Editing Bristles

{{about|the enemy in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''|the enemy in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''|[[Bristle]]}}

|latest_appearance=''Donkey Kong Country 3'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])

'''Bristles''' are orange hedgehog enemies encountered mainly in waterfall levels and jungle levels in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They have spiky quills that injure [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] when touched. To defeat a Bristles, Dixie or Kiddy must roll into it from the front, otherwise the [[Kong]]s will be hurt from the Bristles' spiky quills, much like with [[Spiny (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Spinies]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Unlike Spinies, Bristles are immune to a [[team up]] throw, which even damages the Kong thrown. Alternatively, a Bristles can be defeated either from a [[barrel]] or a [[Steel Keg]] being thrown at it, or from [[Squawks the Parrot|Squawks]] spitting a coconut at it.

A unique type of Bristles appears in [[Konveyor Rope Klash]] of ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', and they curl up before tossing themselves at Dixie and Kiddy. While curled up, a Bristles can be defeated only from a barrel. In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]], this type is also in the [[Cranky's Dojo]] minigame, where [[Cranky Kong|Cranky]] has to deflect thirty of them successfully as they bounce his way.

*'''Instruction manual:''' ''Tough hedgehog baddy with a roll attack. Defeat this guy only from the front.''<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' instruction booklet|page=19|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|author=Nintendo|location=Redmond, WA}}</ref>

*'''Level appearances'''

**[[Springin' Spiders]]

**[[Tracker Barrel Trek]]

**[[Fire-Ball Frenzy]]

**[[Barrel Drop Bounce]]

**[[Krack Shot Kroc]]

**[[Konveyor Rope Klash]]

**[[Stampede Sprint]]

**[[Dingy Drain-Pipe]] (Game Boy Advance version only)

*'''Level appearances'''

**[[Liftshaft Lottery]]

**[[Riverbank Riot]]

**[[Miller Instinct]]

**[[Rocketeer Rally]]

**[[Surface Tension]]

**[[Redwood Rampage]]

**[[Jungle Jeopardy]]

**[[Footloose Falls]]

**[[Tropical Tightropes]]

**[[Clifftop Critters]]

**[[Bazuka Bombard]]

**[[Stalagmite Frights]]

**[[Haunted Hollows]]

**[[Rainforest Rumble]]

**[[Barrel Boulevard]]

**[[Ghoulish Grotto]]

Bristles walking DKC3 art.jpg|Artwork of a Bristles

Bristles DKC3.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' sprite

Bristles DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III'' sprite

Bristles DKL3c sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong'' sprite

Bristles DKC3 GBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA) sprite