Editing Ellie

{{about|the character from the Donkey Kong franchise|the character from [[Super Paper Mario]]|[[Ellie (Super Paper Mario)]]|the character from [[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]|[[Ellie Mae]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:EllieDKC3.png|200px]]
|full_name=Ellie the Elephant<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 17.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 102, page 89.</ref>
|species=Elephant
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
{{quote|This hefty young herbivore can use her trunk to pick up and shoot barrels at enemies. She can also suck barrels toward if they're out of reach. Ellie has the ability to suck up water, which she uses to shoot at the baddies.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' instruction booklet, page 17}}
'''Ellie''' is an [[Animal Friend]] in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]] whose main appearance is in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. She is the first Animal Friend to be a female. She is treated as something of a substitute for [[Rambi]] in that they are both heavy mammals used as the first stage's Animal Buddy, but unlike Rambi's simple charging- and contact-based movements and attacks, Ellie involves more strategy due to her strengths being less obvious and more situational.

Ellie has two unique characteristics, both involving her trunk. She has the ability to collect water into her trunk, including from a waterfall, and then fire it at enemies. She has a fear of mice, specifically [[Sneek]]s, which is a reference to the popular, albeit scientifically contested belief of elephants being negatively conscious towards mice in the real world. She can also take out stronger enemies like [[Krumple|Krumples]] due to her weight. In addition, she can carry barrels with her trunk, and suck them towards her if they are out of reach by facing a barrel and holding {{button|snes|Y}}.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
[[File:Bobbing Barrel Brawl DKC3 shot 4.png|thumb|Ellie sucking at a TNT Barrel in Bobbing Barrel Brawl]]
Ellie debuted in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', where her first level appearance is in the first one of the game, [[Lakeside Limbo]]. She is trapped in an [[Animal Crate|Ellie Crate]] near the end of the level, and [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] can optionally ride her through the level. Her next appearance is in [[Murky Mill]], where the [[Kong]]s are transformed into her from an [[Animal Barrel|Ellie Barrel]] in most of the stage. Ellie's fear of mice is prominent in this level, as she gets afraid of Sneeks beneath the patches of light. She can only pass them by throwing a barrel at them.

Ellie's third level appearance is in [[Bobbing Barrel Brawl]], where like Murky Mill, the Kongs must play as her for most of the level. Bobbing Barrel Brawl is the first level where Ellie can suck up water by pressing {{button|snes|L}} and fire it by pressing {{button|snes|R}}. Alternatively, the player can press down and hold {{button|snes|A}} to suck up water, and press {{button|snes|A}} to shoot it out. Ellie can also shoot water diagonally upwards by holding up while shooting. She can only carry up to seven drops of water, and the current amount is indicated from a meter at the bottom-right of the screen. Ellie cannot suck in water from a waterfall while she is blasting out from a [[Barrel Cannon]]. In parts of the stage, she must suck up [[TNT Barrel]]s to attack the red [[Buzz (enemy)|Buzz]]es blocking her path. Ellie is also playable for a portion of the [[Cotton Top Cove]] level, [[Tracker Barrel Trek]], and would later fight the world boss [[Squirt (boss)|Squirt]] at [[Squirt's Showdown]]. 

The Kongs can ride on Ellie for a brief portion of [[Pot Hole Panic (Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!)|Pot Hole Panic]]. This is the only other stage aside from Lakeside Limbo where the Kongs can ride on her. Ellie's seventh and final level appearance is in [[Stampede Sprint]], where she also plays a main role: after encountering three Sneeks, Ellie gets a large scare and runs uncontrollably through the level.

In the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake for ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', Ellie borrows some of Rambi's sound effects from the previous two ''Donkey Kong Country'' remakes. She also makes the loud noise of an elephant after being scared by a Sneek.

===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
[[File:Rainforest Rumble DKL3c.png|thumb|left|Ellie's appearance in Rainforest Rumble, from ''Donkey Kong Land III''.]]
Ellie's role in ''Donkey Kong Land III'' was altered. Her limited water supply was bumped up to unlimited, and she can shoot water regardless of which stage she is in. Aside from this, Ellie was repurposed into a generic Animal Friend, as she can no longer drag barrels with her trunk and she is not afraid of Sneeks. She also appears in fewer levels, each at a later part of the game: [[Footloose Falls]], [[Rickety Rapids]], and [[Rainforest Rumble]].

In the Japan-exclusive [[Game Boy Color]] port ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong'', Ellie's sprite was erroneously recolored to purple, along with some other objects and characters.

===''Donkey Konga''===
[[File:DKa Jam Session mode.png|thumb|Ellie in the "Jam Session" mode of ''Donkey Konga'' (bottom-right)]]
Ellie reappears in ''[[Donkey Konga]]'' as a background character in two modes. In "Street Performance", she appears at the bottom-left corner of the screen, next to the coin counter. In "Jam Session", she and the other background characters, including [[King K. Rool]], [[Cranky Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Rambi the Rhino|Rambi]] and the [[Banana Bird]]s, appear on the bottom screen while the player performs a "jam session". Ellie was relocated to the bottom-right corner.
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===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
Ellie appears as a [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.
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==Profile and statistics==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''This hefty young herbivore can use her trunk to pick up and shoot barrels at enemies. She can also suck barrels toward her if they're out of reach. Ellie has the ability to suck up water, which she uses to shoot at the baddies.''

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit===
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|''Donkey Kong'' Series
|Support (1)
|Novice
|Water & Ice Attack ↑
|World of Light (Light Realm); Spirit Board
|[[Squirtle]] ×4
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*The enemy favors neutral specials
|[[Jungle Japes (stage)|Jungle Japes]]
|Snakey Chantey
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==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Kiddy on Ellie DKC3 artwork.jpg|Kiddy Kong riding Ellie
Ellie DKC3 Photo Album.png|In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Ellie the Elephant DKLIII.png|''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''
Ellie DKa sprite.png|''[[Donkey Konga]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=エリー
|JapR=Erī
|JapM=Ellie
|Rus=Элли
|RusR=Elli
|RusM=Ellie
|Ger=Ellie der Elefant
|GerM=Ellie the Elephant
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:Kiddy and Ellie Donkey Kong Racing.png|thumb|Kiddy riding on Ellie near the end of ''Donkey Kong Racing'' trailer.]]
*The ending of the E3 2001 trailer for ''[[Donkey Kong Racing]]'' showed Kiddy riding on Ellie, suggesting she would have been a rideable Animal Buddy.
*Elephants are also seen in [[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]. Whether or not these elephants are related to Ellie is unknown.

==References==
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