He wears overalls. He wears a shirt. This Kong... Had his feelings hurt.

HE HAS NO STYLE HE HAS NO GRACE Also Lanky: *only male in the group that covers up his junk*

He may not have style He may not have grace But in all of our hearts he has a place

I met Lanky at New York Donkey Kon. He's a really down to Earth guy. He's really positive and he really loves his fans. Shame on the producers for doing this to him.

“Can I just say I’m so happy how positive this is?” - Lanky Kong seconds before disaster

Its now canon that Lanky Kong works in IT.

I love how you can hear DK on the phone replying only in apelike screeches to Lanky's coherent English

"This Kong has a funny face." *face glitches*

this is lanky’s joker moment

Top 10 betrayals

Looking at the rest of the lyrics for Lanky’s verse, it doesn’t even talk about how good he is at all at the end. Just that he digs the tune 😢

0:26 Are we just going to ignore lanky Kong getting the shit slapped out of him

“If anyone shoots anyone it’s gonna hurt. That doesn’t make you special” This has me dead for like five minutes

Bro why am I genuinely emotionally attached to lanky throughout this 😭

And then there’s chunky… He’s dead…

I want an updated video when Lanky realises he's not in the Mario movie

"He has no style. He has no grace." But he can fix your internet for the workplace.

The phone is a brilliant touch lol

This hits harder after seeing the Super Mario Movie. During the Kong Arena scene, we can clearly see Kranky Kong, Dixie Kong, Diddy Kong, and even Chunky Kong, but Lanky is nowhere to be seen.

The fact he sang along with the song but was unaware of his bit means that the producers showed him the song without revealing that he was a punching bag

The Raw emotion in "lanky Kong sucks ass" had me dead

JUSTICE FOR LANKY, HE DESERVES A RETAKE.

This legit made me feel sorry for Lanky

The fact that Joel's face changed right after pausing the "funny face" line has sent me

If I recall correctly, the last line of Lanky's bit in the DK rap is "this crazy kong just digs this tune!" just to gaslight us all into believing it's okay they just trashed him relentlessly

I was assured that this crazy kong digs this tune. How could the DK Crew betray my trust like this?

There’s so many layers to this entire thing. For one, they didn’t tell Lanky what the lyrics were and likely intentionally since they knew he’d dislike them if he did, and wouldn’t have acted silly for the video like they needed. Two, the way he immediately starts talking about Donkey sounds good at first, but really listen to it. It’s clear he gets bossed around and belittled by DK all the time. “Whips the team into shape” and “Nothing without him” are key points to that. For three, Donkey might even be physically abusing poor lanky, considering the way he said “That’s for sure” after hearing about the coconut gun like he’d been shot by it before and knows how much it hurts. Hell, he even hesitated to call about how mean spirited the song was. Probably because he knew he’d be reprimanded for standing up for himself!

The fact that Lanky was making reaction videos when this song came out is proof of how ahead of the times he was

"This kong has a funny face!" Gltchy face mode enabled.

footage of Grant Kirkhope watching the Mario movie and finding out he wasn’t credited for the song

After many time’s watching this the first line of the thing finally sticks out: “another” reaction video? Lanky just apparently putting out regular content

I can’t believe they told him to act goofy and then branded him with it, like it’s his thing. Poor Lanky

I love how even Chunky gets positivity. "He may move slow/He can't jump high/But this Kong's one Hellofa guy!" That's super positive compared to what Lanky got.

Watching it a second time hurts even more.. he's so upbeat about his "friends" yet you know the train wreck is coming.

Thanks for the rec Fauna!

I love how at 0:38 he makes a polite, enthusiastic comment about the “shoot ya” line but later when he’s upset he reveals what he really thinks of it

I never thought about just how mean the rap is towards lanky. Lmao

The perfectly synced "Here we go" is severely underrated

He's got the smarts and 10 gigs of space He'll fix your computer at a reasonable pace Just call him up when the blue screen's on And save your work with the help of this Kong HUH!

Joel is the master of using realistically awkward mannerisms that make it sound like conversations you've had or heard before

The part that breaks my heart is when Lanky doubles down on his optimism and says,"Maybe it'll come back around," and then plays the video again.

Thanks Tree Mom

Please make a part 2 with lanky thinking he’s in the Mario movie! Have it Nintendo feels bad for giving him the shaft for the DK rap so they promise him a cameo in the feature film. He goes and gets some set time, then when the movie comes out he finds out they didn’t use any of the footage with him anyways lol

“It was not self-deprecating it was just ME-depricating” I’m in stitches hahahah

This is the content I've been waiting for since youtube was created

Skar King's villianous backstory.

