Editing Quawks

{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:Quawks Artwork - Donkey Kong Country 3.png|220px]]<br>Quawks's official artwork in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|species=[[Parrot]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
}}
{{quote2|Squawks has relatives who can pick up barrels with their claws and bomb the baddies below.|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 17}}
'''Quawks''' (originally identified as a purple '''[[Squawks the Parrot|Squawks]]'''<ref>"''Green Squawks does more than tote your flashlight—his duties now include carrying you through mazes and soaring through squadrons of Kremling creeps. He′s armed to the beak with an unlimited supply of eggs, which he′ll spit when you press the Y Button. Purple Squawks can′t spit eggs or fly upward, but he can slow your fall.''" - The ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide, page 9.</ref><ref name="Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Player's Guide">"''Two different colored Squawks use their aerial abilities to assist Kiddy and Dixie in their adventures. The garden variety green version bull′s-eyes Kremlings with eggs at fifty paces. His purple cousin can heft and haul barrels in his talons and use them to dive-bomb enemy positions.''" - The ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide, page 11.</ref>) is an [[Animal Friend]] and [[Squawks]]' relative<ref name="Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Player's Guide"/><ref>"''An egg-launching veteran back to lift the Kongs to high ground. His relatives carry barrels to bombard the bad guys!''" - Donkey Kong Country 3 Manual, page 19</ref> in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]] who first appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Quawks received a unique name to distinguish him from the green Squawks in Japanese-localized material for ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''{{ref needed}} and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''<ref name="DKC3">[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bdqj/chara/index.html Characters at the Japanese ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance) website (both Squawks and Quawks are given names)] (Retrieved February 1, 2014)</ref>, which was eventually used in the English version of ''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]''.

Quawks initially had bluish-purple feathers in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', but would subsequently receive dark purple feathers, starting with the game's sequel, ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. His recolored design also received official artwork for ''Donkey Kong Country 3''.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' / ''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
[[File:ParrotChutePanicSNES2.png|thumb|Dixie travels through the stage on Quawks.]]
Quawks only appears in one level of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', called [[Parrot Chute Panic (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Parrot Chute Panic]]. In this level, [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] encounter a few of them. They can mount Quawks by grabbing on its talons. Upon doing so, it then descends down the large [[Zinger]] hive. Unlike Squawks, Quawks cannot flap upward or spit eggs at enemies. It is defenseless, so it and the [[Kong]]s must carefully navigate around the enemies they encounter, usually Zingers.

Diddy and Dixie can dismount Quawks like the other Animal Friends. However it automatically releases them from reaching a certain point. Quawks indicates this from making a sound effect identical to Squawks spitting an egg (which does not occur in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake). From there on, the Kongs must go through the level by foot until they find the next Quawks or until the level exit.

In ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', Quawks reappears in [[Parrot Chute Panic (Donkey Kong Land 2)|the same-titled level]], working just as he does in ''Donkey Kong Country 2''; due to being on the Game Boy, both birds share the same sprites, and Quawks can only be used via Animal Barrel.

In the Game Boy Advance remake of ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', Quawks' feathers were recolored to resemble his from ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. The same sprites also appear in ''Donkey Kong Country 3''{{'}}s Game Boy Advance remake.

===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
[[File:Buzzer Barrage.png|thumb|left|Quawks' re-appearance in the ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' level, Buzzer Barrage]]
Quawks reappears as an Animal Friend in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''.

Aside from a redesign, Quawks has a significantly different role. However, he is still an uncommon Animal Friend as he only appears in two levels, [[Low-G Labyrinth]] and [[Buzzer Barrage]]. The Kongs do not ride him in either level, and must transform into Quawks from an [[Animal Barrel]].

Unlike his previous appearance, Quawks has a means of defending himself: by picking up a [[Barrel]] or [[Steel Keg]] with his talons and dropping it on an enemy. He can also fly upwards, like Squawks. Like the other Animal Friends, Quawks is playable until he reaches his associated [[No Animal Sign]]. Quawks is the only Animal Friend who does not appear in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]].
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===''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''===
[[File:Quawks DKBB photo.jpg|thumb|Donkey Kong uses the Quawks item in ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'']]
Quawks appears as a usable item in ''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]'', where he acts similarly to the [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]] from the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series; when obtained, he can be used to knock the racer who is in first place. If he is summoned by a Kong, the player who was hit will also lose all of their bananas. Unlike the Spiny Shell, it is possible for more than one Quawks to be in play during a race.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Quawks DKC2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Squawks DKL2.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2''
Quawks DKC3 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Quawks DKC2 GBA.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance)
DKBBQuawks.png|''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' (Item Balloon icon)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=コークス
|JapR=Kōkusu
|JapM=Quawks. Derived from 「スコークス」 ''Sukōkusu'', Squawks.
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', purple parrots resembling Quawks appear in the background of some cutscenes with Squawks.

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[[Category:Parrots]]
[[Category:Animal Buddies]]
[[Category:Playable Characters]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Characters]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Characters]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 Characters]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Barrel Blast Items]]
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