Editing Funky's Flights

{{about|the location in Donkey Kong Country|the mini-game in the remake of Donkey Kong Country 2|[[Funky's Flights (Bonus Game)]]}}

|image=[[File:FunkyFlights DKC.png|200px]]<br>Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country''

'''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==

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.

====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''====

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.

In the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|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.

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 {{button|DS|X}} 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 barrel]]s, which varies per world, to fuel Funky's airplane.

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.

==Profiles==

===''Donkey Kong Country''===

|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}}}}

FunkysFlightsGBC.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color)

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)

*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>

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