The Kong Family Tree - A Danger To The Space-Time Continuum

[@VoltShatter]

Hypothetical solution to the age issue: It only takes gorillas 12 years to reach adulthood in real life and they only live to be around 40. I could reasonably believe a young Mario having his adventure with Cranky who's already about 40, then DK Jr who could already be 6 years old grows up and has his own child 6 years later, and then modern Donkey Kong grows up to age 12 to be fully grown. This would leave Mario at around 40 years old if he was 21 during the events of Donkey Kong, which is still a little older than you'd expect, but isn't completely unreasonable.

[@legoboy7107]

Mario is canonically in his mid-twenties throughout the games though. Maybe he just has "mascot syndrome" or something where he just stops aging once he reaches adulthood and is just perpetually in his mid-twenties for the rest of time, much like, idk, Sonic being a mid-teenager perpetually or something lol.

[@lasercraft32]

@@legoboy7107 Yeah Mario has been in his mid-twenties since 1981 lol

[@mrfox9090]

I think probably we shouldn't really trust much on that, because they most likely don't fit into the Mario universe, idk that's my opinion 🤷‍♂

[@mrfox9090]

@@legoboy7107 I don't think more than 30 years have passed from the first game to the last

[@thebigheartyradish]

@@legoboy7107 i play into the Jumpman theory, where Cranky Kong fought Mario's father.

[@rieblox11]

Since Diddy is a monkey and not an ape, I like to believe that Diddy Kong was adopted in by some unknown kong

[@incognitoman3656]

Like Frodo

[@whyrwehere]

I think he was a mix between some monkey and a Kong

[@mightyraccoon7155]

@@whyrwehere He’s a Chimpkey. Half Chimp half Spider Monkey. He’s likely an adoptive nephew.

[@Eevee860]

It's fiction, his dad was an app and his mom was a monkey or something

[@KairanFarr]

I would say Diddy is half monkey half ape, he just took on his mother's side since I'm pretty sure DK doesn't have a sister. Funky has something similar to Diddy as well, Funky says he's a monkey but he lost his tail. Baby DK also has a tail as a baby. My explanation is that Funky is half monkey half ape, since Baby DK has a tail and they lose their tails in accidents or when they each a certain age.

[@sterlingdragon123]

My unifying Marioverse theory explains the Kong age discrepancy well, I think. See, as far back as Super Mario Bros, Extra Lives have been a real tangible resource in the Mario world. You can get one for 100 coins and find them growing in the world as mushrooms, and even farm them by jumping on Koopas on staircases. As such, the Mario characters who are possessed of great wealth - such as adventurers like Wario and Mario who go about collecting coin, and royals like Peach and Bowser who have the resources to fund armies - are functionally immortal and unaging due to the effects of the 1-Up Mushrooms. In fact, most citizens of the Mario world likely have one or two extra lives, but only the most powerful people have a near limitless supply. Strangeness surrounding these would also explain the presence of alternate incarnations of characters, like Dr. Mario and Dry Bowser, as being a discarded version of themselves that didn't quite die before the 1-up replaced them. And this clears up the Kong family tree discrepancy as well. We know that Cranky Kong, the original Donkey Kong, was Mario's pet gorilla, and that he was held captive by Mario during the events of Donkey Kong Jr. At this time, neither Mario nor Donkey Kong had access to in-universe extra lives, but after Mario was sucked down the warp pipe into the Mushroom Kingdom he quickly became near-immortal. Meanwhile, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. had escaped captivity and fled to the jungle, but without access to 1-ups, they aged as normal. It was Donkey Kong Jr's son, DK III, whose adventure across DK Island to recover the Banana Hoard, led him to the collection of 1-Up Balloons (which may be a type of inflated fungal sac with a dangling thread of mycelium, related to the 1-Up Mushrooms). From then on, the Kong family has also had enough 1-Ups to stay alive indefinitely, which is why Cranky Kong is able to still be around despite his old age. (Wrinkly only died because, as a woman of faith, she believed it necessary and just, and chose to relinquish her 1-Ups to the rest of the Kong family.)

[@backseatsakurai]

Lol. I love this so much. The flipside of the immortality stuff would be Dry Bowser / Dry Bones / Koopa involvement with necromancy in general via Kamek magic.

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

​@@backseatsakurai 1. Fedora Kong could actually be an older Donkey Kong Jr. since he was meant to appear in Donkey Kong Land for the Game Boy, specifically in Big Ape City, which was supposed to be full of references to the Arcade games. 2. Kamek's magic would actually be the only real explanation for the existence of Dry Bones and Dry Bowser.

[@incognitoman3656]

@@backseatsakurai There could also be some members named DK Kong where DK stands for Donkey(smthn) Kong or inversely, DK jr and DK II. There could be as many identical DK monkeys as we want, and anyone can be anywhere!

