Editing King K. Rool

{{quote|I've been waiting a long time for this moment. Soon, [[Donkey Kong]] and his pretty little [[Donkey Kong Island|island]]... will be no more.|King K. Rool|[[Donkey Kong 64]]}}

'''King K. Rool''' (sometimes shortened as simply '''K. Rool'''), who has gone by many aliases, is the malevolent king of the [[Kremling]]s and the main antagonist in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]], as well as the archenemy of [[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], and their [[Kong#Kong Family|allies]]. K. Rool has repeatedly tried to steal the [[Kong]]s' [[banana hoard]]. According to the Scribes section on [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]]'s website, he takes the hoard in order to starve the Kongs so he can take over their island, in addition to simply liking bananas.<ref name="rareware">{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20020805184158/rareware.com/the_site/talk_to_us/scribes/aug25_99/aug25_99.html|title=Scribes - August 25, 1999|publisher=Rarewhere|language=en-gb|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1994|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet|page=4|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|quote=The Kremlings were out there, this much was certain. They coveted Donkey Kong’s banana stockpile, the largest on the island, and probably in the world. A treasure in potassium and Vitamin A. The perfect food. “Ahhh... delicious bananas...” The thought of DK’s golden horde almost made Diddy forget his uncomfortable situation.}}</ref> He has even kidnapped members of the [[Kong]] family on various occasions.

His name is a pun on the word "cruel," which often describes his actions and his personality, as well as an intentional misspelling of the word "rule."

In the final world, also named The Flying Krock, Diddy and Dixie engage in a boss fight against K. Rool in [[K. Rool Duel (Donkey Kong Country 2)|K. Rool Duel]]. The first time that Diddy and Dixie enter the boss level, they briefly witness K. Rool whacking Donkey Kong with his [[blunderbuss]] and shooting [[Cannonball|kannonball]]s at him; the battle then starts. For the entire battle, K. Rool uses his blunderbuss to fire kannonballs (including spiked ones) at the Kongs. He also uses it to release exhaust gas and travel back and forth quickly. During the last phase of the battle, K. Rool turns invisible and shoots out various poisonous gases: the blue gas freezes Diddy and Dixie, the red gas makes them move slowly, and the purple gas reverses the D-Pad controls. Kaptain K. Rool takes damage when the Kongs throw a kannonball into his blunderbuss, and is defeated after nine hits.

After his defeat, K. Rool tries to stand back up, but Donkey Kong breaks free from his ropes and uppercuts him out of the Flying Krock. K. Rool falls all the way down into [[Krem Quay]], where he is chomped on by sharks. He recovers from the shark bites and swims ashore to the [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lost World]]. In the Game Boy Advance version, Kaptain K. Rool is shown to be covered in seaweed in the following scene.

When Diddy and Dixie collect every [[Kremkoin]], [[Klubba]] permits them to access an ancient Kremling Palace, [[Krocodile Kore (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Krocodile Kore]], where the Kongs fight K. Rool a second time. In the rematch, K. Rool fires numerous kannonballs in succession. When he shoots out a [[barrel]], the Kongs must jump onto it to reveal a kannonball, which they must throw into K. Rool's blunderbuss. Unlike the previous battle, K. Rool is only defeated from one hit. Instead of backfiring, the gun explodes, flinging K. Rool into a geyser that acts as a power source to Crocodile Isle. K. Rool gets stuck in the geyser, which continues building up energy until it explodes.

According to [[Wrinkly Kong]], K. Rool is enrolled as a student at [[Kong Kollege]], and she tells Diddy and Dixie that, should they encounter K. Rool, they should remind him to do his homework. According to the [[Nintendo Power#Player's Guides|Player's Guide]], K. Rool is not a skilled sailor despite being a pirate, and he is responsible for multiple shipwrecks such as the one in Krem Quay.<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Paul Shinoda|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide|page=20|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1995|quote='''KREM QUAY''' K. Rool proves he’s pirate and not a sailor with yet another wrecked ship. Be careful or you’ll get sunk in this swamp along with it!}}</ref>

In [[Krematoa]], if Dixie and Kiddy collect all five [[Cog (Donkey Kong Country 3)|cog]]s and give them to [[Boomer (Donkey Kong Country 3)|Boomer]], his machine awakens a volcano, causing the [[Knautilus]] to rise to the surface. Inside the Knautilus is where Dixie and Kiddy battle K. Rool a second time. In this battle, K. Rool remains in the back of his vessel for some time and occasionally enters the front, where the Kongs are at. He attacks using electric beams and a fireball launching cannon. In order to hurt K. Rool, Dixie and Kiddy must throw several [[Steel Keg]]s at his helicopter pack either directly, or through the use of a chute in the ceiling, depending on his position. After ten hits, K. Rool is defeated as he loses control of his helicopter pack as he spins out of control in the Knautilus.

