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In ''Donkey Kong'', Mario, (or Jumpman), is a carpenter whose mission is to rescue his girlfriend [[Pauline]] from the clutches of [[Cranky Kong|Donkey Kong]], who takes her to a [[Construction Site]]. With the one button of the game, the player can make Mario jump over obstacles. Mario also uses [[hammer]]s as items. Jumping can be used to jump over obstacles only, not to destroy them, as is a prominent feature in later games.

In ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'', Mario appears as the antagonist, having captured Donkey Kong and holding him in

a cage to take him to the wild to ensure he cannot kidnap Pauline again. The protagonist [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] rescues his father in the end. Another game depicting Mario as the tamer of Donkey Kong is the [[Game & Watch]] title ''[[Donkey Kong Circus]]'', in which Mario appears only in the background.

Mario appears as an antagonist in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Circus]]''. In the game, Jumpman is a circus employee who watches Donkey Kong star as the new attraction of his circus. In the end of the game, Jumpman is shown in a construction site where the first game begins.