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“ | This Kong's got style, so listen up dudes, She can shrink in size, to suit her mood, |
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~ DK Rap |
“ | I’m off to the tag barrel - ready to kick reptile butt! | „ |
~ Tiny Kong, Donkey Kong 64 |
Tiny Kong is character from the Donkey Kong series. She is Dixie Kong’s younger sister and as such is the cousin of Kiddy Kong and Chunky Kong. She first appeared in Donkey Kong 64. She is known for being both nimble and fast, and using her two ponytails to accomplish different tasks. Prior to her first appearance, she hasn't had any other important roles in any other platform game. Tiny now appears in almost every Donkey Kong spin-off game however, and has even appeared in a Mario spin-off game. With only a few exceptions, she is playable in every game in which she appears.
Personality[]
Tiny Kong was introduced in Donkey Kong 64 as tough, tomboyish and confident who is not afraid to tangle with her enemies. Her actions also suggest she possesses a hint of sarcasm, as she moves around with a sassy skip. After becoming a teenager, she seems to be a little more feminine and showboats a bit.
Biography[]
Donkey Kong 64[]
Tiny starts off the game unavailable due to being kidnapped along with Diddy, Lanky and Chunky Kong by King K. Rool's Kremling Krew on his orders. Along with re-stealing Donkey Kong's Golden Banana hoard, K. Rool did this as a means to distract DK while he had his secret weapon, the Blast-O-Matic, repaired due to it being damaged when his mobile fortress crashed as a result of his minions' incompetence. K. Rool intended to use this weapon to outright destroy Donkey Kong Island to get revenge on the Kongs for his past defeats. She is found imprisoned in one of the temples in Angry Aztec, the second level of the game, and is set free by Diddy after he uses his Chimpy Charge on the surrounding buttons to spell the word "Kong".
From this point onward, she is available to use at any time from the Tag Barrel and collects purple bananas, purple Banana Coins and purple Blueprints. Like the rest of the Kongs, she can collect five Golden Bananas in every level and around Donkey Kong Island. She learns the Mini-Monkey, Pony Tail Twirl and Monkeyport techniques from Cranky's potions by giving him enough Banana Coins, gets the Feather Crossbow from Funky and a saxophone from Candy. In the third level of the game, Frantic Fanctory, she fights the boss Mad Jack, who she defeats by Simian Slamming a switch that periodically shows up and matches the color of the platform he is currently on (either blue or white) to electrocute him 5 times while evading his pursuit by using the Pony Tail Twirl to get from one platform to another and avoiding his fireball and laser attacks. Like the rest of the Kongs, she is also available to use in the fight against King Kut-Out in Creepy Castle.
It is also worth nothing that after she learns the Mini-Monkey technique and is able to shrink herself using a Tiny Barrel, Tiny is the one who encounters the Banana Fairy Queen on Banana Fairy Island and finds her weeping over all her Banana Fairies having fled due to being scared away by K Rool's mobile fortress. Tiny offers her and her friends' help in finding and bringing them back, to which the queen informs her that they can only be captured in banana skin photographs and gives her and the other Kongs special cameras to capture them with. She also grants them all a special shockwave attack that can unearth special multi-colored Banana Coins underneath dirt mounds. After Tiny and her friends find and bring back all twenty Banana Fairies and she revisits the queen, she will be very happy and reward her with a special extra Golden Banana that is needed for 101 percent completion.
After the Kongs make it to Hideout Helm, stop the Blast-O-Matic in the time Snide provides them using the Blueprints they collected and confront King K. Rool in his airship, which was grounded by the freed K. Lumsy, they each take turns fighting him in a boxing arena. Tiny is the fourth to fight him, and must enter his shoe through a hole using Mini-Moneky and subsequently shoot each of his toes with the Feather Crossbow while avoiding them when they shake and lunge at her until they're all red and swollen, which causes K. Rool to collapse in pain and Tiny to win the round. Eventually, after all the Kongs defeat him, Candy and Funky get rid of him for good by devising a plan where the former distracts him with her looks while Funky uses a bazooka that shoots out a boot that kicks K. Rool out of the airship and off into the distance. In the aftermath, Tiny is seen celebrating with the other Kongs, specifically by playing with Chunky when he keeps tossing her up into the air and catching her, only for her to be tossed so high so high at one point that she ends up on top of a nearby cliff, but when Chunky notices her, she's posing confidently. She is then seen riding on top of K. Lumsy along with many of the other Kongs as he floats in the water into the sunset.
Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)[]
Tiny makes a cameo during rescue missions at Funky's Flights II as multiple hostages that Diddy and Dixie must search for and occasionally rescue from Zingers while piloting a Gyrocopter.
Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)[]
Tiny makes a cameo in one of Funky's minigames where, along with other Kongs, she is in the water and must be protected from Kremlings in boats who are trying to take them away.
Other Media[]
Diddy Kong Racing DS[]
Tiny Kong appears as a teenager in Diddy Kong Racing DS replacing Banjo from the original game. She joins Diddy and Dixie Kong to help their friends take back Timber's Island from Wizpig.
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast[]
Tiny appears in this game as a playable character. She is unlocked by completing the Sapphire Cup on the Rookie Setting using any of the Kong characters. Statistics-wise, she has a great boost ability, pretty good speed and medium agility, and her designated Kremling rival is Kalypso.
Mario Super Sluggers[]
Tiny Kong appears as a playable character. In Story Mode, she is held hostage by Bowser Jr. who challenges the heroes to a game. Once beaten, Tiny is saved and she joins the heroes to help take back the baseball games.
Super Smash Bros.[]
Tiny Kong appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a collectable trophy. She also appears as an sticker who increases Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's hand attacks. In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Tiny Kong appears as an collectable trophy again. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Tiny Kong appears as an ace-ranked support spirit that allows whoever uses it to dodge attacks mroe easily. Her spirit battle is a timed battle against tiny Diddy Kong on Jungle Japes with low gravity and heavy wind.
External Links[]
- Tiny Kong on the Donkey Kong Wiki
- Tiny Kong on the Diddy Kong Racing Wiki
- Tiny Kong on the Mario Wiki
- Tiny Kong on the Rare Wiki
- Tiny Kong on the Near Pure Good Wiki