The Night Shift

**The Night Shift** is the sixth Episode of Donkey Kong Island season 2 and the fourteenth episode overall. In this episode, K. Rool forces the employees to stay working overnight.

## Plot

The episode starts with Dixie and Tiny at Chunky's door for trick or treating. Chunky tells them that Halloween was two weeks ago but Dixie says that Tiny was sick for that. Chunky tells them that it is November and that you shouldn't be going trick or treating in November and Tiny says that she got dressed up and everything. Chunky then gives them an apple and Dixie asks what is this. Chunky then asks if they want him to go and buy some candy just for them and Tiny tells him that DK did so. Chunky then tells them that it is the best he can do as he ate all the candies yesterday. Dixie and Tiny leave and Chunky asks himself why would anyone celebrate halloween in November and then tells Kiddy to be careful as he would knock over the christmas tree.

Then at the K. Rool’s office, K. Rool was on his computer, watching Netflix refusing to watch Squid Games then gets a call from the voice insulting his warehouse business, only to realize that voice is Kennedy. He tells his brother that his business is doing fine while Kennedy tells him that his business was booming since selling stocks to the Bohnenkraut Kingdom, after Karhar City was destroyed and tells him “May the best man win.” K. Rool didn’t know about the competition thinking it’s a costume party, but Kennedy clears up that Corporate will give a branch, a week long paid vacation with the highest sales. K. Rool is wanting that for months, while Kennedy tells him his business in Vidiris City is going to do better than Konnor’s crappy jungle and also will send him the photos after winning. After the conversation ended, K. Rool gets mad but then has the confidence to do this and getting a vacation on Ocean Side.

At the workplace, DK tells Diddy, Lanky, Chunky and Kiddy that he’s got big plans with them for tonight’s “Halloween party at Rumble Falls”, but Diddy tells him that the flyers were from last week. Kiddy ask if they’re still going to Rumble Falls, because he’s got a trick with a can and match, but Chunky told him that he cannot burn down the bathrooms. DK asked if Diddy’s interested to come to the club, his brother replied with enthusiastic attitude. Lanky told him that he just wanted to go if Dixie is there. Diddy, saying that he’s exhausted but told DK yesterday that it’s the night he’s going to ask her out. Lanky tells him that this may will be the night he grows balls. But then Diddy just tells them that he plans to ask if Dixie wants to come back to his place and haven’t thought what’s next. Chunky recommends him to get dress up and take her to a fancy restaurant, although DK and Kiddy says it’s a bad idea. Then Lanky has an idea but Diddy didn’t want to listen, although he did tell him that Dixie will have to go out with someone else. He tells Diddy that he should bring her to Funky’s for dinner, Diddy agrees with his idea until Lanky recommended to bring him along. Meanwhile at the Breakroom, Dixie, Tiny, and Katryna plans to go to Rumble Falls. Katryna tells them that she met two guys about last week, telling them about Dixie, when asking her if she wants to meet them, Dixie replied with Maybe. But both Tiny and Katryna were talking about Krusha, Tiny tells them that whether she comes over to Krusha’s place he either asked her for money or he gets overly worked up in a petty feud with some guy he barged into. But then Tiny, tells her sister about Dixie, which she admitted that he may be a good guy and pretty cute, but she tells them, that she doesn’t like him that way and doesn’t want to screw over their friendship by messing with his feelings.

Back at the workplace, K. Rool gives DK & Co. a very important announcement that Starting on Friday nights, they’re working to two, the employees thinking they are leaving at 2 “pm”. But K. Rool clears up to them by saying 2 “am”, which pissed them off (except for DK and Chunky.) Krusha laughs at their misfortunes, and they told him that they “have plans for tonight” but he denied them, and tells them they’re staying until he says the day is over. Also added that they at least got to go out, having a flash back where he’s getting bullied at his high school year, which Traumatized him still. Diddy ask if he’s crying, he demands everybody to get back to work, DK tells him that he’s here for him to talk if he needs him. K. Rool told him to go away.

Back at his office, K. Rool (who is seen without his crown) tells his clientele that the barrels of fruit shipment is on its way. Then gets a call from Kennedy again who has both nothing to do with his day and loves making his brother's life a living hell. Kennedy asks him about his sales, which Rool replied with that he had struck a deal with Fiery John's (which he never heard of) an hour ago, meanwhile he has Clambo Cuisine (which were Rool's old clients). K. Rool vows to beat Kennedy's sale numbers even though he makes his employees work all night, adding that he may be obese, have ulcers growing in his body, might not be able to touch his toes, but at least has his "trusty crown" which he now realizes that then ending their call. He throws a barrel while searching for his before getting interrupted by Klump who entered the room only for him to get told to get "Out, now!"

