Dixie Kong

Dixie Kong is one of the main characters from the Donkey Kong Country franchise.

Dixie is Diddy Kong's girlfriend, and Tiny Kong’s older sister. She also has two younger cousins, baby Kiddy Kong and his older brother Chunky Kong.

Appearance
Dixie is a chimpanzee that has long hair tied up in a ponytail, blond in color (she shares this with her sister and Candy), she also has a bang, the hair at the sides of her bang curls up. She has green eyes (currently the only Kong that has green eyes), her fur may go from light brown to brown. She can be recognized by her trademark pink beret. In one of her artworks she was shown to have an orange band under her pink beret.

In the Donkey Kong Country series, she had pink nails, but were removed in all later games and now she doesn't have visible nails. Her beret used to have a gold Rare logo pin attached to it, although in DK: King of Swing the Rare pin was removed due to Microsoft now holding the rights to Rareware. She also wore kneepads which were also removed in DK: King of Swing and later games for unknown reasons.

In the cartoons, she had yellow fur. She wore a pink beret and a shirt with a flower in it (reminiscent of her younger sister Tiny Kong). She didn't have earrings. Her ponytail was a bit more than half its game length. In the comics she has the same appearance as her first look, except for the Rare pin.

In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, when playing with two players, the second players takes control of a Dixie with purple clothes; whereas in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, along with her purple clothes, she also has red hair.

Personality
She is very courageous, adventurous, quite Tomboyish/assertive but also cheerful and lively, and only a little bit of a Girly-Girl with her pink clothing and affinity for flowers as well as taking great care of her hair, she's all about style and substance, as she helped Diddy save Donkey, and later she saved both of them. She has a particular fondness for sweets like bubblegum or (honey despite the immediate threat of the Zingers), and can often be seen chewing and blowing bubbles, and even owns a Bubblegum Popgun which she uses in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

She is also very musically inclined with her favorite instrument being the electric guitar and favorite music being rock music and has a habit of headbanging her remarkable hair when playing. She likes to sing and even tried to launch her singing career when she rose to stardom after the events of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land 3 (explaining her absence from Donkey Kong 64). She is also shown to enjoy sports. In games like DK: Jungle Climber, it is shown that she likes playing with Diddy and Donkey. She is also one of the most active Kongs, as she sometimes joins Donkey and Diddy in their adventures and known to enjoy sports, joining in with Diddy and Donkey when they play basketball and baseball.

In the cartoon, she is portrayed as a friendly and somewhat childish character. In one of the episodes, she even befriended a Kremling. She is also shown to really care about the others; she always tries to help her friends. She also loves animals. During the show, she had different pets. She may distract easily as she was losing her pets often.

Abilities
Dixie Kong's greatest asset is her long, blond ponytail. Her ponytail has the ability to rotate like a helicopter, allowing Dixie to slow down her fall, control her descent to the ground when she is in the air and expand her jump. She can also use her ponytail to lift a barrel and attack enemies (like her sister in Donkey Kong 64). Although she is overall slower, less agile and weaker than Diddy Kong in terms of running speed, jumping height and distance, climbing, swimming and attacking, the versatility of her ponytail counteracts the disadvantages. In Mario Hoops 3-on-3 she had the ability Cannon Shot, which consisted in her summoning a barrel to shoot the ball. In Donkey Kong Barrel Blast she had the ability of doing Wild Moves.

Trivia

 * In a Nintendo Power issue, Dixie was incorrectly called Daisy Kong.
 * Dixie Kong was originally planned to be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
 * She is the one of the only Kongs whose first name doesn't end with "y".
 * Dixie Kong in video games and other media has showcased many feats.
 * According to Rare, Dixie was absent during the events of Donkey Kong 64 because she tried to launch an unsuccessful singing career after the events of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land 3 made Dixie rise to stardom. However her first single 'Bananas Are A Girl's Best Friend' sunk without trace.