The Tiki Tak Tribe are a group of evil Tikis who are the main antagonists in Donkey Kong Country Returns. The tribe is led by Tiki Tong, a gigantic Tiki. The Tiki Tak Tribe use hypnosis-inducing music on the animals of DK Island (namely elephants, giraffes, zebras, and squirrels) and steal Donkey Kong's bananas, forcing him to retrieve the hoard with the help of Diddy Kong. It is interesting to note that the Tiki Tak Tribe's hypnotic music does not work on Donkey Kong or on Diddy Kong (it's hinted that it's because they're not smart enough for the spell to work). It would seem that the Tiki Tak Tribe needs bananas in order to live and to make more tikis, which seems to be the reason as to why they stole all of the bananas in DK Island. The Tiki Tak Tribe make a cameo appearance in Mario Kart 7 on the track DK Jungle.
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