No Animal Sign: Difference between revisions

'''No Animal Signs'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, [[Media:DKC2 Manual 16-17.jpg|page 16]].</ref> are signs that appear regularly in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land (series)|Donkey Kong Land]]'' series. They first appeared in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. No Animal Signs are located in [[level]]s that contain an [[Animal Friend]], as the sign's only purpose is to prevent the animals from going beyond the spot the object is placed.

When an Animal Friend attempts to pass by a No Animal Sign, the animal will either disappear if it is accompanying the [[Kong]]s, or transform back into the apes if the Animal Friend emerged from an [[Animal Barrel]]. Although the Animal Friend disappears, the Kongs will usually be rewarded with a special [[item]], such as an [[Extra Life Balloon]]. The rewards are often greater if it is difficult to reach the No Animal Sign. Additionally, there is a No Animal Sign for [[Nibbla]], but unlike with the other Animal Friends, it does not turn into an item if the Kongs swim past the sign; Nibbla instead stays behind.

No Animal Signs do not appear in ''Donkey Kong Country'', as the Kongs can ride Animal Friends to the end of the level (although they cannot take their friends to the next level). The Animal Signs are absent from ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' as well, which has an invisible barrier that, once crossed, will forcibly change a Kong who has been transformed into an Animal Friend back to normal.