Island.

KLUMP: Uh, Chief?

Are you there, Chief?

Chief?

Take care of that, Krusha.

KLUMP: Hello, Chief?

Hello, Chief, I"m talkin' at

you,
but you"re not listening to me.

Chief!

Chief?

Head Chief, can you hear me?

Chief, I"m talking at ya!



DIDDY: Uh, hey, Funky.

We missed our turnoff.

No problemo, Diddy dude.

I can swing it.

[Screaming]

Whoa, bananas overboard!

Funky, no banana seatbelts?

Number one item on my wish list,
DK.

With that treasure, I"m gonna

fix up this old rig good as new.

[Engine sputtering]

Whoa, check it out, dudes.

Never saw green clouds before.

Well, maybe once.

Hey,
where"d all that water come from?

That"s not water,
Funky, it's sky!

We"re flying upside down!

Chill, Phil!

A compass is the number one item

on my wish list.

[Screaming]

CANDY: And the first thing

I"m gonna buy with my share is

the barrel factory.

Your share?

It"s my treasure.

You"re just along for the ride.

Guys.

Watch yourself, Bluster, or

you just might find yourself

looking for a job.

Guys.

BLUSTER: You mean like the

job you used to have?

Guys!

BLUSTER: Huh?

Donkey and Diddy
are going the other way.

[Screaming]

[Buzzing]

You want banana soda...

you got banana soda.

Ah, no nothing and no one to

wreck my vaca... [Chattering]

Huh?

Ants!

First bees, now ants!

Blast!

Come back here,
you thieving insects!

ROOL: I want that treasure.

I want my doomsday device.

Well, those clueless chimps may

know their way around the island

up there, but no one knows the

underground like King K. Rool.

[Laughing]

Left, Krusha.

[Wheels squealing]

[Crashing]

I meant right.

DK: Looks pretty
thick down there.

And rocky.

Think you can get the plane

down there, Funky?

No sweat, DK.

[Engine sputtering]

No gas.

BOTH: "No gas"?!

FUNKY: Hang loose, big dude

and little dude.

I can"t turn, I can't back up,

but I can surf these air

currents all day long.

Funky, look!

Aim for that mine opening.

Hold onto your stomach luggage,
dudes.

DK: Wait, Funky, don"t you

have a reserve gas tank?

FUNKY: Yeah, back at the shack.

[Screaming]

DK: Brakes!

FUNKY: Don"t need 'em.

[Crashing]

See?

DIDDY: Oh.

[Coughing]

[Rumbling]

FUNKY: Earthquake?

DIDDY: A monster
guarding the treasure?

DK: No.

Oh, my stomach.

It"s running on empty.

Right now, I"d give my share of

the treasure for one juicy,
ripe banana.

Hang in there, DK.

According to the map, we veer

left about 300 paces ahead.

Then what, little dude?

Look for a big "X," I guess.

BLUSTER: There will be

numerous dangers
lurking in this dark mine.

Feel free to wait here in safety,
while I...

Huh?

DIXIE: Candy!

Here"s Funky's plane!

CANDY: We"re
on the right track!

Come on, Dixie!

Our treasure"s waiting.

My treasure!

Mine.



ROOL: As soon as they find

it, we take it, bid them a good

doomsday,
and take over the island.

At last,
Kongo Bongo Island will be mine.

[Laughing]

[Bluster panting]

What?

[Laughing]

DIDDY: Two ninety-eight, two

ninety-nine, three hundred.

This is it!

The treasure"s here.

Uh, somewhere.

And all we gotta do is find it.

Now, if the treasure was

truffles and we were pigs...

DK: It"s no use.

Without bananas, my muscles turn

to mush and I"m finished.

I couldn"t find that treasure

even if I fell over it.

Whoa!

DK, you did it!

You found the treasure!

I did do it, didn"t I, Diddy?

DIDDY: Yes!

Now I can buy Candy the

biggest present ever!

Thanks, Donkey Kong, but now

I can buy my own gift, the

barrel factory, so I don"t have

to work for Bluster!

Oh, no, you don"t.

I"m buying Kongo Bongo Island,

so everyone will
have to work for me.

Sorry, dudes and dudettes,

I"m fixing my wings.

Since that last landing, my...

Uh... wish list is growing.

DK: But,
Candy... CANDY: Barrel Factory!

BLUSTER: Kongo Bongo Island!

FUNKY: My wings!

ROOL: My doomsday device.

If you don"t mind.

"Doomsday device"?

[Gasping]

"Doomsday device"?

Heavy.

Let me explain.

You see, without this doomsday

device... call me a pessimist...

But I should think taking over

the island will continue being

as bothersomely tedious as it

has been thus far, whereas with

this device I can wrest total

control simply by threatening to

use it to destroy
the entire island.

Which I might do anyway,
because...

[Laughing]

As they say, "absolute power

corrupts absolutely."

[Laughing]

Regardless, you can appreciate

the time you"ll save yourselves

by handing it over, so I can do

away with you and
get on as new dictator.

