Editing Donkey Kong Jr.

{{about|the character|the video game with the same name|[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)]]|the cereal|[[Donkey Kong Junior (cereal)]]|[[Donkey Kong]] as a baby|[[Baby Donkey Kong]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Donkey Kong Jr MT64 art.png|300px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''
|full_name=Donkey Kong Junior
|species=[[Kong]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' ([[List of games by date#1982|1982]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' ([[Super Mario Kart Tour]], as Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)) (2020)
|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. In the events of the game, he has to rescue his father, [[Donkey Kong]], from [[Mario]].

While he is occasionally [[Cranky Kong#Identity confusion|identified]] as a younger version of the modern Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. is currently considered his father, and the son of [[Cranky Kong]].<ref>"<i>''Super Mario Kart'' is the only ''Mario Kart'' game to feature Donkey Kong Jr. Due to the success of ''Donkey Kong Country'', all future ''Mario Kart'' entries featured Donkey Kong, who is actually Donkey Kong Jr.’s son, with Cranky Kong, aka Donkey Kong Sr., canonically being the character featured in the original ''Donkey Kong'' game. Makes sense, right?</i>" - ''Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide'', ''Super Mario Kart'' 16 Bits Tab.</ref>
==History==
===''Donkey Kong'' series===
====''Donkey Kong Jr.''====
[[File:DKJ Donkey Kong Jr Holding Key Artwork.png|thumb|120px|Donkey Kong Jr. holding a key]]
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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. Following the events of the original ''[[Donkey Kong (game)|Donkey Kong]]'', Donkey Kong Jr.'s father, [[Donkey Kong]], has been locked up by [[Mario]]. Donkey Kong Jr. must travel through four stages by climbing up vines and navigating other obstacles, as well as avoiding the enemies Mario sends at him to impede his progress, such as [[Snapjaw]]s and [[Nitpicker]]s. However, if he drops fruit on the enemies, they are defeated. Once Donkey Kong Jr. reaches the top of each stage, he attempts to insert a [[key]] into his father's cage, but appears confused as Mario hauls his father away to the next stage. In the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] version, all characters simply remain idle at the end of each stage before the next one begins.

When Donkey Kong Jr. defeats Mario at last by inserting all of the keys into their keyholes in the [[Chain Scene]], Donkey Kong and Mario both fall, but Donkey Kong Jr. catches his father and then walks off-screen with him as Mario chases them. In the NES version, this scene only has Donkey Kong Jr. catch his father, with the rest of the scene being omitted.

In the original arcade game, he also appears during the transition scene between the [[Jump Board Scene]] and [[Mario's Hideout]], where he pursues Mario's chopper by floating with a parasol.

====''Donkey Kong Jr. Math''====
Donkey Kong Jr. makes another playable appearance in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''. His father stands at the top of the stage, holding a sign with a random number placed on it. Donkey Kong Jr. must climb among 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 palette swap]] of Donkey Kong Jr. who is playable in a two-player game; however, Donkey Kong Jr. is playable in both the one-player and two-player modes.

====''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)====
[[File:Donkey Kong Jr Gameboy.jpg|thumb|130px|Donkey Kong Jr. pushing 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. appears out in the open and throws [[Poison Mushroom]]s. It is shown in [[Stage 4-11]] and [[Stage 8-9]] that Donkey Kong Jr. can cause Mario to lose a life if Mario touches him. In [[Stage 9-4]], Donkey Kong Jr. gets locked him in a cage by Mario in a fashion similar to the Vine Scene of the original ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' In the ending, Donkey Kong Jr. manages to free himself and lays in wait as Pauline gives Mario a [[Super Mushroom]] to catch Donkey Kong, and acts as soon as his father calls for help. In the end, the group take a photo together.

===Game & Watch series===
====''Donkey Kong Jr.''====
In the Game & Watch version of ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. appears as the playable character. He must dodge birds and Snapjaws and grab a key swinging from a tree to unlock his father's cage.

====''Donkey Kong II''====
In ''[[Donkey Kong II]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. appears in the same capacity as the previous Game & Watch title. In this game, he must dodge Snapjaw, Sparks, and birds and use keys to open the locks on his father's restraints.

===''Saturday Supercade''===
[[File:Saturday Supercade Donkey Kong Jr Artwork.png|thumb|left|Donkey Kong Jr. in ''Saturday Supercade'']]
[[File:BonesDKJr.png|250px|thumb|Donkey Kong Jr. and Bones in ''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 (character)|Bones]].
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===''Punch-Out!!'' series===
====''Punch-Out!!''====
[[File:Marioaudience.gif|frame]]
In the {{wp|Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|first game in the ''Punch-Out!!'' series}}, Donkey Kong Jr. can be found watching the fight in the audience along with [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Donkey Kong]].

