Tiki Tong

Tiki Tong is the final boss of the game Donkey Kong Country Returns and also the boss of the Volcano area. Tiki Tong is the leader of the Tiki Tak Tribe and the reason why the Tikis are running amok. He made his minions steal Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's Banana Hoard to make more Tikis. His level in the game is called Tiki Tong Terror.

History
Tiki Tong created his Tikis to help him take over Donkey Kong Island. He made the Tikis hypnotize the animals to help them steal the Banana Hoard, which is their life source. Tiki Tong set up a plant in the Factory where Colonel Pluck and his robot Stompybot 3000 created more Tikis. However, Tiki Tong's plans were stopped short by Donkey and Diddy. When Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong invade Tiki Tong's lair, all of the 9 boss Tikis come and throw the remaining bananas in Tiki Tong's head. He then turns the bananas into juice by spinning around and spits it on the Tikis. This action transforms his minions into hands so that he can take care of the two once and for all.

Appearance
Tiki Tong is a large, wooden head that bares resemblance to a drum. He has sharp, wooden teeth with orange and purple stripes located below them. He has a flat nose and two, huge, spherical, and uneven eyes. One of the eyes has the same orange and purple stripes with pointed eyelids while the other is bare with normal eyelids. His sclera are black and his pupils are red. Tiki Tong has red markings around his eyes and has red leaves where his “ears” are. He wears a wooden crown with the outer ring being purple with orange triangular markings on the front. He also has two hands with orange fingers and purple zig-zags on the backside.

Attacks
When Tiki Tong has both hands, he generally performs three attacks.
 * His first attack is to lay his hands flat in the air and quickly sweep them across the stage. This can be avoided by simply ducking. During this attack, the palms of his hands can face up or down. If the hands face up a Heart may appear on one of them. Even if there is a heart, the Kongs should not attempt to jump on the hands. If they do, Tiki Tong will close his hands, squishing Donkey and Diddy Kong. If the hands face down, however, jumping on them will cause damage to Tiki Tong.
 * Tiki Tong will also slam his hands on the floor. Sometimes, he quickly removes his hand, but other times he leaves it there for a longer period of time, leaving an opportunity to deal damage to the exposed back of the hand.
 * The boss may also move his hands to both sides of the stage, and then quickly clap them together. If Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are caught in the middle, they will take damage. This can be avoided by jumping over either hand before Tiki Tong moves them.

When he only has one hand, he does the same attacks, except much faster. He can also fake out a hand slam.

When Tiki Tong loses both his hands, he attacks by slamming his head into the ground. This will reveal his weakness: the button on his head. When he is damaged once, he can swoop his head down, which can be dodged by ducking. He can also send out four Flaming Tiki Buzzes that will chase the Kongs. When he is damaged once more, he can rain down Flaming Tiki Buzzes.

Combat
During Tiki Tong’s first phase, Donkey Kong must step on the red button on the boss' hands when he slams it on the stage. After each hand has taken two damage, they will fall apart into bananas.

During the second phase, the simians must jump on the red button on top of Tiki Tong's head to cause him damage. After Tiki Tong is damaged three more times, he explodes into bananas, destroying the remaining Tikis and lifting the curse put upon the animals. The Tikis' tower is subsequently destroyed when Donkey Kong punches The Moon into it.

Trivia

 * The Tong in Tiki Tong's name might come from tongs, which are a tool used to pick up things in a fire without touching them with the hands. This is well-chosen, as Tiki Tong is the boss of the Volcano world and has some attacks related with fire.
 * The name also rhymes with Donkey Kong.
 * If Donkey Kong loses a life after the encounter with Tiki Tong, regardless of whether he wins or not, the "Question Mark" icon changes to a Tiki Tong head. This is probably because Donkey Kong now knows who is behind this scheme.
 * This is the only boss who does not have the Tikis in the background watching the fight.
 * The way Tiki Tong's head swoops down is similar to Stu.
 * Tiki Tong resembles Wham Bam Rock and Wham Bam Jewel from Kirby Super Star & Kirby Super Star Ultra, both in appearance and battle-style.
 * He may also be based on Eyerok, Bongo Bongo, Gohdan, Master Hand, Kerozene, and Crazy Hand, all bosses with a similar attack pattern.
 * Tiki Tong's fight music is one out of the three boss themes that can be unlocked, the others being Stu's and Mangoruby's.
 * All of the "Boss Tiki" instruments are used in Tiki Tong's fight music: kalimba, maracas, gong, banjo, flute, xylophone, accordion, and vocals, which represent Tiki Tong.
 * In Time Attack mode, if Tiki Tong defeats the player, he/she must redo the Rocket Barrel portion of the level again.
 * Tiki Tong and King K. Rool are similar in that they each have an eye that's different from the other. They also have their reasons for stealing Donkey Kong's banana hoard.