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| "Donkey Kong Universe" (DKU) refers to the place in which all Donkey Kong games (except the original arcade versions), and games taking place in the same universe as Donkey Kong, exist. The list of characters in the Donkey Kong Universe include all of the Kongs in the Donkey Kong Country series, the Banjo-Kazooie series, ''Conker's Bad Fur Day'', ''Grabbed by the Ghoulies'', and ''Star Fox Adventures''. The games are inter-related by cameo appearances by characters from other Rare games or references to the other games. | | "Donkey Kong Universe" (DKU) refers to the place in which all Donkey Kong games (except the original arcade versions), and games taking place in the same universe as Donkey Kong, exist. The list of characters in the Donkey Kong Universe include all of the Kongs in the Donkey Kong Country series, the Banjo-Kazooie series, ''Conker's Bad Fur Day'', ''Grabbed by the Ghoulies'', and ''Star Fox Adventures''. The games are inter-related by cameo appearances by characters from other Rare games or references to the other games. |
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| ==Playable characters in Donkey Kong games==
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| '''Mario''' (originally called Jumpman) is the Italian star of many Nintendo games, created for the arcade game ''Donkey Kong'', where he must rescue his girlfriend, Pauline.
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| '''Donkey Kong Jr.''' was Donkey Kong's son, who rescues DK in ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' Later revealed to be the child for of Donkey Kong
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| '''Stanley the Bugman''' the mysterious "second hero" against Donkey Kong appeared in the lesser known 1984 sequel to ''Donkey Kong Jr.'': ''Donkey Kong 3''. Throughout the game, Stanley continuously fights against Donkey Kong in a greenhouse with his trusty bug sprayer, while Donkey Kong sends his vast army of swarming insects in Stanley's direction to hinder his progress.
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| '''Donkey Kong''' in the ''Donkey Kong Country'' games is stated by some sources to not be the original Donkey Kong, but his son (Donkey Kong Jr.) or grandson. He is playable and the star in ''Donkey Kong Country'', and ''Donkey Kong 64''. In ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and 3, he is kidnapped for the duration of the game, and the objective of the game is to save him.
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| '''Diddy Kong''' first appeared in ''Donkey Kong Country'' as Donkey's sidekick. In that game and its sequels he is smaller and weaker than Donkey. He returned as the star of ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. In ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', he appeared as a non-playable hostage alongside Donkey, and starred in ''Diddy Kong Racing''. He reappeared in ''Donkey Kong 64'' as one of five playable characters, where he possessed a rocket pack perhaps reminiscent of Rare's game ''Jetpac'', which is playable as an unlockable in that game. Most recently, he's started appearing alongside Donkey Kong in Mario sports titles, such as ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', and ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''.
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| '''Dixie Kong''' is Diddy Kong's girlfriend. She first appeared in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' as Diddy's sidekick who helped him save Donkey Kong. She also appeared in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' as the star with her cousin Kiddy Kong as her sidekick. She has recently appearred in ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' and ''Mario Hoops 3-on-3'' alongside Donkey and Diddy.
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| '''Kiddy Kong''' is a cousin of Dixie Kong. Kiddy appears only in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' as Dixie's sidekick. His uniqueness derives from his size.
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| '''Tiny Kong''' is Dixie Kong's little sister and was playable only in ''Donkey Kong 64''. Most recently, she had a cameo in the Game Boy Advance port of ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. Her talents include the ability to shrink and hover with her pig tails.
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| '''Lanky Kong''' is one of Donkey Kong's friends who appeared in only ''Donkey Kong 64'', and is an orangutan. His persona is described as wacky and his specific skills in that game are generally due to his long arms. He wears a red clown nose. It's stated by Cranky Kong in the instruction booklet of ''Donkey Kong 64'' that he is unsure how exactly Lanky is related to the Kong family, the only reason to wonder if he's not related being that he's the only orangutan in the series.