Meanwhile at the break room, Kiddy, Diddy, and DK are still unhappy about working till 2 in the morning even though Chunky was okay with it. Diddy telling them wanted been waiting to ask out Dixie for two years before K. Rool ruined it, wondering she may get a boyfriend by next week. Chunky told him to not spend his life Chasing one girl, think about his career (which he doesn't care about) Kiddy just said sucks to be him (which he was not in a mood) But Diddy did calm down because of DK and returned to work. DK felt bad for his brother as does Funky, meanwhile Kiddy telling the two that they are losers and is going to find Lanky. Meanwhile at the barrel storage, Tiny and Katryna hated K. Rool for ruining their plans but Dixie didn't consider it a big deal. After Tiny and Katryna left to "pass time by the water barrel", Dixie was lifting the barrel with her hair, shocked to hear the sound of the door open then relieved to see Diddy thinking that was K. Rool, where he made fun of his boss' physicality. After the two talked, Dixie tells Diddy "Smell you later." (which she considered herself stupid for saying that after he left.) Even though finding the talk awkward, Diddy consider their conversation as a good sign.

Meanwhile sleeping in the break room, Lanky gets a wake up call from his brother, Manky, who brought along Stinky for the game of Pool at Funky's. Manky tells his brother that football is on but Lanky told him that K. Rool is making him work till 2 am. Despite of it, he tells his brother that the two and Stinky "can get all together tomorrow" which Manky says he couldn't do that because he'll be busy. He also asks his brother for money to pay off the rent or get thrown out and Lanky will get DK for it, ending their call. Katryna, Tiny and Katryna has entered the break room, Lanky talked to the girls about his brother which Katryna met him, she sees him as a total dick and Tiny just got complimented by him (only for her body.) The trio are in agreement about K. Rool ruining their plans. Kiddy tells them while he's outside as he was about to torch K. Rool's car, but then he found the soccer ball in the tree. Lanky suggested to play soccer while outside, but Katryna disapproved of his idea as she tells him and Kiddy that her uncle will watch them from his office, then they won't get paid for wasting time. Lanky has got a plan B, playing soccer in a second storage room which he "sometimes sleep in there on mornings." Tina, Katryna and Kiddy liked his idea as he gets the soccer ball off the tree, he fells off the tree.

Later at sunset at the Warehouse, DK enter the office of a crownless K. Rool (who is still looking for his crown), only to ask him to get together at Funky's next week. Rool tells him that he comes here to work, not to annoy him and waste his time. DK realizes that his boss was missing his crown which K. Rool sarcastically praised him for noticing. Despite of it, DK is offer to help him out with looking for his crown. He tells Rool to remember where he had it the last time, then tells him maybe it was left in the bathroom. Rool angrily tells him why would he left it in the bathroom which DK replied why would he take it off at all, then the two will begin their search together.

Later at the storage room, Dixie (who is by herself) gets talked by Krusha and Klump, who both are done for a day. Krusha insults her about having to work till 2 am while he's going to Rumble Falls which Dixie tells him that she only hooked up twice. Krusha tells her that he's not the one to share his emotions, only to get laughed at by Klump. He admitted that she meant something to him but Dixie doesn't feel the same way. She tells him that he only does this to call him because either wanted to make out or need to look good in front of his friends which she did bring up that one time when he was home alone, which was the whole thing to make his ex-girlfriend (who already dumped him) jealous. Getting angered by the truth, Krusha sees her as "a random girl at work" which Klump pointed out that he still got pictures of her on his camera roll. Krusha told him to get in the car or he won't pay for his food which he does. Dixie tells him it's over already and she has her eye on Diddy, without mentioning his name. Krusha tells her that, she's going to work, get married, and die while in the warehouse which Dixie replied to him that if his life was such a big deal, why has he spend his time talking to her. After angrily telling Dixie to "have a nice life alone," Krusha storms off as Diddy enters the storage room. He tells her that he had to separate all the red apples and green apples, while Dixie tells him that she's gotta take the barrels and put them in the Truck. Despite of Dixie being tired, Diddy is willing to help her out (which he is curious about how her hair can lift a barrel.)

When the four plays soccer in the second storage room, Katryna kicked the ball onto the barrel filled with grapes. Katryna tells them that she's not cleaning up the mess she made which Lanky eats the grapes anyways (leaving the trio reacted with disgust.) They get caught by Chunky, who gets mad at them for playing soccer in here as he tells them they could knock down some valuable barrels over. Lanky, Tiny, and Katryna reminds him that this storage room hadn't been used in a while. As Chunky tells them that someone can get injure, Tiny said to him it's not like they're playing with a football with blades with it which Kiddy would consider this idea to be awesome. Chunky tells them that they could get in serious trouble for wasting time as Kiddy replied that K. Rool is the one wasting their time, Lanky tells him he'd be at Funky's right now, and Tiny tells him that she could be at Rumble Falls (which Katryna tells her it doesn't open till 10 pm.) Kiddy tells his brother that he can't seriously want to work till 2am which Chunky admitted he would be able to work on some of his model ships or being at Funky's for Karaoke Night. Then tells them that they need to take this job very seriously, no matter how hard it may be. As Tiny offer him to be a scorekeeper which he gives a score to team Lanky and Kiddy being 6-4.

