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'''Dorachū''' ('''ドラチュー'''<ref>Kazuki, Motoyama. Volume 30 of the [[KC Deluxe]] manga, [[Media:Donkey Kong GB characters KC.jpg|page 51]]</ref>) are aerodynamic, vampire bat-resembling enemies from the [[Game Boy]] remake of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]''. They make their debut in [[stage 4-5]] of the [[Jungle (Donkey Kong)|Jungle]]. They fly horizontally and across the screen, usually passing by [[rope]]s [[Mario]] can climb. When one of these enemies intercepts Mario, it hangs onto and appears to strangle him. In the colored [[Super Game Boy]] version, Mario is shown to turn his face white whilst he chokes. After Mario undergoes the enemy's attack, he drops off the rope he is currently climbing. Depending on the height reached from the ground beneath, Mario might either survive the fall or lose a life upon crashing into the soil.

The name "Dorachū" is a combination of 「ドラキュラ」, ''Dorakyura'' (meaning [[wikipedia:Dracula|Dracula]]), and "chu", a mousey squeaking noise. In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', Dorachū are replaced by similar enemies called [[Kōmori]], which borrow the same vampire bat-styled attack pattern.

[[Category:Donkey Kong Enemies]]

[[Category:Donkey Kong Species]]