[@AquaDoesStuff_]

I'd honestly be interested in hearing what else your unifying Marioverse theory has this is really interesting lol

[@brawlfan]

I guess this could explain Tiny Kong aging despite none of the other Kongs aging since DK64

[@arcuscotangens]

It would be deliciously dark if Swanky actually was Diddy's lost dad. There is the abandoned son, finally finding his long-lost dad, and that very dad doesn't even acknowledge him, only wanting to play some weird game show he dreamt up, presumably in a drunken stupor.

[@numa2k147]

The DK family has to take accountability for their children 💀

[@SteveNathn]

There’s a racist joke I could make here…

[@Markt.400]

They better call kong protective service's

[@fawfulmark2]

And this is why with the Movie they took a more streamlined approach to the family tree: in that they just made DK into Cranky's son, and if the events of the DK Arcade title happened it's implied Cranky would have taken on Guiseppe instead of Mario.

[@slappybio1686]

i could see Donkey Junior being Modern DK due to super Mario Kart

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

MatPat suggested that maybe Jumpman is actually Mario’s father. I know he makes a lot of blunders, but this idea in particular is worth keeping in the back pocket imo.

[@dario9074]

Miyamoto confirmed that it’s been the same Mario since Donkey Kong

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

Well, I tried. And it was a good idea.

[@TheLuigiBrother77]

He's clearly also dr.mario

[@Joseph_Drew_III]

@@prageruwu69 Gonna need a source for that first part

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@prageruwu69 the woman in the dk game isn’t Pauline that was a mistranslation Pauline became her own character later on The woman in the dk game her name is lady and she’s gotten her own smash trophy where she’s labeled as lady So ya that’s not Pauline

[@kingofslimes233]

I’d also say that Swanky is a sibling of Donkey III, but I think Swanky fell out of the family before both Donkey III and Funky where born. He led his life on the run, and Diddy Kong was the result of a fling, so he never actually knew his family, besides Wrinkly and Cranky. This results in Cranky finding Diddy, and through some old man wisdom realizes that Diddy is a kong, and invites him into the family.

[@vince11harris]

That sounds like a lifetime movie 😂

[@KairanFarr]

I'm pretty sure Diddy's dad is the oldest child of DK Jr and I calculated that if Swanky is Diddy's dad, Swanky would be around 9 years older than DK

[@JUMBAGUAP]

I died when he said kiddy kong was neglected and his dad is a deadbeat 😂

[@Savannah_Simpson]

I saw a video where someone speculated that the Baby DK in Yoshi Island is a baby Cranky Kong, which is why he’s a baby at the came time as Mario.

[@luckysix1015]

Alternative idea, Donkey Kong III is the baby DK from Yoshi’s island DS. A big part of Yoshi’s Island DS is that all the main baby characters have Star power in them, so wouldn’t make sense for that baby DK to grow up to punch the moon out of orbit. Making Cranky Kong, significantly older then Mario and co. cranky could’ve been in the twilight of his youth in his arcade appearances. For conspiratorial evidence in DK64 Cranky is a mad scientist that can create potions that allow Kings to preform special moves. Why did he learn that? He rags about any basic quality of life game feature. My theory is that he studied the art of potion making So that he could stay physically fit for as long as possible but in the end it was never enough to beat the Star powered Mario and he became the Cranky Kong we all know today. How Donkey Kong Junior fits into all of this? I don’t really know, maybe he just never grew out of wearing that outfit, or between all the magic and science in the Mario world he got stuck as a child, or he was retconned out of existence, who’s to say. But yeah, this was a really fun video, and I hope to see the Mario universe one get uploaded some day. Thanks for reading have a nice day.

[@deadheat1635]

And now the Mario Movie suggests that DKJr. and DKIII are the same -person- Kong.

[@Kyleeeeeeeee]

In the Dk Jr. Saturday supercade cartoons, Donkey Kong Jr has an uncle called ‘uncle Julius’, who would be Cranky Kong or Wrinkly Kong’s brother

[@sonicfanboy3375]

I don't know if that show is "canon" to the games especially when it's very different from the modern incarnations of the franchise

[@cosmicXtropics]

I'm pretty sure that Fedora Kong is DKs Dad who used to be Junior, Old DK became Cranky Kong aka current DKs grandpa. Current DK is a matured baby Donkey Kong hence why he is a baby the same time as current day Mario.

[@cosmicXtropics]

Nevermind. Unless it's a different Nintendo universe, the Mario movie confirmed that cranky is DKs Dad. Weird.

[@lookslikenik6931]

@@cosmicXtropicsIt is a different universe so the Mario Movie isn’t canon to the Games.

[@cosmicXtropics]

@@lookslikenik6931 That's also a possibility. From what I've heard I don't think Cranky is called “Dad” in the Japanese dub which is also interesting. May be wrong though it's been months since I did research.

[@paulinetrivago.7540]

Mario lore has changed again, its now confirmed that Jr is modern dk

[@cosmicXtropics]

Then who the hell is baby DK??? 🤯

[@paulinetrivago.7540]

@@cosmicXtropics I think retro actively he's the same character as Jr and modern dk, that's the simplest answer

[@cosmicXtropics]

@@paulinetrivago.7540 Their erasure of Jrs existence really caused a lot of problems

[@MDLuffy1234YT]

So what you're saying is, the SMB Movie just erased DK III from existence and moved the family tree below Jr. up a generation? I honestly will never know why Illumination replaced the word "grandson" with "son".

