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|portrayed_by= Johnni Christensen ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])<ref>[[Media:DKR_Tiptup_voice_confirmation.png|Twitter confirmation by former Rare employee Graeme Norgate]]</ref> | |portrayed_by= Johnni Christensen ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])<ref>[[Media:DKR_Tiptup_voice_confirmation.png|Twitter confirmation by former Rare employee Graeme Norgate]]</ref> | ||
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'''Tiptup''' (originally spelled '''TipTup'''<ref>''Diddy Kong Racing'' instruction booklet, page 25.</ref> and alternatively named '''Tip Top'''<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19990218060558/http://www.nintendo.com.au/games/n64/games/dkracing.html ''Diddy Kong Racing'']. Nintendo of Australia (Wayback Machine).</ref>) is a clumsy turtle originating from ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' | {{quote|Slow and steady won't win many races around here.|Tiptup|Nintendo Power}} <ref>[https://twitter.com/dkvine/status/1479422567513395202/photo/1 @DKVine], ''Twitter''.</ref> | ||
'''Tiptup''' (originally spelled '''TipTup'''<ref>''Diddy Kong Racing'' instruction booklet, page 25.</ref> and alternatively named '''Tip Top'''<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19990218060558/http://www.nintendo.com.au/games/n64/games/dkracing.html ''Diddy Kong Racing'']. Nintendo of Australia (Wayback Machine).</ref>) is a clumsy turtle originating from ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''. He would later become a frequent, recurring minor character in the ''[[wikipedia:Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series, and he appeared in some Japan-exclusive media of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. Tiptup's name is a pun on the phrase "tipped up." | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Diddy Kong Racing'' / ''Diddy Kong Racing DS''=== | |||
[[File:Tiptup.png|thumb|150px|Tiptup in his debut appearance, ''Diddy Kong Racing'']] | [[File:Tiptup.png|thumb|150px|Tiptup in his debut appearance, ''Diddy Kong Racing'']] | ||
Tiptup is a playable driver in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''. | Tiptup is a playable driver in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]''. Tiptup is one of only two lightweight racers, with the other one being [[Pipsy]]. His vehicles have very high acceleration attributes and good turning abilities, but their speed is rather low. Tiptup's top speed without bananas is 54.67 mph. Tiptup helps [[Timber]] and the others defend their [[Timber's Island|home island]] from [[Wizpig]]. The pig tyrant flies back to his home planet, [[Future Fun Land]], after being defeated by Tiptup and his friends. Tiptup and his allies follow, and defeat Wizpig for a second time. Tiptup's instrument theme is a xylophone or marimba. | ||
Despite being a character of the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' series, Tiptup returned in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]'', whereas [[Banjo]] himself was excluded due to the rights to the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' series having been purchased by {{wp|Microsoft}}. Tiptup has a higher pitched voice in the game, and his characteristics are very slightly altered from the original game. | |||
Tiptup | |||
===''Mario no Bōken Land''=== | ===''Mario no Bōken Land''=== | ||
Tiptup makes a small, non-speaking cameo in the ''Diddy Kong Racing'' segment of, ''[[Mario no Bōken Land]]'', titled "Go Go Diddy!". He is shown to be competing in a race, in third place. | Tiptup makes a small, non-speaking cameo in the ''Diddy Kong Racing'' segment of, ''[[Mario no Bōken Land]]'', titled "Go Go Diddy!". He is shown to be competing in a race, in third place. | ||
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His ''Diddy Kong Racing'' artwork appears as a stamp in ''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''. | His ''Diddy Kong Racing'' artwork appears as a stamp in ''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''. | ||
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===Unused appearances=== | |||
Tiptup would have appeared in ''[[Diddy Kong Racing Adventure]]'', which was a rejected video game pitch idea that never came to fruition. He would have had spinning rings of turtle shells as a special move. | |||
==Profile and statistics== | ==Profile and statistics== | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{main-gallery}} | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Tiptup-CSS-DKR.png|''Diddy Kong Racing'' | |||
DKRJPNC.png|Tiptup and the ''Diddy Kong Racing'' cast in a Japanese commercial | |||
TipTupBoken.jpg|''[[Mario no Bōken Land]]'' | |||
Tiptup4koma.jpg|''[[4-koma Gag Battle]]'' | |||
Tiptup and | |||
Tiptup Car DKRDS alt.jpg|''Diddy Kong Racing DS'' | Tiptup Car DKRDS alt.jpg|''Diddy Kong Racing DS'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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|JapR=Tipputappu | |JapR=Tipputappu | ||
|JapM=Tiptup | |JapM=Tiptup | ||
|Fre=Tiptup<ref>[https://www.nintendo64ever.com/Scans-Magazine,52,Le-Magazine-Officiel-Nintendo-03.html Official Nintendo french magazine N3], page 25</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||