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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>.