[@paulinetrivago.7540]

@@MDLuffy1234YT that's my understanding, which honestly makes things simpler

[@denifnaf5874]

What if Donkey Kong junior grew up and became fedora kong?

[@Eris1987]

@Eris1987 That is highly unlikely because, we have already seen what an adult DK Jr. looks like.

[@SodaDungeon]

i love the idea that Lanky is from an outcasted part of the family i feel like that background just fits him. could also give him reasons to be overly funny just a way for him to cope all the negative treatment he could have potentially gotten (maybe im overthinking that but its interesting)

[@_1oofi]

​@dinkleberg2871"Its a fictional organtuan. get a Life." How about you let people do their thing.

[@adora_was_taken]

i mean he's definitely mistreated in the DK rap, you might be on to something

[@MagnificantSasquatch]

Rare kiiiiinda made a mess of things in this regard. The main problem where this all began was making the original Donkey Kong be old because A) they believed Mario was an older man, and B) wanted the "hip young hero on the block" appeal that Sonic had - which worked for the time, but now that this time has passed, it's basically become a detriment. Nintendo clearly understands the best way to handle this, as they've been trying to shift into the mindset that the Donkey Kong Mario knew was always the same DK, but it's the more or less the fandom pushback refusing this on principle rather than any sensible standpoint that's holding it back. The Mario Movie portrayal of his and DK's rivalry is pretty clearly the way they'd like to have it.

[@TheDaphinator]

Much respect to you for doing this deep dive. You are doing a service to DK lovers everywhere with your research. Very well-explained and well-edited. Awesome video; earned yourself a new subscriber.

[@happygol-lucky5938]

My man: I'm late to the party, but Bowser, when taking Baby DK out of time for Yoshi's Island DS, had to get through an Adult DK Jr, meaning that DK Jr. is dead in our main timeline and DK lll is actually just the time displaced version.

[@mrfox9090]

Wow, Mario literally fought 3 generations of Kong and is still in his 20's (And NO, the ape ages faster doesn't work in the Mario universe)

[@zml9592]

Bruhhhh, this is fire. It's so in depth and well explained. Can't wait for the full video!!!

[@andrewmorrill7228]

It would be stylish and make sense that fedora kong would be diddy’s dad. He’d pass down his hat-wearing to his son. Also he’s unnamed like his dad.

[@Goremasterhelsing]

You forgot the guerilla and chained Kong from Mario RPG

[@LostSoulSilver]

So much of this would be so easily fixable if nintendo just stated that apes in the DK series age differently from real life ones

[@KairanFarr]

Or Jumpman isn't Mario, or Modern DK is DK Jr, or Modern DK was always 1981 DK

[@SurlyUJest]

this video is explicit Great Kong War denial and frankly it's disgusting. (cute video! love the family tree)

[@matane2465]

Trixie Kong also appears to Age between DK 64 and later appearances.

[@A13XLaircey]

Who's Trixie Kong?

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

@@A13XLaircey Tiny Kong.

[@K0ombiya]

A danger to the space time KONGtinue-ummmm….

[@thomasdesjardins5057]

Doesnt Tiny Grow up at some point and everyone is surprised? Like she’s the only one actually ageing

[@rubinjaberi5781]

Don't forget to include punchout characters, Stanley the bug man from Donkey kong 3, and Captain Syrup in your map of the Mario universe. I hope you dont miss a single corner. (Also idk how far along you are but you will make your life easier if you look at Mario, Wario, and Donkey kong games mainly).

[@backseatsakurai]

Your head is in the right place, you're gonna really enjoy the vid

[@littleclown9420]

​@@backseatsakurai oh boy

[@lookslikenik6931]

@@backseatsakuraiYou made a really good Video lad ❤😊 hope your already working on the Mario Universe Video because I can’t wait because I love your Videos😁

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

Diddy's relationship with the Kong family seems to vary. In some things he's referred to as a nephew but in others he's a friend. Perhaps he was a friend whose parents died and so he was adopted by the Kong family. For the sake of simplicity rather than explaining all that and possibly bringing up traumatic memories for Diddy, they just call him a nephew if anyone asks. As for Donkey Kong Junior, I have heard a rumour that he was meant to be the Fedora Kong but that idea was scrapped early in development. My own theory is that he's a big sports star in either swimming, wrestling or gymnastics given that he's wearing a leotard or swimsuit type costume, seeing as he's an ape, he would make a good gymnast. So he's busy representing Kong Island at competitions and doesn't have much time to appear in video games or go on adventures anymore like the rest of the family. If he's still active, then he'd be training most of the time. If he's retired, he's probably coaching the next generation and would still not have that much time. I'm sure he does make time for his family. He has been spotted in the audience for some of the Mario sporting games so he's probably there to support his family members who are competing. Maybe if they ever do a Kong Gymnastics video game, he could star in that, but gymnastics is a sport that doesn't really work in video game format. The wrestling possibility though, they could have him in a fighting game. Perhaps he could be a Nintendo exclusive unlockable in the next WWE game. In regards to the aging of Cranky compared to Mario, Gorillas don't tend to live as long as humans. So even if they are the same age, in Gorilla years, Cranky would be much older than Mario. Then again, he was old 30 years ago and is still alive so maybe he's actually immortal but will just continue to age.

