Talk:Purple Klaptrap

DKC Purple Klaptraps
I just noticed that purple Klaptraps (not the DK64 ones) appears in Donkey Kong Country, but the only thing they do in it is jumping at the same time as the Kong. Should we at least mention these Klaptraps here (something like Not to be confused with...)? --Metalex123 (talk) 11:48, 7 June 2016 (EDT)
 * Gonna bump this year-plus-old conversation point to say that I had thought of that as well. Thing is, these were referred to specifically as "Purple Klaptraps" while the ones on DKC were just referred to as "Klaptraps"/"Klap Traps." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 05:32, 26 October 2017 (EDT)

Merge with Klaptrap
It's a color variation. The behavioral difference is a simple difference in durability. And since this isn't an RPG, it's not like the former Gritty Goomba/Limbo Bro/Dry Bones/Chuck Guy scenario.

Furthermore, purple Klaptraps appear in the original SNES Donkey Kong Country, where they jump. But adding that to here would be problematic, as the GBA version makes them red. Red ones also appear in DK64, but only in cutscenes. This just seems odd to be split.

Finally, the guide that distinguishes these two also calls Gnawties "Beavers," Kritters "Kremlings," Kasplats "Krushas," and Koshas "Clubbies." That's not even getting into "Bones," "Ghost," "Robokremling," and "Shroom," which if Japanese names are anything to go by, should be "Krypt," "Kreeper," "Krank," and "Kroom," which are far more likely. (Seriously though, why has no one asked Steve Mayles about them yet?)

Anyways, this is an odd color exception, and should be merged.

Proposer: Deadline: September 14, 2018, 23:59 GMT

Support

 * 1) Per proposal.

Oppose

 * 1) They are considered a separate species in an official guide. We have pages for simple recolors of ennemies on the wiki, so why should this one alone be merged? Let's take the Goombas for example: A gold-colored Goomba, a Goomba with a slight different name, Goombas that are sad & mad and heck, we even have a page for a tower of Goombas. All of these have very minor differences, so why would the Purple Klaptrap not deserve a page too?
 * 2) Metalex is right--similar, yet different subspecies have their own title. Purple Klaptrap isn't an exception.
 * 3) Yeah, it is concidered as distinct from normal Klaptrap. Does it on a Japanese guide?

Comments
@metalex This is more like Red and Green Koopa Troopas, which are commonly listed as separate in guides. None of those examples you've listed are even remotely comparable, and in fact have some pretty major differences. This is being given a different hue and less weaknesses, and said guide has proven itself to be unreliable at best regarding enemy classification, as I have stated. And no, the only "simple recolor" pages are for specific RPG enemies, like KP Koopas. Platforming enemies like this are against policy to have "simple recolor" pages. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 22:20, 7 September 2018 (EDT)
 * A Purple Klaptrap has a completely different way of killing it (Oranges instead of normal attacks), they don't attack with their teeth when killed and give Oranges. They sound very different from regular Klaptraps, unlike the Red and Green Koopas, who's only difference is the shell color and the way they move. Also why would the Goombos not be a good example? They're literally just Goombas. They do everything the same, with the only difference being the name. --Metalex123 (talk) 22:31, 7 September 2018 (EDT)
 * "Goombo" has a completely different design, as its Japanese name would suggest. More chibi. And that does not change the fact that having this be split off is still against policy. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:52, 7 September 2018 (EDT)

@FanOfYoshi No, as I said, on an English guide clearly written by incompetents. It's the exact same situation as our Troopas, Shy Guys, Snifits, Gnawties, Kritters, and Cheep Cheeps. Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 23:55, 7 September 2018 (EDT)