Blue Balloon

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This article is about the blue-colored balloons from theDonkey Kong Country games. For the blue-colored balloons fromDiddy Kong Racing andDiddy Kong Racing DS, seeWeapon Balloon.

Blue Balloon

Description
Original: Grants three extra lives. New:"Automatically refills your air meter when it's empty."
First appearance	Donkey Kong Country (1994)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) (2018)
Variant of	Green Balloon

“This brand-new Blue Balloon has everything you need for some excellent underwater air time!”

—Funky Kong,Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

ABlue Balloon is an item in theDonkey Kong Country series. It is identical to aRed Balloon, except, as its name indicates, it is colored blue. InDonkey Kong Country,Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, andDonkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, it serves as a type of Extra Life Balloon^[1] and grants threeextra lives.

Blue Balloons return with a different purpose inDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze andits Nintendo Switch port, where they can be obtained atFunky's Fly 'n' Buy for fiveBanana Coins. IfDonkey Kong (orFunky Kong in theNintendo Switch version) equips a Blue Balloon, it grants extra air underwater.

Gallery[edit]

Artwork[edit]

Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Sprites[edit]

Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Donkey Kong Country (GBC)
Donkey Kong Country (GBA)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)
Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

Miscellaneous[edit]

LEGOSuper Mario

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ブルーバルーン^[?] Barū Barūn	Blue Balloon
French	Ballon Bleu^[?]	Blue Balloon

References[edit]

^"Extra Life Balloons come in three great flavors. Red Balloons give you one extra life, Green Balloons give you two and the elusive Blue Balloons give you three extra lives!" –Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Player's Guide, page 15.

[Edit] Donkey Kong Country (SNES) /Donkey Kong Country (GBC) /Donkey Kong Country (GBA)
Protagonists		Donkey Kong •Diddy Kong •Cranky Kong •Funky Kong •Candy Kong
Items and objects		Animal token •Banana •Banana Bunch •Barrel •Barrel Cannon •Blast Barrel •Big Animal Token •Continue Barrel • Donkey Kong Balloon (red ·green ·blue) •DK Barrel •Exit •Fuel Canister •Jumbo Barrel •K-O-N-G Letters •Minecart •Mini Animal Token •On & Off Barrel •Steel keg •Stop & Go Barrel •Tire •TNT Drum •Warp Barrel^a
Animal Friends		Rambi •Enguarde •Winky •Squawks •Expresso
Bosses		Very Gnawty •Master Necky •Queen B. •Really Gnawty •Dumb Drum •Master Necky Snr. •King K. Rool
Enemies		Army •Bitesize •Chomps •Chomps Jr. •Clambo •Croctopus •Gnawty •Klaptrap •Klump •Krash •Kritter •Krusha •Manky Kong •Mini-Necky •Necky •Rock Kroc •Slippa •Squidge •Zinger
Obstacles		Black drum •Mincer •Oil drum
Worlds		Kongo Jungle •Monkey Mines •Vine Valley •Gorilla Glacier •Kremkroc Industries, Inc. •Chimp Caverns •Gangplank Galleon
Music		"Opening Fanfare" • "Simian Segue" • "DK Island Swing" • "Cave Dweller Concert" • "Aquatic Ambiance" • "Well Done" • "Cranky's Theme" • "Life in the Mines" • "Mine Cart Madness" • "Misty Menace" • "Voices of the Temple" • "Lost a Balloon" • "Funky's Fugue" • "Forest Frenzy" • "Treetop Rock" • "Bonus Room Blitz" • "Better Luck Next Time" • "Candy's Love Song" • "Northern Hemispheres" • "Ice Cave Chant" • "Fear Factory" • "Bad Boss Boogie" • "K. Rool's Cacophony" • "Gang-Plank Galleon" • "The Credits Concerto"
Other		Ask Cranky •Ask Uncle Tusk •Barrel Blast •Cold Crossword Challenge •Create-N-Send A Donkey Kong Country Family Portrait •December NP E-Mail Newsletter Sweepstakes •DK Attack •DK Jamz •Donkey Kong (electronic tabletop pinball) •Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge •Donkey Kong Country: Exposed •Donkey Kong Country Trilogy •Gallery •GBA Poll •Glitches •Go Ape! •Grab Bag •Howard Lincoln Answers Your Questions •Kremling Krushin •Multimedia •Nintendo Bath Game •Nintendo Music (soundtrack) •Nsider •Pre-release and unused content •Primate Poll •Quick Poll •Quotes •Read the unfinished Donkey Kong Country story...and finish the adventure! •Sound test^a •Staff •Super Donkey Kong Game Music CD Jungle Fantasy •Super Donkey Kong: Ooki Donkey •Super Donkey Kong Original Sound Version •Super Donkey Kong Pachinko •Super Mario Embroidery World
^a Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version

