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[[File:Booster Barrel Artwork.png|thumb|100px|Artwork of a Booster Barrel]]
[[File:Booster Barrel Artwork.png|thumb|100px|Artwork of a Booster Barrel]]
A '''Booster Barrel'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 25.</ref> is a type of [[Barrel]] that appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', ''[[DK: King of Swing]]'' and ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''. This special barrel allows the members of the [[Kong Family]] to reach higher ground. The Booster Barrel looks like a normal [[Barrel Cannon]], except the arrow comes apart in the back to represent speed lines. When the [[Kong]]s [[jump]] into this wooden device, flames will immediately blast out of the bottom of the barrel like a rocket. The Booster Barrel (with the Kongs inside) will then shoot straight up into the sky until it reaches a predetermined location. While at this spot, the barrel will launch the heroes upwards into the air. The Kongs can then maneuver left or right while in mid-air to land on stable ground. Upon releasing the apes, the Booster Barrel will descend to its original position. Booster Barrels are typically found in waterfall [[level]]s, as these stages often require the Kongs to ascend vertically to the top of the waterfalls.
A '''Booster Barrel'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 25.</ref> is a type of [[Barrel Cannon]] that first appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and later in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', in which it has the same purpose. It functions like a rocket by utilizing a flame booster below to transport [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] to a higher area. It has an up arrow painted on it (similar to that of an [[Arrow Barrel]]), indicating that it carries the [[Kong]]s upward.


Booster Barrels also appear in ''[[DK: King of Swing]]'' and ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'', where they function somewhat differently, as they are capable of being steered while expelling a blue flame.
When the Kongs jump into a Booster Barrel, the flame beneath it grows slightly while using it. When the Booster Barrel reaches a predetermined location, it blasts the Kongs out. The Kongs can slightly maneuver themselves either left or right, which is necessary for landing on the ground. Upon blasting out the Kongs, the Booster Barrel slowly descends back to its original position. Booster Barrels most often appear in waterfall [[level]]s, more specifically [[Rocket Barrel Ride]], as such stages usually require the Kongs to ascend vertically to the top of the waterfalls.
 
Booster Barrels also appear in ''[[DK: King of Swing]]'' and ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''. In both games, they function somewhat differently than in their original appearance, because the Kongs are capable of steering the barrel itself while using it. Booster Barrels also expel a blue flame rather than an orange one.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Booster Barrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Booster Barrel.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite
BoosterBarrel DKC3.png|Artwork of the Booster Barrel, lacking the arrow.
BoosterBarrel DKC3.png|Alternate artwork of a Booster Barrel without the arrow.
DKKOSBoosterBarrel.png|''DK: King of Swing''
DKKOSBoosterBarrel.png|''DK: King of Swing'' sprite
Booster Barrel - DK Jungle Climber.gif|''DK: Jungle Climber''
Booster Barrel - DK Jungle Climber.gif|''DK: Jungle Climber'' sprite
</gallery>
</gallery>


Revision as of 12:59, April 13, 2019

Artwork of a Booster Barrel from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Artwork of a Booster Barrel

A Booster Barrel[1] is a type of Barrel Cannon that first appears in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and later in Donkey Kong Land III, in which it has the same purpose. It functions like a rocket by utilizing a flame booster below to transport Dixie and Kiddy Kong to a higher area. It has an up arrow painted on it (similar to that of an Arrow Barrel), indicating that it carries the Kongs upward.

When the Kongs jump into a Booster Barrel, the flame beneath it grows slightly while using it. When the Booster Barrel reaches a predetermined location, it blasts the Kongs out. The Kongs can slightly maneuver themselves either left or right, which is necessary for landing on the ground. Upon blasting out the Kongs, the Booster Barrel slowly descends back to its original position. Booster Barrels most often appear in waterfall levels, more specifically Rocket Barrel Ride, as such stages usually require the Kongs to ascend vertically to the top of the waterfalls.

Booster Barrels also appear in DK: King of Swing and DK: Jungle Climber. In both games, they function somewhat differently than in their original appearance, because the Kongs are capable of steering the barrel itself while using it. Booster Barrels also expel a blue flame rather than an orange one.

Gallery

  • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! sprite

    Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! sprite

  • Alternate artwork of a Booster Barrel without the arrow.

    Alternate artwork of a Booster Barrel without the arrow.

