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[[Image:KackleScene.jpg|frame|right|A Kackle wildly chasing Diddy and Dixie in "Haunted Hall".]]
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'''Kackles''' are ghostly [[Kremling]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' that chase after [[Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] in the level "[[Haunted Hall]]". A Kackle will start chasing the Kongs as soon as they enter it's territory.
|image=[[File:DKC2 Kackle.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of Kackle
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|variant_of=[[Kremling]]
|comparable=[[Bones (enemy)|Bones]]
}}
A '''Kackle''' is a ghostly, skeletal [[Kremling]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|its Game Boy Advance remake]]. Kackles wear eyepatches and bandannas and hover around, not unlike [[Kloak]]s. Kackles appear in [[Haunted Hall]] only, where four appear, each in their own gated section. Every Kackle wears a differently colored bandana: the first Kackle's is blue; the second Kackle's is green; the third Kackle's is yellow; and the last Kackle's is red. All Kackles wear blue bandanas in the remake. When a Kackle's section is entered, a timer appears at the top of the screen, indicating that [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] have a limited amount of time leave the zone. The Kackles are all invincible, and will hover closer to the [[Kong]]s as the timer ticks down, but in the remake, Kackles maintain a distance. If time runs out, the Kackle becomes tangible and hurts the Kong. Nearly every [[Plus and Minus Barrels|Plus Barrel]] has to be activated to extend the timer along the way so that the Kackle does not attack, especially while avoiding Minus Barrels, since those decrease the timer. In the end credits, Kackles are classified as part of the [[Kremling Kuthroats]].


Once you pass the first gate of "Haunted Hall", a Kackle will be found already waiting for the Kongs, a timer will appear when the Kongs enter this Kackles territory. The Kongs will have to pass another gate in order to leave this Kackle's territory and if you fail to do that in the time limit, the Kackle will attack and a will be lost. [[Plus and Minus Barrels]] will alter the time limit. The plus barrels will increase the time limit while the minus barrels will decrease it.
[[List of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest pre-release and unused content#Rare Witch Project Preview and German strategy guide|Mr. X]] was an earlier version of Kackle created during the game's development.<ref>{{cite|quote=He was replaced with the giant skeleton that chases you on the fairground level.|author=Mayles, Steve|date=June 3, 2015|url=www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/38dtd9/were_playtonic_exrare_devs_behind_banjokazooie/crucemz/|title=We're Playtonic, ex-Rare devs behind Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country! AMA!|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=May 11, 2014}}</ref> Additionally, Kackles were placeholder enemies in ''[[jiggywikki:Dream: Land of Giants|Dream: Land of Giants]]'' during development (before it was finalized as ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Kazooie|Banjo-Kazooie]]'').<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?t=193&v=w72kj20YNA0|timestamp=03:13|date=December 22, 2015|title=Rare Revealed: A Rare Look At Dream|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 11, 2024|author=Rare Ltd|language=en-gb}}</ref>


There are a total of four areas in the level where Kackles appears in, two before the checkpoint and two after the checkpoint.
The official manuals reuse [[Kloak]]'s description for Kackle, meaning it says he haunts many locations on Crocodile Isle, while the guide claims that he shows up at Krazy Kremland. In the game, Kackle only shows up in Haunted Hall in Gloomy Gulch.


==Trivia==
Kackles are absent from ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', since [[Haunted Hall]] was replaced with a regular rollercoaster level, [[Krazy Koaster]].


* In the GameBoy Advance remake of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2]]'', all Kackles in the game wear the same bandana color, red. In the Super Nintendo version of the game the Kackles wear either a blue, green, yellow or red bandana.
==Profiles==
*'''Instruction booklet:''' ''These ghostly, Kremling spirits haunt many locations on [[Crocodile Isle]].''<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' manual|page=30|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo}}</ref>
*'''Player's Guide:''' ''This mean-spirited spooks are on the lookout for any hairy intruders into their domain! Kackle haunts the Kremland amusement park, while Kloak fades in and out of several different areas. Dealing while Kloak is especially frustating, since he sometimes conjures up Zingers to block paths or items.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide|page=15|publisher=Nintendo Power|date=1995|language=en-us|author=Shinoda, Paul; Miller, Kent}}</ref>
*'''Instruction booklet ([[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ''These ghostly Kremling spirits haunt many locations on Crocodile Isle.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction booklet|page=23|date=2004|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|language=en-us}}</ref>


* In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' a skeletal Kremling, conjecturally named [[Demo-Kremling]] appears. The Demo-Kremling is somewhat similar in appearance to a Kackle.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
KackleScene.jpg|Artwork of Kackle chasing the Kongs for ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Kackle DKC2 blue.png|Sprite of a blue bandanna Kackle in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
DKC2 Kackle green.png|Sprite of a green bandanna Kackle in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
DKC2 Kackle yellow.png|Sprite of a yellow bandanna Kackle in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
DKC2 Kackle red.png|Sprite of a red bandanna Kackle in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
HauntedHallSNES3.png|The Kackle with a blue bandana in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
HauntedHallSNES1.png|The Kackle with a green bandana in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
YellowKackle.png|The Kackle with a yellow bandana in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
RedKackle.png|The Kackle with a red bandana in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Kackle DKC2 GBA.png|Sprite in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' for the Game Boy Advance
Kackle DKC2GBA screen.png|A Kackle in Haunted Hall in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' for the Game Boy Advance
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=カックル
|JapR=Kakkuru
|JapM=Kackle
|Spa=Kackle
|Ita=Kackle
}}
 
==References==
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