Editing Fugu

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Fugu 01.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|full_name=Fugu, the Frightening
|species=Pufferfish
}}
'''Fugu''' is the fourth boss in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its Nintendo Switch port [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|of the same name]]. He is the boss of [[Sea Breeze Cove]], appearing in the level [[Fugu Face-Off]]. He is the only boss character to have his name in the level's English title. Before the battle, the Kongs meet Fugu while he is small. After the Kongs mock his size, Fugu bloats up and the battle begins. He is named after the {{wp|fugu}} pufferfish.

==General information==
[[File:Hi MrFugu.jpg|thumb|left|Fugu notices [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]].]]
===Physical description===
Fugu is a spherical and yellow pufferfish with three blue stripes on his back and proportionately small blue fins that are wrapped in metal bands, making them resemble ponytails. His only garment is a large and blue bib around his neck that bears the Snowmad insignia on it and a thick stripe along the bottom, both of which are colored pale blue. Fugu's eyes are large and angled with thick blue eyebrows and his mouth is full of sharp teeth and lined with thick reddish lips, with a blue soul patch beneath it. At first, his relative size appears to be rather small, roughly the size of Donkey Kong. However, upon being startled, his size increases immensely and fluctuates numerous times throughout the battle, even growing large enough to take up half of his arena. Like most pufferfish, Fugu has tiny red spikes that erect only when he inflates himself and cover his entire body except for a white and prolate spheroid-shaped patch around his pectoral and tail fins, leaving him open to attacks from behind. With each phase during his boss fight, Fugu's skin takes on a more orangish hue, which turns darker with time.

===Attacks===
[[File:FuguFace-Off.jpg|thumb|220px|Fugu, having summoned a row of [[Sea Urchin]]s to attack the Kongs.]]
Fugu attacks by attempting to inhale the Kongs, exhaling water to push them into the sides of the arena, which are covered with [[hermit crab]]s. Inhaling and exhaling increases and decreases his size respectively, along with whether or not he has spikes. After his initial attack, he begins to summon [[green fish]] and propel himself through the arena. The player can use the [[Corkscrew (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze)|Corkscrew]] attack or [[Cranky Kong]]'s cane attack to send the fish towards Fugu, which can damage him. Otherwise, the Kongs can only hit him on the white spot on his backside (or anywhere whenever his spikes retract). After three hits, the second phase begins, where he retains his previous attacks along with rolling across the arena and summoning [[Sea Urchin]]s. Once the third phase commences after three additional attacks, Fugu inflates himself to a gargantuan size and slowly revolves around the perimeter of the arena, occasionally dropping down and possibly dislodging the hermit crabs. He also quickly jets around the arena and summons increasingly difficult hordes of mostly Sea Urchins with the occasional green fish. Once hit three more times, the final phase ends and the Kongs can punch Fugu into the background.

===Combat===
To defeat Fugu, the Kongs will have to damage him nine times by several means, which include ramming into his backside while he is bloated, ramming a green fish into him or by hitting him while he is deflated.

==Statistics==
{{DK boss
|name=Fugu
|image=[[File:Fugu 01.png|x100px]]
|world=[[Sea Breeze Cove]]
|level=[[Fugu Face-Off]]
|defeat=9
|reward=[[Juicy Jungle]]
|prev=Ba-Boom
|next=Bashmaster
|num=4
|game=Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
}}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=パンパップー
|JpnR=Panpappū
|JpnM=From「パンパン」(''panpan'', bulging) and「プー」(''pū'', onomatopoeia for puffing)
|Fre=Fugli, l'Effroyable
|FreM=Fugli, the Frightening
|Ger=Pfuigu, der Pfuiminante
|GerM=Phoougu, the Phooey Undermining (''Phoougu'' is a portmanteau of ''Pfui'' ("phooey") and "{{wp|fugu}}"
|Ita=Fugu, il fanfarone
|ItaM=Fugu, the braggart
|Spa=Fugu el Furibundo
|SpaM=Fugu the Furious
}}

==Trivia==
*Fugu is the second pufferfish that serves as a boss in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|''Donkey Kong'' franchise]], the first being [[Puftoss]]. Incidentally, both bosses are also fought in the fourth world of their respective games.
*Fugu is the only boss in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' to be shown fully in the level clear screen; the others only have their head shown.
*Whenever Donkey Kong gets hit while Fugu is enlarged, Fugu will break the fourth wall by looking at the screen and chuckling.
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[[Category:Pufferfish]]
[[Category:Snowmads]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze bosses]]
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