Conker the Squirrel

**Conker the Squirrel** is the titular protagonist from the *Conker the Squirrel* game.

A snarky and cynical squirrel who's trying to find a way back to his girlfriend Berry.

In the AWA fics, Conker is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.

## **Appearance**

Conker has always been portrayed with orange-red fur with tan-yellow patches of fur on his torso and bottom part of his face. He has big eyes and buck teeth. His appearance from Diddy Kong Racing to the actual Conker franchise, while having recognizable differences in clothing and fur, is relatively the same.

This next part doesn't have much to do with physical appearance, but with cartoon facial exaggerations as Conker is no exception to this rule. Examples include Conker's eyes growing in shock of the Haybot and when Conker grabs himself stashes of cash. Another thing is that his whole face can stretch and widen depending on his emotions, like how Rash from Battletoads, another Rare-developed franchise from Microsoft, does when he is scared.

## **Personality**

As a young boy, Conker was told by his parents never to drink alcohol, be greedy or swear. In Diddy Kong Racing and Conker's Pocket Tales, Conker appears to be a nice and kind person who obeys rules and always seems to be happy-go-lucky. In Conker's Bad Fur Day however, Conker went through a dramatic change in personality. He had become a slightly greedy, alcoholic squirrel. His relationship with Berri is not as good as it was, and drinking alcoholic beverages is a regular part of Conker's life. As the game implies, Conker disobeyed the rules his parents told him as a kid. These personality traits are also noticed in Conker: LIve and Reloaded. Like most of the other squirrels in the Conker franchise, Conker is ignorant, ditzy and carefree. He helps almost every person in the game, not caring what they want or how dangerous the tasks are. And ever since he became alcoholic, he became a bit kooky like most of the other squirrels in the franchise. This was shown when even after he was cured of his dizziness, he still didn't notice he was going the wrong way. And while he was asking the Gargoyle "Isn't it a little bit early in the day to start talking about Gothic Architecture?", the time of day has nothing to do with architecture.

## **Abilities**

Conker the Squirrel is an expert with weapons he can use to defeat his opponents. His main weapon is a frying pan.

Conker is skilled at taming other animals, such as a bull or dinosaur.

## **Trivia**

* Conker was originally going to appear in *Diddy Kong Racing DS*, however, due to copyright issues, he was replaced by Tiny Kong by Rare. If one were to listen closely, the music that played in the original *Diddy Kong Racing* when the player was about to choose Conker can be heard when the player was about to choose Tiny.
* Conker's name is likely a play on the word Conquer, as he takes the throne after the Panther King's death.
	+ However it most likely comes from a traditional children's game conkers, a game that uses horse chestnuts which also called conkers.
* Conker's full name is Conker the Squirrel, as he states to Gregg the Grim Reaper. This means that his real middle name is *"The"* and his last name is *"Squirrel"*, as stated by many characters.
* Professor von Kripplespac states that a Red Squirrel's scientific name is *Furrius squidgeterrius*, however, in the real world it is *Sciurus vulgaris*. Humorously, the species name, *vulgaris*, contains the word, vulgar, which can easily describe Conker's personality.
* The ending of *Conker's Bad Fur Day* was originally supposed to have Conker committing suicide by shooting himself in the head.
* Conker also makes a cameo in *Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts* in a newspaper.
* Conker can hover for a short time by making his tail spin like a propeller, which could be a reference to Miles "Tails" Prower, of Sonic the Hedgehog fame, who is known for performing the same action.
* Conker can sometimes be seen with playing with a yo-yo in one of his idle animations. This could be a possible reference to Crash Bandicoot, who would often play with a yo-yo when left idle in three of his first four games.
* In Conker: Live & Reloaded, Conker's character sprite is a tad shorter than the original game.
* Despite his anti-heroic nature, Conker cosplays as several movie heroes during his adventure, including:
	+ Van Helsing, from the film of the same name.
	+ Captain John Miller from *Saving Private Ryan*.
	+ Neo from *The Matrix* trilogy.