Alrighty, here's some clarified lore for you: It seems like you’re under the impression that Donkey Kong jr becomes Diddy Kong, but that’s not the case. **Cranky Kong**, the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game, is actually the grandfather of the current Donkey Kong. **Donkey Kong Jr.**, the protagonist of the *Donkey Kong Jr.* arcade game, is Cranky Kong's son and the father of the modern Donkey Kong. Meanwhile, **Diddy Kong** has no familial relation to the Kong family. He’s simply Donkey Kong's loyal friend and adventure partner.
During development, Diddy Kong was initially going to be DK Jr, but Nintendo told Rare that their reimagining of the character looked too different, so they were given the choice to either redesign the character again to match closer to the older DK Jr design, or turn this reimagining into its own character; Rare chose the latter and that's how we got Diddy. Also, Diddy is Donkey Kong's nephew, at least back in the original Donkey Kong Country games, so there IS a familial relation between the two.
@@MaluCLBSIt does make sense for DK Jr. to be out of the equation entirely in the Illumination movie. In that universe, Cranky never went to New York, thus also never kidnapped Pauline and thus also never met (alt alone fought) Mario up until he, Peach and Toad went to the Jungle Kingdom. This means that in the Illumination movie, Cranky Kong never was the "original Donkey Kong", there is no "original Donkey Kong" to begin with and that the Donkey Kong you see in the movie (Cranky's son) IS the one and ONLY Donkey Kong. By removing Cranky's identity of Donkey Kong from the arcade game and in turn his history with Mario and Pauline (and having modern DK be the one with the rivalry with Mario), this makes the dynamic more streamlined and understandable. I'd like to imagine that in that same universe, Donkey Kong would have a kid with Candy Kong, and their kid would be Donkey Kong Jr.
#LostMedia Two that I have always been really interested in have been: Footage of Walt Disney's plane landing on World Drive when it was brought to WDW to be installed in Hollywood studios. There was no regulation airstrip that they could use, so Disney held a pretty cool ceremony with Mickey Mouse and the WDW marching band to land the airplane on the Resorts main roadway. There is only one picture, but I have scoured the internet for YEARS trying to look for any video. The second one is not nearly as cool, but still interesting nonetheless. It entails a one time costumed character used in the 1976 Macy's Thanksgiving day parade aimed at promoting 'The Shaggy DA.' It was the only time the costumed character was ever used, and seemed to recycle different costume parts from other disney dogs and felines. Just some cool ideas. Love the videos Dan!
How would that be possible though? Diddy is way smaller than DL, and he'd have to be smaller than the average human as well. It worked with Toad because his forehead/mushroom hat was massive, but I don't know how Diddy could work.
@@cadendicky1855 Compare the height of Mickey to the Disney princesses in the Disney 100 animated short, or Mickey to Goofy, or Mickey to Walt himself. Then look at the height of Mickey in the parks. Ratios aren't as important to most people as you'd think, we just simply accept Mickey as being taller in person.
@@NicholasMoreau I'm just saying, it'd be really weird to see that, they did it well with Toad no doubt, but it'd still be really weird to see a tall Diddy.
🍌 Scooby-Doo evolution next, please! DK has really come a long way with his costume evolution, and his costume for Universal is *peak* costume craftsmanship! Great job covering his journey!
🍩here's an interesting idea: a sort of collection of costumes of chars. from PBS kids shows, theirs some interesting things from all sorts of different shows. Like how it seems the Arthur one hasn't changed at all and how the main one for Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman was used in the show as Ruff's official walk-around that he acknowledges, and even becomes a big plot point in one episode!
For the next Mario/Nintendo episode, I would love to see one on Yoshi (maybe since he's gonna appear in the second Mario movie). Looking forward to the one about Tails too!
The CG models the costumes from the early 2000s commercials are based on are actually from the Donkey Kong Country animated series that aired on TV in the 90s. That series was also one of the earliest uses of motion capture in media, bringing…..interesting movements to the characters.