Later at night at the warehouse, DK and K. Rool are still looking for his crown in the break room. DK check the sink and tells his boss that it's not in there which Rool asked him why would it be in the sink, with a reply from DK that maybe Rool dropped it while washing the dishes, but the boss tells him that they have a dishwasher for that. He pointed out to DK that they been searching for an hour, betting it got lost somewhere in the jungle and that the Manky Kongs finds it and sell it for drinking money. DK tells him that he and his boss can give him a new one which Rool tells him that his crown that he lost was special to him. DK asked if Harold was the one that gave him the crown, according to K. Rool that Harold says that crowns are more of his older brother's thing. Then he tells him that it all begins in his time in the Koopa Kingdom, where he had been bullied for his eye, weight, and acne, despite of all that...he did made a friend, Prince Bowser (who was also bullied for not living up to King Bowser Koopa I's legacy). K. Rool said even the two stuck up for each other and having each other's backs which it wasn't Harold but Bowser (who gave Rool the crown for his birthday) being the one placing the crown on his head saying "Konnor, you are the King of Obesity." (which he is the only one that K. Rool allows to call him by his first name.) But then he gets mad at the time that he took one of their ships out at sea, Kennedy ripped it from his head, and threw K Rool's crown into the water which Klump (who got tired of Krusha) laughing at his misery. After Klump got out of the breakroom, DK tells him that K. Rool will always have him and the others which K. Rool tells him that they be outta her the minute the group find themselves a higher paying job. DK says that he's never going to abandon the warehouse, then K. Rool tells him that he's DK's boss and a he's his employee. DK leaves Rool by himself but not without telling him about the Island Holiday coming up on Monday, they can have a dinner at Funky's, frustrating K. Rool.

Back at the storage room, Diddy and Dixie had done 59 out of the 60 barrels...with the last one left to take to the truck. Dixie tries to carry the last barrel by using her hair, but the last barrel was too much weight for her to carry (so she's going to let Diddy carry it.) She tells him that she doesn't like pineapple that much, because she gets too gross her out. Diddy pulls out a Pineapple and playfully chase her with it in his hand, before he slipped into the floor, destorying it. As the two are teasing one another, Diddy got too close to Dixie as he's about to kiss her (which she doesn't want to kiss back), then the lights went off, blowing his chance to kiss her.

Later at the Electrical Department, K. Rool and called in D. Zaster to fix the power grid. Zaster has found the problem that a wire is not working as it is connected to Storage Room 2 which Kiddy tells him that no one ever goes there. Everyone in the room (except DK) are doubtful that he will fix the power grid, which Zaster tells them that one of the wires isn't connected properly and he'll have it fixed in five minutes. K. Rool wonder if DK is sure he knows what he is doing which DK says he's a professional, but others watched him putting in water on the Storage Room 2 grid. After hearing what they said, Zaster tells them that he's working. Diddy asked him if it would be better to wear gloves while he fixes the grid, but he replied to him with "gloves are for pussies." (which Chunky brought up S. Toopid, being the last person to die without gloves). After they get told to leave by Zaster, the group headed up to the Management room as Tiny ask him if they get a chance to go home, but K. Rool refuse to do so. Everybody (except for Lanky, who went into the bathroom) were extremely pissed off at K. Rool, who explained to them that the business is still ridiculously behind in their sales number and tell them they'll have to pull through if they want to keep their jobs. Diddy wondered why is K. Rool making a big deal out of this which their boss replies with that is to beat Kennedy's sales just to get a vacation as a winning branch. After hearing what he just said, his employees were not too pleased with himself being awarded a vacation while they do not get anything for their hard work. K. Rool tells them to get back to work if they wanna keep their jobs, not without Diddy telling him that he better to look somewhere else if he ever gets fired by the company and needed their help. After they left, DK was being the only one not pissed, but rather disappointed in his boss, and then left. As he was about to return to the office, he ran into Klump's desk (which hurt his right knee) and fell on the floor which Zaster, who has entered in the room, has founded his crown on the Electrical Department floor.