[@KairanFarr]

My solution to the time problem (apart from my Jumpman headcanon) is the DK we see on the Mario games is Cranky, while the DK Country games take place around 50 years in the future. Assuming Cranky and Mario are the same age, that would Cranky 75, DK Jr around 50 and also assuming DK III is as old as Cranky was, DK III would be 25. And to clear Diddy and Funky being in Mario Kart and Mario Party, Mario is racing alongside himself as a baby through implied time travel. It's not out of the probability Mario time travelled to the future and invited his frenemy's grandkids to party and race in the past. EDIT: It turns out this is wrong and every Kong is a space time anomaly

[@BenjifocusTV]

You did your homework 👏

[@kurikuraconkuritas]

I like to think that kong is just the species and they are not necesarily related

[@stevensteviepryde5888]

Feels like Miyamoto tries to nix the whole "Cranky is the original Donkey Kong" thing, as multiple later games would address DK III as the original rival to Mario, and also included Baby DK to prove it more. I wish they'd have Jump man be a separate character and I'm surprised Miyamoto doesn't use that idea because saying it's been the same one from the beginning means that Mario being a poacher is still canon.

[@legoboy7107]

Well Donkey Kong Jr. explicitly refers to Mario by name in the game so to retcon Jumpman into being a separate character you'd have to say that DKJR is not the direct sequel to the original DK game anymore and the characters are not the same characters and all that mess, and ignore the literally identical sprites between the two games lol.

[@KairanFarr]

I would like it if Miyamoto came out and said Jumpman is Mario's grandfather and Mario is Mario II

[@KairanFarr]

The simple explanation is that the DK in the Mario games is young Cranky

[@KairanFarr]

​@@legoboy7107people can have the same name

[@legoboy7107]

@@KairanFarr Even with that, DK '94 on the Gameboy still presents the same issue anyway, as in that game it's obviously normal Mario and also Pauline, but yet Donkey Kong Jr.'s also in that game, meaning the DK there must be original DK unless there's TWO DK Jr's which obviously wasn't intended to be the case. So that's a case of current day Mario and Pauline dealing with Original DK and DK Jr. Plus...it's just obvious that the Mario in the original DK and DK Jr. was intended to be the same character as the Mario we have now, it was never supposed to be a different guy, that was clearly never Miyamoto's intention in any of these games. It was just one Mario and that was the whole intent, not to mention Mario Odyssey makes reference to it being the same Mario in the original DK game anyway. The only reason there's even weird contradictions now is because of Rare expanding their own DKC lore and then Nintendo deciding to include some of Rare's characters in the normal Mario spin-off games and brand without giving a crap about consistent chronology, which was done after a lot of these original games were made, that's it. The Mario character was never intended to change to a different person that looks identical and has the same name, there's just this contradiction now because Nintendo decided to make branding decisions without giving a crap about it making any sense.

[@nicoflight3982]

All dk enjoyers need to watch this for the sake of a kong

[@Stathio]

Play DK64 - literally the first time you visit Cranky Kong, he calls the current Donkey Kong his son. (This is the case in the modern Super Mario Bros. movie as well)

[@fanoverdell]

It's actually quite fun to discuss... In the first Donkey Kong game, we see a young Cranky Kong and I guess a young Mario... Then in the series Mario didn't age, and Donkey Kong already has grandchildren... And I have a couple of theories: first, there are different time zones in Mario's world. The presence of magic in the world allows such a theory to be! As we know, Donkey Kong 1 and his family escaped from Brooklyn and are now living... where they live... But what if time goes differently in this place?.. Remember that different worlds have different times... and if it ends: Time Up - minus life. This is a game convention of many super Mario games... The timer after which the life ends. And what if it's something real? What if time really goes differently and at different speeds in different places?

[@Eris1987]

_"As we know, Donkey Kong 1 and his family escaped from Brooklyn and are now living... where they live... "_ He left Big City and traveled the nearby Kong Archipelago to his homeland DK Island. The only off part for your hypothesis is DK III's aging.

[@samotxd]

Just brought to this gem by the algorithm. Marvelous video, keep up the good work!

[@YophiGames]

Twist! Donkey Kong III is the one who kidnapped Pauline in the original game, but Bowser sent him back in time to get rid of him. Then, as he lived and aged, he became Cranky, due to his never getting to live his life out like he wanted. Soon, he ends up becoming his own grandpa!

[@ajr01-x6e]

My theory is that Cranky Kong being the original Donkey Kong is not canon anymore and neither is the existence of Donkey Kong Jr.