12:05 Dan, I am a massive monster truck fan, and I really want more video game inspired monster trucks like the Donkey Kong one to come out. DK actually won a couple of monster truck shows before, actually
I don't know what Universal and Nintendo are doing to me, but why is the new meet and greet Donkey Kong low key hot? I don't need a new kink unlocked. 😂😂😂
🍯 Great video! Thinking a silly idea but made me wonder if Disney fashion accessories count? I was thinking about the iconic Minnie hairbands and the 90s one I remember is rough for a child... lol
7:58, there’s actually a few wrestling promotions that have mascot costumed characters in the ring one is Mystery Wrestling in Canada and the other is Wrestling Pro Wrestling in Burbank, CA(they actually have completely original mascot-style costumes like Chow Mein Charlie and Haystacks Calhoun)😂
I frigging love the 1999 super smash bros commercial where yoshi mario donkey Kong Pikachu beat the living crap out of each other 😅 reminds me celebrity deathmatch
🍌 I LOVE the Donkey Kong Country Cartoon! Did you know that Donkey Kong Country was the first television show to primarily use motion capture technology? They used motion capture to animate the characters dancing, they also used the technology for a French Kids TV block where an animated Donkey Kong was a host.
🍉How about Optimus Prime? There's got to be costumes kicking around America somewhere, no? It's The Transformers 40th anniversary year so it'd be nice to see you do something on Transformers! 🍉
5:13 actually you were able to do this in all three of the donkey Kong games on the SNES there wasn’t just the rhinoceros there was also spiders, swordfish, and a lot of others.
Dan, I hope you read this. In Muppet Show On Tour: 2nd Edition there was a Sam the Eagle costume that we somehow have 0 pictures of. I think this may be the only Muppet/Sesame Street Live character we don't have pictures. Even a picture of the show-unique villain (Mr. Summerfall Winter) recently surfaced out of nowhere.
I threw a nintendo themed Halloween party this year and my friend dressed as DK and his toddler was dressed as DK Jr. It was super cute. His wife was dressed as a banana
I’m still surprised that he hasn’t done one with Woody Woodpecker yet despite doing a video on the Minion mascots. But the evolution of the Bugs Bunny mascot would be an interesting video of itself since there was Bugs Bunny costumed characters since the 1950s and his theme park debut with Six Flags Magic Mountain back in 1972 and the defunct Warner Bros Jungle Habitat theme park.
So, funny story, I actually worked for the company that built the original prototype ride vehicles for the new Donkey Kong Country Coaster at Universal in Orlando and Japan 😅
#LostMedia I’ve been looking for YEARS for what I believe is a Disney Park cover of “Make a Man Out of You” from Mulan. I originally heard it on a website called Disney Pal (the owner passed away years ago, the domain’s under new management) but it sounded AWESOME! It was only a clip, it was all instrumental, it had an electric guitar in the chorus and what sounded like a bamboo flute in the verses! I emailed the admin before he passed if he had the song file, he said it was for a rehearsal of some sort, but he sent me the wrong music file (it was a clip of the sorcerer’s apprentice lol)! DK (Dan Kong), if you can find this i’ll be forever grateful
🧀 Might be a short video, but I'd love to see anything on the Great Mouse Detective. It's my favorite Disney movie. I know that there was a parade that had a couple costume characters in it, but I don't know if there were ever any others.
🍕 It would be fun to see the Electric Mayhem muppets. I assume each individual muppet may not have a huge costume arc but I bet the whole band together could be good? Maybe they don’t do costumes since there are so may of them…
Fun Fact: The DK monster truck was so popular that it got its own official Hot Wheels toy & a weird looking plush.
Alrighty, here's some clarified lore for you:
It seems like you’re under the impression that Donkey Kong jr becomes Diddy Kong, but that’s not the case. **Cranky Kong**, the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game, is actually the grandfather of the current Donkey Kong. **Donkey Kong Jr.**, the protagonist of the *Donkey Kong Jr.* arcade game, is Cranky Kong's son and the father of the modern Donkey Kong.
Meanwhile, **Diddy Kong** has no familial relation to the Kong family. He’s simply Donkey Kong's loyal friend and adventure partner.
Unless you take into account the Illumination Mario movie, which got rid entirely of DK Jr and made Cranky Kong the father of Donkey Kong.
@@MaluCLBSIN The MOVIE Universe Modern DK Is DK.jr
But In The Games He's Crankys Grandson
Also Diddy is a monkey 🐒 not a gorilla like the Kongs
During development, Diddy Kong was initially going to be DK Jr, but Nintendo told Rare that their reimagining of the character looked too different, so they were given the choice to either redesign the character again to match closer to the older DK Jr design, or turn this reimagining into its own character; Rare chose the latter and that's how we got Diddy.
Also, Diddy is Donkey Kong's nephew, at least back in the original Donkey Kong Country games, so there IS a familial relation between the two.
