Queen of the Apes

Captain N episode
"Queen of the Apes"
Season	2
Episode	2
Airdate	September 22, 1990
Writer(s)	Sean Roche & David Ehrman
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"Queen of the Apes" is the second episode of the second season of Captain N: The Game Master.

Plot sypnosis

Donkey Kong at the village's gate

In the world of Kongoland, a race of blue-skinned humanoids is rolling the red carpet for Princess Lana. A jealous Mother Brain watch the event from her HQ and asks her magic mirror who's the baddest brain of them all. The mirror responds that however how bad she is, nobody will care as long as she doesn't have a body to go with her brain. Hearing Mother Brain's frustrated cries for a body, Dr. Wiley comes in and present his new invention, the Brain Swapper. Satisfied when Wiley demos it by exchanging King Hippo's and Eggplant Wizard's brain, Mother Brain selects Princess Lana as her new body and heads off to Kongoland.

At the village, the N-Gang hears Donkey Kong's footsteps and get ready to fight. The blue humanoid's leader Prince Plenty explains that his civilization lives in harmony with nature, including Donkey Kong. He then shows that his people have engineered a conveyor belt-system to pacify Donkey Kong by feeding him with fruits beyond the village's walls. However, when a monkey grabs a banana from one of the carts and accidentally pulls the lever controlling the system, the conveyor belt goes into overdrive and throws fruits in Donkey Kong's face. Furious, Donkey Kong rampages and the N-Gang use their powers to protect the villagers. Donkey Kong catch Game Boy and heads off into the jungle, forcing the N-Gang to go after him.

While riding a raft on the river of Kongoland, Mother Brain (wearing the Brain Swapper on her dome) is caught by Donkey Kong. The commotion activates the tendrils of the Brain Swapper, who attach to Donkey Kong and Game Boy. King Hippo tries to ward off Donkey Kong by throwing a coconut at him, but the coconut instead land on the Brain Swapper and activates it, exchanging everyone's brain. Mother Brain's mind goes in Donkey Kong's body, Donkey Kong's in Game Boy's, and Game Boy's in Mother Brain's. In her new body, Mother Brain grabs her two henchmen and finds she actually likes being Donkey Kong, finding his body the perfect tool to conquer Videoland.

Riding plant-based jetskis, the N-Gang agrees on a plan where Princess Lana goes to stall Mother Brain, Kevin and Simon Belmont go after Game Boy's body, and Kid Icarus and Mega Man go after Game Boy in Mother Brain's body.

Lana heads back to the village and finds Prince Plenty, who says Donkey Kong has been clamoring to pay him tributes. Lana explains they're not dealing with Donkey Kong but "Mother Kong". She goes to Mother Kong and feigns to beg for mercy, pretending to surrender.

While riding the overhead currents of Kongoland, Simon Belmont tries to fish for Game Boy's body, but instead gets attacked by a school of Snapjaws. The attack drives them underwater and Kevin activates a button on his controller belt to summon an underwater current and escape the Snapjaws. The current brings them somewhere in the jungle, and Kevin express his hope Kid Icarus and Mega Man are more successful.

Kid Icarus and Mega Man find Game Boy in Mother Brain's body dangling from a cliff, and with some difficulties, manage to rescue him.

Simmon Belmont unwittingly becomes leader of the apes

Kevin and Simon find Donkey Kong's in Game Boy body surrounded by a tribe of gorillas. Simon tries to intimidate the gorilla tribe by insulting them and beating his chest, but easily gets overpowered by the top gorilla. Simon then revise his tactics by using his whip to defeat the gorilla and grabbing Game Boy, but this display of strength makes the other gorillas choose him as their new leader. Uneager to become king of the apes, Simon runs away screaming and Kevin freezes the pursuing gorillas with the freeze ray of his zapper - but he notes that in this heat, it won't last long.

At Mother Kong's base, Eggplant Wizard and King Hippo are disturbed by Mother Kong's tacky new getup. Mother Kong notices the N-Gang ferrying her former body on the mine cart tracks and realizes the trickery. She orders her minions to throw barrels at the invaders, but they easily destroy and dodge them with their powers. Mother Kong then unrolls the mine cart track, throwing the Mother Brain body up and into Mother Kong's hand. While the N-Gang tries to deal with her, Donkey Kong distracts Mother Brain by climbing up to her body and activates the tendrils of the Brain Swapper. Lana uses the distraction to escape from Mother Kong's clutches and Donkey Kong activates the Brain Swapper, returning everyone to their original bodies.

Mother Brain, now back to her normal self, falls onto the mine cart tracks and gets flung off in the distance. Her minions go after her. Relieved, Simon admires himself in the mirrors, but soon sees the gorilla tribe has caught up to him and they grab him. Princess Lana asks Kevin if the gorillas are going to hurt Simon, to which he respond the worst they can do is "drive him bananas".

Characters

• Kevin Keene
• Duke
• Princess Lana
• Simon Belmont
• Kid Icarus
• Mega Man
• Game Boy
• Mother Brain
• King Hippo
• Eggplant Wizard
• Dr. Wiley
• Donkey Kong
• Prince Plenty
• Kongoland child
• Juggling monkey
• Snapjaws
• Monkey tribe

Quotes

• Why do I find suddenly myself craving for a banana split? - Mother Brain

Notes

• Mother Brain and her minion using barrels to fend off the N-Gang appears to be a reference to the original Donkey Kong.
• Coincidentally, the episodes features several concepts that would later be introduced to the Donkey Kong series with Donkey Kong Country.
  • The end of the episode shows characters riding Mine Carts in Kongoland.
  • The Snapjaws in the episode resemble the future Donkey Kong Country 2 enemy more than they do the Donkey Kong Jr. one, being hungry piranhas with a large overbite.
  • Kongoland is shown to have a tribe of clothed gorillas, before Donkey Kong Country introduced Kong characters beside Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr..