Donkey Kong

""Hooo hi!""

- ~ Donkey Kong



Donkey Kong is the main protagonist of the franchise of the same name and is either a protagonist, or sometimes an antagonist in the Mario franchise. His grandfather was once a rogue in the Nintendo universe and regularly antagonised Mario (who, in turn, antagonised him back in one game ) - however he was revealed to be Cranky Kong who is now an elderly ape in  the Donkey Kong Country series. The current Donkey Kong is the son of Donkey kong Jr. thus making his full name Donkey Kong III, and is the protagonist of his own series, first appearing in Donkey Kong Country. He often stops the villain King K. Rool from  stealing his banana hoard.

He sometimes appears in the Mario series such as Mario Party and Mario Kart as a playable character. He appears as a playable character in the Mario Kart series, since Mario Kart 64. He appeared as a playable character in the Mario Golf series, starting with Mario Golf 64. He appeared as a playable character in the Mario Party series, until Mario Party 5, where he hosts his own space. Donkey Kong appears as a baby in Yoshi Island DS. He also appears as the primary antagonist in the Mario vs Donkey Kong series.

Appearance
The current design of Donkey Kong analizes him as a big brown gorilla with huge muscles wearing a red tie with two yellow letters D and K, standing for his name.

Biography
The current Donkey Kong is the grandson of Cranky Kong who is the protector of Donkey Kong island and for the most part he is a hero and is the leader of his own crew - known affectionately as the Kongs.

Appearances in other media

 * Donkey Kong, alongside other Nintendo characters, is a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. series.


 * A monster truck based on the character appeared at Monster Jam 2007.