K. Rool is once again absent in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''; however, in the [[Bright Savannah]] level [[Grassland Groove]], an area in the background displays a rock formation resembling K. Rool's head, along with a shape of Banana Bunches resembling his crown.

Kaptain K. Rool reappears in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' where he serves the same role in the storyline as in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. He is first fought on the Flying Krock in the level [[K. Rool Duel (Donkey Kong Land 2)|K. Rool Duel]], Kaptain K. Rool's attack pattern in ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' is a simplified version of his battle strategy in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''; his blunderbuss only shoots gusts of wind instead of shooting kannonballs or a status-afflicting gas. In the ending cutscene, K. Rool causes an explosion when Donkey Kong punches him into the sea.

 

Following K. Rool's defeat, and when Diddy and Dixie pay all 47 Kremkoins at [[Klubba's Kiosk]], Kaptain K. Rool is fought another time by them in [[Krocodile Kore (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Krocodile Kore]]. During the second battle, Kaptain K. Rool attacks the Kongs by shooting kannonballs, both normal and spiked, at them. Later in the battle, Kaptain K. Rool shoots a [[barrel]], which must be jumped on to claim the kannonball within. Like the previous game, Diddy and Dixie must throw the kannonball at Kaptain K. Rool to defeat him, causing his blunderbuss to explode and K. Rool to collapse. The ending cutscene then shows Crocodile Isle sinking, but unlike ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', K. Rool is not seen escaping the island.

In ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', K. Rool reappears in his ancestral<ref>{{cite|date=December 1997|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 103|page=85|quote=K. Rool has taken his ancestral title of Baron K. Roolenstein and now fancies himself some sort of mad scientist.}}</ref> baron costume, but is only ever referred to as '''K Rool''' in level titles and '''K. Rool''' in the cast roll. He and the Kremling Krew, as well as a rebuilt KAOS, appear as the main antagonists of the game, competing with the Kongs in a contest to be the first to find the legendary [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Land III)|Lost World]]. Similar to ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', K. Rool is accessible only after KAOS is destroyed permanently (the two are bosses in different worlds). His first battle takes place in [[K Rool Duel]], where K. Rool tries to attack Dixie and Kiddy by shooting electric beams at them. After a barrel is thrown at K. Rool, he bounces around trying to attack the Kongs. After three hits, K. Rool is defeated.

King K. Rool appears in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 14|volumes 14]] and [[Super Mario-kun Volume 15|15]] of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' in the arcs based off ''Donkey Kong Country''. Here, his role is the same as the game: he is the main villain and he steals Donkey Kong's banana hoard, but in addition to fighting Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, he also fights Mario and Yoshi, who are also present in said arcs. Like Bowser, he is shown having a comical side, but most of the time, he is cunning and cruel.

 

In two special chapters in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 22|volumes 22]] and [[Super Mario-kun Volume 23|23]], based off the ''Donkey Kong Country'' TV series, K. Rool is once again the main antagonist. In the first chapter he is after the Crystal Coconut, while in the second one he ambushes DK and [[Bluster Kong]], who were trying to immortalize for [[Candy Kong]] the first sunset of 2000, on the mountains, failing miserably.

 

 

In the second volume, the barrel drifts to the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], where [[Princess Peach]] opens it, unleashing K. Rool. The Kremling King conquers the Kingdom and forces the [[Toad (species)|Toads]] in helping him get revenge by returning to DK Isle and challenging Mario and the Kongs to a series of Picross duels. K. Rool eventually loses against Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom is freed from his clutches.

