Kaptain Skurvy

“I was run outta the swamps faster than you could say, 'Get outta here, ya little arson dirtbag.' Why d'ya think I went off to sea to become a pirate? Ya silly seadog.”

—Captain Scurvy, The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights

Captain Scurvy is a recurring character and villain on the Donkey Kong Country animated series. He was voiced by Ron Rubin. Scurvy's model is a recolor of General Klump's, as the two are identical besides their scale color and clothes.

History

Some time before the events of the show, it seems that he and Cranky Kong had some sort of encounter, which ended with Scurvy stranded on a desert island, getting lost at sea, and getting chomped by sharks. However, Scurvy managed to escape no worse for wear, and considers those events to be "fun and games."

Scurvy's first appearance on the show was in the episode "Booty and the Beast". In this episode, Scurvy, along with his shipmates, Kutlass, Green Kroc, and Polly Roger, attempt to steal the legendary Crystal Coconut; which Scurvy believes to be his birthright, as his great-great-great-grandpappy was the one who first discovered it and was the one who brought it to Kongo Bongo Island.

Capturing Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, Scurvy's theft seemed to have gone on without a hitch. Unfortunately for Scurvy, interference came in the form of an abnormally large Klaptrap. Jr. Klap Trap managed to free Donkey and Diddy and during the fight between the Kongs and Scurvy's crew, Jr. Klap Trap actually ate Scurvy's ship. After this disaster, Scurvy was sent packing along with his crew (minus Polly Roger, who had seemingly joined the Kremling Krew).

Captain Scurvy's ship.

Scurvy and his minions returned in the episode "Legend of the Crystal Coconut". Here, Scurvy once again attempted to steal the Crystal Coconut, but was unfortunately hindered in his plan due to the fact that the Crystal Coconut kept switching hands between the Kremling Krew and the Kongs.

At the end of the episode Scurvy does manage to gain the Crystal Coconut, only to lose it seconds later. It seems Donkey Kong had thrown the Crystal Coconut at Scurvy a little too hard as it ended up knocking out Scurvy's sore tooth out. Due to this, Scurvy had to give the coconut back to Donkey, as he had sworn on the Great Great Great Pirate Oath that he would grant a favor to anyone who knocked out his tooth, and the favor Donkey asked for was that Scurvy give the Crystal Coconut back.

In the episode "Bug a Boogie", Scurvy tries to steal the Crystal Coconut once again, and this time succeeds and even manages to steal everything in Cranky's Cabin along with it. Unfortunately, Scurvy loses the coconut once again after he is tricked by King K. Rool into giving it back.

Scurvy's next appearance was in the episode "Ape-Nesia". Here he tricks an amnesia-stricken Donkey Kong into thinking he was Scurvy's first-mate, "Donkey Croc". Scurvy manipulates Donkey into stealing various objects, including the Crystal Coconut. Eventually, Donkey regains his memory and tricks Scurvy, along with K. Rool, into falling into a banana peel ridden trap. The end of the episode shows that both Scurvy and K. Rool both gained amnesia.

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Captain Scurvy and his crew mates, Green Kroc (left) and Kutlass (right).

The last appearance of Scurvy was in the Christmas-themed episode, "The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights". In this episode revealed much of Scurvy's origin, the most startling revelation being that K. Rool's general, General Klump, was Scurvy's long-lost younger brother. It was revealed that Klump, as a young boy, had set off some fireworks, causing a large fire that devastated his and Klump's family swamp. Scurvy, in a show of brotherly love, took the blame for the accident and was banished from the swamp. He then ran off and became a pirate.

The end of the episode reveals that Klump had planned on leaving the Kremling Krew and joining Scurvy's crew, much to the protests of K. Rool.

"The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights" seems to reveal why Scurvy was so cold-hearted as to do something as bad as break the Kongo Bongo Festival truce between the Kongs and the Kremlings (something even K. Rool wouldn't do). It seems that losing Klump gave Scurvy the philosophy that if he couldn't "steal back what was lost", he could "steal everything else".

Appearances

• Booty and the Beast
• Legend of the Crystal Coconut
• Bug a Boogie
• Ape-Nesia
• The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	キャプテンスカービィー Kyaputen Sukābī	Captain Scurvy

Trivia

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Concept of Captain Skurvy

• Captain Scurvy, perhaps intentionally, resembles a Kannon, a type of Kremling from the games Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2; Kannons are simply Klumps (the species) in pirate garb, thus explaining Klump (the character) and Skurvy's similar appearance.
• Skurvy's unnamed ship resembles K. Rool's vessel, the Gangplank Galleon from the game Donkey Kong Country, among others.