Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング, Donkī Kongu) is a brown gorilla and a recurring character in the Mario series, but is the main protagonist in his own series. His grandfather originally debut as a villain in Donkey Kong, where he kidnapped Mario's girlfriend, Pauline, but that was revealed to be Cranky Kong. Donkey Kong's first actual appearance was in Donkey Kong Country as the primary protagonist. In his series, he protects DK Island and his banana hoard alongside his nephew and best friend Diddy Kong from the evil Kremling leader King K. Rool. Unlike Cranky, he mostly appears to be on friendly terms with Mario. He is a playable newcomer character in Super Smash Flash 2.

Character description
Donkey Kong's grandfather made his first debut in the Donkey Kong for the arcade in 1981. Here, he was the antagonist who held Mario's girlfriend, Pauline, captive over a construction building. Mario had to make his way to the top of the tower to rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong. He would later return in Donkey Kong Junior which saw his young son rescuing him from Mario. He would once again be featured in Donkey Kong 3 which saw him go up against Stanley the Bugman.

After this, Donkey Kong seemed to be largely forgotten in the video game industry aside from remakes of the arcade classic, until Rareware released Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo, which depicted Donkey Kong's first appearance fighting against his arch-enemy King K. Rool. Donkey Kong Country was such a massive success that it helped the SNES take the lead in the 16-bit console war. The series was followed by two sequels in which Donkey Kong was, surprisingly, not playable due to being replaced by Dixie Kong.

However, Donkey Kong would be featured in Super Smash Bros. which marked his first appearance in a fighting game. He would then finally be featured once again as a playable character in Donkey Kong 64 for the Nintendo 64. He would then be featured in Super Smash Bros. Melee before starring in the Donkey Konga series and Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat.

While he has switched between appearing as a protagonist and as a antagonist, Donkey Kong has never truly been "evil" and he remains a part of the Mario universe appearing in many of the Mario spinoff games. Donkey Kong also appeared as a baby in Yoshi's Island DS; and in the Mario vs. Donkey Kong games as Mario's rival.

In Super Smash Flash
Even though Donkey Kong is a main stay in the main Smash Bros. games, he did not appear in Super Smash Flash. The reason was due to not having sprites available online at the time the game was being created. He shares this with Marth, Peach, Ness, Bowser, Wario and Yoshi.

In Super Smash Flash 2
Donkey Kong makes his debut in the Super Smash Flash series. He was the last newcomer announced in the original trailer, and could only be seen at the very end, after the credits, though his appearance is now different from the one seen in the trailer. He presents several moves from the Super Smash Bros. series and many new ones. His sprite design is based on his appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is ranked 15th in A tier on the current tier list.