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-|image=[[Image:Quawks_Sprite.png]]<br>'''Quawks's sprite''', as in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''.
+|image=[[File:Quawks Artwork - Donkey Kong Country 3.png|220px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
-|full_name=Quawks the Parrot
-|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[1996]])
 |species=[[Parrot]]
-|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]'' ([[2007]])
+|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
+|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
 }}
-{{LLQuote|Squawks has relatives who can pick up barrels with their claws and bomb the baddies below.|Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Manual, Page 17}}
+{{quote2|Squawks has relatives who can pick up barrels with their claws and bomb the baddies below.|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 17}}
+'''Quawks''' (originally identified as a purple '''[[Squawks]]'''<ref>"''Green Squawks does more than tote your flashlight—his duties now include carrying you through mazes and soaring through squadrons of Kremling creeps. He′s armed to the beak with an unlimited supply of eggs, which he′ll spit when you press the Y Button. Purple Squawks can′t spit eggs or fly upward, but he can slow your fall.''" - The ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide, page 9.</ref><ref name="Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Player's Guide">"''Two different colored Squawks use their aerial abilities to assist Kiddy and Dixie in their adventures. The garden variety green version bull′s-eyes Kremlings with eggs at fifty paces. His purple cousin can heft and haul barrels in his talons and use them to dive-bomb enemy positions.''" - The ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide, page 11.</ref>) is an [[Animal Friend]] and [[Squawks]]' relative<ref name="Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Player's Guide"/><ref>"''An egg-launching veteran back to lift the Kongs to high ground. His relatives carry barrels to bombard the bad guys!''" - ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet, page 19.</ref> in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]] who first appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Quawks received a unique name to distinguish him from the green Squawks in Japanese-localized material for ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''<ref>（ムラサキ{{hover|色|いろ}}のオウムのコークスは、たまごをはき{{hover|出|だ}}したり、{{hover|羽|は}}ばたくことができません） ''(The purple-colored parrot Quawks cannot spit eggs or flap.)'' - ''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''<ref name="DKC3">[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bdqj/chara/index.html Characters at the Japanese ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance) website (both Squawks and Quawks are given names)] (Retrieved February 1, 2014)</ref>, which was eventually used in the English version of ''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]''.
-'''Quawks the Parrot''' is an [[Animal Buddy]] in the [[Donkey Kong (series)|''Donkey Kong'' series]] who first appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]''.
+Quawks initially had bluish-purple feathers in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', but would subsequently receive dark purple feathers, starting with the game's sequel, ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. His recolored design also received official artwork for ''Donkey Kong Country 3''.
 ==History==
-===''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble]]''===
+===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' / ''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
-Quawks debuts in this game and, unlike [[Squawks]], he does not have the ability to spit eggs at enemies; instead, he picks up [[barrel]]s with his claws and drops them on the ground to hit enemies. Like all animal buddies, Quawks is only playable until he reaches a [[No Animal Sign]], or in this case, a "No Quawks Sign".
+[[File:ParrotChutePanicSNES2.png|thumb|Dixie travels through the stage on Quawks.]]
+Quawks only appears in one level of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', called [[Parrot Chute Panic (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Parrot Chute Panic]]. In this level, [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] encounter a few of them. They can mount Quawks by grabbing on its talons. Upon doing so, it then descends down the large [[Zinger]] hive. Unlike Squawks, Quawks cannot flap upward or spit eggs at enemies. It is defenseless, so it and the [[Kong]]s must carefully navigate around the enemies they encounter, usually Zingers.
-'''Levels''':
+Diddy and Dixie can dismount Quawks like the other Animal Friends. However it automatically releases them from reaching a certain point. Quawks indicates this from making a sound effect identical to Squawks spitting an egg (which does not occur in the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake). From there on, the Kongs must go through the level by foot until they find the next Quawks or until the level exit.
-*[[Low-G Labyrinth]]
-*[[Buzzer Barrage]]
-===''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''===
+In ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', Quawks reappears in [[Parrot Chute Panic (Donkey Kong Land 2)|the same-titled level]], working just as he does in ''Donkey Kong Country 2''; due to being on the Game Boy, both birds share the same sprites, and Quawks can only be used via Animal Barrel.
-In ''Donkey Kong 64'', purple parrots similar in appearance to Quawks appear as background characters in some of the game's cutscenes, along with green parrots.
-===''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]''===
+In the Game Boy Advance remake of ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', Quawks' feathers were recolored to resemble his from ''Donkey Kong Country 3''. The same sprites also appear in ''Donkey Kong Country 3''{{'}}s Game Boy Advance remake.
