Lockjaw
| Lockjaw | |||
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 Artwork fromDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | |||
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | DK: Jungle Climber (2007) | ||
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Lockjaws are enemies introduced inDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. These red piranha-like fish inhabit the waters ofCrocodile Isle. They have an invincible purple variant,Snapjaw.
History[edit]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest /Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]
Lockjaws are enemies inDonkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest andDonkey Kong Land 2, behaving identically between both games. WhenDiddy Kong andDixie Kong approach a Lockjaw, it clamps its jaws and then lunges at the leadKong in an attempt to bite them. Lockjaws can only be defeated byEnguarde by stabbing them. The Lockjaws in the later levels often move faster than in earlier levels.
There is promotional artwork of Lockjaw trailing after Diddy and Dixie in a wrecked ship setting, which was reused forDonkey Kong Land 2 as the key artwork.
DK series[edit]
Lockjaws are enemies inDK: King of Swing andDK: Jungle Climber, behaving similarly in both games. Lockjaws attempt to charge atDonkey Kong or Diddy Kong and bite them, and can be defeated from a charged attack.
Lockjaws are encountered primarily within theAqua World inDK: King of Swing. They first appear in the levelRisky Reef and return inLockjaw Falls, the latter featuring them jumping out from the waterfalls in an attempt to hit Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong.
Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast[edit]
Lockjaws are obstacles inDonkey Kong: Barrel Blast. They appear inDK Jungle Falls andDK Jungle Sunset only. Here they attack players by jumping out of the water and attempt to bite them. There are also electrified variants of Lockjaws. Both of them can be defeated in one hit, though the electrified Lockjaw will also significantly slow down a player unless that player was invincible.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
| Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) enemy | ||||
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| Lockjaw | ||||
 | Worlds | Gangplank Galleon Crocodile Cauldron Krem Quay K. Rool's Keep Lost World | Levels | Lockjaw's Locker Lava Lagoon Glimmer's Galleon Arctic Abyss Animal Antics |
| Scrapbook page | 4 | Photograph location | InLava Lagoon, by the letter G |
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
This fat-lipped piranha will try to bite anyone who comes too close.[1]
- English:
Gallery[edit]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ロックジョー[?] Rokkujō | Lockjaw | |
| ロック・ジョー[2] Rokku Jō | Lock Jaw | ||
| Spanish | Lockjaw[?] | - |
