Editing Donkey Kong Planet

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{{TV series infobox
|image=[[File:Planete DK - Logo.png|230px]]<br>The logo of ''Donkey Kong Planet''<br>[[File:DKTV Logo.png|230px]]<br>The logo of ''DKTV''
|prodcompany=[[Medialab]]
|format=Programming block
|origin=France
|language=French
|distributor=Medialab
|firstair={{flag list|France|September 4, 1996<ref name="PlaneteJeunesse">{{cite|author=Kahlone|date=June 23, 2015|url=http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/emission-48-la-planete-de-donkey-kong.html|title=La Planète de Donkey Kong|publisher=Planète Jeunesse|language=fr|accessdate=September 10, 2024|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201000327/http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/emission-48-la-planete-de-donkey-kong.html}}</ref>}}
|lastair={{flag list|France|September 1, 2001<ref name="PlaneteJeunesse"/>}}
|related=''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]''
|open="[[Mélanie's song]]"
}}

{{quote|{{hover|Vous n'allez pas vous ennuyer!|You won't be bored!}}|[[Donkey Kong]]'s catchphrase in this series}}
'''''Donkey Kong Planet'''''<ref>{{cite|author=Fabienne Legrand|date=November 11, 2011|title=[https://youtu.be/7rcNu8rrLXg?t=5m Aventure_DonkeyKong_Medialab.wmv] (promotional tape featuring ''Donkey Kong Country'' and ''Donkey Kong Planet'' footage)|timestamp=5:00|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=September 17, 2018}}</ref> (known in French as '''''La Planète de Donkey Kong''''', and later renamed '''''DKTV''''', '''''DKTV.Cool''''',<ref name=DKTVCOOLWESBTIET>{{cite|url=http://www.france2.fr/jeunesse/dktv/index.shtml|title=DKTV.Cool, c'est trop top !|publisher=france2.fr|language=fr|archive=web.archive.org/web/20001109132900/http://www.france2.fr/jeunesse/dktv/index.shtml|deadlink=y}}</ref> '''''DKTV Cool''''',<ref name=DKTVCOOLWESBTIET></ref> and '''''D.K.T.V'''''<ref name=DKTVCOOLWESBTIET></ref>) is a programming block that aired from September 4, 1996 to September 1, 2001<ref name="PlaneteJeunesse"/> on [[France 2]], reusing various assets from the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' animated series]]. It was produced and animated by [[Medialab]].

Unlike what is claimed by various publications,<ref>"[https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/999355 Donkey Kong Country (TV series)]". ''Academic''. n.d. Retrieved July 3, 2021. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210703195732/http://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/999355 Archived] July 3, 2021, 19:57:32 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> ''La planète de Donkey Kong'' is not the French name of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' cartoon (which simply had the same name in French) but rather a separate show that aired exclusively in France. The name is likely a reference to the French novel ''La Planète des singes'', known in English as ''{{wp|Planet of the Apes (novel)|Planet of the Apes}}''.

==Overview==
Using a children's anthology format (similar to ''[[King Koopa's Kool Kartoons]]''), ''Donkey Kong Planet'' consisted of airings of various animated series and children's live-action shows interspersed with original material featuring part of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series cast. The original incarnation of the show co-starred children show host [[Mélanie Angélie]] and [[Donkey Kong]], with skits frequently deriving humor from Donkey Kong's dimwittedness and misunderstanding of human customs. After Mélanie Angélie departed the show in 2000, the show was retooled as ''DKTV'', adding a new animated character in the form of a hip green [[Kremling]] named [[Krushy]] and featuring content ranging from comedic skits to musical numbers and parodies of current movies and TV shows. Although ostensibly aimed toward children, ''DKTV'' sometimes featured language and subject matters cruder than one would expect from its time slot and source material.

''Donkey Kong Planet'' used the same motion capture style of animation as ''Donkey Kong Country'', but had the characters superimposed over a live-action set and frequently interacting with real actors.

==Cast==
The show's interstitial segments featured Donkey Kong, [[Diddy Kong]], [[Candy Kong]], [[Funky Kong]], and Krushy, whose models would often portray multiple different characters in a single skit. Although produced by the same company and reusing the models from the first and second seasons of ''Donkey Kong Country'', ''Donkey Kong Planet''{{'}}s voice cast was completely different from the French dub of ''Donkey Kong Country''. 

