Donkey Kong (Super Mario)

Donkey Kong III, better known simply as Donkey Kong, or DK, is a major character in the franchise and the titular main protagonist of the franchise.
His grandfather Cranky Kong was once the original Donkey Kong in the Nintendo universe who immediately antagonized Mario, who in turn antagonized him back in Donkey Kong Jr., until he finally retired and became old in the Donkey Kong Country series. Donkey Kong III is the current Donkey Kong who serves as the protagonist of his own series, first appearing in Donkey Kong Country. He often battles alongside his best friend, Diddy Kong, against the tyrannical King K. Rool, who seeks to steal his banana hoard.
He is voiced by Takashi Nagasako ever since the 2004-2009 GameCube/Wii title Mario Power Tennis, and previously Charles Martinet and Grant Kirkhope in the English version.
==Appearance==
The design of Donkey Kong III analyzes him as a big monkey with huge muscles and wears a red tie monogrammed with two yellow letters, D and K, standing for his name.
==Personality==
Donkey Kong lives peacefully in the jungles of Donkey Kong Island and enjoys doing fun activities. However, he can also be a loose cannon who does as he pleases and is driven by his own impulses, agenda and pride. A flawed hero, DK is fearless, but greedy, helpful, but vengeful, strong, but lazy. He is also exceedingly possessive, jealously clinging to his banana hoard, and will personally hunt down whoever robbed it from him, then beat them to a pulp unless stopped. The Donkey Kong Country animated series portrayed him as a big eater who was pretty unintelligent and somewhat big-headed. In the video games, Donkey Kong has been shown to share the dimwitted and gluttonous traits of his animated counterpart, but also has an ill temper which may cause him to go on a rampage if lost. But when it comes to one of his family members getting hurt or severely injured, he will become incredibly ruthless and menacing.
Despite all his flaws, he is still a noble, unwavering, and compassionate hero, who would always look out for his friends, especially his nephew Diddy Kong, and adored Cranky Kong, even allowing Cranky to make fun of him at his own expense. DK also loves animals, who love him in return and are willing to aid him on his adventures. He'll rescue others in need, and offers support to anyone who needs it. He also appears to love nature and hate industrialism. As such, Donkey Kong feels uncomfortable in big cities and prefers the wilderness of the jungle. He will even put his love for bananas aside for the welfare of others. In Donkey Kong Country, the Kremlings kidnapping Diddy angered him greatly before he realized his banana hoard was missing. And in Donkey Kong Country Returns, he liberated all the hypnotized animals along the way to again reclaim his bananas. He also seems to have some form of a crush on Mario's friend Pauline. It should also be noted that despite being prorated as dumb he can think smart when needed. This is shown during Subspace when Bowser attacks him and Diddy he launches his pal out to safety knowing that Bowser is a threat.
==Biography==
Donkey Kong is the protector of Donkey Kong Island, defending it from the likes of King K. Rool, the Tiki Tak Tribe, and other villains as well. A strong and powerful ape, Donkey Kong owes his strength to a steady diet of his favorite food bananas, exercising, and going on many adventures. When he isn't adventuring or engaging in other activities, DK is either relaxing or listening to music. He is also the leader of his own crew - known affectionately as the Kongs. However, he is usually seen just hanging out with his eager little buddy Diddy Kong.
==History==
===Donkey Kong Country===
Donkey Kong decided to have Diddy Kong guard his Banana Hoard as part of his "Video Game Hero" training, while DK himself took a nap until Diddy's shift is over. The next day, Donkey Kong realized he had overslept and was then shocked to discover from Cranky Kong that the Kremling Krew had kidnapped Diddy and stolen the entire Banana Hoard. Luckily, it's not long before Donkey Kong is reunited with Diddy and after a big journey across the island, the pair confronted the leader of the Kremlings, King K. Rool, aboard the Gangplank Galleon. The Kongs defeated the royal reptile and return home to find the Banana Hoard completely restored.
In the Game Boy Advance remake of DKC, after Donkey and Diddy defeat K. Rool, the other Kongs board the Galleon to congratulate them. However, K. Rool got back on his feet and threatened to blow up Donkey Kong Island if they don't leave his ship. So DK and the others hop off as the ship sailed away with K. Rool vowing revenge.
===Donkey Kong Land===
Frustrated by the success of DKC, Cranky Kong gave the Banana Hoard back to King K. Rool and challenged Donkey and Diddy to retrieve it again using an 8-bit format, as he believed that no one would buy the video game without the graphics from DKC.
===Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest===
While relaxing on a beach, Donkey Kong is kidnapped by the Kremling Krew and spent most of the game as a captive of Kaptain K. Rool on Crocodile Island. Diddy and Dixie Kong briefly saw DK tied up atop of K. Rool Keep before being raised into The Flying Kroc airship. DK is then tortured by K. Rool until the Kongs arrive and manage to defeat him in battle. Donkey Kong breaks free from his bonds and gets his revenge by uppercutting K. Rool through the roof of the airship. He later joined Diddy and Dixie in watching Crocodile Island sink to the ocean floor.
===Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble===
The game's plot revolves around Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong trying to find Donkey and Diddy who have both mysteriously vanished at the Northern Kremisphere. DK isn't seen until the end of the game when it's revealed that he and Diddy were brainwashed into powering the Kremlings' new robotic leader KAOS, which was built by Baron K. Roolstein.
===Donkey Kong 64===
Donkey Kong was exercising in his treehouse when Squawks the Parrot alerted him that Chunky Kong, Lanky Kong, Tiny Kong and Diddy Kong are missing and his Golden Banana hoard had been stolen. After completing Cranky's training barrels, DK swam to a small nearby island and met a gigantic Kremling name K. Lumsy, who was imprisoned by King K. Rool for refusing to destroy Donkey Kong Island. DK agreed to help K. Lumsy by obtaining keys to his prison while also searching for the missing Kongs and Golden Bananas. However, he also quickly learned from a weasel named Snide that King K. Rool had his Kremlings kidnap the other Kongs and steal the Golden Bananas as a means to distract and keep him busy while he was preparing his new weapon, the Blast-O-Matic, to destroy DK Island. Wanting revenge against K. Rool for kicking him off the team despite playing a pivotal part in creating it, Snide instructs DK, as well as the other Kongs upon being freed, to retrieve his Blueprints, which K. Rool entrusted to his Kasplats/Krushas and will allow him to sabotage the machine. He also rewards them with a Golden Banana for every blueprint they return to him.
Throughout the game, Donkey Kong is tasked with collecting yellow bananas, yellow Banana Coins and yellow Blueprints from any of the Krushas with yellow hair. Like all the other Kongs, who are eventually freed and made available to play as, he can find five Golden Bananas in each of the main levels and around Donkey Kong Island. He learns the Baboon Blast, Strong Kong and Gorilla Grip techniques from Cranky's potions, gets the Coconut Shooter from Funky and a set of bongo drums from Candy when he pays each of them enough Banana Coins. He also fights the boss Army Dillo on two separate occasions, first in Jungle Japes, then in Crystal Caves, where he has to avoid his cannon fire and rolling attacks and throw TNT barrels at him when he sticks his head out to gloat. Like all the other Kongs, he's also available for the fight against King Kut-Out in Creepy Castle. At the end of the game, Donkey Kong and the others finally reach Hideout Helm which causes King K. Rool to quickly try to activate the Blast-O-Matic. However, using the extra time given to them by Snide after collecting his Blueprints, they manage to shut down the machine and foil K. Rool's plot. K. Rool then tries to escape on his airship, but K. Lumsy, who has been freed after the Kongs retrieved all of the keys to his cage, manages to swat it out of the sky after pursuing it for a bit and tripping over. Donkey Kong and the rest of the gang then confront K. Rool inside his ship where he challenges them to a battle in a boxing arena. DK is the first to fight him, during which he must launch himself at him using barrels, but only when K. Rool lets his guard down to appeal to the crowd. After successfully hitting him four times, K. Rool falls unconscious and DK wins the round. 
Eventually, after all the Kongs defeat him, Candy and Funky get rid of him for good by devising a plan where the former distracts him with her looks while Funky uses a bazooka that shoots out a boot that kicks K. Rool out of the airship and off into the distance. Afterwards, Donkey Kong is seen waiting for Cranky inside the cave where the Golden Banana hoard is. However, Cranky takes so long to get there that he falls asleep while waiting for him. When Cranky finally makes it, he pokes him with his cane until he wakes up, at which point, DK adds the last Golden Banana to the pile, restoring their collection completely. He then offers to give Cranky a piggyback ride, and though Cranky tries to refuse, he picks him up anyway, runs with him through the cave and presumably jumps into the pool of water just outside, all while the other Kongs are celebrating their victory. He is then seen relaxing with the other Kongs on top of K. Lumsy as he floats through the water into the sunset. 
===DK: King Of Swing===
While the Kongs were setting up for the Jungle Jam Tournament, King K. Rool appears and steals all the tournament's prize medals that are then scattered across the land. Donkey Kong must retrieve the medals while dealing with any obstacles that get in his way.
===Donkey Kong Jungle Beat===
When various kingdoms are invaded by villainous Kongs, Donkey Kong takes it upon himself to liberate them. He is aided on his journey by some inhabitants of each kingdom and different animal buddies while collecting large amounts of bananas along the way.
