Tiny Kong
Tiny Kong is character from the Donkey Kong series. She is Dixie Kong’s younger sister and as such is the cousin of Kiddy Kong and Chunky Kong. She first appeared in Donkey Kong 64. She is very nimble and fast. She is voiced by Jen Taylor.
Since her first appearance she hasn't appeared in any other platform game. Tiny now appears almost in every Donkey Kong spin-off games, and recently has appeared in a Mario spin-off game. With few exceptions, she is playable in every game in which she appears.
Appearances
Her Debut
In Donkey Kong 64 Tiny is one of the many Kongs imprisoned by the Kremling Krew at the start of the game. She is found in the area Angry Aztec, and can be released by Diddy Kong.
Once Tiny is released, she can collect purple Bananas, coins and Blueprints, she can also activate feather switches, pop purple ballons to get bananas, and slam switches with her face on them. Also when she gains the ability Mini Monkey she can go with the Banana Fairy Queen to get the banana cam.
In DK Isle she visits the Banana Fairy Queen and after going outside she notices a Golden Banana inside a cage, with help of feathers she gets the Banana. In Angry Aztec Lobby with help of Diddy she can reveal a Bonus Barrel, and after beating the game she gets a Golden Banana. In Gloomy Galleon lobby Tiny notice a hole underwater and with help of Chunky she could get inside and there she found a Golden Banana. After teleporting outside of Hideout Helm, she found a music pad and used her saxophone on top of it, Squawks appears and gives her a Golden Banana.
In Jungle Japes she starts looking for bananas and quickly finds a Bonus Barrel; after playing Splish Splash Salvage she gets the Golden Banana. After Rambi reveals a Tiny switch, she hits it and a cave with a Banana opens, Tiny rushes and get the Golden Banana. Tiny later finds a strange cave with feather switches in it; there she found a tree trunk and with help of her Mini Monkey power she entered and found a Golden Banana. In the same place Tiny finds a beehive and shrinks to enter, there she found another Golden Banana.
In Angry Aztec she notices a hole in a giant tower and with the help of Squawks she gets to the top and enters. There she found a beetle, who tells her he has a Golden Banana and will give it to her if she beats him in a sliding race, Tiny eventually beats him and gains the first prize, a Golden Banana. Tiny continues looking through the level and gets back to the temple were she was imprisiomed, there she notices a Mini Monkey barrel and uses it to enter a hole under water, there she had to fought many Klaptraps and when she beats them all, she gets a Golden Banana . Tiny continues looking for bananas and finds another temple with a feather switch in it, Tiny shoots to it and enters the temple, after looking hardly for the banana she finds it, after taking it, she activates a trap, and she had to escape quickly. Tiny then decides to enter to the temple were Lanky was imprisioned, there she finds a Banana Fairy and a strange hole, were Tiny enters. There Tiny finds a Golden Banana, but around it was lava, so Tiny had to activate platforms to get to it.
In Frantic Factory, after looking for bananas in the testing room she finds a hole with a strange racing floor in it, she enters and finds a racing car, who tells her he has a Golden Banana and will give it to her if she beats him in a race and gets certain amount of coins, Tiny beats him and got the first prize, before Tiny leaving the car tells her that don't tell other cars about that he lost. Tiny looked for more bananas and found a Donkey Kong arcade game, in the same room she noticed a Golden Banana and with the help of Mini Monkey she got it. After, Tiny gets to the Factory's central core, there she found a switch with her face on it. After hitting the switch a Bonus Barrel appears in one of the highest part of the Factory, Tiny had to get to it and play the game to get the Golden Banana. Afterwards Tiny gets to a room with many block toys, there behind a window she notices a strange wheel with images of some items, nearby she notices a hole and enters, the hole took her to the wheel. After playing a round of darts in the wheel, she gets the Golden Banana. After giving the needed amount of bananas to Scoff the door reveals Tiny's face, meaning only she can fight the boss of that level. Tiny enters the door and notices a giant toy box, which reveals itself as Mad Jack, after beating it she gets the key to K. Lumsy cage.
