Chomps Jr.

Chomps Jr.
Artwork of a Chomps Jr. from Donkey Kong Country
First appearance	Donkey Kong Country (1994)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country (GBA) (2003)
Variant of	Chomps

The Kongs and Enguarde swim toward a Chomps Jr. in Coral Capers

“A smaller variety of shark, but nonetheless deadly!”

—Donkey Kong Country manual, page 30

Chomps Jr. (stylized as Chomps, Jr. in the Player's Guide) are small, blue shark-like enemies and a smaller variant of Chomps. Chomps Jrs. first appear in Donkey Kong Country. Just like their larger counterpart, Chomps Jrs. attack either Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong by swimming into them. They move considerably faster than Chomps, but they are easier to avoid. Like the other underwater enemies, Chomps Jrs. can only be defeated if they are stabbed by Enguarde. Chomps Jrs. appear in all four underwater levels: Coral Capers, Clam City, Croctopus Chase, and Poison Pond. Additionally, a Chomps Jr. appears in a short segment of the ending credits in Donkey Kong's Treehouse, where it chases a Squidge off-screen, possibly trying to eat it, only to then swim back on-screen, swimming away from a group of four angry Squidges.

In the Game Boy Color version, the player can print a sticker of Chomps Jr. with the letter Z from the Game Boy Printer.

In the Game Boy Advance version, Chomps Jrs. appear in the Funky's Fishing mini-game. In the main game, Chomps Jrs. are the main feature of Vine Valley's challenge, where the goal is to reel in 15 Chomps Jrs. before time runs out.

Despite Chomps Jr. themselves not being present in Donkey Kong Land, regular Chomps are redesigned to resemble Chomps Jr. This is traced from a Donkey Kong Land guide bookMedia:SuperDonkeyKongGB guide.jpg from Japan, which lists the regular Chomps as an enemy in the game instead of Chomps Jr.

Chomps Jrs. and their larger counterpart, Chomps, appear in the game trailer for the canceled Donkey Kong Racing, during the scene where Tiny and Diddy race one another on Enguardes.

Gallery

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  Donkey Kong Country artwork

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  Donkey Kong Country sprite

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  Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color) sprite

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  A Chomps Jr. next to the letter Z in the Game Boy Color conversion

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  Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) sprite

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  Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) photograph

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	チョンプスJr.[?] Chonpusu Jr.	Chomps Jr.
French	Chomps Jr.[?]	-
Spanish	Chomps Jr.[?]	-

Trivia

• Chomps Jrs. and their larger counterpart, Chomps, appear in the game trailer for the canceled Donkey Kong Racing, during the scene where Tiny and Diddy race each other on Enguardes.