 

[[File:K Rool DK64 art.png|thumb|left|150px|King K. Rool in ''Donkey Kong 64'']]

King K. Rool returns in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', where he appears on a large mechanical island. He plans to blow up [[Donkey Kong Island]] with a new weapon called the [[Blast-o-Matic]]. However, his new and improved [[Crocodile Isle]] ends up crashing due to the incompetence of the ship's drivers. When Crocodile Isle is about to crash, K. Rool sitting in his throne wobbles in shock. In an attempt to distract Donkey Kong while he has the Blast-O-Matic repaired, K. Rool has [[Diddy Kong]], [[Tiny Kong]], [[Lanky Kong]], and [[Chunky Kong]] imprisoned, and Donkey Kong's [[Golden Banana]] Hoard stolen.

K. Rool appears in several cutscenes with his unnamed pet [[Klaptrap]], whom he strokes similarly to the way the ''{{wp|James Bond}}'' villain {{wp|Ernst Stavro Blofeld|Blofeld}} strokes his cat, being an obvious parody. Also similar to Blofeld, K. Rool largely has his face obscured in the early cutscenes. He also breathes and speaks in a manner similar to {{wp|Darth Vader}} from ''{{wp|Star Wars}}''. He is much larger in this game than all other games; as huge as Chunky Kong when he steps into his [[Cranky's Kong Barrel|Hunky Chunky Barrel]]. Throughout the game, he watches the Kongs' progress and chastises his own minions' failures. A scene shows K. Rool demanding that nobody leaves the Blast-o-Matic until it is repaired, going as far as sending a large red [[Klaptrap]] to attack a fleeing [[Kasplat]] (albeit offscreen).

Eventually, K. Rool's henchmen succeed in repairing the Blast-o-Matic, just as the Kongs break into [[Hideout Helm]], and K. Rool demands that the weapon be fired, despite the warnings that if it is not fully tested, it could explode. After the Kongs permanently shut down King K. Rool's mechanical island and the Blast-o-Matic, he tries to escape in a large airship. The ship ends up being knocked to the ground and destroyed by a recently released [[K. Lumsy]]. Venturing inside the crashed vessel, the Kongs find a boxing arena filled with spectators and King K. Rool, as his boxer alias '''King Krusha K. Rool''', ready to battle.

 

After [[Chunky Kong]] delivers the seemingly final blow to K. Rool, a cutscene is shown in which K. Rool gets back up after the fight. He is about to attack Chunky from behind, but is distracted by [[Candy Kong]]. He ends up being blasted over the horizon by [[Funky Kong]]. When he lands, it is in [[K. Lumsy's Prison|his dungeon]], where he meets a very unhappy [[K. Lumsy]] who proceeds to beat King K. Rool in retaliation for locking him up before being sent flying again by the giant.

 

K. Rool's laugh uses a pitched-down version of the "{{file link|Evil Laugh.oga|Evil Laugh}}" stock sound effect from the ''Cartoon Trax Volume 1'' album,<ref>{{cite|url=soundideas.sourceaudio.com/#!details?id=11488964|title=EvilLaugh CRT023801|publisher=Sound Ideas|accessdate=January 23, 2022}}</ref> which was previously used for Baron Samedi in Rare's ''{{wp|GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye 007}}''. The unaltered laugh is used for [[Kloak]]s and [[Kroc]]s in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes of ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' and ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', respectively.

 

[[File:K. Rool (crystal caves).png|thumb|A portrait of Kaptain K. Rool]]

K. Rool's Kaptain persona also makes a cameo and is referenced in ''Donkey Kong 64''. Portraits of him can be found in some of [[Gloomy Galleon]]'s sunken ships, several log cabins in [[Crystal Caves]], and in [[Creepy Castle]]'s Museum; additionally, inside the sunken ship off to a corner, there is a book entitled "Kaptain K. Rool's Log Book."

The battle against King Krusha K. Rool takes place in the [[boxing arena]], where he is fought by all five Kongs during their respective round.

*'''Round 1:''' K. Rool starts off by ground pounding, which will generate shockwaves upon contact. During this, Donkey Kong must reach the corners of the ring to enter his [[Baboon Blast]] [[Barrel Cannon|cannons]] to attack K. Rool. When Donkey Kong is inside the barrel, K. Rool will begin throwing punches at the barrel. After a certain amount of punches, he will taunt for the crowd, leaving himself vulnerable to attack. Every time he is hit, he will generate more shockwaves with each ground pound, slowly becoming two rows of 4 shockwaves. After four hits, the next round will begin.

