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Donkey Kong generational lore is a giant clusterfuck. Cranky was supposed to be the original Donkey Kong that is now Donkey's grandpa. Then the Mario Bros movie decided "he's actually Donkey Kong's dad".
I haven't played Donkey Kong Bananza yet so I have no idea how in the fuck that game is supposed to have an old Cranky Kong and a young Pauline in it if young Cranky was supposed to be kidnapping an adult Pauline in the original Donkey Kong.
There's a reason Mario lore threads are fun. Because it's full of autists trying to figure out how to make the clusterfuck of lore make sense more than Nintendo does.