===Voice actors===
This list of voice actors was taken from ''Planète Jeunesse''.<ref name="PlaneteJeunesse"/>
*[[Christophe Albertini]] &mdash; [[Donkey Kong]] (voice 1)
*[[Nicolas Bienvenu]] &mdash; [[Donkey Kong]] (voice 2)
*[[Véronique Alycia]] &mdash; [[Diddy Kong]], [[Candy Kong]]
*[[Philippe Sax]] &mdash; [[Funky Kong]], [[Krushy]]

==Shows aired as a part of ''Donkey Kong Planet''==
*''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Addams Family (1992 animated series)|The Addams Family]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Adventures of Sinbad|The Adventures of Sinbad]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Adventures of Hyperman|The Adventures of Hyperman]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series)|The Animals of Farthing Wood]]''
*''Baby Folies''
*''[[wikipedia:Back to Sherwood|Back to Sherwood]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Baskervilles|The Baskervilles]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Beetlejuice (TV series)|Beetlejuice]]''
*''Belphégor''
*''[[wikipedia:Big Wolf on Campus|Big Wolf on Campus]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Breaker High|Breaker High]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Caitlin's Way|Caitlin's Way]]''
*''Capitaine Fracasse''
*''[[wikipedia:City Hunter|City Hunter]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Clueless (TV series)|Clueless]]''
*''Cyrano 2022''
*''Dodo, le retour''
*''Les Enfants de Toromiro''
*''[[wikipedia:Even Stevens|Even Stevens]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Extreme Ghostbusters|Extreme Ghostbusters]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Family Dog (TV series)|Family Dog]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Free Willy (TV series)|Free Willy]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Full House|Full House]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Goosebumps (TV series)|Goosebumps]]''
*''Grand-mère est une sorcière''
*''[[wikipedia:Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left|Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left]]''
*''Ivanhoe the King's Knight''
*''[[wikipedia:Iznogoud|Iznogoud]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Journey of Allen Strange|The Journey of Allen Strange]]''
*''Les Jules, chienne de vie...''
*''[[wikipedia:Jumanji (TV series)|Jumanji]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Kassai and Luk|Kassai and Luk]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Kenan & Kel|Kenan & Kel]]
*''[[wikipedia:Lupo Alberto|Lupo Alberto]]
*''Manu''
*''[[wikipedia:Max Steel (2000 TV)|Max Steel]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Miami 7|Miami 7]]''
*''Les milles et une nuits''
*''[[wikipedia:The Mozart Band|The Mozart Band]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Mummy Nanny|Mummy Nanny]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Mysterious Cities of Gold|The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog|Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog]]''
*''Les Multoches''
*''Normand Normal''
*''Nos plus belles vacances''
*''[[wikipedia:Ocean Girl|Ocean Girl]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Odd Man Out (U.S. TV series)|Odd Man Out]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Once Upon a Time...|Once Upon a Time...]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Parker Lewis Can't Lose|Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]''
*''Princess of the Nile''
*''Princesse Sheherazade''
*''[[wikipedia:ReBoot|ReBoot]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Robinson Sucroe|Robinson Sucroe]]
*''{{wp|l=fr|S Club 7 (série télévisée)|S Club 7}}''
*''[[wikipedia:Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Saved by the Bell|Saved by the Bell]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Secret World of Alex Mack|The Secret World of Alex Mack]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Sky Trackers|Sky Trackers]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Sky Dancers|Sky Dancers]]''
*''Simba: The King Lion''
*''[[wikipedia:Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Spellbinder (TV series)|Spellbinder]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper|The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Student Bodies (TV series)|Student Bodies]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Sweet Valley High (TV series)|Sweet Valley High]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Thunderstone (TV series)|Thunderstone]]''
*''[[wikipedia:The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat|The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Weird Science (TV series)|Weird Science]]''
*''[[wikipedia:X-Men (TV series)|X-Men]]''
*''[[wikipedia:Young Hercules|Young Hercules]]''

==Skits==
The following is a list of every skit that has been found.
===''Donkey Kong Planet''===
*"[[Abeille]]"
*"[[Kongoléo by les Kongs]]"
*"[[La cigalle et la fourmi]]"
*"[[Les aventures de Tarzkong]]"
*"[[Mélanie et les gorilles]]"
*"[[Mission impossible]]"
*"[[N'oublie pas que c'est Noël]]"