*'''Round 3:''' The light from the previous round is still stuck to King K. Rool's head. [[Lanky Kong]] takes advantage of K. Rool's predicament by using his elastic arms to punch number buttons and grab the [[banana]]-labeled barrel that appears; it releases a banana peel when thrown. K. Rool will patrol the arena by rushing to corners. Lanky then has to use his [[Trombone Tremor]] in each corner of the arena to lure K. Rool into slipping on the banana peel. When Lanky plays the trombone, K. Rool will stop his current path and sprints towards Lanky. If the banana peel is in K. Rool's path, he should slip on it as soon as he reaches it; if not, then K. Rool will reach Lanky and squish him. After slipping on bananas four times, K. Rool falls and the next round begins.

*'''Round 4:''' Before the fourth round begins, some [[Kritter]]s come up to K. Rool to get the light off his head. Once it is off, [[Tiny Kong]] enters the ring. K. Rool will again attack by ground pounding (Tiny can only avoid the resulting shockwaves with her [[Pony Tail Twirl]]), but this time, he reacts in pain when he does, rubbing at his rear after doing so a few times. While he is occupied, Tiny Kong can use [[Mini-Monkey|her shrinking power]] to enter a hole in K. Rool's left shoe and fire her [[Feather Bow]] at his toes until they turn red. However, K. Rool will have his toes attack by pouncing at Tiny. Once all four of his toes are red, the final round will begin.

*'''Round 5:''' For the final round, [[Chunky Kong]] enters the ring. K. Rool attacks by running and rebounding off the ropes (which is a wrestling move rather than a boxing one) while invisible. By [[Simian Slam]]ming a switch in the middle of the ring, Chunky Kong can make [[Gorilla Gone]] pads appear to make himself invisible (and K. Rool and a [[Hunky Chunky]] barrel visible). To defeat K. Rool, Chunky Kong needs to jump into the barrel, which will force him and K. Rool to opposite corners. K. Rool then charges at Chunky and uppercuts him if he reaches him, which can only be avoided using a [[Primate Punch]]. When Chunky strikes him, K. Rool will become harder to strike, going invisible after the second and third hit. After four hits, K. Rool will finally be defeated and fall.

His voice, provided by [[Ben Campbell]], is radically different from the games, such as ''Donkey Kong 64''. He constantly brags about his brain and emphasizes this by using more complex jargon. Often, with the aid of his henchmen [[General Klump|Klump]] and [[Krusha]], he attempts to steal the [[Crystal Coconut]] and use its power to rule [[Donkey Kong Island|Kongo Bongo Island]] and possibly the world. He seems to always be hatching plans to steal the coconut; however, they always lead to complete failure or humiliating defeats due to a combination of the stupidity of his troops and the resourcefulness of the Kongs. K. Rool has a very low tolerance for the incompetence of both Krusha and Klump, to the point where, in one episode, he mutters to himself "Do I really want the Crystal Coconut this badly?" while Krusha and Klump try to decode a message they themselves wrote. When not scheming to take the Coconut, he otherwise plans to eliminate Donkey Kong, who is the Coconut's main protector, by incriminating him, or to take over the [[Barrel Works]] to manufacture exploding barrels. His various other plans vary from episode to episode: for example, during a heatwave, he plots to steal a bunch of Donkey Kong's "Coconut Chill" shakes to keep him and his Kremlings cool.

Kaptain K. Rool is also featured as the main antagonist in an obscure German ''Donkey Kong'' comic, ''[[Bumm-Badabumm im Urwald]]''; however, he is always referred to as King K. Rool. In this story, K. Rool sends several members of the Kremling Krew to steal all the bananas on Donkey Kong Island, apparently hoping to starve the Kongs to make them weaker. K. Rool himself appears only near the end of the comic in the "[[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lost Land]]". When K. Rool notices that the Kongs are in the Lost Land, he, at first, sends several dozen Kremlings at Donkey, Diddy and Dixie Kong, thinking the sheer number of Kremlings would defeat the Kongs. Unfortunately for K. Rool, the Kongs managed to pulverize his Kremling warriors. Taking matters into his own hands, K. Rool tries to blast the Kongs with a [[pineapple|pineapple-launching]] blunderbuss. At first, it seems the Kongs are overpowered, until Donkey Kong finds and throws a nearby [[TNT Barrel]] into the pile of bananas K. Rool is standing on. The resulting explosion buries K. Rool under the huge pile of bananas. King K. Rool is last seen having made a deal with Donkey Kong: in exchange for digging him out of the giant pile of fruit, he would have all the bananas returned to the Kongs.