Meanwhile Dixie as she was stacking the green apples in a barrel, she talks to Diddy but without making eye contact with him (after trying to kiss her). When he makes a fat joke about their boss, she didn't even laugh. Then Diddy gets upset that this wasn't the same Dixie from before, after he left, she gets sad. Back at the break room, K. Rool, who has got his crown back, is still frustrated over his employees' frustrations towards him. DK wanted to know what the competition was all about which his boss replied that it's private information. DK gets why Rool has a rough relationship with his family, and Rool tells him that time he was excluded from his great grandmother's funeral as she was the one that done that fearing she would be in hell if he showed up. Despite of all that, DK is the only one who complimented on his hard work, but Rool tells him that he doesn't know how it feels being a family outcast. He even asked him if he doesn't want to punch his own boss in the face which is something DK really doesn't want to do. Even though he rather sees him as a person, not just his boss, DK hopes that he beats Kennedy in the sales as he hates him as much K. Rool does. DK has asked him what would he do if he won, Rool confessed that he would gone to the Koopa Kingdom to see his old friends (King Bowser II and King Boo) despite of hating it for the gloomy weather, the Bass Station he used to own and the Winters, it was his best years of his life before moving to Kongo Island. D. Zaster, who showed up drunk, and tells him the progress of the electronics. With no other options, K. Rool tells DK that he and the gang are done for the day which DK thanks him for before leaving.

Later at Rumble Falls, Lanky is celebrating his freedoms as he greets Manky and Stinky. As the Chapmen brothers are about to get drinks, Manky asked him if can come by his house to pretend to be his boss by next week as his landlord threatens to kick him out. Diddy tells DK, Chunky and Kiddy that he and Dixie had a great conversation, with a little flirt. Despite of telling them that he kissed her, then says that she didn't wanted to kiss her back (which DK felt bad for him while Kiddy made fun of him.) DK cheers up his brother by looking for girls in the bar, which Diddy liked the idea. Dixie, Tiny, and Katryna have hooked up with the three male Kongs (Brody with Dixie, Dicky with Katryna, Tiny with the Pink Kong.) While Katryna asked Dicky what he does which he replied with he usually comes by and check the talent. Then Brody asked about her career then Dixie tells him that she wants to get into music, but he rephrases with where she works at which she replied to him with at the Warehouse, but tells him that she really doesn't wanna talk about her career at the workplace. She leaves them to get some fresh air before realizing she made a mistake. As Diddy is looking for DK, he bumps into a female Kong named Kiddy who joked about his height as he gets that a lot. She also complimented on his hat. As Dixie watched the two talking, Kitty offered him a drink as she drinks hers, ending the episode.

## Youtube Description

Do a video about the Kong's simply working at night, I said...it won't be that long, I said... K. Rool's is informed his father will be giving a paid week-long vacation to the branch with the best sales, so K. Rool has DK & co. work late at night in an attempt to boost his numbers. Unfortunately, no one's all that keen on working.

Special thanks to:

* Popplio Power: Diddy/Kiddy + Help with Sprites
* Carmen: Dixie/Katryna
* TrashyKoopa: Tiny
* Swoldow EVGRB: Klump/D. Zaster
* Mononerd: Pink Kong
* Insta: Brody
* Cowa Humphrey Bunga: Help with Sprites
* PLK: Intro Theme
* AzUrArInG: Transition Music
* PixlCobit (DK, Diddy, Dixie, Tiny, Squawks, Rambi, Cranky & Funky sprites)

## Errors

* At the scene where DK, Diddy, Chunky and Kiddy were talking in the break room, but when Kiddy said "You guys are losers. I'm going to find Lanky." you'll see Lanky sitting on the couch when he was meant for the next scene.
* At the Rumble Falls scene, after DK and Diddy left to look for girls, The captions still says "Are you crazy? Next thing you'll tell me you tried holding her hand!" while the audio says "Break a leg, Diddy!"

## Reference to other episodes/series

* During his first video call to K. Rool, Kennedy mentions that he sold a bunch of stocks to the Bohnenkraut Kingdom after Karhar City got destroyed by the Oblivion Cannon, located at Frostbohne Castle in Joke's End.
	+ At their second video call scene, where K. Rool mentions striking a huge deal with Fiery John's, which is a restaurant chain that made an appearance on a Carl Season 4 episode, *Happy Anniversary*.
* In the scene where Diddy and Dixie are down to the last barrel, Dixie teases him for his physical appearance which he replied that he is not that week. When she tells him, "Need I remind you of the first episode?", she referenced a scene in the pilot episode when Diddy attempted to carry two barrels, thinking he got this before slipping on the banana peel.
* In the blackout scene in the Electrical Department, after D. Zaster tells Diddy that "gloves are for pussies", Chunky tells him that "the last person who didn't suffered a pretty fatal accident", referencing S. Toopid being the only casualty as mentioned by K. Rool when giving a tour to Katryna by telling to "always gotta remember to always to wear gloves! The old boss, S. Toopid, learned that the hard way." in *New Faces*.