Just Kidding

Just Kidding is the thirty-ninth episode of Donkey Kong Country TV series. The episode takes place during "All Fools Day," where Cranky Kong pulls several pranks on the Kongs of Kongo Bongo Island. In return, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Candy Kong assemble a big trick to get him back.

Storyline
The episode begins with Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong relaxing at the beach. Donkey Kong, knowing that it is "All Fools Day," is worried that Cranky Kong will prank him. Diddy tells him that he had told Cranky the two were at the beach, thinking that the old ape would believe that what he had told him was a prank. Donkey Kong, still a bit anxious, sits down on the nearest deck chair. The chair immediately breaks, and Cranky Kong appears next to Diddy, laughing with him. Donkey Kong is then stunned to learn that he had fallen for a prank of both of the Kongs. Once their laugh is over, Cranky shakes Diddy's hand, making a deal that he will not prank Diddy this year. However, as the young monkey shakes his hand, he is shocked by Cranky's hidden joy buzzer. Cranky Kong energetically leaves the two Kongs, who are both stupefied by his latest trick.

Later, Donkey Kong paces around the area, surprised at how Cranky had tricked him so easily. Candy Kong advises him to relax, but he refuses to sit down, thinking that he will fall for a prank yet again. Instead, the ape sits in the small seat next to his beach chair, not noticing that whoopie cushion on it. Embarrassed, Donkey Kong realizes that he has fallen for another one of Cranky's tricks, after the old ape walks in laughing with Candy Kong. Just like Diddy, Cranky had made an offer to Candy that she couldn't refuse. However, after Candy sits in her beach chair again, the seat collapses, and Cranky begins to laugh again. With the two Kongs tricked, Cranky leaves, and it is then shown that Klump, has been watching the apes the whole time.

Meanwhile, Klump reports his findings to King K. Rool. Klump is unaware of jokes and All Fools Day, so King K. Rool explains it to him. This gives the reptile the idea of pulling a practical joke greater than all other jokes on the apes to get a last laugh.

On the way back to Donkey Kong's Treehouse, Donkey, Diddy, and Candy Kong hide behind a fake bush. When they arrive in the house, they check to see if there is any sign of Cranky. Donkey Kong unexpectedly notices Cranky sitting on the couch nearby. Cranky states that he is unarmed, and decides to apologize to the apes for what he has done with his practical jokes. The Kongs are not well persuaded, so Cranky leaves the treehouse. With the old ape gone, Donkey Kong and the others check the refrigerator, discovering a note from Cranky next to three pies. After Donkey Kong reads "Sorry I'll be missing this" on the note, the three pies shoot into the Kongs' faces. Angry, the three primates yell at Cranky out the window as he heads farther from the treehouse.

Later that day, Donkey and Diddy Kong hide in the jungle, ready to pull their own prank on Cranky Kong. When the ape approaches them, the Kongs throw a jar of "Chewy Chews" in front of him. After picking it up, he pretends that he is unable to open the jar, and finds Donkey Kong nearby. He asks the ape to help him open it. Donkey Kong accepts, forgetting about his trick, and opens the jar, only to be hit by several objects that shoot out of the container. For a third time, Donkey Kong is embarrassed and surprised at Cranky's prank, but is then offered a jar of food from Cranky. Diddy warns him that it is another trick, but the ape opens it anyway, finding nothing harmful at all. However, after smelling it, he and Diddy begins to sneeze constantly, as they have fallen for another one of Cranky's pranks.

In another area of the jungle, King K. Rool, Klump, and Krusha set up their practical joke. King K. Rool then explains the trick to them; He uses an robotic banana on wheels to lure Donkey Kong into a white X painted on the ground, where Krusha is supposed to drop a barrel on ape after the Kremling leader yells "now." Krusha, not being too smart, occasionally drops the barrels on King K. Rool after hearing the Kremling's use of the word, "now," at any time.

Back in the treehouse, Donkey, Diddy, and Candy begin to think up a plan to trick Cranky Kong. The three soon decide to use Donkey Kong's old King K. Rool costume to dress up as K. Rool and trick the old ape. Donkey Kong changes into his costume, and the Kongs head out into the jungle where they plan on giving the fake King K. Rool the Crystal Coconut. Unfortunately, Donkey Kong cannot see well through his costume very well, so he asks for Candy to guide him. However, Candy's attention is quickly brought to a nearby plant that interests her. As she marvels at the plant, the fake K. Rool travels ahead into the jungle, unaware of where he is going, and without Candy.

Meanwhile, the real King K. Rool, Klump, and Krusha continue to prepare their practical joke. Klump continually plays around with the banana device, so King K. Rool takes the remote control from him. As the Kremling leader tries to figure out how the object works, Krusha picks it up. King K. Rool commands him to put it down, accidentally using the word "now" while standing in the X mark painted in the dirt. This causes Krusha to pull the switch to drop a barrel. K. Rool jumps out of the way before he is completely hit by the object, but his foot is smashed under it instead. The Kremlings scream from the event surprises Krusha, making him drop the banana on wheels. King K. Rool then steps on the device, sliding through the jungle on its wheels.

After King K. Rool crashes into a tree, the fake King K. Rool, Donkey Kong, mistakenly walks onto the white X used in the Kremlings' prank, calling for Candy and using the word "now." Krusha hears this and drops a barrel on him, before Klump can tell him to stop, as he thinks the fake K. Rool is actually the real king. Meanwhile, Candy spots the real K. Rool, thinking that he is only Donkey Kong in disguise. To preform the apes' prank, she offers him the Crystal Coconut. The Kremling leader, not refusing, is lead to Cranky's treehouse by the Kong.