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King K. Rool's first appearance in a ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game is in ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. He can only play as a team player, and is, ironically, on Donkey Kong's team, despite the fact he is enemies with DK and the [[Kong]]s. The explanation for this is that he was impressed with their skills, and said he was only going to team up when playing baseball. King K. Rool bats with his right hand, and fields with his left hand.

====''Diddy Kong Pilot''====

In the earliest build seen at Space World 2000 and in the [[Diddy Kong Pilot (2001)|2001 iteration]], K. Rool had a new alter-ego, Kamikaze K. Rool, who wore an aviator outfit and piloted a green plane with a sneering Kremling face painted on both sides and a nose with the [[Zinger]]'s color scheme.

In the Space World 2000 build, each pilot was going to have their own story mode, and K. Rool's story would have been called K. Rool's Gold. The intro blurbs revealed K. Rool would have been searching for El Dorado, the mythical city of gold after finding a stone tablet with a map in an ancient stone temple. The tablet led K. Rool to an island with a giant magical gate to El Dorado, where a quartet announce that they are the guardians of the gate and tell K. Rool that earlier Cranky Kong had failed to go through. The first guardian, Nikki, explained that only they had the magical power to open the gate, but first K. Rool would have to complete four tests to do so, with the first being to collect the fire key from Crackpot Keep.

While nothing more is known about the plot due to the build being unfinished, the accompanying illustration for K. Rool's Gold depicted K. Rool greedily looking over a pile of gold while a Kong genie, emerging from a nearby magic lamp, hovered behind him.<ref>{{cite|author=RareWareCentral|date=November 6, 2011|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DRAqj__5eA|title=Diddy Kong Pilot - Very Early Beta Spaceworld|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 21, 2024}}</ref>

In the July 2001 build, these story modes appear to have been removed, though some sprites intended for story cutscenes remain in the game's data.

 

K. Rool was replaced with [[jiggywikki:Gruntilda|Gruntilda]] in the final version of this iteration, ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Pilot|Banjo-Pilot]]'', as indicated by their stats, similar boss fight and shared plane.

{{quote|Never expected old K.Rool to make it out of DKC, let alone turn up in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|#SmashBros]] nearly 25 years later. Maybe I should have spent a bit more than 5 minutes coming up with his slightly rubbish name.|[[Gregg Mayles]] on King K. Rool's name}}

During early production of ''Donkey Kong Country'', the character that would become King. K Rool was named "'''Krudd'''".<ref>{{cite|author=Ghoulyboy|language=en|date=September 6, 2015|url=x.com/Ghoulyboy/status/640574072250867712|title=Found a couple more #DKCrevealed Kremling concepts by James Ryman, where Krudd is starting to look like K.Rool.|publisher=X|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref> Another proposed idea had the character named "'''King Klinker'''" and have him paired with a female Kremling named "Queen Krapp".<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Mayles, Gregg|date=November 21, 2019|url=x.com/Ghoulyboy/status/1197507861678624768|title=What about a reptilian revelation from the #DKCArchives for #5? Some early Kremling thinking shows that #KRool could have been called 'King Klinker' and he might have had a partner named 'Queen Krapp'. Not the best names I came up with! #WorldDonkeyKongDay #DKC25"|publisher=X|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref> Later in development, "'''Kommander K. Rool'''" was considered as the character's name.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Ghoulyboy|date=August 10, 2018|url=x.com/Ghoulyboy/status/1027946702270021638|title=Never expected this tweet about #KingKRool in #SmashBros to be so popular. As a moderately interesting bonus follow up, an early naming sheet shows K. Rool was going to be 'Kommander' and #DKC was going to be called 'Monkey Mayhem{{'}}|publisher=X|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref> This planned name was given a brief nod in the fake credits during his boss fight, which mentioned him as being the "Kommander" of the game.

