Leo Luster

Leo Luster.

“Not a-doin'. You're gonna stop because that's what you do when you're faced with an irresistible force.”

—Leo Luster, Hunka Hunka Burnin' Bluster

Leo Luster is an alter ego of Bluster Kong that appears in the episode Hunka Hunka Burnin' Bluster of the Donkey Kong Country television series. In this episode, Bluster notices his hair is falling out and mixes various hair tonics together into a formula to try and restore his hair. The serum changes him to a sweet and good-looking ape, whom Candy falls for.

History

During the episode after Bluster transforms himself into Leo Luster, he stops in front of King K. Rool and his baddies, who have just made off with the Crystal Coconut, and introduces himself. Donkey, Diddy, and Candy Kong witness him as he sings to introduce himself, causing Candy to fall in love with him. During the song, Leo hypnotizes the Kremlings using his abilities from his new looks to make them hand over the Crystal Coconut and leave. Then, he gives the Coconut back to Donkey Kong, who becomes jealous of Candy's attraction towards him. Diddy forces Donkey to leave, and afterwards, Leo invites Candy to come to Funky Kong's new snack shack with him. As he talks, he notices that his voice is changing back to his original Bluster Kong voice; he quickly heads back to Bluster Barrelworks to get more serum, just as he turns back into his old self.

The Kremlings steal Bluster's serum when he tries to return to his Leo Luster form, but fails when he can't remember the formula and has all of his hair, even his mustache, removed, and becomes naked, so he trades the Crystal Coconut with them to get it back after he manages to get all of his hair back on. When he turns back into Leo, he heads to Funky's new snack shop, where he meets Candy and Donkey Kong. He announces that King K. Rool has just made off with the Crystal Coconut, so he and Donkey Kong compete to get the Coconut back first. Diddy Kong is unable to come due to eating the banana fish that Funky offered Candy, and, he goes to barf. On their way, they are captured by the crocodiles and Leo Luster turns back into Bluster. The Kongs need Leo's hypnotizing powers to escape, but they have no serum, until Bluster reveals that he hid the last spare part of his serum within him, but when Donkey Kong likes the idea of really hypnotizing them instead of pretending to, he accidentally pats Bluster on the back a little too hard, causing the bottle of serum to fall out of cage and shatter when it lands on the floor. Donkey Kong encourages to find the Leo Luster within himself, as he believes that the serum only brought the Leo Luster part of him out. Bluster turns himself back into Leo with Donkey Kong's reasoning, who dances in his reprise song, and he hypnotizes the Kremlings, most notably Krusha so he can give them the key after he zaps Donkey Kong, so that they can free the primates and get back the Crystal Coconut. Afterward, before Leo Luster could finish off King K. Rool and General Klump, the serum wore off and he turns back into Bluster once and for all. Bluster later tells the truth to Candy, who, doesn't believe it at first, but after Bluster tells the whole truth, he tries to kiss Candy, thinking that she's still interested in him, but, Donkey Kong pushes him out of the way. The only ones that know about Bluster's secret are King K. Rool, Donkey Kong, Candy Kong, General Klump, Krusha, and Bluster Kong, himself.

Physical Appearance

Leo Luster looks just like Bluster with more showy features. He wears the same shirt sleeves on his wrists and ankles, as well as sunglasses and a chain with a medal presenting the letters "LL". He also has tall black hair and speaks in a rougher voice than Bluster.