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{{distinguish|Buzzer}}
{{about|a mechanical foe first appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''|a human character from ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'' also named Buzz|[[Buzz (character)]]}}
{{species infobox
{{Species-infobox
|image=[[File:Green Buzz.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Buzz from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''  
|title=Buzz
|image=[[File:Buzz2.jpg|200px|]]<br>Artwork of a '''Buzz''' from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''  
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] port) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|relatives=[[Killer bees]]
|related=[[Zinger]]<br>
|comparable=[[Mechanical Zinger]]<br>[[Zinger]]
}}
}}
'''Buzzes''', also named '''Green Zingers'''<ref>{{cite|date=December 1996|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' volume 91|page=59-61}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|date=December 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 51|publisher=EMAP|page=20}}</ref> and '''Buzzers''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|date=March 1997|publisher=EMAP|title=''Nintendo Official Magazine'' issue 54|page=46-50, 52-53}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|date=December 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 51|publisher=EMAP|page=16 and 18-23}}</ref> are robotic wasps<ref>{{file link|Twitterpost Buzz.jpeg|Confirmed by former Rare employee Mark Stevenson on Twitter}}</ref> that appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They have legs made of metal and a buzzsaw in their abdomen, although their body and wings appear to be organic. Buzzes are comparable to [[Zinger]]s in several ways, such as being one of the most common enemies in both of their game appearances. Buzzes have the same behavior and attacks as Zingers and are among the harder enemies to defeat. Similarly to Zingers, Buzzes have a standard type (which are green rather than yellow) and a less common red variant (once named a '''Red Zinger'''<ref>{{cite|date=December 1996|title=''Nintendo Power'' volume 91|page=59|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref>), which are mostly vulnerable to [[TNT Barrel]]s only. Buzz's name directly references the onomatopoeia "buzz," which can represent the sound made by bees while flying or the sound of a buzzsaw. Their name might have been derived from the "buzz" prefix of buzzsaw.
 
{{quote2|Multi-talented flying baddy, whose buzzsaw protects his whole body from attacks.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' manual, page 19}}  
 
'''Buzzes''' are robotic wasps<ref>[[Media:Twitterpost Buzz.jpeg|Twitter confirmation by former Rare employee Mark Stevenson]]</ref> that are found in the games ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. Their legs are made of metal and they have a buzzsaw in their abdomen, though their bodies and wings seem to be organic. They, for the most part, replace the wasp enemies, the [[Zinger]]s, from the first two games in the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' series. Just like Zingers, they are immune to jump attacks.
 
Buzzes' name is a play on words of the onomatopoeia "buzz," representing the sound that bees make when they fly, and the buzzsaw in their abdomens.


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' / ''Donkey Kong Land III''===
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
Buzzes are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They behave identically between both games, though only the green type appears in the latter. Buzzes cannot be defeated by [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] directly, but can be defeated by most other attacks, such as throwing a [[barrel]] at them or attacking them with an [[Animal Friend]]. Red Buzzes can usually only be defeated by a TNT Barrel or an [[Invincibility Barrel]], although in [[Krack Shot Kroc]], a red Buzz gets defeated if hit by one of [[Kroc]]'s [[fireball]]s. In the final level [[Rocket Rush (level)|Rocket Rush]], the [[Rocket Barrel]]'s exhaust flames can defeat Buzzes, which turn black when defeated, although in the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], this only defeats green Buzzes and does not make them turn black.
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', Buzzes are the most common enemy, usually posing as obstacles. There are two Buzz variants. Green Buzzes can be defeated by a thrown [[barrel]] or by a certain [[Animal Friend]], but the tougher red Buzzes can only be defeated by a [[TNT Barrel]], an [[Invincibility Barrel]], with the [[fireball]]s launched by [[Kroc]] in [[Krack Shot Kroc]], or with the flames from the exhaust of a [[Rocket Barrel]] (SNES version only).
 
Buzzes are absent in [[Lakeside Limbo]], [[Skidda's Row]], [[Koindozer Klamber]], [[Poisonous Pipeline]], and all underwater levels.


