Click-Clack
| Click-Clack | |||
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 Artwork from Donkey 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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Click-Clacks, also formatted Klick-Klack,[1][2] are enemies introduced in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. They are blue beetles with durable bodies.
History[edit]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]
Click-Clacks are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. They appear in several levels in every world (except The Flying Krock and the Lost World). Like most enemies, Click-Clacks move around in a set pattern. Click-Clacks have to be jumped on twice to be defeated, with the first jump flipping the Click-Clack onto its back, leaving it defenseless to a second hit. Click-Clacks can be instantly defeated from either Diddy's Cartwheel Attack or Dixie's Helicopter Spin, by throwing a projectile, such as a barrel or kannonball at them, or if Diddy or Dixie pick up a Click-Clack lying on its back and throw it at another enemy.
Yellow Knik-Knaks behave like their successor in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! in that two jumps also defeat them, the first of which flips them over.
Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]
Click-Clacks are enemies in Donkey Kong Land 2. They behave identically to their first appearance, though the player is given control of Diddy or Dixie as they bounce back in midair after their first jump on a Click-Clack. Click-Clacks appear in fewer levels than in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. In the end credits, Click-Clacks are classified with "The Baddies."
DK: King of Swing / DK: Jungle Climber[edit]
Click-Clacks are enemies in both DK: King of Swing and DK: Jungle Climber. They patrol around Peg Boards. If attacked from the front, Click-Clack damages Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.
Super Mario-kun[edit]
A Click-Clack (under its Japanese name, which is just Beetle) makes a brief cameo in Volume 14 of Super Mario-Kun. The last part of the book has a series of comics based on Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, including a 'find the differences' activity between several enemies, including Click-Clack.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]
| Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) enemy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Click-Clack | |||
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| Worlds | Gangplank Galleon Crocodile Cauldron Krem Quay Krazy Kremland Gloomy Gulch K. Rool's Keep |
Levels | |
| Scrapbook page | 1 | Photograph location | In a higher area of Topsail Trouble |
- Instruction booklet description:
- English:
If you flip this beetle on its back, you can carry it around and use it as a weapon.[3]
- English:
Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]
- Level appearances
Gallery[edit]
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Click-Clack.
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Trivia[edit]
- Click-Clacks may be derived from an unused "nasty beetle" enemy named "Veedub" (a play on "VW," as in the Volkswagen Beetle) planned to appear in the original Donkey Kong Country.[4]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ビートル[?] Bītoru |
Beetle | |
| Spanish | Click-Clack[?] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ January 1997. Nintendo Magazine System (Australia) issue 46. Page 47.
- ^ March 1996. Nintendo Magazine System (Australia) issue 36. Page 21.
- ^ 1995. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 28.
- ^ Early DKC general naming sheet
| DK: Jungle Climber | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Playable | Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Funky Kong |
| Non-playable | Candy Kong • Cranky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Xananab | |
| Enemies and obstacles | Bramble • Click-Clack • Flipflap • Flitter • Ghost • Klobber • Kritter • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Puftup • Shuri • Spike • Zinger | |
| Bosses | Banana Ship • Junklomp • Mega Amp • Draglinger • King K. Rool | |
| Items | Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Crystal Banana • Crystal Star • DK Coin • Gem • Hammer • KONG Panels • Oil barrel • Torch • Wings | |
| Objects | Booster Barrel • Cannon Barrel • DK Barrel • Exit • Giant flower • Handle Peg • Iron Barrel • Jack Peg • Mine • Peg • Peg Board • Question Barrel • Rock • Spike • Spirowarp • Spinner Barrel • Spinning Peg • Switch Peg • TNT Barrel | |
| Worlds | Sun Sun Island • Lost Island • Ghost Island • Chill 'n' Char Island • High-High Island • Wormhole • Extra Stages | |
| Minigames | Rolling Panic • Banana Grab • Speed Climb • Throw 'n' Crush • Orange Picker • Booster Battle • Banana Bonanza | |
