Editing Clapper

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Clapper.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of Clapper
|species=Seal
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Konga 2]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
}}
{{quote2|Most seals can't change boiling hot water to room temperature or turn water to ice but Clapper can! Jump on him and he'll perform this valuable service for you.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' instruction booklet, page 25}}
'''Clapper''', also written as '''Klapper''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 47. Page 47.</ref> is an [[Animal Friend]] who appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', in the levels [[Lava Lagoon]] and [[Clapper's Cavern]]. A character resembling Clapper, named [[Seal]], later appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. Clapper reappears in the Freestyle Mode in ''[[Donkey Konga 2]]''.

Clapper got his name from the popular depiction of seals clapping with their flippers, which he himself does in the games. He has silver fur, large eyes, and a tan snout with a black nose and five whiskers on each side. His hind two flippers somewhat resemble a fluked whale tail. In ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', Clapper makes a stock seal sound effect every few seconds.

==Description==
[[File:ClappersCavernSNES1.png|thumb|left|Clapper's appearance in Clapper's Cavern in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'']]
Clapper always sits next to a body of water stationary, and he has the ability to cool the water temperature. To do so, [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] must jump on Clapper, who breathes into the water and then claps his flippers (hence his name). In Lava Lagoon, Clapper cools down the boiling lava water, allowing [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] to safely swim through. In Clapper's Cavern, a level bearing his name, Clapper freezes the water into solid ice, allowing the Kongs to safely cross above [[Snapjaw (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Snapjaw]].

After a while, the water that Clapper had cooled changes back into its original temperature; therefore the Kongs should quickly move through the [[level]]. Since the water temperature only changes temporarily, Clapper appears a few times throughout both Lava Lagoon and Clapper's Cavern to compensate. Clapper is the only Animal Friend in the game who does not have his own [[Animal Crate]].
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==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''Most seals can't bring boiling water down to room temperature or turn water to ice, but Clapper can! Bounce on his back, and he'll be happy to demonstrate.''
{{Multilang profile
|type=vc_wiiu
|EngA=Can cool down the boiling water by blowing on it. Cannot be mounted.
|EngE=Clapper can cool boiling water to normal temperature for a short period of time when he spits at it, but you can't ride him.
|FreE=Clapper peut refroidir l'eau bouillante un court instant en crachant dedans, mais vous ne pouvez pas le chevaucher.
|Ger=Clapper kann siedendes Wasser für kurze Zeit auf Normaltemperatur abkühlen, indem er darauf spuckt. Auf ihm reiten kannst du allerdings nicht.
|Ita=Non potrai salirle in groppa, ma può aiutarti abbassando la temperatura dell'acqua bollente con la sua saliva per un breve intervallo di tiempo.
|SpaE=Clapper puede escupir para enfriar el agua hirviendo durante un rato, pero no puedes montar sobre ella.
}}

===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual bio:''' ''Jump on his back to temporarily freeze boiling water or turn lava pools into regular water, allowing you to swim across. You are unable to transform into Clapper the Seal.''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Clapper DKC2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' sprite
Clapper DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2'' sprite
DKC2 GBA Clapper sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) sprite
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クラッパー
|JapR=Kurappā
|JapM=Clapper
|Spa=Clapper
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Pinnipeds]]
[[Category:Ice creatures]]
[[Category:Animal Friends]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest characters]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 characters]]
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