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| |image=[[File:DKCTF Artwork Bashmaster.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' | | |image=[[File:BearBoss.jpg|250px]] |
| | |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[2014]]) |
| |full_name=Bashmaster, the Unbreakable | | |full_name=Bashmaster, the Unbreakable |
| |species=[[Polar bear]] | | |species=Polar bear |
| |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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| |latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
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| '''Bashmaster''' is the fifth and penultimate boss in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch port of the same name]]. He is the boss of [[Juicy Jungle]] and is fought in [[Punch Bowl]]. His name is likely a pun on "{{wp|Lachesis (genus)|bushmaster}}." He is first seen relaxing on a large ice floe floating in a frozen over lake of fruit juice, enjoying a popsicle that has a [[banana]] inside it. When the [[Kong]]s crash onto the floe, the popsicle is accidentally knocked into the lake, where it is eaten by a school of [[Punch Piranha]]s. Now furious over the loss of his popsicle, Bashmaster challenges the Kongs to a fight.
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| ==General information==
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| ===Physical description===
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| Bashmaster is a large polar bear. He wears a large belt displaying the [[Snowmads]]' insignia on the front and small light blue crystalline studs across its strap. He has a pair of wristbands with golden studs across the surfaces on each arm, around each of his biceps and wrists. Unlike actual polar bears, he is bipedal, using his hind legs to walk rather than all four. His head is small in proportion to the rest of his body and the lower part of his torso is larger than the upper half.
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| Bashmaster uses a large, wooden mallet as his weapon of choice. The handle of the mallet is long and thin, and the head has both a flat end and a more rounded one. The round end is spiked and the flat end is metallic. | | '''Bashmaster''', referred to as '''Bashmaster, the Unbreakable''', is the boss of [[Juicy Jungle]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. His level is called '''Punch Bowl'''. |
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| ===Attacks=== | | ==Physical appearance== |
| Bashmaster attacks mainly with his hammer. His most basic attack is a powerful hammer swing when the Kongs draw near. The force of the blow leaves the hammer stuck in the ice floe's surface, giving the Kongs a chance to use it as a platform from which to jump onto Bashmaster's head. He may also leap to drop on the Kongs, which will result in them being sent sliding into the lake of fruit juice the ice floe is floating in if they are on the ground and will then by damaged by the [[Punch Piranha]]s infesting it. A different attack summons ice blocks Bashmaster pushes toward the Kongs. The blocks can be shattered with [[Ground Pound]]s or [[Hand Slap]]s and some of them contain items such as [[Banana]]s, [[Banana Coin]]s, [[Watermelon Fuse Bomb]]s and [[Heart (item)|Heart]]s. Throwing a Watermelon Fuse Bomb at Bashmaster damages him.
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| After taking three hits, Bashmaster's fur color becomes a light shade of purple (due to the lake's juice staining it), beginning the second phase of the fight. During the second phase, Bashmaster implements a new attack involving dropping a certain number of ice blocks to form several pillars on the ice floe. Bashmaster subsequently charges toward the Kongs, breaking through the ice blocks. The Kongs must jump atop a pillar to avoid the charge. During his charge, Bashmaster may sit down and spin, which makes him dizzy and vulnerable to a stomp on the head. Notably, the jump attacks that Bashmaster performs in the first phase now create icy shock waves, which can damage the Kongs if not jumped over.
| | Bashmaster is a large polar bear. He wears a belt, with the jewel that has a snowflake pattern in the middle. He also has two wristbands on each arm. |
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| After taking three more hits, Bashmaster's fur becomes an even darker shade of purple and the fight transitions to its third and final phase. Bashmaster reverts to the attacks he uses in the first phase, but the ice blocks he pushes now appear in larger stacks, often forcing the Kongs to have to use the smaller stacks to jump over the larger ones, such as the last stack, which is always a four-block pillar. Additionally, the larger ice stacks make it more difficult for the Kongs to throw a Watermelon Fuse Bomb at Bashmaster. Bashmaster also utilizes a brand new attack for the third phase, where he summons a single ice block, and hits it with his mallet, creating a spiky projectile that must be jumped over. Bashmaster may perform this attack up to five times in a row, but for at least one of the ice blocks, Bashmaster will fake a powerful swing, then strike the ice block with less force to create a slow-moving projectile, usually to be followed by a faster one. Finally, Bashmaster's hammer attacks now creates a lone shock wave, similar to the ones in the second phase. Once Bashmaster is damaged three more times, he is defeated.
