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Animal Friends, also known as Animal Buddies, are friendly animals that help the Kong Family on their adventures. They are usually found inside crates and can perform different abilities that can defeat tougher enemies or reveal hidden secrets. Aside from crates, the Kongs can also transform into Animal Buddies by hopping inside Animal Barrels. In a few Donkey Kong Country games, Animal Buddies can only be taken so far into a level until they reach a No Animal Zone which will cause them to disappear.

List of Animal Buddies[]

Rambi the Rhinoceros[]

Main article: Rambi the Rhinoceros

Rambi is one of the most well known Animal Buddies. He can use his powerful horn to charge through various obstacles and find hidden doorways. In Donkey Kong Country Returns and its sequel, Rambi developed a weakness to fire.

Squawks the Parrot[]

Main article: Squawks the Parrot

Squawks has helped the Kong Family on numerous occasions. In Donkey Kong Country Squawks will carry a lantern to light up dark caves while in the game's next two sequels he will carry the Kongs over hazards and fire eggs from his mouth at enemies. He will act as a guide and also retrieve Golden Bananas in Donkey Kong 64 when in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Tropical Freeze he can help the Kongs find hidden secrets during levels.

Enguarde the Swordfish[]

Main article: Enguarde the Swordfish

Enguarde can allow the Kongs to swim faster underwater and can use his long nose to destroy obstacles. If Enguarde gets stuck on land, he can only inch himself forward with his charge attack until he gets back into water.

Expresso the Ostrich[]

Main article: Expresso the Ostrich

Expresso's long legs can allow him to move very quickly and walk by Klaptraps unharmed, but at the cost of not being able to jump onto enemies. Expresso can also use his wing to glide down large chasms. In the GBA remake of Donkey Kong Country 2, the player can help Cranky Kong raise another ostrich called Expresso II and have him participate in races.

Winky the Frog[]

Main article: Winky the Frog

Winky can only move forward by hopping but is able to leap very high and defeat Zingers by jumping on them. He made a cameo in Donkey Kong Country 2 as one of the exhibits inside the Monkey Museum.

Squitter the Spider[]

Main article: Squitter the Spider

Squitter has the ability to produce webs that can be used as temporary platforms and harm enemies. He has appeared in the second and third Donkey Kong Country games as well as the Super Smash Bros series in some form.

Clapper the Seal[]

Main article: Clapper the Seal

Clapper will make hazardous water safe for swimming but the effect is temporary. Unlike other Animal Buddies, Clapper is not found in crates and will appear at different points in certain levels.

Rattly the Rattlesnake[]

Rattly uses his curled up body like a spring to hop around and bounce up high. His abilities are similar to Winkys except Rattly can also perform a charged super jump. In Donkey Kong Country 2, Rattly lived on Crocodile Isle before it's destruction.

Glimmer the Angler Fish[]

Main article: Glimmer the Angler Fish

Glimmer can be found in deep dark waters and will light up a portion of the area ahead. He will stick with the Kongs for an entire level until they leave the water.

Quawks the Parrot[]

Main article: Quawks

Quawks looks exactly like Squawks except with purple feathers and he has the similar role of carrying the Kongs passed hazards in Donkey Kong Country 2. However Quawks cannot fly upwards while holding the heroes nor fire eggs from his mouth. The Kongs can transform into Quawks during Donkey Kong Country 3 and he is able to fly upwards plus carry barrels, but is still unable to fire eggs.

Ellie the Elephant[]

Main article: Ellie the Elephant

Ellie can use her trunk to perform a number of abilities. She is able to attract, pick up and throw barrels as well as store water and squirt it at enemies. Some of these techniques can be utilised to get passed rats which Ellie has an irrational fear of. She can also swim across bodies of water.

Parry the Parallel Bird[]

Main article: Parry the Parallel Bird

Parry will fly directly above the Kongs and collect items that are out of reach. If Parry is hurt, he will fall from view and will not appear again until another animal crate containing him is opened.

Lightfish[]

Main article: Lightfish

Lightfish is an aquatic creature that resembles a giant tadpole. Like Glimmer, Lightfish will appear in dark places underwater and will light the way ahead for the Kongs. In offical artwork of Lightfish, his face bares a resemblance to Glimmers.

List of Jungle Buddies[]

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat has its own variety of friendly animals known as Jungle Buddies which have similar roles to Animal Buddies.

Hoofer[]

Main article: Hoofer the Wildebeest

Hoofer is a Wildebeest that can run rather fast and charge through obstacles similar to Rambi. Upon reaching a levels goal, Hoofer will perform a mighty leap which can earn Donkey Kong more Beats depending on the distance they travel before hitting the ground.

Flurl/Ressar[]

Main article: Flurl

Flurl appears to be based off the Japanese flying squirrel and will act as a parachute for Donkey Kong so he can gently glide down chasms. Flurl can gain extra lift using updrafts but he must be careful not collide with anything otherwise he will vanish and return to his perch. In European regions, Flurl is known as Ressar.

Orco/Shachee[]

Main article: Orco

Orco, also known as Shachee, is an Orca that swims swiftly through the water. Donkey Kong can grab onto Orco to get passed strong currents, smash through obstacles and reach up high when they leap out of the water.

