Editing Funky's Flights

{{about|Funky Kong's location in Donkey Kong Country|the mini-game in the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 2|[[Funky's Flights (Bonus Game)]]}}
{{location infobox
|image=[[File:FunkyFlights DKC.png|256px]]<br>[[Funky Kong]] introducing himself to [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|greater_location=[[Donkey Kong Island]]
|inhabitants=[[Funky Kong]]
}}
'''Funky's Flights''', also called the '''Flight Barrel Service''',<ref>''Donkey Kong Country'' Game Boy Color instruction booklet, page 14. "''DK’s surf-punk friend operates a Flight Barrel Service that can take our heroes to any level they’ve already finished.''"</ref> '''Funky Kong Airports''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #28, page 58.</ref> or '''Funky Airways''',<ref>Hodgson, David S. J. ''Donkey Kong Country'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 12. "''Part-time pilot of Funky Airways, part-time fisherman, and all-around ice-cool ape, this chilla gorilla inhabits his own fishing hut in each of the island's worlds.''"</ref> is a travel service operated by [[Funky Kong]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''. Its main purpose is to transport the [[Kong]]s to a previously visited location.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Country''====
[[File:Funky's Flights DKC GBA world map.png|thumb|left|Funky's Flights from Kongo Jungle's world map in the Game Boy Advance remake]]
Funky operates a Funky's Flights in every world of ''Donkey Kong Country''. It is [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]]'s only alternative to accessing a previously-visited world and level without defeating a boss. When the Kongs enter Funky's Flights, Funky lends them his [[Jumbo Barrel]], which transports them to the [[Donkey Kong Island]] map.

Additionally, in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake, a mini-game is hosted at the place, [[Funky's Fishing]], and Funky's Flights was even renamed to "Funky's Fishing" on the world map. While the Kongs can visit Funky to use the Jumbo Barrel, this is not necessary because there is the convenient option of using the world map's new {{button|GBA|Start}} menu to select "Call Funky".

====''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''====
{{main|Funky's Flights II}}
Funky's Flights has a successor location in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Funky's Flights II has a similar role to its original counterpart, with the biggest difference being that Funky Kong charges Diddy and [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] two [[Banana Coin]]s the first time they use his location from a world.

====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
[[File:FunkyFlyNBuy.png|thumb|Funky's Fly 'n' Buy concept artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'']]
Concept art of [[Funky's Fly 'n' Buy]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' shows it with the title "Funky's Flights" displayed on its tent.

===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
Though Funky's Flights does not return, Funky's Flights II from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' also appears here, although with the title "Funky's Flights".

===''Donkey Kong Country'' television series===
In the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (show)|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 along with common household objects such as a couch, refrigerator and paintings. In "[[Hunka Hunka Burnin' Bluster]]", Funky says he wants to transform Funky's Flights into a restaurant.

===''DK: Jungle Climber''===
[[File:Funky's Airplane DKJC.png|thumb|Funky's Airplane in ''DK: Jungle Climber'']]
Funky operates a similar flight service to Funky's Flights in ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'', named '''Funky's Airplane'''. The player can visit him by pressing {{button|DS|X}} from the world map. Funky's Airplane has a slightly different role than Funky's previous two flight services, as its intention is to fly DK and Diddy to the small, outer island of the current world. However, the Kongs are required to have a minimum number of [[oil barrel]]s, which varies per world, to fuel Funky's airplane.

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
[[File:Kongo Jungle map SSBU.png|thumb|left|Funky's Flights in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'']]
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Funky's Flights makes a cameo appearance 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''. Funky Kong's [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] is fought here and, after defeating it, unlocks Funky Kong's Shack, one of the shops in Spirits mode. Additionally, Funky's Flights' background music, "Funky's Fugue," appears as a song in the game, including in Funky Kong's Shack.
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==In-game description==
'''Instruction booklet''':
*"''Funky's Flights are the only way to fly! However, Funky's practices have changed, and he has different plans for you this time out.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Funky's Flights (icon).png|Icon
FunkysFlightsGBC.png|In the [[Game Boy Color]] version
Funky's Flights GBA.png|In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ファンキーコングの小屋
|JapR=Fankī Kongu no Koya
|JapM=Funky Kong's Hut
|Jap2=ファンキーのこや
|Jap2R=Fankī no Koya
|Jap2M=Funky's Hut ([[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Game Boy Color]])
|Spa=Aerolínea de Funky
|SpaM=Funky's Airline
|Fre=Vols de Funky
|FreM=Funky's Flights
|Ger=Funkys Flugplatz
|GerM=Funky's Airfield
|Ita=Vola con Funky<br>Pesca di Funky
|ItaM=Fly with Funky<br>Funky's fishing spot
}}

==Trivia==
*The theme for Funky's Flights was originally composed for another [[Rare]] game, ''{{wp|Killer Instinct (1994 video game)|Killer Instinct}}''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtTC1sRlB1c#t=0m50s Early promo video of the arcade version of Killer Instinct]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBGuX3U7Fnw Shown in full here, titled as "DKC Remastered FUNKY'S FUGUE ~ORIGINAL KILLER MIX~"]</ref>

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