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| '''Chunky Kong''' appeared only in ''Donkey Kong 64'', in which he is the fourth and final character that Donkey Kong has to rescue. Like Kiddy Kong, his size is a major factor in his importance. Relation-wise, he's Kiddy Kong's older brother, and therefore Dixie and Tiny's cousin.
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| ==Non-playable supporting characters==
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| '''Cranky Kong''' is an older Kong who refers to the "good old days" of videogames, typically breaking the fourth wall. He is said to be the original 8-bit Donkey Kong, and the current Donkey Kong is either his son (Donkey Kong Jr.) or his grandson. In his first two appearances give the player hints about how to beat certain levels. In ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', he is the opponent in Swanky Kong's game. In the cartoon show, he played the role of a potion concocting scientist, a role he also provided in ''Donkey Kong 64'', in which he would sell you potions that served as the method of teaching DK & crew new moves.
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| '''[[Wrinkly Kong]]''' is Cranky Kong's wife, and is a schoolteacher in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' who took over Candy's role of saving game progress. She retired from school teaching in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' to life of leisure, exercising, playing ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', napping in her chair, and again saving the game. She also took care of the Banana Birds that were obtained in trades with the Brothers Bear or freeing from a crystal prison by playing a ''Simon''-esque memory game. By ''Donkey Kong 64'', she passed away but was able to appear in ghostly form to provide hints for Kongs who wandered up to the doorways with her face on them in each lobby of the game's worlds.
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| '''[[Funky Kong]]''' is a Kong of the same generation as Donkey Kong, but is not as heroic. He is a surfer, who lives a more mellowed out life style. He also runs a travel service on the islands. His first two appearances had him run an airline service but in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' he would build you different boats for the player to travel around the Northern Kremisphere. In ''Donkey Kong 64'', Funky moved to weapons and gave each Kong a projectile weapon.
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| '''[[Candy Kong]]''' is Donkey Kong's girlfriend, and in ''Donkey Kong Country'', she allowed the player's game to be saved. She also provided instruments for the playable characters of ''Donkey Kong 64'' to use against the Kremlings.
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| '''[[Swanky Kong]]''' is a Kong who has a taste for glitz and glamour. In ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', he is a game show host, who hosts a trivia challenge where the player can earn extras. In ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', he runs a carnival game where the player throws balls at cardboard cut-outs of Kremlings to earn extras.
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| '''[[Taj the Genie]]''' is a large blue elephant who lives on Timber's Island and guided Diddy Kong during his racing adventure against the intergalactic Wizpig. He was originally going to return in the canceled ''Donkey Kong Racing''.
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| '''[[Snide]]''' is an anthromorphic weasel who was a featured character in ''Donkey Kong 64''. With K. Rool, he had helped build the mechnanical version of Crocodile Isle and it's deadly Blast o'Matic cannon. When his usefulness had been fulfilled, K. Rool fired Snide, prompting him to help the Kongs out of spite by requesting them to gather the blueprints for the cannon so he could jam it when K. Rool tried to fire.
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| '''[[The Brothers Bear]]''' are the bears in ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. They run various shops in the Northern Kremisphere. Often, items could be swapped between them to get banana birds. Their names are: Bazaar, Barnacle, Brash, Blunder, Bazooka, Blue, Bramble, Blizzard, Barter, Benny, Bjorn, Baffle, and Boomer. And naturally, their last name is Bear.
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| '''[[Bluster Kong]]''' is DK's snobbish rival for Candy's affections, and he runs the barrel factory owned by his mother. He did not appear in the games, but was a regular on [[Donkey Kong Country (show)|the Donkey Kong Country cartoon show]].
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| '''[[Eddie the Yeti]]''', like Bluster, only appeared in the cartoon. He lives high in the mountains of [[Kongo Bongo Island]], the set of the show, in seclusion. This is due to being quite plainly stupid as well as loud, rude, obnoxious, and mean. Hence his nickname "the mean old Yeti". Very rarely does he portray kindness but he did not really make that many appearances from the start.