[Edit] Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES) /Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)
Protagonists		Cranky Kong •Diddy Kong •Dixie Kong •Donkey Kong •Funky Kong •Swanky Kong •Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends		Clapper •Enguarde •Expresso •Glimmer •Quawks •Rambi •Rattly •Squawks •Squitter
Bosses		Krow •Kleever •Kudgel •King Zing •Kreepy Krow •Kerozene •Kaptain K. Rool
Enemies		Cat O' 9 Tails •Click-Clack •Flitter •Flotsam •Kaboing •Kaboom •Kackle •Kannon •Klampon •Klank •Klinger •Kloak •Klobber •Klomp •Klubba •Krockhead •Krook •Kruncha •Kutlass •Lockjaw •Mini-Necky •Neek •Puftup •Screech •Shuri •Snapjaw •Spiny •Zinger
Levels	Gangplank Galleon	Pirate Panic •Mainbrace Mayhem •Gangplank Galley •Lockjaw's Locker •Topsail Trouble •Krow's Nest
	Crocodile Cauldron	Hot-Head Hop •Kannon's Klaim •Lava Lagoon •Red-Hot Ride •Squawks's Shaft •Kleever's Kiln
	Krem Quay	Barrel Bayou •Glimmer's Galleon •Krockhead Klamber •Rattle Battle •Slime Climb •Bramble Blast •Kudgel's Kontest
	Krazy Kremland	Hornet Hole •Target Terror •Bramble Scramble •Rickety Race •Mudhole Marsh •Rambi Rumble •King Zing Sting
	Gloomy Gulch	Ghostly Grove •Haunted Hall •Gusty Glade •Parrot Chute Panic •Web Woods •Kreepy Krow
	K. Rool's Keep	Arctic Abyss •Windy Well •Castle Crush •Clapper's Cavern •Chain Link Chamber •Toxic Tower •Stronghold Showdown
	The Flying Krock	Screech's Sprint •K. Rool Duel
	Lost World	Jungle Jinx •Black Ice Battle •Klobber Karnage •Fiery Furnace •Animal Antics •Krocodile Kore
Funky's Flights missions		Aerial Loop •Submerged Stint •Kongstruction •Kongnapped •Cool Sounds •Kongnapped 2 •Toxic Kongstruction
Barrels		Animal Barrel •Regular Barrel •Barrel Kannon •Biplane Barrel •Blast Barrel •Bonus Barrel •Diddy & Dixie Barrels •DK Barrel •Exclamation Point Barrel •Golden Barrel •Krockhead Barrel •Plus and Minus Barrels •Rotatable Barrel •Star Barrel •Steerable Barrel •TNT Barrel •Warp Barrel
Other items and objects		Banana •Banana Bunch •Banana Coin • Extra Life Balloon (red ·green ·blue) •Hanging vine •Hook •KONG Letters •Kremkoin •Roller Coaster •Rope •Star •Toxic waste
Music		"Fanfare" • "K. Rool Returns (Title Theme)" • "Steel Drum Rhumba (Options Screen)" • "Welcome to Crocodile Isle (Map Screen)" • "Jib Jig (Mainbrace Mayhem)" • "Lockjaw's Saga (Lockjaw's Locker)" • "Boss Bossanova (Boss Theme)" • "Diddy's Victory" • "Schoolhouse Harmony (Wrinkly's Theme)" • "Hot-Head Bop (Hot-Head Hop)" • "Kannon's Klanking (Kannon's Klaim)" • "Funky the Main Monkey (Funky's Theme)" • "Bayou Boogie (Barrel Bayou" • "Dixie's Victory" • "Snakey Chantey (Rattle Battle)" • "Stickerbush Symphony (Bramble Blast)" • "Flight of the Zinger (Hornet Hole)" • "Disco Train (Target Terror)" • "Run, Rambi! Run! (Parrot Chute Panic)" • "Swanky Swing (Swanky's Bonus Bonanza)" • "Haunted Chase (Haunted Hall)" • "Forest Interlude (Web Woods)" • "Token Tango (Bonus Level)" •Krook's March (Chain Link Chamber)" • "In a Snowbound Land (Clapper's Cavern)" • "Klubba's Reveille (Klubba's Kiosk)" • "Lost World Anthem (The Lost World)" • "Primal Rave (Animal Antics)" • "False Victory" • "Bad Bird Rag (Screech's Sprint" • "Crocodile Cacophony (K. Rool's Theme)" • "Donkey Kong Rescued (Credits Roll)" • "Dixie's Failure / Diddy's Failure"
Miscellaneous		Ask Uncle Tusk •Cold Crossword Challenge •DKC Poll •Donkey Kong Country Trilogy •Gallery •Glitches •Multimedia •Nintendo Music (soundtrack) •The Original Donkey Kong Country 2 Soundtrack •Pre-release and unused content •Quotes •Sound test (GBA) •Staff •Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy Original Sound Version •Super Donkey Kong 2 Guide Book •Uncle Kong