====''Super Punch-Out!!''====
In the {{wp|Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|second arcade game}}, Donkey Kong Jr. can be found in the audience again, along with [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Donkey Kong]], this time with a different color scheme.

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
Donkey Kong Jr. makes an appearance in the sixth ''[[Nintendo Adventure Books|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.
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===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Super Mario Kart''====
[[File:Donkey Kong JR SMK artwork.jpg|thumb|120px|left||Donkey Kong Jr. in ''Super Mario Kart'']]
Donkey Kong Jr. appears as a playable character in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. He is classified as a heavyweight character alongside [[Bowser]]. His preferred item is the [[Banana]], with which he litters the racecourses as a CPU. His kart has maximum top speeds; however, if he drifts away from the main course, its speed decreases greatly.

Official artwork of ''Super Mario Kart'' shows a red "J" on Donkey Kong Jr.'s shirt, but his sprite during his victory animation shows a yellow "V" on his shirt instead. This was likely an intentional design choice to make Donkey Kong Jr.'s sprite entirely symmetrical. This means only half of the sprite is required to be stored in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]'s limited graphics memory as tiles of 8x8 pixels each, with the same tiles being flipped to display the other half of the sprite. During gameplay, the letter on Donkey Kong Jr.'s shirt is obscured by his kart's steering wheel.

In the next title of the series, ''[[Mario Kart 64]]'' onward, Donkey Kong Jr. was replaced by the modern Donkey Kong since ''Donkey Kong Country''.
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====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
[[File:MKDD Audience Sprite.png|thumb|DK Jr. in a crowd with other characters in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'']]
Donkey Kong Jr. makes a cameo in the background audience of [[Waluigi Stadium (GCN)|Waluigi Stadium]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. Interestingly, as the image for the audience is repeated, multiple, countless versions of him can be seen at one time. In this game, his head is redesigned to be more reminiscent of the modern Donkey Kong. 

He was planned to appear in the game as a playable character, but was ultimately [[List of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! pre-release and unused content#Unused data|replaced]] with [[Diddy Kong]].<ref>[[tcrf:Proto:Mario Kart: Double Dash!!/Multi-Game Demo Disc Demo/Unused or Early Graphics#Early Character Icons|The Cutting Room Floor]]</ref>

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
[[File:MKT Donkey Kong Jr SNES.jpg|thumb|left|Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES) in ''Mario Kart Tour'']]
A 2D sprite variant of Donkey Kong Jr. debuts in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' as a playable character in his 16-bit ''Super Mario Kart'' appearance under the name '''Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)''', debuting in the [[Super Mario Kart Tour]]. His special item is the [[Triple Bananas]]. This is the first game since ''Super Mario Kart'' to feature Donkey Kong Jr. as a playable character in the ''Mario Kart'' series.
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===''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 ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''.

===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario All-Stars''====
[[File:SMA4 Donkey Kong Jr Sprite.png|frame|left]]
In the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' remake in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', the [[kings|king]] of [[Giant Land|Big Island]] is transformed into Donkey Kong Jr. This change is retained in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.

====''Super Mario Maker''====
[[File:SMM Donkey Kong Jr Sprite.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. appears as one of the costumes that [[Costume Mario]] can wear.{{br}}

===''Mario's Time Machine''===
Donkey Kong Jr. makes a cameo in ''[[Mario's Time Machine]]'', appearing on several paintings in the background of [[Bowser's Museum]].

===''Mario Tennis'' series===
====''Mario's Tennis''====
In ''[[Mario's Tennis]]'' for the [[Virtual Boy]], Donkey Kong Jr. is a playable character. He is the largest character in the game. This is also the only game where he wears shoes and socks.
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====''Mario Tennis'' (Nintendo 64)====
[[File: DKJR789.jpg|thumb|Donkey Kong Jr. in ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]'', seen on Donkey Kong's court]]
Donkey Kong Jr. returns as a playable character in the [[Nintendo 64]] version of ''[[Mario Tennis (Nintendo 64)|Mario Tennis]]''. He is classified as a Power Character, who can be unlocked by winning the Star Cup in Doubles. He is one of two unlockable characters in the game, with the other being [[Shy Guy]]. If he is unlocked, he is Donkey Kong's double partner; otherwise, Yoshi takes his place. This game marks Donkey Kong Jr.'s final playable appearance until ''Super Mario Maker'' as a [[Costume Mario|costume]], not counting later ports of [[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|his game of the same name]].

