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[[File:Lurchin DKC3 Photo Album.png|thumb|left|A Lurchin, as seen in [[Dixie Kong]]'s Photo Album]]
'''Lurchins''' are sea urchin-like enemies that appear in the underwater [[level]]s of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', along with some riverside and boardwalk levels. Lurchins have two yellow-spiked, green outer shells, on the top and bottom respectively, and a thin, squishy pink segment connecting both shells. Lurchins face is on the squishy segment, and they have large eyes with bulging, red veins.
'''Lurchin''' are sea urchin-like creatures encountered in many underwater levels in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. According to the game's credits, Lurchins belong to the "[[Aquatic Attackers]]" enemy class. The outside of their spiked shells is green and rough, the area in between is pink and soft, and their eyes are bulging and veiny.


Lurchins do not attack [[Dixie Kong]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] directly. Instead, they remain stationary or travel up and down in a set path, slowly opening and closing their shell. If the [[Kong]]s get too close to a Lurchin, they may end up being hit by the Lurchin's spiny shell.
In both games, [[Enguarde the Swordfish|Enguarde]] fights a large Lurchin boss known as [[Barbos]], the mother of the Lurchins.


Lurchins can only be defeated with help from [[Enguarde the Swordfish|Enguarde]] or [[Nibbla]]. However, Enguarde can only defeat Lurchins when their shells are open, or else gets hurt instead. As for Nibbla, while it can eat the Lurchins, it causes Nibbla's mood to worsen until it eventually attacks the Kongs itself. However, Nibbla does have to eat a specific Lurchin to reveal the path to a [[Bonus Barrel]] in [[Fish Food Frenzy]].
== History ==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', Lurchins first appear in two [[Bonus Area]]s, but their first appearance outside a Bonus Area is in [[Fish Food Frenzy]].


One of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''{{'}}s bosses is a giant Lurchin named [[Barbos]].
Lurchins do not directly attack [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] directly. Instead, they remain stationary or travel up and down in a set path, opening and closing their shell. Some Lurchins move at a faster pace than others. The Kongs must avoid contact with a Lurchin, else it injures the lead [[Kong]].


In the level "[[Ripcurl Reef]]" (a level found in the area [[Pacifica]], which is exclusive to the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'') a type of Lurchin with a yellow shell, purple spikes and green skin appears; these Lurchins are no different than a regular colored one.
Like many other underwater enemies, [[Enguarde the Swordfish|Enguarde]] can defeat a Lurchin by stabbing it. However, Enguarde can only stab a Lurchin in its squishy center, because if he touches Lurchin's spiky shell, Enguarde gets injured. In Fish Food Frenzy, [[Nibbla]] is also capable of defeating Lurchins by eating them. However, doing so worsens Nibbla's mood, in contrast to [[Koco]]s, which keep Nibbla at ease. However, Nibbla there is one Lurchin that Nibbla must eat to reveal the path to a [[Bonus Barrel]].
[[File:Lurchin DKL3c sprite.png|frame|left]]
 
Lurchins also appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', although there is no real difference between the Lurchins of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' and ''Donkey Kong Land III''. Barbos also reappears.
In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, during the [[Pacifica]] level [[Ripcurl Reef]], there are Lurchins with a yellow shell, purple spikes and a green center. These Lurchins act no different than their normal counterpart.
 
According to [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]] during the end credits, Lurchins are categorized under the "[[Aquatic Attackers]]" enemy class.
 
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Lurchins retain their behavior from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. However, during the boss fight against Barbos, she has a different battle strategy where she sends Lurchins after Enguarde. One of the Lurchins move slowly before stopping, and Enguarde can attack Barbos by stabbing the Lurchin back into Barbos' center.


==Levels==
==Levels==
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* [[Ugly Ducting]]
* [[Ugly Ducting]]
* [[Haunted Hollows]]
* [[Haunted Hollows]]
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Lurchin DKC3.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Lurchin DKC3 Photo Album.png|In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Lurchin DKL3c sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=リラーチ
|JapR=Rirāchi
|JapR=Rirāchi
|JapM=No specific meaning.
|JapM=No specific meaning
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Revision as of 16:08, May 27, 2019

This article is about a species in the Donkey Kong franchise. For an enemy in the Wario franchise, see Lurchin (Wario: Master of Disguise).

Template:Species-infobox Lurchins are sea urchin-like enemies that appear in the underwater levels of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III, along with some riverside and boardwalk levels. Lurchins have two yellow-spiked, green outer shells, on the top and bottom respectively, and a thin, squishy pink segment connecting both shells. Lurchins face is on the squishy segment, and they have large eyes with bulging, red veins.

In both games, Enguarde fights a large Lurchin boss known as Barbos, the mother of the Lurchins.

History

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

In Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, Lurchins first appear in two Bonus Areas, but their first appearance outside a Bonus Area is in Fish Food Frenzy.

Lurchins do not directly attack Dixie or Kiddy Kong directly. Instead, they remain stationary or travel up and down in a set path, opening and closing their shell. Some Lurchins move at a faster pace than others. The Kongs must avoid contact with a Lurchin, else it injures the lead Kong.

Like many other underwater enemies, Enguarde can defeat a Lurchin by stabbing it. However, Enguarde can only stab a Lurchin in its squishy center, because if he touches Lurchin's spiky shell, Enguarde gets injured. In Fish Food Frenzy, Nibbla is also capable of defeating Lurchins by eating them. However, doing so worsens Nibbla's mood, in contrast to Kocos, which keep Nibbla at ease. However, Nibbla there is one Lurchin that Nibbla must eat to reveal the path to a Bonus Barrel.

In the Game Boy Advance version, during the Pacifica level Ripcurl Reef, there are Lurchins with a yellow shell, purple spikes and a green center. These Lurchins act no different than their normal counterpart.

According to Dixie Kong's Photo Album during the end credits, Lurchins are categorized under the "Aquatic Attackers" enemy class.

Donkey Kong Land III

In Donkey Kong Land III, Lurchins retain their behavior from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. However, during the boss fight against Barbos, she has a different battle strategy where she sends Lurchins after Enguarde. One of the Lurchins move slowly before stopping, and Enguarde can attack Barbos by stabbing the Lurchin back into Barbos' center.

Levels

Donkey Kong Country 3

Donkey Kong Land III

Gallery

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

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

  • 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 リラーチ
Rirāchi
 No specific meaning

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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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