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During Donkey Kong's infancy, he is stolen from his treetop home by [[Kamek]] and his [[Toady]] army during their massive kidnapping spree. However, Baby DK meets the Yoshis and greatly helps them in their quest to defeat the [[Koopa Troop]]. When riding on a Yoshi's back, Baby Donkey Kong helps the Yoshis perform many special moves, such as climbing vines and charging. Baby Donkey Kong is one of the seven [[star children]].

Donkey Kong's first appearance (where he is later confirmed to be a younger [[Cranky Kong]]) is in the arcade game of the same name, where he is the main enemy. In the game, Donkey Kong was the pet gorilla of [[Mario]]<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/interview_miyamoto_nom18_feb2000.shtml Shigeru Miyamoto Interview]. The Mushroom Kingdom. (Retrieved July 1, 2012)</ref><ref>https://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic/donkey-kong-developer-interview</ref>, but he escapes and angrily carries Mario's girlfriend Lady (later renamed [[Pauline]]) to the top of a high construction site. He is pursued by Mario and attacks him by throwing [[barrel]]s and creating living [[Fireball (Donkey Kong)|Fireball]]s. He is eventually chased to the top of the construction site, where Mario causes the girders supporting him to collapse, sending him plummeting to the ground.

In ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'', Donkey Kong is a main villain once again, although this time, he does not fight Mario (who had gone on to star in his own series and would not meet with Donkey Kong again until much later). In this game, Donkey Kong goes on a rampage inside a greenhouse, and a local exterminator named [[Stanley (Donkey Kong 3)|Stanley]] is called in to defeat him. Donkey Kong uses a system of ropes to lower himself to the greenhouse floor. When he reaches the floor, the game ends, and Donkey Kong is able to destroy the rest of the greenhouse. After Stanley sprays Donkey Kong with insecticide three times to keep him off of the greenhouse floor, he runs away. In the final stage, Donkey Kong is forced back and gets his head stuck in a beehive. In the arcade version, upon his head getting stuck in a beehive, he tries to get the beehive off only to fall to the ground, with the beehive breaking in half and revealing his sting-swollen face.

Eventually, he is cornered at the [[Tower (world)|Tower]] and falls off upon defeat; however, he is then enlarged by several [[Super Mushroom]]s, forcing Mario to fight the newly enlarged ape off by throwing barrels at his face. Defeating Donkey Kong again causes him to shrink and fall onto Mario, who had thankfully become [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]] beforehand thanks to the Super Mushroom provided by Pauline. Donkey Kong then begs for help, with Donkey Kong Jr. rushing to his father's aid. The final credits photograph shows Pauline, Mario, Donkey Kong, and Donkey Kong Jr. at [[Rocky-Valley]], indicating that they buried the hatchet.

In the ''[[Donkey Kong (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong]]'' game, Donkey Kong attempts to stop Mario from releasing Pauline by throwing barrels at him, and Mario has to use a hook mechanism to loosen the wires supporting Donkey Kong's platform. If four wires are removed, Donkey Kong will fall.

Similar to ''[[Greenhouse|Green House]]'' and the arcade game ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'', the Game & Watch game ''[[Donkey Kong 3 (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong 3]]'' has [[Stanley (Donkey Kong 3)|Stanley]] protecting his plants. Donkey Kong releases bees aiming at the bugman, and Stanley's job is to spray them back at Donkey Kong.

In ''[[Donkey Kong Circus]]'', Mario watches Donkey Kong juggling [[pineapple]]s while balancing on a barrel. When Donkey Kong makes a mistake, Mario laughs at his performance.

In ''[[Donkey Kong Hockey]]'', Mario and Donkey Kong settle the score with a game of ice hockey. Player 1 is Mario, while Player 2 or the CPU is Donkey Kong. It also happens to be their first instance being in a competitive, physically athletic position.

Donkey Kong, along with Mario and Pauline, appears in several episodes of ''[[Saturday Supercade]]''. Here, Donkey Kong is a circus escapee and is now traveling across the country with Mario and Pauline on his tail. [[Donkey Kong Jr.]] is also featured in a few episodes. On the show, Donkey Kong Jr., along with his pal [[Bones (character)|Bones]], travels across the globe searching for Donkey Kong.

Donkey Kong makes occasional appearances on ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]''. Here he is more or less a giant, bestial monster, though he does have some more "civilized" behaviors mixed in, such as showering and sometimes wearing clothes. He likes to be left alone, and seeing people in his part of the jungle of Kongoland makes him violently angry. Oftentimes on the show, Donkey Kong is manipulated by Mother Brain and her minions to do their bidding, though he will occasionally help the heroes fight a shared enemy before demanding they leave. Of note is that in the episode "The Lost City of Kongoland," he is shown living in a tree house and sometimes wears a tie, something his video game counterpart would not be shown doing until four years after the episode aired. Donkey Kong also appears in the ''Captain N'' comics.

Donkey Kong appears in the sixth ''Nintendo Adventure Book'', ''[[Doors to Doom]]'', in a recreation of the original game (though Mario and Luigi are trying to reach the top to rescue [[Princess Peach]] instead of [[Pauline]]). Assuming the Mario Bros. successfully reach the top of the tower, Donkey Kong is ultimately sent plummeting out of sight when Peach jabs him in the backside with her crown.