The new Donkey Kong introduced in " Donkey Kong Country " was initially characterized as the grandson of the original Donkey Kong, who appears in the game as an elderly ape named Cranky Kong, however Donkey Kong 64 states that the current Donkey Kong was actually meant to be Cranky Kong's son, with one source implying that he is a grown-up version of Donkey Kong Jr.

The original Donkey Kong ( later established to be a younger version of Cranky Kong from the Donkey Kong Country series ) made his first appearance as the titular character of the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong alongside protagonist Mario ( then known as " Jumpman ") and damsel in distress, the Lady ( later renamed Pauline ).

1UP. com listed him as the most " Gracelessly Aging Character ", citing the fact that the original Donkey Kong from the arcade game eventually became Cranky Kong.

There also exist rare " DK coins " in every standard level that are hidden by Cranky Kong which are extremely difficult to locate.

These include Funky Kong who makes his return from the original Donkey Kong Country, as well as Cranky Kong, situated in " Monkey Museum ", who is back due to " popular demand " to divulge secrets of the game world, provide comic relief as well as offering paid for advice.

Wrinkly Kong, wife of Cranky Kong and mother of Donkey Kong, makes her first appearance in this game.

He later appeared in Donkey Kong Land, issued a challenge by Cranky Kong that he and Donkey Kong could not retrieve the banana hoard on an 8-bit system.

* In the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country, Sabrewulf's head has been stuffed and is mounted in Cranky ’ s hut.

Cranky explains that they are bongos, so Donkey tries playing them.

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Other characters include Cranky Kong, who sells the Kongs various new moves via his potions ; Funky Kong, who sells them guns ; Snide the weasel, who had formerly been King K. Rool's henchman before he was fired and thus collects blueprints for the Kongs ; and Candy Kong, who supplies the Kongs with musical instruments.

Fearing they had something to do with King K. Rool, they take them to Cranky Kong.

Cranky explained that the bongos had some kind of power inside them.

King K. Rool agrees with Cranky and steals the bananas from the Banana Hoard again.

Several, including Cranky, were reused from a children's series The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth.

Cranky and candid, Jason is not cheered by a visit from his daughter Emily and her family — husband Wilfred, son Wilfred Jr., and daughter Paula.

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* Cranky Kong, a character from the Donkey Kong video game series

* Cranky the Crane, a character from the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

He was a member of The Low And Sweet Orchestra and later the Cranky George Trio.

His column " Cranky Notions " was widely published.

In 1858, he scored a notable hit creating the role of Tom Cranky in John Hollingshead's farce The Birthplace of Podgers.

Amongst the ranks of absurd enemies in the game Ness must face down New Age Retro Hippies, Pogo Punks, Extra Cranky Ladies, and Big Piles of Puke throughout his quest.

Carmichael's 1943 song " I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin ' Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues " is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the song with the longest title.

* Cranky ( performed by Victor Yerrid, voiced by Tim Curry )-A camera man.

* Sandblast Games in Kirkland, Washington, founded in August 2002 as Cranky Pants Games, closed November 2008.

These included Podd ( find out which actions a red blobby character can perform ( e. g. jump, smile, dance ), Squeeze ( a two player strategy game of squeezing shapes onto a board ) and Cranky ( solve maths problems to repair a living calculator ).

It also included the families of Big Man, Wolf Looking Back, Clown, Cranky Man, Scabby Man, Half Leg, Bear Tongue, and Roll Down.

It could be unlocked to play in Cranky Kong's lab, and if players successfully got 5000 points, they would be rewarded the game's Rareware Coin.

", sparked accusations that he promoted discrimination and was jealous of white men in Hong Kong.

As the Son of Vulcan, Johnny had several adventures where he battled both a jealous Mars and the Asian arch-criminal Dr. Kong ( the so-called " meanest man alive " who resembled a cross between Fu Manchu and Dracula ) but remained a little-known hero.

Coleco licensed Nintendo's Donkey Kong as the official pack-in cartridge for all ColecoVision consoles, and this version of the game was well received as a near-perfect arcade port, helping to boost the console's popularity.

* 1997 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1. 25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.

Back at Pacific Pharmaceuticals, Tako is finally glad because Kong is now all over the press instead of Godzilla.

Unfortunately, during all this, Kong wakes up from his drunken state and breaks free from the raft.

Despite all this, the film is also one of the most widely seen Godzilla films in the United States — it was popular in its initial theatrical release, largely due to an aggressive marketing campaign, including elaborate posters of the two title monsters battling atop New York City's World Trade Center towers, presumably to capitalize on the hype surrounding the Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong, which used a similar image for its own poster.

Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region ( SAR ) of the PRC with a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign affairs and defence, which are responsibilities of the PRC government.

Taxis carry an average of one million passengers each day, occupying about 12 % of the daily patronage carried by all modes of public transport in Hong Kong.

Fastferry hydrofoil and catamaran service is available at all times of the week between Hong Kong and Macau.

Nonetheless, Hong Kong has retained considerable autonomy in all other aspects, including economic and commercial relations, and customs control.

The Hong Kong Marine department has online records of all accidents in its waters for those who would like more information on their operation.

The Court of Final Appeal now serves as the highest judicial authority in the jurisdiction, although, as confirmed by the Court of Appeal, decisions of the Privy Council before 1 July 1997 on appeals from Hong Kong ' continue to be binding since the resumption of sovereignty on all courts of Hong Kong, save for the Court of Final Appeal ' i. e. these decisions remain part of the common law of the Hong Kong SAR unless and until overturned by the Court of Final Appeal.

It should be noted, however, that decisions of the Privy Council before 1 July 1997 on non-Hong Kong appeals, just as decisions of British courts in general, are not strictly binding on Hong Kong courts, for all that such decisions are persuasive and will be treated with great respect by courts of Hong Kong.

Martial arts films have been produced all over the world, but the genre has been dominated by Hong Kong action cinema, peaking from 1971 with the rise of Bruce Lee until the mid 1990s with a general decline in the industry.

The industry saw a major breakthrough in 1962 when the government granted the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau ( STDM ), a syndicate jointly formed by Hong Kong and Macau businessmen, the monopoly rights to all forms of gambling.

The building is marked by its high level of light transparency, as all 3500 workers have a view to Victoria Peak or Hong Kong bay and the Chinese mainland.

Some special cases are the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau where the Communist Party does not function at all as part of the governmental system, and the autonomous regions where, following Soviet practice, the chief executive is typically a member of the local ethnic group while the party general secretary is non-local and usually Han Chinese.

In Hong Kong, prior to and immediately after the 1997 transfer of sovereignty, entry and exit stamps were identical at all ports of entry, but colours differed.

Non-government organizations like Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps, Hong Kong Adventure Corps, Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps and St. John Ambulance all follow the same military salutes due to their ties with the British Armed Forces.

* December 29 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the chickens within its territory ( 1. 25 million ) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.