Fish Poker Pops

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Template:Species-infobox Fish Poker Pops are enemies that appear in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. They are Waldoughs with grayish skin and bushy whiskers. They don a woolly skirt wrapped around their body with a leather belt and suspenders displaying the Snowmad insignia. They also wear a pair of beige and red striped trousers underneath. Fish Poker Pops have a more aggressive voice tone than Waldoughs.

History

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Concept artwork of Fish Poker Pops
Concept artwork

Fish Poker Pops carry a wooden pole with a spiky, bulging fish on each side. The horns on their viking helmet protects them from jump attacks. Fish Poker Pops use their pole as a weapon, raising it for a moment and then slamming it on the ground. When it lifts its pole, the Fish Poker Pops is vulnerable to a rolling attack. The Kongs can defeat a Fish Poker Pops by rolling into it three times. The enemy can be also be defeated with a barrel or with three of Cranky Kong's Cane Bounces. Additionally, in the Nintendo Switch port, Funky Kong can use his surfboard to attack a Fish Poker Pops.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

A Fish Poker Pops appears as a collectible trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The trophy can be obtained when it appears at random in one of the game's single-player modes.

Profiles and statistics

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy

Name Image Appears in Description
Fish Poker Pops Fish Poker Pops trophy from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Wii U Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (02/2014) These walrus-like foes from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze have horned helmets and puffer-fish-stick weapons that make it tough to even get close to them. Wait for them to lift their sticks, and then use rolling attacks. After three of those, they'll go down. Alternatively, use Cranky Kong's Cane Bounce to bash them in the head.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ウォリウォラス
Uori Uorasu
Wari Waldough
Wari is possibly a shortening of "Warrior" 「ウォリアー」 uoriā.

German Rosslowski
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Italian Super Trichingo
Super Waldough
Spanish Morsario letal
Lethal "Corsair-Walrus" (Morsario is a play on morsa (walrus) and corsario (corsair).)