Best of Enemies

"Best of Enemies" is the thirty-seventh episode of the Donkey Kong Country television series and the eleventh episode of season three. It was the thirty-eighth episode to air in North America. Donkey Kong and Diddy try to rekindle the long-lost friendship between Cranky Kong and King K. Rool and get far more than they bargained for.

Plot synopsis
At the start of the episode, Diddy enters Cranky's Cabin, and gets surprised seeing Donkey Kong mopping the floor. DK looks inside a chest, just to fall into it. Diddy helps him to get out. Donkey Kong finds a candy Cranky Kong gave to him when he was a kid, but Diddy ignores it to warn that a picture is stuck on his back. The picture shows Cranky and King K. Rool friendly together, which makes them amazed. Cranky arrives, and madly pull the picture out of DK's hands. The monkeys ask curiously about that, and Cranky tells them he and K. Rool were once good friends, but became enemies because of a contest rivalry, and then leaves. Diddy and Donkey Kong decide they will try to make them friends again, so the Kremlings would stop stealing the Crystal Coconut.

At King K. Rool's lair, the king is painting a picture of Krusha. General Klump arrives at full speed with a letter Donkey Kong and Diddy wrote pretending to be Cranky. However, he crashes into King K. Rool, ruining the painting. General reads the letter, but K. Rool isn't convinced, thinking it's a trap, and orders him to get rid of the it. DK, hiding behind a mine cart watching the whole thing, said "Nuts! Close, but no banana!"

In Donkey Kong's house, DK tells Diddy the plan failed. So, Diddy wants a "plan B". Rushing inside Cranky's Cabin, the monkey warns Cranky a disaster is happening in the jungle and both leave. Meanwhile, at K. Rool's factory, King K. Rool is sleeping, but is awakened by Donkey Kong, who is wearing his crown. The king wants DK to give it back, and chases him to the jungle.

Diddy and Donkey are hidden in the jungle. King K. Rool and Cranky meet themselves, and blame each other for the mess, making the monkeys worried. However, after talking a little and seeing some pictures they begin laughing, and sing a song about being friends again.

Back to their house, Donkey Kong and Diddy are resting. King K. Rool visits them. Donkey Kong wants to fight, but the king says he would like to give them a "banana cream pie surprise" for making him and Cranky friends. The ape eats the pie, and it explodes. Cranky revealing himself and King K. Rool laugh at him.

Back at the Kremling Lair, General Klump wants someone to give him orders as K. Rool is not there, and asks for help to Krusha. However, Krusha wasn't able to help in any way. In Bluster Barrelworks, Bluster and Candy learns that Cranky and King K. Rool are bowling the barrels. Bluster faints and Candy gets mad because the vacation she was planning to take after work was canceled. The friends don't care and get out.

DK is talking to Candy about what happened to him, but Cranky hinders them playing jungle golf with K. Rool. Candy brings her boyfriend another banana cream pie, but Cranky's coconut ruins it. She is now mad at DK, thinking it's his fault anyway. Donkey goes to his house to talk to Diddy, but Cranky and K. Rool scare them using Bluster's barrelcopter.

Candy, Funky, Bluster, Donkey Kong and Diddy meet themselves near the house. Everyone decides DK must break Cranky and King K. Rool up. Following them, Diddy and Donkey Kong are accidentally trapped by Klump and Krusha, who would actually supposed to trap K. Rool and Cranky. The Kremlings and the Kongs, wanting the normal Cranky and K. Rool back, make up an alliance singing.

As DK and Klump's new plan, Cranky and King K. Rool plan to compete to see who's the most extreme on the island. At the Kremlings' lair, Klump and Krusha kidnap King K. Rool to charge him with treason. The king reveals he is just pretending to be friends with Cranky to get his revenge and claim his prize.

In the competition, King K. Rool goes first. To win, he drives a hole on the plane before Cranky's turn. DK eventually traps Crank in a barrel to prevent him from taking part of the contest, because it's too dangerous.

Donkey Kong pretends to be Cranky and participate in the contest, but Cranky's hologram is on the plane already. The airplane starts falling, as King K. Rool celebrates. Cranky himself arrives with the Crystal Coconut and an umbrella, and accuses the king of cheating. Both start fighting for their "symbolic umbrella" and become enemies again.

Donkey Kong and Klump congratulate each other for breaking up K. Rool and Cranky. Donkey Kong then threatens to "Banana Slamma!" Klump if he ever sees him again. As they leave, they salute possibly meaning that despite being enemies they are also friends despite threatening each other.

Lyrics
K. ROOL: ''Well, here we are! It's been too long, I've missed you, my old friend. Look at us then Those were certainly some crazy-
 * "" (Sung by Cranky Kong and King K. Rool)

CRANKY: ''Times of our lives! I'm surprised we survived!

CRANKY & K. ROOL: ''Here we are, old friend! Together again! Through thick and thin We'll always be friends!

K. ROOL: ''Remember this? Tsunami wrestling!

CRANKY: ''I almost had you then! How about this? Skydiving without a para-

K. ROOL: ''Shoot! We had such fun! My, I looked so young!

CRANKY & K. ROOL: ''Here we are, old friend! Together again! Through thick and thin We'll always be friends!

''Here we are, old friend! Together again! Through thick and thin We'll always be friends! KLUMP: ''We gotta ourselves a problem here, sir We need to band together An alliance is the only solution To make these friends fair weather
 * "" (Sung by General Klump, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong and Krusha

DK: ''I think I know what will make it happen If I'm right, there might be hope We'll send a letter to the both of them Calling each other a dope

DIDDY & KRUSHA: ''Shh!

DK & KLUMP: ''Keep it down, we need a remedy Gotta have a plan, gotta make 'em enemies

DIDDY & KRUSHA: ''Shh!

DK & KLUMP: ''This can't go on, this friendship is wrong Gotta break 'em up and put them back where they belong!

KLUMP: ''What if we throw a party In honor of King K. Rool? And invite everyone but Cranky He's sure to feel like a fool!

DK: ''Um...no. That won't work A contest is the key One so big, K. Rool will cheat Then these pals are history!

DIDDY & KRUSHA: ''Shh!

DK & KLUMP: ''Keep it down, we need a remedy Gotta have a plan, gotta make 'em enemies

DIDDY & KRUSHA: ''Shh!

DK & KLUMP: ''This can't go on, this friendship is wrong Gotta break 'em up and put them back where they belong!