When asked what the K in "K. Rool" stands for, Gregg Mayles replied "''Nothing! It was just a way of making him seem more important, that he'd added it to inflate his ego. In hindsight, it could have been something tonal like 'Kremling', or something deliberately out of character like Keith. What do you reckon it should stand for?''"<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Chris_Costy|date=August 8, 2018|url=x.com/Chris_Costy/status/1027413934100250624|title=What's the "K" stand for?|publisher=X|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>

His Kaptain K. Rool alter ego was designed by [[Steve Mayles]],<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/playtonicalMark/status/1774169679604453523|title=Mark Stevenson on X|publisher=X|date=March 30, 2024|accessdate=August 15, 2024}}</ref> Baron K. Roolenstein was designed by [[Mark Stevenson]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/1TDcFCu4rJs?t=1843 Mark Stevenson talking about Baron K. Roolenstein]{{dead link}}</ref>

{{quote|I'm just an old dried-up lizard!|King K. Rool|"[[Ape Foo Young]]"}}

King K. Rool's underbelly was originally golden in texture and color (meant to be a piece of armor according to character designer [[Steve Mayles]]<ref>{{cite|author=WinkySteve|date=July 6, 2015|url=x.com/WinkySteve/status/617951129406574593|language=en-gb|title=Armour. Wonder no more.|publisher=X|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>), but since ''DK: King of Swing'' his underbelly has been changed to a light flesh tone, and has lost the prominent vertical indentation down the middle. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', he regains the gold plate, which now has a sharp ridge along the edges but still lacks the vertical indentation; however, [[Palutena]]'s [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Guidance]] mentions his "leathery" belly, though it is possible she is referring to the belly underneath the armor. In this game, his general head and body shape is more akin to the later games, though he has a tail again, albeit a short one, similar to his tail in the cartoon. King K. Rool also has more pronounced scales in this game, akin to his design in the [[Rare Ltd.]] games. He is also once again depicted as being distinctly larger than Donkey Kong. His cape also appears to be slightly torn up at the bottom.

K. Rool, as his name, a pun on "cruel," may imply, is brutal, ruling his minions through threats and intimidation, often punishing them severely when they fail. This is mentioned by [[Klubba]] in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', who says that K. Rool mistreats his minions.<ref>{{cite|author=Klubba|quote=Kap'n K. Rool treats us rotten. I hope yer scupper his plans!|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''}}</ref> This is also seen in ''Donkey Kong 64'', when he punishes a purple-haired [[Kasplat]] via a giant [[Klaptrap]] for losing [[Blueprint]]s and calling him "fatso", not realizing that K. Rool was listening. Even his most powerful followers seem to fear his wrath, as displayed in ''Donkey Kong 64'', when his subtle display of anger results in [[Army Dillo]] fainting on the spot, and [[Dogadon]] ends up begging for mercy over his failure when admitting how his wings ended up singed by the Kongs (although K. Rool seems more shocked than angry at the failure regarding the latter). He does not seem to respect his henchmen, the Kritters, much better either. In ''Mario Super Sluggers'', he refers to brown Kritter as "the dirty under-belly of the Kremling Krew". In ''Donkey Kong 64'', he even has K. Lumsy locked up due to his gentle nature, with it being even more harsh in the Japanese version due to the latter being his younger brother. This abuse of his underlings has also worked against him, as demonstrated by Klubba openly rooting for Diddy and Dixie to ruin his boss's plans, and also K. Lumsy being implied to have supplied him with a massive beatdown before sending him flying again as revenge for locking him up after being sent flying by Funky Kong earlier. Despite all of this, however, he and the Kritters have good chemistry with each other in ''Mario Super Sluggers'' and the trophy bios of [[Kalypso]] and [[Kludge]] show he respects and trusts the former as a capable leader and is intimidated by latter's ferocious temper. K. Rool is also somewhat of a dirty fighter. He fakes defeat, often collapsing in the middle of combat and making it seem like he has been defeated, only to rise seconds later and begin fighting again. He has also shown himself to be negligent towards nature.<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Paul Shinoda|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide|page=46|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1995|quote='''Jungle Jinx''' It looks like K. Rool hasn’t heard about preserving the rain forests. Here he’s dumping bunches of giant tires in Diddy and Dixie’s path!}}</ref>

