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'''''A Thin Line Between Love and Ape''''' is the 26th episode of ''[[Donkey Kong Country TV series|Donkey Kong Country]]'' TV series, and it aired on December 20, 1998.
{{DKC TV episode infobox
|image=[[File:LoveAndApe.PNG|200px]]
|season=2
|episode=13
|airdate={{flag list|France|February 26, 1997|USA|December 20, 1998}}
|writer=[[Ian James Corlett]]
|song="[[List of Donkey Kong Country (television series) songs#Being Together Forever|Being Together Forever]]"<br>"[[List of Donkey Kong Country (television series) songs#I've Got It All!|I've Got It All!]]"
|reference="A thin line between love and hate"
|before=[[To the Moon Baboon|<<]]
|after=[[Hooray for Holly-Kongo Bongo|>>]]
}}
"'''A Thin Line Between Love & Ape'''" is the twenty-sixth episode of the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' television series]] and the thirteenth and final episode of season two. It was the twenty-fourth episode to air in North America. The title is a pun on the phrase "a thin line between love and hate."


==Plot Synopsis==
==Plot synopsis==
Bluster wants to get [[Candy]] enamored by him. Knowing this will not happen, he decides to go ask the [[Crystal Coconut]] what he can do to make it happen. He goes over to [[Cranky]] and tells him that [[DK]] and [[Candy]] are picnicking in the Orchid Fields, which are very poisonous during the time of year the episode took place. Cranky runs off to go rescue them, leaving Bluster to guard the Coconut. While he is gone, Bluster asks the Coconut how to make Candy love him. The Coconut gives him the ingredients for a love potion. Meanwhile, Cranky, while running frantically to rescue DK and Candy, notices shortly before arriving at his intended area that Donkey Kong, Candy, and [[Diddy]] are not there. They knew about it being to dangerous to go there that time of year.  Figuring Bluster must be up to something, they dash back to the [[Treehouse]], only to discover Bluster is still there, guarding the Coconut.
The episode starts out with [[Candy Kong]] and [[Bluster Kong]] flying over the [[Gorilla Glacier|White Mountains]] in the Barrel Copter, lost because Bluster is flirting with Candy, distracting her. She becomes irritated and reminds him that she is already [[Donkey Kong]]'s girlfriend and Kongo Bongo's future queen. Bluster gets annoyed and wants to know why Candy is so infatuated with DK. This nearly causes them to crash into the mountains, but Bluster manages to steer them away and get them back to the Barrel Factory.


After being interrogated by Cranky, Bluster insists he thought the Orchid Fields is where they said they were going.  He storms off. He then begins to make a love potion from the ingredients that were given to him by the Coconut. As this is going on, [[King K. Rool]] barges in with [[Krusha]] and [[Klump]]. After Bluster tells him his intentions, K. Rool steals the potion spray and has Krusha trap Bluster in a [[barrel]]. K. Rool initially tests the potion on Klump, who falls head over heals in love with his boss. K. Rool answers by having Krusha send him flying.  Following these events, K. Rool notices Candy happening by and sprays her in the face with the potion. She falls right into his arms, madly in love with the scaly, [[Kremling]] King.  He invites her to his lair. He then asks Candy for a little favor, to apprehend the Crystal Coconut for him. He then asks her approximately how long said mission would take her. She tells him, "Before your heart breaks for me." He then asks her to be more specific, so she tells him around 22 minutes.  Knowing the potion only lasts indefinitely, he ponders how long it lasted on Klump. He then comes to the conclusion that he will have just the right amount of time.
DK then shows up with [[Diddy Kong]], gloating about another victory against [[King K. Rool]], and invites Candy out on a picnic with them, to which she accepts. Bluster, who becomes annoyed once Candy leaves with them, knows that although the [[Crystal Coconut]] made Donkey Kong the future king of the island, it never said that Candy would be the island's queen, but is frustrated knowing that his chances with her are unlikely. He then decides to go ask the Crystal Coconut what he can do to make it happen.


Meanwhile, back at the Treehouse, although it superficially seems Bluster did nothing at the Treehouse, Cranky, Donkey Kong, and Diddy are still wondering what he was up to. They decide to ask the Coconut if he asked it for anything.  The Coconut reveals that it gave him the ingredients for the love potion.  Donkey immediately puts 2 and 2 together, and busts through the door, sprinting frantically yelling, "Blusteeer!" Now, with DK out momentarily out of the picture, Candy walks into the Treehouse. She tells Cranky that she was never in love with Bluster... She's in love with King K. Rool!  As Cranky is bending down over his chest, she pushes him in, and then locks him in.  Cranky screams, "Hey!  Whadda ya doing?"  No sooner than did he realize what was going on than did was she off with the coconut.
Bluster then goes over to [[Cranky Kong]] and tells him that Donkey Kong and Candy Kong are picnicking in [[List of implied locations#Orchid Valley|Orchid Valley]], which is very poisonous during that time of year. Cranky runs off to rescue them, leaving Bluster to guard the coconut. With Cranky gone, Bluster asks the coconut how to make Candy fall in love with him. The coconut gives him the ingredients for a love potion.


