Editing Hot-Head Hop

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'''Hot-Head Hop''' is the sixth level in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and the first level of [[Crocodile Cauldron]]. It is the first volcanic level in the game. There are many pits of [[lava]], and the [[Kong]]s can only cross many of them by jumping from [[Krockhead]]s, who make their debut in the level. One of the [[Animal Friends]], [[Squitter]], also debuts in the level. Squitter can create web platforms to help the Kongs cross lava pits or reach hidden areas. There are a few [[Klobber]]s, and they attempt to knock the Kongs into the lava.

[[File:Hot-Head Hop DKC2 GBA.png|thumb|left|Hot-Head Hop in the Game Boy Advance version]]

The Kongs begin the level outside of a tunnel with a dark [[Treasure Chest|treasure chest]], which contains a green [[Extra Life Balloon]], on it. Another treasure chest is ahead of the tunnel that contains the [[KONG Letters|letter K]]. After the heroes pass a Neek and a Klobber, they come up to a pit of lava with a few Krockheads in it, whom they can use as platform to cross. Once they reach the other side of the pit, they come up to a solid area of ground with a raised piece of land in the center of it. A [[DK Barrel]] sits in front of the raised platform, which a Klampon walks along. At the end of this area, the primates can find a Klobber and then a pit with three Krockheads in it. The last of the Krockheads can bounce the heroes high into the air so they can reach another solid piece of land with a treasure chest and a Klobber on it. Inside the treasure chest, they can find a [[Banana Coin]], or, in the [[Game Boy Advance]] version of the game, a [[golden feather]] or a [[Banana Bunch]]. Two more Krockheads stick their heads out of a lava-filled pit ahead of here, and both of them fling the Kongs into the air when jumped on. They can send the heroes onto a high platform shooting out of the lava.

A wider pit of lava containing four Krockheads is ahead of here, and once it is crossed, the primates reach an area with a DK Barrel and a raised piece of land with two Klampons around it. One of the Klampons is in front of the raised piece of ground, and it guards a treasure chest with a [[Cannonball|kannonball]] in it. An additional Klampon marches on the raised platform, which the letter O floats above. The duo can find a lava pit ahead of here that they can cross with two Krockheads that fling them into the air when landed on. A small platform that holds a Klampon is on the other side of the pit, which is followed by an additional pit containing two more Krockheads that can fling them into the air. Another small platform is after this pit, and it holds another Klampon. There is a larger platform near here that supports a [[Cannon|kannon]] and a Klobber. If the Kongs make their way to a pit east from here, they can find two Krockheads in it that can fling them to a nearby [[Star Barrel]] positioned high in the air.

Klampon DKC2.png|'''[[Klampon]]''' (10)

Klobber DKC2 green.png|[[Klobber]] (green) (5)

Krockhead DKC2 green.png|'''[[Krockhead]] (green)''' (4)

Krockhead DKC2 red.png|'''[[Krockhead]] (brown)''' (23)

Kruncha DKC2 blue.png|[[Kruncha]] (blue) (1)

Neek DKC2.png|[[Neek]] (4)

Zinger DKC2 yellow.png|[[Zinger]] (yellow) (4)

Banana Coin.png|[[Banana Coin]] (3)

DK Barrel.png|[[DK Barrel]] (3)

Red Extra Life Balloon DKC2.png|[[Red Balloon|Life Balloon]] (red) (1){{footnote|main|a}}

Green Extra Life Balloon DKC2.png|[[Green Balloon|Life Balloon]] (green) (1){{footnote|main|a}}

Treasure Chest DKC2.png|[[Treasure Chest]] (5)

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{{footnote|note|a|The Red Balloon is rewarded from a No Animal Sign, while the Green Balloon is contained in a treasure chest above the starting point.}}

===K-O-N-G Letters===

[[File:HotHeadHop-SNES-O.png|thumb|150px|The location of the letter O]]

*'''K:''' Inside the first Treasure Chest at the start of the level, just ahead of the starting point.

