The Big Chill Out

The Big Chill Out is the second episode of Donkey Kong Country, and it aired on August 16, 1998 in North America. During the episode, Donkey and Diddy Kong go into business, after accidentally making a cold drink, "Coconut Chill," during a hot spell on the island.

Plot Synopsis
The episode begins with Donkey, Diddy, and Candy Kong sitting near Bluster Barrelworks in a heat wave. The Kongs are very hot, so Diddy Kong suggests that they go swimming at the beach. Unfortunately, Candy cannot lay around with Donkey and Diddy all day because she has to work, and heads into the barrelworks factory immediately. Donkey Kong wonders why she was acting so strangely, but then Bluster Kong interrupts the ape and tells him that Candy is tired of him and "wants a monkey who's made something out of himself." Donkey Kong defends himself by explaining that he is going to be the future ruler of the island according to the Crystal Coconut, but Bluster could care less, stating that he does not need any "Crystal Coconut mumbo-jumbo to win Candy's hand."

Diddy fights back by saying "Yeah, all you need is a mummy who owns a barrel factory!," but Donkey Kong becomes discouraged and down. He wonders if Bluster is right, and that Candy only has an interest in him because of the Crystal Coconut. Just then, Cranky Kong shows up and tells them that he has been looking for them all over the island. He takes them to his cabin to speak to them.

When they arrive at the cabin, Cranky tries to explain what he is going to do, but cannot finish his sentence because of the loud banging noises coming from Donkey Kong. Noticing the ape smashing something with a hammer, he asks him what he is doing. Donkey Kong replies by saying that he wants to start up a business, such as a barrel factory, showing a barrel that he has just made. However, the barrel falls apart, with Cranky telling him "You've got no business going into business." Instead, the old ape explains that his "business" is guarding the Crystal Coconut while he is gone for the next few days to get ingredients for his potions.

Meanwhile, King K. Rool, who is seemingly excited, announces his next dooms day device to defeat the Kongs: "the K.C.C.B.M." General Klump pronounces the word, telling the king that he needs to "recruit some more vowels." The crocodile king explains that it actually stands for "the K. Rool Crystal Coconut and Back Missile." He then explains that the contraption is supposed to use a mechanical arm to grab the Crystal Coconut and then fly back to the Kremling hideout.

Back at Cranky's Cabin, Donkey and Diddy Kong are still guarding the Crystal Coconut. Donkey Kong wants to find something to make himself out of, so Diddy replies by telling something he is good at doing: lunch. Donkey Kong becomes more discouraged when he hears this, stating that they just had lunch. Diddy checks the refrigerator anyway, as he says they only had Candy's lunch, not Cranky's. Unfortunately, the refrigerator is empty of bananas, with nothing in it but ice. Donkey Kong suggests that they try eating coconuts, but when he breaks it open, the milk is steaming as a result of the hot day, as Diddy points out.

Donkey Kong wonders how long it will take him to become the leader of Kongo Bongo to make something out of himself, but then Diddy suddenly throws a snowball at him from the ice in the refrigerator. The ice falls into the coconut, and Donkey Kong drinks it, finding it very appealing. The two Kongs decide to call it "Coconut Chill," before Donkey Kong gets the idea of selling it to make a good business. The primates begin to sell their new drink, which turns out to be a hit. As they sing a song about being on the "road to success," several Kritters, and even Candy and Funky Kong get in line to purchase the item. At the end of the song, Bluster admits that they have created something big, without him being involved with it.

At the Kremling hideout, King K. Rool announces that a hot day like today is "perfect for a brutal would-be dictator" like himself. King K. Rool becomes angry at the sound of "squeaking machinery" and "moaning Kritters," stating that they are supposed to be building his K.C.C.B.M. He hits a switch to cause a platform holding the incomplete dooms-day device and several sleeping Kritters to rise closer to him. The king yelling at the Kritters causes the minions to wake up and begin working again.

King K. Rool and Klump head out to find where the other Kritter minions are. They learn that they are at Cranky's Cabin, but they are not sure why they are present there. As they go to learn more, a Kritter comes racing towards them with a Coconut Chill in its hands. They hit the Kritter with a bat to stop it and take its beverage. King K. Rool drinks the item, finding it appealing. He commands Klump to go find mroe, but then several other Kritters rush by with their Coconut Chills. King K. Rool and General Klump stop them all.

Meanwhile, Donkey and Diddy Kong sit in Cranky's Cabin, full of their earnings of bananas from selling the Coconut Chill drinks. Before Donkey Kong can fully state that Candy will be mazed when she see what they have earned, Bluster Kong knocks on the door and quickly enters the room, even though they are closed. He announces that it is "obvious" that they need his "big business know-how to make their Coconut Chill a big success. With some persuasion, the Kongs accept his help with business.

King K. Rool and Klump soon finish knocking out every Kritter that comes up to them with a Coconut Chill, even though King K. Rool is disappointed by the amount of Coconut Chills he has gotten. Suddenly, the Kremlings notice each of the Kritters they had knocked out with their own bats. Just then, King K. Rool announces that he will take the Coconut Chill back to his lab and analize its ingredients. This makes the Kritters excited, so they lower their bats to avoid attacking the crocodile king and Klump.

The next day, King K. Rool finds Klump sleeping on his job of finding the ingredients for the Coconut Chill. Klump presents him and the Kritters with what he has made, but cannot find a volunteer to drink it. As a result, he is forced to drink it himself; the drink causes him to collapse. suddenly, King K. Rool comes up with another "brilliant and devious" idea. He announces that, with his cloning device, he will turn his K.C.C.B.M into the "K. Rool Coconut Chill and Back Missile."

Featured Songs

 * The Road to Success (sung by Donkey, Diddy, Candy, Funky, Kritters and Bluster)
 * Hard Work (sung by Diddy and Donkey Kong)