Eeling
| Eeling | |
|---|---|
 Artwork from Donkey Kong Bananza | |
| Appears in | Donkey Kong Bananza (2025) |
- “Do you think all
Eelings become 
Eelevators when they get big enough? No wonder they grow so much, the way they gobble everything down.” - —Pauline, Donkey Kong Bananza
Eelings (also parsed in lowercase)[1] are allies in Donkey Kong Bananza, found in both the Landfill Layer and the Feast Layer. They are shiny blue orbicular underground eels with orange lips, pale blue fins, and an orange dorsal fin. Their skin is crystalline and resembles Fractonium. Idle Eelings are asleep and awaken when Donkey Kong approaches. Once awake, an Eeling charges toward terrain, eating its way on a set path, leaving a tunnel for Donkey Kong to travel through. Once it emerges from terrain, it becomes larger and will stop moving until Donkey Kong makes contact with it; once they collide, the Eeling will high-five Donkey Kong and jump into a portal in the ground, leaving behind many gold pieces.
Eelings are part of the Eel Family and are implied to be young Eelevators by Pauline.
In the DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC, a statue of an Eeling can be collected and placed on the West Islet nearby DK Island.
Gallery[edit]
A sleeping Eeling
Eelevator, a Li'l Eelevator, and an Eeling
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ベビィーレ[2] Bebīre |
Portmanteau of "baby" and a truncation of "Eelevator" | |
| Dutch | MinimAal[3] | Pun on minimaal ("minimal") and aal ("eel") | |
| French (Europe) | Guiguille[4] | Partial reduplication of anguille ("eel") | |
| Italian | Mini Murena[5] | Mini Moray eel | |
| Spanish | Cavanguilines[6] | Portmanteau of cavar ("to dig") and anguila ("eel"), with diminutive suffix -ines | |
| Thai | อีลลิ่ง[7] Iinlîng |
Eeling |
References[edit]
- ^ "I'm glad those little eelings were there to guide us." - Pauline, first-time sinkhole dive to Racing Layer
- ^ 「ドンキーコング バナンザ 完全攻略本」(Donkey Kong Bananza Kanzen Kōryakubon). ambit ND (Japanese). Page 485.
- ^ MEGA album of Dutch Donkey Kong Bananza screenshots
- ^ OcariKnights (September 6, 2025). On a retrouvé Diddy ! - Donkey Kong Bananza #31 (0:10). French. Retrieved November 16, 2025 from YouTube.
- ^ Mariuigi Khed (July 24, 2025). Donkey Kong Bananza ITA [Live 5]. Italian. Retrieved from YouTube.
- ^ DarkPlayer GamingTV (July 20, 2025). DONKEY KONG BANANZA Juego Completo - Gameplay Español (Nintendo Switch 2) 4K (6:50:34). Spanish. Retrieved from YouTube.
- ^ "แต่เพราะ พวกอีลลิ่งก็เลยไปได้แบบไม่หลงทางละนะ" – Pauline (22 Dec. 2025). Donkey Kong Bananza by Nintendo EPD Tokyo et al.. Nintendo (Thai).
