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DK is a large muscular ape with brown fur. The fur on his head gives off the appearance of a human hairstyle. He wears a single item of clothing - a red necktie with the 'DK' logo printed on it in yellow.

==Donkey Kong==

DK's first appearance was in ''Donkey Kong'' - an arcade game named after him, being the lead villain. Though it is accepted by most people that the Donkey Kong in this game is actually [[Cranky Kong]]; Donkey Kong's elderly father in his younger days, he still goes by the name 'Donkey Kong'. In this game, the player controls Mario (called 'Jumpman' in this game) to the top of four different construction sites to rescue his girlfriend, [[Pauline]], who is being held captive by DK. The player must guide Mario to the top of the screen, avoiding [[barrels]] thrown by the ape and other traps. After the fourth level, DK lies unconsious on a pile of girders, and Mario and Pauline embrace at the top of the screen. Though this is where the arcade game ends and resets to the first level, the [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Game Boy game]] released in 1994 sees DK grabbing Pauline again, and running off into the [[Big City]], with Mario giving chase. This arcade game, created by Shigeru Miyamoto, was hugely successful - if it failed, the history of gaming would have been very different.