@@MaluCLBSIt does make sense for DK Jr. to be out of the equation entirely in the Illumination movie. In that universe, Cranky never went to New York, thus also never kidnapped Pauline and thus also never met (alt alone fought) Mario up until he, Peach and Toad went to the Jungle Kingdom. This means that in the Illumination movie, Cranky Kong never was the "original Donkey Kong", there is no "original Donkey Kong" to begin with and that the Donkey Kong you see in the movie (Cranky's son) IS the one and ONLY Donkey Kong. By removing Cranky's identity of Donkey Kong from the arcade game and in turn his history with Mario and Pauline (and having modern DK be the one with the rivalry with Mario), this makes the dynamic more streamlined and understandable.
I'd like to imagine that in that same universe, Donkey Kong would have a kid with Candy Kong, and their kid would be Donkey Kong Jr.
12:28
"LOOK AT HIS EYES! You looks like you just saw someone Kill a Box full of Kittens"
That new DK costume is *chef's kiss. Epic Universal will be an amazing park when it opens because of it.
I think the donkey kong and the toad costumes will always have three hour long lines to meet them because of how awesome they are
12:22 Front facing DK monster truck needs to become a meme
#LostMedia Two that I have always been really interested in have been: Footage of Walt Disney's plane landing on World Drive when it was brought to WDW to be installed in Hollywood studios. There was no regulation airstrip that they could use, so Disney held a pretty cool ceremony with Mickey Mouse and the WDW marching band to land the airplane on the Resorts main roadway. There is only one picture, but I have scoured the internet for YEARS trying to look for any video. The second one is not nearly as cool, but still interesting nonetheless. It entails a one time costumed character used in the 1976 Macy's Thanksgiving day parade aimed at promoting 'The Shaggy DA.' It was the only time the costumed character was ever used, and seemed to recycle different costume parts from other disney dogs and felines. Just some cool ideas. Love the videos Dan!
The Japanese DK & Diddy costume that rode the ostrich was actually based on the NELVANA CGI SERIES.
It was a big hit in Japan.
and the cgi models were used in a commercial
Have you already done an evolution of Sora and/or the other Kingdom Hearts characters? Cheers, dude! You rock!
Yeah! Search it up! It’s great!
🍤 I'm happy for whatever you choose to do next!
DK is just a legendary kinda dude.
We are slowly getting Nintendo Dan 🤣🤣🤣 I love when he covers video game characters costume evolution
Yes, he’s one of my favorite Nintendo video game characters! 😀👍🏽
The Donkey Kong costumes from 1994 are actually inspired by the infamous CGI series of the same name.
after that start
i just got excited
Happy 30th anniversary to donkey kong country and here's a banana 🍌 and also can you do a costume evolution of princess peach.
Fun fact: if it weren’t for Donkey Kong Country, Nintendo would have lost to Sega in the console wars.
The 2nd Funky Kong costume on the thumbnail is hilarious and horrifying
D-O-N-K-E-Y space K-O-N-G space C-O-U-N-T-R-Y Donkey Kong Country, your very own game! This antoginst is gonna get protagon-ish!!
So they’re finally here, performing for you
And if you know the words you can join in to
Put your hands together if you wanna clap
As we take you through this monkey rap!
Huh DK donkey Kong yuh dk donkey Kong is here
He’s the leader of the bunch, you know him well
From being sued by Universal to having an entire section at their park dedicated to DK.
I’m hopping that there is also a Diddy Kong meet and greet in the Donkey Kong Country expansion of Super Nintendo World
How would that be possible though? Diddy is way smaller than DL, and he'd have to be smaller than the average human as well. It worked with Toad because his forehead/mushroom hat was massive, but I don't know how Diddy could work.
@@cadendicky1855Just Get Someone Who's Short Or Just Make Him Like Toad
@@cadendicky1855 Compare the height of Mickey to the Disney princesses in the Disney 100 animated short, or Mickey to Goofy, or Mickey to Walt himself. Then look at the height of Mickey in the parks. Ratios aren't as important to most people as you'd think, we just simply accept Mickey as being taller in person.
@@NicholasMoreau I'm just saying, it'd be really weird to see that, they did it well with Toad no doubt, but it'd still be really weird to see a tall Diddy.
Please do Alvin & The Chipmunks! They have been around for over 50 years!
Dan: They put a man in a Donkey Kong suit, and put em on an ostrich...
Nough said...
