Nonkey Jong
Nonkey Jong is a character who appears in Dream BBQ. They appear in a secret room in the Lost Village.
Appearance
Nonkey Jong is a geometric blue ape. Their face, parts of their arms and feet, and the top of their head are white. They have a blue rhombus for a mouth and square-framed white glasses making up their eyes.
Personality
Nonkey Jong is very talkative and has an absurd amount of dialogue, with over 80 different interactions before they stop talking. They are relatively nice to Ena and seem to be open-minded, telling stories about their many life experiences, no matter how mundane.
Their speech pattern is almost exclusively in title case, and they always refer to themself in the first person, similar to stereotypical depictions of cavemen. They also typically say the first part of a sentence, pause, and finish the sentence shortly after, but sometimes they break away from this for comedic effect.
Trivia
- Their favorite color is blue, their favorite food is cigarettes, their favorite drink is Joca Jola, and they also enjoy orange juice.
- Several of Nonkey Jong's dialogues reference other parts of the game:
- "Nonkey Jong Have Hint About Secrets...Sometimes Walls Are Secrets" references both Nonkey Jong's room being a secret room accessed by walking through a fake wall as well as other secret rooms found throughout the game.
- "Nonkey Jong Heard Museum Around Somewhere...Maybe Nonkey Jong Find More Bones There" possibly references the Museum, an area mentioned in an ENA Day 2022 stream that is set to appear in Dream BBQ.
- "Maybe If Nonkey Jong Was Human, Nonkey Jong Could Be Stairs" hints at the interaction with the gravestone found next to Nonkey Jong, which the Humanboard can be used on.
- "Banana Is Sign Of Moral Turpitude...Nonkey Jong Would Never Touch" references one of Froggy's comments in the Hub, which itself references Mariya's comment towards Ena in Temptation Stairway when she encounters the giant banana in the Mannequin Expanse.
- "Can Nonkey Jong Borrow 10 Chocolates? Pay Back Soon...Fine" references the 10 Chocolates given to Ena by Shoryo upon completing the "PETS COME HOME..." questline.
- "You Talk To Nonkey Jong Lots...Nonkey Jong Get Achievement" references the "Patient Listener" achievement, which is earned by listening to all of Nonkey Jong's dialogue.
- Nonkey Jong's mention of pollinating Turrón by hand is a reference to the item given to Ena by the Merchant in Temptation Stairway.
- Their additional mention of pollinating dogs by hand is a reference to the Shepherd's job of taking care of Hourglass Dogs from the same episode.
Cultural references and inspirations
- Nonkey Jong's name and appearance are a reference to Donkey Kong.
- Nonkey Jong states in one of their dialogues that they are not the original Nonkey Jong, referencing how the Donkey Kong from the Donkey Kong Country series isn't the one seen in the original arcade game.
- The background music accompanying them once they are talked to a few times uses a cuíca, a common sound used in the Donkey Kong Country series soundtrack.
- Nonkey Jong's favorite drink, Joca Jola, is a play on the soft drink Coca-Cola.
- Nonkey Jong's "Secret Code For Ultimate Power" is a combination of the Konami Code and the Windows shortcut "Alt+F4", which closes the currently active application window.
- The fast food that Nonkey Jong states they tried, NcNonalds, is a reference to the fast food chain McDonald's.
- Nonkey Jong's quote "Nonkey Jong Think Force Between Two Electrostatic Charges Is Equal To Electrostatic Force Constant Times Product Of Two Charges Divided By Distance Squared Between Two Charges" references Coulomb's law, which is the formula that calculates the strength of the electric force between two static charges.
- Nonkey Jong names The Library of Babel in one of their dialogues.
- Nonkey Jong also names the Internet Raytracing Competition in another one of their dialogues.
Gallery
Nonkey Jong in the Lost Village.
A cursed, nonpolygonal version of Nonkey Jong, seen in Joel G's 4/25/25 stream.
