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{{articleabout|the character itself|the video game with the same name|[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)]]| the current  [[Donkey Kong]] as a baby|[[Baby Donkey Kong|here]]}}
{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:DKJR_Tennis.PNG]]
|full_name=Donkey Kong Jr.
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1982|1982]])
|species=[[Kong]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2014|2014]]) (cameo)
|portrayed_by=Frank Welker (''[[Saturday Supercade]]'')
}}
{{quote|Monkey Muscle!|Donkey Kong Jr.|Saturday Supercade}}
 
'''Donkey Kong Jr.''' (sometimes referred to as '''DK Jr.''' or just '''Junior''') is a [[Kong]] character that debuted in ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' as the titular hero, who had to save his father, [[Cranky Kong|Donkey Kong]], from [[Mario]]. He is implied to either be the young form of the current [[Donkey Kong]] or the father of the current Donkey Kong.
 
==History==
===''Donkey Kong'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Jr.''====
[[File:DKjr.png|thumb|right|150px|Donkey Kong Jr. holding a key.]]
Donkey Kong Jr.'s premier appearance is in the eponymous ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' He is the star of the game and the only playable character. It follows the events of the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', where Donkey Kong Jr.'s father, [[Cranky Kong|Donkey Kong]] has now been locked up by [[Mario]]. Donkey Kong Jr. must travel through four stages, climbing vines to ascend them and then watching as Mario hauls his father further on through the game.
There are numerous enemies that Donkey Kong Jr. must avoid. However, if he drops fruit on the enemies, they will be defeated. Once Donkey Kong Jr. has put a key into the cage, Mario will move further on. When Donkey Kong Jr. beats Mario at last in [[Stage 4]], Donkey Kong and Mario both fall; Donkey Kong Jr. catches his father and then walks off-screen with his newly-freed papa.
 
====''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 instead of being kidnapped by [[Mario]]. 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 [[Junior (II)|pink-colored pallete swap]] of Donkey Kong Jr. 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.
 
====''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)====
[[File:Donkey_Kong_Jr_Gameboy.jpg|thumb|150px|Donkey Kong Jr. pulling a [[Switch (Donkey Kong)|switch]].]]
In ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'' on the [[Game Boy]], Donkey Kong Jr. teams up with his father to kidnap [[Pauline]], and Mario must defeat both of them before rescuing her. For most of the game, Donkey Kong Jr. usually stays in areas inaccessible by Mario, activating and deactivating switches in ways that can either help or harm Mario. Sometimes, Donkey Kong Jr. even appears out in the open and throws Poison Mushrooms. He defeats Mario instantly if he touches him. Finally, Mario got to stop him for good in Stage 9-4, where he locked him in a cage in a fashion similar to Stage 4 of the original ''Donkey Kong Jr.''. In the ending, Donkey Kong Jr. somehow managed to free himself and lay in wait as Pauline gave Mario a [[Super Mushroom]] to catch Donkey Kong, and acted as soon as his father was calling for help, although they presumably buried the hatchet.
 
====''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''====
Donkey Kong Jr. appears as a cameo at the end of the [[Aqueduct Assault]] level in the background in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' inside a Wii U gamepad held high by the original [[Cranky Kong|Donkey Kong]].
 
===''Saturday Supercade''===
Donkey Kong Jr., voiced by [[Wikipedia:Frank Welker|Frank Welker]], is featured as the main protagonist of the cartoon short ''Donkey Kong Junior'' from the animated series ''[[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]].
 
===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
Donkey Kong Jr. makes an appearance in the sixth [[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-climbing chase, the Mario Bros. escape Donkey Kong Jr.
 
