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|image=[[File:DKJB Rolling Lizard.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:DKJB Rolling Lizard.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]])
|derived_species=[[Pea Frog]]
|subject_origin=[[Frog]]
|variants=[[Pea Frog]]
}}
[[File:Rolling Frog DKJB screenshot.jpg|thumb|left|Donkey Kong pulls a Rolling Frog's tongue]]
'''Rolling Frogs''' are large, bloated frog enemies with red spikes on their top and bottom sides appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. While normally asleep, when Donkey Kong approaches them they wake up and roll towards him. However, while they are rolling, they open their mouths wide when they are facing forward, and can be stunned at this point by using the [[Sound Wave Attack]]. When stunned, Donkey Kong can grab their tongue and pull on until a certain point, at which he lets it go and sends the Rolling Frog rolling backwards into a wall, getting defeated and giving five [[banana|beat]]s. Their proportions may be based on the {{wp|crucifix toad}}.
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==Additional names==
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/RollingFrog.arc</tt>
|name1=RollingFrog
|meaning1=Rolling Frog
}}
}}
'''Rolling Frogs'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' internal filename (<tt>ObjectData/RollingFrog.arc</tt>)</ref> are large, bloated frog enemies with spikes on their top and bottom sides appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. While normally asleep, when Donkey Kong approaches them they wake up and roll towards him. However, while they are rolling, they open their mouths wide when they are facing forward, and can be stunned at this point by using the [[Sound Wave Attack]]. When stunned, Donkey Kong can grab their tongue and pull on until a certain point, at which he lets it go and sends the Rolling Frog rolling backwards into a wall, getting defeated and giving five [[banana]]s.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Rolling Frog gameplay.png|A Rolling Frog in-game
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=コロガエル<ref>''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' Shogakukan book. [https://i.imgur.com/xdz0q8C.jpg Page 172.]</ref>
|Jap={{nowrap|コロガエル<ref>''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' Shogakukan book. [[Media:DKJB Shogakukan pages 172-173.jpg|Page 172.]]</ref>}}
|JapR=Koro Gaeru
|JapR=Koro Gaeru
|JapM=From 「コロコロ」 ''korokoro'', onomatopoeia for rolling, and 「カエル」 ''kaeru'', "frog."
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ころころ」(''korokoro'', onomatopoeia for rolling) and the voiced version of「蛙」(''kaeru'', frog)
}}
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[[Category:Amphibians]]
[[Category:Amphibians]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Jungle Beat enemies]]

Latest revision as of 16:15, December 5, 2023

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Rolling Frog
Rolling Frog
First appearance Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004)
Latest appearance New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2008)
Subject origin Frog
Variants
Donkey Kong pulls the tongue of a Rolling Frog in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Donkey Kong pulls a Rolling Frog's tongue

Rolling Frogs are large, bloated frog enemies with red spikes on their top and bottom sides appearing in Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. While normally asleep, when Donkey Kong approaches them they wake up and roll towards him. However, while they are rolling, they open their mouths wide when they are facing forward, and can be stunned at this point by using the Sound Wave Attack. When stunned, Donkey Kong can grab their tongue and pull on until a certain point, at which he lets it go and sends the Rolling Frog rolling backwards into a wall, getting defeated and giving five beats. Their proportions may be based on the crucifix toad.

Additional names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat ObjectData/RollingFrog.arc RollingFrog Rolling Frog

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese コロガエル[1]
Koro Gaeru
Portmanteau of「ころころ」(korokoro, onomatopoeia for rolling) and the voiced version of「蛙」(kaeru, frog)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Donkey Kong Jungle Beat Shogakukan book. Page 172.