Editing Barbos

{{distinguish|Burrbo}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Barbos.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of Barbos
|species=[[Lurchin]]
|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)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
}}
'''Barbos''' is a giant [[Lurchin]] and a boss appearing in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''.

Barbos is inconsistently gendered, since the ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]] refers to Barbos as a female,<ref>{{cite|author=Owsen, Dan, Terry Munson, and Paul Shinoda|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Player's Guide|page=92|language=en-us|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> while an issue of ''Official UK Nintendo Magazine'' refers to Barbos as a male.<ref>{{cite|title=''Official UK Nintendo Magazine'' Issue 54|page=49|date=March 1997}}</ref>
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
[[File:BarbosSNES.png|thumb|left|The boss fight against Barbos in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'']]
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', Barbos is the boss of the sixth world, [[Razor Ridge]], where she is encountered in her own level, [[Barbos's Barrier]]. Since Barbos is underwater, [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong|Kiddy]] can only fight her after transforming into [[Enguarde]]. In the battle, Barbos first attacks by sending Lurchins after Enguarde, who can stab the Lurchins into the spiked balls protecting Barbos. Once the spiked balls are out of the way, Enguarde can stab into Barbos's soft body. After being hit, Barbos descends to a lower level and begins targeting Enguarde with [[missile shell]]s. Enguarde must also lure the missile shells into the spiked balls protecting Barbos. After getting rid of them, Enguarde can stab Barbos again. On the final and lowest floor, Barbos shoots spikes at Enguarde. After avoiding the spikes, Enguarde has to quickly go up to Barbos and stab it. After stabbing Barbos two more times, Barbos is defeated, and she releases a [[Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bonus Coin]], or a [[bear coin]] in rematches.

In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]], Barbos and her domain were relocated to the end of [[Pacifica]], with [[Kroctopus]] taking over her position as the boss of Razor Ridge and the background of the level being blue instead of red. In this version, Enguarde only has to hit Barbos four times to defeat her, more specifically by stabbing it twice on the third and lowest floor.
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===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
[[File:Barbos Bastion DKL3c.png|thumb|The boss fight against Barbos in ''Donkey Kong Land III'']]
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', Barbos is the boss of the first world, [[Cape Codswallop]], where she is fought at [[Barbos Bastion]]. Like in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', the Kongs are forcefully transformed into Enguarde, who must launch three Lurchins into Barbos's face to defeat it. Each time Barbos is hit, it fires three Lurchin shells at Enguarde.

==Gallery==
===Sprites===
<gallery>
Barbos DKC3 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
DKC3 Barbos squished.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Barbos DKC3 Photo Album.png|[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Barbos DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III''
Barbos DKL3c sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
DKC3 GBA Barbos sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
DKC3GBA Barbos squished.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
DKC3GBA Barbos defeated.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
Barbos Barrier DKC3 GBA.png|The boss battle in the Game Boy Advance version
</gallery>

==Trivia==
Barbos is similar to a boss from the Mega Man series, https://megaman.fandom.com/wiki/Mawverne from Mega Man 11, debuting 22 years after [[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]. However, the main difference in these fights is while Barbos is fought entirely underwater, Mawverne is not.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=バーボス
|JapR=Bābosu
|JapM=Barbos
|Ger=Barbos
|Ita=Barbos
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Echinoderms]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! bosses]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III bosses]]
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