===''Super Mario Kart''===
[[File: DKJRMK.PNG|thumb|left|Donkey Kong Jr. in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''.]]
[[File:DKJRDD.png|thumb|right|DK Jr. in a crowd with a [[Snifit]], a green [[Shy Guy]], a Blue [[Toad (species)|Toad]] with a red vest, and a [[Goomba]].]]
In 1992, Donkey Kong Jr. appeared as a playable character in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. He was classified as a heavyweight character alongside [[Bowser]]. His preferred item was the [[Banana]], with which he would litter the racecourses. His kart had maximum top speeds; however, if he were to drift away from the main course, its speed would decrease greatly. In every ''Mario Kart'' title since ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'', he has been replaced by the modern Donkey Kong. Nearly identical look-alikes also appear as a cameo in the background of [[Waluigi Stadium]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
 
===''Super Mario All-Stars''===
[[File:Smas-smb3 king4.png|thumb|right]]
In the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' remake in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', the [[kings]] of the [[Mushroom World]] are turned into different creatures than in the original. The [[Giant Land]] King gets turned into Donkey Kong Jr. This happens in other 16-bit remakes of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', including ''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]'', ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and ''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''.
 
===''Mario Tennis'' series===
====''Mario's Tennis''====
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.
 
====''Mario Tennis'' (Nintendo 64)====
[[File: DKJR789.jpg|thumb|right|Donkey Kong Jr. in ''[[Mario Tennis]]''.]]
Donkey Kong Jr. also made an appearance as an unlockable playable character in 2000, in the [[Nintendo 64]] adaption of ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''. He was classified as a Power Character, who could be secretly unlocked (alongside [[Shy Guy]]). In this game, Donkey Kong Jr. is unlocked by winning the Star Cup in Doubles. Also, his default doubles partner in this game is Donkey Kong.
 
===''Game & Watch Gallery'' series===
Donkey Kong Jr. appeared many times in the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' installments. Donkey Kong Jr. appears in the first two games with role as a "damsel in distress" in several of the minigames. However, Donkey Kong Jr. is the star of his own minigame which is a small remake of the original [[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong Jr.]] [[Game & Watch]] game. The same minigame from the third game also appears in the fourth installment of the series.
 
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Melee''====
Donkey Kong Jr. also has a [[trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', though he does not make a playable appearance.
 
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. did not return as a collectible trophy, though data extracted from the disc shows that he [[smashwiki:Beta elements (SSBB)#Scrapped trophies|going to appear]] but was scrapped. Instead, he has a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|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 him holding a tennis racket from Mario Tennis. Additionally, one of the names that appears when the player presses the "Random Name" button when naming their custom stage is '''DKJR'''.
 
===''Punch Out!!'' series===
====''Punch Out!!''====
[[File:Marioaudience.gif|thumb|right|Donkey Kong Jr. next to [[Luigi]] in the back.]]
In the first game in the series, Donkey Kong Jr. could be found watching the fight in the audience along with [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]].
 
====''Super Punch Out!!''====
In the second arcade (and second overall) game in the ''Punch Out!!'' series, Donkey Kong Jr. could be found in the audience again, along with [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Donkey Kong]], this time with a different color scheme.
 
===''Super Mario-Kun''===
Donkey Kong Jr. appears as a participating racer and an opponent to Mario in the ''Super Mario Kart'' adaption in one of the volumes of the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''.
 