In Gloomy Galleon after looking for underwater bananas she finds a strange hole, inside she meets a mermaid, who tells her about her stolen pearls, Tiny eventually finds the pearls in a giant chest and brings them back to the mermaid, who gives her a Golden Banana. Tiny finds a switch and slams it, a door in one of the underwater boats opens, she quickly gets to it and inside finds a Bonus game, after beating the game she gets a Golden Banana. Tiny decides to visit Funky Kong and gets extra feathers, outside she notices a music pad and she uses her saxophone in top of it, an underwater door opens in the central underwater boat and Tiny quickly gets to it, after looking in every place she finds a Golden Banana. Back underwater Tiny notices a submarine with a hole, which she enters and finds a Bonus Barrel, after beating the game she gets the Banana.
In Fungi Forest she gets inside a giant mushroom and finds a switch which she hits, the switch reveals a Bonus Barrel, after playing Speedy Swing Sortie, she gets the Golden Banana. Tiny continues looking for bananas and finds a strange mini-mountain with a hole on top, with help of Squawks she enters. Inside, Tiny finds the place infested with purple klaptraps, after beating them she gets a Golden Banana and a strange seed. Tiny starts looking for a place to plant the seed, when she planted the seed a giant plant grew and gave her a Golden Banana, which she could get with help of Squawks. Tiny later enters a house and notices a hole blocked with a spider web and could only be opened at night, Tiny decide to come back at night and enters. Inside, she finds a giant spider sleeping and small spiders start attacking her, Tiny realize that when she hitted certain amount of spiders, the giant one opened the eyes, and she could shoot them with a feather; after various hits the giant spider turns small and Tiny beats it, revealing a Golden Banana.
In Crystal Caves Tiny decides to go and visit Cranky, who sells her a potion and after drinking iot she gets the power MonkeyPort. Tiny finds a teleport pad and takes her to were a Golden Banana is, inside a igloo-like crystal. Tiny finds another teleport pad which takes her to were the Giant Kosha is, Tiny beats it and stops the raining rocks..
In Creepy Castle after Diddy opens a door by hitting his switch, Tiny realize she can enter too. Inside, she finds a pad and teleports to a place were a small house is; then she notices a Mini Monkey barrel and starts looking for a hole. Inside the house, Tiny finds again the car she raced in Frantic Factory, and says he wants revenge, Tiny beats him again and gets the Golden Banana. Outside, Tiny finds a trail of purple bananas and starts following it, she then notices a trash can with a hole on the top, with help of her barrel and a mushroom she enters to the trash can, she starts being attacked by flies and after beating them all she gets a Golden Banana. Tiny decides to visit Candy Kong, and after getting an extra watermelon leaves the shop; outside she notices a Bonus Barrel and after using Ponytail Whirl she gets to it, and gets the Golden Banana. She, along all the Kongs, fought the boss of this level, which was King Kut Out. All Kongs could fight this boss, but one at the time, after Lanky is defeated she decides she is next to try.
When the Kongs took the Creepy Castle key to K. Lumsy he opens the last level, Hideout Helm. The Kongs quickly realize they have limited amount of time to desactivate the Blast-O-Matic, with help of Snide they extended the time. After desactivating the machine the Kongs realize that King K. Rool escaped, but left behind the last key. The Kongs took the last key to K. Lumsy, after the cage opens K. Lumsy goes out and sees King K. Rool's plane and makes him land by hitting the plane. The Kongs notice that King K. Rool plane landed in DK Isle.
In the final battle against King K. Rool she was the fourth to fought him, she had to become small and enter through a hole in the shoe of King K. Rool and use her Feather Bow on his fingers. In the ending she is shown playing with Chunky Kong, until he throws her to high and she gets mad.
During the game she gains different abilities. Her first individual ability is Mini Monkey, while the second is Ponytail Whirl, and the last one is Monkey-Port. Her instrument is the saxophone, with this she can use the ability Saxophone Slam, and her weapon is the Feather Crossbow. Aside from this she can gain Simian Slam, Super Simian Slam, and Super Duper Simian Slam, which all Kongs have. Each time she drinks Cranky's potion her body shrinks and her big head makes her fall, then she turns back to normal and kicks the potion.
She is the only kong that can enter where the Banana Fairy Queen is. She could get six Golden Bananas in the overworld, instead of five, she can gain the sixth Golden Banana by finding all the Banana Fairies and then going with the Banana Fairy Queen. Using Tiny's Monkeyport is the only form of getting to Hideout Helm. During the quest she has to play several mini-games in order to have a golden banana, such as Speedy Swing Sortie and Splish Splash Salvage. She was also playable in the Multiplayer mode.
