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{{about|Funky Kong's location in Donkey Kong Country|the mini-game in the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 2|[[Funky's Flights (Bonus Game)]]}}
{{about|the location in Donkey Kong Country|the mini-game in the remake of Donkey Kong Country 2|[[Funky's Flights (Bonus Game)]]}}
{{location infobox
{{location infobox
|image=FunkyFlights DKC.png
|image=[[File:FunkyFlights DKC.png|200px]]<br>Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country''
|caption=[[Funky Kong]] introducing himself to [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]]
|width=256
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
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|inhabitants=[[Funky Kong]]
|inhabitants=[[Funky Kong]]
}}
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'''Funky's Flights''', also called the '''Flight Barrel Service''',<ref>''Donkey Kong Country'' Game Boy Color instruction booklet, page 14. "''DK’s surf-punk friend operates a Flight Barrel Service that can take our heroes to any level they’ve already finished.''"</ref> '''Funky Kong Airports''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #28, page 58.</ref> or '''Funky Airways''',<ref>Hodgson, David S. J. ''Donkey Kong Country'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 12. "''Part-time pilot of Funky Airways, part-time fisherman, and all-around ice-cool ape, this chilla gorilla inhabits his own fishing hut in each of the island's worlds.''"</ref> is a travel service operated by [[Funky Kong]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''. Its main purpose is to transport the [[Kong]]s to a previously visited location.
'''Funky's Flights''', also called the '''Flight Barrel Service''',<ref>{{cite|date=2000|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Game Boy Color instruction booklet|page=14|quote=DK’s surf-punk friend operates a Flight Barrel Service that can take our heroes to any level they’ve already finished.}}</ref> '''Funky Kong Airports''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #28|page=58|date=January 1995|publisher=EMAP|language=en-gb}}</ref> or '''Funky Airways''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S. J.|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=June 17, 2003|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|language=en-us|page=12|isbn=0-7615-4334-1|quote=Part-time pilot of Funky Airways, part-time fisherman, and all-around ice-cool ape, this chilla gorilla inhabits his own fishing hut in each of the island's worlds.}}</ref> is a travel service operated by [[Funky Kong]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''. Its main purpose is to transport the [[Kong]]s to a previously visited location.
==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Country''====
====''Donkey Kong Country''====
[[File:Funky's Flights DKC GBA world map.png|thumb|left|Funky's Flights from Kongo Jungle's world map in the Game Boy Advance remake]]
Funky's Flights is a location in ''Donkey Kong Country''. Funky hosts one of these establishments in every world, and it is [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]]'s only alternative to accessing any previously visited worlds and levels without going through a boss stage. When the Kongs enter Funky's Flights, Funky lends them his [[Jumbo Barrel]], which transports them to the [[Donkey Kong Island]] map. In the [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance remake]], a minigame titled [[Funky's Fishing]] is hosted at the place, and Funky's Flights was even renamed to "Funky's Fishing" on the world map. The {{button|GBA|Start}} menu added a new option titled "Call Funky," allowing the Kongs to use the Jumbo Barrel from the world map directly, though there still remains the option to do so from Funky's location.
Funky operates a Funky's Flights in every world of ''Donkey Kong Country''. It is [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]]'s only alternative to accessing a previously-visited world and level without defeating a boss. When the Kongs enter Funky's Flights, Funky lends them his [[Jumbo Barrel]], which transports them to the [[Donkey Kong Island]] map.


While Funky still hosts his flight service in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake, he also hosts a new mini-game, [[Funky's Fishing]]. As a result, the location was renamed to "Funky's Fishing" on the world map. While the Kongs can visit Funky to use the Jumbo Barrel, this is not necessary because the player has another convenient option, by using the world map's new {{button|GBA|Start}} menu, and selecting the option "Call Funky".
====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''====
 
====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' / ''Donkey Kong Land 2''====
{{main|Funky's Flights II}}
{{main|Funky's Flights II}}
Funky's Flights has a successor location in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', named Funky's Flights II, although in ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', the location shared the same name as its predecessor, Funky's Flights. Funky's Flights II has a similar role to its original counterpart, with the biggest difference being that Funky Kong charges Diddy and [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] two [[Banana Coin]]s the first time they use his location from a world.
Funky's Flights has a successor location in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Funky's Flights II has a similar role to its original counterpart, with the biggest difference being that Funky Kong charges Diddy and [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] two [[Banana Coin]]s the first time they use his location from a world. Funky's Flights II also appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', although the original Funky's Flights does not.