Helibird/Chopperbird[]

Main article: Helibird

Helibird, also known as Chopperbird, can fly Donkey Kong pass hazards similar to Squawks. However he can only ascend left or right due to the games control scheme. If they collide with any obstacles or if Donkey Kong touches the ground, Helibird will disappear and return to his perch.

Other helpful animals[]

Professor Chops[]

Main article: Professor Chops

Professor Chops is a pig who first appeared in Donkey Kong Country Returns and provides hints for the Kongs when they need it. He also acts as a checkpoint during levels.

Helper Monkey[]

Main article: Helper Monkey

Helper Monkeys are seen throughout Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and can help Donkey Kong by throwing him through the air from floating bushes or swinging him across one area to the next. They are also known as Party Monkeys.

Tawks the Parrot[]

Main article: Tawks

In the Switch version of Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze while playing Funky Mode, Tawks will take Funky Kong's role of running the Fly n' Buy. He will try to act like Funky and sell items to the player, but he will also give a special discount if Funky is the one buying.

Navigation[]

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Kong Family
Candy Kong | Chunky Kong | Cranky Kong | Diddy Kong | Dixie Kong | Donkey Kong | Donkey Kong Jr. | Funky Kong | Kiddy Kong | Lanky Kong | Swanky Kong | Tiny Kong | Wrinkly Kong

Animal Buddies
Clapper the Seal | Ellie the Elephant | Enguarde the Swordfish | Expresso the Ostrich | Flurl | Glimmer the Angler Fish | Helibird | Hoofer the Wildebeest | Lightfish | Orco | Parry the Parallel Bird | Quawks | Rambi the Rhinoceros | Squawks the Parrot | Squitter the Spider | Winky the Frog

Timber's Island
Banjo | Bumper the Badger | Conker the Squirrel | Drumstick the Rooster | Krunch | Pipsy | Taj the Elephant | Timber the Tiger | Tiptup | T.T.

Others
Banana Birds | Banana Fairies | Brothers Bears | Helper Monkey | K. Lumsy | Klubba | Pauline | Professor Chops | Stanley the Bugman | Tawks | Troff and Scoff | Xananab

Other Media
Television Series
Bluster Kong | Candy Kong | Cranky Kong | Diddy Kong | Dixie Kong | Donkey Kong | Eddie the Mean Old Yeti | Funky Kong | Inka Dinka Doo
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Mushroom Kingdom
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Bowser | Bowser Jr. | Lakitu | Shy Guys | Koopa Troopas | Koopa Kid | Boo

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Yoshis (Green, Pink, Light Blue, Yellow, Orange, Purple, Brown, Red, Blue, Black, White) | Poochy | Stork

Gadd Science, Inc.
Professor E. Gadd | F.L.U.D.D. | Gooigi

Comet Observatory
Rosalina | Lumas (Baby Luma, Polari, Lubba, Co-Star Luma)

Other Kingdoms
Pauline | Princess Daisy | Cappy | Tostarenans | Lochladies | Steam Gardeners | Shiverians | Bubblainians | Volbonans | Prince Florian | Poplins | Mallow | Prince Peasley | Prince Dreambert | Princess Shokora

Kong Family
Cranky Kong | Donkey Kong | Donkey Kong Jr. | Diddy Kong | Dixie Kong | Kiddy Kong | Funky Kong | Tiny Kong | Swanky Kong | Candy Kong | Mini Donkey Kong | Lanky Kong | Chunky Kong | Wrinkly Kong | Bluster Kong

Animal Buddies
Rambi the Rhinoceros | Expresso the Ostrich | Enguarde the Swordfish | Winky the Frog | Squawks the Parrot | Squitter the Spider | Glimmer the Angler Fish | Clapper the Seal | Quawks | Ellie the Elephant | Parry the Parallel Bird | Lightfish | Hoofer the Wildebeest | Flurl | Orco | Helibird | Professor Chops | Helper Monkey | Tawks

Diamond City Citizens
Wario | Ashley | Red | Mona | Joe | Mona's Pets | 4.1 and 4.2 | Kat and Ana | Jimmy T. | Dribble & Spitz | 5-Volt | 9-Volt | 18-Volt | 13-Amp | Fronks | Dr. Crygor | Penny Crygor | Mike | Young Cricket & Master Mantis | Lulu | Pyoro

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Baby Mario | Baby Luigi | Baby Yoshis | Baby Peach | Baby Daisy | Baby Wario | Baby Donkey Kong

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Rabbids
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Wardens
Captain Orion | Sullivan | Momma | Allegra
Others
Sparks

Other
Alien Bunnies | Aster | Banjo | Beep-0 | Brothers Bear | Geno | JEANIE | Kid | King Bask | Klubba | K. Lumsy | Kylie Koopa | Luigi (CD-i) | Madame Clairvoya | Mario (CD-i) | MC Ballyhoo | Mini Marios | Mr. Game and Watch | Orbulon | Polterpup | Rayman | ROB | Stanley the Bugman | Tumble | Waluigi | Woody | Xananab | Zeekeeper

Movies
Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!
Mario | Luigi | Princess Peach
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Mario | Luigi | Princess Daisy | Toad | Yoshi
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Mario | Princess Peach | Luigi | Donkey Kong | Toad | Cranky Kong | Penguin King | Toad General | Toads

Cartoons
Mario | Luigi | Princess Toadstool | Toad | Yoshi | Oogtar

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