===DK: Jungle Climber===
The Kong Family are on vacation at Sun Sun Island when a giant banana-shaped spacecraft appears above a nearby mountain. Donkey, Diddy and Cranky Kong go to investigate and discover that an alien named Xananab has been searching for Kremlings who have stolen powerful Crystal Bananas from his home Planet Plantaen. DK and crew decide to help Xananab locate the Crystal Bananas before the Kremlings use their power to conquer the universe. Using special devices, the Kongs are able to travel into different dimensions where DK battles the Kremling’s forces and retrieves the Crystal Bananas before confronting King K. Rool on Planet Plantaen. K. Rool swallows the last Crystal Banana and becomes gigantic with new powerful abilities. However, Donkey Kong still manages to defeat him and is rewarded by the planet's people with countless bananas before returning home.
===Donkey Kong Country Returns===
A group of mysterious wooden creatures known as the Tiki Tak Tribe emerge from Donkey Kong Island's volcano and hypnotize the island inhabitants into stealing Donkey Kong's Banana Hoard. Immune to the Tiki's hypnotic tunes, Donkey and Diddy track their stolen bananas across the island and eventually discover that the Tikis are using bananas to create more of their own kind. The Kongs then venture inside the volcano's crater and confront the tribe's leader Tiki Tong within his tower. After a tricky battle, the Kongs bested Tiki Tong, causing him to explode with enough force to send the pair flying into orbit. However, the heroes used this to their advantage and knock the moon out from the sky (temporarily) to crush Tiki Tong's Tower, which restores Donkey Kong Island back to normal. Donkey and Diddy Kong later explore the Golden Temple and are transported to a dimension above the clouds.
===Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze===
At the start of the game, Donkey Kong is celebrating his birthday with Diddy, Dixie and Cranky. However, they are suddenly interrupted when Donkey Kong Island is taken over by a tribe of snow Vikings known as the Snowmads, whose leader, Lord Fredrik, uses a special horn to summon an ice dragon to freeze the island, as well as fierce frozen winds that blow the Kongs off the island. However, the Kongs travel across five other islands that the Snowmad's forces are on and manage to defeat all of the foot soldiers and bosses that they encounter before they eventually make it back to Donkey Kong Island. Going through the frozen fortress, the Kongs eventually confront the leader of the Snowmads, Lord Fredrik, in the depths of the frozen volcano. The Kongs defeat Lord Fredrik in a final battle, and Donkey Kong unleashes a flurry of punches, which sends him flying through the roof of his ship. Exiting the ship, the Kongs watch as Lord Fredrik crashes into the remaining Snowmad ships, destroying them and defeating the entire Snowmad tribe. Donkey Kong then notices that Lord Fredrik dropped his horn during his fall, and catches and blows into it. This creates a trail of flowers that transports the Kongs to the bottom of their island and creates a warm breeze that gets rid of the ice and snow created by the ice dragon, reverting the island to its normal state. The Kongs then celebrate the liberation of their island by jamming out together on their instruments.
==Other Media==
===Super Smash Bros.===
Donkey Kong, alongside Diddy Kong, King K. Rool, and other Nintendo characters, is a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series.
===Monster Jam 2007===
A monster truck based on the character appeared at Monster Jam 2007.
===Mario & Sonic===
Donkey Kong made appearances in most games in the Mario & Sonic crossover series as a playable character.
===Mario Kart 64===
This game marked Donkey Kong's first appearance in the Mario kart games. He is a heavyweight alongside Bowser and Wario and is one of the fastest racers in the game. He gets his own track called DK's Jungle parkway.
===Mario Kart Super Circuit===
Donkey Kong returned as a heavyweight in this game alongside fellow heavyweights Bowser and Wario. He does not have his own track this time.
===Donkey Kong Country Animated Series===
He appeared as the main character in the computer-animated cartoon series Donkey Kong Country from the 90s that was very loosely based on the games.
==Powers and Abilities==
Donkey Kong is extraordinary strong, even compared to many of other Kongs. In particular, he is capable of punching with great force; he can even knock the moon out of orbit using his bare fists, as seen in the ending of Donkey Kong Country Returns. In the intro of the game, it's revealed he is apparently immune to mental assault as one of the Tikis attempted to hypnotize him, but failed to do so.
==Audio==
===Theme===
Note: The songs don't work on Internet Explorer
Track	Album
	Donkey Kong Country
	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
===Vocals===
==Trivia==
*Donkey Kong's creation took inspiration from King Kong.
*Donkey Kong III is the Donkey Kong that makes the most Nintendo game appearances.
*Donkey Kong's biggest fear in the TV series is a big, bog monster.
*Since his movie counterpart is a hero in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, he is considered to be playable in the DLC updates of Super Mario Bros. Wonder.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28144737/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
*In the game Donkey Kong Country Returns, if the player does not make any inputs inside a level, Donkey Kong will eventually pulls out a Nintendo DS and plays it. During a similar idle animation in the game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Nintendo Wii U, he pulls out a Nintendo 3DS. In the Nintendo Switch version of the same game, Donkey Kong plays a Nintendo Switch, instead.
*Donkey Kong, along with Birdo and a few others, were originally going to appear as playable characters in the game Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, but were scrapped before the final product was finished for unknown reasons.
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