Bro I just got back from watching the new Super Mario Bros movie and they did Lanky dirty AGAIN!!! THE ONLY ONE WITH NO SCREEN TIME 😡😡😡

"This Kong has a funny face" *freeze* *Morph frame to a funnier face*

"This Kong has a funny face" _face shifts strangely through unseen dimensions on cue._

Lanky kong just got announced as the villain of Godzilla X kong in 2024! He will finally get his revenge!

1:24 “This Kong has a funny face!” Also Larry: **Transforms into a funny face**

Lanky’s sound design just further cements this. His double jump has an awkward sound, his handstand makes weird noises, his gun is just a blow pipe that shoots grapes. Devs hated that man

Fucking lost it at the first shot of him on the phone. Even though there was only a hint of yellow, I absolutely knew what that phone was and loved it.

I love how he just seems like a genuinely great guy

I just noticed that lanky gets smacked out of the frame in the beginning foreshadowing the diss track 💀

Based on the fact that Lanky only appeared in two more games, years apart, I choose to believe that he was able to forgive the DK Crew, but mostly went his own way afterwards.

The slight face glitch at 1:29 after “this Kong has a funny face” was fantastic

Cool Fact: This is the favorite video of Nature itself.

I’m going to need a full character arc for Lanky Kong where he confronts toxic workplace culture and realizes his friends aren’t really his friends

'Their best traits.' 'The positivity we need.' That aged well for about 5 seconds.

This was the first JH video I saw, still gold

So this is why Lanky didn't appear in the Mario Movie, he quit the group.

"This Kong has smiles. Has his own place. Does IT from his home workspace." Fixed

Now I understand why Lanky Kong is pissed off in Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire

"That's just how shooting people works" was the fuckimg best line of this. We love you Lanky

wait until he hears he wasnt even in the movie. But all the other Kongs were

I love how legit and real his reactions feel in the beginning haha, like this is 100% how someone would make a reaction video like this

Lanky, your portion is easily the best. Don't get discouraged.

Joel, I don’t know what’s better, your comedic timing, your writing, or your ideas. Either way, you don’t miss. Thanks for this.

I totally forgot the Lanky Kong lyrics and didn't know where this was going, then started choking because I laughed so hard. The stuff you miss as a child.

Lanky, I want you to know that even as a young impressionable kid those DK Rap lyrics meant nothing to me as far as how I saw you. You've been nothing but an outstanding man who's confident being himself and having fun. I'd also be completely amiss if I didn't mention your amazing talent! Running on your hands at top speed, even uphill? It's absolutely bonkers! I used to daydream about being like you and instantly flipping myself over to run on my hands if my friends and I had to escape a bully. I'd practice my handstands daily and you made me into a stronger, more confident person. Thank you for being you and inspiring souls since 1999. We love you! - Your fan for life

I... never realized before that the DK Rap was actually just a Lanky Kong Diss track

He's really crucial in speedruns of this game, isn't he? He's useful for that at least

Lanky Kong: "It's the kind of morale booster we need." Me: "Prepare to be... demoralized."

This is cursed, Saplings.

must've been payed well for the shoot - I see he's rocking the newest model banana phone

And that's why Lanky never shows up in newer games anymore.

🌿Konfauna!

2 years since this iconic piece, wow. Cant wait to see you in smiling friends!

It’s okay Lanky, I’ll always love you

I can't stop clicking on this video everyday when it shows up in my recommended.

he HAS cool style He has amazing grace This kong's sence of humor is so fricking great

After watching new mario movie I realized Lanky got crapped on again, all kongs in movie except our boy here.

Poor Lanky Kong :(

It probably wasn't intentional but the way his facial expression suddenly "updates" at 1:29 is really funny to me

Everyone in the mario movie except lanky lmfao true fashion

I saw you in the smiling friends season 2 trailer and I immediately thought of this video

0:14 that nerdy synchronized "here we go" is a beautiful minor addition that makes this all the more tragic

I like that the setting has to be the 90's, hence the computer, but he's doing modern style commentary

I was really scared this was gonna take a dark turn. This is much more entertaining than I anticipated

Konfauna~ 💚

"He has no style.." My sides hurt from laughing at that face he made.

Donkey Kong been real quiet ever since Lankey Kong showed up...

Bro!!! The way he’s holding his hands 😂😂😂 and then the “DoNKey KOooOng!!!” 🤣🤣🤣 I’m at work just watching this over and over.

Just wait till he finds out he wasn't in The Mario Movie

I find it funny that Lanky ignores the moment in the rap where Chunky accidentally slaps him away yet reacts to when the lyrics describe him. To Lanky, words hurt more than action do.

It's a good timeline we're living in.

"It was not 'self deprecating'! It was *me* depricating!"

This video is a perfect example of dramatic irony. We, as the audience, all know what to expect, but we watch the character move forward ignorant. The tragedy is enhanced by our knowledge of its inevitability. They could show this video in literature classes.

“Lanky Kong sucks a$$” -Lanky didnt save us from a giant earth-shattering pufferfish to be disrespected in this manner.