Klampon
| Klampon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork fromDonkey 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 | Klaptrap | ||
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Klampons areenemies introduced inDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. These blue-skinned, red-spotted, quadrupedalKremlings with a big head, large jaws, and bulging eyes. Klampons are described in the game's manual as being the bigger brothers ofKlaptraps. Similar enemies namedKrimps replace Klampons inDonkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
History[edit]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest /Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]
Klampons are enemies inDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest andDonkey Kong Land 2, behaving identically in both games. Klampons attack by repeatedly chomping their jaws while moving back and forth.Diddy andDixie cannot roll into a Klampon from the side because this injures them, but a Klampon can be defeated from ajump attack, having abarrel orcrate thrown at it, from anAnimal Friend, or from being rolled into from above. Klampons have a functional opposite,Spinies, which are protected from jumping attacks but are vulnerable to frontal attacks, and the enemies are encountered together inGhostly Grove andCastle Crush. In the cast roll, Klampons are classified as part of the "Kremling Kuthroats" enemy class.
Klampons have the same defeated voice clips asKlomps and several other Kremlings inDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest whereas in the remake, they have Klaptrap's voice clips.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
A Klampon makes a brief cameo in Volume 14 ofSuper Mario-kun. The last part of the book has a series of comics based onDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, including a 'find the differences' activity between several enemies, including Klampon.
Donkey Konga 2[edit]
Artwork of a Klampon sometimes appears onscreen in "Freestyle Zone" in response to the player hitting theDK Bongos, inDonkey Konga 2.
Donkey Kong Bananza[edit]
Klampon is mentioned in the fake credits sequence in the middle ofKing K. Rool's boss fight inDonkey Kong Bananza, where they are credited for "USER EKSPERIENCE".
Profiles[edit]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]
| Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) enemy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klampon | ||||
 | Worlds | Crocodile Cauldron Krem Quay Krazy Kremland Gloomy Gulch K. Rool's Keep Lost World | Levels | |
| Scrapbook page | 2 | Photograph location | In Black Ice Battle, near the letter N |
- Instruction booklet description:
Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]
- Level appearances
Gallery[edit]
- For this subject's image gallery, seeGallery:Klampon.
Artwork of a Klampon with its jaws shut
Klampon watches as the Kongs climb a tower
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Land 2
Naming[edit]
Their name is a pun on "clamp on."
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クランポン[?] Kuranpon | Klampon | |
| Italian | Kaiman[2] | From "caiman" | |
| Spanish | Klampon[?] | - |
References[edit]
- ^1995.Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest instruction booklet.Nintendo of America (American English). Page 29.
- ^2025.Donkey K.Ong Bananza Kredits.Nintendo of Europe (Italian).
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