[@Eris1987]

Donkey Kong shows up as an adult in Super Mario Kart and Mario's Tennis which are canon games like DKA and DKJ. Cranky being the og DK is referenced as recent as MSSB and SMO.

[@slateoffate9812]

Idea: 1: All the Donkey Kong Country games take place in the somewhat distant future, and Diddy Kong has traveled back in time, so the Donkey Kong we see in Mario Kart and Party is Cranky Kong's younger self. Idea 2: It was retconned. Donkey Kong 3 was the original Donkey Kong (the Mario Vs. DK games are evident enough that if they're the same DK, he hasn't really learned from his mistakes). Donkey Kong Jr. was actually DK's older brother(or parent in a midlife crisis), who later got renamed Funky Kong, and Cranky Kong was in Donkey Kong Jr, which takes place long before Donkey Kong, the antagonist of Jr. not being Mario, but someone else in conveniently similar clothes(Spike, Wario and Waluigi dress similarly after all). So timeline: 1: Donkey Kong Jr.: Cranky Kong gets jailed up by someone who looks similar to Mario(given time travel in the Luigi's Mansion 3DS games, Bowser Jr, perhaps?) and is saved by Baby Funky Kong, at the time known as Donkey Kong Jr. 2: Donkey Kong: Modern DK's debut. 3: Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Clearly, DK has a tendency to repeat his mistakes. As for your Mario Universe project, I was wondering if it was possible to find the in-universe locations of almost every course? I understand Maple Treeway could be in the Golf Leaf Galaxy, but where the heck is Sweet Sweet Canyon!? Is it Sarasaland's CAPITAL!?

[@legoboy7107]

The antagonist of Donkey Kong Junior IS Mario though, that's overt because he's explicitly called Mario by name IN THE GAME, the first time he's ever even called by that name (it wasn't Mario Bros. like some people think). Though I don't blame someone if they didn't know that because those cutscenes where it happens were cut from the NES version for size reasons, and most people probably know the NES version better, but the real arcade version explicitly calls him Mario in-game ("Get key from Mario, save your papa!" for example). Unless we're trying to suggest that this is a second guy who not only looks identical but also happens to be named Mario which...yeah I'm not buying it, it's obviously supposed to be Mario lol.

[@KairanFarr]

I love idea 1, it absolutely makes sense

[@pyragaflare]

Not a bad video. Candy kong isn’t Dixie’s and Tiny’s sister. Though that would be interesting. I heard a theory that fedora Kong could actually be Jr grown up. Apes take less time to reach adult hood compared to humans which would help explain how Mario could interact with both Adult version. Of cranky and DK. Though that being said. I always figured baby donkey song with just a baby cranky.

[@soggy.burrito14]

316 views? Come on now KZbin, people should be able to see this gem

[@crebecca]

"Donkey Kong has an unknown amount of siblings, and at least one of those siblings is the parent of Diddy Kong" That's the scariest 'at least' I've ever heard

[@bokcmeatyvstheworld8273]

Hey man wtf I miss you fool we need you more than ever right now

[@backseatsakurai]

Backseat never dies... not gonna make promises but i always have a few vids churning in the background. Appreciate the support, this made my day

[@bokcmeatyvstheworld8273]

@@backseatsakurai fam once I found your channel I knew then that there is still good content on KZbin. All this other shit is for the birds so Take your time G I'll be patiently waiting.

[@Thrillin_Chillin_Drillin]

Let's just call him Kong

[@trash-lol]

how is this video not called “a danger to the space time kongtinuum”

[@backseatsakurai]

Definitely a missed opportunity

[@trash-lol]

@@backseatsakurai nothing’s stopping you

[@SuperSneedSwag]

Swanky kong is the Drake of The donkey Kong universe. Deadbeat dad gang💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🇧🇷

[@khairyabuelkeerjr]

A video like this or the Mario one once a month would be huge millions

[@thedragonsden2004]

personally I fix the space time continum issues by saying Jump man is mario's dad and the Pauline from the original DK (fun fact the damsel J.M. saves isn't Pauline according to a book that I cannot rember the name of her name is actually lady)

[@legoboy7107]

"Lady" isn't a name, it's just a title, description, or whatever similar to the word "woman" or "princess" or "girl." She was obviously just called "Lady" at the time because she didn't _have_ a real name yet, nothing deep to it.

[@thedragonsden2004]

@@legoboy7107 dawg back off this open hole is how you fix the space time contiuem issue

[@legoboy7107]

@@thedragonsden2004 If you have to resort to trying to claim someone's literal name is "Lady" when she was obviously referred to that way due to not having a real name yet, then that's a very poor thing to rely on and is just ignoring basic things to try to make it work, which only results in losing the basis for anything because it means you can just throw out whatever complicates things. She's obviously intended to be the same character as Pauline, the fact that she didn't originally have a name doesn't change that. Not to mention no, this doesn't fix the space time continuum issue regardless. For one, Jumpman himself IS explicitly shown to be Mario in the very second game, Donkey Kong Junior, where he's called Mario by name in the game itself (first time he ever had that name), and is pretty clearly implied to be the same person in later titles too. And even without that everything else in the Mario franchise afterwards still ends up being a contradictory mess with continuum issues anyway. Ignoring basic language comprehension like how "Lady" isn't a name, just a title to refer to a woman, and was clearly only used because the unnamed lady didn't have a name yet similar to how Mario didn't have his name yet until the sequel, isn't going to fix that.

