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|image=[[File:Bopapodamus-DKCR.png|300px]]<br>[[Donkey Kong]] prepares to land on top of a Bopapodamus | |image=[[File:Bopapodamus-DKCR.png|300px]]<br>[[Donkey Kong]] prepares to land on top of a Bopapodamus | ||
|first_appearance= ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]]) | |first_appearance= ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]]) | ||
|latest_appearance= ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns | |latest_appearance= ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]]) | ||
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[[File:BopapodamusSS.png|thumb|x125px|left|Concept art of a Bopapodamus]] | [[File:BopapodamusSS.png|thumb|x125px|left|Concept art of a Bopapodamus]] | ||
'''Bopapodamuses''' are enemies that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''. They are tree-climbing hippopotamus-like species that hang on to poles. | '''Bopapodamuses''' are enemies that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''. They are tree-climbing hippopotamus-like species that hang on to poles. In the [[Forest (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Forest]] world only, a total of fourteen appear across two levels. There are six of them in [[Tippin' Totems]] and eight of them in [[Springy Spores]]. | ||
During the levels, the [[Kong]]s must jump on the Bopapodamuses to get across large gaps. The Kongs can only jump on a Bopapodamus four times | During the levels, the [[Kong]]s must jump on the Bopapodamuses to get across large gaps. The Kongs can only jump on a Bopapodamus four times, after that it falls into the [[Pit|abyss]], leaving the Kongs vulnerable to also falling down. If the Kongs do not jump directly on a Bopapodamus's head, it swats them down into the pit, causing them to lose a [[Extra life|life]]. | ||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
| | |Jap=ポパポタマス | ||
| | |JapR=Popapotamasu | ||
| | |JapM=Derivation of「ヒポポタマス」(''hipopotamasu'', hippopotamus) | ||
|Ita=Ippotronco | |Ita=Ippotronco | ||
|ItaM=Hippo-log | |ItaM=Hippo-log | ||
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== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Bopapodamuses were planned to reappear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', but they never made it in the final game. According to [[List of extras in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze#Images|concept art]], they were supposed to float on water surfaces instead of being on poles. | *Bopapodamuses were planned to reappear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', but they never made it in the final game. According to [[List of extras in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze#Images|concept art]], they were supposed to float on water surfaces instead of being on poles. | ||
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