Klaptrap

Klaptraps (also spelled Klap Traps) are Kremlings that originated in Donkey Kong Country. They are small, four-legged crocodilians with large mouths, hence their name. They cannot be defeated by a front attack, but they are vulnerable to a stomp. They come in blue, red, purple, and green varieties. Klaptraps may be based off Snapjaws, crocodilian enemies Mario would send after Donkey Kong Jr. in the game Donkey Kong Jr.

History

Donkey Kong Country / Land series

Donkey Kong Country

In their debut game, Donkey Kong Country, the regular blue Klaptraps are common enemies that can be easily avoided. They even pass harmlessly under Expresso the Ostrich's tall legs, allowing the Kongs to avoid them entirely when riding their Animal Friend.

Purple Klaptraps also appear rather frequently on the stage Loopy Lights, and also in a bonus level in the stage Trick Track Trek. These Klaptraps will always jump at the same time that the Kongs try to jump, which makes them more dangerous than the normal blue Klaptrap. In the Game Boy Advance remake, they are instead bright red.

Klaptraps never appeared in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, nor in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, instead being replaced by their relatives, Klampon and Krimp, respectively.

Donkey Kong Land

Klaptraps later appear in Donkey Kong Country's semi-sequel Donkey Kong Land. Klaptraps are relatively unchanged in this appearance aside from being monochromatic due to the Game Boy's graphical limitations.

Donkey Kong Country novel

Illustration showing Diddy Kong with a Klap Trap, from Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle

An individual Klap Trap appears as an antagonist in the Donkey Kong Country novel. An employee of the Kremling factory, Klap Trap has a small chat with his coworker Zinger about King K. Rool's absence at the site and he then notices that the Kongs are eavesdropping on them. Klap Trap lunges at the group, but Diddy Kong defeats him by doing a cartwheel. The Kongs destroy the factory shortly after.

Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle

In the novel Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle, while looking for a replacement part for Funky Kong's barrel plane, Diddy Kong encounters a Klap Trap within the Kremlings' supply room. Diddy Kong immediately tries to attack the Klap Trap, however it quickly evades all of his attacks, causing Diddy to crash into a storage shelf. Diddy manages to lodge a barrel in the Klap Trap's jaws while it was charging towards him, allowing Diddy time to escape the store room with the water pump.

Donkey Kong Country television series

Several Klaptraps inside a Klap-Blaster

In the Donkey Kong Country animated series Klaptraps are, instead of soldiers, ammunition for a weapon called a Klap-Blaster. Unlike the Klaptraps of the games, the ones on the show are capable of speaking. Often times when a Klaptrap is seen, it makes a sarcastic comment about its job or what it had just eaten. The show also features a singular Klaptrap character larger than his brethren.

Donkey Kong 64

After several years of absence, Klaptraps finally made a return in Donkey Kong 64, where they are given a new ability. Once a Klaptrap is defeated, its set of teeth will continually attack the Kongs until they break. Of course, the teeth will not attack the Kongs if an Orange or a musical instrument was used to defeat the Klaptrap. The teeth will also break upon falling into water.

Also introduced in the game are Purple Klaptraps. These Klaptraps are colored purple (instead of the usual green color) and are slightly larger than the Kongs. They are immune to all of the Kongs' attacks (even the shockwave attack), but can be defeated with an Orange or a musical instrument. Some of Donkey Kong 64's cutscenes show King K. Rool with a small Klaptrap that seems to be his pet. Red Klaptraps could also be seen in two cutscenes, and a giant red one was sent by King K. Rool to execute a Kasplat.

Also in Donkey Kong 64, a Klaptrap is playable in the minigame Beaver Bother; this marks the first time a Klaptrap is playable. However, just like Krusha, it is unknown whether or not the playable Klaptrap in Beaver Bother would actually choose to help the Kongs on their quest to defeat K. Rool.

