Screaming Pillar

Screaming Pillars are tall, sleeping pillar-like Tikis in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. They appear in the Jungle, Ruins, and Volcano areas, and are usually asleep in the section they are placed in. If Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong approach these pillars, they awake with a scream and collapse onto the ground, attempting to crush the Kongs underneath, with their feathers falling off. The Kongs can destroy the Screaming Pillars by hand slapping on top of them after they have fallen. Giant Pillars appear in the level Canopy Cannons. Their scream is not high-pitched and they take out the Kongs by just touching them.

Screaming Pillars return in Mario Kart 7. In this game, they scream every once in a while, blowing air to push hanggliding players back. They appear in DK Jungle only and reappear in the retro track version of the course in Mario Kart 8. In Mario Kart 8, the Screaming Pillars are seen as Giant Pillar's appearance and seem to exhale smoke when they are making noises.

They also appear in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze where they act the same way they did in Donkey Kong Country Returns. In this game, they appear in the level Scorch 'N' Torch where they are on fire.

In the E3 2013 trailer for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, Screaming Pillars can be seen very briefly in the background when Donkey Kong first appears. They also appear in the Wii U version of the game itself as stage hazards in the Jungle Hijinxs stage.