====''Mario Tennis'' (Game Boy Color)====
In ''[[Mario Tennis (Game Boy Color)|Mario Tennis]]'' for the [[Game Boy Color]], Donkey Kong Jr. cameos as an N64 status icon.

===''Mario Clash''===
In ''[[Mario Clash]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. appears alongside Donkey Kong and the two congratulate the player for scoring over 800,000 points.

===''Game & Watch Gallery'' series===
Donkey Kong Jr. appeared many times in the ''[[Game & Watch Gallery (series)|Game & Watch Gallery]]'' installments. He appears with the role as a "damsel in distress" in several of the minigames.
====''Game & Watch Gallery ''====
In ''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. appears in the Modern versions of three games.

In ''[[Manhole (Game & Watch)|Manhole]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. is one of the pedestrians that [[Yoshi]] must keep from falling into the water.

In ''[[Fire (Game & Watch)|Fire]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. is one of the characters that the Mario Bros. must rescue from a fire at [[Peach's Castle|Princess Peach's Castle]]. If the Mario Bros. do not catch Donkey Kong Jr., he runs away with a sore bottom, earning the player a miss. 

In ''[[Oil Panic]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. sits on the ground on the left side of the [[castle]] from the top of which [[Bowser]] dumps oil. If any oil is spilled on Donkey Kong Jr., he gets mad, earning the player a miss.

====''Game & Watch Gallery 2''====
In ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. is one of the characters that [[Mario]] must catch in ''[[Parachute (Game & Watch)|Parachute]]''. Donkey Kong Jr. opens his parachute at the last minute.

====''Game & Watch Gallery 3''====
In ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]'', 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. He is also the star of another minigame: ''[[Donkey Kong II]]''.

====''Game & Watch Gallery 4''====
In ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. reprises his roles in ''Fire'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' He also appears as one of the characters that Mario must protect from Bowser's water balloons in ''[[Rain Shower]]'', hanging from the rope beside the swing on the lower left. If a water balloon hits Donkey Kong Jr., he releases the rope and get mad, giving Mario a miss.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
[[File:Trophy276.png|thumb|130px|left|DK Jr's ''Melee'' trophy]]
====''Super Smash Bros. Melee''====
Donkey Kong Jr. also has a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|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 was [[List of Super Smash Bros. Brawl pre-release and unused content#Models|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 [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Subspace Emissary|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'''.
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====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====
Donkey Kong Jr. appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]].

===''WarioWare'' series===
Donkey Kong Jr. appears in the [[Donkey Kong Jr. (microgame)|Donkey Kong Jr.]] microgame from ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'' and ''[[WarioWare Gold]]'' as the playable character.

===''Tetris DS''===
In ''[[Tetris DS]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. appears on the title screen. He distracts Mario long enough for him to get hit by a Tetrimino block thrown by Donkey Kong.

===''NES Remix'' series===
In ''[[NES Remix]]'' and ''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. appears in the stages derived from the ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' game.

===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
[[File:DKJrWiiU.png|thumb|110px|left|An 8-bit-looking Donkey Kong Jr., inside the Wii U GamePad held by DK]]
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#Wii U GamePad|Wii U GamePad]] held high by the [[Cranky Kong|original]] [[Donkey Kong]].

===Other appearances===
[[File:Donkey Kong Jr - KC Deluxe manga.png|thumb|150px|Donkey Kong Jr. in Kodansha's ''Super Mario'' manga]]
Unused sprites of Donkey Kong Jr. can be found in the code of ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'', but he does not appear in the final game.<ref>https://tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_3_(Arcade)</ref>

In the [[Family Computer Disk System]] port of ''{{wp|Konami's Ping Pong}}'', Smash Ping Pong, Donkey Kong Jr. appears in the audience and replaces Pentarou from ''{{wp|Antarctic Adventure}}'', another Konami game.

Donkey Kong Jr. has made some appearances in Kodansha's ''[[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Super Mario]]'' manga.

Donkey Kong Jr. was featured in [[List of unreleased media#Fleetway Mario comic pitch|Fleetway Publication's pitch for a Nintendo comic]], looking much bigger and monstrous than his usual depictions.