K. Rool hates the Kongs, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong more so than the others, having referred to them as "filthy apes" and "monkey brains". Despite his hatred of the Kongs, however, he is nevertheless willing to employ evil Kongs such as [[Manky Kong]] and [[Minkey]], as well as being susceptible to [[Candy Kong]]'s charm, as evidenced by his being mesmerized by Candy flirting with him in ''Donkey Kong 64'', even going so far as to reach out to her from the ring in apparent infatuation (which was later revealed to be a diversion to distract the Kremling leader long enough for Funky Kong to literally "give him the boot" by firing a boot from his bazooka). He is also capable of commending the Kongs' skill, as shown when they first enter the Lost World in ''Donkey Kong Land III'', where he also gives them six [[Watch (Donkey Kong Land III)|Watch]]es and invites them to try Time Attack mode after he is defeated, as well as in ''Mario Super Sluggers'' where he joins Donkey Kong's team after acknowledging their skill. K. Rool also appears to have some respect for the oldest Kongs as he had worked with [[Cranky Kong]] to steal the banana hoard in ''Donkey Kong Land'' and had taken classes from [[Wrinkly Kong]] in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''.

According to [[Leigh Loveday]] (writer of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series) on Rareware.com's former Scribes column, K. Rool's motivation for stealing the banana hoard is either that he wants Donkey Kong to starve to death so that he can occupy his "cosy{{sic}} treehouse pad," or perhaps that he simply likes bananas.<ref name="rareware"/> The latter explanation is supported in the ''Donkey Kong Country'' manual which states the Kremlings coveted the bananas for their nutritional value, [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Palutena's Guidance]] which states that Kremlings like bananas, the half eaten bananas on the [[Gangplank Galleon]], and an art-piece by [[Steve Mayles]] depicting K. Rool reading a banana recipe book.<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/PlaytonicGames/status/940942452902547456|date=December 13, 2017|title=#YookaLaylee for #NintendoSwitch is out tomorrow! Thus, our artists conclude their tributes to Nintendo classics they helped create, as @WinkySteve imagines the spoils of war...|publisher=X|accessdate=June 5, 2024|language=en}}</ref> However, K. Rool liking bananas is contradicted in ''DK: Jungle Climber'', where K. Rool states that he despises bananas.

*In ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', Baron K. Roolenstein simply uses a remote control to activate his arenas' gadgets and weaponry in battle. In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', K. Roolenstein can shoot electricity from his hands and throw bombs.

*In ''Donkey Kong 64'', King K. Rool displays the ability to create multiple shockwaves by slamming the ground once (although, as demonstrated with Tiny Kong, doing this too many times will cause him to injure his posterior, leaving an opening for Tiny to inflict damage to his toes). He can also perform a powerful uppercut after charging at the Kongs, which can knock Chunky Kong high into in the air, even when he is the same size as K. Rool.

King K. Rool mentions having [[Okusan|a wife]] in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Specifically, after KAOS is defeated a second time, Baron K. Roolenstein appears, stating he built KAOS from his wife's best pots and pans. It is unknown if K. Rool is telling a joke, or if he actually has a wife. In a December 23, 1999 edition of the Scribes section of Rare's website, [[Leigh Loveday]] stated that K. Rool's "my wife is going to kill me" line was merely "a typically throwaway {{wp|Vic and Bob}} reference."<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20000823214029/http://www.rareware.com/recent/scribes/dec2399.html|title=Scribes; December 23, 1999|publisher=Rarewhere|accessdate=June 5, 2024|language=en-gb}}</ref> The wife does make a physical appearance in ''[[4-koma Gag Battle]]'' and ''[[4koma Manga Ōkoku]]'' where she is depicted as a thin Kremling woman with light hair and an apron over a black dress.

In the Japanese version of ''Donkey Kong 64'', [[K. Lumsy]] is said to be King K. Rool's little brother.<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_ndoj/chara/page02.html|title=キャラクターの紹介|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=June 5, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>

According to the Nintendo Magazine System, K. Rool is a descendant of [[Kremlantis]]' former residents.<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Land'' Nintendo Magazine System|page=13|quote='''KREMLANTIS''' Rock hewn and rock solid is Kremlantis, ancient home of K. Rool's masterful predecessors. Slight worse off for water than the good ship Gangplank, seeking as the entire kingdom is submerged! The majority of Kremlantis' wards have survived through being trapped in air pockets, though mutant winds roam freely about so beware! Of course it's inevitable that some areas are flooded by ice-water too, and it is here that DK and Diddy encounter the worst of their fears...}}</ref>

In ''Super Donkey Kong with Mario 2'', K. Rool meets an ancestor of his called [[Cranky K. Rool]] who lived in Donkey Kong Island's depths for more than 500 years after the shame of losing at Picross against the Kongs.

