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The Worst Episodes of Donkey Kong Country

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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 island's future ruler by a magical artifact known as the

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 5 - Message in a Bottle Show
    5.5/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Message in a Bottle Show

    S2:E5

    While fishing with Diddy, Donkey Kong finds a bottle with a message in it. It's a note from the ""Federation of Future Rulers"" and it seems Donkey Kong may have to leave the island. So the others have a party for him, remembering some of the times they had together.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Terry Saltsman

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  2. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 7 - Four Weddings and a Coconut
    5.5/10(16 votes)

    #2 - Four Weddings and a Coconut

    S2:E7

    Candy wants Donkey Kong to marry her. Donkey Kong feels awkward about the whole thing (as he doesn't want to get married, but doesn't want to upset Candy either).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Terry Saltsman

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  3. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 8 - Vote of Kong-fidence
    5.6/10(16 votes)

    #3 - Vote of Kong-fidence

    S2:E8

    Bluster, unhappy with Donkey Kong being the future ruler of Kongo Bongo, tells Cranky he wants an election held to decide who should be future ruler. Upon overhearing about it Klump tells K. Rool, who then also enters the election.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Terry Saltsman

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  4. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 14 - Bluster's Sale Ape-Stravaganza
    5.8/10(24 votes)

    #4 - 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).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Erika Strobel

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  5. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 3 - Kong for a Day
    5.9/10(40 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nadine Van der Velde

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  6. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 10 - Cranky's Tickle Tonic
    6.0/10(19 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 19 - Legend of the Crystal Coconut
    6.0/10(16 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Mike Fallows
    Writer:Erika Strobel

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  8. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 10 - The Big Switch-a-Roo
    6.0/10(16 votes)

    #8 - The Big Switch-a-Roo

    S2:E10

    While Cranky goes to Bluster's, Donkey Kong is left to guard the Crystal Coconut. Donkey Kong fools around with an invention of Cranky's, a mind transfering device, accidentally switching his mind with a robot Cranky had built. Klump and Krusha steal the mind transfering device. While heading back to K. Rool, Klump bumps into Candy and they get their minds switched.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Danial Campbell

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  9. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 12 - From Zero to Hero
    6.1/10(22 votes)

    #9 - 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).

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nadine Van der Velde

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  10. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 18 - I Spy With My Hairy Eye
    6.2/10(20 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Erika Strobel

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  11. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 17 - Ape-Nesia
    6.3/10(17 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ian James Corlett

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  12. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 3 - Speak No Evil, Dude
    6.3/10(16 votes)

    #12 - Speak No Evil, Dude

    S2:E3

    Cranky is giving vaccinations for the ""Kongo Bongo Gone Wrongo"" disease. Diddy, not wanting a needle, tricks Cranky but then Diddy gets the disease and in the process spreads it to Krusha, who in-turn spreads it to K. Rool.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Erika Strobel

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  13. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 12 - Best of Enemies
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Best of Enemies

    S2:E12

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Richard Elliott, Simon Racioppa

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  14. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 13 - It's a Wonderful Life
    6.3/10(17 votes)

    #14 - It's a Wonderful Life

    S2:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Terry Saltsman

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  15. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 16 - Klump's Lumps
    6.4/10(15 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nadine Van der Velde

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  16. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 4 - The Day the Island Stood Still
    6.4/10(16 votes)

    #16 - The Day the Island Stood Still

    S2:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Ian James Corlett

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  17. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 6 - Monkey Seer, Monkey Do
    6.4/10(15 votes)

    #17 - Monkey Seer, Monkey Do

    S2:E6

    Funky makes like a seer, using a lava lamp he has to make predictions, and surprisingly the predictions actually come true!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Erika Strobel

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  18. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 13 - Speed
    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nadine Van der Velde

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  19. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 2 - Hooray for Holly-Kongo Bongo
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Hooray for Holly-Kongo Bongo

    S2:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Terry Saltsman

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  20. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 14 - Just Kidding
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Just Kidding

    S2:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Bruce Robb

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  21. Donkey Kong Country Season 2 Episode 1 - The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights
    6.7/10(16 votes)

    #21 - The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights

    S2:E1

    It's holiday time on Kongo Bongo. K. Rool, Krusha and the Kritters all head home but not Klump, as he has nowhere to go home to. Until the pirates come for the Crystal Coconut, and Klump learns Scurvy is his brother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Erika Strobel

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  22. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 21 - Watch the Skies
    6.8/10(17 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dale Schott

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  23. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 5 - Buried Treasure
    6.9/10(28 votes)

    #23 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 11 - Raiders of the Lost Banana
    6.9/10(24 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nadine Van der Velde

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  25. Donkey Kong Country Season 1 Episode 6 - Booty and the Beast
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nadine Van der Velde

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Message in a Bottle Show" is the worst rated episode of "Donkey Kong Country". It scored 5.5/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Terry Saltsman, it aired on 1/21/2000. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Four Weddings and a Coconut".