DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. JUNGLE – DAY
DK walks through the jungle, pausing to pick up a BANANA and peeling it to eat. However, VOICES up ahead cause him to drop the BANANA and creep up to the top of a hill. He peers over and sees three KREMLINGS walking through the trees – BIPEDAL CROCODILE CREATURES, wearing BUCCANEER RAGS.
The leader of the trio, KLUMP, is HUGE AND FAT, with BURGUNDY SCALES. He wears a BUCKLED BELT around his waist, BROWN LEATHER BOOTS and a BLACK HAT with a SKULL-AND-CROSSBONES SYMBOL. Klump carries a BARREL under one arm, which DIDDY is imprisoned in.
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DIDDY (FROM INSIDE BARREL)
Let me out you lousy crooks! I'll make you sorry you ever hatched!
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The Kremlings laugh, amused by the monkey's pretend bravado.
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KLUMP
You talk big for someone so small!
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DIDDY (FROM INSIDE BARREL)
Small?! I'll show you small, you big ugly croc!
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PIRATE 1
That didn't even make any sense!
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Their mocking is cut abruptly short when DK drops down from the trees right in front of them! He pounds his chest and ROARS, letting them know just who the king of the jungle is.
He rushes forward and punches one of the pirates in the face, sending him flying back into a tree. The reptile slumps to the ground, unconscious.
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KLUMP
Ack! It's the big Kong! Go get 'im!
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PIRATE 2 is clearly unhappy, but draws his SWORD and runs at DK. The ape dodges the first, second, third swing and moves in to take down his opponent.
However, he is not expecting Klump, who sneaks up from behind and hits him over the head with the BARREL!
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DK
OUCH! Where's the honour, attacking someone from behind?!
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KLUMP
(SARCASTIC)
Hello? Pirate?
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DK responds by knocking the BARREL out of Klump's hands. It breaks open on a rock, sending a flustered and ragged-looking Diddy tumbling out.
He sees DK trading blows with Klump, and then looks to see Pirate 2 charging at him, his SWORD poised to strike!
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DIDDY
(TERRIFIED)
Uh, I was just kidding, you know! Can't we talk about this instead?
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PIRATE 2
Sure we can, when you're dead!
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Pirate 2 tries to stab Diddy with his SWORD. Diddy's quick reflexes are the only thing that save him. He dashes for a nearby tree and begins to climb up it.
Meanwhile, DK and Klump are taking turns punching each other in the face, with each blow progressively making the other even madder.
Eventually, DK ducks under a blow and punches Klump in the stomach, sending him doubling over. He follows this up with an uppercut which knocks the fat Kremling flat on his back.
Diddy, from his perch in the tree, throws a number of COCONUTS down at Pirate 2. One of them strikes the reptile in the head, knocking him out.
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DIDDY
Woohoo! Did you see that?
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DK
I sure did. I'm glad to see you're alright, little buddy.
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Diddy drops down from the tree to stand next to his friend, looking ashamed, his head downcast.
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DIDDY
DK, I'm sorry I lost your bananas. Those Kremlings... They got the drop on me, and I –
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DK
(CUTS HIM OFF)
Don't worry about it, Diddy. What matters is we're going to get our bananas back. All of them.
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He notices Diddy looking down and claps him on the back, nearly sending the poor monkey toppling over.
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DK (CONT'D)
Don't be so hard on yourself. You may not have the muscles that I do, and you're a long way from being a true hero... But you've got the guts, the reflexes and the heart. I know you're going to make me proud.
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DIDDY
(BRIGHTENS)
Thanks, DK.
(hops up, points at trail of bananas)
Now let's go get our bananas back!
CUT TO:
EXT. OCEAN - DAY
Cue DRAMATIC and MENACING 'PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN' music:
A pirate galleon sails though the ocean. It is the Gangplank Galleon – a large vessel, with three masts and a gold crocodile figurehead. Cannons sit on the deck, and cannon hatches are also visible in the side of the hull.
Black flags fly from the stern and above the crow's nest. The mainbrace bears a sail emblazoned with a skull-and-crossbones insignia.
NEW ANGLE, fly-over and zoom in toward the deck, where the ship's crew are at work.
They are the KREMLINGS – BIPEDAL CROCODILIAN CREATURES. They wear an assortment of BANDANAS, TATTERED PANTS and other PIRATE REGALIA.
EXT. GANGPLANK GALLEON, MAIN DECK – SAME
All around, the Kremlings are at work, hoisting cannons and pulling lines.
NEW ANGLE, low to ground, we look up toward the crow's nest, where a lookout can be seen.
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LOOKOUT
Land ahoy!
EXT. GANGPLANK GALLEON, STERN – SAME
NEW ANGLE, close up on a GREEN SCALED HAND that rests on the ship's WHEEL.
This hand belongs to K. Rool, leader of the Kremlings. His face is never directly shown in this scene.
From this angle, we see a PIRATE as he rushes up to the stern.
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PIRATE
Kaptain, we're approaching the Kongs' island!
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We see the back of K. Rool as he walks to the edge of the ship, lifts a TELESCOPE and looks through it.
NEW ANGLE, we momentarily SHARE the same POV as K. ROOL as he looks through the TELESCOPE. DK Island can be seen in the distance.
NEW ANGLE, close-up on K. Rool's eye as he lowers the TELESCOPE. It appears to be SWOLLEN AND BLOODSHOT.
NEW ANGLE, close-up on K. Rool's mouth as he grins sinisterly, his sharp teeth GLEAMING.