 

 

In ''Donkey Kong 64'', K. Rool keeps an unnamed green Klaptrap as a pet, stroking it in a manner similar to {{wp|Ernst Stavro Blofeld}} from ''{{wp|James Bond}}''. The Klaptrap enjoys using K. Rool's viewscreen in its spare time. Exclusively in the Japanese script, K. Rool also refers to [[Dogadon]] as his cute pet.

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In the initial versions of ''Donkey Kong Country'' as well as its sequels, his voice clips were reused from [[Krusha]] and [[Rambi]] provided by [[Chris Sutherland]].<ref>{{cite|publisher=X|url=x.com/David_Wise/status/1083450138608193536|title=That would be the Multi-talented Chris Sutherland @PlaytonicGames @YookaLayleeHub|date=January 10, 2019|accessdate=June 5, 2024|language=en}}</ref> In the ''Donkey Kong Country'' animated series, King K. Rool was voiced by [[Ben Campbell]], while in the Japanese dub of the television series he was voiced by Jūrōta Kosugi.

In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', King K. Rool possesses an ominous and low [[Wikipedia:Darth Vader|Darth Vader-like]] voice provided by Chris Sutherland again, complete with loud, emphasized breathing similar to Vader's. This was also done in ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2001)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]''. K. Rool's evil laughter is a pitched-down stock sound effect from the Cartoon Trax Volume 1 sound effects library by The Hollywood Edge and has also been used by [[Rare Ltd.]] in other ''Donkey Kong'' games. In his boxing guise, K. Rool adopts a more showy and boisterous tone of voice. Many of these voice clips are re-used by [[Krusha]] in the game's multiplayer mode. According to Gregg Mayles, this change in persona to a boastful prize fighter was intentionally done because he felt it would lead to a more fun boss fight than one with K. Rool's {{wp|Ernst Stavro Blofeld}}-inspired alter ego.<ref>{{cite|author=Mayles, Gregg|date=November 23, 2019|url=www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/feature_donkey_kong_64_devs_on_bugs_boxing_and_20_years_of_the_dk_rap|quote=The boxing theme certainly wasn’t planned until the very end. In fact, K.Rool is wearing a crown in the opening story and acts more like Blofeld from the James Bond movies. I didn’t think fighting K.Rool as Blofeld would be much fun, hence him changing his persona to a champion boxer at the end.|publisher=Nintendo Life|title=Feature: Donkey Kong 64 Devs On Bugs, Boxing And 20 Years Of The DK Rap|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}</ref>

*"''My loyal reptilian subjects. This marks a glorious day history for all Kritters.''" - "[[Bad Hair Day]]"

*"''Because it wouldn't be a '''surprise''', you '''numbskull'''! Now, We'll make them think we are participating in the ceasefire, but instead, we are going to be sneaky! Clever.''" - "[[Kong for a Day]]"

*"''All right, lizards! '''Today''' is the day! '''Today''', we will take over Kongo Bongo! At this very moment, Krusha has '''bravely''' infiltrated Cranky's cabin under the '''guise''' of getting a '''medical exam'''! He will '''seize''' the Crystal Coconut! Once that beautiful orb is in my possession, Kongo Bongo, will '''fall at my feet! MEHAHAAA!''' Hahahahahahaaaa....''" - "[[From Zero to Hero]]"

*"''Klump, didn't I say no '''news''', no '''calls''', and no '''tyranny''' until tomorrow? It's a '''bad villain day!'''''" - "[[Legend of the Crystal Coconut]]"

*"''SHUUUUT UP! Don't you morons even realize? I'll be King K. Fool to future generations thanks to Cranky and that film! It's an outrage, a catastrophe. BLOW THAT SPACESHIP UP!''" - "[[To the Moon Baboon]]"

*"''You think this has been fun? Oh, let me explain it so that even your underdeveloped cranium can understand. I'm just pretending to be buddies so I can get back at that loser Cranky and claim my prize. Now LET ME GO!''" - "[[Best of Enemies]]"

==List of appearances==

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