King K. Rool

### Aliases

King Krool,Kuh-Rool,Keith Rool,Kremling Rool,Kroctus Rool,Krudd,Kommander K. Rool

### Relatives

Klump, Negative Numbuh 4, Krusha, Negative Numbuh 1, Negative Numbuh 2, Negative Numbuh 3, Negative Numbuh 5, Don Weaso, Negative Numbuh 362, Negative 86 and Panther King

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy,Conker's Bad Fur Day,Sonic,Sonic X,The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog,Sonic SATAM,Sonic Underground

### Appears in

Donkey Kong Country Cartoon,The Grim Adventures of Conker's Bad Fur Day,Codename: Kids Next Door,The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

## **Voice Trivia**

King K. Rool's debuted and cartoon voice was created from Donkey Kong Country Cartoon.

King K. Rool's 64 voice does sound like Darth Vader.

In Donkey Kong 64. King K. Rool does have a same voice as Darth Vader. He sounds like Darth Vader.

In the FanFiction video. King K. Rool does have a fanfiction and also the other same voice as Grim. King K. Rool does have a fanfiction voice. King K. Rool does have a fanfiction voice like Grim. King K. Rool does have a fanfiction voice as Grim. King K. Rool sounds like Grim. King K. Rool's FanFictional Laugh does sound like Grim. King K. Rool's FanFictional Voice does sound like Grim.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. King K. Rool does have a voice in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!

In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. King K. Rool does have a same voice as Grim. King K. Rool sounds like Grim.

In The Grim Adventures of Conker's Bad Fur Day. King K. Rool does have a same voice as Grim. King K. Rool sounds like Grim.

In the very early concept, King K. Rool will be known as King K. Rudd or King Krudd or Krudd.

King K. Rool is voiced as Greg Eagles, Malcolm McDowell, Benedict Campbell, Wayne Knight and Chris Sutherland. He sounds like Grim, Baron Von Ghoulish, Jack and Darth Vader.

