Editing Croctopus

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Croctopus2.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Croctopus from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|comparable=[[Nemo]]
}}
{{distinguish|[[Kroctopus]], a boss exclusive to ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!|Donkey Kong Country 3]]''{{'}}s [[Game Boy Advance]] remake}}
{{quote2|These octopi spin dizzily about coral formations.|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' manual, page 30}}
A '''Croctopus''' (plural '''Croctopuses'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide. Pages 66, 67, 78.</ref> or '''Croctopi''',<ref>Folsom, Jessica, and Steve Thomason. ''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide. Page 17.</ref> also spelled as '''croctopi'''<ref>"Sharks, croctopi and pearl-spitting clams are just a few of an apes{{sic}} not-so-favourite things!''" - ''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special), page 14.</ref> or '''Croctupi'''<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special), page 15.</ref>) is an octopus-like enemy found in the underwater levels of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. Their name is a portmanteau of ''crocodile'' and ''octopus''. Croctopuses appear in blue and purple varieties, and their color scheme resembles the venomous {{wp|blue-ringed octopus}}.

Although Croctopuses do not appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', the game has a level featuring a similar enemy, [[Nemo]].

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country''===
[[File:Croctopus Chase 2.png|thumb|The Kongs encounter a blue Croctopus in Croctopus Chase]]
In ''Donkey Kong Country'', unlike most underwater enemies, Croctopuses are completely invincible, even from [[Enguarde the Swordfish]], and should be avoided.

The purple variety appear throughout the level [[Coral Capers]] and late in [[Clam City]], and they spin around in fixed patterns with all eight arms extended. Croctopuses are prominent in [[Croctopus Chase]], which features their name in the title and their final overall level appearance. Croctopus Chase features the blue variety, who wait in a gap until [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] pass them, then it starts spinning and goes after the Kongs. When Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong reach the next gap, the Croctopus goes into the gap and stops chasing them. Oftentimes, another Croctopus starts to chase the Kongs.

The [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Game Boy Color version]] only has the purple variant, even in Croctopus Chase, where they have the behavior of blue Croctopuses.

In the [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]], there is a [[Funky's Fishing]] challenge in [[Monkey Mines]] where the Kongs have to catch 15 Croctopuses within the time limit. When introducing the mission, Funky uses the term "Croctopus" as a plural. In Croctopus Chase, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong can obtain a [[photograph]] of Croctopus in a hidden room with two Croctopus.

==Appearances in other media==
Several Croctopuses appear in the German ''[[Donkey Kong Country (comic)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' comic. In one part of the comic, a Croctopus attacks the Kongs with its spinning arms, but is stopped by a [[Squidge]] who wants to attack the Kongs instead.

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Croctopus_art.png|''Donkey Kong Country''
Croctopus DKC art.png|''Donkey Kong Country''
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
Croctopus-purple-DKC.png|''Donkey Kong Country''
Croctopus.png|''Donkey Kong Country''
Blue Croctopus DKC.png|''Donkey Kong Country''
Purple Croctopus DKC.png|''Donkey Kong Country''
Croctopus DKCGBC sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)
Croctopus DKCGBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBA)
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
D-Croctopus.png|A Croctopus holds the letter "D" in ''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)
</gallery>

===Scans===
<gallery>
Croctopus-comic.jpg|''Club Nintendo''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クロクトパス
|JapR=Kurokutopasu
|JapM=Croctopus
|Fre=Croctopus
|Ger=Kroktopus
|GerM="Croctopus" with adapted German spelling
|Ita=Polidrillo
|ItaM=Portmanteau of "polipo" (octopus) and "coccodrillo" (crocodile)
|Spa=Croctopus
}}

==Trivia==
*An unused sprite of Croctopus exists in the original ''Donkey Kong Country''. While its purpose is unknown, the sprite could possibly be one for when it is defeated.<ref>[http://www.dkc-atlas.com/forum/download/file.php?id=496 Unused sprite]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Cephalopods]]
[[Category:Underwater creatures]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country enemies]]
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