[@thedragonsden2004]

@@legoboy7107 we don't know, her literal name could be lady

[@KairanFarr]

My headcanon is just like DK, Jumpman is Mario's grandfather

[@kkplushproductions]

The main problem, I would say, would be Donkey Kong Country and Yoshi’s Island’s different origins of Donkey Kong. Mario is a middle-aged man, around 24, and Cranky is stated to be the OG DK (in his younger years). Since IRL gorillas age faster and have a shorter life-span than humans, it would make sense for Mario to look about the same age by the time DK III is an adult. Everything would be all fine and dandy…except…Yoshi’s Island contradicts this. Yoshi’s Island DS introduces the Star Children. Ones that are destined for greatness. This game also shows Baby Mario alongside Baby DK, who is implied to be Donkey Kong III (the dude can punch the Moon out of its orbit, it just makes sense). This would mean that both Cranky and Junior are older than Mario, which doesn’t really feel right. And if you go by IRL gorilla aging, Cranky Kong would be super old by the time of Donkey Kong (1981), if not dead! The Mario vs. Donkey Kong series doesn’t really help much, stating that DK’s “up to his old tricks again,” which implies he’s the original DK. It just wouldn’t make sense as this would be DK III’s first time meeting Pauline. Unless, he’s not even DK III. He could just be DK Jr. all grown up. Ah, yes…the classic debate about whether DK is Junior’s son, or Junior’s adult-self. It seemed that Donkey Kong Country has shown modern DK was Cranky’s grandson, but the Rare devs, Donkey Kong 64, and even The Super Mario Bros. Movie seem to say otherwise. This whole debacle is complicated, kongfusing, mess! There would be three possible ways for this to be fixed. 1) Donkey Kong’s family tree would follow the “grown-up DK Jr.” path, now revived by The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Baby DK is Junior. 2) The Baby DK in Yoshi’s Island would be a young Cranky Kong, and the whole Star Child thing would be a generational situation, and would be passed down from Cranky, to Junior, to DK. 3) One of the theories in this video. Time travel shenanigans lead to Donkey Kong being taken from the past as a baby, and substituted as the son Junior never had, making Cranky Kong and Donkey Kong being the same person biologically. The song “I’m my own grandpa” by Ray Stevens would really fit here.

[@McShmoodle]

Mario being described as "middle-aged" implies he will die of old age at around 50 lol

[@littleredpony6868]

Another possibility for the divergence in the generations between the Kongs and Mario is that Mario and his family travel between different worlds and time goes by at different rates on those worlds. Anyone who is familiar with the Narnia series will be familiar with this sort of idea

[@Daryom]

Surprised you didn't acknowledged things like how DK jr. on his baby state is able to both participate on the first mario kart, and play tennis with his grown up son. that aside, the Kong family tree is so fucked up, absent father and mother figures, criminals, and how the orangutan part of the family tree is implying some kind of deformity/mutation or something that happened to the tree at some point. Wouldn't suprise me if the fact that they are "rednecks" is implying some kind of inbreeding.

[@Galamoth06]

It's not "Donkey Kong 3," he's not a sequel to his father lol. It would be "Donkey Kong the third."

[@SpongeMan020]

AND THEN THERES CHUNKY! he’s dead…

[@howyadoinkid]

Bro the fedora kong lmfaoooo, the lore is massive and that's just within their own family tree. Don't go crazy crafting the universe

[@gpoop23]

I actually love the "Baby D.K. and D.K. III are an alternate timeline Cranky" theory. That's gonna be part of my headcanon now.

[@richardbradford4266]

(I forgot to add this part) uncle Kong might be donkey Kong Jr's brother and dk's uncle, I hate it when some people always get the DK Family Tree wrong.

[@byronsmothers8064]

I've always been led to believe that Fedora Kong is junior when he grew up, do DK II But that's speculative

[@coreofnothing]

Yo I love how your channel deep dives one these topics:D you got a new sub:))

[@TheEbrithil2]

The Yoshis Island thing is a hard nut to crack, but the age difference from Cranky to DK III compared to Mario makes a bit of sense. Human life expectancy is about double that of gorillas.

[@KairanFarr]

And Mario is 25

[@TheEbrithil2]

@@KairanFarr I said a bit, not a lot xD

[@kingadam69]

I don't think it's ever been stated that Candy is related to Tiny and Dixie,but I'm gonna make it a little headcanon of mine now.

[@kkplushproductions]

I’m pretty sure it’s never been stated that Candy is a sister to Dixie (or Tiny for that matter).

