Editing Animal crate

{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Rattly Crate.png|125px]]<br>An animal crate containing [[Rattly the Rattlesnake]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
An '''animal crate''',<ref>{{cite|date=November 1994|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) #26, Special|page=26}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1995|language=en-us|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=16|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> also called a '''goodie crate''',<ref>{{cite|author=Munson, Terry and Paul Shinoda|date=1996|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide|page=15|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> is a crate that contains an [[Animal Friends|Animal Friend]]. Animal crates first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and have since recurred throughout the ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' franchise. The contained Animal Friend is identifiable from its depicted silhouette on the animal crate. The [[Kong]]s can usually break one open by [[jump]]ing on it, therefore freeing the Animal Friend, and ride on it until the end of a [[level]].

Animal crates have a similar counterpart, the [[Animal Barrel]]. Instead of freeing an Animal Friend, these barrels transform the Kongs into the one depicted on it. Animal crates are usually placed in areas where an Animal Friend comes in useful. For example, freeing Enguarde from his crate makes underwater levels easier for the Kongs because Enguarde can defeat most underwater enemies. Similarly, Animal Barrels are usually placed where the Kongs are required to their pictured Animal Friend, for instance [[Rattly]] in [[Rattle Battle (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Rattle Battle]], because of his high jumping ability.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country'' series===
In ''Donkey Kong Country'', all five Animal Friends had their own animal crate, including [[Squawks]]. Animal crates made a second appearance in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', where they retained their functionality. The game only has two Animal Friends, both of whom have their own crate: [[Rambi]] and [[Expresso]]. In the original ''Donkey Kong Country'', after the Kongs open an animal crate, it lies on the ground unfolded. It disappears after they move a distance away with the Animal Friend and return. In the sequels, the crate immediately vanishes after the Animal Friend is freed. Another difference is that a short jingle plays when the animal crate opens instead of a realistic sound effect like in the first title. The [[Game Boy Advance]] remakes of all three games reused the crate-opening sound effect from the original ''Donkey Kong Country''.

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', crates were changed slightly. Their sprites were aligned slightly differently. The Animal Friends' icons from the first ''Donkey Kong Country'' were also redesigned on the crates. Animal Barrels also appeared in the sequels, meaning that a level may either have the Kongs ride an Animal Friend or transform into one.

Animal crates function like Animal Barrels in the [[Game Boy Color]] remake of ''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]'', except the Squawks Crate, which is the only animal crate to function identically as in the original version, since the Kongs cannot ride [[Squawks]].

'''Rambi Crates''' are the only variant in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch]] ports, because he is the only mountable Animal Friend of the game. Donkey Kong can open these crates either by [[Hand Slap|Ground Pound]]ing from atop or by rolling into it. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', '''Rambi the Rhinoceros Boxes''',<ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier|title=''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=22|date=February 21, 2014|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-804-16252-4}}</ref> as they are called, appear smaller than in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'', and cannot be opened by rolling into them.

===''Donkey Kong 64''===
Two animal crate variants appear in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'': the Rambi Crate (also called '''Rambi Transformation Box'''<ref name=Brady>Bogenn, Tim, and Ken Schmidt. ''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Strategy Guide. Inside cover page.</ref>) and the '''Enguarde Box''' (also called '''Enguarde Transformation Box'''<ref name=Brady/>), which are usable by only [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Lanky Kong]] respectively. These crates function similarly to Animal Barrels, since when DK and Lanky hop into their crate, they transform into their respective Animal Friend temporarily.

==Types==
{|class="wikitable dk"width=50%
|-
!Name
!Animal Friend
!Games
|-
|align="center"|[[File:EllieCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Ellie Crate}}
|style="text-align:center"|[[Ellie]]
|''Donkey Kong Country 3''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:EnguardeCrate.png]][[File:EnguardeCrateDKC2.png]]<br>Enguarde Box<ref>{{cite|author=Lockhart, Ryan|publisher=Versus Books|language=en-us|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Perfect Guide|page=58|date=1999}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Enguarde]]
|''Donkey Kong Country''<br>''Donkey Kong Country 2''<br>''Donkey Kong Country 3''<br>''Donkey Kong 64''<br>''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:ExpressoCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Expresso Crate}}
|style="text-align:center"|[[Expresso]]
|''Donkey Kong Country''<br>''Donkey Kong Land''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:ParryCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Parry Crate}}
|style="text-align:center"|[[Parry (character)|Parry]]
|''Donkey Kong Country 3''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Rambi Crate DKC SNES.png]][[File:Rambi Crate DKC2.png]]<br>Rambi Crate<ref>{{cite|author=Knight, Michael|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=34, 70|publisher=Prima Games|date=November 21, 2010|isbn=978-0-307-47102-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier|title=''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=64, 106, 240|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=February 21, 2014|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-804-16252-4}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Rambi]]
|''Donkey Kong Country''<br>''Donkey Kong Land''<br>''Donkey Kong Country 2''<br>''Donkey Kong 64''<br>''Donkey Kong Barrel Blast''<br>''Donkey Kong Country Returns''<br>''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:RattlyCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Rattly Crate}}
|style="text-align:center"|[[Rattly]]
|''Donkey Kong Country 2''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:SquawksCrateDKC.png]][[File:Squawks Crate DKC2.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Squawks Crate}}
|style="text-align:center"|[[Squawks]]
|''Donkey Kong Country''<br>''Donkey Kong Country 2''<br>''Donkey Kong Country 3''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:Squitter Crate DKC2.png]]<br>Squitter Crate<ref>{{cite|author=Munson, Terry and Paul Shinoda|date=1996|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'' Player's Guide|page=97|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Squitter]]
|''Donkey Kong Country 2''<br>''Donkey Kong Country 3''
|-
|align="center"|[[File:WinkyCrate.png]]<br>{{conjectural|Winky Crate}}
|style="text-align:center"|[[Winky]]
|''Donkey Kong Country''
|}

==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
{{multilang profile
|type=vc_wiiu
|Eng=If you jump on it, the animal friend shown on the crate will be released.{{page needed}}}}

==Gallery==
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=アニマルコンテナ<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet|page=19|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|date=1995}}</ref>
|JpnR=Animaru Kontena
|JpnM=Animal Container
|SpaA=Animal Box<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Chile) ''La Jungla de Donkey Kong: Edición Especial''|page=45}}</ref>
|SpaAM=Animal Box
|Ita=Cesta con sopra il simbolo di un animale<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' Italian booklet|page=24}}</ref>
|Ita2=Cesta con animali<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', GIG's Italian manual</ref>
|Ita3=Cassa animale<ref>{{cite|date=2004|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' instruction booklet|page=113|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita4=Gabbia<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' Italian booklet|page=12}}</ref>
|Ita5=Cassa di animale<ref>{{cite|date=2000|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBC) instruction booklet|page=113|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=2003|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBA) instruction booklet|page=107|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref>
|Ita6=Cassa con l'icona di Rambi<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' Italian e-manual, section 10</ref><ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' Italian e-manual, section 15</ref>
|ItaM=Basket with the animal symbol on it
|Ita2M=Basket with animals
|Ita3M=Animal crate
|Ita4M=Cage
|Ita5M=Animal crate
|Ita6M=Crate with Rambi's icon
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze objects]]
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