Dixie Kong

Dixie Kong in Diddy Kong Racing DS
Dixie Kong
Species	Kong
Hair color	Blonde
Eye color	Green
Relatives	Tiny Kong (sister); Donkey Kong, Kiddy Kong, Chunky Kong (cousins)
Voiced by	Kevin Bayliss (1995-1996) Jen Taylor (2005) Kahoru Sasajima (2007-Present)
Debut	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Dixie Kong is a prominent recurring character of the Donkey Kong series who has appeared as the star of two games and as a sidekick or supporting character in others. She is a small monkey of the Kong clan who is known for her long ponytail, which she can spin to glide through the air and to lift items as if it were a third appendage. Dixie is known as the best friend and possible girlfriend of Diddy Kong.

Background

In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Dixie acted as Diddy's sidekick during his quest to rescue Donkey Kong from Kaptain K. Rool on Crocodile Isle. She stood up for Diddy when Cranky Kong told Diddy he was not experienced enough to take on the challenge. Together, Diddy and Dixie were able to thwart K. Rool.

Dixie Kong later starred in her own adventure in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. Donkey Kong and Diddy had gone missing, so she and Kiddy went on an adventure across the Northern Kremisphere to find them. This brought them into battle with the Kremlings and their mysterious leader KAOS, who turned out to be a robot operated by an undercover K. Rool. Dixie and Kiddy were able to save Donkey Kong, Diddy and the Banana Bird race while defeating Baron K. Roolenstein. Dixie and Kiddy went on a second adventure together in Donkey Kong Land III, when they raced K. Rool in the race to find the mysterious Lost World. Dixie and Kiddy were able to defeat K. Rool again and won the challenge.

She also appeared in Donkey Konga 2 and Donkey Konga 3, where she joined Donkey and Diddy in playing bongo drums after breaking up an argument between the two. Dixie was also playable in the Jungle Jam mode of DK: King of Swing and the multiplayer mode of DK: Jungle Climber (in which she was partnered with Funky Kong). She was also among the racers who helped Diddy Kong to free Timber's Island from the wrath of Wizpig in the Diddy Kong Racing DS remake. This was the first game where she appeared alongside her sister, Tiny Kong. In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Dixie appeared as a sidekick character (and was playable only by a second player). Dixie, Diddy, Donkey Kong and Cranky had been sent flying away from Donkey Kong Island when the Snowmads suddenly invaded. Dixie helped in the following quest to save the island from their control. At the end, the four Kongs celebrated their victory by playing music together, with Dixie playing the guitar.

Sports and Racing Spin-offs

Dixie has also become acquainted with the sports of the Mushroom Kingdom, as she has made playable appearances in Mario Superstar Baseball, Mario Hoops 3-on-3, Mario Super Sluggers and Mario Kart Tour. In Tour, where she could be unlocked at random through the game's gacha feature or at the in-game shop; she was initially only available during select tours, starting with the Jungle Tour in May 2020, before becoming regularly playable during the Bowser vs. DK Tour in May 2021. In addition to her first racing appearance in Diddy Kong Racing DS, she was also one of the three starting Kong racers in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, with her Kremling rival being Kass.

Other Appearances

Video Games

• In the Super Smash Bros. series, Dixie Kong's colors have been used as one of Diddy Kong's alternate outfits in all of his playable appearances, and her hat (which includes her hair) has appeared as Mii Fighter headgear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.. She has also been represented by a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, a trophy and a sticker (from Donkey Konga 2) in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U, a Smash Tour item (granting two midair jumps to a player) in the Wii U game and two stages of a Primary Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Her initial Spirit is an Ace-rank Spirit using artwork from Jungle Climber. At Level 99, the Spirit can be enhanced into a Legend-rank Spirit of Dixie Kong & Kiddy Kong (using art of them riding the hovercraft from the cover of Donkey Kong Country 3) that enhances the power of thrown items. When fought against in a Spirit battle, Dixie's Spirit would possess Isabelle and fight alongside Diddy (with Dixie's color scheme) in a battle where banana peels commonly appear.

Canceled Appearances

• She would have been playable in the canceled game Diddy Kong Pilot.
• Dixie was also listed as a fighter in a text dump of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, indicating that she did not make the final cut. Sakurai has mentioned that Diddy and Dixie were originally intended to act as a tag team that could switch places as in Donkey Kong Country 2, but the idea was scrapped due to technical limitations.

Trivia

• In her idle and stage clear animations, she has shown a penchant for chewing bubblegum, drinking banana milkshakes and playing air guitar or an actual guitar. She plays a blue guitar in her original appearances and a yellow one (with some pink parts) in Tropical Freeze.
• In Tropical Freeze, Dixie gains her own weapon known as the Gumball Popgun, as counterpart to Diddy's Peanut Popgun and the other weapons from Donkey Kong 64. As the name implies, it fires gumballs as ammunition.
• One strange discrepancy about Diddy Kong Racing DS is that Tiny, who was originally described as the younger sister of Dixie, appeared to have grown into a teenager. This makes her look older than Dixie, who still appears to be a child.
• Dixie and Tiny were added to Diddy Kong Racing DS to fill the gap left by Conker and Banjo, who were unavailable to the remake due to copyright issues.
• In Super Mario Odyssey, there are several locations in New Donk City that are named after her: Dixie Street (which is apparently the location of Diddy's Mart) and the Dixie Theatre.