Dogadon

“Oh, it was awful master. Those horrible Kongs threw nasty barrels at me that went bang. Knocked me into the lava, they did. And I've singed both my wings.”

—Dogadon, Donkey Kong 64

Dogadon is a large dragonfly with the body of a dragon, and he is both the second and fifth boss of Donkey Kong 64. Dogadon is first fought by Diddy Kong in Angry Aztec and later Chunky Kong in Fungi Forest. The boss

Dogadon has four legs that each have three claws and spikes lined up on his spine and long arrowhead tail. Dogadon is fought in the same location twice: in an enclosed subterranean location with a large, square-shaped stone column taking up most of the area. The column is partially submerged into the lava. However, the walls appear differently from the first to second battle.

Battle

Angry Aztec

Dogadon as seen in Angry Aztec.

At Troff 'N' Scoff, the Kongs are required to feed 120 bananas to Scoff, allowing Troff to unlock the boss door. It selects Diddy Kong as the one to fight Dogadon.

In the arena, a brief cutscene zooms into Diddy, who is being by a dragonfly resembling a smaller Dogadon. Diddy jumps at the dragonfly twice, then squishes it with his hands, and stomps it flat. Afterward, Diddy hears a vibrating noise behind him. He turns around and notices Dogadon, who lets out a roar. Diddy jumps in panic, and the battle begins.

Dogadon hovers to the other side of the arena, individually spitting out five fireballs at Diddy. After this, Dogadon lands on a corner of the stone platform, appearing to scold Diddy. Diddy must throw a TNT Barrel at Dogadon, knocking him backward into the lava. Dogadon quickly moves to the adjacent corner and suddenly bursts back into the air. He spins himself around to douse the flames on his body. If Diddy fails to hit Dogadon on time, he flies to the next corner and continues to blast fireballs from there.

For the second round, Dogadon spits fireballs at a faster rate. Dogadon now fires out ten fireballs in total, though he continues to spit fireballs in groups of five: after spitting out the fifth one, Dogadon flies to the next corner where he spits the next five at Diddy. When he lands, Diddy must quickly throw another TNT Barrel at Dogadon. The third round follows the same pattern except that Dogadon blasts his fireballs even faster; he shoots out a total of 15 fireballs, five per each of the three corners.

After being blasted a third time, Dogadon gets defeated and falls back into the lava, relinquishing the second Boss Key as he is falling.

Fungi Forest

Chunky punching Dogadon, under his Hunky Chunky effect

Dogadon returns later in the game as the boss of Fungi Forest, where Chunky must battle him after feeding Troff 300 bananas of any color to open the boss door. As Chunky enters the Fungi Forest boss door and fearfully looks around, Dogadon appears from behind of the Kong, horrifying him into begging for mercy.

The first phase of this battle starts out similar; Chunky must dodge Dogadon's fireballs and hit him with TNT Barrels when he lands to rest. After one hit, Dogadon starts creating shockwaves that Chunky must jump over. After two hits with TNT Barrels, Dogadon sends a wave of fire at Chunky; the only way to avoid it is to hang on the ledge.

Returning to the stone platform, Dogadon angrily begins to stomp on it, causing it to start sinking, effectively turning the boss battle into a timed fight. He then resumes his fireball barrage, and Chunky must quickly hit him with another TNT Barrel. Instead of knocking Dogadon into the lava, however, a Hunky Chunky Barrel appears where the TNT Barrel was.

Hunky Chunky must use the Barrel's transforming ability to pummel Dogadon into submission before the effects of the transformation wear off, at which point Chunky must repeat the process of hitting the dragon with TNT Barrels to make the Hunky Chunky Barrel to reappear. If the player takes too long to defeat Dogadon, the stone platform vanishes, causing Chunky to fall into the lava and forcing them to restart the boss fight. Defeating Dogadon causes him to relinquish his second Boss Key.

Later, Dogadon is seen speaking with King K. Rool, explaining that he lost to Chunky while nearly bursting into tears, and then says he is going to lie down.

Dogadon is last shown at about two minutes into the 101% secret ending, where a 15-second second shows him roaring at Diddy. Dogadon then notices a small, yellow Gnawty behind him, and he flies behind Diddy. Dogadon cries while the Gnawty makes squeaking noises at him.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ドガドン Dogadon	Literal translation
French	Grodragon	Big Dragon

Trivia

• In the second battle against Dogadon, if the player stands on the TNT Barrel as it sinks into the lava, the player still lives and the barrel does not explode. Dogadon also remains in place and continuously flaps his wings. If the player picks up the TNT Barrel however, they fall into the lava and lose all of their health.
• Dogadon's roars are stock sound clips taken from Hannah-Barbera's Godzilla Power Hour series, as provided by Ted Cassidy for Godzilla in the series.
• The battle against Dogadon is similar to that of Army Dillo, as they are both fought twice, both blast fireballs for a main attack (blasting it faster for each round), both can be attacked with a TNT Barrel, and both utilize additional attacks (such as a shockwave) during their rematch.
• The first battle against Dogadon is one of the three normally accessible events in the kiosk demo for Donkey Kong 64, and the other two are: the first battle against Army Dillo and the Mine Cart challenge of Jungle Japes.