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'''Thug Slugs'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 14.</ref> are slug enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]]. They only appear in the first [[world]] of the game, the [[Lost Mangroves]].


'''Thug Slugs''' are yellow slug enemies that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''.
[[File:DKCTF Thug Slug.png|thumb|150px|left|A Thug Slug, as shown in-game]]
Thug Slugs crawl around a platform, damaging the [[Kong]]s upon coming into contact with them. They are normally vulnerable to any attacks, but when they hang from the underside of a platform, they can only be defeated with a throwing object, such as a [[barrel]]. Thug Slugs can be stunned briefly by shooting them with a [[popgun]] or ground pounding next to them.
Thug Slugs attack by running into the Kongs, and the player can defeat them by jumping on them or rolling into them. They can be stunned with a [[Ground Pound]] attack if the Kongs are close enough.


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Thug Slugs are first found in [[Canopy Chaos]], where they mostly reside in treetops, though a few also circulate around metallic platforms. In [[Trunk Twister]], only one Thug Slug is encountered at the beginning of the level.
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]
==Names in other languages==
[[Category:Donkey Kong Enemies]]
{{foreign names
[[Category:Mollusks]]
|Jap=ソルトヘイター<ref>「ドンキーコングトロピカルフリーズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''). {{media link|DKTF Shogakukan P16.jpg|Page 16}}.</ref>
|JapR=Soruto Heitā
|JapM=Salt Hater
}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze enemies]]

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Thug Slug
Concept artwork of a Thug Slug
First appearance Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) (2014)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)

Thug Slugs[1] are slug enemies in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its Nintendo Switch port. They only appear in the first world of the game, the Lost Mangroves.

Thug Slug in the game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
A Thug Slug, as shown in-game

Thug Slugs crawl around a platform, damaging the Kongs upon coming into contact with them. They are normally vulnerable to any attacks, but when they hang from the underside of a platform, they can only be defeated with a throwing object, such as a barrel. Thug Slugs can be stunned briefly by shooting them with a popgun or ground pounding next to them.

Thug Slugs are first found in Canopy Chaos, where they mostly reside in treetops, though a few also circulate around metallic platforms. In Trunk Twister, only one Thug Slug is encountered at the beginning of the level.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ソルトヘイター[2]
Soruto Heitā
Salt Hater

References[edit]

  1. ^ von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 14.
  2. ^ 「ドンキーコングトロピカルフリーズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 16Media:DKTF Shogakukan P16.jpg.