Donkey Kong Jr.

Donkey Kong Jr. is a Kong character that debuted in Donkey Kong Jr. as the titular hero. In the events of the game, he has to rescue his father, Donkey Kong, from Mario. For a time, he sporadically appeared in spinoff Super Mario games as a playable character, though he was effectively replaced with Diddy Kong in this regard starting with Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, coinciding with the latter becoming fully acquired from Rare Ltd. by Nintendo. While he is occasionally identified as a younger version of the modern Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. is currently considered his father, and the son o...