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|title=Thug Slug
|title=Thug Slug
|image=[[File:Thug Slug.png]]
|image=[[File:Thug Slug.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Wii U]]) ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
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'''Thug Slugs'''{{refneeded}} are sleek-looking slug enemies that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. They are only located in the first [[world]] of the game, the [[Lost Mangroves]]. They carry overly curved hunches with wavy stripes textured on them, and possess heads shaped like bowling pins that interconnect their angriness-expressing eyes. Thug Slugs also display frowny mouths that emphasize on disgust. The words in their name are rhymed, and describe the malicious behavior of these creatures.
'''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]].


[[File:DKCTF Thug Slug.png|thumb|150px|left|A '''Thug Slug''', as shown in-game]]
[[File:DKCTF Thug Slug.png|thumb|150px|left|A Thug Slug, as shown in-game]]
Thug Slugs are capable of traversing platforms from all sides, not just from their top, and are not as sluggish as expected. They crawl straightforwardly at a hasty pace in an attempt to touch and hurt the [[Kong]]s. Attacking a Thug Slug by physical contact is not a recommended idea if the enemy is currently clinging to ceilings or vertical surfaces, and in this stance it can only be vanquished by tossing a carriable object, such as a [[barrel]], into it. However, the slug enemy becomes completely unwary of any of the player's attacks once it returns on ground, and a single [[stomp]] on its hunch can defeat it.
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.


It is possible to briefly stun this enemy by making it dizzy. This can be achieved by either shooting into it with a [[popgun]], or ground pounding next to it.
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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==Names in other languages==
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|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
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==References==
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Thug Slugs tend to be rather rare, as there are only two levels that feature them, the first being [[Canopy Chaos]]. Here, they can be mostly found crawling on treetops, but also artificial platforms. The second level is [[Trunk Twister]], which concentrates less on these enemies, since there is only one that can be encountered at the beginning of the stage.
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Latest revision as of 10:05, August 26, 2022

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.
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