Donkey Kong 64 - Characters

Characters

• Donkey Kong, the titular character and the first playable character in the game, is a large, muscular Mountain Gorilla who wears a red monogrammed necktie. His weapon of choice is the "Coconut Shooter" (a rifle that shoots coconuts), and his instrumental attack, fittingly, is the "Bongo Blast".
• Diddy Kong, who debuted in Donkey Kong Country, is a monkey in a red baseball cap and T-shirt, then later bearing a yellow star on the back. His weapons are the "Peanut Popguns" (two pistols that fire peanuts). His instrument is a guitar (bearing the same star as on his shirt) with the deafening attack "Guitar Gazump". He is the fastest of the Kongs and jumps the highest.
• Lanky Kong, a newcomer in the Donkey Kong series, is a Sumatran orangutan whose long arms allow him to handstand. He can also inflate himself to float. His weapon of choice is the "Grape Shooter" (similar to a blowgun). His instrument is the trombone, and his move is the "Trombone Tremor". He has the most balanced stats out of the five playable Kongs.
• Tiny Kong is a chimpanzee and younger sister of Dixie Kong from the Donkey Kong Country games. Like her sister, her pigtails allow her temporarily to float through the air. Unique to Tiny is the ability to shrink in size to fit into places the other Kongs cannot reach. Her weapon is a "Feather Bow" (a crossbow that fires sharp feathers). Her instrumental attack is the "Saxophone Slam". She is very fast and jumps high, but has the weakest physical attacks.
• Chunky Kong, the older brother of Kiddy Kong and cousin to Tiny Kong, is a strong yet cowardly Eastern Lowland Gorilla who can lift heavy objects but (as explained in the theme song) is slow and unable to jump high. His weapon is a "Pineapple Launcher", which is the most powerful gun in the game. Appropriate to Chunky's "gentle giant" demeanor, his instrumental attack is the "Triangle Trample".

Other characters include Cranky Kong, who sells the Kongs various new moves via his potions; Funky Kong, who sells them guns; Snide the weasel, who had formerly been King K. Rool's henchman before he was fired and thus collects blueprints for the Kongs; and Candy Kong, who supplies the Kongs with musical instruments. Some other notable characters are K. Lumsy, who opens up levels, and Squawks, who points things out, brings the player Golden Bananas when his attention is attracted, and can carry Tiny to new heights. There is also a Banana Fairy Queen, who requests that the Kongs rescue her citizens and, in exchange, teaches the Kongs an invincible technique. Collecting Banana Fairies unlocks many new options outside of single-player mode, including cheats.

Rambi and Enguarde appear in the game. Donkey Kong can turn into Rambi the Rhino in Jungle Japes. He can batter into objects and immediately kill any enemy. Lanky Kong can turn into Enguarde the Swordfish in Gloomy Galleon. He can swim at high speeds, leap out of the water and strike with his bill.

The game's main villain is the Kong's arch-enemy, King K. Rool, who tries to destroy DK Isle. The level's bosses are Army Dillo (a heavily-armoured armadillo who is the boss of Jungle Japes and Crystal Caves), Dogadon (a giant dragonfly who is the boss of Angry Aztec and Fungi Forest), Mad Jack (a gigantic jack-in-the-box who is the boss of Frantic Factory), Pufftoss (a large Blowfish who is the boss of Gloomy Galleon), King Kut-Out (a cardboard cut-out of K. Rool who is operated by two Kritters and is the boss of Creepy Castle), and the final boss, King K. Rool (in a boxing match where each Kong must fight). The game's secondary antagonist is a mine-cart Kremling, Krash, who is not actually a boss but operates mines throughout Jungle Japes, Fungi Forest and Creepy Castle.