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|image=[[File:Cat-O-9-Tails.jpg|210px]]<br>Artwork of a '''Cat O' 9 Tails''' from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''.
|image=[[File:Cat-O-9-Tails.jpg|210px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] port) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
}}
}}
A '''Cat O' 9 Tails''' (also stylized '''Cat o' 9 tails''', '''Cat-O´-9-Tails''',<ref name="manual">{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1995|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' GBA instruction booklet|page=24|language=en-us|date=2004|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> '''Cat-O’-Nine-Tails''',<ref>{{cite|date=December 1995|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 79|page=24|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> and '''Cat {{'}}O{{'}} Nine Tails'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 36|page=20|date=March 1996}}</ref>) is a type of [[List of enemies|enemy]] that appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Its name is derived from a type of whip (mentioned in-game by [[Klubba]]) known as the "{{wp|cat o' nine tails}}", possibly also deriving from the well-known saying of cats having "nine lives." They initially appear sitting in place, licking one of their paws. If a Cat O' 9 Tails notices [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]], it begins to rapidly twirl and move around, attempting to whip both [[Kong]]s with its many tails. Being hit head-on will usually damage the Kongs, but by jumping into one, they may instead end up caught in the tails. If the Kongs are caught by one of the tails as they are spinning around, the Cat O' 9 Tails flings them upwards. Though this can allow the Kongs to collect out-of-reach items, this can also put them in danger of flying into certain hazards. Cat O' 9 Tails are invulnerable to attack while they spin around, but after several seconds of spinning, a Cat O' 9 Tails becomes dizzy, leaving them vulnerable to being defeated by either being [[stomp]]ed or rolled into.


==Profiles and statistics==
{{LLQuote|This crazy cat is a whirling dervish. It will tangle you up in its many tails and spin you round until it collapses.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' manual, page 31}}
{{DKC GBA enemy
 
|game=dkc2
A '''Cat O' 9 Tails'''<ref>Duve, Brandon. (2005). [http://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/919611-donkey-kong-country-2/faqs/36522 Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA) The Kong Family Locations Help]. ''GameFAQs''. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/EqvzDZ6AqXw?t=27s ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' credit sequence]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref> (also spelled '''Cat-O'-9-Tails'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, page 31.</ref> and '''Cat o' 9 tails'''<ref>[http://youtu.be/yzKHp2WsmwA?t=16s ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Swanky's Bonus Bonanza (Krazy Kremland)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref>) is a blue cat with many tails, encountered in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Its name is derived from the whip called "[[wikipedia:cat o' nine tails|cat o' nine tails]]," even though Cat O' 9 Tails only appears to have seven tails.
|name=Cat O' 9 Tails
|image=[[File:DKC2GBA Cat O' 9 Tails.png]]
|worlds=[[Krazy Kremland]]<br>[[The Flying Krock]]<br>[[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lost World]]
|levels=[[Mudhole Marsh (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Mudhole Marsh]]<br>[[Screech's Sprint (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Screech's Sprint]]<br>[[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Fiery Furnace]]
|page=6
|photo_location=Around the end area of Fiery Furnace
}}


{{multilang profile
[[File:Cat9Tails.PNG|frame|left]]
|type=manual
Cat O' 9 Tails are fairly rare enemies, encountered in only three levels in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' (namely [[Mudhole Marsh]], [[Screech's Sprint]], and [[Fiery Furnace]]). If a Cat O' 9 Tails spots either [[Diddy Kong]] or [[Dixie Kong]], it will attempt to spin into them and whip them with its tails. The [[Kong]]s must avoid this attack and wait for a Cat O' 9 Tails to collapse from dizziness; it will then become vulnerable to being jumped on the head.
|Eng=This crazy cat is a whirling dervish. It will tangle you up in its many tails and spin you round until it collapses.''<ref name="manual"/>}}


==Gallery==
If the Kongs jump into a Cat O' 9 Tails from above while it is spinning, they will end up being flung into the air. This can help them collect items, although they can be thrown into another enemy or abyss. Also, while Cat O' 9 Tails is spinning, [[cartwheel]]s are useless against it.
<gallery>
Cat O 9 Tails DKC2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' sprite
Cat O' 9 Tails DKC2 ending.png|A Cat O' 9 Tails as seen during the ending
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{Foreignname
|Jap=ネコのナインテール
|Jap=ネコのナインテール☆
|JapR=Neko no Naintēru
|JapR=Neko no Naintēru☆
|JapM=Cat O' 9 Tails
|JapM=Cat O'9 Tails☆
|Ger=Power-Neunschwanz
|Ger=Power-Neunschwanz
|GerM= Power-Ninetail
|GerM= Power-Ninetail}}
|Ita=Gattanovecode
|ItaM=Catninetails
|Spa=Cat O' 9 Tails
}}


==References==
==References==
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