Meanwhie, DK barges in on Bluster, who is still trapped inside a barrel.  He tells DK that he had done nothing to Candy, but had heard K. Rool mention her.  DK makes haste to K. Rool's lair, leaving Bluster still trapped (although he does escape by rolling the table and the barrel breaking, but with a bad headache).  Candy had by this time reached K. Rool and given him the Coconut.  K. Rool considered it his finest hour, to finally, at long last, have the Crystal Coconut.  But no sooner does Candy hand it to him than does DK barge in.  He demands K. Rool hand over the Coconut, only to be sprayed in the face by the potion.  DK is now madly in love with King K. Rool!  Now, K. Rool has everything: The Coconut, and DK as his minion.  However, Cranky and Diddy are on their way to attempt to right what has been wronged.  Cranky says that a second dose will cause extreme hatred, and that there is a thin line between love and hate.  Candy's spell wears off, so she attempts to attack K. Rool, so he responds by spraying her again.  Her eyes get red, and she attacks him in a fit of rage. Chaos ensues, with all the caracters in the lair ready to kill one another or love one another.  Eventually, the spray bottle becomes empty, and it winds up K. Rool and Krusha have hateful rage at their King, who they then chase to goodness only knows where.  But the trouble is not over yet; Bluster has a fresh batch.  Candy knocks him out, and the barrel of the fresh love potion brew crashes atop his head, and Bluster falls in love with himself.  The Coconut is now safe, and Bluster is making love to himself in mirrors, and DK and his friends have a good laugh about it.
Meanwhile, Cranky, while running frantically to rescue DK and Candy, notices shortly before arriving that Donkey Kong, Candy, and Diddy Kong are not there, as they already knew about it being dangerous to go there at that time of year. Figuring Bluster must be up to something, they dash back to [[Cranky's Cabin]], only to discover Bluster is still there, guarding the coconut.


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After being interrogated by Cranky, Bluster insists he thought Orchid Valley is where they said they were going and storms off. He then begins to make a love potion from the ingredients that were given to him by the coconut. Meanwhile, King K. Rool barges in with [[Krusha]] and [[General Klump]]. After Bluster tells him his intentions, K. Rool steals the potion spray and has Krusha trap Bluster in a [[barrel]]. K. Rool initially tests the potion on Klump, who falls deeply in love with him. K. Rool answers by having Krusha send him flying. Following these events, K. Rool notices Candy nearby and sprays her in the face with the potion. She falls right into his arms, madly in love with him. He then invites her to dinner at his lair.
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Meanwhile, back at the Treehouse, although it seems Bluster did nothing, Cranky, DK, and Diddy are still wondering what he was up to. They decide to ask the coconut if he asked it for anything. The coconut reveals that it gave him the ingredients for the love potion. Donkey Kong immediately realizes what is happening, and bursts through the door, sprinting frantically while yelling, "Bluster!"
 
At King K. Rool's lair, General Klump returns, with the potion's effects having worn off on him. Knowing he only has a small period of time, K. Rool asks Candy for a little favor, to apprehend the Crystal Coconut for him. He then asks her approximately how long said mission would take her. She responds, "before your heart breaks for me." He then asks her to be more specific, so she tells him around 22 minutes. Knowing the effects of the potion are only temporary, he ponders how long it lasted on Klump. He comes to the conclusion that he will have just the right amount of time.
 
Meanwhile, Donkey Kong barges in on Bluster, who is still trapped in a barrel. DK snaps at Bluster and confronts him about trying to take Candy from him, which he denies. When DK asks what he did to Candy he claims he did nothing but had heard King K. Rool mention her. Worried that she was taken by K. Rool, DK dashes to K. Rool's lair, leaving Bluster still trapped. Diddy appears from the factory and follows DK. DK tells him to go to Cranky and tell him what happened while he goes to rescue Candy. Bluster, now out of the barrel, declares that he will be the one to save her, and with the help of his love potion, he states, "I'll finally get the girl!"
 
