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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!

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+
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
6.5
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
6.7
7.3
5.5

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Bad Hair Day" is the best rated episode of "Donkey Kong Country" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Nadine Van der Velde, it aired on 8/5/1998. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Barrel, Barrel ... Who's Got the Barrel".

  • Bad Hair Day
    6.7/10(28)

    #1 - 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

  • Barrel, Barrel ... Who's Got the Barrel
    7.3/10(17)

    #2 - 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

  • Kong for a Day
    5.5/10(39)

    #3 - Kong for a Day

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 8/7/1998

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nadine Van der Velde

  • Ape Foo Young
    6.4/10(25)

    #4 - 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

  • Buried Treasure
    6.3/10(27)

    #5 - 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

  • Booty and the Beast
    6.1/10(23)

    #6 - Booty and the Beast

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 8/13/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nadine Van der Velde

  • Get a Life, Don't Save One
    8.4/10(62)

    #7 - 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

  • Orangutango
    6.8/10(22)

    #8 - 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

  • Double Date Trouble
    7.6/10(23)

    #9 - 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

  • Cranky's Tickle Tonic
    5.8/10(17)

    #10 - Cranky's Tickle Tonic

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 8/19/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Raiders of the Lost Banana
    6.6/10(22)

    #11 - 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

  • From Zero to Hero
    6.1/10(21)

    #12 - From Zero to Hero

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 8/21/1998

    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).

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nadine Van der Velde

  • Speed
    6.2/10(20)

    #13 - 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

  • Bluster's Sale Ape-Stravaganza
    5.1/10(22)

    #14 - Bluster's Sale Ape-Stravaganza

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 8/26/1998

    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).

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Erika Strobel

  • The Curse of Kongo Bongo
    7.1/10(17)

    #15 - 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

  • Klump's Lumps
    5.9/10(13)

    #16 - Klump's Lumps

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 8/28/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Nadine Van der Velde

  • Ape-Nesia
    5.6/10(15)

    #17 - Ape-Nesia

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 11/3/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Ian James Corlett

  • I Spy With My Hairy Eye
    5.9/10(19)

    #18 - I Spy With My Hairy Eye

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 12/21/1998

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Erika Strobel

  • Legend of the Crystal Coconut
    5.2/10(14)

    #19 - Legend of the Crystal Coconut

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 12/22/1998

    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.

    Director: Mike Fallows

    Writer: Erika Strobel

  • Kong Fu
    7.0/10(16)

    #20 - 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

  • Watch the Skies
    6.3/10(15)

    #21 - 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

  • Bug a Boogie
    6.9/10(14)

    #22 - 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

  • The Big Chill Out
    6.9/10(14)

    #23 - 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

  • Baby Kong Blues
    6.8/10(14)

    #24 - 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

  • To the Moon Baboon
    6.8/10(14)

    #25 - 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