Donkey Kong Jr. appears in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZgEIELERs an e-Reader commercial], where he is on an assembly line and undergoes a personal hygiene makeover, only to be compressed into an e-Reader card.
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==General information==
===Physical description===
Donkey Kong Jr. bears a resemblance to his father, the [[Cranky Kong|original]] [[Donkey Kong]]. He has brown fur and wears a leotard with the letter J on it. His size varies between games, but is usually smaller or about the same size as the current Donkey Kong.

===Personality===
Donkey Kong Jr. is portrayed as the hero of [[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|his own game]] and a villain of Mario in [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|''Donkey Kong'' for the Game Boy]]. He always sides with Donkey Kong, and is shown to be athletic and mischievous.

==Profiles==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
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'''{{ruby|出身|しゅっしん}}''' サーカス<br>
'''{{ruby|性格|せいかく}}''' いたずらっこ<br>
'''{{ruby|登場|とうじょう}}ゲーム''' {{ruby|ＪＲ．|ジュニア}}、{{ruby|ＧＢ|ゲームボーイ}}ドンキー、 カート<br>
'''<big>おやじ{{ruby|思|おも}}いの{{ruby|考行者|こうこうもの}}</big><br>
「ウッキー。うちの{{ruby|父|とお}}ちゃんが、サーカス{{ruby|団|だん}}のマリオにさらわれだんだ。かわいそうな{{ruby|父|とお}}ちゃん。{{ruby|今|いま}}、{{ruby|助|たす}}けに{{ruby|行|い}}くからね。ウッホホ。」<br>
'''<big>レバーを{{ruby|変|か}}えるイタズう{{ruby|者|もの}}</big><br>
{{ruby|ＧＢ版|ゲームボーイばん}}のドンキーコングでは、{{ruby|壁|かべ}}を{{ruby|開|あ}}けをり、{{ruby|道|みち}}をつくるレバーを {{ruby|ＪＲ|ジュニア}}が{{ruby|勝手|かって}}に{{ruby|変|か}}えてしまう。{{ruby|本当|ほんとう}}にイタズラ{{ruby|好|ず}}きだ。<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'', [https://imgur.com/tKYR4V3 page 29.]</ref>

'''''<big>Donkey Kong Jr.</big><br>
''Place of origin: Circus''<br>
''Disposition: Rascal''<br>
''Game appearances: Jr., GB Donkey, Kart''<br>
'''''<big>Father-minded thinker</big><br>
''"Ukki. My papa was kidnapped by Mario, the circus master. My poor papa. I'm coming to the rescue. Uhoho."''<br>
'''''<big>Mischief-maker who changes levers</big><br>
''In the GB version of Donkey Kong, Jr. changes the levers that open walls and creates paths on his own. He really is a prankster.''

===''Mario's Tennis''===
*'''Instruction Booklet Bio:''' ''He is slower than all the other players, and also has a smaller racquet contact area. He is, however, understandably the most powerful of all the players. His strong groundstrokes allow him to win many points from the baseline.''<ref>''Mario's Tennis'' English instruction booklet, page 22.</ref>