She appears in the three endings of the game. In the first ending she appears playng with Chunky, until he throws her very high and when she lands she gets mad with him. In the second ending she appears riding K Lumsy, along all the Kongs. In the third ending she appears using her Ponytail Whirl, while screaming and then crashing.
Mini-Game Kong
Her next appearance was in the GameBoy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Tiny appears in several of Funky Kong's mini-games, Diddy and Dixie would often have to rescue her with the aid of the Gyrocopter or boat. In this game she has a high pitched squeaky voice.
She also appears in the GameBoy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, she appears in Funky's mini-games, she appears in the water, and Dixie and Kiddy have to prevent her from being taken away by Kremlings, using their boat. This was also the last game in which she used her debut look.
These two games are the only games in which she appears and is not playable, these were also her only appearances in the GameBoy Advance.
Spin-Off Appearances
Call for Racing
Tiny makes a full return appearance in Diddy Kong Racing DS to replace Banjo, a character from the original Diddy Kong Racing. This game is her spin-off debut. Her acceleration and handling are medium, and she has a slightly low top speed.
In this game she is one of the characters called by Diddy, to aid Timber in defeating Wizpig and discover what happen to Drumstick. Along the quest she, along with the other characters, fights Tricky, Bluey, Bubbler and Smokey, all of which were brainwashed by Wizpig, and after being defeated they are taken out of the brainwashing. After Wizpig defeat, they found out that Drumstick was transformed into a frog and return him to normal. During the celebration, Wizpig returns and Tiny and the other should follow him to his home planet where, after completing some challenges, the final battle takes place. Finally he is defeated and the final celebration starts.
This is the first game she appears as payable along her sister and also this is her second playable appearance after eight years of not being playable, but still appearing in the mini-games of the remakes of Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Country 3. Altought this was the first racing game in which she appeared, she had previously raced two times against a car in Donkey Kong 64, in the levels Frantic Factory and Creepy Castle.
Tiny looks much bigger in Diddy Kong Racing DS, as she was given a teenage appearance. Her sister, Dixie Kong remained the same size, making some believe the fact they are sisters has been changed or forgotten. She was the only character to appear in this game that made a debut in Donkey Kong 64.
Tiny Blast
Tiny Kong's next appearance was in the Wii game Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. She is an unlockable character, she is unlocked by completing Sapphire Mode on a Rookie Setting with a Kong Character. She is very fast and her rival is Kalypso, as they have similar stats. She has excellent boost, good speed, and medium agility. As her trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl said, her high speed is on full display. In this game she attacks her opponents by swinging her ponytails like an helicopter, possibly using the Ponytail Whirl. Like all the playable characters she has the ability to perform Wild Moves.
In the Single Racing cutscene Tiny can be seen, along Lanky, Dixie and Donkey, in front of their rivals, Kalypso, Klump, Kass and Kritter. In the Records cutscene she can be seen in the middle of all characters looking at the records. In the Cranky's Flight School cutscene she is one of the Kongs that appears practicing. She also appears in the start screen. She also appears in Candy Challenge # 14: Help Tiny Kong!, Donkey has to help her beat Kalypso, this challenge is level 2 in difficulty.
Her winning celebration includes her spinning around, in her first place celebration she celebrates by giving punches, in the third place celebration she puts her hands in her waist and pouts. When she lose she cries and looks down.
Her drums are green and purple in the middle, this color match the colors of her beanie hat, and have a white flower in them, which match with her clothing, as since her first appearance she has always have a white flower in her clothes. This was the second racing game in which she appeared and was also her first appearance in the Wii console.
Other Appearances
Smash Kong
Although Tiny has never appeared in any smash game, there are various references to her. In Super Smash Bros. Melee the DK Rap mentions her. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl she has a trophy and a sticker. Her trophy shows her walking happily. Her trophy didn't mention that she was Dixie's sister, but it does mention about her high speed and her Ponytail Whirl.
Tiny Up at Bat
She appears as playable in Mario Super Sluggers, her first appearance in the Marioverse. She is a sub-character and is an unlockable character. This is also her first appearance in a sport game. In this game she has to help Mario and the others beat Bowser and his son Bowser Jr., by playing baseball matches. Tiny joins the cause after being rescued from Bowser Jr.
