Donkey Kong Country episode
"Ape-Nesia"
Season	2
Episode	10
Airdate	December 25, 1996[?] December 13, 1998[1]
Writer(s)	Ian James Corlett
Song(s)	"The Mirror Never Lies" "One of Us"
Title reference	Amnesia
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"Ape-Nesia" is the twenty-third episode of theDonkey Kong Country television series and the tenth episode of season 2. In this episode,Donkey Kong is stricken by amnesia and is soon drafted into the ranks of the villains. The title is a pun on "amnesia."

Plot synopsis[edit]

Donkey Kong is relaxing while eating bananas in his treehouse whenDiddy pops in for a visit to ask if he wants to see something before accidentally slipping on one of the peels littered around the treehouse. He turns out okay and jokes about bruising his posterior, which DK takes as a hint that he should clean up before anything else happens. As he is cleaning, though Donkey Kong slips on a peel and slides into the elevator, causing it to crash down. Diddy jumps down and asks DK if he is okay, but DK replies "Who are you?" Diddy believes him to be joking at first before realizing that he really has amnesia and runs off to findCranky.

Elsewhere,Candy is impatiently waiting for DK in the jungle. She becomes furious and declares that "the big ape doesn't know it, but he's in big trouble!" She does not notice DK wandering around in the background, nor does he overhear her complaining.

On the beach,Kaptain Skurvy's crew is digging for treasure that Skurvy believes they have buried there, but is not entirely sure where it is.Green Kroc then asks Skurvy why they bury treasure, prompting Skurvy to haveKutlass quoteThe Pirate Handbook for the answer. Green Kroc still does not see the point, since they will dig the treasure up again, but before Skurvy can say anything more, DK comes up to them, asking if they know who he is. Green Kroc attempts to answer for him, but Skurvy interrupts and declares that he is his first mate, "Donkey Croc" (promptly demoting Kutlass to second mate).

Meanwhile, Diddy and Cranky are at the spot where Donkey Kong fell. Diddy has explained the situation to Cranky, who advises using Funky's plane for aerial surveillance. As Diddy wanders off, Cranky then states to himself that he hopes it is not a trick so DK does not have to owe him twenty bananas or else he will give DK "something he'll never forget."

Kaptain Skurvy trickingDonkey Kong.

On Skurvy's ship, Donkey Kong is not sure that he is really a croc, instead believing himself to be an ape, but Skurvy convinces him (during a song) that he is a croc by putting a large frame between them and mimicking Donkey's actions, giving the impression of a mirror. Shortly following, "Donkey Croc" is given his own pirate hat and eye patch, and eagerly awaits his first task as a member of Skurvy's crew. Skurvy orders him to go steal theCrystal Coconut, but since he no longer knows where it is, Skurvy has to make a map for him first.

Donkey Croc

Diddy andFunky, meanwhile, have been searching for DK by air in Funky's plane. They do not find him, but they catch sight of Skurvy's ship below and head back toCranky's Cabin to alert him of this news.

Donkey Croc sets off in his task, along the way stealing Candy's necklace,Eddie's club, andKing K. Rool's "throne", leaving banana peels in their place. However, at the moment Donkey Croc leaves with K. Rool's throne,Klump,Krusha, andKing K. Rool emerge from behind a pile of crates, confused at the event that just occurred.

At Cranky's Cabin, Funky and Diddy report that the pirates are on the island, as well as that Donkey Kong is still missing. However, at that moment, Donkey Croc breaks into the cabin, steals the Crystal Coconut, and leaves with Funky's plane. It is at this moment that the three find out that DK believes himself to be a pirate.

Back on the ship, Skurvy is congratulating Donkey Croc for his impressive amount of loot, and then tells the crew that they are now going to bury all the treasure minus the Coconut. Unbeknownst to them, however, K. Rool, Klump, and Krusha are spying on them; upon finding out that DK believes he is a pirate, K. Rool begins to think of ways to use this turn of events to his advantage.

In the cabin, Cranky researches a cure for Donkey Kong's amnesia and finds it in one of his books, but then dashes off before telling it to Diddy and Funky.

Back on the ship, Donkey Croc is eating from a pile of bananas as the pirates debate what to do with him. After the brief discussion, Skurvy orders Donkey Croc to "go ashore and capture a scurvy sea-dog [who] goes by the name of... Donkey Kong!" Donkey Croc then heads off while Skurvy and his boys laugh at their trick.

Cranky meets up with Candy and explains the situation to her, as well as that they cannot find Donkey Kong. Cranky states that his book tells him there is only one thing they can do. Candy suggests hitting him on the head to restore his memory, but Cranky states that is not that easy.

Soon, in the jungle, Donkey Croc loses his way and crosses paths with K. Rool, who acts like he has been looking for him. K. Rool then convinces the ape (in song) that he is not Donkey Croc, but rather a relative of his named "Donkey Rool". Convinced of this, "Donkey Rool" tosses away his pirate gear and, after K. Rool asks him if he knows the location of the Crystal Coconut, volunteers to go fetch it for him.

