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'''Knik-Knaks''' (also known as '''Niknaks''') are small beetles encountered in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They come in two colors, red and yellow, the latter being quite rare. The red variation replaces the [[Flitter]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', while the yellow variation replaces [[Click-Clack]]s. According to the game's credits, Knik-Knaks belong to the "[[Terrorfirma Tuff Guys]]" enemy class, even though most of them are found flying instead of walking.
'''Knik-Knaks''' are beetles enemies in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They are common enemies in both games and most often appear in riverside-themed [[level]]s.


In ''Donkey Kong Country 3'', Knik-Knaks are fairly uncommon enemies found in only a few of the game's levels. While red Knik-Knaks usually remain stationary in the air, only occasionally venturing onto the ground, the much rarer yellow variety of Knik-Knak are found exclusively on the ground. Knik-Knaks mostly appear in riverbank levels such as [[Riverside Race]] for the red breed and [[Lightning Lookout]] for the yellow breed, but they can also be found in other areas, which highlights their adaptability. These bugs are not as weak as they look, as jumping on them when they are on the ground will only knock them on their backs. While in this defenseless state, Knik-Knaks can either be jumped on again, which will defeat them for good, or be picked up and used as a projectile weapon against other enemies. However, flying Knik-Knaks can be defeated by a single jump, and a cartwheel instantly defeats any Knik-Knak.  
== History ==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
[[File:Bobbing Barrel Brawl two Knik-Knaks.png|thumb|Ellie must jump from two red Knik-Knaks to gain enough momentum to enter a Bonus Barrel into a nearby pool.]]
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', Knik-Knaks appear in two color variations, red and yellow. The red Knik-Knaks continuously flap their wings to remain airborne; most of them do not move around. This behavior is shared with [[Flitter]]s from the previous game, ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. The red Knik-Knaks can be defeated with a single hit from the [[Kong]]s, usually by [[jump]]ing on them. There are instances where the Kongs must jump from Knik-Knaks to reach a [[Bonus Area]] or to obtain items, such as an [[Extra Life Balloon]].


In many levels, Knik-Knak must be jumped on to reach [[Bonus Area]]s or hidden items such as [[Extra Life Balloon]]s. While battling [[Belcha]], [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] throw yellow Knik-Knaks into the giant barrels mouth, this causing the barrel monster to burp; if Belcha burps enough times he falls into a pit. Also, in Lightning Lookout, Dixie can hold yellow Knik-Knaks above her head to protect herself from the lightning.
Yellow Knik-Knaks are a bit stronger than the red ones. Unlike their red counterpart, yellow Knik-Knaks cannot fly and therefore walk back-and-forth on the ground. They are a bit stronger than red Knik-Knaks because the Kongs only defeat these Knik-Knaks by jumping on them twice. When [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] first jump on a yellow Knik-Knak, it flips over on its back. They have the option to pick up the enemy and use it as a projectile. After a few seconds, if the flipped Knik-Knak is not picked up, it jumps right back up and continues moving around. Yellow Knik-Knaks can instantly be defeated from a [[roll]] attack. These Knik-Knaks share a behavior with another enemy from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', [[Click-Clack]]s.


In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Knik-Knaks, here known as Niknaks, never touch the ground during the entire game; they are always found flying in the air.
Yellow Knik-Knaks are featured in [[Belcha's Barn]], where the boss fight against [[Belcha]] takes places. Here, Belcha spits out individual barrels containing a yellow Knik-Knak inside. The Kongs can throw the Knik-Knak into Belcha's mouth to make him burp backward. If done enough times, Belcha falls backward into a pit and the Kongs win at the battle. Yellow Knik-Knaks are the only type which appear in [[Lightning Lookout]], not including a [[Bonus Area]] where the Kongs must defeat 7 red Knik-Knaks. In said level, Dixie can also hold a Knik-Knak above her head to protect herself from being struck by lightning.
 
At some point during [[Bobbing Barrel Brawl]], [[Ellie the Elephant]] encounters two red Knik-Knaks briefly walking on the ground and then taking off. At some point, the two Knik-Knaks stop moving and remain in one position. Ellie must jump from both Knik-Knaks to gain enough momentum to fall down into the second [[Bonus Barrel]] at the bottom of a nearby pool.
 
According to the game's credits, Knik-Knaks are a part of the "[[Terrorfirma Tuff Guys]]" enemy class.
 