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| ==Statistics==
| | Bashmaster mainly uses his spiky hammer to attack. At first, he comes to a Kong, and swings his hammer on the ice. However, he cannot pull his hammer back, which gives a chance for the Kongs to step on him. When stepped on, Bashmaster will stagger and fall into the fruit juice pool, and comes back to the ice floe. He then jumps high and falls down, which causes the Kongs to move slightly backwards. He then summons ice blocks and push them to the Kongs; some of them contain items such as Bananas, Banana Coins, Watermelon Bombs, and Hearts. In this case, throwing a Watermelon Bomb causes him to take damage, which will make him to fall into the juice pool again. |
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| |name=Bashmaster
| | After taking three hits from either stomping or Watermelon Bombs, Bashmaster's fur color will change into a light purple. He will hit the ice floe to summon 2-3 ice blocks from above. When the ice blocks are set, Bashmaster will dash towards the Kongs, break the ice blocks, and spin at the end, which will make him dizzy. When he gets dizzy, he is again vulnerable to a stomp attack which causes him to fall into the juice pool. His hammer-swinging attack now creates an icy wave which causes the Kongs to take damage. Another pattern involves him summoning ice blocks and hitting them with his mallet to create a spiky ice block which tracks the Kongs. |
| |image=[[File:DKCTF Artwork Bashmaster.png|x100px]]
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| |world=[[Juicy Jungle]]
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| |level=[[Punch Bowl]]
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| |defeat=9
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| |reward=[[Donkey Kong Island]]
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| |prev=Fugu
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| |next=Lord Fredrik
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| |num=5
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| |game=Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
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| ==Gallery==
| | After taking three more hits, his fur color will change into a purple completely. However, other than the change of coloration of his fur, and attack speed, his pattern will remain same. If the player hits him with another three stomps or a bomb, the boss is defeated. |
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| DKCTF Bashmaster Model.png|Model
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in other languages== |
| {{foreign names | | |
| | ===Punch Bowl=== |
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| | |Jap=パワフルベア バッシュマスター |
| | |JapR=Pawafurubea Basshumasutaa |
| | |JapM=Powerful Bear Bashmaster |
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| | ===Bashmaster=== |
| | {{foreignname |
| |Jap=バッシュマスター | | |Jap=バッシュマスター |
| |JapR=Basshumasutā | | |JapR=Basshumasutaa |
| |JapM=Bashmaster | | |JapM=Bashmaster |
| |SpaE=Osovaldo el Malauva
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| |SpaEM=Portmanteau of "oso" (bear) and the name "Osvaldo" + pun on "mala uva" (bad mood) and likely "uva" (grape), referring to the Juicy Jungle
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| |SpaA=Osovaldo, el Maloso
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| |SpaAM=Portmanteau of "oso" (bear) and the name "Osvaldo" + pun on "maloso" (malicious) with the suffix "-oso"
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| |Ger=Haulukas, der Unkaputtbare
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| |GerM=Haulukas the Indestructible; "Haulukas" is a pun on "hau den lukas", a German colloquialism meaning "high striker"
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| |Fre=Banquisator, le Brutal
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| |FreM=Pun on "banquise" (ice floe); Banquisator, the Brutal
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| |Ita=Martilio, il martellatore
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| |ItaM=Hamme-lton, the pounder; from the common name "Mirtilio" (also means "blueberry") and "martello" (hammer)
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| ==Trivia== | | <br clear=all> |
| *Bashmaster has some similarities with [[Kudgel]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|Donkey Kong Country 2]]''. Both wield some form of a {{wp|melee weapon}}, have a pattern that shakes the ground and take damage from explosives.
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| {{DKCTF}} | | {{BoxTop}} |
| [[Category:Bears]] | | {{DKC:TF}} |
| [[Category:Ice creatures]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Bosses]] |
| [[Category:Snowmads]] | | [[Category:Villains]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze bosses]] | | [[Category:Bosses]] |
| [[de:Haulukas]] | | [[Category:Mammals]] |
| | [[Category:Ice Creatures]] |
