Funky's Flights

"Yeah, crucial Kongs! If you feel the need for speed, jump in and like, jet!"

- Funky Kong

Funky's Flights is a travelling service operated by Funky Kong in Donkey Kong Country and DK: Jungle Climber.

Donkey Kong Country
By dropping by at a nearby chain, Funky allows Donkey and Diddy to access areas of Donkey Kong Island which were already visited with the use of the Funky Barrel. There is a single chain located per each world of the game.

In the Game Boy Advance version, Funky hosts a new minigame called Funky's Fishing, and he still allows Donkey and Diddy to access the areas of Donkey Kong Island that were already visited.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Funky's Flights was renamed Funky's Flights II in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. The Funky Barrel has been replaced with the Biplane Barrel here, and Funky now charges two Banana Coins for his services. This area reprises within Donkey Kong Land 2, given the same role.

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Funky's Rentals retains its transportation heritage, but its concern is hovercrafts, a lot of which must be unlocked first. The only useable vehicle that is not a hovercraft is the aircraft vehicle: Gyrocopter.

DK: Jungle Climber
In DK: Jungle Climber Funky operates his services once more. In the game, Donkey and Diddy must collect a requested number of Oil Barrels in order to use the Funky Barrel, which transports Donkey Kong to other worlds that were accessed. Interestingly, the game's instruction booklet refers the area to "Funky Flights" instead of "Funky's Flights".

Appearances in other media
In the Donkey Kong Country animated series, Funky's Flights was located near the beach and docks of Kongo Bongo Island and had a complex system built into that could raise the entire hut into the air and suspend it there. On the show, Funky's Flights, as well as offering plane rides to people, made deliveries for Bluster's Barrel Works as well. The inside of Funky's Flights was also shown on occasion on the show and was filled with surfer memorabilia, as one would expect a place owned by Funky Kong to have, along with other objects like a couch, refrigerator and paintings.