At Cranky's house, Candy enters in as Cranky is digging around in his chest. Oblivious that she is under the love potion's spell, he tells her what Bluster was up to and about the potion. Candy giggles, telling him that she is in love with King K. Rool, not Bluster. She then pushes him into the chest while he is bending over, and locks him inside. Cranky shouts, "Hey! Whadda ya doing?" shortly before he realizes what is going on as Candy goes off with the coconut, just as Diddy arrives.
 
By this time, Candy has reached King K. Rool and given him the coconut. K. Rool considers it his finest hour to finally have the Crystal Coconut. Shortly after Candy hands it to him, [[Donkey Kong]] bursts in. He demands K. Rool hand over the coconut, only to be sprayed in the face by the potion, causing him to fall in love with the king.
 
A while later, Candy's spell wears off, and she attempts to attack King K. Rool, who responds by spraying her with the potion again. Much to his surprise, rather than Candy falling in love with him again, her eyes get red, and she attacks him in a fit of rage. As Diddy and Cranky arrive at the lair, Cranky finishes explaining that the second dose causes a complete turnaround, causing the person who was sprayed to completely hate whoever sprayed the potion, the reason being that "there is only a thin line between love and hate". K. Rool sprays Candy a third time and she falls in love with him again, but Klump is also affected by the potion, making him hate King K. Rool. Chaos ensues, with everyone either in love with one another or hating one another.
 
Eventually, the spray bottle becomes empty, and it winds up Klump and Krusha have hateful rage at their king, who they chase. Bluster then shows up with a fresh batch of the potion and says to Donkey Kong as he runs out of K. Rool's lair, "I'll get Candy yet, Donkey Kong!". Candy then knocks Bluster out with a barrel, and the fresh love potion brew lands on his head. Bluster, looking straight at a nearby mirror, falls in love with his reflection. The coconut is now safe, and Bluster parades himself in front of mirrors, with Donkey Kong and his friends having a good laugh about it.
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=危険なほれ薬
|JapR=Kikenna Hore-Yaku
|JapM=A Dangerous Love Drug
|JapC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6IfJT3ERg&list=PLwpK-VGAzSVTnsnNpKTQocWTEjk8CxbQW&index=26 ドンキーコング 26 - 危険なほれ薬 [最高品質]]</ref>
|Fre=Entre l'amour et la haine
|FreM=Between love and hate
|FreC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKbHCKmNKUU&list=PLwpK-VGAzSVQlJMj4_N0XWcEAUuWGknyb&index=26 Donkey Kong Country Français S1E26 - Entre L'amour Et La Haine [Écran large HD]]</ref>
|Spa=Una poción de amor especial
|SpaM=A special love potion
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7sXglaEPJc&list=PLwpK-VGAzSVQTFVLMJDiinHrkGytMXjc0&index=26 El país de Donkey Kong S1E26 - Una Pasion De Amor Especial [HD de pantalla panorámica]]</ref>
}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Country episodes]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country episodes featuring Donkey Kong]]
[[Category:Episodes featuring Candy Kong]]

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Donkey Kong Country episode
"A Thin Line Between Love & Ape"
Title card of A Thin Line Between Love and Ape
Season 2
Episode 13
Airdate France February 26, 1997[?]
USA December 20, 1998[?]
Writer(s) Ian James Corlett
Song(s) "Being Together Forever"
"I've Got It All!"
Title reference "A thin line between love and hate"
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"A Thin Line Between Love & Ape" is the twenty-sixth episode of the Donkey Kong Country television series and the thirteenth and final episode of season two. It was the twenty-fourth episode to air in North America. The title is a pun on the phrase "a thin line between love and hate."

Plot synopsis[edit]

The episode starts out with Candy Kong and Bluster Kong flying over the White Mountains in the Barrel Copter, lost because Bluster is flirting with Candy, distracting her. She becomes irritated and reminds him that she is already Donkey Kong's girlfriend and Kongo Bongo's future queen. Bluster gets annoyed and wants to know why Candy is so infatuated with DK. This nearly causes them to crash into the mountains, but Bluster manages to steer them away and get them back to the Barrel Factory.

DK then shows up with Diddy Kong, gloating about another victory against King K. Rool, and invites Candy out on a picnic with them, to which she accepts. Bluster, who becomes annoyed once Candy leaves with them, knows that although the Crystal Coconut made Donkey Kong the future king of the island, it never said that Candy would be the island's queen, but is frustrated knowing that his chances with her are unlikely. He then decides to go ask the Crystal Coconut what he can do to make it happen.

Bluster then goes over to Cranky Kong and tells him that Donkey Kong and Candy Kong are picnicking in Orchid Valley, which is very poisonous during that time of year. Cranky runs off to rescue them, leaving Bluster to guard the coconut. With Cranky gone, Bluster asks the coconut how to make Candy fall in love with him. The coconut gives him the ingredients for a love potion.

