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{{character infobox
|title=Clapper the Seal
|image=[[File:Clapper.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of Clapper
|image=[[Image:Clapper.jpg|200px]]<br>'''Clapper the Seal'''
|species=Seal
|full_name=Capper the Seal
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Konga 2]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|species=[[Seal]]
|affiliation=[[Kong|Kong Family]], [[Animal Buddy|Animal Buddies]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' ([[1996]])
}}
}}
{{quote|Most seals can't change boiling hot water to room temperature or turn water to ice but Clapper can! Jump on him and he'll perform this valuable service for you.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' instruction booklet, page 25}}
'''Clapper''', also written as '''Klapper''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 47. Page 47.</ref> is an [[Animal Friend]] who first appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Clapper got his name from the popular depiction of seals clapping with their flippers, which he himself does in the games. He has silver fur, large eyes, and a tan snout with a black nose and five whiskers on each side. His hind two flippers somewhat resemble a fluked whale tail. A character resembling Clapper, named [[Seal]], later appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''.


'''Clapper the Seal''' is a seal [[Animal Buddy]] found in the games ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. If the Kongs jump on him, he cools down the water with his special ability.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
[[File:ClappersCavernSNES1.png|thumb|left|Clapper's appearance in Clapper's Cavern]]
In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', Clapper always sits next to a body of water, making a stock seal sound effect every few seconds. Clapper has the ability to cool the water temperature if [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] jump onto him, causing Clapper to breath onto then clap his flippers, hence his name. In [[Lava Lagoon (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lava Lagoon]], Clapper cools down the boiling lava water so that the Kongs to safely swim through, while in [[Clapper's Cavern (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Clapper's Cavern]], a level bearing his name, Clapper freezes the water into solid ice so that the Kongs can safely cross above [[Snapjaw (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Snapjaw]]. In both levels, the water that Clapper had cooled reverts to its original temperature after a while. Clapper is the only Animal Friend in the game to not have his own [[Animal Crate]].


In both of the aforementioned games, Clapper appears in only two levels: "[[Lava Lagoon]]" and "[[Clapper's Cavern]]". In "Lava Lagoon", Clapper appears throughout the level to aid [[Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] by using his breath to briefly cool down the boiling hot water in the level, thus making it safe to swim through. In "Clapper's Cavern", Clapper once again uses his breath abilities to aid the heroes. Here, Clapper can briefly freeze the water in the level so that the Kongs can walk on it, keeping them safe from the [[Snapjaw (fish)|Snapjaw]] piranha below the surface of the water.
===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
Clapper has the same role in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' as in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. He appears in the game's iterations of [[Lava Lagoon (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Lava Lagoon]] and [[Clapper's Cavern (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Clapper's Cavern]].


===Appearance===
===''Donkey Konga 2''===
Clapper is a gray seal and is similar to a typical [[wikipedia:Pinniped|seal]]. He is not large in size. [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] appear to be the same size as him. Clapper has big white eyes with black pupils and two fins and a tail. Like most seals, Clapper has whiskers on each side of his tan face. There is six whiskers in all on his face. On his tan face, Clapper has a small black nose.
Character artwork of Clapper can appear in ''[[Donkey Konga 2]]''{{'}}s Freestyle Zone.
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==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''Most seals can't bring boiling water down to room temperature or turn water to ice, but Clapper can! Bounce on his back, and he'll be happy to demonstrate.''
{{Multilang profile
|type=vc_wiiu
|EngA=Can cool down the boiling water by blowing on it. Cannot be mounted.
|EngE=Clapper can cool boiling water to normal temperature for a short period of time when he spits at it, but you can't ride him.
|FreE=Clapper peut refroidir l'eau bouillante un court instant en crachant dedans, mais vous ne pouvez pas le chevaucher.
|Ger=Clapper kann siedendes Wasser für kurze Zeit auf Normaltemperatur abkühlen, indem er darauf spuckt. Auf ihm reiten kannst du allerdings nicht.
|Ita=Non potrai salirle in groppa, ma può aiutarti abbassando la temperatura dell'acqua bollente con la sua saliva per un breve intervallo di tiempo.
|SpaE=Clapper puede escupir para enfriar el agua hirviendo durante un rato, pero no puedes montar sobre ella.
}}
 