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| '''[[White Monkeys]]''' are characters that've appeared only once in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. These are gibbon-like creatures that help Donkey Kong out on his quest to become King of the Jungle. Just like Cranky Kong, they give out some hints, and tell you how to perform some certain techniques. They can also be seen on green plants with arrows next to them, in order for them to throw Donkey Kong around to the next area, up, down, left, or right. There are also times where there's a group of them that swing from the green plant so Donkey Kong could hold on to the bottom monkey to swing to the next area. It is uncomfirmed of whether or not they have names.
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| '''KISS Kongs''' are a group of four Kongs in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' that rule over the fruit kingdoms. People have given them the nickname of "KISS Kongs", because they're a group of four, and look somewhat like the band, KISS. Unlike the other Kongs, the four of them are evil, and are enemies to Donkey Kong, rather than friends. They're names are: Dread Kong (which has dreads, as his name implies), Karate Kong (which has a striking resemblance to Cranky Kong), Ninja Kong (which has the fighting style of a ninja), and Sumo Kong (which is a sumo wrestler, as his name implies). Dread rules over the Banana Kingdom, Karate rules over the Pineapple Kingdom, Ninja rules over the Durian Kingdom, and Sumo rules over the Starfruit Kingdom. Near the end of game, Donkey Kong must fight another Kong called the Ghastly King (A.K.A. Cactus King). It has been said by some people that he's a fusion of all four Kongs, Dread, Karate, Ninja, and Sumo. It's also been said that he's an evil creature that's been controlling the other Kongs, and forced them to be evil. Either way, the Ghastly King is a huge gorilla that has the ability to breathe fire. He's also very powerful, but is lacking in the speed department. After Donkey Kong defeated the Ghastly King, everything seemed to be back to normal, and the four KISS Kongs seem to've turned good, and they accepted Donkey Kong as their new king.
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| ===Animal friends===
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| * '''[[Rambi]] the Rhinoceros''' - Rambi was the very first animal buddy that appeared in ''Donkey Kong Country''. His horn made it possible to charge through enemies with ease while breaking through walls to reach bonus rooms. His size could be a hindrance, however, with low jumping ability and inability to crawl through narrow spaces. Rambi appeared in ''Donkey Kong Country'' and its ports, ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and the GBA version, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', ''Donkey Kong 64'', and ''[[Donkey Konga]]''.
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| * '''[[Enguarde]] the Swordfish''' - Enguarde has appeared in all of the games of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' trilogy and the ''Donkey Kong Land'' trilogy, with the exception of the original ''DKL''. His moves include the swinging of his bill to knock out enemies and the superstab, first introduced in ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. Enguarde is available only in underwater levels, though it is barely possible to control him out of water in certain situations. Enguarde returned in the Gloomy Galleon world of ''Donkey Kong 64''.
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| * '''[[Expresso]] the Ostrich''' - Expresso has appeared in all versions of ''Donkey Kong Country'', in ''Donkey Kong Land'', and in the GBA port of ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. A tennis shoe-wearing ostrich, Expresso can flutter in mid-air for a short time. His long legs meant that he could be kept safe from smaller enemies like [[Klaptrap]], but they were also weak and spindly against larger foes. Expresso was absent in the series after ''DKL'', but he was reinserted into ''DKC2'' when the GBA version was released in the new Expresso Racing mini-game.
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| * '''[[Winky]] the Frog''' - Winky was in all versions of ''Donkey Kong Country'' and also made a cameo in all versions of ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. A giant tropical frog, Winky could leap high distances and knock out even the most stubborn of enemies with his powerful legs. Flibbits, the tropical frogs from ''Banjo-Kazooie'', were based on Winky's design.