🍌 The Tin Man from Wizard of Oz!
🍌 Scooby-Doo evolution next, please!
DK has really come a long way with his costume evolution, and his costume for Universal is *peak* costume craftsmanship! Great job covering his journey!
🍌 I'd love to see an evolution of Cinderella! :) Possibly with the Stepsisters as well.
DK!
DONKEY KONG!
DK!
DONKEY KONG IS HERE!!
🍿
The Beast/Prince
Ben from descendants dad is king Adam
🍩here's an interesting idea: a sort of collection of costumes of chars. from PBS kids shows, theirs some interesting things from all sorts of different shows. Like how it seems the Arthur one hasn't changed at all and how the main one for Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman was used in the show as Ruff's official walk-around that he acknowledges, and even becomes a big plot point in one episode!
🍌 evolution of the ghostbusters , please.
So wierd seeing you cover video games but I'm here for it. It's funny the DKC costume looks like the TV show design.
I was hoping for a banana costume
Can't wait for the nightmares I'll inevitably get from some of these costumes
Every time I hear that song I think of the Smash Bros ad.
DKC2 was considered to be the best in the series up until Tropical Freeze came out with a new Funky Mode.
[[EXPAND KONG]]
Oh these are pretty cool bananas
@@memeelfman324 (Gasp) Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaa
Coconut cream pie
D K! DONKEY KONG IS GAY!
EXPAND DONG
DK has a great singing voice
For the next Mario/Nintendo episode, I would love to see one on Yoshi (maybe since he's gonna appear in the second Mario movie).
Looking forward to the one about Tails too!
Diddy Kong isn't Donky Kong jr. The Donkey Kong with tie is Donkey Kong Jr. while the original game had Cranky Kong.
🥞Honestly a monsters inc video would be amazing. Even if it's not until the new land opens, I always thought it'd be cool to see.
The CG models the costumes from the early 2000s commercials are based on are actually from the Donkey Kong Country animated series that aired on TV in the 90s. That series was also one of the earliest uses of motion capture in media, bringing…..interesting movements to the characters.
These Donkey Kong costumes are Insane and very FUNKY 😎 lol
Loved this cozy, nostalgic video game content. 💜
🍌 evolution of snoopy costume
🎶🎵🎶DK...DONKEY KONG! DK DONKEY KONG IS HERE!🎶🎵
Ok so we got Mario and now Donkey Kong but… WHERE’S LUIGI?!
12:05
Dan, I am a massive monster truck fan, and I really want more video game inspired monster trucks like the Donkey Kong one to come out. DK actually won a couple of monster truck shows before, actually
I don't know what Universal and Nintendo are doing to me, but why is the new meet and greet Donkey Kong low key hot? I don't need a new kink unlocked. 😂😂😂
🍯
Great video!
Thinking a silly idea but made me wonder if Disney fashion accessories count? I was thinking about the iconic Minnie hairbands and the 90s one I remember is rough for a child... lol
🍕do u have a character youve wanted to do a video on but unsure if people would watch?
This is so cool!! I would love a Princess Peach version! 👑
7:58, there’s actually a few wrestling promotions that have mascot costumed characters in the ring one is Mystery Wrestling in Canada and the other is Wrestling Pro Wrestling in Burbank, CA(they actually have completely original mascot-style costumes like Chow Mein Charlie and Haystacks Calhoun)😂
I frigging love the 1999 super smash bros commercial where yoshi mario donkey Kong Pikachu beat the living crap out of each other 😅 reminds me celebrity deathmatch
Finally got to watch this on DKC’s area at SNW opening day!
Dan you reminded me to play dk country also good video
The DK Rap is my favorite video game intro song of all time
🍿 I would love to see an evolution of the Macy's day parade santa from its start to now! ❤
🥐 can you do a costume evolution of Princess Belle from Disney's Beauty and the Beast please?
🍌 I LOVE the Donkey Kong Country Cartoon! Did you know that Donkey Kong Country was the first television show to primarily use motion capture technology? They used motion capture to animate the characters dancing, they also used the technology for a French Kids TV block where an animated Donkey Kong was a host.
🍉How about Optimus Prime? There's got to be costumes kicking around America somewhere, no? It's The Transformers 40th anniversary year so it'd be nice to see you do something on Transformers! 🍉
Now we need an evolution of Shadow the Hedgehog
5:13 actually you were able to do this in all three of the donkey Kong games on the SNES there wasn’t just the rhinoceros there was also spiders, swordfish, and a lot of others.