-Quawks makes an appearance as an item in ''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]'' (along with [[Squawks]]), where he acts similar to the [[Spiny Shell (Mario Kart)|Spiny Shell]] from the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series; when obtained, he can be used to knock the racer who is in first place.
-==Origin/History of English Name==
+===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
-Originally just "Purple Squawks", Quawks' English name was unofficially "Squeaks" for over a decade due to popular fanon created by the website [http://www.dkvine.com/ Donkey Kong Universe] for the then-unnamed character; the name "Squeaks" was based on a question in Swanky Kong's ''[[Swanky's Bonus Bonanza]]'' trivia game from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', where one question asked: "What is the name of your parrot buddy?". The possible answers were: "'''[[Squawks]]'''", "'''[[Flapper]]'''", and "'''[[Squeaks]]'''"; from that, "Squeaks" was attributed to the then-unnamed purple parrot while "Flapper" was used to designate the then-unnamed blue parrot. He was previously introduced as "Quawks" in Japanese materials (the latest being for the [[Game Boy Advance]] version of ''Donkey Kong Country 3''<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bdqj/chara/index.html Characters at the Japanese ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance) website (both Squawks and Quawks are given names)]</ref>), and was officially given this name in English in ''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]''.
+[[File:Buzzer Barrage.png|thumb|left|Quawks' re-appearance in the ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' level, Buzzer Barrage]]
+Quawks reappears as an Animal Friend in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''.
+Aside from a redesign, Quawks has a significantly different role. However, he is still an uncommon Animal Friend as he only appears in two levels, [[Low-G Labyrinth]] and [[Buzzer Barrage]]. The Kongs do not ride him in either level, and must transform into Quawks from an [[Animal Barrel]].
+He still cannot spit eggs, but unlike his previous appearance, Quawks has a means of defending himself: by picking up a [[Barrel]] or [[Steel Keg]] with his talons and dropping it on an enemy. He can also fly upwards, like Squawks. Like the other Animal Friends, Quawks is playable until he reaches his associated [[No Animal Sign]]. Quawks is the only Animal Friend who does not appear in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]].
+{{br|left}}
+===''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''===
+[[File:Quawks DKBB photo.jpg|thumb|Donkey Kong uses the Quawks item in ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'']]
+Quawks appears as a usable [[Balloon (Donkey Kong Barrel Blast)|red balloon]] item in ''[[Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]'', where he acts similarly to the [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shell]] from the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series; when obtained, he can be used to knock the racer who is in first place. If he is summoned by a Kong, the player who was hit will also lose all of their bananas. Unlike the Spiny Shell, it is possible for more than one Quawks to be in play during a race.
 ==Gallery==
+{{Main-gallery}}
 <gallery>
-Image:Coke.jpg|'''Quawks''' and Donkey Kong in ''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''.
+Quawks DKC2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
+Squawks DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2''
+Quawks DKC3 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
+Quawks DKC2 GBA.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' and ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (Game Boy Advance)
+DKBBQuawks.png|''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast'' (Item Balloon icon)
 </gallery>
+==Names in other languages==
+{{foreign names
+|Jap=コークス
+|JapR=Kōkusu
+|JapM=Quawks; derived from「スコークス」(''Sukōkusu'', [[Squawks]])
+|Ita=Parrok<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Jet Race]]'' Italian manual, pag. 16</ref> <small>(''Donkey Kong Jet Race'')</small>
+|ItaM=From '''''parroc'''chetto'' ("parakeet")
+}}
 ==Trivia==
-*The name "Quawks" is a shortened form of [[Squawks]], and is derived from the sound that real-world [[Parrot]]s make.
+*In ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', purple parrots resembling Quawks appear in the background of some cutscenes with Squawks.{{ref needed}}
-*Quawks the Parrot is the only Animal Buddy who does not appear in the end credits.
 ==References==
-{{NIWA|DKWiki=1}}
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-[[Category:Birds]]
-[[Category:Animal Buddies]]
+[[Category:Parrots]]
-[[Category:Donkey Kong Characters]]
+[[Category:Animal Friends]]
-[[Category:Donkey Kong Allies]]
+[[Category:Playable characters]]
-[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]
+[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest characters]]
-[[Category:Playable Characters]]
+[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! characters]]
-[[Category:Donkey Kong Barrel Blast]]
+[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 characters]]
+[[Category:Donkey Kong Barrel Blast items]]
+[[de:Flapper]]