8.5/1060 votesLoading...#1 - Get a Life, Don't Save One
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/14/1998
After Donkey Kong saves Bluster, Bluster tries to be helpful to Donkey Kong, but causes more harm then good.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1022 votesLoading...#2 - Double Date Trouble
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/18/1998
Donkey Kong has big trouble when he has to do triple duty: guarding the Crystal Coconut, being with Diddy and being with Candy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1016 votesLoading...
#3 - Barrel, Barrel ... Who's Got the Barrel
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/6/1998
In an attempt to impress Candy, Bluster takes the Crystal Coconut. The Coconut accidentally gets into one of the Barrel Factory's barrels and is sent off in a rocket-barrel, ending up with Eddie the Yeti.
Director: N/A
Writer: Nadine Van der Velde
7.5/1017 votesLoading...#4 - Hunka Hunka Burnin' Bluster
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 6/2/2000
Bluster, while trying to get Candy again, finds his hair is falling out. He mixes a bunch of hair tonics, and the resulting brew ends up turning him into a suave, smooth talking ape (who goes by the name Leo Luster).
Director: N/A
Writer: Bruce Robb
7.3/1014 votesLoading...#5 - Follow That Coconut
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/14/2000
Donkey Kong and Diddy are practicing for a soccer game. In the process, Klump and Krusha end up with the coconut DK & Diddy are using, thinking it's the Crystal Coconut they take it to K. Rool. Then both DK & Diddy and Klump & Krusha keep switching the coconuts (while trying to get the Crystal Coconut).
Director: N/A
Writer: Carol Commisso
- 7.2/1015 votesLoading...
#6 - The Curse of Kongo Bongo
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 8/27/1998
All the apes on the island receive notes, which have the curse of Bluebeard Baboon on them. If the curse is read twice the island will sink into the ocean!
Director: N/A
Writer: Erika Strobel
- 7.2/1015 votesLoading...
#7 - Kong Fu
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 12/23/1998
Kong Fu, a kung-fu ape, faces Donkey Kong in the ""Donkey Kong Challenge"".
Director: N/A
Writer: Nadine Van der Velde
- 7.1/1013 votesLoading...
#8 - Bug a Boogie
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/25/1998
Cranky sends Donkey Kong and Diddy on a wild goose chase. Then things turn bad, as the pirates are coming, for the Crystal Coconut.
Director: N/A
Writer: Erika Strobel
- 7.1/1013 votesLoading...
#9 - The Big Chill Out
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/28/1998
Donkey Kong and Diddy go into business, after accidentally making a cold drink, ""Coconut Chill"", during a hot spell on the island.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dale Schott
- 7.0/1013 votesLoading...
#10 - Baby Kong Blues
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/29/1998
Donkey Kong and Diddy have to baby-sit Baby Kong, but the carriage, with Baby Kong in it, rolls away and right into K. Rool's. K. Rool takes a liking to the baby and wants him to be his heir.
Director: N/A
Writer: Erika Strobel
- 7.0/1013 votesLoading...
#11 - To the Moon Baboon
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/30/1998
After a semi-suggestion by Donkey Kong, Cranky decides to make a Kongo Bongo time capsule, and send it to the moon.
Director: N/A
Writer: Erika Strobel
- 7.0/1054 votesLoading...
#12 - A Thin Line Between Love & Ape
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 12/31/1998
Bluster makes a love potion, to use on Candy. The potion falls into K. Rool's hands and he uses it to have Candy get him the Crystal Coconut.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ian James Corlett
- 6.9/1020 votesLoading...
#13 - Orangutango
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/17/1998
K. Rool enters the ""Oranutango Dance Contest"", the grand prize being a wish from the Crystal Coconut.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1027 votesLoading...#14 - Bad Hair Day
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/5/1998
In a parody of Samson and Deliah, K. Rool invents a robot Candy to be Deliah to cut Samson [DK]'s hair so he can be weak and they can steal the Crystal Coconut. Only faith in God and some bananas can make the good ol'ape strong again and save the day.
