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An '''animal crate''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) #26, Special page 26.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> also called a '''goodie crate''',<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide. Page 15.</ref> is a crate that contains an [[Animal Friend]]. They first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and have since recurred throughout the ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' franchise. The contained Animal Friend is identifiable from its depicted silhouette on the animal crate. The Kongs can usually break one open by jumping on it, therefore freeing the Animal Friend, and ride on it until the end of a level.

Animal crates have a similar counterpart, the [[Animal Barrel]]. Instead of freeing an Animal Friend, these Barrels transform the [[Kong]]s into the one depicted on it. Animal crates are usually placed in areas where an Animal Friend comes in useful. For example, freeing Enguarde from his crate makes underwater levels easier for the Kongs because Enguarde can defeat most underwater enemies. Similarly, Animal Barrels are usually placed where the Kongs are required to their pictured Animal Friend, for instance [[Rattly]] in [[Rattle Battle (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Rattle Battle]], because of his high jumping ability.

In the original ''Donkey Kong Country'', after the Kongs open an animal crate, it lies on the ground unfolded. It disappears after they move a distance away with the Animal Friend and return. In the sequels, the Crate immediately vanishes after the Animal Friend is freed. Another difference is that a short jingle plays when the animal crate opens instead of a realistic sound effect like in the first title. The [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes of all three games reused the crate-opening sound effect from the original ''Donkey Kong Country''.

Two animal crate variants appear in the 3D platformer, ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They are the Rambi Crate and Enguarde Box, which are only usable by [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Lanky Kong]] respectively. These crates function similarly to Animal Barrels—when DK and Lanky hop into their crate, they transform into their respective Animal Friend. This only occurs temporarily.

Animal crates also functioned like Animal Barrels in the [[Game Boy Color]] remake of ''Donkey Kong Country''. Unlike ''Donkey Kong 64'', whose animal crates had similar behavior to Animal Barrels, this game's Crates essentially function identically because they are not Kong-specific or bound by a time limit. The Squawks Crate is the only animal crate with the same functionality as the original ''Donkey Kong Country''. This is because Squawks is the only unmountable Animal Friend in the game.

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| align="center" |[[File:EllieCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Ellie Crate}}

| align="center" |[[File:EnguardeCrate.png]][[File:EnguardeCrateDKC2.png]]<br>Enguarde Box<ref>Lockhart, Ryan. ''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Perfect Guide. Page 58.</ref>

| align="center" |[[File:ExpressoCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Expresso Crate}}

| align="center" |[[File:ParryCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Parry Crate}}

| align="center" |[[File:Rambi Crate DKC SNES.png]][[File:Rambi Crate DKC2.png]]<br>Rambi Crate<ref>Knight, Michael. ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' Prima Official Game Guide. Pages 34, 70.</ref><ref>von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Pages 64, 106, 240.</ref>

| align="center" |[[File:RattlyCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Rattly Crate}}

| align="center" |[[File:SquawksCrateDKC.png]][[File:Squawks Crate DKC2.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Squawks Crate}}

| align="center" |[[File:Squitter Crate DKC2.png]]<br>Squitter Crate<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide. Page 97.</ref>

| align="center" |[[File:WinkyCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Winky Crate}}

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