Editing Green Balloon

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{{about|the green-colored balloons from the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]] games|the green-colored balloons from [[Diddy Kong Racing]] and [[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]|[[Weapon Balloon]]}}
{{item infobox
|image=[[File:Green Balloon - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|150px]]
|description=Original: Grants two extra lives.<br>New: ''"Automatically saves you from falling to your doom up to three times! (But not all the time.)"''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}
{{quote|Pitfalls got [[Kong|ya]] down? Way down? This balloon will really lift your spirits!|Funky Kong|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze}}
A '''Green Balloon''' is an item in the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]]. It is identical to a [[Red Balloon]], except, as its name indicates, it is colored green. In ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', it is a type of Extra Life Balloon<ref>{{cite|author=Owsen, Dan, Kent Miller, and Paul Shinoda|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' Player's Guide|page=15|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996|quote=Extra Life Balloons come in three great flavors. Red Balloons give you one extra life, Green Balloons give you two and the elusive Blue Balloons give you three extra lives!}}</ref> and is also known as a '''2-Up Balloon'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1994|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Player's Guide|page=28|quote='''Get Four Free Lives!''' Go get Diddy out of the first DK Barrel, select him, and then come back to the Treehouse door. Using Super Jumps, Diddy can cartwheel and jump his way along the treetops through the first section of this stage. Two red 1-Up Balloons will appear and then a green 2-Up Balloon will present itself. Grab ’em all!}}</ref> as it grants two [[extra life|extra lives]].<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 65|page=23|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|date=October 1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|quote=Green Balloons are 2-Ups.}}</ref>

Green Balloons have a different purpose in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' (and [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch port]]), where one can be obtained at [[Cranky Kong's Shop]] for three [[Banana Coin]]s or at [[Funky's Fly 'n' Buy]] for seven Banana Coins, respectively. If [[Donkey Kong]] (or [[Funky Kong]] in the [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'') equips a Green Balloon, it brings him back to the stage after he falls into a [[Pit|bottomless pit]]. This process locks the camera and allows Donkey Kong to adjust his automatic ascent left and right. While using a Green Balloon, Donkey Kong can float through solid objects. The jump button lets Donkey Kong hop off as per Red Balloons. If the player takes too long to do so, the Green Balloon will flicker and eventually pop on its own. If Donkey Kong is riding [[Rambi]], Green Balloons do not activate. Green Balloons are unusable in stages that require Donkey Kong and [[Diddy Kong]] to keep moving, or when they are riding either a [[Mine Cart]] or a [[Rocket Barrel]]. Green Balloons cannot be used during multiplayer.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
Extra Life Balloons DKC art.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
Extra Life Balloons DKC2 artwork.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
DKC2Balloon.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
ExtraLifeBalloon DKC3.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
Greenballoon DKCR3D.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''
DKCRHD Green Balloon.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]''
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
Green Balloon DKC SNES.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
Green Extra Life Balloon DKC2.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
Green Extra Life Balloon DKC3.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
DKC GBC Green Balloon.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)
DKC GBA Green Balloon.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBA)
DKC2 GBA Green Balloon.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (GBA)
DKC3 GBA Green Balloon.png|''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery>
LEGO SM-71425 Diddy Kong's Mine Cart Ride.png|[[LEGO Super Mario|LEGO ''Super Mario'']]
</gallery>
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=グリーンバルーン
|JpnR=Gurīn Barūn
|JpnM=Green Balloon
}}

==References==
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