On his way back to Skurvy's ship, Donkey Rool is stopped by Diddy and Funky (still thinking he is Donkey Croc), who try to restore his memory by having him recall past events (showing scenes from "Booty and the Beast" and "Orangutango", respectively). This does not work, but Donkey Rool lets them know that he is working for King K. Rool now, the news of which the two find even worse. Donkey Rool does not get much further, though, before he runs into Cranky, who tries to help him remember another event (showing a scene from "The Curse of Kongo Bongo"), which does not work either.

Cranky then has Candy come in, talking sweetly to Donkey Rool in an attempt to jog his memory. Donkey Rool, however, insults her by not recognizing her as "his old sweetie-pie" and hitting on her. Furiously, she knocks him into a nearby tree, causing some coconuts to drop on his head. After shaking his head, he asks "What did you hit me with, Cranky?" Cranky is angry at him, but Candy realizes that he called him by his name, though Donkey Kong does not think much of it (stating that he could not call him "something else" with her around). This sends the message that DK has regained his memory, but Cranky tells him that he has to get the Coconut back, and he comes up with an idea to accomplish this task.

A few minutes later, DK rushes up to the pirates, pretending to be Donkey Croc again, and tells them that K. Rool is on the loose with a band of killer crocs, and the pirates are not safe. DK then takes the Coconut and says he will hide it for them, giving Skurvy a map that he, naturally, follows to an X. Then, as Donkey Rool, DK tells K. Rool that he has hidden the Coconut from the pirates, and gives him another map.

After returning the Coconut to the Cabin, Diddy reminds DK that the entire situation began all because Donkey Kong was careless with his banana peels. Donkey Kong then states he has learned his lesson and that he has put them where they belong, and Diddy asks where that is. At that moment, K. Rool and Skurvy cross paths while looking for the Coconut, and they insult each other before noticing a barrel at the end of the mine. Believing it to contain the Crystal Coconut, they both dash for it, but slip on some laid-out banana peels and fall onto the ground below by accident, taking the barrel with them, with the barrel revealing that there is nothing but bananas inside. When they come to, they both have amnesia and, thanks to the bananas all around them, believe they are both monkeys.

Characters[edit]

• Donkey Kong
• Diddy Kong
• Cranky Kong
• Candy Kong
• Funky Kong
• King K. Rool
• General Klump
• Krusha
• Kaptain Skurvy
• Kutlass
• Green Kroc
• Eddie the Mean Old Yeti
• Polly Roger (cameo)

Quotes[edit]

Green Kroc: Ifwe dig any deeper, we'll sink theisland.
Kutlass: Aye! Are you sure we buried our treasure here,Kaptain Skurvy, sir?
Kaptain Skurvy: Aye! X marks the spot! It be buried here, positively! Why, I'd even stake my reputation as the scurviest sea-dog on it! I'd...urr, but even so, you might want to take a little look...urm...other there...
Green Kroc: Why does we bury the treasure, Kaptain?
Kaptain Skurvy: 'Why does we bury the treasure?' 'WHY DOES WE BURY THE TREASURE?'Kutlass! Tell Mr.Green Kroc here why we be burying treasure!
Kutlass: According to section 3, paragraph 4 of the Pirate Handbook, 'Any and all treasure acquired by ill-gotten means shall and will be systematically buried,' sir.
Kaptain Skurvy: So there be your answer, Mr. Green Kroc smarty boots, now, not another word.
Green Kroc: But if we just be digging it up again?
Kaptain Skurvy: Are your ears full o' cotton, sailor?
Donkey Kong: Excuse me, fellas! Maybe you could helpme out! I don't who I am!
Kaptain Skurvy: Help you out? Why I'd sooner run you through than...don't know who you be?
Donkey Kong: You see, I got bumped on the head, and now...who am I?
Kutlass (intended to be said by Green Kroc): You're Donkey—
Kaptain Skurvy: —Croc!
Donkey Kong: Huh?
Kaptain Skurvy: Aye! Donkey Croc, me own first mate!
Green Kroc (intended to be said by Kutlass): But I'm your first—
Kaptain Skurvy: Surely you must remember Mr. Green Kroc, and mesecond mate, Kutlass!
Donkey Kong: 'Donkey Croc?!' I'm a pirate?!

Animation and continuity errors[edit]

• While Donkey Kong is lying on the ground after falling out of his treehouse and the camera is zooming in on him when he opens his eyes, his left elbow is not connected to his arm.
• Just after Donkey Kong steals the Crystal Coconut, the coconut is on the safe asDiddy,Funky andCranky run to catch him and watch him fly away in an airplane.
• In the English dub, right whenSkurvy convincesDK that he is a member of his crew,Kutlass andGreen Kroc have switched voices. However, for the rest of the episode, they have their correct voices.
  • This creates another error where Green Kroc states he is Kaptain Skurvy's first mate, when it is actually Kutlass.

Dub edits[edit]

• The Japanese dub cuts out "The Mirror Never Lies" song number.

Names in other languages[edit]

Notes[edit]

• Donkey Kong breaks thefourth wall right afterDiddy leaves by directly addressing the viewers and saying, "I'd sayhe's the one with the problems."
• This episode is included in the direct-to-video compilation filmDonkey Kong Country: The Legend of the Crystal Coconut, but is placed before "Booty and the Beast" in the film, which causes a continuity error with the flashback to that episode.

References[edit]

• Donkey Kong Country episodes

• Articles with unsourced dates