Jungle King Mask
| Jungle King Mask | |
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| Description | |
| "A familiar-looking ape mask. A banana might round out the look." | |
| Appears in | Paper Mario: The Origami King (2020) |
The Jungle King Mask is a Useful Item in Paper Mario: The Origami King. It is a papier-mâché mask in the shape of Donkey Kong's head, found in the staff room of Shogun Studios alongside the Space Warrior Mask and Goomba Mask. When equipped, bongos and cuíca noises play as Mario imitates Donkey Kong's chest beating. Olivia and Bob-omb use words rhyming with "Kong" to describe it.
In order to sneak into Big Sho' Theater, Mario is prompted to use one of the masks and disguise as a Paper Macho Soldier. If the Jungle King Mask is chosen, he is quickly chased out and Olivia and Bob-omb suggest he use a different item. When Olivia is sad over Bob-omb's death in Breezy Tunnel, Mario can use the Jungle King Mask and imitate DK's chest beating again, although she remains silent. In both cases, the Goomba Mask must be used instead.
The word "Kong" is specifically used as part of a joke in the German version, where Bob-omb says, translated, "I like the rhythm! It makes you want to write a Kong to it! ...I mean, a song." In Italian, Bob-omb says that it beats its chest "KONGusto", then corrects himself to "con gusto" ("with gusto"). In the Spanish translations, the joke is that neither Olivia nor Bob-omb remember who the mask depicts, with the latter indicating he doesn't remember anything due to his amnesia.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | サルのかぶりもの[?] Saru no Kaburimono |
Monkey's Headgear | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 猴子的头套[?] Hóuzi de tóutào |
Monkey's Headgear | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 猴子的頭套[?] Hóuzi de tóutào |
Monkey's Headgear | |
| French | Masque roi de la jungle[?] | King of the Jungle Mask | |
| German | König-des-Urwalds-Maske[?] | King of the Jungle Mask | |
| Italian | Maschera re della giungla[?] | King of the Jungle Mask | |
| Spanish (Latin American) | Careta del rey de la jungla[?] | Jungle King Mask | |
| Spanish (European) | Careta de rey de la jungla[?] | Jungle King Mask |