===''Mario Kart Tour''===
====Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)====
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|I2.17=SNES Mario Circuit 3R|R2.17=[[SNES Mario Circuit 3|SNES Mario Circuit 3R]]
|I2.18=Wii DK Summit T|R2.18=[[Wii DK Summit|Wii DK Summit T]]
|I2.19=Tokyo Blur 4R|R2.19=[[Tour Tokyo Blur|Tokyo Blur 4R]]
|I2.20=Tokyo Blur 4T|R2.20=[[Tour Tokyo Blur|Tokyo Blur 4T]]
|I2.21=GBA Cheep-Cheep Island T|R2.21=[[GBA Cheep-Cheep Island|GBA Cheep-Cheep Island T]]
|I2.22=Los Angeles Laps 3T|R2.22=[[Los Angeles Laps|Los Angeles Laps 3T]]
|I2.23=New York Minute 4|R2.23=[[Tour New York Minute|New York Minute 4]]
|I2.24=Vancouver Velocity 2|R2.24=[[Vancouver Velocity|Vancouver Velocity 2]]
|I2.25=N64 Yoshi Valley R|R2.25=[[N64 Yoshi Valley|N64 Yoshi Valley R]]
|I2.26=Sky-High Sundae T|R2.26=[[Sky-High Sundae|Sky-High Sundae T]]
|I2.27=GBA Bowser's Castle 3T|R2.27=[[GBA Bowser's Castle 3|GBA Bowser's Castle 3T]]
|I2.28=Piranha Plant Cove|R2.28=[[Piranha Plant Cove]]
|I2.29=Piranha Plant Cove T|R2.29=[[Piranha Plant Cove|Piranha Plant Cove T]]
|I2.30=DS Mario Circuit R|R2.30=[[DS Mario Circuit|DS Mario Circuit R]]
|I2.31=DS Shroom Ridge RT|R2.31=[[DS Shroom Ridge|DS Shroom Ridge R/T]]
|I2.32=Wii Daisy Circuit T|R2.32=[[Wii Daisy Circuit|Wii Daisy Circuit T]]
}}
*'''''Mario Kart Tour'' Twitter:''' "''Part two of the tour features Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES)! He's here to battle for first place on the new DK Maximum kart!''"<ref>mariokarttourEN (September 16, 2020). [https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1306110611001085955 ''Twitter'']. Retrieved September 16, 2020.</ref>
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===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' trophy====
{|border=1 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 width=100%
|-
!width=100px|Name!!width=100px|Image!!width=150px|Game!!|Description
|-
!Donkey Kong Junior
|[[File: Trophy276.png|100px]]
|align=center|''Donkey Kong Junior''<br>Arcade 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'' stickers====
{|border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="text-align:center" width=100%
|-
!width=100px|Image!!|Game!!|Effect
|-
|[[File:Donkey Kong Jr. Sticker.png]]
|''Mario Tennis''
|[Arm] - Attack +14<br>Usable by: Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong
|-
|[[File:Junior Sticker.png]]
|''Donkey Kong Jr.''
|Launch Resistance +21
|}

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit====
{|align=center width=100% cellspacing=0 border=1 cellpadding=3 style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse; font-family:Arial; font-size:85%;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width=8%|Name
!rowspan=2 class=unsortable width=10%|Image
!rowspan=2 width=8%|Game
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Type
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Class
!rowspan=2 width=8%|Effect
!rowspan=2 width=13%|How to obtain
!colspan=4 width=40%|Spirit battle
|-
!width=7%|Opponents
!class=unsortable width=19%|Battle conditions
!width=7%|Stage
!width=7%|Song
|-
!Donkey Kong Jr.
|[[File:SSBU_Donkey_Kong_Jr_Spirit.png|100px]]
|''Donkey Kong'' Series
|Primary (1)
|Ace
|'''{{color|Grab|limegreen}}'''<br>Throw Power ↑
|World of Light (Light Realm); Spirit Board
|Tiny [[Donkey Kong]], Giant Donkey Kong
|align=left|
*Defeat the main fighter to win
*The enemy's throws have increased power
*Reinforcements will appear during the battle
|[[Kongo Jungle (Super Smash Bros.)|Kongo Jungle]]
|Donkey Kong / Donkey Kong Jr. Medley
|}

==List of appearances by date==
{|class=sortable cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 border=1 align=center width=100% style="border-collapse:collapse; font-family:Arial"
|-
!width=40%|Title
!width=25%|Description
!width=15%|Release Date
!width=20%|System/Format
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)| Donkey Kong Jr.]]''
|Playable character
|1982
|Arcade
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)| Donkey Kong Jr.]]''
|Playable character 
|1982
|[[Game & Watch]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong II]]''
|Playable character
|1983
|Game & Watch
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson]]''
|Playable character
|1983
|[[Family Computer]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. Math]]''
|Playable character
|1983
|[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|-
|{{wp|Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|''Punch-Out!!''}}
|Cameo as member of crowd
|1984
|Arcade
|-
|{{wp|Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|''Super Punch-Out!!''}}
|Cameo as member of crowd
|1984
|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|World 4]] [[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|World 4]] [[Kings|King]]
|1994
|Super Nintendo Entertainment System
|-
|''[[Mario's Tennis]]''
|Playable character
|1995
|[[Virtual Boy]]
|-
|''[[Mario Clash]]''
|Cameo at 800,000 points
|1995
|Virtual Boy
|-
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery]]''
|NPC in Modern versions of ''[[Manhole (Game & Watch)|Manhole]]'', ''[[Fire (Game & Watch)|Fire]]'', and ''[[Oil Panic]]''
|1997
|Game Boy
|-
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 2]]''
|NPC in Modern version of ''[[Parachute (Game & Watch)|Parachute]]''
|1997
|Game Boy
|-
|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''
|Playable character in Modern and Classic versions 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's Icon (after N64 Link)
|2001
|Game Boy Color
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''
|Trophy
|2001
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|''[[nookipedia:Doubutsu no Mori (game)|Doubutsu no Mori]]''
|Playable Character in emulation of ''Donkey Kong Jr. Math''
|2001
|Nintendo 64
|-
|''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing (GCN)|Animal Crossing]]''
|Playable Character in emulation of ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr. Math''
|2001
|Nintendo 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 (Game & Watch)|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|World 4]] [[Kings|King]]
|2003
|Game Boy Advance
|-
|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''
|Cameo as similar-looking [[Kong]] audience members in [[GCN Waluigi Stadium|Waluigi Stadium]].
|2003
|Nintendo GameCube
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong/Donkey Kong Jr./Mario Bros.]]''
|Playable character in ''Donkey Kong Jr.''
|2004
|Arcade
|-
|''[[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|World 4]] [[Kings|King]]
|2010
|Wii
|-
|''[[NES Remix]]''
|Playable character on the ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' stages
|2013
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[NES Remix Pack]]''
|Playable character on the ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' stages
|2014
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]''
|Playable character on the ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' stages
|2014
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|Cameo in the background at the end of the Aqueduct Assault level
|2014
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|[[Costume Mario]] outfit
|2015
|Wii U
|-
|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''
|Cameo in the background at the end of the Aqueduct Assault level
|2018
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|''[[WarioWare Gold]]''
|Cameo in microgame
|2018
|Nintendo 3DS
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|Cameo as [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|Spirit]]
|2018
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''
|Playable character
|2020
|{{wp|iOS}}, {{wp|Android (operating system)|Android}}
|}