===''DKTV''===
*"[[Amour, Gloire et acné]]"
*"[[Bats Toi]]"
*"[[Bouffy contre les vampires]]"
*"[[C'était un Communiqué de la Prévention Routière]]"
*"[[Camembert]]"
*"[[Caspied le gentil fantôme]]"
*"[[C'est pas sorcier]]"
*"[[Chausse-pied Biavermine]]"
*"[[Coups de soleil et crustacés]]"
*"[[Echoes]]"{{conjectural}}
*"[[Frequence Kong (skit 1)|Frequence Kong]]" (skit 1)
*"[[Frequence Kong (skit 2)|Frequence Kong]]" (skit 2)
*"[[Humour Noir]]"
*"[[La Chance aux chaussons]]"
*"[[La nuit des vivants-morts]]"
*"[[Le comte de Monte Costaud]]"
*"[[Le gros rouge qui tache]]"
*"[[Les boeufs de l'amour]]"
*"[[Les Produits Périmés]]"
*"[[Long Jump (skit)|Long Jump]]"{{conjectural}}
*"[[Loto Kong]]"
*"[[Obel Corsica]]"
*"[[Okaaayyy]]"
*"[[Painter Funky Kong]]"{{conjectural}}
*"[[Peaud'ours]]"
*"[[Petit Pataud]]"
*"[[Pour ne pas trompé]]"
*"[[Remix Files]]"
*"[[Royal Calin]]"
*"[[Santa Donkey Kong]]"{{conjectural}}
*"[[Slim Flasque]]"
*"[[Thalasskong]]"
*"[[Toc Story 2]]"
*"[[Zombie Race]]"{{conjectural}}

==Promotion==
A website for ''DKTV'' was created in promotion for the show.<ref name=DKTVCOOLWESBTIET/> On the website, two games that were based on the programming block could be downloaded; ''[[Couic d'or !]]'' and ''[[Memory Kong]]''.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510110230/http://www.france2.fr/jeunesse/planete/jeux.htm LES JEUX FLASH DKTV !!|publisher=france2.fr|language=fr|accessdate=February 23, 2025}}</ref> Two tests, titled ''[[Es-tu écolo?]]'' and ''[[Et toi, si tu étais Maire... hein?]]'', could also be played.<ref>{{cite|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20001210091300/http://www.france2.fr/jeunesse/dktv/jeux.shtml|title=Es-tu écolo?|language=fr|publisher=france2.fr|accessdate=February 23, 2025|deadlink=y}}</ref> ''Es-tu écolo?'' decided whether or not the player was eco-friendly by their answers, while ''Et toi, si tu étais Maire... hein?'' gave the player an opportunity to answer questions that would show what the player would do if they were {{wp|mayor}}.

==Reception==
''DKTV'' won a 1999 {{wp|7 d'Or}} for excellence in children programming, as decided by a public vote.<ref>{{cite|deadlink=yes|url=http://tele.premiere.fr/Les-7-d-Or-1704938/Les-7-d-Or-1999|title=Télé Premiere: Les 7 d'Or 1999|publisher=Premiere|language=fr|accessdate=October 24, 2018|archive=web.archive.org/web/20150801142030/http://tele.premiere.fr/Les-7-d-Or-1704938/Les-7-d-Or-1999}}</ref>

==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
DKTV Krushy.gif|Artwork of [[Krushy]]
DKTV Donkey punches Funky.gif|Donkey Kong punching Funky Kong in "[[Le comte de Monte Costaud]]"
Funky kong road rage.PNG|Funky Kong in a fit of road rage in "[[Obel Corsica]]"
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===''Donkey Kong Planet''===
{{Foreign names
|Fre=La Planète de Donkey Kong
|FreM=The Planet of Donkey Kong
|FreC=<ref>{{file link|Planete DK - Logo.png|''La planète de Donkey Kong'' logo}}</ref>
}}

===''DKTV''===
{{Foreign names
|Fre=DKTV
|FreC=<ref>{{file link|DKTV Logo.png|''DKTV'' logo}}</ref>
}}

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20001109132900/http://www.france2.fr/jeunesse/dktv/index.shtml Official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGu31IenF-4 Compilation of various skits from the show]
*[http://www.planete-jeunesse.com/emission-48-la-planete-de-donkey-kong.html Entry on Planète Jeunesse]

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