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'''Orco the Killer Whale''' (previously known as '''Shachee''' in Europe) is a large blue killer whale who [[Donkey Kong]] encounters in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''.
'''Orco the Killer Whale''' (previously known as '''Shachee''' in Europe) is a large blue [[wikipedia:Killer whale|Killer whale]] who [[Donkey Kong]] encounters in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]''. His name comes from "Orca", the official name of the Killer whale.


Generally Orco is found simply wandering around aimlessly, Donkey Kong can come up to Orco and grab on to its dorsal fin, Donkey Kong can then ride Orco. Like [[Enguarde the Swordfish]], Orco can smash through underwater barriers, and can also leap out of the water and reach extreme heights.
Generally Orco is found simply wandering around aimlessly, Donkey Kong can come up to Orco and grab on to his dorsal fin, Donkey Kong can then ride Orco. Like [[Enguarde the Swordfish]], Orco can smash through underwater barriers, and can also leap out of the water and reach extreme heights. Orco has several smaller killer whales follow behind him, leading some to believe he is female, as this only happens with female whales in Real Life. While the ''[[New Play Control!]]'' version of ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat'' specifically referred to him as a "he", this could have been a mistake, similar to how [[Watt]] was erroneously called a male in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''.
 
==Gender==
Curiously, Orco has several smaller killer whales follow behind him, leading some to believe he is a female{{fact}}. However, Orco was referred to as a "he" in the manual for the ''[[New Play Control!]]'' version of ''Donkey Kong Jungle Beat''. It is unknown if that was intentional, or if it was simply a mistake (since a similar situation occurred in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where [[Watt]] was mistakenly called a male).
 
==Trivia==
*Orco's name is based off of the killer whale's official name, the Orca.
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Revision as of 10:25, April 7, 2011

Template:Character-infobox Orco the Killer Whale (previously known as Shachee in Europe) is a large blue Killer whale who Donkey Kong encounters in the game Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. His name comes from "Orca", the official name of the Killer whale.

Generally Orco is found simply wandering around aimlessly, Donkey Kong can come up to Orco and grab on to his dorsal fin, Donkey Kong can then ride Orco. Like Enguarde the Swordfish, Orco can smash through underwater barriers, and can also leap out of the water and reach extreme heights. Orco has several smaller killer whales follow behind him, leading some to believe he is female, as this only happens with female whales in Real Life. While the New Play Control! version of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat specifically referred to him as a "he", this could have been a mistake, similar to how Watt was erroneously called a male in Super Paper Mario.