Her bat is sky blue with a white flower, similar to the one in her top. She is the only Kong character to have a normal bat compared to Funky's surfboard, Donkey's boxing glove, Baby DK's banana or Diddy's and Dixie's sticks. She plays at the best when she is in a team with the other Kongs, as she has good chemistry with her sister, Diddy Kong, Funky Kong, Donkey Kong and even Baby DK.
She is medium at pitching, batting and fielding, she is good at running. Altough good at running she is a balanced character, making her the only balanced character from the Donkey Kong series. In this game her speed is not as notable as in other games. In the Donkey Kong series, Tiny is one of the fastest Kongs, even faster than Diddy, in Mario Super Sluggers this was changed, as Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong are faster than her.
Appearances in Other Media
Comics
She appeared in the comic Donkey Kong in When the Banana Splits, were the golden bananas are stolen, again by the kremlings. Unfortunately for King K. Rool, the kremling he sent stole the golden bananas in bad time, as Tiny Kong and the other Kongs were home. Tiny Kong, along all the playable Kongs from Donkey Kong 64, track King K. Rool easiliy through the jungle and after passing all kremling's traps and beating all the enemies, they have a final showdown against King K. Rool and the Kremling in which the Kongs win and get their golden bananas back.
Through the quest Tiny Kong showed some of her abilities she got in Donkey Kong 64 from Cranky Kong's potions, such as Ponytail Whirl. Her Ponytail Whirl worked slightly different, her ponytails rotate vertically instead of horizontally, but still has the same use. Also, like in the games, she attacked with her ponytails.
She also appeared in the N-Gang comic series, but only had minor roles.
These were her only appearances in comics and were also her only appearance out of games. In these comics she appeared with her old look.
Cancelled Appearance
She was one of the few characters confirmed to appear in the cancelled GameCube game Donkey Kong Racing. The game was cancelled because Rare was sold to Microsoft, but a trailer and few screenshot were released before this. In screenshot she is seen riding Enguarde. In this game she was going to appear with her old look.
Physical Appearance
Tiny, as her name belies, is a tall monkey, being taller than her big sister, but not as tall as Candy Kong. She has blond hair that is tied up in two ponytails and has blue eyes, unlike her sister who has green eyes. Her fur is brown, altought in Diddy Kong Racing DS, it was slightly darker. Her current accessories consist of jumbo earrings and white fur wristbands. Her clothing consists of a sky blue sweat pants with a sky blue spaghetti-strap top. Her top has a flower on it and has purple borders, she wears orchid sandals and also wears a beanie hat, that is green in the bottom, purple in the middle, pink on the top and has pink borders around the colors green and purple.. She has pink nails. This look was used in Diddy Kong Racing DS and all games that came afterwards.
During her debut in Donkey Kong 64, her fur was a lighter brown as opposed to her darker fur which she had in Diddy Kong Racing onwards. Her clothes consisted of the same multicolored beanie hat as her current appearance, blue overalls with a flower on them, a white T-shirt and white shoes. She also had bangs in this design. She was much smaller at this time, and was even smaller than Diddy Kong. This look was used in the remake of Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Country 3. It was also going to be used in Donkey Kong Racing, until it was cancelled, after Rare was sold to Microsoft. It will most likley not be used again.
Relations
Dixie Kong
- Main article: Dixie Kong
Her most notable relation is with her sister, Dixie Kong. They have appeared in few games together, but Tiny has never shown some affect for her sister, altought they have only appeared in spin-off games together, and in spin-off games the relations are generally never shown. In the remake of Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Country 3 Dixie had to save her in a mini-game. An interesting fact is that her trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl didn't mention that she was sister of Dixie. They also share good chemistry in Mario Super Sluggers.
Diddy Kong
- Main article: Diddy Kong
Because Diddy is her sister's boyfriend, they are believed to have a good relation. In Donkey Kong 64 Diddy was the only one that could free her. In Diddy Kong Racing DS, Diddy choose her and Dixie as some of the characters that were going to help Timber. They were also the the only two Kongs Diddy chose. In the remake of Donkey Kong Country 2 Diddy had to save her in a mini-game. Diddy may treat Tiny as his little sister. They also share good chemistry in Mario Super Sluggers.