===Unused appearances===
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
====''Diddy Kong Pilot'' (2003 version)====
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', Buzzes behave the same way they did in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble'', but are colored grey due to the Game Boy's color limitations. This means that the game lacks the red variation of the enemy, therefore, every single Buzz can be defeated with regular barrels. In the Game Boy Color version (which was exclusive to Japan), they are all colored green.
In the 2003 iteration of ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)|Diddy Kong Pilot]]'', both purple and blue Buzzes appear as homing weapons that racers can use. Neither red nor green Buzzes make an appearance. Purple Buzzes home in on the nearest opponent (similar to [[Red Shell]]s in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series). They appear in quantities of either one, two, or three. A Blue Buzz instead homes on the racer in first place (similar to the [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shells]] in the ''Mario Kart'' series), and it can only be obtained by racers in lower places. When either type crashes into a racer, they briefly fall down and bounce onto the ground. The player can dodge a Buzz by either using a [[Zinger]] or by performing a loop by pressing {{button|GBA|L}} and Up on the {{button|GBA|pad}}. Purple Buzzes were replaced with Fire Eggs, and blue Buzzes were replaced by the Saucer of Peril in the final version, ''{{iw|jiggywikki|Banjo-Pilot}}''.


==Profiles==
===''Diddy Kong Pilot''===
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
Prerelease footage for the [[List of Canceled Games and Vaporware|canceled]] Game Boy Advance game ''[[Diddy Kong Pilot]]'' reveals that pink Buzzes were going to appear in the game as items. When used, Buzz would home in on the nearest pilot and cause them to crash on contact (similar to [[Red Shell]]s in ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]''). The game would have also featured a blue variant, which would home in on the lead driver and attack them (similar to the [[Spiny Shell (blue)|Spiny Shells]] in ''Mario Kart'').<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sg7SYh1lWqQ</ref>
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=Multi-talented flying baddy, whose buzzsaw protects his whole body from attacks.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' manual|page=19|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996}}</ref>}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Buzz2.jpg|A red Buzz
Red Buzz.png|A red Buzz
Doorstop Dash DKC3 art.jpg|Artwork of green Buzzes in [[Doorstop Dash]]
Buzz2.jpg|A pink Buzz
KastleKAOS.jpg|Artwork of two red Buzzes chasing [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] outside [[Kastle Kaos]]
Green Buzz.jpg|A green Buzz
Pipeline DKC3 group art.jpg|Artwork of two red Buzzes and a [[Krimp]] chasing Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong in [[Demolition Drain-Pipe]]
RedBuzzSprite.png|Red Buzz sprite
Donkey Kong Country 3 Player's Guide.jpg|A swarm of red Buzzes on the cover of the game's [[Nintendo Player's Guide]]
BuzzPA.PNG|A Buzz, as seen in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]].
Buzz DKP.png|Sprites of a pink and a blue Buzz as they would have appeared in ''Diddy Kong Pilot''.
Level2DKC365.jpg|Artwork of Green Buzzes in [[Doorstop Dash]].
KastleKAOS.jpg|Artwork of two pink Buzzes chasing [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] outside [[Kastle KAOS]].
DKC3sceneartwork265.jpg|Artwork of two pink Buzzes and a [[Krimp]] chasing Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong in [[Demolition Drain-Pipe]].
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Sprites===
== Names in other languages ==
<gallery>
Buzz DKC3 green.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Buzz DKC3 red.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Buzz-RocketBarrelDefeat-DKC3.png|A Buzz defeated from the Rocket Barrel in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Buzz DKC3 Photo Album.png|In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Buzz DKLIII sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land III''
Buzz DKL3c sprite.png|''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
DKP03 Blue Buzz.png|''[[Diddy Kong Pilot (2003)]]''
DKP03 Pink Buzz.png|''Diddy Kong Pilot''
Buzz DKC3 GBA green.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
Buzz DKC3 GBA red.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=バズ
|Jap=バズ
|JapR=Bazu
|JapR=Bazu
|JapM=Buzz
|JapM=Buzz
|Ita=Buzz
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*Although Buzzes are colored pink in three of their official artworks, there are no Buzzes in-game with that color.


==References==
==References==
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