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[[Image: DK3_Creepy.png|thumb|200px|A '''Creepy''' sprite from ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''.]]
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A '''Creepy''' is a worm-like enemy from ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''. They cannot be killed, so when [[Stanley the Bugman]] sprays them they stop and swing back and forth. In blue and gray greenhouses, one crawls along the platforms at the bottom of the screen. If he is sprayed enough before reaching the platform, Creepy can be tricked into climbing up the vine for a short time. In a yellow greenhouse, three Creepies traverse the vines above Stanley and try to block his bug spray. Other enemies related to Creepy include [[Beespy]]s, [[Buttifly]]s, [[Beetle]]s, [[Moth]]s, [[Buzzbee]]s, [[Beebomb]]s, [[Vine Eater]]s, and [[Queen Buzzbee]]s. Excluding ports and remakes, Creepies have not appeared in a new game since ''Donkey Kong 3''.
|image=[[File:DK3 Creepy Artwork.jpg]]
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|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1983|1983]])
|latest_appearance=''[[NES Remix]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2013|2013]])
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A '''Creepy''' is a worm<ref>''Donkey Kong 3'' [[media:Dk3flyerback.png|back flyer]] (English). "''CREEPY is a SLOW moving worm.''"</ref><ref>Grimm, Steven. ''Animal Crossing'' Player's Guide. Page 152. "''On the stage with two floors, you’ll want to ignore Creepy (the worm) completely and take out bugs only if they steal your mutant plants.''"</ref> (occasionally called a "snake"<ref>''Donkey Kong 3'' NES instruction booklet, page 6. "'''''Creepy the snake'''''"</ref><ref>"''Creepy the snake will crawl down from the palm trees to attack.''" - Opening quote of Card 4 of 5/codes 7-8 for the ''Donkey Kong 3'' series of e-Reader cards.</ref>) enemy that only appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 3]]''.
 
They cannot usually be defeated, so when [[Stanley]] [[Sprayer|spray]]s them, they stop and swing. However, the [[Super Sprayer]] is potent enough to defeat them in one shot. In [[greenhouse (blue)|blue]] and [[greenhouse (gray)|gray greenhouse]]s, one crawls along the platforms at the bottom of the screen. If it is sprayed enough before reaching the platform, the Creepy can be tricked into climbing up the vine for a short time. In the aracade version of the [[greenhouse (yellow)|yellow greenhouse]], three gray Creepies traverse the vines above Stanley and try to block his spray. In the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] version, all Creepies are yellow. In later rounds, the number of Creepies increase.
 
In ''[[Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū]]'', Creepies move in midair horizontally via jetpacks instead of crawling on the ground. They first appear [[On the Country Road]], the third stage.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
DK3 Creepy.png|Arcade sprite
DK3 Gray Creepy.png|Arcade sprite (gray)
DK3 NES Creepy.png|[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] sprite
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=おじゃまのクリーピー<ref>''Donkey Kong 3'' [[media:DK3 Japanese Flyer Back.jpg|back flyer]] (Japanese).</ref><br>''Ojama no Kurīpī''<br>オジャマ虫のクリーピー<ref>''Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū'' [https://www.beep-shop.com/blog/2897/ manual.]</ref><br>''Ojamamushi no Kurīpī''
|JapM=Troublesome Creepy<br><br>Trouble bug Creepy
|Ita=Vermetto<ref>''[[Donkey Kong 3]]'' e-manual, pag. 9</ref><br>Creepy<ref>''[[Arcade Archives]] Donkey Kong Jr.'', in-game manual</ref>
|ItaM=Little worm<br>-
}}
 
==Trivia==
*Creepy has a predecessor known as the "inchworm"<ref>Game & Watch ''Green House'' English instruction.</ref> in the [[Game & Watch]] title ''[[Greenhouse|Green House]]'', displaying a grin when it emerges as opposed to a constant grimace; unlike Creepy, the inchworm tries to eat flowers and must be defeated with the [[Sprayer|spray gun]].
 
==References==
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Species]]
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