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{{ | {{distinguish|[[Kroctopus]], a boss exclusive to ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!|Donkey Kong Country 3]]''{{'}}s [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]]}} | ||
{{species infobox | |||
|image=[[File:Croctopus2.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Croctopus from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' | |image=[[File:Croctopus2.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Croctopus from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]]) | ||
|latest_appearance=''Donkey Kong Country'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]]) | ||
|comparable=[[Nemo]] | |comparable=[[Nemo]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
A '''Croctopus''' (plural '''Croctopus''',<ref>{{cite|author=Funky Kong|quote=This time I would like you to catch 15 Croctopus within the time limit. Be careful not to hook any bottles, as these will reduce your time left. Not good, man!|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Advance)}}</ref> '''Croctopuses''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=66-67, 78}}</ref> '''Croctopi''',<ref>{{cite|date=2003|language=en-us|author=Folsom, Jessica, and Steve Thomason|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America|isbn=1-930206-33-X}}</ref> also spelled as '''croctopi'''<ref>{{cite|quote=Sharks, croctopi and pearl-spitting clams are just a few of an apes{{sic}} not-so-favourite things!|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special)|page=14|date=November 1994}}</ref> or '''Croctupi'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special)|page=15|date=November 1994}}</ref>) is an octopus-like enemy found in the underwater levels of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. Their name is a portmanteau of ''crocodile'' and ''octopus''. Croctopus appear in blue and purple varieties, and their color scheme resembles the venomous {{wp|blue-ringed octopus}}. In ''Donkey Kong Country'', unlike most underwater enemies, Croctopus are completely invincible, even from [[Enguarde the Swordfish]], and should be avoided. The purple variety appear throughout the level [[Coral Capers]] and late in [[Clam City]], and they spin around in fixed patterns with all eight arms extended. Croctopus are prominent in [[Croctopus Chase]], which features their name in the title and their final overall level appearance. Several of the blue variety appear in Croctopus Chase, each waiting in a gap until [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] pass by, after which it starts spinning and going after the Kongs in a fixed path up until reaching the next gap, where it stops chasing the Kongs. The [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Game Boy Color version]] only has the purple variant, even in Croctopus Chase, where they have the behavior of blue Croctopus. In the [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]], there is a [[Funky's Fishing]] challenge in [[Monkey Mines]] where the Kongs have to catch 15 Croctopus within the time limit, and there is a [[photograph]] of Croctopus located in a hidden room with two Croctopus in Croctopus Chase. | |||
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Several Croctopuses appear in the German ''[[Donkey Kong Country (comic)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' comic. In one part of the comic, a Croctopus attacks the Kongs with its spinning arms, but is stopped by a [[Squidge]] who wants to attack the Kongs instead. | |||
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==Profiles== | |||
*'''Instruction manual:''' ''These octopi spin dizzily about coral formations.''<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' manual|page=30|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|author=Nintendo}}</ref> | |||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Artwork | ===Artwork=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Croctopus_art.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' | Croctopus_art.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' | ||
Croctopus DKC art.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' | Croctopus DKC art.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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===Screenshots=== | ===Screenshots=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
D-Croctopus.png|A Croctopus holds the letter "D" in ''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC). | Croctopus Chase 2.png|The Kongs encounter a blue Croctopus in Croctopus Chase | ||
D-Croctopus.png|A Croctopus holds the letter "D" in ''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC) | |||
</gallery> | |||
===Scans=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Croctopus-comic.jpg|''Club Nintendo'' | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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|JapR=Kurokutopasu | |JapR=Kurokutopasu | ||
|JapM=Croctopus | |JapM=Croctopus | ||
|Fre=Croctopus | |||
|Ger=Kroktopus | |Ger=Kroktopus | ||
|GerM="Croctopus" with adapted German spelling | |GerM="Croctopus" with adapted German spelling | ||
|Ita=Polidrillo | |Ita=Polidrillo | ||
|ItaM= | |ItaM=Portmanteau of ''polipo'' ("octopus") and ''coccodrillo'' ("crocodile") | ||
|Spa=Croctopus | |Spa=Croctopus | ||
}} | }} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{DKC}} | {{DKC}} | ||
[[Category:Cephalopods]] | [[Category:Cephalopods]] | ||
[[Category:Underwater creatures]] | |||
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country enemies]] | [[Category:Donkey Kong Country enemies]] | ||
[[de:Croctopus]] | [[de:Croctopus]] |
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