===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual bio:''' ''Jump on his back to temporarily freeze boiling water or turn lava pools into regular water, allowing you to swim across. You are unable to transform into Clapper the Seal.''
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Clapper DKC2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' sprite
Clapper DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2'' sprite
DKC2 GBA Clapper sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) sprite
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クラッパー
|JapR=Kurappā
|JapM=Clapper
|Spa=Clapper
}}


==Trivia==
*Although Clapper has yet to made another appearance outside of ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' and ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', a seal nearly identical to Clapper, can be found in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'''s fourth world, [[Gloomy Galleon]]. Unlike this Clapper, however, he is able to communicate with the Kongs and is dressed like a pirate.
*Clapper is one of few of the Animal Buddies that tends to appear several times in a level.
*Clapper got his name from the fact that seals constantly clap when they laugh.
==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:36, May 18, 2024

Clapper
Clapper.jpg
Artwork of Clapper
Species Seal
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance Donkey Konga 2 (cameo) (2004)
“Most seals can't change boiling hot water to room temperature or turn water to ice but Clapper can! Jump on him and he'll perform this valuable service for you.”
—Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest instruction booklet, page 25

Clapper, also written as Klapper,[1] is an Animal Friend who first appears in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Clapper got his name from the popular depiction of seals clapping with their flippers, which he himself does in the games. He has silver fur, large eyes, and a tan snout with a black nose and five whiskers on each side. His hind two flippers somewhat resemble a fluked whale tail. A character resembling Clapper, named Seal, later appears in Donkey Kong 64.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]

Clapper's Cavern
Clapper's appearance in Clapper's Cavern

In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Clapper always sits next to a body of water, making a stock seal sound effect every few seconds. Clapper has the ability to cool the water temperature if Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong jump onto him, causing Clapper to breath onto then clap his flippers, hence his name. In Lava Lagoon, Clapper cools down the boiling lava water so that the Kongs to safely swim through, while in Clapper's Cavern, a level bearing his name, Clapper freezes the water into solid ice so that the Kongs can safely cross above Snapjaw. In both levels, the water that Clapper had cooled reverts to its original temperature after a while. Clapper is the only Animal Friend in the game to not have his own Animal Crate.

Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]

Clapper has the same role in Donkey Kong Land 2 as in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. He appears in the game's iterations of Lava Lagoon and Clapper's Cavern.

Donkey Konga 2[edit]

Character artwork of Clapper can appear in Donkey Konga 2's Freestyle Zone.

Profiles[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]

  • Instruction booklet bio: Most seals can't bring boiling water down to room temperature or turn water to ice, but Clapper can! Bounce on his back, and he'll be happy to demonstrate.
  • Wii U Virtual Console manual description:
    • American English:
      Can cool down the boiling water by blowing on it. Cannot be mounted.
    • British English:
      Clapper can cool boiling water to normal temperature for a short period of time when he spits at it, but you can't ride him.
    • French (Europe):
      Clapper peut refroidir l'eau bouillante un court instant en crachant dedans, mais vous ne pouvez pas le chevaucher.
    • German:
      Clapper kann siedendes Wasser für kurze Zeit auf Normaltemperatur abkühlen, indem er darauf spuckt. Auf ihm reiten kannst du allerdings nicht.
    • Italian:
      Non potrai salirle in groppa, ma può aiutarti abbassando la temperatura dell'acqua bollente con la sua saliva per un breve intervallo di tiempo.
    • Spanish (Europe):
      Clapper puede escupir para enfriar el agua hirviendo durante un rato, pero no puedes montar sobre ella.

Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]

  • Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual bio: Jump on his back to temporarily freeze boiling water or turn lava pools into regular water, allowing you to swim across. You are unable to transform into Clapper the Seal.

