Poppy Kong
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| Poppy Kong | |
|---|---|
Artwork from Donkey Kong Bananza | |
| Species | Kong (lutung-based) |
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Bananza (2025) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Run (version 3.2.5, cameo) (2025) |
| Portrayed by | Hitomi Nabatame |
| Member of | Void Company (formerly) |
- “I'm the Director of Intelligence for VoidCo. But you can call me Poppy Kong.”
- —Poppy Kong, Donkey Kong Bananza
Poppy Kong is the lutung-like director of intelligence of Void Company in Donkey Kong Bananza. She wears expensive-looking clothing with gold accessories, glasses and lipstick, and has white hair with purple highlights; her tail is also purple. Poppy Kong is responsible for gathering intel for Void Company.[1]
After being defeated by Donkey Kong and Pauline for the second time, Poppy Kong quits Void Company, sick of putting up with Void Kong and deciding that freelance work is better suited for her.
Later, she is imprisoned in the Groove Layer's Jail Hall following the Great Harmoneel's attack. Donkey Kong helps her escape from her cell, and she helps him rescue Pauline, who had been swallowed by the Harmoneel.
In the postgame, she can be found in the Ingot Isle Cave-In and Groove Layer with Grumpy Kong, with whom she has started a construction company. She also appears at the end of the Forbidden Layer, where she confirms to Donkey Kong that Void Kong had in fact survived the events of King K. Rool's return, and also implies that she desires to track down and "hire" him to overwork him to such an extent that he is left begging for retirement as revenge for his behavior towards her.
Quotes[edit]
- "Hmm... The president will be most intrigued."
- "Mr. President, she's here."
- "May I remind you, you're speaking to the president of Void Company... only the most powerful mining organization on the planet. The president has launched a old new extraction venture. Our destination is..."
- "I'm the Director of Intelligence for VoidCo. But you can call me Poppy Kong."
- "So my mission has failed. You saw right through my stealth perfume. I did not see that coming. Yes, darlings, you beat me fair and square. So I'll give you the key."
- "Mr. President, we need fuel. If we don't go back and get more bananas..."
- "Darlings, you're just in time... to test my newly improved fragrance, Inviseaux by VoidCo!"
- "I see how things are. This operation has been a joke. There's no profit to be had, that's for sure. Well, I won't waste my talents any longer. I'm out. I resign."
- "Pauline... I underestimated that power of yours. It's... remarkable."
- "Hmph. Well, no matter. I'm done doing business with that fool of a president. Which means I have no read on to get in your way."
- Forbidden Layer
- "Well, well. Can't say I expected to meet the two of you in such a desolate place. Are you looking for something?"
- (Replying "Bananas!") "You never change, do you?"
- (Replying "Void"?) "He put you through all that...and you still want to see his face?"
- "You know, I came here looking to see if I could find any trace of Void, and you're not going to believe it but..."
- "I found him trapped in the wreckage of his own machine!"
- "He was absolutely stuck and throwing quite the tantrum, as you can imagine. It was delicious!"
- "But Grumpy took pity on the awful imp and released him. He took off as fast as he could."
- "Anyway, he's alive and well, it seems."
- "Perhaps one day I'll find him and put him on our payroll. I'll work him so hard, he'll be begging for an early retirement."
- "Well, you can't blame a Kong for dreaming."
Profiles[edit]
- Nintendo Today! description
- Character Intro: Poppy Kong: As director of intelligence for VoidCo, she excels at planning…often for her own ambitions. No one is ever quite sure what she has planned next.
- Donkey Kong Bananza loading screen tips
- Poppy Kong: Director of Intelligence for Void Company and an advocate for their stealth-perfume tech.
- Poppy Kong: Sly and independent, she hides the true nature of her work from everyone.
- Poppy Kong: Now resigned from Void Company, she's exploring the Underground World on her own.
Gallery[edit]
Loading screen art with Pauline
Void Company featured in the countdown posted on Nintendo of Japan's X account
Statue of Poppy Kong
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ポッピーコング[2] Poppī Kongu |
Poppy Kong | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 帕比剛[3] Pàbǐ Gāng |
Poppy Kong | |
| Dutch | Poppy Kong[4] | - | |
| French | Poppy Kong[5][6] | - | |
| German | Poppy Kong[7] | - | |
| Italian | Poppy Kong[8] | - | |
| Spanish | Poppy Kong[9] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/live/YVUidGTR8xg?si=LlbLIz8F4tkhGsT
- ^ Official Japanese website, story section
- ^ June 24, 2025. 《咚奇剛 蕉力全開》Direct 2025.6.18(香港). Nintendo HK (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved June 25, 2025.
- ^ MEGA album of Dutch Donkey Kong Bananza screenshots
- ^ Nintendo (June 18, 2025). Donkey Kong Bananza Direct – 18/06/2025. YouTube (French).
- ^ June 18, 2025. Oh banane! La présentation Donkey Kong Bananza direct dévoile la nouvelle aventure transformative de dk sur la Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo Canada (Canadian French).
- ^ Nintendo Switch Online user icon element
- ^ Donkey Kong Bananza Direct – 18/06/2025
- ^ April 2, 2025. Donkey Kong Bananza on Nintendo.es-es. European Spanish.