No Animal Sign



The No Animal Sign is a sign found in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, and Donkey Kong Land games. This sign prevents certain Animal Buddies from proceeding to the end of a level. No Animal Signs were not found in the original Donkey Kong Country but players can finish the level with their buddy. Though, the buddy does not carry on to later levels. They were likely added to the latter two games for the introduction of new ways to finish the level.

Description
No Animal Signs are often considered annoying because Kongs cannot take their buddies where they could be useful in later level segments. However, the signs are usually found near the end of a level (with the extreme exception of the level Animal Antics), and when crossed, the animal buddy will turn into a prize depending on how difficult it was to get there (except in DKL3). Prizes range from bananas to Extra Life Balloons, and, in Parry the Parallel Bird's case, a Bonus Barrel.

Donkey Kong 64
In Donkey Kong 64, No Animal Signs did not appear, instead they were replaced by an invisible force field that transformed the animal buddy back into the Kongs.