Give me.

Too late, lizard lips.

The babes went cruisin" with

what you"re losin' from the

second you made the scene.

Krusha, the cart!

After them!

Not without me, you stupid,

thick-headed tadpole!

[Wheels squealing]

[Rool crashing]

[Rool coughing]

Signal your stops.

If that treasure is what Rool

thinks that treasure is, Diddy,

our only hope of saving Candy,

Dixie, and Kongo Bongo is to get

it from them before he does.

Let"s go.

Well, I do wish you luck.

FUNKY: DK said it was time to

make like a banana and split.

Dig?

I"m afraid I'm a bit of a

klutz when it comes to doomsday

devices and...

What was Rool yapping about?

Who knows.

By the time he puts a cork in

it, we"ll be the new owners of

the Kongo Bongo Barrelworks.

♪ With these riches, I will gain

my freedom from Bluster acting

like a jerk ♪

♪ I don"t need anyone to shower

me with diamonds, I won"t ever

have to work ♪

♪ Not so fast, my dear, the

treasure is mine now ♪

♪ I can plan my evil schemes

♪ With this device I will take

over the island ♪

♪ Oh,
it sounds like such a dream ♪

♪ I don"t mean to disappoint you,
Rool ♪

♪ I"m gonna stop you
from your evil ways ♪

♪ Kongo Bongo will be out of

your grasp and the island will

be safe for one more day ♪

BLUSTER: ♪ Oh my goodness, oh

my gosh, I don"t like this ♪

♪ Someone take away
this doomsday thing ♪

♪ I have to think about myself

and save my own skin ♪

♪ Who knows what
evil this will bring ♪

♪ All I want to do is buy the

factory... ooh... all the freedom

and luxury ♪

♪ Gonna be a hero when I save

the island, gonna stop King K.

Rool"s evil plans ♪

♪ The thought of my demise

displeases me, self-preservation

is the key ♪

ROOL: ♪ The keg is mine, so

I"ll see you later, all hail

your new dictator! ♪



We"re in the home stretch now.

Candy, ahead I can see

nothing but clear blue sky!

[Wheels squealing]

Whew!

That"s what I call a close one!

[Screaming]

[Crashing]

Out of the way!

[Crashing]

[Rool laughing]

Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine.

Yours, yours, yours.

[Screaming]

[Crashing]

ROOL: Come to papa.

Ah.

[Screaming]

[Rool groaning]

CANDY: All right, Donkey

Kong,
what did you do with my treasure?

It"s not a treasure, Candy.

ROOL: Exactamundo.

It"s... my doomsday device.

A weapon he plans to use to

take over Kongo Bongo Island.

Well, don"t just sit there,
Donkey Kong.

Roll up your sleeves and show

those Krocs some monkey muscle.

I can"t, Dixie.

I"m battling a serious
banana deficiency.

My moment of... [Grunting]

Triumph and... [Grunting]

You"re powerless to stop me.

It just doesn"t... [Grunting]

Get any better than this,
does it?

Krusha, do the honours.

[Popping]

Behold, my doomsday... paper?

Hm, must be the instructions.

"Keep your paws off my treasure,"
signed...

Donkey Kong!

That"s right,
that is my treasure.

I put it there and the
map and everything.

And you didn"t remember?

It was a long time ago, Diddy.

I was just a little chimp

playing pirates and hiding my

prize possessions.

"Possessions"?

[Sniffing]

[Coughing]

What else?

Bananas.

And they"ve been
in there how long?!

ALL: Ew!

Ew!

[Coughing]

I suppose there is an upside

to this whole rotten mess.

I finally get to do away
with Donkey Kong.

[Muffled screaming]

VOICE: Get me out of here!

[Muffled screaming]

[Creaking]

ALL: Cranky?

What are you doing here?

What am I doing here?

I could ask you what you"re

doing here, all of you.

But I know.

Wrecking my vacation,
that"s what.

First bees, then ants, now you

and those overstuffed alligators

are the icing on the cake!

Deal with them, Krusha.

I"ve had such a wretched day.

[Popping]

Go ahead.

Help yourself.

[Buzzing]

[Loud buzzing]

Oh!

Got a real bite to it, don"t it?

[Rool screaming]

KRUSHA: I"m comin',
Your Swollenness.

Cranky, where are you going?

CRANKY: Home for
some peace and quiet!

[Cranky muttering]

Oh, well.

There goes my dreams of buying

the Barrelworks.

And my dream of buying it for you,
Candy.

But who needs treasure when

we"ve got each other.

Ah, romance.

Yuch!

FUNKY: Whoa, maybe the gator

dudes left the island.

BLUSTER: What
are we going to do?

FUNKY: Only thing we can do.

Chill out here until someone

gives us the all-clear sign.

BLUSTER: But that
could take a long time.

FUNKY: So we get
to know each other.

Like, I"ll tell you my middle

name if you, like,
tell me yours.

BLUSTER: Let me out of here!

Someone, anyone!

Get me out!

I"ll take my chances!

Someone, anyone!