Editing Buzz (enemy)

{{distinguish|Buzzer}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Green Buzz.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Buzz from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' 
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''Donkey Kong Country 3'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|subject_origin=[[Zinger]]
|relatives=[[Killer bees]]
|comparable=[[Mechanical Zinger]]
}}
{{quote2|Multi-talented flying baddy, whose buzzsaw protects his whole body from attacks.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' manual, page 19}} 
'''Buzzes''', also named '''Green Zingers'''<ref>''[[Nintendo Power]]'' volume 91, pages 59-61.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 51, page 20.</ref> and '''Buzzers''',<ref>''Nintendo Official Magazine'' issue 54, pages 46-50, 52-53.</ref><ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 51, pages 16 and 18-23.</ref> are robotic wasps<ref>{{media link|Twitterpost Buzz.jpeg|Twitter confirmation by former Rare employee Mark Stevenson}}</ref> that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They have legs made of metal and a buzzsaw in their abdomen, although their body and wings appear to be organic.

Buzzes act as the successor to [[Zinger]]s, an organic wasp species from the first two installments of both the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land (series)|Donkey Kong Land]]'' series. Buzzes are comparable to Zingers in numerous ways, such as being one of the most common enemies in both of their game appearances. Buzzes have the same behavior and attacks as Zingers and are among the harder enemies to defeat. Similar to Zingers, Buzzes have a standard type (which are green rather than yellow) and a less common red variant (once named a '''Red Zinger'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' volume 91, page 59.</ref>), which are almost completely invulnerable, except to certain objects such as [[TNT Barrel]]s.

Buzz's name directly references the onomatopoeia "buzz," which can represent the sound made by bees while flying or the sound of a buzzsaw. Their name might have been derived from the "buzz" prefix of buzzsaw.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', Buzzes are the most common enemy, especially the green variant. They cannot be defeated by [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] directly, but can be defeated by most other attacks, such as throwing a [[barrel]] at them or attacking them with an [[Animal Friend]]. Red Buzzes can usually only be defeated by a TNT Barrel or an [[Invincibility Barrel]], although in [[Krack Shot Kroc]], a red Buzz gets defeated if hit by one of [[Kroc]]'s [[fireball]]s. In the final level [[Rocket Rush (level)|Rocket Rush]], the [[Rocket Barrel]]'s exhaust flames can defeat Red Buzzes, which turn black when defeated, although in the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, this does not defeat them.

===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', because of the [[Game Boy]]'s monochromatic screen, Buzzes do not have color variations. They have the same behavior as the green Buzzes in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. The [[Game Boy Color]] port reflects this by giving every Buzz a green sprite.

===''Diddy Kong Pilot'' (2003 version)===
In the 2003 iteration of ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'', both purple and blue Buzzes appear as homing weapons that racers can use. The original red and green Buzzes do not appear in the game.

Purple Buzzes home in on the nearest opponent (similar to [[Red Shell]]s in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series). They appear in quantities of either one, two, or three. A Blue Buzz instead homes on the racer in first place (similar to the [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shells]] in the ''Mario Kart'' series), and it can only be obtained by racers in lower places. When either type crashes into a racer, they briefly fall down and bounce onto the ground. The player can dodge a Buzz by either using a [[Zinger]] or by performing a loop by pressing {{button|GBA|L}} and Up on the {{button|GBA|pad}}.

Purple Buzzes were replaced with Fire Eggs, and blue Buzzes were replaced by the Saucer of Peril in the final version, ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Pilot|Banjo-Pilot]]''.

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Buzz2.jpg|A red Buzz
Doorstop Dash DKC3 art.jpg|Artwork of green Buzzes in [[Doorstop Dash]]
KastleKAOS.jpg|Artwork of two red Buzzes chasing [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] outside [[Kastle KAOS]]
Pipeline DKC3 group art.jpg|Artwork of two red Buzzes and a [[Krimp]] chasing Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong in [[Demolition Drain-Pipe]]
Donkey Kong Country 3 Player's Guide.jpg|A swarm of red Buzzes on the cover of the game's [[Nintendo Player's Guide]]
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
Buzz DKC3 green.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Buzz DKC3 red.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Buzz-RocketBarrelDefeat-DKC3.png|A Buzz defeated from the Rocket Barrel in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Buzz DKC3 Photo Album.png|In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Buzz DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III''
Buzz DKL3c sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
DKP03 Blue Buzz.png|''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)]]''
DKP03 Pink Buzz.png|''Diddy Kong Pilot''
Buzz DKC3 GBA green.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
Buzz DKC3 GBA red.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=バズ
|JapR=Bazu
|JapM=Buzz
|Ita=Buzz
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Wasps]]
[[Category:Robots]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III enemies]]
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