[Edit] Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) /Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
Characters	Protagonists	Dixie Kong •Kiddy Kong •Funky Kong •Wrinkly Kong •Swanky Kong •Cranky Kong
	Prisoners	Banana Birds •Banana Queen •Donkey Kong •Diddy Kong •Candy Kong^a •Lanky Kong^a •Tiny Kong^a •Chunky Kong^a
	Animal Friends	Ellie •Enguarde •Parry •Squawks •Squitter •Quawks
	Brothers Bear	Bachelor^a •Baffle •Barnacle •Barter •Bazaar •Bazooka •Benny •Björn •Blizzard •Blue •Blunder •Boomer •Bramble •Brash
	Bosses	Belcha •Arich •Squirt •KAOS •Bleak •Barbos •Kroctopus^a •Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies		Bazuka •Bazza •Booty Bird •Bounty Bass •Bristles •Buzz •Gleamin' Bream •Karbine •Killer bees •Klasp •Knik-Knak •Knocka •Kobble •Koco •Koin •Koindozer •Kopter •Kracka^a •Kremling (boater)^a •Krimp •Kroc •Krumple •Kuchuka •Kuff 'n' Klout •Lemguin •Lurchin •Minkey •Missile shell •Nibbla •Nid •Re-Koil •Skidda •Sneek •Swoopy
Items		Banana •Banana Bunch •Bowling ball •Bear coin •Bonus Coin •Box of chocolates^a •Cog •DK Coin • Extra-Life Balloon (red ·green ·blue) •Flupperius Petallus Pongus •Green banana •K-O-N-G Letters •Mirror •No.6 wrench •Patch •Present •Rose^a •Shell •Ski •Star
Objects		Animal Barrel •Animal crate •Auto-Fire Barrel •Barrel •Barrel Shield •Bonus Barrel •Boo Barrel •Booster Barrel •Bubbling cauldron •Chairlift •Crate •DK Barrel •Fuel Drum •Handle •Ignition Barrel •Invincibility Barrel •Level Flag •Metal door •Mine^a •Propellerpack •Ripsaw •Rock •Rocket •Star Barrel •Steel Barrel •Switch Barrel •TNT Barrel •Toboggan •Tracker Barrel •Trapdoor •Tumbling barrel •Warp Barrel •Waterfall •Wheel
Levels	Lake Orangatanga	Lakeside Limbo •Doorstop Dash •Tidal Trouble •Skidda's Row •Murky Mill •Belcha's Barn
	Kremwood Forest	Barrel Shield Bust-Up •Riverside Race •Squeals on Wheels •Springin' Spiders •Bobbing Barrel Brawl •Arich's Ambush
	Cotton Top Cove	Bazza's Blockade •Rocket Barrel Ride •Kreeping Klasps •Tracker Barrel Trek •Fish Food Frenzy •Squirt's Showdown
	Mekanos	Fire-Ball Frenzy •Demolition Drain-Pipe •Ripsaw Rage •Blazing Bazukas •Low-G Labyrinth •Kaos Karnage
	K3	Krevice Kreepers •Tearaway Toboggan •Barrel Drop Bounce •Krack Shot Kroc •Lemguin Lunge •Bleak's House
	Razor Ridge	Buzzer Barrage •Kong-Fused Cliffs •Floodlit Fish •Pot Hole Panic •Ropey Rumpus •Barbos's Barrier^b •Kroctopus Krush^a
	Pacifica^a	Dingy Drain-Pipe^a •Stormy Seas^a •Sunken Spruce^a •Cliffside Blast^a •Ripcurl Reef^a •Surf's Up^a •Barbos's Barrier
	Kaos Kore	Konveyor Rope Klash •Creepy Caverns •Lightning Lookout •Koindozer Klamber •Poisonous Pipeline •Kastle Kaos
	Krematoa	Stampede Sprint •Criss Kross Cliffs •Tyrant Twin Tussle •Swoopy Salvo •Rocket Rush •Knautilus
Music		"Fanfare" • "Crazy Calypso" • "Northern Kremisphere" • "Hangin' at Funky’s" • "Get Fit A-Go-Go" • "Brothers Bear" • "Sub-Map Shuffle" • "Swanky's Sideshow" • "Cranky’s Showdown" • "Showdown Win" • "Showdown Lose" • "Bonus Time" • "Bonus Win" • "Bonus Lose" • "Stilt Village" • "Mill Fever" • "Jangle Bells" • "Frosty Frolics" • "Treetop Tumble" • "Enchanted Riverbank" • "Hot Pursuit" • "Water World" • "Cascade Capers" • "Nuts and Bolts" • "Pokey Pipes" • "Rockface Rumble" • "Jungle Jitter" • "Cavern Caprice" • "Rocket Run" • "Boss Boogie" • "Crystal Chasm" • "Krematoa Koncerto" • "Big Boss Blues" • "Mama Bird" • "Chase" • "Baddies on Parade" • "Game Over"
Miscellaneous		Ask Uncle Tusk •Barrel-Blastapalooza •Cold Crossword Challenge •Donkey Kong Country 3 Challenge •Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Original Soundtrack •Donkey Kong Country Trilogy •Gallery •Glitches •Multimedia •Nintendo Music (soundtrack) •Nsider •Pre-release and unused content •Quotes •Rare - Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie's Double Trouble •Sound test (GBA) •Staff •Super Donkey Kong 3 (Petit Maze) •Super Donkey Kong 3: Mysterious Kremis Island Original Soundtrack
^a Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version ^b Barbos's Barrier was moved to Pacifica in the Game Boy Advance version