  • DK: King of Swing sprite

    DK: King of Swing sprite

  • DK: Jungle Climber sprite

    DK: Jungle Climber sprite

References

  1. ^ Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet, page 25.
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Barrels
Carryable barrels Barrel • DK Barrel • Iron Barrel • Merfle Barrel • TNT Barrel • Vine Barrel • Water Barrel
Enterable barrels Animal Barrel • Arrow Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • Boo Barrel • Booster Barrel • Button Barrel • Cranky's Kong Barrel • Dance Barrel • Diddy & Dixie Barrels • DK Launcher Barrel • Fishing Barrel • Golden Barrel • Shrinkbarrel • Spin Barrel • Spinner Barrel • Steerable Barrel • Style Barrel • Tag Barrel • Tracker Barrel • Training Barrel • Warp Barrel • Yellow Launcher Barrel • Yoo Who Cannon
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Obstacle barrels Barrel • Barrel Bomb • Barrel Cannon (Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast) • Basket of snakes • Black drum • Oil drum
Barrel items Backward Barrel • Banana Barrels • Mega TNT Barrel • TNT Barrel • Wrench Barrel • Yoo Who Cannon
Scenery barrels Barrel Shield • Tumbling barrel
Barrel vehicles Barrel Jet • Barrel Train • Biplane Barrel • Chrome DK Jumbo • DK Jumbo • DK Maximum • Gold Train • Gyrocopter • Hover Craft • Jumbo Barrel • Motor Boat • Rocket Barrel • Turbo Ski
Barrel characters Belcha • Dumb Drum
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
Characters Protagonists Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Swanky Kong • Cranky Kong
Prisoners Banana Birds • Banana Queen • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Candy Kong* • Lanky Kong* • Tiny Kong* • Chunky Kong*
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Parry • Squawks • Squitter • Quawks
Brothers Bear Bachelor* • Baffle • Barnacle • Barter • Bazaar • Bazooka • Benny • Björn • Blizzard • Blue • Blunder • Boomer • Bramble • Brash
Bosses Belcha • Arich • Squirt • KAOS • Bleak • Barbos • Kroctopus* • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Gleamin' Bream • Karbine • Killer bees • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Koin • Koindozer • Kopter • Kracka* • Krimp • Kroc • Krumple • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minkey • Missile shell • Nibbla • Nid • Re-Koil • Skidda • Sneek • Swoopy
Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Bowling ball • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Box of chocolates* • Cog • DK Coin • Extra-Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Flupperius Petallus Pongus • Green banana • K-O-N-G Letters • Mirror • No.6 wrench • Patch • Present • Rose* • Shell • Ski • Star
Objects Animal Barrel • Animal crate • Auto-Fire Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Shield • Bonus Barrel • Boo Barrel • Booster Barrel • Bubbling cauldron • Crate • DK Barrel • Fuel Drum • Handle • Ignition Barrel • Invincibility Barrel • Metal door • Mine* • Propellerpack • Ripsaw • Rocket Barrel • Star Barrel • Steel Barrel • Switch Barrel • TNT Barrel • Toboggan • Tracker Barrel • Trapdoor • Tumbling barrel • Warp Barrel • Wheel
Levels Lake Orangatanga Lakeside Limbo • Doorstop Dash • Tidal Trouble • Skidda's Row • Murky Mill • Belcha's Barn
Kremwood Forest Barrel Shield Bust-Up • Riverside Race • Squeals on Wheels • Springin' Spiders • Bobbing Barrel Brawl • Arich's Ambush
Cotton Top Cove Bazza's Blockade • Rocket Barrel Ride • Kreeping Klasps • Tracker Barrel Trek • Fish Food Frenzy • Squirt's Showdown
Mekanos Fire-Ball Frenzy • Demolition Drain-Pipe • Ripsaw Rage • Blazing Bazukas • Low-G Labyrinth • Kaos Karnage
K3 Krevice Kreepers • Tearaway Toboggan • Barrel Drop Bounce • Krack Shot Kroc • Lemguin Lunge • Bleak's House
Razor Ridge Buzzer Barrage • Kong-Fused Cliffs • Floodlit Fish • Pot Hole Panic • Ropey Rumpus • Barbos's Barrier† • Kroctopus Krush*
Pacifica* Dingy Drain-Pipe* • Stormy Seas* • Sunken Spruce* • Cliffside Blast* • Ripcurl Reef* • Surf's Up* • Barbos's Barrier
Kaos Kore Konveyor Rope Klash • Creepy Caverns • Lightning Lookout • Koindozer Klamber • Poisonous Pipeline • Kastle Kaos
Krematoa Stampede Sprint • Criss Kross Cliffs • Tyrant Twin Tussle • Swoopy Salvo • Rocket Rush • Knautilus
Miscellaneous Barrel-Blastapalooza • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff
* Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version
† Barbos's Barrier was moved to Pacifica in the Game Boy Advance version
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Donkey Kong Land III
Characters Bear • Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Squawks • Squitter
Bosses Arich • Barbos • Bleak • KAOS • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Karbine • Klasp • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Kopter • Krimp • Krumple • Kuchuka • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minky • Nid • Niknak • Rekoil • Skidda • Sneek
Levels Cape Codswallop Red Wharf • Seabed Shanty • Ford Knocks • Total Rekoil • Koco Channel • Liftshaft Lottery • Barbos Bastion
Primate Plains Coral Quarrel • Minky Mischief • Jetty Jitters • Black Ice Blitz • Riverbank Riot • Miller Instinct • Bleak Magic
Blackforest Plateau Rocketeer Rally • Vertigo Verge • Polar Pitfalls • Surface Tension • Tundra Blunda • Redwood Rampage • Arich Attack
Great Ape Lakes Jungle Jeopardy • Footloose Falls • Deep Reef Grief • Karbine Kaos • Simian Shimmy • Rockface Chase • Krazy Kaos
Tin Can Valley Tropical Tightropes • Clifftop Critters • Rickety Rapids • Bazuka Bombard • Ugly Ducting • Stalagmite Frights • K Rool Duel
Lost World Whiplash Dash • Kuchuka Karnage • Haunted Hollows • Rainforest Rumble • Barrel Boulevard • Ghoulish Grotto • K Rools Last Stand
Barrels Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Iron Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • Warp Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Extra Life Balloon • KONG Letters • Propellerpack • Star • Toboggan
Miscellaneous Gallery • Glitches • Media • Cards • Pre-release and unused Content • Quotes • Staff
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DK: King of Swing
Playable characters Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Kritter • King K. Rool • Bubbles
Non-playable characters Candy Kong • Cranky Kong
Levels Jungle World Banana Bungalow • Tropical Treetops • Contraption Cave • Puzzling Pyramid • Congazuma's Castle
Wild West World Necky's Canyon • Cactus Woods • Madcap Mine • Treacherous Twister • Fire Necky's Nest
Aqua World Risky Reef • Lockjaw Falls • Kremling Kamp • Ship of Souls • Davy Bones' Locker
Ice World Cold Cold Forest • Raging Ravine • Ice Castle • Underwater Ruins • Sassy Squatch's Lair
K. Kruizer III Booster Barrel Skyway • K. Kruizer III Artillery • K. Kruizer III Hull • K. Kruizer III Engine • King K. Rool
Jungle Jam Attack Battle • Barrel Blast • Climbing Race • Color Capture • Obstacle Race
Enemies Click-Clack • Flipflap • Flitter • Ghost • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Shuri • Zinger
Bosses Congazuma • Davy Bones • Fire Necky • King K. Rool • Sassy Squatch
Items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Bomb • Bonus Barrel • Booster Barrel • Cannon • Conveyor Belt • Crystal Coconut • Handle Peg • Jack Peg • Medal • Peg • Peg Board • Question Barrel • Rock • Rolling Barrel • Spike • Spinning Peg • Switch Peg • Tire • Wooden Crate
Miscellaneous Cranky's Lectures • Gallery • Going Bananas • Hurling for Distance • Media • Quotes • Staff
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DK: Jungle Climber
Characters Playable Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Funky Kong
Non-playable Candy Kong • Cranky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Xananab
Enemies and obstacles Bramble • Click-Clack • Flipflap • Flitter • Ghost • Klobber • Kritter • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Puftup • Shuri • Spike • Zinger
Bosses Banana Ship • Junklomp • Mega Amp • Draglinger • King K. Rool
Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Crystal Banana • Crystal Star • DK Coin • Gem • Hammer • KONG Panels • Oil barrel • Torch • Wings
Objects Booster Barrel • Cannon Barrel • DK Barrel • Exit • Giant flower • Handle Peg • Iron Barrel • Jack Peg • Mine • Peg • Peg Board • Question Barrel • Rock • Spike • Spirowarp • Spinner Barrel • Spinning Peg • Switch Peg • TNT Barrel
Worlds Sun Sun Island • Lost Island • Ghost Island • Chill 'n' Char Island • High-High Island • Wormhole • Extra Stages
Minigames Rolling Panic • Banana Grab • Speed Climb • Throw 'n' Crush • Orange Picker • Booster Battle • Banana Bonanza
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