Meanwhile, Cranky, while running frantically to rescue DK and Candy, notices shortly before arriving that Donkey Kong, Candy, and Diddy Kong are not there, as they already knew about it being dangerous to go there at that time of year. Figuring Bluster must be up to something, they dash back to Cranky's Cabin, only to discover Bluster is still there, guarding the coconut.

After being interrogated by Cranky, Bluster insists he thought Orchid Valley is where they said they were going and storms off. He then begins to make a love potion from the ingredients that were given to him by the coconut. Meanwhile, King K. Rool barges in with Krusha and General Klump. After Bluster tells him his intentions, K. Rool steals the potion spray and has Krusha trap Bluster in a barrel. K. Rool initially tests the potion on Klump, who falls deeply in love with him. K. Rool answers by having Krusha send him flying. Following these events, K. Rool notices Candy nearby and sprays her in the face with the potion. She falls right into his arms, madly in love with him. He then invites her to dinner at his lair.

Meanwhile, back at the Treehouse, although it seems Bluster did nothing, Cranky, DK, and Diddy are still wondering what he was up to. They decide to ask the coconut if he asked it for anything. The coconut reveals that it gave him the ingredients for the love potion. Donkey Kong immediately realizes what is happening, and bursts through the door, sprinting frantically while yelling, "Bluster!"

At King K. Rool's lair, General Klump returns, with the potion's effects having worn off on him. Knowing he only has a small period of time, K. Rool asks Candy for a little favor, to apprehend the Crystal Coconut for him. He then asks her approximately how long said mission would take her. She responds, "before your heart breaks for me." He then asks her to be more specific, so she tells him around 22 minutes. Knowing the effects of the potion are only temporary, he ponders how long it lasted on Klump. He comes to the conclusion that he will have just the right amount of time.

Meanwhile, Donkey Kong barges in on Bluster, who is still trapped in a barrel. DK snaps at Bluster and confronts him about trying to take Candy from him, which he denies. When DK asks what he did to Candy he claims he did nothing but had heard King K. Rool mention her. Worried that she was taken by K. Rool, DK dashes to K. Rool's lair, leaving Bluster still trapped. Diddy appears from the factory and follows DK. DK tells him to go to Cranky and tell him what happened while he goes to rescue Candy. Bluster, now out of the barrel, declares that he will be the one to save her, and with the help of his love potion, he states, "I'll finally get the girl!"

At Cranky's house, Candy enters in as Cranky is digging around in his chest. Oblivious that she is under the love potion's spell, he tells her what Bluster was up to and about the potion. Candy giggles, telling him that she is in love with King K. Rool, not Bluster. She then pushes him into the chest while he is bending over, and locks him inside. Cranky shouts, "Hey! Whadda ya doing?" shortly before he realizes what is going on as Candy goes off with the coconut, just as Diddy arrives.

By this time, Candy has reached King K. Rool and given him the coconut. K. Rool considers it his finest hour to finally have the Crystal Coconut. Shortly after Candy hands it to him, Donkey Kong bursts in. He demands K. Rool hand over the coconut, only to be sprayed in the face by the potion, causing him to fall in love with the king.

A while later, Candy's spell wears off, and she attempts to attack King K. Rool, who responds by spraying her with the potion again. Much to his surprise, rather than Candy falling in love with him again, her eyes get red, and she attacks him in a fit of rage. As Diddy and Cranky arrive at the lair, Cranky finishes explaining that the second dose causes a complete turnaround, causing the person who was sprayed to completely hate whoever sprayed the potion, the reason being that "there is only a thin line between love and hate". K. Rool sprays Candy a third time and she falls in love with him again, but Klump is also affected by the potion, making him hate King K. Rool. Chaos ensues, with everyone either in love with one another or hating one another.

Eventually, the spray bottle becomes empty, and it winds up Klump and Krusha have hateful rage at their king, who they chase. Bluster then shows up with a fresh batch of the potion and says to Donkey Kong as he runs out of K. Rool's lair, "I'll get Candy yet, Donkey Kong!". Candy then knocks Bluster out with a barrel, and the fresh love potion brew lands on his head. Bluster, looking straight at a nearby mirror, falls in love with his reflection. The coconut is now safe, and Bluster parades himself in front of mirrors, with Donkey Kong and his friends having a good laugh about it.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 危険なほれ薬[1]
Kikenna Hore-Yaku
A Dangerous Love Drug
French Entre l'amour et la haine[2] Between love and hate
Spanish Una poción de amor especial[3] A special love potion

References[edit]