Tiki Pilot

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Tiki Pilot
Tikipilot.png
Concept artwork of Tiki Pilot
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (2013)
Jungle Hijinxs
Donkey Kong meeting Tiki Pilot stealing the bananas

Tiki Pilot is a Tiki enemy that appears in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. It is a drum-like Tiki that can be distinguished from others by having three feathers over its head and holding a stick with a Chomp-like end on the top.

Tiki Pilot was involved in stealing Donkey Kong's banana hoard along with the rest of the Tiki Tak Tribe. Tiki Pilot commanded airships to transport the treasure and send it to their maximum chief, Tiki Tong. Tiki Pilot only appears early in the first level Jungle Hijinxs, where it appears in the background piloting an airship with a large pile of the stolen bananas. Tiki Pliot also taunts Donkey Kong for being out of reach toward it and his banana hoard before flying off.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ティキライダー
Tiki Raidā
Tiki Rider

German Tiki-Entwurf
Tiki Draft (possible misinterpretation of the term "pilot")
Italian Tiki Guida
Guide Tiki