Donkey Kong becomes a monster truck

by Justin McElroy { Dec 10th 2007 at 9:50AM }

Much like getting a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, we're not sure if being transmogrified into a monster truck means that a icon has "finally arrived" or has leapt headfirst into the inky blackness of cultural irrelevance. For better or for worse, Donkey Kong, noted primate, kart racer and plumber antagonist, has just made the fateful jump.

Just as informative of the images of the Monster Jam truck (which actually bears a striking resemblance to DK) are the (plentiful) reactions of children at the ape's automotive debut, all of who attempt to describe how "cool" and "awesome" the truck is, but seem to be incapable of capturing the grandeur with mere words. Luckily, the camera pans away before they result to guttural grunts and screeching.

[Thanks, Shawn]

Tags: donkey-kong, donkeykong, monster-jam, nintendo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fernando Rocker @ Dec 10th 2007 9:54AM

@_@

matthew_neitzer @ Dec 10th 2007 10:08AM

Adult - 'his ->tongue

matthew_neitzer @ Dec 10th 2007 10:09AM

I don't know where the rest of my comment went. The guy said his tongue hangs out when he stops... yeah, even the kids knew that was a tie.

velocitystrike @ Dec 10th 2007 11:43AM

I lol'd a little at that sheer ignorance^^

MD/V @ Dec 10th 2007 10:16AM

That was the least enthusiastic group of endorsements I've possibly ever seen. Every single one of them had a face which communicated that they didn't give two shits about a Donkey Kong Monster Truck, but were willing to feign enthusiasm in exchange for a free T-shirt.

LAZoftheTamarinds @ Dec 10th 2007 10:32AM

Yeah pretty much. And did you see that one kid early in the video. He's like:

"Donkey Kong is my Favorite...(Pauses thinks.) Videogame character."

They don't care, they just wanted the t-shirt!

Ron Coobie @ Dec 10th 2007 10:18AM

umm

Henry @ Dec 10th 2007 10:28AM

"I like turtles!"

hvnlysoldr @ Dec 10th 2007 1:11PM

I like big shells and I cannot lie
You other plumbers can't deny
When those koopas with the itty bitty waists...

Ethan @ Dec 10th 2007 10:51AM

Some insightful comments there. Maybe their intelligence grows once they've left the stadium.

Delgado @ Dec 10th 2007 11:11AM

Doubtful... they did after all go INTO the stadium.

Obie @ Dec 10th 2007 11:07AM

I would like if I said that my little inner redneck did not smile at that video. I do wonder if they got the license from Nintendo, seemed pretty authentic.