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|image=[[File:DKC3 - Swoopy Artwork.png|240px|]]<br>Artwork of a Swoopy from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|image=[[File:DKC3 - Swoopy Artwork.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a Swoopy from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!#Differences in the Game Boy Advance version|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!#Differences in the Game Boy Advance version|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
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{{quote2|Sharp-beaked peril who can get stuck in the wood if he misses the players.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' instruction booklet, page 19}}  
{{quote2|Sharp-beaked peril who can get stuck in the wood if he misses the players.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' instruction booklet, page 19}}  
'''Swoopies''' are red birds with a long beak and enemies that only appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''. Like the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' enemy, [[Swoop]], Swoopies are named after their main trait of swooping.
'''Swoopies''' are red birds with a long beak that appear as enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''. Like the ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' enemy, [[Swoop]], Swoopies are named after their main trait of swooping. In [[Krematoa]], Swoopies have a level dedicated to them, [[Swoopy Salvo]], which they appear throughout. There are two types of Swoopies, each behaving differently, although their appearance is identical.


Swoopies are the aerial equivalent of [[Bazza]]s and [[Lemguin]]s, in that they use a similar attack pattern. An indefinite number of Swoopies fly in a straight line from one hole in a tree to the next. Sometimes, when a Swoopy notices [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]], it directly charges at them. Regardless of whether it hits them, Swoopy gets its beak stuck in the tree bark, allowing the [[Kong]]s to use it as a platform.
The first type, upon noticing [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong|Kiddy]] nearby, quickly swoops into a tree trunk, causing its beak to become stuck. This allows the [[Kong]]s to use it as a platform and reach higher areas. This type first appears in the level [[Springin' Spiders]], although only one appears in the level. During parts of the second half of Swoopy Salvo, the Kongs must jump on some of them


An individual Swoopy first appears in the level, [[Springin' Spiders]]. In [[Krematoa]], Swoopies have an entire level dedicated to and named after them, [[Swoopy Salvo]]. The level is set in a large, petrified forest where the Kongs must avoid barrages of Swoopies and use them as platforms to progress into the level. When Swoopies are in a group, they do not directly charge at the Kongs.
The second type only appears in Swoopy Salvo. Here, an unlimited number of them fly quickly through small holes within the hollow trees. This makes them the aerial equivalent of [[Bazza]]s and [[Lemguin]]s. They fly at a diagonal pattern, and can damage the Kongs upon contact. These Swoopies can be optionally defeated by either a [[jump]] attack or from [[Squawks the Parrot|Squawks]] spitting an egg at them.


During the ending, in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], a Swoopy is shown under the [[Flying Fiends]] category.
In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], a Swoopy appears under the [[Flying Fiends]] category.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Swoopy DKC3.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite
Swoopy DKC3.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite
Swoopy DKC3 GBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) sprite
Swoopy DKC3 Photo Album.png|In Dixie Kong's Photo Album
Swoopy DKC3 Photo Album.png|In Dixie Kong's Photo Album
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Revision as of 10:54, May 22, 2021

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“Sharp-beaked peril who can get stuck in the wood if he misses the players.”
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! instruction booklet, page 19

Swoopies are red birds with a long beak that appear as enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Like the Super Mario enemy, Swoop, Swoopies are named after their main trait of swooping. In Krematoa, Swoopies have a level dedicated to them, Swoopy Salvo, which they appear throughout. There are two types of Swoopies, each behaving differently, although their appearance is identical.

The first type, upon noticing Dixie and Kiddy nearby, quickly swoops into a tree trunk, causing its beak to become stuck. This allows the Kongs to use it as a platform and reach higher areas. This type first appears in the level Springin' Spiders, although only one appears in the level. During parts of the second half of Swoopy Salvo, the Kongs must jump on some of them

The second type only appears in Swoopy Salvo. Here, an unlimited number of them fly quickly through small holes within the hollow trees. This makes them the aerial equivalent of Bazzas and Lemguins. They fly at a diagonal pattern, and can damage the Kongs upon contact. These Swoopies can be optionally defeated by either a jump attack or from Squawks spitting an egg at them.

In Dixie Kong's Photo Album, a Swoopy appears under the Flying Fiends category.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese スイーピー
Suīpī
Sweepy