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| * '''[[Squawks]] the Parrot''' - Squawks has been featured in many of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' and ''Donkey Kong Land'' games. In the first ''Donkey Kong Country'', Squawks only held a flashlight in one level. But by the time ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' was released, Squawks was able to carry Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong to new heights. The same goes for ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. His main (and only) attack is spitting eggs, out of his mouth and through his beak, naturally. Squawks acted as a non-action guide character in ''Donkey Kong 64''.
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| * '''[[Rattly]] the Rattlesnake''' - Rattly debuted in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and would return in ''Donkey Kong Land 2''. He had a super-charged jump that could send players to platforms or hidden barrel cannons high above in usually out-of-reach areas.
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| * '''[[Squitter]] the Spider''' - Squitter appeared in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', and ''Donkey Kong Land III''. He could spin webs that could defeat enemies and build web platforms. Like most animal buddies of the series, Squitter is, in fact, very useful, and at times, players were forced into using him.
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| * '''[[Clapper]] the Seal''' - Clapper appeared in all versions of ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' as well as ''Donkey Kong Land 2''. While he couldn't be ridden like most animal buddies, by hitting his back he would blow cool air into a body of water, either returning boiling hot water to room temperature or freezing ice cold lakes and or lava.
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| * '''[[Glimmer]] the Angler Fish''' - Glimmer was a non-ridable animal friend who appeared in one stage in ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. Using his built-in light, he helped illuminate the interior of a dim sunken galleon.
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| * '''[[Ellie]] the Elephant''' - Ellie was featured in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', ''Donkey Kong Land III'', and made an appearance in ''Donkey Konga''. She had the ability to suck barrels towards her via her trunk. She can also suck up water and squirt it at enemies. However, she had a rather stereotypical weakness: Ellie is afraid of mice, so carry a barrel.
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| * '''[[Parry]] the Parallel Bird''' - Parry appeared in ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. When freed from the case he was enclosed in, Parry would fly above Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong, collecting out-of-reach items.
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| * '''[[Glower]] the Tadpole''' - Glower appeared in ''Donkey Kong 64''. When the player entered the central sunken ship in Gloomy Galleon, Glower lit the area. He replaced Glimmer as the light provider.
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| * '''[[Hoofer]] the Wildebeeste''' - Hoofer is a wildebeeste that lives in snow regions. He was featured in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' to use as Rambi's replacement. Just like Rambi, he has the ability to ram into objects, and moves at high speed. With the help of the fruit items at the end of the stage, Hoofer gains a gliding ability, which causes you to rack up a lot of Beats, depending on how far he jumps.
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| * '''[[Orco]] the Killer Whale''' - Orco is a killer whale that's found only at the beach of Pristine Sea in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''. Her abilities are similar to that of Enguarde the Swordfish, because she can ram into things, which uncovers hidden areas that Donkey Kong alone cannot reach. Orco also has the ability to jump very high out of the water in order to reach airbourne Beats, and to find the exit. It is probably safe to assume that Orco is female, since it has babies, but this hasn't been confirmed yet.
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| * '''[[Furl]] the Squirrel''' - Furl is a mysterious flying squirrel that's used as a parachute in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''. Furl is always found sleeping in trees, and then Donkey Kong has to wake it up in order to glide, and and float across the area, and collect Beats in the air.
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| * '''[[Helibird]]''' - Helibird is a parrot that made it's debut in ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' as one of Donkey Kong's animal buddies. Helibird is very similar to Squawks, and has to carry Donkey Kong with it's feet, and fly into the air to collect Beats, and get to higher areas. Unlike Squawks, who comes in only two colors (green and purple), Helibird comes in a variety of colors. Blue (main color), green, orange, purple, pink, and black. All of them are playable, with the exception of the black one, in which one of the gibbons use in the ''HeliBird Dash''. Although, Helibird may be similar to Squawks, it lacks one quality: the ability to spit eggs at the enemy.
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| ==''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' info== | | ==''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' info== |
