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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''' (also shortened to '''DK''') is the main and titular protagonist of the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]]. He is the grandson of [[Cranky Kong]], the son of [[Donkey Kong Jr.]], and the uncle of [[Diddy Kong]].<ref>''Playing with Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics'' Prima Games, p. 112 - "'''''THE DK LINEAGE:''' Super Mario Kart is the only Mario Kart game to feature Donkey Kong Jr. Due to the success of Donkey Kong Country, all future Mario Kart entries featured Donkey Kong, who is actually Donkey Kong Jr.'s son, with Cranky Kong, aka Donkey Kong Sr., canonically being the character featured in the original Donkey Kong game. Make sense, right?''"</ref> While Donkey Kong made his debut appearance in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', the "Donkey Kong" title was first used by Cranky, who debuted in the arcade game ''[[Donkey Kong (arcade)|Donkey Kong]]''.
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.
Donkey Kong is consistently depicted as a pale-skinned gorilla with brown fur, brown eyes, and a hairstyle. He wears a red necktie bearing his initials "DK" in yellow.
==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>.
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