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Knik-Knaks were renamed to '''Niknaks''', as shown in the ending credits. Only the red, flying Knik-Knaks return in the game: their yellow ground variant do not return. In the [[Game Boy Color]] port, the Knik-Knaks are red, just like in their debut appearance


==Levels==
==Levels==
Knik-Knaks appear in the following levels.
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
* [[Tidal Trouble]]
* [[Tidal Trouble]]
* [[Skidda's Row]]
* [[Skidda's Row]]
* [[Riverside Race]]
* [[Riverside Race]]
* [[Belcha's Barn]] (boss level)
* [[Springin' Spiders]]
* [[Springin' Spiders]]
* [[Bobbing Barrel Brawl]]
* [[Bobbing Barrel Brawl]]
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Knik-Knak.png|Artwork
Knik-Knak.png|Artwork
Knik Knak DKC3 red.png|Sprite of a red Knik-Knak.
Knik Knak DKC3 red.png|Sprite of a red Knik-Knak
Knik Knak DKC3 yellow.png|Sprite of a yellow Knik-Knak.
Knik Knak DKC3 yellow.png|Sprite of a yellow Knik-Knak
Knik Knak DKC3 Photo Album.png|A red Knik-Knak, as shown from [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Knik-Knak DKL3c sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
Knik-Knak DKL3c sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
Knik Knak DKC3 Photo Album.png|A red Knik-Knak, as seen in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
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Revision as of 12:28, May 27, 2019

Template:Species-infobox Knik-Knaks are beetles enemies in both Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. They are common enemies in both games and most often appear in riverside-themed levels.

History

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

Ellie the Elephant jumping from two red Knik-Knaks in Bobbing Barrel Brawl in order to gain enough momentum to reach a Bonus Barrel at the bottom of a pool.
Ellie must jump from two red Knik-Knaks to gain enough momentum to enter a Bonus Barrel into a nearby pool.

In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Knik-Knaks appear in two color variations, red and yellow. The red Knik-Knaks continuously flap their wings to remain airborne; most of them do not move around. This behavior is shared with Flitters from the previous game, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. The red Knik-Knaks can be defeated with a single hit from the Kongs, usually by jumping on them. There are instances where the Kongs must jump from Knik-Knaks to reach a Bonus Area or to obtain items, such as an Extra Life Balloon.

Yellow Knik-Knaks are a bit stronger than the red ones. Unlike their red counterpart, yellow Knik-Knaks cannot fly and therefore walk back-and-forth on the ground. They are a bit stronger than red Knik-Knaks because the Kongs only defeat these Knik-Knaks by jumping on them twice. When Dixie or Kiddy Kong first jump on a yellow Knik-Knak, it flips over on its back. They have the option to pick up the enemy and use it as a projectile. After a few seconds, if the flipped Knik-Knak is not picked up, it jumps right back up and continues moving around. Yellow Knik-Knaks can instantly be defeated from a roll attack. These Knik-Knaks share a behavior with another enemy from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Click-Clacks.

Yellow Knik-Knaks are featured in Belcha's Barn, where the boss fight against Belcha takes places. Here, Belcha spits out individual barrels containing a yellow Knik-Knak inside. The Kongs can throw the Knik-Knak into Belcha's mouth to make him burp backward. If done enough times, Belcha falls backward into a pit and the Kongs win at the battle. Yellow Knik-Knaks are the only type which appear in Lightning Lookout, not including a Bonus Area where the Kongs must defeat 7 red Knik-Knaks. In said level, Dixie can also hold a Knik-Knak above her head to protect herself from being struck by lightning.

At some point during Bobbing Barrel Brawl, Ellie the Elephant encounters two red Knik-Knaks briefly walking on the ground and then taking off. At some point, the two Knik-Knaks stop moving and remain in one position. Ellie must jump from both Knik-Knaks to gain enough momentum to fall down into the second Bonus Barrel at the bottom of a nearby pool.

According to the game's credits, Knik-Knaks are a part of the "Terrorfirma Tuff Guys" enemy class.

Donkey Kong Land III

In Donkey Kong Land III, Knik-Knaks were renamed to Niknaks, as shown in the ending credits. Only the red, flying Knik-Knaks return in the game: their yellow ground variant do not return. In the Game Boy Color port, the Knik-Knaks are red, just like in their debut appearance

Levels

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

Donkey Kong Land III

Gallery

  • Artwork

    Artwork

  • Sprite of a red Knik-Knak

    Sprite of a red Knik-Knak

  • Sprite of a yellow Knik-Knak

    Sprite of a yellow Knik-Knak

  • A red Knik-Knak, as shown from Dixie Kong's Photo Album

    A red Knik-Knak, as shown from Dixie Kong's Photo Album

  • Sprite from Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong

    Sprite from Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ニックナック
Nikkunakku
 Knik-Knak

Yellow variation

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クリッククラック
Kurikkukurakku
 Klik-Klak, not to be confused with Click-Clack

Trivia

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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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