Editing Team Cranky

{{group infobox
|image=[[File:Team Cranky DKP2003 victory screen.png]]<br>Victory image
|members=[[Cranky Kong|Cranky]]
|first_appearance=''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]], unpublished)
}}
{{quote|Humbug! I've got to hand it to you kid, you can actually fly that thing... I think it's time for you to move on... If you want a real challenge, try racing in the CUPS with TEAM CRANKY... The others will really give you a race then...|[[Cranky Kong|Cranky]]|''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' (2003)}}
'''Team Cranky''' is the third and final team available in the unpublished 2003 build of ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'', being a one-person team of [[Cranky Kong]], who has very good speed and control. The select screen shows four slots to select Cranky, though each is capable of performing four completely separate idle animations rather than simply different clippings of one like other characters. This team is unlocked by completing [[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)#Cranky Challenge|Cranky's Challenge]] on each course, both the standard versions from the [[Team Kong]] grand prix and the reversed ones from the [[Team Krem]] grand prix. It functions as the expert difficulty mode and goes through the same courses and bosses as Team Kong, being the [[Klap Trap Kup]], the [[Kritter Kup]], the [[Klump Kup]], and the [[K. Rool Kup]]. After it is completed, the title screen is changed to read "''Cranky Kong Pilot''" and he says that it feels like "the end of an era," possibly referencing [[Rare]]'s time with the ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' license ending.

Team Cranky's title screen shows clouds over the surface of the ocean, which [[Enguarde]] occasionally leaps from, while the menu theme shows the red girders from [[25m]] with cobwebs between them. The team's logo shows the word "Cranky" in a wood-textured font over a set of brown, wood-and-fabric {{wp|ornithopter}}-like wings and more cobwebs, which also appears on the title screen.

Team Cranky does not have a specific counterpart in the finalized ''[[Jiggywikki:Banjo-Pilot|Banjo-Pilot]]''; instead, there are two separate extra grands prix called the Endurance GP, which involves consecutive races across all 16 non-reversed tracks, and the Jinjo GP, which pits the player against a grid of colorful [[Jiggywikki:Jinjo|Jinjo]]s on six random tracks. Cranky himself is replaced with [[Bottles]] in both statistics and unlocking mechanism, albeit for the latter additionally requiring a purchase from [[Jiggywikki:Cheato|Cheato]].

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DKP 2003 Cranky Kong Pilot title.png|Title screen
DKP03 menu Cranky.png|Menu background
Cranky DKP2003 character select.png|Character select with themed background
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DKP03 Logo Title Team Cranky.png|Title
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DKP03 Logo Wing Cranky.png|Wing on logo
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