Eel Family
- "Eel" redirects here. For other eels in theSuper Mario franchise, seeCategory:Eels.
| Eel Family | |||
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 Loading screen artwork of the Eel Family (except theGreat Harmoneel) | |||
| Appears in | Donkey Kong Bananza (2025) | ||
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- “There is something strange about the ground here…We looked closer and made a surprising discovery. Small scraps of debris seem to have settled into thelayer here creating an unusual sediment. Strange, wiggly creatures spend their days swimming through these odds and ends. They have long, undulating bodies. When we asked, they told us that they are underground eels. There was no sinkhole, so we didn't know where to go from here. But the eels dug a hole for us, opening a way forward. Thanks to them, our quest to find the origin ofUs continues!”
- —Saga of theExploritone, Verse 18
TheEel Family is a family of eel-like creatures known asunderground eels, also referred to assubterranean eels or simplyeels, that appear as allies toDonkey Kong andPauline inDonkey Kong Bananza. The most seen members of the family,Li'l Eelevators, can hold Donkey Kong in their mouths to "Teeleport" him between sublayers within the same layer via the map. TheEelevator is the mother of the Li'l Eelevators and can transport Donkey Kong and Pauline between layers after hitting theWarp Gong. TheEelings are also implied to be young Eelevators.[1] During the game's story, the father of the Li'l Eelevators, theGreat Harmoneel, was mind-controlled to serveVoid Kong when he was forced to wear theMind-Bender Mask, managing to swallow Pauline after she and Donkey Kong beatGrumpy Kong in theRadiance Layer. He is eventually freed from Void's control in theGroove Layer when Donkey Kong plays his favorite song.
The underground eels appear to have originated in theLandfill Layer of theUnderground World. Statues of the Li'l Eelevators and the Great Harmoneel made out of debris can be found in the layer. From astone tablet in the Groove Layer, the eels are described to be music-loving and are friends with theFractones. A stone tablet in the Landfill Layer also compares the stone blue feathers of theSinging Blusterwing with the scales of the Eelevator.
Profiles[edit]
- Eel Family
Subterranean eels who burrow and play throughout the Underground World.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | イーレ族[?] Īre-zoku | Īre tribe; 「イーレ」 (īre) being a shortening of 「イーレベータ」 (Īrebēta, "Eelevator") | |
| Dutch | Alen[2] | Eels | |
| French(European) | La famille Anguille[3] | The Eel family | |
| Italian | Famiglia di murene[4] | Moray eel family | |
| Spanish | Familia de anguilas[5] | Eel Family | |
| Thai | ครอบครัวอีล[6] Krɔ̂ɔpkruua Iil | Eel Family |
References[edit]
- ^"Doyou think all
Eelings become
Eelevators when they get big enough? No wonder they grow so much, the way they gobble everything down." - ^MEGA album of DutchDonkey Kong Bananza screenshots
- ^Kirbendo - Let's Play (July 22, 2025).DIXIE ET DIDDY KONG SONT DE RETOUR ! - DONKEY KONG BANANZA EPISODE 12 (0:19). French. Retrieved November 22, 2025 from YouTube.
- ^Mariuigi Khed (July 24, 2025).Donkey Kong Bananza ITA [Live 5]. Italian. Retrieved from YouTube.
- ^DarkPlayer GamingTV (July 20, 2025).DONKEY KONG BANANZA Juego Completo - Gameplay Español (Nintendo Switch 2) 4K (6:54:26). Spanish. Retrieved from YouTube.
- ^"
แฟร็กโทนผู้รักเสียงดนตรีและ
ครอบครัวอีล…" – Sign inGroove Layer (22 Dec. 2025).Donkey Kong Bananza by Nintendo EPD Tokyoet al..Nintendo (Thai).
