Editing Klinger

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:klinger.png|230px]]<br>Artwork of a Klinger from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Konga 2]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|variant_of=[[Kremling]]
|derived_subjects=[[Klasp]]
}}
{{quote2|Look out below! Klinger climbs around in the rigging, ready to slide down on anyone below him.|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' SNES manual, page 28}}
'''Klingers''' are [[Kremling]]s with the capability of climbing ropes and chains. Klingers are orange-skinned, yellow-bellied Kremlings with a long, scaly tail. They wear a green, white-spotted head bandana and a matching loincloth around the waist. Klingers (aside from [[Klobber]]s) are among the few Kremlings to have ears, in which they have a hoop earring for each one. Klingers have clawed toes but their fingers do not. Their artwork also depicts them having a large dagger in their mouth, though it does not appear in-game. Klingers do not have an instinctive climbing ability, but were instead trained specifically to achieve this ability.<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Nintendo Player's Guide, page 13.</ref> Klingers first appear in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
[[File:Chain Link Chamber.png|thumb|left|Diddy and Dixie holding on a chain near two Klingers at [[Chain Link Chamber (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Chain Link Chamber]] in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'']]
In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', Klingers first appear in [[Mainbrace Mayhem (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Mainbrace Mayhem]]. They repeatedly climb up a rope or another object, such as a chain, before sliding down, usually making it harder for [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] to get across the ropes. A Klinger can be defeated from having an object thrown at it, such as a [[barrel]], [[Cannonball|kannonball]], or a [[crate]], or from a [[team up]] throw. The affected Klinger falls off the rope when defeated. Like most other enemies, if Diddy or Dixie touch a Klinger, the player loses that [[Kong]]. In [[Krockhead Klamber (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Krockhead Klamber]], the Klingers are climbing on cattails. Later on, Klingers noticeably appear as in [[Chain Link Chamber (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Chain Link Chamber]] as the main enemies encountered. In the ending credits, Klingers are classified under "[[Kremling Kuthroats]]" along with the other Kremlings.

===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', Klingers also first appear in the game's counterpart of the level [[Mainbrace Mayhem (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Mainbrace Mayhem]]. Diddy or Dixie can now defeat a Klinger by moving horizontally into it if they are on intersecting ropes. In the end credits, Klingers, along with the other enemies and bosses, are instead classified as "The Baddies."
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===''Donkey Konga 2''===
In ''[[Donkey Konga 2]]'', Klinger's artwork is among the graphics that can display onscreen in Freestyle Zone as the player hits the [[Nintendo GameCube#DK Bongos|DK Bongos]].

==Profiles==
*'''''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet:''' ''Look out below! Klinger climbs around in the rigging, ready to slide down on anyone below him.''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' SNES manual. {{media link|DKC2 Manual 28-29.jpg|Page 28}}.</ref>
*'''''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction booklet:''' ''Look out below! Klinger climbs around in the rigging, ready to slide down on anyone passing beneath.''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2'' GBA manual. Page 22.</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Klinger2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' artwork
Klinger DKC2 booklet art.jpg|Artwork used in the instruction booklet
Klinger DKC2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' sprite
Klinger DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2'' sprite
Klinger DKC2 GBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA) sprite
Klinger DKa2.png|''Donkey Konga 2'' (Freestyle Zone) sprite
DKa2 Freestyle.png|Klingers in ''Donkey Konga 2''{{'}}s Freestyle Zone
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クリンガー
|JapR=Kuringā
|JapM=Klinger
|Ita=Kordix
|ItaM=From ''corda'' (rope)
|Spa=Klinger
|SpaM=-
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Kremlings]]
[[Category:Kremling Krew]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 enemies]]
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