Monkeying Around

[Davy Jones]

I can't say it often enough: vSNES

Open it, import the quicksave into vSNES and go to scene viewer (mowgli symbol in the upper task bar). Here you can save the sprite without the black background (it has an extra save function for the png).

I would rip the animation WITH the black background and then use quicksaves + vSNES to replace them. It's very simple, every SNES ripper should use this tool when it comes to difficulties.

By the way: I hate to say it, but I will re-rip the DKC title and game over, it has the same problem with being incomplete like the others (this black line which you get because the emulator fails to show you everything of the screen).

Edit: Since Tonberry mentioned that Funky's bg is bigger than the others, I will check them too.