[@lookslikenik6931]

It could be that she is also Dixie’s and Tiny‘s Cousin or maybe their half sister which would explain why Tiny has that mutated gene to grown fast and human like proportions because we know that in the Mushroom World Time runs extremely slow compared to the Human World or Earth whatever. Maybe Fedora Kong is shrouded in mystery because he left his original wife or girlfriend from where he gave birth to Candy and with a new Wife/Girlfriend then to Dixie and Tiny who knows.

[@KairanFarr]

Or Candy is Dixie and Tony's aunt

[@Dr_Damon_1111]

Funky has lighter hair so maybe funky is actually the son of pinkly? There's a way that he doesn't have to be donkey Kong's brother but he can still be crankys grand son

[@Grim_slayer21]

uncle kong states in the guidebook he’s not related to the kongs

[@Dr_Damon_1111]

How soon is soon it's been a year!!!

[@Eevee860]

Fedora kong could be adult dk jr

[@Eris1987]

Unlikely, we have already seen what an adult DK Jr. looks like.

[@Enlightenment0172]

Chunky Kong (Deceased)

[@nicoflight3982]

well the young cranky couldve been fighting who we all know jumpman marios father as they say

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

I call it the kong-tinum

[@eggshellfan406]

Since when was Cranky Kong the grandfather of Funky Kong. I was under the impression Funky Kong was a family friend

[@KairanFarr]

I actually thought of a solution to this. Modern DK is DK Jr, but Cranky is so senile he thinks DK is his GRANDSON, instead of his son. This has happened so much, and because DK isn't the brightest, DK has literally forgotten what their relationship was.

[@khairyabuelkeerjr]

Praying u get more subs because I wanna see you do this full time

[@pianomanty]

I subscribe to the idea that Kiddy Kong is actually young Chunky Kong

[@Ringtail]

I still subscribe to Panoots's theory that Fedora Kong is Donkey Kong II hiding from his family after the trauma of the ape war

[@urban_radagast]

I always assumed that Donkey Kong Jr. grew up to be DK, and after watching this, I still see no reason why that couldn't be the case. It could fix the timeline up a bit and make pinkly a contender as one of Diddy's parents.

[@SurlyUJest]

they've confirmed multiple times that Cranky is DK's grandfather, not father

[@1stCallipostle]

​@@SurlyUJestThey've said both over time. Which is why it's a headache and a half.

[@Eris1987]

Various sources have called DK III the grandson of Cranky who is stated to be the original DK as recent as DKCR. Also, DK III never saw Mario were the Classic outfit and seemed to had met him in Mario Vs. Donkey Kong alongside MiniLand Mayhem being where he first met Pauline.

[@luks7069]

still waiting for the Mario video ☝🏼🤓

[@DanteCrowlley]

One day they'll drop a DK anime origins

[@lordpsi99]

I would like to see your Mario follow-up video. I hope your work didn't get lost!

[@Party64DS]

Just subbed, i can't wait for that Super Mario video

[@tigerbear5845]

So, what I basically got out of the end of the video is that Donkey Kong and or Cranky Kong are like Homestuck-style paradox clones. (Either that or, like the top comment said, it's just Gorillas having shorter lifespans.)

[@spatchadams407]

Loved this video.

[@CallMeFreakFujiko]

I'm pretty sure Jumpman was confirmed to be Mario's father, and not Mario himself.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

That was "confirmed" by Game Theory, who pulled it out of their ass because their timeline of events didn't work otherwise

[@reeyees50]

​@@aprinnyonbreak1290in the new movie it is implied

[@legoboy7107]

@@reeyees50 It's really not, that one guy is named Giuseppe and solely exists in the movie as a way to have Charles Martinet's non-Chris Pratt Mario voice from the games cameo in the movie and also be a fun nod to Mario's debut but nothing more. Him literally having Mario's real voice is the critical blow to the idea that he's some major new different character retconning revelation or anything, he's just a cameo role for Martinet's Mario voice at the end of the day. If Martinet WERE voicing Mario in the movie instead of Chris Pratt he probably wouldn't have even existed. Not to mention the movie doesn't even really match up with the games anyway so anything in the movie only means so much.

[@legoboy7107]

No, all you have to look at to decomfirm that is the very next game where "Jumpman" appears, the direct sequel Donkey Kong Jr. There he literally is called Mario in the game, and is obviously the same guy as Jumpman in the first game (even having the exact same sprite not to mention the direct story continuity). Him not being called Mario yet in the original was solely due to him not having a real name yet, but he already got his real name Mario by the very next game. And there's way more besides that, but that's the earliest evidence that Jumpman IS in fact Mario, later games would have even more.

[@samuelkernohan267]

This video needs to be sent directly to the Nintendo execs

[@Rubbocodille]

The fact you can play the same Kong or Kremling twice or even thrice or 4 times, at the same time in a game, doesn't mean there's 4 Donkey Kongs, 4 Diddy Kongs, 4 Lanky Kongs, 4 Tiny Kongs, 4 Chunky Kongs and 4 Krushas existing in Donkey Kong 64 and 4 Donkey Kongs and 4 Donkey Kong Jr. existing in Mario Tennis 64. Old Games have that tendency to let you play the same characters re-colored, since they didn't have a lot of characters selectable, but of course, there's series like Super Smash Bros. that are continuing to let you play the same characters multiples times, at the same time.

