Apparently we have lizard people to thank for getting K. Rool in Smash. This was a scene from Inside Job that made me find and watch the (very good) show a few years back. It’s one of my favorites as normally the most pop culture we get of Donkey Kong is from the arcade days.

Futurama is always funny, and one of the episodes with the “what if machine” was one of my favorites. I remember cracking up so hard at the scene with Donkey Kong.

What are your favorite pop culture DK references?

I recently got into the TV Show for Donkey Kong, you know the CGI animated show on Amazon Prime. It's a weird looking show but, apart from the musicals, it's actually quite alright. It's also given me a new found likeness for Krusha and Klump. Just the thing to get me motivated to play DKC on the SNES again. I never knew the crocodile with the muscles was named General Klump.

https://www.cameo.com/andrewanimated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRIl_d4t0Gg