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|image=[[File:Croctopus2.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Croctopus from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' | |image=[[File:Croctopus2.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Croctopus from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' | ||
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|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country#Game Boy Advance|Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country#Game Boy Advance|Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]]) | ||
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{{about|the enemy from ''Donkey Kong Country''|the similarly-named boss from Game Boy Advance remake of ''Donkey Kong Country 3''|[[Kroctopus]]}} | |||
{{quote2|These octopi spin dizzily about coral formations.|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' manual, page 30}} | {{quote2|These octopi spin dizzily about coral formations.|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' manual, page 30}} | ||
'''Croctopuses'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country'' Nintendo Player's Guide, page 19.</ref> are octopus-like enemies found underwater in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. Their name is a portmanteau of ''crocodile'' and ''octopus''. | '''Croctopuses'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country'' Nintendo Player's Guide, page 19.</ref> are octopus-like enemies found underwater in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. Their name is a portmanteau of ''crocodile'' and ''octopus''. Croctopuses appear in blue and purple varieties, and their color scheme resembles the poisonous [[Wikipedia:Blue-ringed octopus|blue-ringed octopus]]. | ||
Although Croctopuses do not appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', the game has a level featuring a similar enemy, [[Nemo]]. | |||
==History== | |||
===''Donkey Kong Country''=== | |||
[[File:Croctopus Chase 2.png|thumb|The Kongs encounter a blue Croctopus in Croctopus Chase]] | |||
In ''Donkey Kong Country'', unlike most underwater enemies, Croctopus are completely invincible, even from [[Enguarde the Swordfish]], and should be avoided. | |||
The purple variety appear late in the level [[Coral Capers]] and throughout [[Clam City]], and they and spin around in fixed patterns with all eight tentacles extended. Croctopuses are prominent in [[Croctopus Chase]], which features their name in the title and their final overall level appearance. Croctopus Chase features the blue variety, who wait in a gap until [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] pass them, then it starts spinning and goes after the Kongs. When Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong reach the next gap, the Croctopus goes into the gap and stops chasing them. Oftentimes, another Croctopus starts to chase the Kongs. | |||
The [[Game Boy Color]] remake only has the purple variant, even in Croctopus Chase where their characteristics represent blue Croctopuses. | |||
In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, there is a [[Funky's Fishing]] challenge in [[Monkey Mines]] where the Kongs have to catch 15 Croctopuses within the time limit. When introducing the mission, Funky uses the term "Croctopus" as a plural. In Croctopus Chase, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong can obtain a [[photograph]] of Croctopus in a hidden room with two Croctopus. | |||
==Appearances in other media== | |||
Several Croctopuses appear in the German ''[[Donkey Kong Country (comic)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' comic. In one part of the comic, a Croctopus attacks the Kongs with its spinning tentacles, but is stopped by a [[Squidge]] who wants to attack the Kongs instead. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *An unused sprite of Croctopus exists in the original ''Donkey Kong Country''. While its purpose is unknown, the sprite could possibly be one for when it is defeated.<ref>[http://www.dkc-atlas.com/forum/download/file.php?id=496 Unused sprite]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||