Super Smash Bros. series

Two Klaptraps in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Klaptraps have appeared in Donkey Kong's stages, Kongo Jungle and Jungle Japes. They swim through the water rapid and leap out of it in an attempt to bash characters to their doom; they can also fall into, occupy, and use the Barrel Cannon on the former stage. Since Jungle Japes returns in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Klaptraps are yet again seen; here they act the same. Klaptraps also reappear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as both stages return in that game. The Klaptraps on the Kongo Jungle stage are colored orange, while those on Jungle Japes are blue.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a Klaptrap also appears as an Assist Trophy, where it will lunge and bite on to oponents.

Donkey Konga

Klaptraps also make minor appearances in Donkey Konga.

Mario franchise

Mario Power Tennis / New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis

Klaptraps appear in Mario Power Tennis in Donkey Kong's Jungle Court. They try to bite the player, causing the player to slow down. Klaptraps also appear in the minigame Balloon Panic. Here, the player must protect several balloons from hungry Klaptraps.

Mario Superstar Baseball

Klaptraps are distractions in Donkey Kong's course in Mario Superstar Baseball. Klatraps try to bite the outfielder's heels, slowing them down. However, if the player were to hit the baseball into a Klaptrap's mouth, it will give the player a Team Star.

Mario Party 7

Klaptraps make a cameo in Mario Party 7 as enemies in one of the Pyramid Park events. If they bite a player, they will lose some of their coins.

Levels

Donkey Kong Country

• Stop & Go Station (blue)
• Orang-utan Gang (blue)
• Snow Barrel Blast (blue)
• Slipslide Ride (blue)
• Ice Age Alley (blue)
• Trick Track Trek (blue and purple)
• Blackout Basement (blue)
• Misty Mine (blue)
• Loopy Lights (purple)

Donkey Kong Land

• Riggin' Rumble
• Snake Charmer's Challenge
• Pot Hole Panic
• Kong Krazy
• Skyscraper Caper

Super Smash Bros. Melee Trophy

Name	Image	Game	Description
Klap Trap	File:Trophy167.PNG	Donkey Kong Country 11/94	This low-slung alligator made its first appearance in Donkey Kong Country. You can subdue it by jumping on its back, but its powerful jaws make it dangerous to approach from the front. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, it swims in the river and sometimes jumps in the Barrel Cannon to stop players from using it.

Game appearances

Title	Description	Release date	System/format
Donkey Kong Country	Enemy	1994	SNES
Donkey Kong Land	Enemy	1995	Game Boy
Donkey Kong 64	Enemy and playable character in Beaver Bother	1999	Nintendo 64
Donkey Kong Country (remake)	Enemy	2000	Game Boy Color
Super Smash Bros. Melee	Stage hazard in Kongo Jungle and Jungle Japes; cameo as trophy	2001	GameCube
Donkey Kong Country (remake)	Enemy	2003	Game Boy Advance
Donkey Konga	NPC	2003	GameCube
Mario Power Tennis	Enemy	2004	GameCube
Mario Superstar Baseball	Enemy	2005	GameCube
Mario Party 7	Enemy in Pyramid Park	2005	GameCube
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Stage hazard in Jungle Japes	2008	Wii
New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis	Enemy	2009	Wii
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS	Stage hazard in Jungle Japes	2014	Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Assist Trophy & Stage Hazard in Jungle Japes	2018	Nintendo Switch

Gallery

Artwork

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  Donkey Kong Country

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  A green Klaptrap in Mario Power Tennis

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  A red Klaptrap in Mario Power Tennis

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  Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Sprites and models

• KlaptrapDKC.PNG

  Donkey Kong Country

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  Donkey Kong Country

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  Donkey Kong Land

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  Donkey Kong Country (GBC)

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  Donkey Kong 64

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  Donkey Kong 64

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  Super Smash Bros. Melee

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  Donkey Kong Country (GBA)

Screenshots

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  A green Klaptrap in Donkey Kong 64

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  A red Klaptrap in Donkey Kong 64

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  A Purple Klaptrap in Donkey Kong 64

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  A Klaptrap next to the letter "K" letter in Donkey Kong Country (GBC)

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  Klaptraps in Pyramid Park in Mario Party 7

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	クラップトラップ[?] Kurapputorappu	Klaptrap