====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
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===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
[[File:Kongo Jungle map SSBU.png|thumb|left|Funky's Flights in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'']]
[[File:Kongo Jungle map SSBU.png|thumb|left|Funky's Flights in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'']]
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Funky's Flights makes a cameo appearance in the DK Island subarea of the World of Light, which in itself is a recreation of the [[Kongo Jungle]] world map from ''Donkey Kong Country''. Funky Kong's [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] is fought here and, after defeating it, unlocks Funky Kong's Shack, one of the shops in Spirits mode. Additionally, Funky's Flights' background music, "Funky's Fugue," appears as a song in the game, including in Funky Kong's Shack.
Funky's Flights appears in the background of the [[smashwiki:DK Island (World of Light)|DK Island]] subarea of the [[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: World of Light|World of Light]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Funky Kong's [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] is fought here and, after defeating it, unlocks Funky Kong's Shack, one of the shops in Spirits mode. Additionally, Funky's Flights' background music, "Funky's Fugue," appears as a song in the game, including in Funky Kong's Shack.
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==In-game description==
==Profiles==
'''Instruction booklet''':
===''Donkey Kong Country''===
*"''Funky's Flights are the only way to fly! However, Funky's practices have changed, and he has different plans for you this time out.''"
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=Funky's Flights are the only way to fly! However, Funky's practices have changed, and he has different plans for you this time out.''{{page needed}}}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
FunkysFlightsGBC.png|In the [[Game Boy Color]] version
FunkysFlightsGBC.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color)
Funky's Flights GBA.png|In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version
Funky's Flights DKC GBA world map.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Advance)
Funky's Flights GBA.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Advance)
Funky's Flights (icon).png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Advance)
</gallery>
</gallery>


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|Ger=Funkys Flugplatz
|Ger=Funkys Flugplatz
|GerM=Funky's Airfield
|GerM=Funky's Airfield
|Ita=Vola con Funky<br>Pesca di Funky
|Ita=Vola con Funky
|ItaM=Fly with Funky<br>Funky's fishing spot
|Ita2=Pesca di Funky
|ItaM=Fly with Funky
|Ita2M=Funky's fishing spot
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The theme for Funky's Flights was originally composed for another [[Rare]] game, ''{{wp|Killer Instinct (1994 video game)|Killer Instinct}}''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtTC1sRlB1c#t=0m50s Early promo video of the arcade version of Killer Instinct]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBGuX3U7Fnw Shown in full here, titled as "DKC Remastered FUNKY'S FUGUE ~ORIGINAL KILLER MIX~"]</ref>
*The theme for Funky's Flights was originally composed for another [[Rare]] game, ''[[nwiki:Killer Instinct|Killer Instinct]]''.<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtTC1sRlB1c#t=0m50s|timestamp=0:50|title=Killer Instinct Arcade Promo (rare)|author=jared mckinney{{sic}}|date=August 14, 2008|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 24, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=January 5, 2016|author=XaikuTMH|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBGuX3U7Fnw|title=DKC Remastered FUNKY'S FUGUE ~ORIGINAL KILLER MIX~|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 24, 2024|language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 18:28, August 5, 2024

This article is about the location in Donkey Kong Country. For the mini-game in the remake of Donkey Kong Country 2, see Funky's Flights (Bonus Game).
Funky's Flights
Funky's Flights
Screenshot from Donkey Kong Country
First appearance Donkey Kong Country (1994)
Latest appearance Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)
Greater location Donkey Kong Island
Inhabitants Funky Kong

Funky's Flights, also called the Flight Barrel Service,[1] Funky Kong Airports,[2] or Funky Airways,[3] is a travel service operated by Funky Kong in Donkey Kong Country and DK: Jungle Climber. Its main purpose is to transport the Kongs to a previously visited location.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country series[edit]

Donkey Kong Country[edit]

