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[[File:Ghost Barrel.png|frame|A Ghost Barrel]]
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[[File:DKC3 GhostBarrel.jpg|thumb|left|80px|Concept artwork]]
|image=[[File:DKC3 GhostBarrel.jpg|150px]]<br>Artwork of a Boo Barrel from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
A '''Ghost Barrel''' is a ghastly type of [[barrel]] found in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]'', though they only appear in the level [[Creepy Caverns]] in [[KAOS Kore]]. Ghost Barrels appear and disappear every few seconds. They also appear in the game's pseudo-sequel, ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', and appear in all the cave levels, especially [[Stalagmite Frights]]. These objects can help the [[Kong]]s reach to higher areas, but can also make them fly into enemies, such as [[Buzz (enemy)|Buzz]]es. They are somewhat similar to the [[Rope (species)|Rope]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''.
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A '''Boo Barrel''',<ref>{{cite|author=Owsen, Dan, Kent Miller, and Paul Shinoda|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide|page=96-97|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996}}</ref> also named '''Ghost Barrel'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'', Volume 91|date=December 1996|page=61|quote='''CREEPY CAVERNS''' The Creepy Caverns used to be a warehouse filled with barrels of bananas, but now the dusty depository is haunted. Beware of the Ghost Barrels-hopping into one could blast you into a bunch of bananas-or a ton of trouble.}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 103|date=December 1997|page=85, 89, and 91|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> (alternatively formatted as '''Ghost barrel'''),<ref>{{cite|date=March 1997|title=''Nintendo Official Magazine'' (UK) issue 54|page=50}}</ref> is a ghostly type of [[Blast Barrel]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'' with a distinct behavior of vanishing and reappearing every few seconds, similarly to the [[rope (ghost)|rope]]s of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Each Boo Barrel faces in a set direction, which it blasts [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong|Kiddy]] to while pointed in the direction. The direction that a Boo Barrel faces is usually randomized, so therefore [[Kong]]s often have to time their entry just right to progress. Some Boo Barrels are hazardous obstacle, since they can only blast the Kongs into enemies, and therefore should be passed while invisible.
 
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', the Boo Barrels appear only in the [[Kaos Kore]] level [[Creepy Caverns]]. They appear a little more often in ''Donkey Kong Land III'', in three [[level]]s: [[Stalagmite Frights]], [[Haunted Hollows]], and [[Ghoulish Grotto]].
 
==Gallery==
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Ghost Barrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Stalagmite Frights.png|''Donkey Kong Land III''
DKLIII Boo Barrel sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III''
Ghost Barrel - DKL3 Sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
Ghost Barrel - DKC3 GBA Sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=おばけタル
|JapR=Obake Taru
|JapM=Ghost Barrel
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==References==
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Boo Barrel
Artwork of a Boo Barrel from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Artwork of a Boo Barrel from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) (2005)

A Boo Barrel,[1] also named Ghost Barrel[2][3] (alternatively formatted as Ghost barrel),[4] is a ghostly type of Blast Barrel in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III with a distinct behavior of vanishing and reappearing every few seconds, similarly to the ropes of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Each Boo Barrel faces in a set direction, which it blasts Dixie and Kiddy to while pointed in the direction. The direction that a Boo Barrel faces is usually randomized, so therefore Kongs often have to time their entry just right to progress. Some Boo Barrels are hazardous obstacle, since they can only blast the Kongs into enemies, and therefore should be passed while invisible.

In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, the Boo Barrels appear only in the Kaos Kore level Creepy Caverns. They appear a little more often in Donkey Kong Land III, in three levels: Stalagmite Frights, Haunted Hollows, and Ghoulish Grotto.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese おばけタル
Obake Taru
Ghost Barrel

References[edit]

  1. ^ Owsen, Dan, Kent Miller, and Paul Shinoda (1996). Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 96-97.
  2. ^ "CREEPY CAVERNS The Creepy Caverns used to be a warehouse filled with barrels of bananas, but now the dusty depository is haunted. Beware of the Ghost Barrels-hopping into one could blast you into a bunch of bananas-or a ton of trouble." – (December 1996). Nintendo Power, Volume 91. Page 61.
  3. ^ (December 1997). Nintendo Power Volume 103. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 85, 89, and 91.
  4. ^ (March 1997). Nintendo Official Magazine (UK) issue 54. Page 50.