Chunky Kong
- Main article: Chunky Kong
Chunky is Tiny's cousin. At the end of Donkey Kong 64 they are shown playing, signifying that they have a good relation with each other.
the Kremlings
- Main article: Kremlings
Tiny is presumed to have a bad relation with King K. Rool and the Kremlings as all the other Kongs do. King K. Rool kidnapped her in Donkey Kong 64. She is believed to have a specially bad relation with Kalypso, as the two were designed to be rivals in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast.
Other
Tiny shares chemisty with Funky Kong in Mario Super Sluggers, meaning they might have a good relation. She is also Kiddy Kong's cousin, but she has never interacted with him. Along some games she has gained new enemies, such as Mad Jack and Wizpig, as Tiny defeated them, they may have a bad relation with her. She has also befriended characters, such as the Banana Fairy Queen, Timber and the mermaid from Donkey Kong 64. Recently, she may had gained two new enemies, Bowser and Bowser Jr. as she helped Mario and the others beat them in Mario Super Sluggers.
Abilities
Much like her sister she uses her ponytails for attacking enemies, slowing and controlling her descent to the ground and can also extend her jump by rotating her ponytails. She was the fastest character in Donkey Kong 64. In Donkey Kong Barrel Blast she once again used her ponytails to attack and break things open. She, like all the other racers, could also preform Wild Moves in this game.
In Donkey Kong 64 her abilities were:
- From Cranky's potions:
- Simian Slam: she can press green buttons that are marked with her face.
- Super Simian Slam: she can press blue buttons that are marked with her face.
- Super Duper Simian Slam: she can press red buttons that are marked with her face.
- Mini-Monkey: with the help of her special barrel she can shrink and enter small places.
- Ponytail Whirl: uses her ponytails as helicopter and can expand her jump, she can also make her fall slower.
- Monkey-Port: with the help of her Kong Pad she can teleport from one side to another.
- From other Kongs:
- Saxophone Slam: she uses a saxophone to defeat enemies and can make secrets appear, she got this from Candy's music shop.
- Feather Crossbow: she uses a feather bow to defeat enemies or to activate switches, she bought this from Funky.
Voice Acting
- In Donkey Kong 64 she was voiced by Kevin Bayliss
- In all later games she is voiced by Jen Taylor, who also does the voice of Dixie Kong
Game Appearances
| Title | Description | Release Date | System/Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donkey Kong 64 | Playable Character | North America: November 24, 1999 |
Nintendo 64 |
| Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (remake) | Non-Playable Character | North America: November 15, 2004 |
Game Boy Advance |
| Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (remake) | Non-Playable Character | North America: November 7, 2005 |
Game Boy Advance |
| Diddy Kong Racing DS | Playable Character | North America: February 5, 2007 |
Nintendo DS |
| Donkey Kong Barrel Blast | Unlockable Playable Character | North America: October 8, 2007 |
Wii |
| Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Trophy and Sticker | North America: March 9, 2008 |
Wii |
| Mario Super Sluggers | Unlockable Playable Character | North America: August 25, 2008 |
Wii |
Game Information
Donkey Kong 64
- Potions:
- Pad Move: Monkeyport
- Barrel Move: Mini Monkey
- Special Move: Ponytail Whirl
- Weapon: Feather Crossbow
- Instrument Ability: Saxophone Slam
- Color: Purple
- Boss:
- Name: Mad Jack
- Location: Frantic Factory
- Bio: "Dixie's VERY little sister brings a big dose of flower power to the Kong's campaign. You'll find her pigtails perfect for pugilism and not too bad for a helicopter ride from the treetops. Tiny never shrinks from her responsibilities - even when she shrinks herself physically for a mouse's eye view of the action. "
Diddy Kong Racing DS
- Speed: *****
- Acceleration: *****
- Handling: *****
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
- Boost: *****
- Speed: *****
- Agility: *****
Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Name | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Tiny Kong | A cute, young Kong in pigtails, a knit cap, and jumbo earrings. In Donkey Kong 64, she could extend her airtime after jumps and fly through the air with helicopter hair. Also a participant in Barrel Blast, her high speed is on full display. | File:Tiny kong trophy.jpg |
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