Squiddicus

Squiddicus is an enemy appearing in the game Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. His only appearance is in Stormy Shore, as one of the main obstacles. Squiddicus later appears in the game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and his only appearance is in Irate Eight.

Appearance
Squiddicus is a giant, light orange octopus with spikes and suction-like features on his tentacles. He also has big white eyes with black pupils. In his appearance in Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Squiddicus seems larger than before.

Attacks
For most of the time, Squiddicus is just a background enemy that is seen destroying a ship. However, near the end of the level, Squiddicus will try to stop Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong from progressing any further. The foe will stick its tentacles in the Kongs' way, which will make the Kongs lose a heart if they touch one. Donkey and Diddy can jump over these tentacles easily, but when they are on turf, they will have to jump from side to to side to maneuver past the tentacles. The Kongs should not stand on any particular platforms for too long. Otherwise, Squiddicus will break them. Squiddicus cannot be defeated by any means.

In Irate Eight from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Squiddicus is first encountered in the depths of the sea. In here he tears the wall apart, where DX barrel is in the middle, and shows himself in the background. Once again touching his tentacles causes Kongs to take damage. He also spits a massive amount of ink below as he goes up, which results an instant death to all Kongs if they fail to catch up Squiddicus. Along the way, spiky corals hinder the Kongs' ways. either falling into them or sticking into the walls. At the end of the level, Kongs can use hanging land mines by launching into it to cause Squiddicus to take damage, defeating him in the process.

Trivia

 * The way Squiddicus destroys the ship in the background is similar to how ships were sunk by the mythological sea creature, the Kraken (who resembles a giant squid).
 * Despite his name, Squiddicus is not a squid; he's an octopus.
 * At the very end of the level Boulder Roller a fossil looks very similar to Squiddicus, suggesting there might have been a race of these creatures.This fact is supported for another fossil that looks similar to Squiddicius appears at the very beginning of Stormy Shore.
 * In Japanese edition, the name is different between Returns and Tropical Freeze: the former is "キングタコラ"; "エンペラータコラ" in the latter. See Japanese name below.