[Edit] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) /Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)
Characters	Playable	Donkey Kong •Diddy Kong •Dixie Kong •Cranky Kong •Funky Kong*
	Supporting	Don Zunāna •Funky Kong •Professor Chops •Rambi •Squawks •Tawks*
	Bosses	Pompy •Skowl •Ba-Boom •Fugu •Bashmaster •Lord Fredrik
	Other	Big Squeekly •Fish • Goats •Mugly •Skittler •Snippys
Enemies	Snowmad	Tucks (Archy ·Archy (fire) ·Big Sphen ·Boom Bird ·Painguin Tucks ·Papa Painguin ·Pengatcha 1-gō ·Pointy Tucks ·Soary ·Speedy Tucks ·Speedy Tuff Tucks ·Trench Tucks ·Tuff Tucks) •Fluff (Harey ·Harold ·Tuff Fluff) •Hootz (Blue Hootz ·Hot Hootz ·Puffton ·Tuffton) •Ice dragon •Lemmington •Waldough (Chum Chucker Charlie ·Fish Poker Pops ·Walbrick ·Walnut)
Enemies	Other	Bouncelisk •Bucky •Buffaloafer •Buzzy •Carnivorous Plantlife (Venus Trap Platform ·Chompette) •Cheesy Chester •Chompasaurus •Dozy •Electrified Anemone •Finley (Blue Finley ·Green Finley ·Red Finley) •Flaming Falling Totem Pole •Fritz •Gordo •Green fish •Hermit crab •Horror Gills •Jellyfish •Large Mimic •Mama Saw •Mimic •Monocle Monica •Piranha •Porcupal •Pufftup •Punchy Paddy •Schnautzel •Sea Urchin •Snaggles •Sour Dodo •Squiddicus •Swooper Dooper •Thug Slug •Toucan't •Wild Wendell •Yellow Snaggles
Objects	Items	Banana •Banana Bunch •Banana Coin •Banana Juice •Blue Balloon •Capsule Toy Machine •Crash Guard •Flying banana •Gold Heart •Green Balloon •Heart •Heart Boost •KONG Letters •Mysterious relic •Puzzle Piece •Red Balloon
	Projectiles	Barrel •Kong Barrel •Water Sack •Watermelon Fuse Bomb
	Miscellaneous	Barrel Cannon •Blast Barrel •Bell •Burlap Hanging Sack •Climbing grass •Collapsible Underwater Grass •Cracked Block •Current •Item container •Item Handle •Pile of leaves •Purple Flower Platform •Rambi Crate •Rolling leaf •Slot Machine Barrel •Snowflake Shield •Spinning Platform •Spring Platform •Swinging vine •Vine-Triggered Platform •Zip-Line Vine
	Vehicles	Log Canoe •Mine Cart •Rocket Barrel
