Editing Cranky's Cabin

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|image=[[File:Cranky Cabin DKC art.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of the Kongs and Cranky at Cranky's Cabin for ''Donkey Kong Country''

|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023)

|greater_location=[[Donkey Kong Island]]

|owner=[[Cranky Kong]]

'''Cranky's Cabin''', titled '''[[Cranky's Hut]]''' in the [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], is the home of [[Cranky Kong]]. It is made out of a barrel, with an opening carved in the side for an entrance. The building has a stone-coated metal roof, which a long chimney stems out from. A neon sign of the [[Nintendo]] logo is hanging above the entrance, and a [[Giant Banana]] is sitting to the left of the cabin. Located to the right is a large crate appearing to be a [[animal crate|Rambi Crate]], on which a silhouetted emblem of [[Rambi]]'s face is printed. There is an official artwork showing Donkey Kong and Diddy at Cranky's Cabin. It appears to be during the evening, as evidenced from the orange sky. Instead of a Rambi Crate, the scene shows a crate reading "2L84ME" (too late for me) in red text. This text was later included on the [[Barrel Cannon]]s in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''.

Cranky Kong would later run the [[Monkey Museum]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', and [[Cranky's Lab]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', Cranky runs his own [[Cranky's Dojo|dojo]]. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', Cranky runs his own [[Cranky Kong's Shop|shop]], whose design appears to have been inspired from his original cabin. The location's theme is even a rendition of that of Cranky's Cabin's.

Cranky's Cabin first appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', as an optional location that [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] can visit to hear Cranky's advice, usually regarding [[animal token]] and [[bonus room]] locations in the first [[world]], [[Kongo Jungle]]. Regardless of the current [[world]], Cranky's Cabin is surrounded by jungle foliage. In addition to his advice, Cranky lives up to his name by complaining, often breaking the [[fourth wall]] in the process. He constantly whines about how the games from his glory days (such as the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'') were much better than the newer one. Cranky makes other complaints such as over modern graphics, which he deems as too bright and colorful, or his swaying beard being a "waste of frames" from the game's end.

In the ending, after the [[Kong]]s defeat [[King K. Rool]], they take a trip to Cranky's Cabin, where the elder will congratulate them, and comment on whether or not they found all of the bonus rooms in the game. Afterwards, he will tell the Kongs to return to the banana hoard, so they can see that it's been replenished.

Occasionally, Cranky says he would invite Donkey and Diddy indoors but the game cannot allocate the memory allowing him to do so. Ironically, in the [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]], Cranky's Cabin takes place indoors, and it now features new background details referencing other Rare games. The mask of [[jiggywikki:Mumbo Jumbo|Mumbo Jumbo]], a character from the ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series, is lying on Steel Barrels right outside the screen. The decapitated head of Sabre Wulf, the main villain of ''{{wp|Sabreman}}'', is mounted on the cabin's wall, next to the entrance. Sabre Wulf does not appear to be dead because his eyes continue to blink in spite of his decapitation. To the left of Sabre Wulf's head is a framed picture above a television set with a flashing static screen.

Although Cranky's Cabin does not appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' itself, the manual has it as the location where Donkey and Diddy make a bet with Cranky over recovering their bananas from the [[Kremling Krew]] again on a handheld system.  

===''Donkey Kong Country'' television series===

[[File:Treehouse.png|thumb|Cranky's Cabin in the television series]]

In the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' television series]], Cranky's Cabin, instead of being located on the ground, is high in the trees, possibly in the television series equivalent of [[Tree Top Town]]. The appearance of Cranky's Cabin was also altered in the cartoon series; it was made rounded and larger and had a variety of booby traps located near it, which could be activated to ward off enemies. The Cabin's interior has a safe located in the center of the hut, and unlike the games also has a piano and potion making equipment.

The safe within the cabin is the holding place of the [[Crystal Coconut]] in the show, which [[Donkey Kong]] spends much of his time guarding. On several occasions, [[King K. Rool]] is able to sneak into the cabin and get the Coconut, and other times, he is able to trick, or even use magic, to get someone else to go in and get it for him (such as when he uses the love potion to get [[Candy Kong]] to go in and steal it for him in "[[A Thin Line Between Love & Ape]]"). The walkway to the cabin is booby-trapped with [[Trigger Barrel]]s that when jumped on, send anyone unfortunate enough to be standing on it flying or falling. This is featured in several episodes, and is often used to thwart K. Rool from stealing the coconut.

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===

Cranky's Cabin makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' in the [[smashwiki:DK Island (World of Light)|DK Island]] subarea of the [[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: World of Light|World of Light]], which in itself is a recreation of the [[Kongo Jungle]] world map from ''Donkey Kong Country''. Cranky Kong's [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] is fought in this location.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===

Cranky's Cabin appears in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' as Cranky's base of operations when discussing a strategy with [[Mario]] and [[Princess Peach]] to get ahead of [[Bowser]] and his army. It resembles his shop from ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''.

====''Diddy Kong Pilot'' (2003)====

[[File:DKP03 - Cranky Kong Screenshot.png|thumb|Cranky sitting at his cabin in ''Diddy Kong Pilot'']]

Cranky's Cabin makes a cameo in the 2003 iteration of ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'', and it also shown in a jungle setting. It is the location where Cranky communicates to the player from during various parts of the game. The iconic Nintendo logo and Giant Banana reappear in the scenery.

Cranky's Cabin was replaced with [[Bottles]]' [[jiggywikki:Molehill|Molehill]] in the final version of this iteration, ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Pilot|Banjo-Pilot]]''.

CrankysCabinGBC.png|Cranky's Cabin in the [[Game Boy Color]] remake of ''Donkey Kong Country''

Kongo Jungle map SSBU.png|Cranky's Cabin in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''

|JapR=Kurankī Kongu no Koya

|JapM=Cranky Kong's Cabin

|SpaM=Cranky's Hut

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