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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Unlike in most ''Donkey Kong'' games and ''Mario'' spin-offs, where Donkey Kong has a cartoonish voice, voiced by {{s|mariowiki|Takashi Nagasako}}, the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series has Donkey Kong using more realistic gorilla grunts. This also applies to [[Bowser]], with realistic roars instead of {{s|mariowiki|Kenneth W. James}}, Bowser's current voice actor in most ''Mario'' games, [[Petey Piranha]], who uses monstrous roars instead of his current voice actor in the ''Mario'' games, {{s|mariowiki|Toru Minegishi}}, [[Diddy Kong]], who uses realistic chimpanzee screeches instead of using voice clips from his current voice actor {{s|mariowiki|Katsumi Suzuki}}, | *Unlike in most ''Donkey Kong'' games and ''Mario'' spin-offs, where Donkey Kong has a cartoonish voice, voiced by {{s|mariowiki|Takashi Nagasako}}, the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series has Donkey Kong using more realistic gorilla grunts. This also applies to [[Bowser]], with realistic roars instead of {{s|mariowiki|Kenneth W. James}}, Bowser's current voice actor in most ''Mario'' games, [[Petey Piranha]], who uses monstrous roars instead of his current voice actor in the ''Mario'' games, {{s|mariowiki|Toru Minegishi}}, [[Diddy Kong]], who uses realistic chimpanzee screeches instead of using voice clips from his current voice actor {{s|mariowiki|Katsumi Suzuki}}, [[King K. Rool]], who uses realistic crocodile grunts instead of his current voice actor in the ''Donkey Kong'' games, {{s|mariowiki|Toshihide Tsuchiya}}, and Petey Piranha, who uses monstrous roars instead of his current voice actor Toru Minegishi. | ||
**Takashi Nagasako is involved in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, however, by providing the voice of [[Ganondorf]] in ''Melee'' and ''Ultimate''. | **Takashi Nagasako is involved in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, however, by providing the voice of [[Ganondorf]] in ''Melee'' and ''Ultimate''. | ||
*Donkey Kong is the only character in the series who can walk at a normal speed when carrying a heavy item such as a [[Crate]] or [[Barrel]]; he also is the only character who can jump and fall while doing so. This originates from his ability to easily carry and throw barrels from ''{{s|mariowiki|Donkey Kong Country}}''. | *Donkey Kong is the only character in the series who can walk at a normal speed when carrying a heavy item such as a [[Crate]] or [[Barrel]]; he also is the only character who can jump and fall while doing so. This originates from his ability to easily carry and throw barrels from ''{{s|mariowiki|Donkey Kong Country}}''. | ||
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*Donkey Kong is the only character who has more than four [[Throw]]s. | *Donkey Kong is the only character who has more than four [[Throw]]s. | ||
*Starting with ''Smash 4'', the chanting by the [[crowd]] for Donkey Kong when a player performs well is "DK! Donkey Kong!" This is a reference to the popular [[mariowiki:DK Rap|DK Rap]]. | *Starting with ''Smash 4'', the chanting by the [[crowd]] for Donkey Kong when a player performs well is "DK! Donkey Kong!" This is a reference to the popular [[mariowiki:DK Rap|DK Rap]]. | ||
*Donkey Kong is the heaviest fighter among the "Original 12", as well as the heaviest protagonist thus far, as the two characters (Bowser and King K.Rool) who are heavier than him are villains. | *Donkey Kong is the heaviest fighter among the "Original 12", as well as the heaviest protagonist thus far, as the two characters (Bowser and King K.Rool) who are heavier than him are villains. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||