#donkey kong tv show

[magister-magolor]

man, it hurts to be this hip

[nintendo-cappy]

Funky: I don’t know the first thing about clothes. Pretty much all I can do is look at something and tell you if it’s clothes or not. This chair? Not clothes.

[civetcider]

love your art. do you have any strong opinions on Donkey Kong or any of the Kongs? if you butchified funky kong i would be indebted to you forever

so just normal funky kong? teehee

[bro3256]

The source of the video game bleeps and bloops in media

Have you ever wondered what the source of those specific video game bleeps and bloops were from? Odds are if a show or movie had a character play a video game or if a scene takes place in an arcade than it's very likely that it uses the same distinct sound effects that originally were sourced from the Atari VCS (2600) ports of Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. These ports are already historically important with Donkey Kong being one of the few Nintendo games to be released on non-Nintendo hardware and Pac-Man being one of the most anticipated releases for Atari at the time. Today these ports are often mocked for how butchered they are to the arcade originals but at the time these were fine ways to experience these arcade games at home.

So why are the sounds from these arcade ports used so often in media? You can pretty much thank the widespread use of a particular sound effect library and in this case the Series 1000 Sound Effects Library which initially released on tape in 1979 and released on CD in 1983. A good chunk of this library contains the same sounds found on another sound library called the Network Sound Effects Library.

The Series 1000 library however includes audio recordings of gameplay from these Atari games. Ever since then, these sounds have been used for many years and continues to be used to this very day. Before I showcase some examples of media using these sounds I would like to present the recordings from these games. The following is sourced from the Series 1000 Sound Effects Library which feature sound effects from Atari arcade ports.

If you're familiar with these ports than you can make out the specific sound effects present from these recordings. The distinct walking and jumping sounds in Donkey Kong and the dots being eaten and game over sounds from Pac-Man are the more identifiable sounds you hear. With this in mind here are a handful of examples of these sounds being used in media.

(Note: Due to Tumblr restricting one video per post I have compiled all the example clips in a single video so feel free to read below for the specific sound bytes used whilst the video plays.)

Arthur (1996)

The season 1 episode "Arthur Accused!" has Buster investigating an arcade which features sounds from Pac-Man as it eats ghosts and a faint sound of Pac-Man dying from a ghost.

Drake & Josh (2004)

The season 2 episode "The Bet" has Josh playing your typical video game but features several seconds of audio from Donkey Kong. Weirdly music from the Nintendo NES version of Tetris (Type-A specifically) can be heard when Josh is playing on his "handheld" which is clearly a red Game Boy Advance SP.

SpongeBob SquarePants (2007)

The season 5 episode "Atlantis SquarePantis" features a segment of Sandy in a retro inspired environment. The puzzle game segment features various cut up sound bytes from Donkey Kong including jumping over barrels and the walking sounds.

Chowder (2008)

The season 1 episode "Sniffleball" features a brief sound effect from Donkey Kong of Mario jumping over a barrel. (also what is this retro nonsense?)

Ted (2024)

The season 1 episode "Just Say Yes" features Ted and John playing Super Mario Bros. on the NES. For whatever reason no footage of the game is shown and the audio used is from, you guessed it those Atari games. Donkey Kong sound effects can be heard while brief snippets of Pac-Man can also be heard mixed in.

I could keep going but you get the idea. There are plenty of other examples you can find and I highly recommend checking out the Sound Effects Wiki if you're curious to see what other examples are out there. Linked below are the articles for the other sources for these Atari recordings.

Sound Ideas, ARCADE, VIDEO GAME - VIDEO GAME: ELECTRONIC SOUNDS, AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR 01 Sound Ideas, ARCADE, VIDEO GAME - VIDEO GAME: ELECTRONIC SOUNDS, AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR 02

I guarantee most folks nowadays aren't even aware that these sounds are from actual Atari games cause out of context they sound like generic bleeps and bloops. That's probably why it's so common to hear these sounds in media as unless you're a nerd like myself this is something you're likely not going to think about and I'd imagine the folks working with audio aren't gonna stop and think about where particular sounds come from outside of the library they're featured in.

[briceterry]

Time to destroy this god for saken tape (and Bluster Kong along with it).

Marie is making sure Bluster Kong doesn't become a Tumblr Sexy Man in the future.

[flovey-dovey]

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[dixieforsmash]

Check out this beautiful animation starring your favorite cold-blooded pirates!

[fireheart223]

Season 2 was a bit gay with the Kremlings in it's own right

[multicolour-ink]

I RLLY WANT A DK MOVIE TRILODY DAM IT

I would love a DK tv series more. There's so much that can be done with episodes packed full of Kong shenanigans!

[theanontrain]

"da Donkey Kong from da TV show. funni"

[shesamonkey]

Dixie Kong Funky s rentals employee

https://torvo-comics.wixsite.com/torvo

In the fanfic, Dixie works with Funky to pay for Kiddy and Tiny's household and school expenses, Chunky doing chores while he is looking for a job.

It is not the great plot but it is what seemed natural to me.

Originally posted Apr 23, 2019

[pokerninja2]

Kaptain Skurvy sets sail into Super Mario Spikers! I think I'll save his breakdown until I can cover multiple characters at once, because there's not a ton to talk about with him - but it's a fairly obscure character that I think I payed homage to really well! The decision to add him was fueled almost entirely by Return to Krocodile Isle (which was amazing btw), and giving him a Kaptain K. Rool-inspired outfit worked out way better than I thought it would.

My one regret is the logo is just the DKC logo but darker. But like... the show is just called Donkey Kong Country what was I supposed to do lol

[jolikmc-thoughts]

Sometimes, I find myself pondering the big questions.

For example: do I really want to subject myself to the horror that is the 40-episode Donkey Kong Country animated series…?

It wouldn't be hard… It's available for free on YouTube…

[charleymarlowe]

I guested on a podcast talking about the Donkey Kong Country Cartoon!

[photo-roulette-wheel]

Funkey kong

[thescrump]

yeah like we ship for the hell of it not crusading for the crystal coconut that you guys seem to think canon is. actually, we don't need canon, it's why au's are so popular

Fandom Problem #4744:

It annoys me how people are convinced that unless their ship is canon or is gonna be canon then its not valid