History ReferencedBy / DonkeyKong

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'': The Once-ler asks Ted "Why aren't you like other kids? Breakdancing and wearing bell-bottoms and playing the Donkey Kongs?"

* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' from his titular film is very clearly inspired by Donkey Kong as he appears in the 1981 arcade game, being a large antagonist who stands on top of a building and wreaks havoc while one of the building's workers tries to stop him.

-->'''Merton:''' Tommy, I for one didn’t just leap over the single most significant astrophysical hurdle in the history of mankind ''(gasp)'' to play a game of ''Donkey Kong''!\\

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** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'', the Critic, based on the quote above, is unsure of how to feel if Donkey Kong is now officially part of the Creator/DrSeuss canon.

--->'''Chris:''' Uh, what universe does this even take place in? Everything needs to take place in a universe!
--->'''Peter:''' It's a warehouse with ladders where a monkey took a girl.
--->'''Chris:''' What about the microtransactions that slowly bankrupt our family? Or the children slinging racist taunts into your earpiece?
--->'''Peter:''' It has two buttons, and I have to look down when I press them.

** In the file select for the first game, Banjo can be seen playing a UsefulNotes/GameBoy, and the sound effects are taken from ''Donkey Kong Land''.

** In the [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 N64]] version of ''Banjo-Tooie'', a sticker for ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' can be seen on the refrigerator in the break room of [[EternalEngine Grunty Industries]]. This was changed to a Banjo-Kazooie sticker in the UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade re-release.

* In ''VideoGame/ConkersPocketTales'' (another game by Rareware), Conker's IdleAnimation involves him pulling out a UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor and playing ''Donkey Kong Land'' on it, with music from that game's bonus stage playing in the background.
* The [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega CD]] version of ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' has the unlockable "Worm Kong" mask, which [[TakeThat resembles Donkey Kong with an arrow through his head]]. This was done in response to the original ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'' game outselling the original ''Earthworm Jim'' game in retail sales.

* In the ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventures'' LicensedGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, the boss of the fourth level is a gorilla on top of a skyscraper, whom you defeat by attacking the smaller gorillas it summons.

* ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kCePEEBjvc&ab_channel=AlanBecker Animation vs. Arcade Games]], Donkey Kong is among the many arcade games Yellow creates when he uses his laptop to transfer the games into his arcade cabinet allowing his friends to play, as well as becoming disrupted by [[VideoGame/QBert Q*bert]] who's messing with the arcade games. It also has both the main characters from their respective game, Jumpman and Pauline, fight against the main protagoinsts when their being mind controlled by Q*bert.

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* ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kCePEEBjvc&ab_channel=AlanBecker Animation vs. Arcade Games]], Donkey Kong is among the many arcade games Yellow creates when he uses his laptop to transfer the games into his arcade cabinet allowing his friends to play, as well as becoming disrupted by [[VideoGame/QBert Q*bert]] who's messing with the arcade games. It also has both the main characters from their game, Jumpman and Pauline, fight against the main protagoinsts when their being mind controlled by Q*bert.

* In the ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Khelo Samosa", one of the levels of the game Samosa and his friends save entrapped citizens from is the 25m level from the original ''Donkey Kong'' arcade game, but with a strongman in place of Donkey Kong, background character Dahi Puri Mausi in place of Pauline, and the barrels that are thrown into the playfield replaced by big dumbbells.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' episode, "[[Recap/TheFairlyOddParentsS2E17FairyFairyQuiteContrary Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary]]", Timmy and Remy Buxaplenty get into a magical duel over who gets to keep their fairy godparents. The first challenge involves the fairies rescuing their godchild from a giant ape who throws barrels.

** In "A Bicyclops Built for Two", a scene in the video game ''Death Factory III: The Legend of Death Factory II'' features Fry dodging barrels thrown by a gorilla.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "Fight Fighters", Rumble breaks into a barrel factory and starts throwing barrels at Robbie, who has to dodge them like Mario in Donkey Kong.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'': The Once-ler asks Ted "Why aren't you like other kids? Breakdancing and wearing bell-bottoms and playing the Donkey Kongs?"

** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'', the Critic, based on the quote above, is unsure of how to feel if Donkey Kong is now officially part of the Creator/DrSeuss canon.

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* In ''Conker's Pocket Tales'' (another game by Rareware), Conker's IdleAnimation involves him pulling out a UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor and playing ''Donkey Kong Land'' on it, with music from that game's bonus stage playing in the background.

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** Gnawty, an enemy in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1'' appears in [[FourSeasonsLevel Click Clock Wood]].

* The [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega CD]] version of ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' has the unlockable "Worm Kong" mask, which [[TakeThat resembles Donkey Kong with an arrow through his head]]. This was done in response to the original ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' game outselling the original ''Earthworm Jim'' game in retail sales.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': After training Hal to be a superhero proves disastrous, Minion tries to change tactics by modeling the next training course on Donkey Kong, complete with him (who is a MobileFishbowl attached to a gorilla suit) throwing the barrels.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' contains a few references to the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise, as both franchises were developed by Creator/{{Rareware}} at the time:

-->'''Fry:''' Hey, I know that monkey! His name is Donkey.\\

-->'''Manager:''' Sorry, Donkey Kong, you're just not a draw anymore. ''(the gorilla chucks a barrel at him)'' Hey, he's still got it.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': In the episode "[[Recap/AngelS05E12YoureWelcome You're Welcome]", Spike plays the original ''Donkey Kong''... [[PacManFever on the Xbox]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GetAce'': In the latter half of the first episode, Ace has to rescue Tina from [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever an enlarged simian]] throwing barrels at him from the top of a rollercoaster.