==Game appearances==
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!width=50% | Title
!width=20% | Description
!width=20% | Release Date
!width=10% | System/Format
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)| Donkey Kong Jr.]]''
|Playable Character
|1982
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]/Arcade
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)| Donkey Kong Jr.]]''
|Playable Character
|1982
|[[Game & Watch]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''
|Playable Character
|1983
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong II]]''
|Playable Character
|1983
|[[Game & Watch]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Math Lesson]]''
|Playable Character
|1983
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''Punch-Out!!''
|Cameo as member of crowd
|1984
|Arcade
|-
|''Super Punch-Out!!''
|Cameo as member of crowd
|1985
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros.]]''
|Playable Character in ''Donkey Kong Jr.''
|1985
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Classics]]''
|Playable Character in port of ''Donkey Kong Jr.''
|1988
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
|Playable Character
|1992
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
|Cameo as the transformation of the [[Giant Land]] [[Kings|King]]
|1993
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)| Donkey Kong]]''
|Enemy in certain stages
|1994
|[[Game Boy]]
|-
|''[[Mario's Time Machine]]''
|Cameo as a picture hanging in [[Bowser's Museum]].
|1994
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''
|Cameo as the transformation of the [[Giant Land]] [[Kings|King]]
|1994
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|''[[Mario's Tennis]]''
|Playable Character
|1995
|[[Virtual Boy]]
|-
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]''
|NPC in modern versions of ''[[Manhole]]'', ''[[Fire]]'', and ''[[Oil Panic]]''
|1997
|[[Game Boy]]
|-
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''
|NPC in modern version of ''[[Parachute]]''
|1997
|[[Game Boy]]
|-
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''
|Playable Character in modern and classic version of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong Jr]]'' and in a port of ''[[Donkey Kong II]]''
|1999
|[[Game Boy Color]]
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)| Mario Tennis]]''
|Unlockable Playable Character
|2000
|[[Nintendo 64]]
|-
|''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]''
|Cameo as N64 Status' Icon (after N64 Link)
|2001
|[[Game Boy Color]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
|Trophy
|2001
|[[GameCube]]
|-
|''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing (GCN)|Animal Crossing]]''
|Playable in unlockable [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] version of ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr. Math''
|2001
|[[GameCube]]
|-
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''
|Playable Character in modern and classic versions of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'', and NPC in modern versions of ''[[Rain Shower]]'' and ''[[Fire]]''. He also appears on the title screen.
|2002
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|Cameo as the transformation of the [[Giant Land]] [[Kings|King]]
|2003
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|Cameo as similar-looking [[Kong]] audience members in [[Waluigi Stadium]]
|2003
|[[GameCube]]
|-
|''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]''
|Cameo in [[microgame]]
|2004
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|''[[Tetris DS]]''
|Cameo in the title screen
|2006
|[[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
|Cameo as [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Sticker]]
|2008
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
|Cameo as the transformation of the [[Giant Land]] [[Kings|King]]
|2010
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[NES Remix]]''
|Playable Character on the [[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]] stages
|2013
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|Cameo in the background at the end of the Aqueduct Assault level
|2014
|[[Wii U]]
|}
 
==Trophy information from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''==
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|-
!width=100px|Name!!width=100px|Image!!width=150px|Game!!|Description
|-
! Donkey Kong Junior
| [[File: Trophy276.PNG|100px]]
| align=center | ''Donkey Kong Junior Arcade''<br>1982
| ''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 at kart racing, tennis, and mathematics.''
|-
|}
==''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' Sticker Information==
{| border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="text-align:center" width=100%
|-
! width=100px | Image !! | Game !! | Effect
|-
| [[File:Junior Sticker.png]]
| ''Donkey Kong Jr.''
| Launch Resistance +21
|-
|}
 
==Gallery==
{{morepic}}
<center><gallery>
File:DonkeyKongJr.png|DK Jr. sitting
File:Mario'sT DonkeyKongJr.jpg|Donkey Kong Jr. in ''[[Mario's Tennis]]''
File:DonkeyKongJRKey.gif|Holding up the key that could open his [[Cranky Kong|father's]] cage.
File:Marioaudience2.gif|Cameo in ''Super Punch-Out!!''
File:Super Mario Kun 06 p039.jpg|''Super Mario-Kun'' appearance
</gallery></center>
 
==Actor Voices==
*[[Charles Martinet]] (In ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'')
*[[Takashi Nagasako]] (present)
 
==Trivia==
*Oddly, several games in which Donkey Kong Jr. cameos contain doppelgängers. Such examples of these games include the ''[[Game & Watch#Game & Watch Gallery series|Game & Watch Gallery]]'' series of remastered compilations (which seem to depict Donkey Kong Jr. as a species rather than an individual character), ''Donkey Kong Jr. Math'' which includes a [[Junior (II)|second Donkey Kong Jr. recolored pink]], and ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' which includes DK Jr.-like audience members at [[Waluigi Stadium]].
*Cranky, who is often said to be the original Donkey Kong, is referred to as either the current Donkey Kong's father or grandfather. If the former is true, this would make Donkey Kong Jr. the current Donkey Kong, and if the latter is true then this would make Donkey Kong Jr. father of the current Donkey Kong (which is most likely the case).
*During development of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', [[Diddy Kong]] was originally intended to be a redesign of Donkey Kong Jr., though Nintendo did not like the complete redesigning of the character and ordered that either Donkey Kong Jr. have his original appearance or the redesign be made into a new character.<ref>As revealed in ''Retro Gamer'' magazine.</ref>
 
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