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{{quote|My [[banana]]s and my buddy, [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]], they are gone! The [[Kremling]]s will pay! I'll hunt them down through every corner of my island, until I have every last banana from [[Banana Hoard|my hoard]] back!|Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong Country}}

 

Donkey Kong's goal is protect his [[Banana Hoard]], defend [[Kong Island]], and help his friends whenever they are in trouble. Most of the time, Donkey Kong is joined by Diddy, serving as his sidekick. Although he is the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise's main protagonist, some of the games have a premise of Donkey Kong being kidnapped, so a different Kong, specifically Diddy or [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]], is substituted as the main protagonist.

==Creation and Development==

Donkey Kong's character design was created by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] for the ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'' Arcade game, in which the big ape kidnaps [[Mario]]'s (or [[Jumpman]]'s) girlfriend, [[Pauline]]. Miyamoto says that he chose the name "Donkey" to reflect the character's stubbornness, while "Kong" was considered a generic term for large scary apes in Japan<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/donkeykong.asp "Donkey Wrong" - An article about the origin of Donkey Kong's name]. Snopes.com. 2011. (Retrieved June 28, 2012)</ref>.

Donkey Kong appears in ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'' as a playable character. His offensive power shot is the [[Barrel Cannon Blast]], and his defensive power shot is the [[Boomerang Banana Return]]. When Donkey Kong wins the championship, Toad brings him the trophy, and he grabs it with Toad still holding on. He waves it around, shaking up Toad in the process. When he finally stops, Toad faints, and DK scratches his head. Donkey Kong's taunt is showing muscles.

 

[[File:DonkeyDKC.png|thumb|150px|The modern Donkey Kong is both an agile and strong ape, capable of defending the island.]]

Sometime after the battles between Donkey Kong and Jumpman played out, the original Donkey Kong took the name Cranky Kong. The new Donkey Kong forges lasting friendships with many of the other Kongs, including his eager nephew Diddy Kong, [[Funky Kong]], and his girlfriend [[Candy Kong]]. He eventually begins his reign over the island's jungle. Much of the young ape’s time is spent collecting Bananas to add to his [[Banana Hoard]], and he lives a relatively laid back lifestyle as compared to his father figure, Cranky.

 

====Canon====

 

In ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', Donkey Kong with his nephew Diddy is tested by his grandfather Cranky to recover the Banana Hoard from K. Rool's hands.<ref>'''Cranky Kong''': ''I'll call old K. Rool and arrange everything. You'll wake up tomorow without your bananas.''" - ''Donkey Kong Land'' Instruction Booklet, Nintendo, 1995, p. 3</ref>

 

In ''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]'', DK is first playable character from selection in which his '''Boost''', '''Speed''' and '''Agility''' are 3 out of 5. His counterpart is a individual [[Kritter]]. If the player complete all 32 of '''Candy's Challenges''', the Ultra Barrel DK is unlocked where the '''Boost''', '''Speed''' and '''Agility''' are 5 out of 5.

 

===Club Nintendo===

Donkey Kong is invincible during the move. Unfortunately he is also unable to move, making the move very risky to use on scrolling stages that require the player to keep on moving (ironically, this is a requirement in one of Donkey Kong's very own stages in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', [[Rumble Falls]]).

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===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' series===

====''Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem''====

In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem]]'', Donkey Kong arrives at the newly-opened Mini-Land to desperately get a [[Mini Pauline]], only to find out that he is the 101st guest to arrive and it sold out after 100. Donkey Kong gets incredibly mad and, in his rage, kidnaps the real Pauline, forcing Mario and his force of Mini Marios to rescue her. In the end, its shown DK is given a Pauline doll by Mario and the trio rides the Ferris wheel together.

 

===''Mario Baseball'' series===

In ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]'', Donkey Kong is mostly unchanged. He still uses a boxing glove to bat. His Star Pitch and Star Swing are also altered to [[Barrel Ball]] and [[Barrel Swing]], which involve him throwing a barrel. He has also lost his Laser Ball ability. As for his stats, Donkey Kong has better batting, but with worse fielding and even worse running. His pitching also lost one point, but it remains above-average. In this game, DK has good chemistry with Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, [[Tiny Kong]], [[Funky Kong]] and [[Baby Donkey Kong]], and his chemistry with [[Kritter]] and [[King K. Rool]] is bad, which is odd considering that they are on DK's team. DK has the second highest batting stat in this game, only surpassed by [[Bowser]], King K.Rool and Petey Piranha.

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===''Mario Strikers Series''===

[[Donkey Kong (monster truck)|A Monster Truck]] based on Donkey Kong appeared at Monster Jam 2007.

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==General information==

Image:Ssbdonkeykong.jpg|<center>''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''

File:MKDS-Donkey Kong Artwork.png|<center>''[[Mario Kart DS]]''

File:DKJUNGLEDK.jpg|<center>''[[DK Jungle Climber]]''

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==Music themes==

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