Snowmads: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:Viking Group Art - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|200px]]<br>A group of Snowmads, consisting of a pair of [[Pointy Tucks]] and a [[Fish Poker Pops]]

|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze#Differences in the Nintendo Switch version|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])

|member_species=[[Fluff]]<br>[[Hootz]]<br>[[Lemmington]]<br>[[Tucks]]<br>[[Waldough]]

The '''Snowmads''' are the main antagonists of ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]]. They are an organization of arctic and antarctic animals based on the stereotypical {{wp|Vikings}}; hence, they are sometimes simply referred to as such<ref>"''Help Donkey Kong and his friends save their home and banana hoard from marauding '''Vikings''' in the Donkey Kong Country™: Tropical Freeze game from Retro Studios.''" — '''''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''''', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303104400/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/donkey-kong-country-tropical-freeze-wii-u/ North American Nintendo eShop]''</ref> and are identifiable by their emblem – a snowflake, which is shown on their ships' sail rigs, flags, buckles, collars, streamers, suspenders, some helmets, tents and [[Lord Fredrik]]'s throne. The name "Snowmad" is a portmanteau of snow and {{wp|nomad}}, as well as being a pun on "[[snowman]]".

Led by Lord Fredrik, the Snowmads are said to be "hailing from the North Sea"<ref>[https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/wii_u_6/donkey_kong_country__tropical_freeze/ElectronicManual_WiiU_DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze_EN.pdf ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' British English instruction manual (PDF)]. Tab 5: "About This Game".</ref> and set the events of the game in motion when Fredrik, using his enchanted [[Horn (object)|horn]], summons an [[ice dragon]]. The creature proceeds to blow the [[Kongs]] ([[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Dixie Kong]], [[Cranky Kong]], and [[Funky Kong]]) away from the island, allowing Lord Fredrik's command ship to station itself on top of the island's [[Volcano]]. The Snowmads then seize the island and throw it into a state of perpetual winter, forcing the Kongs to take it back from them.

Throughout the course of the game, their main base is [[Donkey Kong Island]], though, they have invaded every island that the Kongs arrive on. When the Kongs finally make it back home, they make their way to the Volcano, where the command ship is stationed. When they reach Lord Fredrik's quarters, they confront the Snowmad King and [[Volcano Dome|a final showdown]] for the fate of the island ensues. When Fredrik is defeated, he is blasted out of the volcano, destroying his command ship in the process, and crashes into the sea where the remainder of the Snowmads' ships are stationed, ending their reign over the island.

===Enemies===

*[[Fluff]]

*[[Ice dragon]]

Viking Art7 - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|A [[Fluff]]

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==Theme==

|FraA=Frigoths

|FraAM=A portmanteau of "frigo" (fridge) and "Goths" (an East Germanic people)

|FraE=Givrés

|FraEM=Literally "the Frosted", and "les Givrés" is an informal synonym for "the insanes"

|Ger=(Den) Viehkingern aus dem Eismeer<br>(Die) Viehkinger aus dem Eismeer

|GerM=The Beastkings of the Arctic Sea; "Viehkinger" is a portmanteau of "vieh" (beasts) and "Vikings"

|ItaM=Portmanteau of "neve" (snow) and "Vichinghi" (Vikings)

|PorE=Fresquitos do Mar do Norte<br>Snowmads

|PorEM=North Sea Fresquitoes<br>Snowmads

|Spa=Frigómadas

|SpaM=A portmanteau of "frigo" (fridge) and "nómadas" (nomads)