Donkey Kong Jr.
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- “Monkey Muscle!”
- —Donkey Kong Jr., The Saturday Supercade
Donkey Kong Jr., (sometimes referred to as DK Jr.), is the son of the original Donkey Kong. He first debuted in Donkey Kong Jr., an arcade game first released in 1982. He has yet to make any playable appearances since Mario Tennis. It is said that after his father, now known as Cranky Kong, retired, Donkey Kong Jr. took the name of Donkey Kong and became the current Donkey Kong.
Appearances
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Jr. made his first appearance in Donkey Kong Jr.; he was the star of the game and the only playable character. Donkey Kong Jr. must save his father, Donkey Kong, who has been imprisoned in a cage by Mario. In this game, Donkey Kong Jr. had to climb on vines, avoiding several enemies in order to complete his quest. If Donkey Kong Jr. had to defend himself, he could do so by dropping fruit on top of his enemies. Donkey Kong Jr. had to find keys in order to unlock the cage his father imprisoned within. Once Donkey Kong Jr. had collected the keys, he had to work his way up to the cage; once he had unlocked it, he would move on to the next stage. Once Donkey Kong Jr. had completed his entire quest, his father was no longer Mario's captive – Donkey Kong was free.
Donkey Kong Jr. Math
One year later, Donkey Kong Jr. made another playable appearance in the game Donkey Kong Jr. Math. His father stood at the top of the stage, holding a sign with a random number placed on it. Donkey Kong Jr. had to climb amongst multiple vines to gather the correct numbers and mathematical signs to create the number on his father's sign.
This game also starred a pink-colored ape that could be playable in a two-player game; however, Donkey Kong Jr. was still brown in color, and could be played as in both one- and two-player modes.
Spinoffs
Nine years later, Donkey Kong Jr. appeared as a playable character in Super Mario Kart for the SNES. He was classified as a heavyweight character, just as Bowser was. His preferred item was the banana, with which he would litter the racecourses with. His kart had maximum top speeds; however, if he were to drift away from the main course, his speed would decrease greatly.
In 1995, Donkey Kong Jr. appeared as a playable character once more – this time in Mario's Tennis. He appeared as the only large character in the game, for Bowser was not playable.
Donkey Kong Jr. made his final playable appearance in 2000, in the Nintendo 64 game Mario Tennis. He was classified as a Power Character, who could be secretly unlocked. In this game, his father was also playable.
Other Appearances
Donkey Kong Jr. occasionally made cameo appearances in other games such as Donkey Kong '94 and the Game & Watch Gallery series. Multiple Donkey Kong Juniors are seen making minor cameos in games like Mario Kart: Double Dash!! in the background of Waluigi Stadium. He also makes a cameo in the Game Boy Advance edition of Super Mario Bros. 3; the Mushroom King of Giant Land was transformed into Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong Jr. also has a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, though he does not make a playable appearance.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, unlike in Super Smash Bros. Melee, he does not have a trophy. Instead, he has a sticker. The sticker shows Donkey Kong Jr. with a key over his head; the sticker is only referred to as Junior. It raises launch resistance by twenty-one in the Subspace Emissary adventure mode of the game. His other sticker shows hin holding a tennis racet from Mario Tennis.
After the original Donkey Kong retired, he became known as Cranky Kong. Donkey Kong Jr. then took on the name of Donkey Kong, effectively becoming the current Donkey Kong seen in games today.
Appearances in Other Media
Television
Donkey Kong Jr., voiced by Frank Welker, is featured as the main protagonist of the cartoon short Donkey Kong Jr. from the animated series The Saturday Supercade. Here, Donkey Kong Jr., after discovering his father is missing from the circus, decides to track him down with the help of a clumsy biker named Bones.
Literature
Donkey Kong Jr. makes an appearance in the Nintendo Adventure Book Doors to Doom. In the book, Mario and Luigi find themselves in Donkey Kong Jr.'s jungle after entering one of the doorways created by Dr. Sporis Von Fungenstein. Upon seeing Mario and Luigi, Donkey Kong Jr. attacks them, forcing the two to flee. Eventually, after a vine-swinging chase, the Mario Bros. escape Donkey Kong Jr.
Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Melee
Donkey Kong Jr. came to the rescue when Mario imprisoned his father. DK Jr.'s challenge was to collect the keys to Donkey Kong's cage, all the while dropping fruit on his enemies from high above. He was able to climb faster by using two ivy vines at once. This ape is also quite skilled as kart racing, tennis, and mathematics.
Gallery
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Template:MT may refer to...
- Template:Mario's Tennis, covering Mario's Tennis.
- Template:MT N64, covering Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64.
- Template:MT GBC, covering Mario Tennis for the Game Boy Color.
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