Editing Puftup

{{Distinguish|Pufftup}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Puftup DKC2 art.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a Puftup
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|comparable=[[Pufftup]]
|notable=[[Puftoss]]
}}
{{quote2|Slowly, but steadily, Puftup rises from the depths, getting bigger and bigger as he puffs himself up. Watch out for his spines!|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' manual, page 31}} 
'''Puftups''' are {{wp|porcupinefish|porcupine fish}}<ref name=PorcupineFish>{{media link|DKC general naming.jpg|Early ''Donkey Kong Country'' general naming sheet}}</ref> enemies that inhabit the waters of [[Crocodile Isle]] and the bog in [[Ghost Island]]. They first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Puftup's name is a reference to its ability to get "puffed up". A similar enemy, [[Pufftup]], appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', Puftups appear in many underwater levels. When [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] approach a Puftup, it puffs itself up. Depending on their color, some Puftups puff themselves up until they explode and release spikes in four direction; if a blue-tinted Puftup explodes, its spikes are unleashed in every cardinal direction, and if a green-tinted Puftup explodes, its spikes are unleashed in every ordinal direction. The brown Puftups do not explode, and they deflate themselves shortly after inflating. Puftups can be defeated by [[Enguarde the Swordfish]], although he is still vulnerable to Puftup's spikes. In the [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], all Puftups are brown, regardless of behavior.

During the end credits' cast of characters, Puftups are featured under the "[[Submerged Seadogs]]" category.

===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
Puftups make a second appearance in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. Unlike their previous appearance, Puftups never explode to attack. They commonly swim up and down puffing in and out.

===''Donkey Kong 64''===
[[File:Puftup64.jpg|left|thumb|A Puftup in ''Donkey Kong 64'']]
Puftups return as underwater enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' and were changed to purple. Puftups are usually stationary and act more like hazards than enemies: if the active Kong approaches a Puftup, it explodes like an aquatic mine. [[Puftoss]], the boss of [[Gloomy Galleon]] and fourth overall boss, is a large Puftup. During the boss fight against [[King Kut Out]], a few Puftups appear in the surrounding water, though unlike in other levels, they are mobile.

===''DK: Jungle Climber''===
In ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'', Puftups were changed to silver. When a Puftup is deflated, [[Donkey Kong]] and Diddy Kong can perform a charge attack to defeat it.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Puftup DKC sprite.gif|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' (unused)
Puftup DKC2.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
DKC2 Puftup swollen brown.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
DKC2 Puftup swollen blue.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
DKC2 Puftup swollen green.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Puftup DKL2 sprite.png|''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''
Puftup DK64 render.png|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
Puftup DKC2GBA.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' (GBA)
DKC2GBA Puftup swollen.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA)
Puftup DKJC.png|''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=パフタップ
|JapR=Pafutappu
|JapM=Puftup
|Spa=Puftup
|SpaM=-
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:SwellBelly_Puffed.png|thumb|A Swellbelly]]
*Puftups were [[List of Donkey Kong Country pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to appear in ''Donkey Kong Country'',<ref name=PorcupineFish/> with blue tail and fins, but were removed from the final version.<ref>[http://tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_Country/Unused_Object_Graphics TCRF article]</ref>
*In the [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] game ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Tooie|Banjo-Tooie]]'', the ''Donkey Kong 64'' Puftups were recycled into the [[jiggywikki:Swellbelly|Swellbelly]] enemy. The Swellbelly almost acts exactly the same as Puftups from ''Donkey Kong 64'': Differences from it's initial Rareware game appearance, and this one, is that it is orange, with it's eyes and mouth green instead of red, and is fought slightly differently, swelling larger but not exploding.

==References==
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[[Category:Pufferfish]]
[[Category:Explosives]]
[[Category:DK: Jungle Climber enemies]]
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 enemies]]
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