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|image=[[File:Clapper.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of Clapper the Seal

|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])

|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Konga 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])

{{quote2|Most seals can't change boiling hot water to room temperature or turn water to ice but Clapper can! Jump on him and he'll perform this valuable service for you.|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' manual, page 25}}

'''Clapper the Seal''' is an [[Animal Friend]] who appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', in the levels [[Lava Lagoon]] and [[Clapper's Cavern]]. A character resembling Clapper, named [[Seal]], later appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. And he reappear in the Freestyle Mode in ''[[Donkey Konga 2]]''.

==Description==

[[File:ClappersCavernSNES1.png|thumb|left|Clapper's appearance in Clapper's Cavern in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'']]

Clapper always sits next to a body of water stationary, and he has the ability to cool the water temperature. To do so, [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] must jump on Clapper, who breathes into the water and then claps his flippers (hence his name). In Lava Lagoon, Clapper cools down the boiling lava water, allowing [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] to safely swim through. In Clapper's Cavern, a level bearing his name, Clapper freezes the water into solid ice, allowing the Kongs to safely cross above [[Snapjaw (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Snapjaw]].

 

After a while, the water that Clapper had cooled changes back into its original temperature; therefore the Kongs should quickly move through the [[level]]. Since the water temperature only changes temporarily, a few Clappers appear throughout both Lava Lagoon and Clapper's Cavern to compensate. Clapper is the only Animal Friend in the game who does not have its own [[Animal Crate]].

Clapper got his name from the popular depiction of seals clapping with their flippers, which he himself does in the games. He has silver fur, large eyes, and a tan snout with a black nose and five whiskers on each side. Like [[wikipedia:Pinniped|all seals]], he has four flippers, the hind two of which somewhat resemble a fluked whale tail. In ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', Clapper makes stock sound effect of seals every few seconds.

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*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''"Most seals can't bring boiling water down to room temperature or turn water to ice, but Clapper can! Bounce on his back, and he'll be happy to demonstrate."''

*'''Wii U Virtual Console electronic manual bio:''' ''"Can cool down the boiling water by blowing on it. Cannot be mounted."''

*'''Virtual Console electronic manual bio:''' "''Jump on his back to temporarily freeze boiling water or turn lava pools into regular water, allowing you to swim across. You are unable to transform into Clapper the Seal.''"

[[Category:Ice Creatures]]

[[Category:Animal Buddies]]

[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Characters]]

[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 Characters]]