## **Donkey Kong Trivia**

* The "K" in K. Rool does not have any meaning, it was simply added by K. Rool due to his egotistical character.
* He is well known for having a very serious eye tic in his left eye. Tics like this are actually common for people with mental health issues, and it has already been established that K. Rool is insane. In movies, tics are also commonly associated with characters that developed multiple/split personality disorder.
	+ In all of K. Rool's artwork he has an imperfect left eye tic, but on Baron K. Roolenstein's artwork, his right eye is the one that is imperfect and with the tic. In movies some people with multiple personality disorder can also have different physical characteristics if one of those personalities believes it. It is possible Baron K. Roolenstein's personality believes his tic is in his right eye instead of his left, hence his tic switching eyes.
* It appears that K. Rool was somewhat prepared in switching his "job" between each of the *Donkey Kong Country* games. In *Donkey Kong Country*, he is fought on a Pirate Ship while he is known as "King K. Rool" although it would make more sense for a Captain to own a ship. In *Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest*, he is fought inside the Flying Krock, a huge drivable air base, as Kaptain K. Rool although it would make more sense for a more tech savvy person to be using it. Lastly, in *Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!*, he is fought inside a castle as Baron K. Roolenstein although it would make more sense for a King to rule it, though many mad scientists have labs in castles.
	+ It is speculated that K. Rool may have multiple personality disorder and that all of his aliases are not literal, and are just roles he likes to role-play as because they make him feel powerful.
* K. Rool's gold belly is confirmed by Steve Mayles to be armor.
* In the *Bumm-Badabumm Im Urwald* comic, K. Rool, despite being dressed as Kaptain K. Rool, is never referred to as such. Instead he is always called King K. Rool.
* In several of the sunken ships in Gloomy Galleon in *Donkey Kong 64*, portraits of Kaptain K. Rool can be found hanging on the ship walls.
* According to Gregg Mayles (designer of *Donkey Kong Country* and the *Banjo-Kazooie* series) on Rareware.com's former "scribes" column, K. Rool's motivation for stealing the banana hoard is either that he wants Donkey Kong to starve to death so that he can occupy his treehouse, or suggested that perhaps he likes bananas [1]. The latter explanation is not the case as in *DK: Jungle Climber*, K. Rool states he despises bananas (however it is possible he wants to prevent scurvy or wants the magical properties/power in the bananas).
* In *DK: Jungle Climber*, K. Rool is last seen being dragged through space by a rope attached to the back of a Banana Spaceship. Some people theorize that he died during Xananab's trip back home, but this is currently just speculation at best.
* In *Super Smash Bros. Brawl*, one of the names that appears when the player presses the "Random Name" button when naming their custom stage is **KROOL**, a reference to him.
	+ Also, in *Super Smash Bros. Brawl*, his trophy information says he can be so good at playing dead sometimes the credits roll by as he lies there, a reference to the original Donkey Kong Country.
* His trophy in *Super Smash Bros. Brawl* erroneously claims that he and Kaptain K. Rool are "brothers." Wrinkly Kong's trophy and Nintendo contradicts this stating they are the same character and was once Wrinkly's student. They are indeed the same character, but with different roles and mindsets, unless this plays into K. Rool's split personality disorder by him considering his different counterparts his "imaginary brothers".
	+ The real brother of K. Rool is actually his younger sibling K. Lumsy, who is against him and on the Kong's side.
* In *Donkey Kong Barrel Blast*, K. Rool's rival is Cranky Kong, but they are revealed to have been good friends in an episode of the Donkey Kong Country TV series.
	+ K. Rool used to be a student of Wrinkly Kong.
* K. Rool's name is a reference to the word "Cruel" as well as a corruption of "Rule" as he is the ruler of the Kremlings.
* The flying vehicle he uses in *DK: King of Swing* is similar to the Egg Mobile, Dr. Eggman iconic flying vehicle, from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
* K. Rool might possibly want to steal the banana hoard as bait to get DK so he can eliminate him, as this would make him the new king of the jungle.
* K. Rool's full Japanese name roughly translates to Kingu Kura-sa Kurūeru, it sounds like "King Crusher Cruel".
* In *Mario Super Sluggers*, K. Rool pitches with his left and bats with his right, meaning he is likely ambidextrous.
* K. Rool did not appear in *Donkey Kong Country Returns*, *Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D* and *Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze*.
* There might be a reason why K. Rool wanted to destroy Donkey Kong Island in *Donkey Kong 64*. In *Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest* and *Donkey Kong Land 2*, Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong have twice destroyed Crocodile Isle at the true end of those games. This is a viable reason for K. Rool to get angry, and wish for revenge. He starts his revenge in *Donkey Kong 64*, by preparing to destroy Donkey Kong Island.
* During the early production of *Donkey Kong Country*, when it was originally going to be called *Monkey Mayhem*, K. Rool was originally going to be named "Krudd" and was going to be more serious and tough-looking than how he actually turned out. He was also almost called Kommander K. Rool before the final name was decided.
	+ The false credits of the original *Donkey Kong Country* allude to his second name, listing K. Rool as the "Kommander" of the game.
* Unlike the Tiki Tak Tribe, who steal the banana hoard because they like to absorb them to gain their magical powers and generate new Tikis, K. Rool hates to consume bananas and he steals them only because he wants the Kong Family to starve to death.
* K. Rool is really similar to Bowser the main antagonist of the *Super Mario Bros.* series. They are both bulky and tough reptiles (Bowser a turtle, K. Rool a crocodile), can breath fire, both tyrants which rule with authority and kings of a reptilian race (however Bowser is an actual king descended from royal blood whereas K. Rool is not at all and simply a role that he likes to pretend to be), both are main antagonists and always kidnap someone who has a good relationship (love, friendship or relative, etc.) with the protagonist, both defeated in a lot of games but always return alive in following titles.
	+ In *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*, the redesign of K. Rool also wears two gold armlets on his arms, which is likely a reference to the main enemy of the *Super Mario Bros.* series, Bowser, who also wears spiked armlets on both of his arms.

## **Personality**

K. Rool, as his name, a pun on "cruel", may imply, is often thirsty for more power and domination, extremely brutal, ruling his minions through threats and intimidation, often punishing them severely when they fail. Even his most powerful followers seem to fear his wrath, as displayed in *Donkey Kong 64*, when his subtle display of anger results in Armydillo fainting on the spot. K. Rool is also somewhat of a dirty fighter. He feigns defeat, often collapsing in the middle of combat and making it seem like he has been defeated, only to rise seconds later and begin fighting again. He is shown to be persistent in *DK: Jungle Climber*, he refused to surrender and handover the remaining Crystal Bananas after he loses the race.

