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[[Image:Swoopy.png|thumb|right|A '''Swoopy'''.]]
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'''Swoopys''' are large, red, sharp-beaked birds encountered in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' Swoopys are the aerial equivalent of [[Bazza]]s and [[Lemguin]]s, possessing a similar attack pattern of flying in lines from one hole in their tree to another. Despite being enemies , some Swoopys can be unintentionally helpful, if a Swoopy misses a Kong it will sometimes get stuck in a wall and can be used as a platform.  
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:DKC3 - Swoopy Artwork.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a Swoopy from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''Donkey Kong Country 3'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
}}
{{quote2|Sharp-beaked peril who can get stuck in the wood if he misses the players.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' instruction booklet, page 19}}
'''Swoopies''' are red birds with a long beak that appear as enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''. Swoopies are named after their main trait of swooping, just like the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' enemy [[Swoop]]. Some Swoopies, upon noticing [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong|Kiddy]] nearby, quickly swoops into a tree trunk, where its beak to become stuck, allowing the [[Kong]]s to use it as a platform and reach higher areas. Swoopies with this behavior first appear in the level [[Springin' Spiders]]. During parts of the second half of [[Swoopy Salvo]], where Swoopies appear throughout, the Kongs must jump on some Swoopies to progress. Additionally, Swoopy Salvo features an unlimited number of Swoopies that can fly quickly through small holes within the hollow trees, a type of behavior similarly shown by [[Bazza]]s and [[Lemguin]]s. These Swoopies fly at a diagonal pattern, but can be defeated by either being [[jump]]ed on or from one of [[Squawks]]' [[egg]] projectile. In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], there is a photography of Swoopy under the [[Flying Fiends]] category.


[[Image:SwoopyPA.PNG|thumb|left|A '''Swoopy''', as seen in [[Dixie Kong]]'s Photo Album.]]
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In the mandatory worlds ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' a Swoopy is only encountered briefly in one of the levels in the area [[Kremwood Forest]], [[Springin' Spiders]]. However, in the optional world [[Krematoa]], the Swoopys have an entire level dedicated to them, called "[[Swoopy Salvo]]". Here [[Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] had to venture through a large petrified forest, all the while dodging barrages of Swoopys. Several Swoopys had to be used as steps to climb up trees.
==Gallery==
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Swoopy DKC3.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite
Swoopy DKC3 GBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA) sprite
Swoopy DKC3 Photo Album.png|In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Swoopy 4koma Manga Kingdom.png|A Swoopy, as seen in ''[[4koma Manga Ōkoku|4koma Manga Kingdom]]''.
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==Trivia==
==Names in other languages==
*Swoopys are one of the few enemies from ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' that did not appear again in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''.
{{foreign names
*Like [[Swooper]]s, their name comes from the fact that they swoop down at the Kongs.
|Jap=スイーピー
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|JapR=Suīpī
{{Donkey Kong Country 3}}
|JapM=Sweepy
|Ita=Swoopy
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[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Species]]
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[[Category:Flying Fiends]]

Revision as of 23:04, January 27, 2024

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Swoopy
Artwork of a Swoopy from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Artwork of a Swoopy from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) (2005)
“Sharp-beaked peril who can get stuck in the wood if he misses the players.”
—Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet, page 19

Swoopies are red birds with a long beak that appear as enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Swoopies are named after their main trait of swooping, just like the Super Mario enemy Swoop. Some Swoopies, upon noticing Dixie and Kiddy nearby, quickly swoops into a tree trunk, where its beak to become stuck, allowing the Kongs to use it as a platform and reach higher areas. Swoopies with this behavior first appear in the level Springin' Spiders. During parts of the second half of Swoopy Salvo, where Swoopies appear throughout, the Kongs must jump on some Swoopies to progress. Additionally, Swoopy Salvo features an unlimited number of Swoopies that can fly quickly through small holes within the hollow trees, a type of behavior similarly shown by Bazzas and Lemguins. These Swoopies fly at a diagonal pattern, but can be defeated by either being jumped on or from one of Squawks' egg projectile. In Dixie Kong's Photo Album, there is a photography of Swoopy under the Flying Fiends category.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スイーピー
Suīpī
 Sweepy

Italian Swoopy
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
Characters Protagonists Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Swanky Kong • Cranky Kong
Prisoners Banana Birds • Banana Queen • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Candy Kong* • Lanky Kong* • Tiny Kong* • Chunky Kong*
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Parry • Squawks • Squitter • Quawks
Brothers Bear Bachelor* • Baffle • Barnacle • Barter • Bazaar • Bazooka • Benny • Björn • Blizzard • Blue • Blunder • Boomer • Bramble • Brash
Bosses Belcha • Arich • Squirt • KAOS • Bleak • Barbos • Kroctopus* • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Gleamin' Bream • Karbine • Killer bees • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Koin • Koindozer • Kopter • Kracka* • Krimp • Kroc • Krumple • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minkey • Missile shell • Nibbla • Nid • Re-Koil • Skidda • Sneek • Swoopy
Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Bowling ball • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Box of chocolates* • Cog • DK Coin • Extra-Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Flupperius Petallus Pongus • Green banana • K-O-N-G Letters • Mirror • No.6 wrench • Patch • Present • Rose* • Shell • Ski • Star
Objects Animal Barrel • Animal crate • Auto-Fire Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Shield • Bonus Barrel • Boo Barrel • Booster Barrel • Bubbling cauldron • Crate • DK Barrel • Fuel Drum • Handle • Ignition Barrel • Invincibility Barrel • Metal door • Mine* • Propellerpack • Ripsaw • Rocket Barrel • Star Barrel • Steel Barrel • Switch Barrel • TNT Barrel • Toboggan • Tracker Barrel • Trapdoor • Tumbling barrel • Warp Barrel • Wheel
Levels Lake Orangatanga Lakeside Limbo • Doorstop Dash • Tidal Trouble • Skidda's Row • Murky Mill • Belcha's Barn
Kremwood Forest Barrel Shield Bust-Up • Riverside Race • Squeals on Wheels • Springin' Spiders • Bobbing Barrel Brawl • Arich's Ambush
Cotton Top Cove Bazza's Blockade • Rocket Barrel Ride • Kreeping Klasps • Tracker Barrel Trek • Fish Food Frenzy • Squirt's Showdown
Mekanos Fire-Ball Frenzy • Demolition Drain-Pipe • Ripsaw Rage • Blazing Bazukas • Low-G Labyrinth • Kaos Karnage
K3 Krevice Kreepers • Tearaway Toboggan • Barrel Drop Bounce • Krack Shot Kroc • Lemguin Lunge • Bleak's House
Razor Ridge Buzzer Barrage • Kong-Fused Cliffs • Floodlit Fish • Pot Hole Panic • Ropey Rumpus • Barbos's Barrier† • Kroctopus Krush*
Pacifica* Dingy Drain-Pipe* • Stormy Seas* • Sunken Spruce* • Cliffside Blast* • Ripcurl Reef* • Surf's Up* • Barbos's Barrier
Kaos Kore Konveyor Rope Klash • Creepy Caverns • Lightning Lookout • Koindozer Klamber • Poisonous Pipeline • Kastle Kaos
Krematoa Stampede Sprint • Criss Kross Cliffs • Tyrant Twin Tussle • Swoopy Salvo • Rocket Rush • Knautilus
Miscellaneous Barrel-Blastapalooza • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff
* Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version
† Barbos's Barrier was moved to Pacifica in the Game Boy Advance version
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