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|image=[[File:Bazza.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Bazza from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|image=[[File:Bazza.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Bazza from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!#Differences in the Game Boy Advance version|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
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'''Bazzas''' are long, green {{wp|barracuda}}-like fish enemies appearing in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. In the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version, they can only be found in one level, aptly named [[Bazza's Blockade]]; in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake, they also appear in several [[Pacifica]] levels, including [[Stormy Seas]], [[Sunken Spruce]] and [[Ripcurl Reef]]. According to the game's credits, Bazzas belong to the "[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album#Aquatic Attackers|Aquatic Attackers]]" enemy class.
'''Bazzas''' are long, green {{wp|barracuda}}-like fish enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. Bazzas live in the holes of the coral reefs, where an indefinite number continuously swims in and out of from one side to the other. In this regard, they are essentially the aquatic equivalent of [[Swoopy|Swoopies]] and [[Lemguin]]s, which are other enemies with similar attack patterns. [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] must avoid Bazzas, else it bites them. Bazzas can be defeated by [[Enguarde]] only, like with most other underwater enemies. A photograph of a Bazza appears in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], in which it falls under the "[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album#Aquatic Attackers|Aquatic Attackers]]" enemy class.


Bazzas live in the holes of the coral reefs, of which an indefinite number continuously swims in and out of from one side to the other. In this regard, they are essentially the aquatic equivalent of [[Swoopy|Swoopies]] and [[Lemguin]]s, which are other enemies with similar attack patterns. They can also use tree trunks and large broken branches as hideouts, as shown in Sunken Spruce. [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] must avoid Bazzas, else it bites them. These enemies can only be defeated by [[Enguarde the Swordfish]], and must usually be avoided.
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', Bazzas only appear in one level, [[Bazza's Blockade]]. In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]], they also appear in three [[Pacifica]] levels, including [[Stormy Seas]], [[Sunken Spruce]] (where they can also use tree trunks and large broken branches as hideouts), and [[Ripcurl Reef]]. In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Bazzas appear in all three coral levels: [[Seabed Shanty]], [[Coral Quarrel]], and [[Deep Reef Grief]].
 
In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Bazzas appear in all three coral levels: [[Seabed Shanty]], [[Coral Quarrel]], and [[Deep Reef Grief]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Bazzas Blockade DKC3.png|A school of Bazzas
Bazzas Blockade DKC3.png|A school of Bazzas
Bazza DKC3 Photo Album.png|A Bazza, as seen in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Bazza DKC3.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Double Trouble!'' sprite
Bazza DKC3.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Double Trouble!'' sprite
Bazza DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III'' sprite (Game Boy)
Bazza DKC3 Photo Album.png|[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Bazza DKL3c sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III'' sprite (Game Boy Color)
Bazza DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III'' sprite
Bazza DKL3c sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong'' sprite
DKC3 GBA Bazza sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance) sprite
</gallery>
</gallery>


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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:BetaBazza.png|thumb|Bazza seen in an [[List of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! pre-release and unused content|early]] screenshot]]
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*In an [[List of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! pre-release and unused content|early]] screenshot for the SNES version of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', Bazza appeared as blue with a more elongated head like an actual barracuda. The screenshot was even featured on the back of the game cover.
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*"Bazza" is a recurring name in games by [[Rare Ltd.|Rare]]. In addition to the fish, it is also the name of a brand of battery found in ''{{wp|Banjo-Tooie}}'' and a dung beetle in ''{{wp|Conker's Bad Fur Day}}''.
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|footer=Bazza's early design.
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|image1=BetaBazza.png
|alt1=Bazza seen in ''Nintendo Power''.
|image2=DKC3 Bazza box back.jpg
|alt2=Bazza on the back of the box.
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*In [[List of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! pre-release and unused content|early]] screenshots shown in an issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]''{{better source}} and the back cover of American English and British English releases of ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', Bazza had a more elongated head resembling an actual barracuda's and appeared more bluish, similarly as in its artwork.
 
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III enemies]]
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Bazza
Artwork of a Bazza from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Artwork of a Bazza 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)

Bazzas are long, green barracuda-like fish enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. Bazzas live in the holes of the coral reefs, where an indefinite number continuously swims in and out of from one side to the other. In this regard, they are essentially the aquatic equivalent of Swoopies and Lemguins, which are other enemies with similar attack patterns. Dixie or Kiddy Kong must avoid Bazzas, else it bites them. Bazzas can be defeated by Enguarde only, like with most other underwater enemies. A photograph of a Bazza appears in Dixie Kong's Photo Album, in which it falls under the "Aquatic Attackers" enemy class.

In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Bazzas only appear in one level, Bazza's Blockade. In the Game Boy Advance version, they also appear in three Pacifica levels, including Stormy Seas, Sunken Spruce (where they can also use tree trunks and large broken branches as hideouts), and Ripcurl Reef. In Donkey Kong Land III, Bazzas appear in all three coral levels: Seabed Shanty, Coral Quarrel, and Deep Reef Grief.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バッザー
Bazzā
Bazza

German Bazza
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Italian Bazza
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Trivia[edit]

Bazza seen in Nintendo Power.
Bazza on the back of the box.
Bazza's early design.
  • In early screenshots shown in an issue of Nintendo Power[better source needed] and the back cover of American English and British English releases of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Bazza had a more elongated head resembling an actual barracuda's and appeared more bluish, similarly as in its artwork.