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King K. Rool (a pun on the word "cruel") is a fictional villain who appears in a number of video games featuring Donkey Kong. He is a member of the Kremling species of anthromorphic crocodiles. Being a recurring villain, he is analogous to King Bowser in the Mario series or Ganon in the Legend of Zelda series, and acts as a final boss. A master of disguise, he assumes many different personalities.

King K. Rool is the leader of the Kremling Krew, a group of reptilian creatures who live on Donkey Kong Island
's neighbor, Crocodile Isle. Over the years since the original Donkey Kong Country, K. Rool has developed a deep hatred against the Kongs. Initially he just wanted Donkey Kong's banana hoard, but his failure to obtain it led him to try and hurt the Kongs directly.

In Donkey Kong Country (1994), for the SNES, he steals Donkey Kong's bananas, but is foiled by Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. Donkey Kong Land (1995) for the Game Boy has a similar plot where Cranky Kong bets the two heroes they cannot get the bananas back on an 8-bit system.

In Donkey Kong Country 2 (1995), King K. Rool kidnaps Donkey Kong and takes him back to his home of Crocodile Isle. He is foiled by Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong. This time around there is a more pronounced pirate setting, and King K. Rool goes under the name Kaptain K. Rool. This is also similar to the plot of the Game Boy's Donkey Kong Land 2, released in 1996.

In Donkey Kong Country 3 (1996), King K. Rool is going by the name of Baron K. Roolenestein. Working in the shadows, he captures a vacationing Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong in the Northern Kremisphere part of the DK Isles, stuffs them in the cybernetic body of what was believed to be the new Kremling king, KAOS, and uses their brain power to control him behind the scenes. He is foiled by Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong. Baron K. Roolenstein would appear again in 1997 in Donkey Kong Land III for the Game Boy, where he attempts to be the first to discover the game's Lost World in a contest that also includes Dixie and Kiddy, and Donkey and Diddy (although the two never appeared in the game).

In Donkey Kong 64 (1999), for the N64, King K. Rool steals Donkey Kong's golden banana hoard as a distraction for the Kongs while he attempts to fix his Blast-O-Matic laser that is going to destroy Donkey Kong Island. Meanwhile, he has his men lock away four Kongs (Diddy Kong, Tiny Kong, Lanky Kong, and Chunky Kong, Donkey Kong was not captured). They are freed one by one and in the final battle where they foil K. Rool's plans once again. King K. Rool dresses as a boxer by the name of King Krusha K. Rool; ironically, the name Krusha was also used for one of the enemies in Donkey Kong Country and even as the name of the hidden playable character of the game's multiplayer mode.

Many believe in Donkey Kong Country 3 and Donkey Kong Land 3, K. Rool had lost his rank as Leader of the Kremlings and that rank was given to KAOS. For starters, the Kremlings only told everyone that KAOS was the leader so no one would suspect K. Rool for the disappearance of Donkey Kong and Diddy. Furthermore, when player meet the Queen Banana Bird, she specifically said that K. Rool inprisoned her and ordered the Kremlings to seal away her children, proving that K. Rool was still the leader during those games. Also if he was dethroned, Nintendo or Rareware would have probably mentioned it and something would have been said in the games as well. Finally, if KAOS was the true leader in Donkey Kong Land 3, he would have been the game's final boss instead of the boss of World 4.

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