A Thin Line Between Love & Ape

A Thin Line Between Love and Ape is the 26th episode of the Donkey Kong Country TV series and the final episode of the first season.

Plot Synopsis
Bluster wants to get Candy enamored by him. Knowing this will not happen, he decides to go ask the Crystal Coconut what he can do to make it happen. He goes over to Cranky and tells him that DK and Candy are picnicking in the Orchid Fields, which are very poisonous during the time of year the episode took place. Cranky runs off to go rescue them, leaving Bluster to guard the Coconut. While he is gone, Bluster asks the Coconut how to make Candy love him. The Coconut gives him the ingredients for a love potion. Meanwhile, Cranky, while running frantically to rescue DK and Candy, notices shortly before arriving at his intended area that Donkey Kong, Candy, and Diddy are not there. They knew about it being to dangerous to go there that time of year. Figuring Bluster must be up to something, they dash back to the Treehouse, only to discover Bluster is still there, guarding the Coconut.

After being interrogated by Cranky, Bluster insists he thought the Orchid Fields is where they said they were going. He storms off. He then begins to make a love potion from the ingredients that were given to him by the Coconut. As this is going on, King K. Rool barges in with Krusha and Klump. After Bluster tells him his intentions, K. Rool steals the potion spray and has Krusha trap Bluster in a barrel. K. Rool initially tests the potion on Klump, who falls head over heals in love with his boss. K. Rool answers by having Krusha send him flying. Following these events, K. Rool notices Candy happening by and sprays her in the face with the potion. She falls right into his arms, madly in love with the scaly, Kremling King. He invites her to his lair. He then asks Candy for a little favor, to apprehend the Crystal Coconut for him. He then asks her approximately how long said mission would take her. She tells him, "Before your heart breaks for me." He then asks her to be more specific, so she tells him around 22 minutes. Knowing the potion only lasts indefinitely, he ponders how long it lasted on Klump. He then comes to the conclusion that he will have just the right amount of time.

Meanwhile, back at the Treehouse, although it superficially seems Bluster did nothing at the Treehouse, Cranky, Donkey Kong, and Diddy are still wondering what he was up to. They decide to ask the Coconut if he asked it for anything. The Coconut reveals that it gave him the ingredients for the love potion. Donkey immediately puts 2 and 2 together, and busts through the door, sprinting frantically yelling, "Blusteeer!" Now, with DK out momentarily out of the picture, Candy walks into the Treehouse. She tells Cranky that she was never in love with Bluster... She's in love with King K. Rool! As Cranky is bending down over his chest, she pushes him in, and then locks him in. Cranky screams, "Hey! Whadda ya doing?" No sooner than did he realize what was going on than did was she off with the coconut.

Meanwhie, DK barges in on Bluster, who is still trapped inside a barrel. He tells DK that he had done nothing to Candy, but had heard K. Rool mention her. DK makes haste to K. Rool's lair, leaving Bluster still trapped (although he does escape by rolling the table and the barrel breaking, but with a bad headache). Candy had by this time reached K. Rool and given him the Coconut. K. Rool considered it his finest hour, to finally, at long last, have the Crystal Coconut. But no sooner does Candy hand it to him than does DK barge in. He demands K. Rool hand over the Coconut, only to be sprayed in the face by the potion. DK is now madly in love with King K. Rool! Now, K. Rool has everything: The Coconut, and DK as his minion. However, Cranky and Diddy are on their way to attempt to right what has been wronged. Cranky says that a second dose will cause extreme hatred, and that there is a thin line between love and hate. Candy's spell wears off, so she attempts to attack K. Rool, so he responds by spraying her again. Her eyes get red, and she attacks him in a fit of rage. Chaos ensues, with all the caracters in the lair ready to kill one another or love one another. Eventually, the spray bottle becomes empty, and it winds up K. Rool and Krusha have hateful rage at their King, who they then chase to goodness only knows where. But the trouble is not over yet; Bluster has a fresh batch. Candy knocks him out, and the barrel of the fresh love potion brew crashes atop his head, and Bluster falls in love with himself. The Coconut is now safe, and Bluster is making love to himself in mirrors, and DK and his friends have a good laugh about it.

Trivia

 * The title is a pun on "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate".