Lanky Kong

Lanky Kong is a wacky looking orange orangutan and ally of Donkey Kong and the Kong family.

Lanky's first appearance was in the Nintendo 64 game Donkey Kong 64. In this game Lanky is one of the many Kongs imprisoned by the Kremling Krew at the start of the game. Lanky is found in the Llama's temple in the area Angry Aztec, Donkey Kong and his Coconut Shooter are needed to release Lanky from his imprisonment by the Kremlings.

Once Lanky is released players become capable of collecting blue Bananas, coins and Blueprints.

Throughout the game Lanky gains a variety of bizarre abilities from drinking Cranky Kong's various potions. Some of these abilities include Lanky walking on his hands, inflating himself like a balloon and walking on his hands at super-fast speeds. Lanky's weapon is the Grape Shooter, a long blow tube that shoots large grapes. His instrument is trombone, which allows him to use the powerful Trombone Tremor attack.

Lanky briefly appears in one of Funky Kong's mini-games in the GameBoy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble.

Lanky Kong will be a playable racer in the upcoming Wii game, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. In it he will be considerably powerful, and be assigned a Kopter as his rival.

Trivia

 * Lanky's exact relation to the Kong family is unknown. It is speculated by some that he may be a distant cousin of the family. Lanky may also be a member of the orangutan-like Kongs known as the Manky Kongs who are encountered in the game Donkey Kong Country. This is a logical assumption as Lanky does bare some resemblance to a Manky Kong.


 * For an unknown reason, Lanky Kong is commonly asociated with water. In Donkey Kong 64, his color was blue, which is commonly asociated with water. He also was the only Kong who could become Enguarde in that game, and his only boss fight by himself was against a fish in a boat. In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, his only cameo is in the water, although most Kongs appeared in the water with him. Ironically, orangatangs are known to have one of the worst swimming abilities amoung mammals.


 * According to Donkey Kong 64, Lanky currently holds the record for the longest reach in the world, and it is shown that Lanky has a remarkable reach during his final battle against K. Rool.