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Funky Kong Artwork - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
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Summary

Funky Kong is a member of the Kong Family and a recurring character in the Donkey Kong series.

His first appearance was in the first Donkey Kong Country game and appeared since then as a mechanic that built a lot of important objects in order to help the Kongs in their adventure. In Tropical Freeze, he appears as the owner of the item shop and a playable character.

Powers and Stats

Tier: High 6-A

Name: Funky Kong

Origin: Donkey Kong

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Ape-like species named Kong

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Underwater Breathing (Type 2; Can last underwater indefinitely[1]), Weapon Mastery (Appears to be highly proficient in the use of his surfboard and guns as weapons.[2][1] Shows great accuracy when it comes to landing projectiles courtesy hitting them with his surfboard[3]), Vehicular Mastery (Runs an entire Airplane and Boat business and regularly flies his own planes for it,[4][5][6][7][2][8] and also participated in the Barrel Blast Race,[9] as well as a couple Mario Karts[10][11]), Toon Force and Elasticity (Can survive being flattened and is able to recover immediately[10]), Bomb Planting[2], Vibration Manipulation[1] Flight (Can fly via his surfboard[4][5][6][1]), Fourth Wall Awareness (Looked into the camera[1])

Summoning (With Item Boxes[12], Funky Kong can summon a variety of Power-Ups and items to use at his disposal), Homing Attack and Explosion Manipulation (With the Spiny Shell[12], which targets those in "first" and homes in on them. The Red Shell can also home in on targets), Explosion Manipulation (With the Bob-omb), Sound Manipulation (With the Super Horn[12]), Speed Amplification (With the Dash Mushroom, which can greatly amplify Funky Kong's speed, and the Golden Dash Mushroom, which is a more potent variant of the Dash Mushroom. He can also transform into a Bullet Bill, which is of comparable speed, if not faster, to the Golden Dash Mushroom), Electricity Manipulation, Size Manipulation, and Statistics Reduction (With Lightning, which can strike an opponent to shrink them, greatly reducing their speed[13]), Status Effect Inducement (With the Blooper, which can squirt ink on an opponent to blind them), Fire Manipulation (With the Fire Flower), Limited Enhanced Statistics Amplification (With the Super Star), Size Manipulation (With the Mega Mushroom), Forcefield Creation (With the Heart, which protects its user from up to two attacks before dissipating[14]. The Bubble also acts as a protective barrier), Flight and Speed Amplification (The Bubble envelops its user, allowing them to float and grant them an increase in speed)

Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (Via the use of a boot rocket Launcher shot, hit King K. Rool hard enough to send him flying through a roof and onto a prison.[2] One of those who can defeat Lord Fredrik[1])

Speed: Massively FTL+ (Rescued the Kongs,[6] making him comparable to Donkey Kong)

Lifting Strength: Class Y (Comparable to Donkey Kong)

Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level

Durability: Multi-Continent level (Tanked attacks from Lord Fredrik[1])

Stamina: Superhuman (Went through the entirety of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze without tiring even a little, which took hours of constant platforming, combat, and swimming to accomplish[1])

Range: Standard Melee Range; Extended Melee Range with Surfboard and Ground Pound, Tens of Meters with Weaponry

Standard Equipment: His surfboard and sunglasses[15] and a yellow pair of goggles with a snorkel.[1]

Optional Equipment: A Boot Rocket Launcher,[2] various Karts and Bikes as well as item boxes,[10][11] and a Barrel Jetpack[9]

Intelligence: Gifted (Funky Kong is a shop and business owner who makes and flies his own planes,[4][5][6][7][2][8] and has a knack for creating weaponry such as a Coconut Gun and RPG.[2] Funky has also shown to be an extremely capable Kart, Motorcycle, and Barrel Jetpack driver.[10][11][9] is a capable fighter capable of going against the gauntlet of fights from Pompy The Presumptuous, Skowl The Startling, Ba-Boom The Boisterous, Fugu The Frightening, Bashmaster The Unbreakable, and Lord Fredrik The Snowmad King. Each of these individuals has their own abilities including but not limited to Danmaku, Breath Attack, Vibration Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, and Sound Manipulation[1])

Weaknesses: None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Barrel Roll: Funky Kong will roll his entire body toward his opponents.[1]
  • Ground Pound: Like Donkey Kong, he can create shockwaves by slapping the ground.[1]

Gallery

Notable Matchups

Victories:

Losses:

Inconclusive:

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Donkey Kong 64
  3. Mario Super Sluggers
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Donkey Kong Country
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Donkey Kong Land 2
  7. 7.0 7.1 Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
  8. 8.0 8.1 Donkey Kong Jungle Climb
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Donkey kong Barrel Blast
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Mario Kart Wii
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Mario Kart Tour
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Mario Kart Series
  13. Mario Kart Wii
  14. Mario Kart Tour
  15. Literally every Donkey Kong Game Funky appears in

Discussions

Discussion threads involving Funky Kong