[@frogerzard6606]

Chained kongs from mario rpg?

[@lookslikenik6931]

Great DK Family Tree Video! ❤ but there is one thing that doesn’t make sense. It‘s the theory that DK III time traveled back in Yoshis Island DS thanks to Bowser, because, that would mean DK III‘s Brother would also have to time travel back because like Funky Kong who is around the same age as DKIII would not make sense at all if that would be the case. There is two theory’s that make more sense in this case: 1. Theory: Jumpman is not Mario but Mario‘s Father (which could be the case because Mario and Luigi’s Last Name are basically Mario) which means that the Blonde Lady who is called just „Lady“ in the Past is not Pauline but Mario‘s Mother or just Jumpman‘s Girlfriend at that moment, who knows (Pauline could still know Mario from the Past, *cough Mario vs DK Series *cough 2. Theory: Mario time traveled back to the 1980s in the Human World on Earth New York City. He could have used E. Gadd‘s Time Machine or something like that and there he meets „Lady“ or he has taken Pauline with him That are the only things that make sense to me Also I personally think because of the Fedora, Fedora Kong is indeed the Father of Candy Kong, Dixie Kong and Tiny Kong, because of their fashion style with their headgear. And Swanky Kong fits indeed perfectly to be Chunky Kongs and Kiddy Kongs Father.

[@prizm9515]

Not sure where you got the info that candy and Dixie and sisters. Same with funky Kong being Crankys grandson. I've never even heard of that. Everything else that wasn't stated to be speculative checked out as far as I could tell.

[@CallicoJackracham]

When you showed ''Uncle Kong'' before you even told the name i just saw the mustache and thought it was Bluster Kong from the 90's Donkey Kong Country cgi tv show

[@qoombert]

Maybe in The Mushroom Kingdom there is a sort of αμβροσια, the thing that makes you immortal (actually just unaging) like in greek myths. That would explain the ætrrnal youth of Mario, princess Peach and others from the mario cast.

[@qoombert]

as @sterlingdragon123 points out, the ambrosia may be the one up mushroom. it's obvious too!

[@theprimegamer7086]

Regardless of statements that disprove it, i prefer the theory that jumpman is the father of mario, then yoshi's island happens where he ends up in the same world as the mushroom kingdom, comes back to live in the same world as his parents with luigi for the mario brothers arcade game then return to the mushroom world to stop the koopa troop from invading. Also gorillas have shorter lifespans than humans and jumpman appears torturing dk sr in various games with dk jr so id say its natural to have 3-4 generations of kongs with just 2 generations of mario

[@Eris1987]

It's more like an incorrect hypothesis, a theory is typical something that has proof behind it while an incorrect hypothesis is well disproven. It is established that Mario is Jumpman. Mario Bros. takes place in the sewers of Big City which is on the same planet as the Mushroom Kingdom. The Koopas were probably sent after the Bros. specifically by Bowser. Kongs age rapidly, are sapient, and speak their own language, and live in a high fantasy world with hexapod dragons.

[@Barveth]

I was today's years old when I discovered Candy is Dixie's older sister

[@TheMarioPlushNations]

I think that the Donkey Kong from the original arcade game is now present Cranky Kong and DK Junior is present Donkey Kong because if Donkey Kong (Cranky) had DK Junior (Donkey Kong) when he was around middle age then by the time that DK Junior had grown up to what now would be Donkey Kong, the original Donkey Kong would now be Cranky. Then Jumpman who knew the original Donkey Kong would probably be Mario's dad. Some sources say that DK is Cranky's son and some say grandson so it'd either be this or the one described in the video.

[@legoboy7107]

The Donkey Kong Jr game, which is the direct sequel to the original Donkey Kong, explicitly calls Jumpman "Mario" in the game, meaning that it is in fact Mario in the original game as well. There's other evidence later on too but that's the earliest.

[@pallukun]

mans saw a bunch of gorillas and said "they must be related"

[@bsed9828]

Since donkey Kong is royalty in the new mario movie prehaps the first unknown person, (or more) was someone royalty.

[@sahilhossian8212]

Lore of The Kong Family Tree - A Danger To The Space-Time Continuum momentum 100

[@Theguywhowanders]

Actually in the Mario movie, dk junior was scrapped, due to cranky Kong saying that regular donkey Kong was his SON, and not grandson

[@DeathAlchemist]

personally i always thought that the mario from dk arcade games was mario's ancestor since his name was jumpman and also a carpenter. would explain why him and present dk are friendly (mostly)

[@Eris1987]

Mario is Jumpman, and the carpenter thing might have been retconned.

[@AizaBreathe]

how about Swanky Kong being related to Donkey and Funky? since he didn’t appear in DKC (1) they might not talk to each other, like it’s not said they are bros 😅 but i could imagine