Funky Kong

Funky Kong is a recurring character in the Donkey Kong franchise. He most of the time appears as an operator for many transportations services for the rest of the Kongs.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) He's funky hence his name so what else? You can just thank his bold and energetic personality complete with casual phrases.
 * 2) He's a laid-back primate who would still help his friends through other means in various ways that he has done. Even if he does not like to adventure, he was still willing to go into one.
 * 3) Funky often would work as an operator for a lot of transportation services. The first game of the Donkey Kong Country series has him own a place called Funky's Flights where he lets Donkey and Diddy use his Funky Barrel to travel between worlds.
 * 4) *Funky also hosted another transportation service called Funky's Flights II where he let Diddy and Dixie use a Biplane Barrel.
 * 5) **On the GBA version of Diddy's Kong Quest, he did let Diddy and Dixie partake in a challenge found on each world. If you win, he gives you a DK Coin.
 * 6) His role was significantly increased in Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. He would work at Funky's Rentals from the Northern Kremisphere as a method of letting Dixie and Kiddy rent lots of watercraft to travel across the waters. If you give Funky certain items, he can build a few more vehicles.
 * 7) *Funky also had a secret project where obtaining every DK Coin would allow Funky to reveal the Gyrocopter.
 * 8) *In the GBA version, Funky now hosts a series of four minigames with the reward being a Banana Bird.
 * 9) Aside from working as a transportation operator, he owned a weapons store in Donkey Kong 64. He can seel shooters, ammo belt upgrades, a sniper scope, and an ability to pick up homing ammo. If you are low on ammo, he can give you a refill.
 * 10) Funky Kong made a triumphant return after six years. He got to shine in Tropical Freeze as an owner of an item shop called Funky's Fly 'n' Buy as a replacement to Cranky Kong's role as a shop owner. Funky sells items like DK Barrels, balloons, Banana Juice, Squawks the Parrot, Heart Boosts, and Crash Guards. He can give you collectible toys from the Capsule Toy Machine.
 * 11) *If that wasn't enough, he became playable on the Switch version of Tropical Freeze in the form of a new mode called "Funky Mode". Funky Mode is mainly for beginner players with the ability to use a surfboard. Wait for a second, Isn't Funky a shop owner? Well, let's have Tawks take over for Funky.
 * 12) Despite his laid-back appearance, he managed to fight and fought enemies before. From getting to play as him in Tropical Freeze to even defeating a group of Kremlings in the novel Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle. And what about that 102% ending where Funky drops a bomb onto King K. Rool from the Gyrocopter to stop him from escaping.
 * 13) Funky in the said novel did have a moment where he had a good idea. Yeah for real, he came up with an idea involving using an entire banana milkshake supply onto the pigs as prevention for flight.
 * 14) In the GBA version of Donkey Kong Country, he now let Donkey and Diddy call him instead of having to go all the way to visit Funky.
 * 15) He's one of the few characters who were tolerable in the Donkey Kong Country tv show. His role isn't changed much.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) His voice can be pretty obnoxious to some due to his funky attitude.
 * 2) He doesn't always show up in some world. In Donkey Kong 64, the level Hideout Helm didn't show Funky with Tropical Freeze having Secret Seclusion without a shop.
 * 3) He was overpowered in Mario Kart Wii.

Trivia

 * Funky Kong's Mario Super Sluggers baseball card listed his Rookie Year as 1999, even though his first appearance was in Donkey Kong Country, which was released in 1994.
 * In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, when the player visits Funky's shop and they highlight the Crash Guard option, Funky will say: "Vehicle troubles? It's dangerous to go alone- take one of these!" This is a reference to the first The Legend of Zelda game in which Link acquires his first weapon by entering a cave and speaking to an elderly man, who offers a wooden sword speaking similar words.