Funky's Flights is a location in Donkey Kong Country. Funky hosts one of these establishments in every world, and it is Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's only alternative to accessing any previously visited worlds and levels without going through a boss stage. When the Kongs enter Funky's Flights, Funky lends them his Jumbo Barrel, which transports them to the Donkey Kong Island map. In the Game Boy Advance remake, a minigame titled Funky's Fishing is hosted at the place, and Funky's Flights was even renamed to "Funky's Fishing" on the world map. The Start Button menu added a new option titled "Call Funky," allowing the Kongs to use the Jumbo Barrel from the world map directly, though there still remains the option to do so from Funky's location.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]

Main article: Funky's Flights II

Funky's Flights has a successor location in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Funky's Flights II has a similar role to its original counterpart, with the biggest difference being that Funky Kong charges Diddy and Dixie two Banana Coins the first time they use his location from a world. Funky's Flights II also appears in Donkey Kong Land 2, although the original Funky's Flights does not.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]

Concept artwork of Funky's Fly 'n' Buy, unlocked after beating the game on Hard Mode
Funky's Fly 'n' Buy concept artwork from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Concept art of Funky's Fly 'n' Buy in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze shows it with the title "Funky's Flights" displayed on its tent.

Donkey Kong Country television series[edit]

In the Donkey Kong Country animated series, Funky's Flights is located near the beach and docks of Kongo Bongo Island and has a complex system built into that can raise the entire hut into the air and suspend it there. On the show, Funky's Flights, as well as offering plane rides to people, makes deliveries for Bluster Barrelworks as well. The inside of Funky's Flights is also shown on occasion on the show and is filled with surfer memorabilia along with common household objects such as a couch, refrigerator and paintings. In "Hunka Hunka Burnin' Bluster", Funky says he wants to transform Funky's Flights into a restaurant.

DK: Jungle Climber[edit]

Funky's Airplane in DK: Jungle Climber
Funky's Airplane in DK: Jungle Climber

Funky operates a similar flight service to Funky's Flights in DK: Jungle Climber, named Funky's Airplane. The player can visit him by pressing X Button from the world map. Funky's Airplane has a slightly different role than Funky's previous two flight services, as its intention is to fly DK and Diddy to the small, outer island of the current world. However, the Kongs are required to have a minimum number of oil barrels, which varies per world, to fuel Funky's airplane.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

The Kongo Jungle world map recreation in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Funky's Flights in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Funky's Flights appears in the background of the DK Island subarea of the World of Light in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Funky Kong's spirit is fought here and, after defeating it, unlocks Funky Kong's Shack, one of the shops in Spirits mode. Additionally, Funky's Flights' background music, "Funky's Fugue," appears as a song in the game, including in Funky Kong's Shack.

Profiles[edit]

Donkey Kong Country[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      Funky's Flights are the only way to fly! However, Funky's practices have changed, and he has different plans for you this time out.[page number needed]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ファンキーコングの小屋[?]
Fankī Kongu no Koya
Funky Kong's Hut
ファンキーのこや[?]
Fankī no Koya
Funky's Hut (Game Boy Color)
French Vols de Funky[?] Funky's Flights
German Funkys Flugplatz[?] Funky's Airfield
Italian Vola con Funky[?] Fly with Funky
Pesca di Funky[?] Funky's fishing spot
Spanish Aerolínea de Funky[?] Funky's Airline

Trivia[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "DK’s surf-punk friend operates a Flight Barrel Service that can take our heroes to any level they’ve already finished." – 2000. Donkey Kong Country Game Boy Color instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 14.
  2. ^ January 1995. Nintendo Magazine System (UK) Issue #28. EMAP (British English). Page 58.
  3. ^ "Part-time pilot of Funky Airways, part-time fisherman, and all-around ice-cool ape, this chilla gorilla inhabits his own fishing hut in each of the island's worlds." – Hodgson, David S. J. (June 17, 2003). Donkey Kong Country Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-4334-1. Page 12.
  4. ^ jared mckinney[sic] (August 14, 2008). Killer Instinct Arcade Promo (rare) (0:50). YouTube. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  5. ^ XaikuTMH (January 5, 2016). DKC Remastered FUNKY'S FUGUE ~ORIGINAL KILLER MIX~. YouTube (English). Retrieved June 24, 2024.