I, unlike most video game buffs, loved the "Donkey Kong

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I, unlike most video game buffs, loved the "Donkey Kong Country" cartoon. I even liked it better than the games it was based on. And why shouldn't have I? Well, for one thing, King K. Rool's villainous goals actually made sense in the cartoon. Yeah, just trying to steal what appears to be a worthless-looking coconut made of the world's hardest substance looks rather stupid at first, but in case you've forgotten, the guy was after a freakin' load of bananas in the first two games (four, if you count the "Land" semi-ports on the Game Boy). If all K. Rool wanted was a lunch of bananas, couldn't he have just gone to the supermarket? Or was there some sort of banana shortage on Crocodile Isle, causing all the Kremlings to suffer a potassium deficiency? If the latter theory is the answer, then wouldn't that make Donkey and Diddy seem like the real villains? (Maybe I should write a fanfic about that someday...) The Crystal Coconut, on the other hand, was a mystical bauble that could grant the wishes of whomever possessed it. "Think of the possibilities, Klump!", indeed.