*'''O:''' On the platform with the second DK Barrel, there are two Klampons, one of whom is on a higher platform. The letter O is above the Klampon on a higher platform.

*'''N:''' After the Squitter Crate, the Kongs (and Squitter) must pass three Neeks. The letter N is floating above a red Krockhead, and it can be reached with Squitter's web platforms.

*'''G:''' After the second Bonus Level, the Kongs and Squitter must continue onward until they encounter a Kruncha. With Squitter's web platforms, they must go above the Kruncha and collect the letter G.

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[[File:Hot-Head Hop DK Coin.png|thumb|The location of the Video Game Hero Coin]]

*'''[[DK Coin|Cranky's Video Game Hero Coin]]''': Right after the Star Barrel, the Kongs can find the Squitter Crate. They must open it and ride Squitter. Just overhead there are a group of bananas shaped as a {{button|SNES|Y}} (or {{button|GBA|B}} in the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance version]]). This indicates the button that the player must press to have Squitter create temporary web platforms. With these platforms, Squitter and the Kongs must continue up, where they can find the Video Game Hero Coin located between many bananas.

*'''[[Golden feather]] (Game Boy Advance version only):''' After the first DK Barrel, the Kongs must continue past three Krockheads and land on the ground to their right. The golden feather is contained within a [[Treasure Chest]] on the ground, and the Kongs must pick it up and hit it into the [[Klobber]] to release the golden feather. If they already collected the golden feather, then the Treasure Chest releases a Banana Bunch instead.

*'''[[Photograph]] (Game Boy Advance version only):''' Shortly after the letter N, there is a Klobber with a photograph floating above its head. The Kongs must defeat it to obtain a photograph of Klobber, which appears under the first page of the [[Scrapbook (Donkey Kong Country series)|Scrapbook]].

*'''Find the Token!''': After the letter N, the Kongs and Squitter must pass a few Klampons and then use Squitter's web platforms to get across a lava pit. After landing on the next ground platform, Squitter must  create more web platforms and follow the direction of the three pairs of two [[banana]]s, which lead northeast into the [[Bonus Barrel]]. In the Bonus Level, the Kongs and Squitter must obtain the Kremkoin within 20 seconds. With Squitter's web platforms, they must move upward (as indicated by the bananas shaped as an up arrow) and collect the Kremkoin at the top-center.

*'''Find the Token!''': Just before the No Animal Sign, there are two Klampons and a Bonus Barrel hovering above them. It can either be reached with the Kongs' [[team up]] move or by Squitter's web platforms. In the Bonus Level, the Kongs and Squitter have 20 seconds to move across a wide pit of a lava and collect the Kremkoin on the other side. If Diddy and Dixie entered the Bonus Barrel with team up, Squitter appears at the start for them to mount. With Squitter's web platforms, they must continue northeast and land onto an elevated ground platform with the Kremkoin. Over the pit are three groups of four bananas each in the shape of a square.

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==Warp Barrel==

[[File:Hot-Head Hop warp GBA.png|thumb|left|The Warp Barrel area in the Game Boy Advance version]]

When starting the level, the Kongs should use their team up move to throw one another on top of the nearby tunnel that they begin the stage next to. If they use their team up move again on this tunnel, they can reach a hidden [[Warp Barrel]] that leads them to a Bonus Level, which contains a No Animal Sign and a group of bananas that form an exclamation mark. Once they exit the Bonus Level through the tunnel to the right of the area, they land in the main level on the final Krockhead in the level, who is located immediately before the End of Level Target.

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Hot-Head Hop green Krockhead.png|The Kongs jump off of a green Krockhead

HotHeadHop-GBA-K.png|The letter K in the Game Boy Advance version

Hot-Head Hop Bonus Level 3 GBA.png|The third Bonus Level in the Game Boy Advance version

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