==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Saturday Supercade Donkey Kong Jr Artwork.png|''[[Saturday Supercade]]''
G&W Donkey Kong Jr Artwork.png|''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)]]''
DK JR SMK artwork.jpg|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''
DonkeyKongJr.png|''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)]]''
Mario'sT DonkeyKongJr.jpg|''[[Mario's Tennis]]''
G&WG3 Donkey Kong Jr Holding Key.png|''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ジュニア<br>''Junia''<br>ドンキーコング{{ruby|Jr.|ジュニア}}<ref>''Super Mario Kart'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 22.</ref><br>''Donkī Kongu Junia''<br>ドンキーJr. <small>(''Mario Tennis'')</small><br>''Donkī Junia''
|JapM=Junior<br><br>Donkey Kong Jr.<br><br>Donkey Jr.
|ChiS=森乐刚 <small>(''Donkey Kong Jr. (Game & Watch)'')</small><br>''Sēnlègāng''<br>森喜刚Jr<small>. (since ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')</small><br>''Sēnxǐ Gāng Jr.''
|ChiSM=Reference to Donkey Kong's Chinese name "森喜刚" (''Sēnxǐgāng''), while "乐" (''lè'', happy) is have same meaning as "喜".<br><br>Donkey Kong Jr.<br><br>
|ChiT=森喜剛Jr.
|ChiTR=Sēnxǐ Gāng Jr.
|ChiTM=Donkey Kong Jr.
|Dut=
|Fre=Donkey Kong Jr.
|Ger=Donkey Kong Jr.
|Ita=Donkey Kong Jr.
|Kor=동키콩주니어
|KorR=Dongki Kong Junieo
|KorM=Donkey Kong Junior
|Por=Donkey Kong Jr.
|Rus=Донки Конг — младший
|RusR=Donki Kong - Mladshiy
|RusM=Donkey Kong Jr.
|Spa=Donkey Kong Jr.
}}

==Trivia==
*During development of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', Donkey Kong Jr. was originally slated to appear with a redesign. [[Nintendo]] did not like the redesigning of the character, and ordered the game's developer, [[Rare Ltd.|Rare]], to either retain the character's original appearance or to make the redesign into a new character.<ref>As revealed in ''Retro Gamer'' magazine.</ref> [[Diddy Kong]] was created as a new character to fulfill the role.
*Oddly, several games in which Donkey Kong Jr. appears contain doppelgängers. Examples of such games include the ''[[Game & Watch#Game & Watch Gallery series|Game & Watch Gallery]]'' series (which seems 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. colored pink]]), and ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' (which includes many Donkey Kong Jr. lookalikes as audience members in [[GCN Waluigi Stadium|Waluigi Stadium]]). An early design for the [[Helper Monkey]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' also resembled multiple Donkey Kong Jrs. (particularly his prototypical ''Double Dash!!'' model), but without his shirt.

==References==
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