Director: N/A
Writer: Nadine Van der Velde
- 6.7/1021 votesLoading...
#15 - Raiders of the Lost Banana
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 8/20/1998
Donkey Kong takes a golden banana from the Temple of Inca-Dinka-Do, the banana is cursed and causes trouble for anyone possessing it.
Director: N/A
Writer: Nadine Van der Velde
6.7/1015 votesLoading...#16 - Just Kidding
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 7/7/2000
It's ""All Fools Day"" on Kong Bongo, and Cranky is playing pranks on Donkey Kong, Diddy and Candy. So they conspire to pull a big trick on him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Bruce Robb
6.6/1012 votesLoading...#17 - Hooray for Holly-Kongo Bongo
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/2000
Bluster is making a movie. K. Rool decides to get in on the act, but for another reason, to steal the Crystal Coconut. The others think Donkey Kong took the Coconut, and he gets banished (but returns to prove his innocence).
Director: N/A
Writer: Terry Saltsman
6.6/1014 votesLoading...#18 - The Day the Island Stood Still
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2000
Donkey Kong, tired from just sitting around guarding the Crystal Coconut, accidentally wishes he could sleep forever. The Coconut grants his wish but in the process all clocks, the Barrel Factory and even the Sun stop!
Director: N/A
Writer: Ian James Corlett
6.6/1012 votesLoading...#19 - Best of Enemies
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 6/9/2000
Donkey Kong and Diddy find out Cranky and K. Rool used to be friends. So they plan to get them back together, and seem to succeed, but K. Rool is just acting the part (to show-up Cranky in a competition).
Director: N/A
Writer: Simon Racioppa, Richard Elliott
6.5/1024 votesLoading...#20 - Ape Foo Young
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/11/1998
Cranky makes a youth potion, to make himself younger. Donkey Kong, upon finding the potion thinks it's just a regular drink, and is turned into a baby.
Director: N/A
Writer: Nadine Van der Velde
- 6.4/1026 votesLoading...
#21 - Buried Treasure
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/12/1998
The island goes treasure hunt crazy. After Donkey Kong, Diddy and Funky find a map, and the others hear about it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1014 votesLoading...
#22 - Watch the Skies
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 12/24/1998
After hearing of ""interplanetary visitor dudes"" from Funky, Donkey Kong and Diddy think aliens really have come when they see a strange craft flying around the island.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dale Schott
6.4/1013 votesLoading...#23 - Monkey Seer, Monkey Do
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/31/2000
Funky makes like a seer, using a lava lamp he has to make predictions, and surprisingly the predictions actually come true!
Director: N/A
Writer: Erika Strobel
- 6.3/1019 votesLoading...
#24 - Speed
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/25/1998
Krusha gains intelligence, after being hit by a mine cart. He then makes his own plan to try to steal the Crystal Coconut.
Director: N/A
Writer: Nadine Van der Velde
6.3/1015 votesLoading...#25 - It's a Wonderful Life
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 6/16/2000
After some mishaps (that get everyone angry at him), Donkey Kong feels Kongo Bongo would be better without him. As he's about to leave he hits a tree branch, getting knocked out, and has a dream of what Kongo Bongo might be like without him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Terry Saltsman
The Best Episodes of Donkey Kong Country
Every episode of Donkey Kong Country ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Donkey Kong Country!
Taking place on Kongo Bongo Island, the show focuses on Donkey Kong, the island's resident hero. Before the series' events, he was chosen as the...
Genres:AnimationAction & AdventureComedySci-Fi & FantasyKids
Network:Canal+
Best Episodes Summary
"Get a Life, Don't Save One" is the best rated episode of "Donkey Kong Country". It scored 8.5/10 based on 60 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/14/1998. This episode scored 0.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "Double Date Trouble".