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The Best Episodes of Donkey Kong Country Season 1

Every episode of Donkey Kong Country Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Donkey Kong Country Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Donkey Kong Country Season 1

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...

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  1. Background image for Bad Hair Day
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    #1 - Bad Hair Day

    S1:E1

    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.

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  2. Background image for Barrel, Barrel ... Who's Got the Barrel
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Barrel, Barrel ... Who's Got the Barrel

    S1:E2

    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.

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  3. Background image for Kong for a Day
    5.7/10(38 votes)

    #3 - Kong for a Day

    S1:E3

    During a day of truce, K. Rool tricks the apes into thinking Donkey Kong is causing trouble, which gets Donkey Kong banished.

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  4. Background image for Ape Foo Young
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #4 - Ape Foo Young

    S1:E4

    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.

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  5. Background image for Buried Treasure
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    #5 - Buried Treasure

    S1:E5

    The island goes treasure hunt crazy. After Donkey Kong, Diddy and Funky find a map, and the others hear about it.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Booty and the Beast
    6.9/10(24 votes)

    #6 - Booty and the Beast

    S1:E6

    Captain Scurvy and his pirates come to the island, for the Crystal Coconut. Donkey Kong and Diddy get captured by the pirates, but are helped by a Klap-Trap.

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  8. Background image for Get a Life, Don't Save One
    8.6/10(64 votes)

    #7 - Get a Life, Don't Save One

    S1:E7

    After Donkey Kong saves Bluster, Bluster tries to be helpful to Donkey Kong, but causes more harm then good.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Orangutango
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #8 - Orangutango

    S1:E8

    K. Rool enters the ""Oranutango Dance Contest"", the grand prize being a wish from the Crystal Coconut.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Double Date Trouble
    7.7/10(24 votes)

    #9 - Double Date Trouble

    S1:E9

    Donkey Kong has big trouble when he has to do triple duty: guarding the Crystal Coconut, being with Diddy and being with Candy.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Cranky's Tickle Tonic
    6.0/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Cranky's Tickle Tonic

    S1:E10

    Eddie the Yeti, in a foul mood, keeps the whole island awake with his pounding. Cranky makes a potion to put Eddie in a better mood.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Raiders of the Lost Banana
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    #11 - Raiders of the Lost Banana

    S1:E11

    Donkey Kong takes a golden banana from the Temple of Inca-Dinka-Do, the banana is cursed and causes trouble for anyone possessing it.

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  13. Background image for From Zero to Hero
    6.0/10(21 votes)

    #12 - From Zero to Hero

    S1:E12

    Cranky is having x-ray examinations for all the island, and his x-ray machine is on its last legs. Upon overhearing some of the conversation Bluster thinks Cranky means he doesn't have long to live, and goes around trying to be helpful (so-as to be remembered).

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  14. Background image for Speed
    6.4/10(21 votes)

    #13 - Speed

    S1:E13

    Krusha gains intelligence, after being hit by a mine cart. He then makes his own plan to try to steal the Crystal Coconut.

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  15. Background image for Bluster's Sale Ape-Stravaganza
    5.3/10(23 votes)

    #14 - Bluster's Sale Ape-Stravaganza

    S1:E14

    Candy asks Cranky to do a commercial for Bluster. After Donkey Kong and Diddy visit Cranky they accidentally cause him to get sent all around the island (while he's asleep, from a sleep tonic).

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Curse of Kongo Bongo
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #15 - The Curse of Kongo Bongo

    S1:E15

    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!

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    Director:Unknown
  17. Background image for Klump's Lumps
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Klump's Lumps

    S1:E16

    K. Rool has had it with Klump's failures, he strips Klump of his rank and banishes him. Dixie befriends Klump, so Klump decides to help her, and the other apes.

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  18. Background image for Ape-Nesia
    5.9/10(16 votes)

    #17 - Ape-Nesia

    S1:E17

    After slipping on a banana peel and having a fall, Donkey Kong gets amnesia. During his memory loss, both Captain Scurvy and King K. Rool take advantage of him.

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    Director:Unknown
  19. Background image for I Spy With My Hairy Eye
    6.1/10(20 votes)

    #18 - I Spy With My Hairy Eye

    S1:E18

    King K. Rool uses a robot double of Candy (the Candy Clone) to try to steal the Crystal Coconut.

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    Director:Unknown
  20. Background image for Legend of the Crystal Coconut
    5.5/10(15 votes)

    #19 - Legend of the Crystal Coconut

    S1:E19

    Everyone is in a mad-dash for the Crystal Coconut. When Donkey Kong, wanting to learn the secrets of the Coconut, gives it to Klump and Krusha, K. Rool has them take it back and the pirates have also come to get the Coconut.

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  21. Background image for Kong Fu
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Kong Fu

    S1:E20

    Kong Fu, a kung-fu ape, faces Donkey Kong in the ""Donkey Kong Challenge"".

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  22. Background image for Watch the Skies
    6.7/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Watch the Skies

    S1:E21

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  23. Background image for Bug a Boogie
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Bug a Boogie

    S1:E22

    Cranky sends Donkey Kong and Diddy on a wild goose chase. Then things turn bad, as the pirates are coming, for the Crystal Coconut.

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    Director:Unknown
  24. Background image for The Big Chill Out
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #23 - The Big Chill Out

    S1:E23

    Donkey Kong and Diddy go into business, after accidentally making a cold drink, ""Coconut Chill"", during a hot spell on the island.

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for Baby Kong Blues
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Baby Kong Blues

    S1:E24

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
  26. Background image for To the Moon Baboon
    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #25 - To the Moon Baboon

    S1:E25

    After a semi-suggestion by Donkey Kong, Cranky decides to make a Kongo Bongo time capsule, and send it to the moon.

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    Director:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Bad Hair Day" is the best rated episode of "Donkey Kong Country" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 31 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Nadine Van der Velde, it aired on 8/5/1998. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Barrel, Barrel ... Who's Got the Barrel".