Donkey Kong: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Donkey Kong has escaped from the circus. He is on the lam, and Mario and Pauline are chasing the ape.

As with the original game, Donkey Kong will often grab Pauline and Mario has to save her. 

Plots typically centered on them encountering crime with the villains conning the slow-witted Donkey Kong into doing their work and Mario and Pauline exposing the truth. After Mario and Pauline reveal the truth to Donkey Kong, the three of them team up to stop the antagonists' plans followed by Donkey Kong evading Mario and Pauline again.

Series details

• Title: Donkey Kong
• Format: Animation
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1983-09-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1984-10-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 75817
• IMDb ID: tt31948608
• TVDB ID: 258741

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-09-17; final listed air date 1983-12-10.
• Season 2: premiered 1984-09-08; final listed air date 1984-10-13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Donkey Kong on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.