K. Rool seems to hate the Kongs, referring to them as "filthy apes" and "monkey brains", though he does not treat his own soldiers that much better, whom sometimes appear to be loyal to him regardless. Both *Donkey Kong 64* and *Super Smash Bros. Melee* imply that K. Rool is somewhat insane and demented. The final battle of *Donkey Kong 64* also showed him to be somewhat of showboater, constantly showing-off and making taunting gestures.

K. Rool's greatest weakness is his own incompetence. It is very common for him to be defeated simply because he keeps making the same mistake in a fight, such as in Donkey Kong Country when he keeps throwing his crown allowing Donkey and Diddy to jump on his head and Donkey Kong 64 when he kept showing himself off in DK's fight, allowing DK blast him in the face.

K. Rool is the ruthless, heartless, and mentally unstable ruler of the Kremling race, who has on numerous occasions tried to steal Donkey Kong's Banana Hoard and kidnap the big ape himself and toture him such as imprisoning and/or enslaving him. He rules the Kremlings with an iron fist and shows no mercy to any of his subjects, the reason they follow him seems to be of the deep fear they have of him and his tremendous power and not even his strongest underlings dare challenge him as K. Rool is the strongest of the Kremlings, he abused his strength and intimidation to rise in power and seize the position of king since he does not actually have royal blood nor is he an heir that inherited a sovereign state/region/nation. He possesses a great hatred towards the Kongs and he will do whatever it takes to destroy them and their island once and for all.

In the DK series, he did other things besides stealing the Kongs' bananas. He took the DK medals that were for the winner of the Jungle Jam Contest in *DK: King of Swing* and stole the five Crystal Bananas from a banana-like alien named Xananab to take over the universe in *DK: Jungle Climber* (this the only time he is interested in taking over the world). This shows he likes to take what he wants and has gone on to conquer the world. This is the only time he steals something other than the Banana Hoard or interested in world domination.

The reasons for stealing DK's Banana Hoard and kidnapping him are not fully understood since he is a reptile and they do not eat fruit, but official sources state that the reason is that he wants to starve Donkey Kong to death so he can occupy his tree house. Why he wishes to do so is even less fully understood, since a small tree house is nothing in comparison to his numerous lairs and hideouts (although it could be an example of his deep insanity).

The true reason could be is that he wishes to occupy the tree house as an example of his conquest over Donkey Kong (the current ruler of Donkey Kong Island) and he now considers himself its new ruler by residing in the tree house, or he just likes bananas and is starving (the latter is not actually the case as in *DK: Jungle Climber* K. Rool confirms that he hates bananas, it is possible he wants to prevent scurvy).

Since *Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest* and *Donkey Kong Land 2*, he seems to be motivated to destroy all Kongs and their island as revenge for what they did to his homeland of Crocodile Isle. *Donkey Kong Country Returns* revealed that the Banana Hoard has magical properties (as they do not get ripe and/or spoil) and when even a small amount of them are eaten they make that person receive a massive power boost (evidenced by Tiki Tong).

There are hints to possible Banana Gods (such as the Banana Queen a guardian deity that rules over the Banana Birds in *Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!* above the clouds and the Banana Fairy Queen who rules over the Banana Fairies), *Donkey Kong Country Returns* and *Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze* showcase statues, temples, and illustrations depicting bananas with faces on them and Ancient Kongs worshiping bananas as deities. The shiny Banana (found in the Golden Temple) that Donkey and Diddy eat transports them to a world above the clouds. Other Magical Bananas have been shown to have sentience having eyes and wings, they are capable of flight and producing Bananas.

## **King K. Rool's Movie Trivia**

King K. Rool: So My Favorite Movies are called Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, Pirates of the Caribbean and When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs. So I joined in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In this Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Battle. I can attack Billy. I can attack Mandy. I can attack Grim. I can punch on Grim. I can throw a crown on Grim like a boomerang. I can use the upper attack and the downer attack to Attack Grim. I can steal Grim's Scythe. So Grim got the Scythe too. I can get the Smash Ball and Use the Final Smash to destroy them.