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|image=[[File:klinger.png|230px]]<br>Artwork of a Klinger from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|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]]
|variant_of=[[Kremling]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|derived_subjects=[[Klasp]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Konga 2]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])}}
}}
{{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}}
{{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'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, {{media link|DKC2 Manual 28-29.jpg|page 28}}.</ref> are [[Kremling]]s with the capability of climbing ropes and chains. Their main appearances are in both ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. 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''' 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''.
 
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.


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
===''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'']]
[[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. They usually make it harder for [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] to go across the ropes, which is mostly noticeable in [[Chain Link Chamber]] where Klingers appear as the main enemy. In [[Krockhead Klamber (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Krockhead Klamber]], the Klingers are climbing on cattails.
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.
 
Diddy and Dixie can defeat Klingers by throwing objects at them, including [[barrel]]s, [[kannonball]]s, and [[crate]]s, or even by using their [[team up]] ability to throw the second Kong at them. This causes the affected Klingers to fall off the rope. Like most other enemies, if Diddy or Dixie touch a Klinger, the player loses that [[Kong]].
 
In the ending credits, Klingers are classified under "[[Kremling Kuthroats]]" along with the other Kremlings.


===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
In ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', Klingers also make their level debut in the game's [[Mainbrace Mayhem (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Mainbrace Mayhem]] counterpart. Diddy or Dixie can now defeat a Klinger if they are on intersecting ropes by moving horizontally into the Klinger if it is right next to them.
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."
 
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''===
===''Donkey Konga 2''===
In ''[[Donkey Konga 2]]'', Klinger's artwork sometimes displays on screen in Freestyle Zone in correspondence to the player hitting the [[Nintendo GameCube#DK Bongos|DK Bongos]].
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==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Klinger2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest''
Klinger2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' artwork
Klinger DKC2 booklet art.jpg|Artwork used in the instruction booklet
Klinger DKC2 booklet art.jpg|Artwork used in the instruction booklet
</gallery>
Klinger DKC2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' sprite
 
Klinger DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2'' sprite
===Sprites===
Klinger DKC2 GBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA) sprite
<gallery>
Klinger DKa2.png|''Donkey Konga 2'' (Freestyle Zone) sprite
Klinger DKC2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Klinger DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2''
Klinger DKC2 GBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA)
Klinger DKa2.png|''Donkey Konga 2'' (Freestyle Zone)
</gallery>
 
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
DKa2 Freestyle.png|Klingers in ''Donkey Konga 2''{{'}}s Freestyle Zone
DKa2 Freestyle.png|Klingers in ''Donkey Konga 2''{{'}}s Freestyle Zone
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Instruction booklet descriptions==
{{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}}
{{quote2|Look out below! Klinger climbs around in the rigging, ready to slide down on anyone passing beneath.|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' GBA manual, page 22}}


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==

Revision as of 23:14, November 24, 2023

Klinger
Artwork of Klinger for Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Artwork of a Klinger from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance Donkey Konga 2 (cameo) (2004)
Variant of Kremling
Derived subjects
“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 Kremlings 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 Klobbers) 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.[1] Klingers first appear in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.

History

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

Chain Link Chamber
Diddy and Dixie holding on a chain near two Klingers at 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. 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, 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, the Klingers are climbing on cattails. Later on, Klingers noticeably appear as in 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. 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."

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 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.[2]
  • 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.[3]

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クリンガー
Kuringā
Klinger

Italian Kordix
From corda (rope)
Spanish Klinger
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References

  1. ^ Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Nintendo Player's Guide, page 13.
  2. ^ Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest SNES manual. Page 28Media:DKC2 Manual 28-29.jpg.
  3. ^ Donkey Kong Country 2 GBA manual. Page 22.