Tiki Tak Tribe
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The Tiki Tak Tribe are the main antagonists in the Wii game Donkey Kong Country Returns.
History
In the opening of the game, the Tiki Tak Tribe are seen emerging from rocks that are spewed out of the volcano on Donkey Kong Island when the giant statue rises out of it, causing it to erupt. Moments after landing, they hypnotise the animals of the island, who proceed to steal Donkey Kong's Banana Hoard. A Tiki then drops into Donkey Kong's house, but he is unaffected by their hypnotic powers. They then pose as the main villains and enemies in the game's levels, and can be considered the game's equivalent of Kremlings.
Physical Appearance
Most of the Tiki Tak Tribe resemble floating wooden tiki masks. However, they come in a variety of colors and shapes, such as the Tiki Goons that resemble bongos or drums and Tiki Buzzes that resemble birds with wooden wings to their sides. The main servants of Tiki Tong are notable to resemble musical instruments, and some of them have a pair of skinny, twig-like arms.
Special Powers and Abilities
The Tikis are shown to have many abilities. They are shown to be quite agile, for a mask. They also possess the ability to float and hypnotise other creatures, though, as shown on Donkey Kong in the intro, it does not work on everything.
Tiki Goons seem to be the weakest Tiki, showing no other ability than walking sideways and being easily defeated with one stomp, like Goombas.
Trivia
- Interestingly, all of the Tikis who possess the bosses of Donkey Kong Country Returns resemble music instruments. The particular instrument the Tiki resembles also plays in the music of the boss it possesses.
Gallery
The kalimba-like Tiki that possesses Mugly.
The maraca-like Tikis that possess the Scurvy Crew.
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The gong-like Tiki that possesses Stu.
The banjo-like Tiki that possesses Mole Miner Max.
The panflute-like Tiki that possesses Mangoruby.
The xylophone-like Tiki that possesses Thugly.
The accordion-like Tiki that possesses Colonel Pluck.
Artwork of the nine Tikis together.