Gallery[edit]

  • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest sprite

    Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest sprite

  • Donkey Kong Land 2 sprite

    Donkey Kong Land 2 sprite

  • Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) sprite

    Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) sprite

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クラッパー
Kurappā
 Clapper

Spanish Clapper
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Nintendo Magazine System (Australia) issue 47. Page 47.
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)
Protagonists Cranky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Funky Kong • Swanky Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Clapper • Enguarde • Expresso • Glimmer • Quawks • Rambi • Rattly • Squawks • Squitter
Bosses Krow • Kleever • Kudgel • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kerozene • Kaptain K. Rool
Enemies Cat O' 9 Tails • Click-Clack • Flitter • Flotsam • Kaboing • Kaboom • Kackle • Kannon • Klampon • Klank • Klinger • Kloak • Klobber • Klomp • Klubba • Krockhead • Krook • Kruncha • Kutlass • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Puftup • Screech • Shuri • Snapjaw • Spiny • Zinger
Levels Gangplank Galleon Pirate Panic • Mainbrace Mayhem • Gangplank Galley • Lockjaw's Locker • Topsail Trouble • Krow's Nest
Crocodile Cauldron Hot-Head Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Lava Lagoon • Red-Hot Ride • Squawks's Shaft • Kleever's Kiln
Krem Quay Barrel Bayou • Glimmer's Galleon • Krockhead Klamber • Rattle Battle • Slime Climb • Bramble Blast • Kudgel's Kontest
Krazy Kremland Hornet Hole • Target Terror • Bramble Scramble • Rickety Race • Mudhole Marsh • Rambi Rumble • King Zing Sting
Gloomy Gulch Ghostly Grove • Haunted Hall • Gusty Glade • Parrot Chute Panic • Web Woods • Kreepy Krow
K. Rool's Keep Arctic Abyss • Windy Well • Castle Crush • Clapper's Cavern • Chain Link Chamber • Toxic Tower • Stronghold Showdown
The Flying Krock Screech's Sprint • K. Rool Duel
Lost World Jungle Jinx • Black Ice Battle • Klobber Karnage • Fiery Furnace • Animal Antics • Krocodile Kore
Funky's Flights missions Aerial Loop • Submerged Stint • Kongstruction • Kongnapped • Cool Sounds • Kongnapped 2 • Toxic Kongstruction
Barrels Animal Barrel • Regular Barrel • Barrel Kannon • Biplane Barrel • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • Diddy & Dixie Barrels • DK Barrel • Exclamation Point Barrel • Golden Barrel • Krockhead Barrel • Plus and Minus Barrels • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • Steerable Barrel • TNT Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Extra Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Hook • KONG Letters • Kremkoin • Roller Coaster Star • Toxic waste
Miscellaneous Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Original Soundtrack • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff • Uncle Kong
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Donkey Kong Land 2
Protagonists Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Clapper • Enguarde • Rambi • Rattly • Squawks • Squitter • Quawks
Bosses Krow • Kleever • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kaptain K. Rool
Enemies Click-Clack • Flitter • Flotsam • Kaboing • Kannon • Klampon • Klank • Klinger • Klobber • Klomp • Klubba • Krockhead • Krook • Kruncha • Lockjaw • Necky • Neek • Puftup • Shuri • Spiny • Zinger
Levels Gangplank Galleon Pirate Panic • Mainbrace Mayhem • Gangplank Galley • Lockjaw's Locker • Topsail Trouble • Krow's Nest
Krem Cauldron Hothead Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Lava Lagoon • Redhot Ride • Squawks's Shaft • Barrel Bayou • Glimmer's Galleon • Krockhead Klamber • Rattle Battle • Slime Climb • Kleaver's Kiln
Krazy Kremland Hornet Hole • Target Terror • Bramble Blast • Rickety Race • Bramble Scramble • Mudhole Marsh • Rambi Rumble • King Zing Sting
Gloomy Gulch Ghostly Grove • Krazy Koaster • Gusty Glade • Parrot Chute Panic • Web Woods • Kreepy Krow
K. Rool's Keep Arctic Abyss • Windy Well • Dungeon Danger • Clapper's Cavern • Chain Link Chamber • Toxic Tower • Stronghold Showdown
The Flying Krock Screech's Sprint • K. Rool Duel
Lost World Jungle Jinx • Black Ice Battle • Klobber Karnage • Fiery Furnace • Animal Antics • Krocodile Kore
Barrels Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Kannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Exclamation Point Barrel • Light Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • TNT Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Extra Life Balloon • Hook • KONG Letters • Kremkoin • Roller Coaster • Star • Toxic waste
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