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{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|title=Tomato
|image=[[File:KillerTomato.png|150px]]<br>A Tomato from ''Donkey Kong 64''
|image=[[File:KillerTomato.png|150px]]<br>A Tomato from ''Donkey Kong 64''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
|notable=[[Ice Creature]]
|notable=[[Ice Creature]]
|latest_appearance=
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{{quote2|Please help me! Those awful tomatoes have eaten all my friends, and I'm the only one left!|[[Worm]]|[[Donkey Kong 64]]}}
{{quote2|Please help me! Those awful tomatoes<!--ALL CAPS--> have eaten all my friends, and I'm the only one left!|[[Worm (Donkey Kong 64)|Worm]]|[[Donkey Kong 64]]}}
'''Tomatoes''' are large red tomatoes with sinister looking faces. Tomatoes appear in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. The tomatoes are the only enemies in ''Donkey Kong 64'' who are immune to the [[Kong]]' musical instrument moves.
[[File:Hunky Chunky and Tomato DK64.jpg|thumb|left|A Tomato jumping at Chunky]]
'''Tomatoes'''<ref>Barton, Jeff, Mario De Govia, and Donato Tica. ''Donkey Kong 64'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. {{media link|DK64 Prima 16.jpg|Page 16}}.</ref>, also called '''giant tomatoes'''<ref>Bihldorff, Nate, Jason Leung, and Drew Williams. ''Donkey Kong 64'' Player's Guide. Page 82.</ref> are large, mutated tomato enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They have a sinister-looking face and a set of sharp teeth. A few Tomatoes appear in [[Fungi Forest]] during the night, at the area near [[Funky's Store]]. If a [[Kong]] is nearby, the Tomato lunges at them. Tomatoes are invulnerable to nearly every attack, including musical instrument moves, and can only be defeated from [[Chunky Kong]] jumping onto them as [[Hunky Chunky]]. This is required to help the [[Worm]], who says that the Tomatoes ate all of its friends, and fears it will be next.


Several Tomatoes can be found in the area near [[Funky's Store]] in the area [[Fungi Forest]] at night. If the player comes too close to a Tomato, it will lunge at them and damage them. The player cannot fight back as attacks cannot harm tomatoes. In order to defeat tomatoes, the player as [[Chunky Kong]] must jump into a [[Hunky Chunky Barrel]] to become [[Hunky Chunky]].
The Tomatoes may have been inspired by the tomatoes from the ''{{wp|Attack of the Killer Tomatoes}}'' franchise.


When the player as Hunky Chunky approaches the Tomatoes, the [[Worm]] starts speaking to them, saying that all of its friends were eaten by the Tomatoes and that it could also be eaten unless the player defeats the tomatoes. To defeat a tomato, the player as Hunky Chunky must jump onto it. The Worm later rewards the player with a [[Golden Banana]] after they defeat the Tomatoes and relocate the Worm and its house.
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=トマト<ref>「ドンキーコング64任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''). Page 91.</ref>
|JapR=Tomato
|JapM=Tomato
}}
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:33, February 22, 2024

Tomato
Tomato
A Tomato from Donkey Kong 64
First appearance Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
Notable members
“Please help me! Those awful tomatoes have eaten all my friends, and I'm the only one left!”
Worm, Donkey Kong 64
Chunky Kong battling a Tomato in Fungi Forest while in his Hunky Chunky form in Donkey Kong 64
A Tomato jumping at Chunky

Tomatoes[1], also called giant tomatoes[2] are large, mutated tomato enemies in Donkey Kong 64. They have a sinister-looking face and a set of sharp teeth. A few Tomatoes appear in Fungi Forest during the night, at the area near Funky's Store. If a Kong is nearby, the Tomato lunges at them. Tomatoes are invulnerable to nearly every attack, including musical instrument moves, and can only be defeated from Chunky Kong jumping onto them as Hunky Chunky. This is required to help the Worm, who says that the Tomatoes ate all of its friends, and fears it will be next.

The Tomatoes may have been inspired by the tomatoes from the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes franchise.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese トマト[3]
Tomato
Tomato

References[edit]

  1. ^ Barton, Jeff, Mario De Govia, and Donato Tica. Donkey Kong 64 Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 16Media:DK64 Prima 16.jpg.
  2. ^ Bihldorff, Nate, Jason Leung, and Drew Williams. Donkey Kong 64 Player's Guide. Page 82.
  3. ^ 「ドンキーコング64任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 91.