His name originally WAS Monkey Kongbut was changed to Donkey Kong because the creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, imagined DK to be a stubborn creature, like a donkey.
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Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron,
Sun 29 Jan 2012, 17:21,
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Not according to his book, 'Monkey Wrong'.He says it was always Donkey, (because they were stubborn), and that Kong was enough of a clue to his simian origins.
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Captain Howdy,
Sun 29 Jan 2012, 17:30,
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I'lll have to ask my friend - Ebenezer Kong if it is true about his simian background.
PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Sun 29 Jan 2012, 17:46,
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I see...I do know that Pac-Man was originally Puck-Man, but it was changed after people scratched at the P on the machine to make an F.
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Sun 29 Jan 2012, 17:53,
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