	Obstacles	Avalanche •Chunk of ice •Electroid •Fire •Fireball •Fire Floor •Giant Spiked Nut •Hanging TNT •Icicle •Proximity mine •Snowball •Snowflake •Sting Tentacle •Tornado •Volcanic debris
Moves		Cane Bounce •Cartwheel Attack •Charge •Cling •Corkscrew •Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) •Helicopter Spin •Kong POW •Ranged attack •Roll Attack •Water Skip
Levels	Lost Mangroves	1-1:Mangrove Cove • 1-2:Shipwreck Shore • 1-3:Canopy Chaos • 1-4:Trunk Twister • 1-A:Zip-Line Shrine • 1-B:Busted Bayou • 1-K:Swinger Flinger • 1-BOSS:Big Top Bop
	Autumn Heights	2-1:Windmill Hills • 2-2:Mountain Mania • 2-3:Horn Top Hop • 2-4:Sawmill Thrill • 2-5:Alpine Incline • 2-6:Wing Ding • 2-A:Crumble Cavern • 2-B:Rodent Ruckus • 2-K:Bopopolis • 2-BOSS:Mountaintop Tussle
	Bright Savannah	3-1:Grassland Groove • 3-2:Baobab Bonanza • 3-3:Frantic Fields • 3-4:Scorch 'n' Torch • 3-5:Twilight Terror • 3-6:Cannon Canyon • 3-A:Rickety Rafters • 3-B:Bramble Scramble • 3-K:Precarious Pendulums • 3-BOSS:Triple Trouble
	Sea Breeze Cove	4-1:Deep Keep • 4-2:High Tide Ride • 4-3:Amiss Abyss • 4-4:Irate Eight • 4-5:Sea Stack Attack • 4-6:Current Capers • 4-A:Rockin' Relics • 4-B:Shoal Atoll • 4-K:Spinning Spines • 4-BOSS:Fugu Face-Off
	Juicy Jungle	5-1:Harvest Hazards • 5-2:Reckless Ride • 5-3:Fruity Factory • 5-4:Panicky Paddles • 5-5:Jelly Jamboree • 5-6:Frosty Fruits • 5-A:Beehive Brawl • 5-B:Jammin' Jams • 5-K:Platform Problems • 5-BOSS:Punch Bowl
	Donkey Kong Island	6-1:Homecoming Hijinxs • 6-2:Seashore War • 6-3:Aqueduct Assault • 6-4:Blurry Flurry • 6-5:Forest Folly • 6-6:Cliffside Slide • 6-7:Frozen Frenzy • 6-8:Meltdown Mayhem • 6-A:Dynamite Dash • 6-B:Icicle Arsenal • 6-K:Slippy Spikes • 6-BOSS:Volcano Dome
	Secret Seclusion	7-1:Levitation Station • 7-2:Rocket Rails • 7-3:Crazy Clouds
Miscellaneous		Extras •Funky Kong's surfboard* •Lord Fredrik's horn
Further info		Gallery •Multimedia •Staff (Switch)
RelatedPlay Nintendo activities		A matching game to flip over •Can’t-miss games •The multiplayer way •Which Kong could fit your style? •Who’s that toy?
* Exclusive toDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for theNintendo Switch