The Too Many Games convention at Oaks PA has cosplay pro wrestling.
Hell yeah. This is my favorite Nintendo hero
I heard of the smash fight of 1999. Unfortunately it has become lost media. As of today no one has a recording of it. #Lostmedia
Dan, I hope you read this. In Muppet Show On Tour: 2nd Edition there was a Sam the Eagle costume that we somehow have 0 pictures of. I think this may be the only Muppet/Sesame Street Live character we don't have pictures. Even a picture of the show-unique villain (Mr. Summerfall Winter) recently surfaced out of nowhere.
i cannot believe dan himself is talking to ME DIRECTLY to leave a comment 🧇🧇🧇
7:13 me and you🗣🗣🗣
You forgot about the donkey Kong used in Ces in 1994
Whoops. Sure did. I’ll follow up with a short!
I found the crazy rocking tree house but missed the costume
Great video! I learned so much!!
Wheres Luigi?! Surely he's next right Dan?
D K KONKY DONG
*ABSOLUTE UNIT* Is right. I've seen him Deadlift Shipwrecks, Shatter meteors with a single clap and PUNCH THE MOON OUT OF ORBIT.
I always knew that Donkey Kong had the best potential as a mascot not only for Nintendo but overall
OOH OOH, DK RAP INTENSIFIES**
A large hairy creature that makes strange noises and smiles a lot. I wonder why Dan emphasis with Donkey kong so much
I threw a nintendo themed Halloween party this year and my friend dressed as DK and his toddler was dressed as DK Jr. It was super cute. His wife was dressed as a banana
Lets start the dk rap
🍕 The Fairly Odd Parents
You’ve covered all my favorites 😂 so that’s the best I got
19:26 or *Barrels of Fun* 🤣😆
Please do Bugs Bunny next! 🐰🥕
I’m still surprised that he hasn’t done one with Woody Woodpecker yet despite doing a video on the Minion mascots. But the evolution of the Bugs Bunny mascot would be an interesting video of itself since there was Bugs Bunny costumed characters since the 1950s and his theme park debut with Six Flags Magic Mountain back in 1972 and the defunct Warner Bros Jungle Habitat theme park.
@ I love Woody Woodpecker! He’s my favorite Universal Studios character! But give Dan some time.
🥐 Do a costume origins on the Beauty and the Beast characters.🫖🕰🕯
So, funny story, I actually worked for the company that built the original prototype ride vehicles for the new Donkey Kong Country Coaster at Universal in Orlando and Japan 😅
🥘 a glinda costume evolution could be fun! to go with the wicked witch episode!
Good old Sean Kong Combs
DK without his tie is like perry the platypus without the hat.
I loved the video, I’d be interested to see you do a video of the forever player two, Luigi. 🍝
I love the outfit for this one
Dan just wants to be part of the full Donkey Kong universe now lol.
This is gonna be bananas
🥝lost media of John Denver's Christmas Special with the Muppets
🍿has the grinch already been done 🤔 tis the season lol
Last year! It’s a great one’ go watch!!
#LostMedia I’ve been looking for YEARS for what I believe is a Disney Park cover of “Make a Man Out of You” from Mulan. I originally heard it on a website called Disney Pal (the owner passed away years ago, the domain’s under new management) but it sounded AWESOME! It was only a clip, it was all instrumental, it had an electric guitar in the chorus and what sounded like a bamboo flute in the verses! I emailed the admin before he passed if he had the song file, he said it was for a rehearsal of some sort, but he sent me the wrong music file (it was a clip of the sorcerer’s apprentice lol)! DK (Dan Kong), if you can find this i’ll be forever grateful
🧀 Might be a short video, but I'd love to see anything on the Great Mouse Detective. It's my favorite Disney movie. I know that there was a parade that had a couple costume characters in it, but I don't know if there were ever any others.
It's on like donkey kong
Could you please do Ginda from the wizard of Oz
🍌 Hey Disney Dan, if you're able to, will you please do a costume evolution of Curious George or Barney the Dinosaur?
14:51 Nintendo Land is the 2012 Wii U launch title game
🍕 It would be fun to see the Electric Mayhem muppets. I assume each individual muppet may not have a huge costume arc but I bet the whole band together could be good? Maybe they don’t do costumes since there are so may of them…
🍅 the planters peanut guy
🍩🍩🍩. I want to see more Hershey character evolutions, of course!!