Editing Krazy Kalimba

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:TikiDKCR.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''
|species=[[Tiki Tak Tribe|Tiki]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
}}

{{Quote|You're getting veeeery sleepy.|Question|Trivia: Donkey Kong - Jerks of the Jungle}}
'''Krazy Kalimba'''<ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' (British English version) and ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'': Krazy Kalimba trophy title</ref><ref>{{cite|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DFLPqFUtNaS/|title=Who's your pick for baddie-est baddie? #DonkeyKong Country Returns HD is out now!|publisher=Instagram|author=nintendoamerica|date=January 23, 2025|accessdate=January 29, 2025}}</ref>, also referred to as '''Kalimba'''<ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' and ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'': Kalimba/Krazy Kalimba trophy description</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' internal data</ref><ref>''[[Trivia: Donkey Kong - Jerks of the Jungle]]''</ref> and '''Kalimba Tiki'''<ref>''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' and ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' (American English versions): Kalimba/Krazy Kalimba trophy description</ref>, is a high-ranking member of the [[Tiki Tak Tribe]]. His name comes from "kalimba", a type of {{wp|mbira}}, an African instrument and the basis of his design. Half his body is painted cyan while the other half is painted red, and he wears a rope headband. 

Krazy Kalimba is the only one of the seven hypnotizing Tiki Tak Tribe members with a known gender.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (''3D'' / ''HD'')===
Krazy Kalimba first appears in the opening cutscene of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|3D]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|HD]] ports. In it, after emerging from [[Donkey Kong Island]]'s volcano, he goes to hypnotize the island's animals to steal bananas alongside the other commanders; he is shown hypnotizing an elephant specifically. Krazy Kalimba then stops [[Donkey Kong]] just as he exits his [[DK's Tree House|treehouse]], pushing him back inside and trying to hypnotize him. This fails, and a second attempt fares no better. This cutscene flows directly into the first level of the game, [[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Jungle Hijinxs]], This sequence tasks the player with shaking their controller or mashing certain buttons (both of which are the inputs of the [[Roll Attack|Barrel Roll]]) to attack Kalimba. [[Diddy Kong]] joins Donkey Kong in the multiplayer mode. It ends with Donkey Kong punching Kalimba through the door and into the trees.

The transition for being defeated in levels of the [[Jungle (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Jungle]] depicts Kalimba's silhouette, except for in Time Attack mode. 

When Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong reach the boss level of the Jungle, [[Mugly's Mound]], they notice [[Mugly]] eating bananas. Krazy Kalimba then appears, angrily glaring at the Kongs and clenching his hands, before hypnotizing Mugly to fight them. Once Mugly is defeated, Krazy Kalimba is left dizzy and vulnerable to attack. Attacking him and knocking him into the distance completes the level, or he can be left to recover and fly away to the same effect.

In the final level of the game, [[Tiki Tong Terror]], Krazy Kalimba and the other high-ranking members of the Tiki Tak Tribe partake in a ritual converting them into hands for [[Tiki Tong]]. The hands are destroyed in the battle.

===''Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon'' / ''Luigi's Mansion 2 HD''===
[[File:LM2HD Kalimba Greenie.png|thumb|A tiki mask resembling Kalimba on a Strong Greenie's spear]]
In ''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Luigi's Mansion 2 HD|port]], [[Strong Greenie]]s wielding spears with a tiki mask resembling Kalimba on them appear in the [[Jungle Exhibit]] in [[Treacherous Mansion]]. Regular [[Greenie]]s can also appear with them in the [[ScareScraper]].

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', Krazy Kalimba appears as a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]]. 

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Krazy Kalimba is part of the Tiki Tak Tribe spirit, which includes all of the members who hypnotize bosses in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U''===
{{SSB4 trophy
|name=Kalimba <small>(Nintendo 3DS, American English)</small><br>Krazy Kalimba <small>(Nintendo 3DS, British English / Wii U)</small>
|image='''3DS:'''<br>[[File:KalimbaTikiTrophy3DS.png|100px]]<br>'''Wii U:'''<br>[[File:KrazyKalimbaTrophyWiiU.png|100px]]
|category=Series Related
|appears_in='''Wii''' ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (11/2010)<br>'''3DS''' ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' (05/2013) 
|trophy_box=19: Donkey Kong Country Returns
|unlock=([[File:3DS Logo.svg|32px|link=Nintendo 3DS]]) Random<br>([[File:Wii U Logo.svg|32px|link=Wii U]]) Purchase at the [[smashwiki:Trophy Shop|Trophy Shop]]
|desc=The Tiki Tak Tribe is an evil group of instrumental Tikis from Donkey Kong Country Returns. You first meet Kalimba as he hypnotizes animals with his music. The top of Kalimba Tiki looks a bit like his namesake, an African instrument that is also called a thumb piano.
|desc2=The Tiki Tak Tribe are the enemies shaped like musical instruments in Donkey Kong Country Returns. When Kalimba first turns up, he hypnotises the animals with his music. Incidentally, the top of his head looks just like a kalimba, an African instrument. Never seen one? Look it up!
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Kalimba DKCR opening scene.png|Kalimba after being released from the volcano
Kalimba hypnotize DK attempt DKCR.jpg|Kalimba attempting to hypnotize Donkey Kong
DKCR Kalimba.png|Boss icon
DK Country Returns Puzzle.gif|Kalimba in the StreetPass Mii Plaza ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' puzzle 
LMDM Tiki Spear.png|''[[Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=カリンバティキ
|JpnR=Karinba tiki
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Treat|date=December 28, 2014|title=【スマブラWiiU】フィギュア 全716種まとめ|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kjy7Gd4cjrM|publisher=YouTube|language=ja|accessdate=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
|JpnM=Kalimba Tiki
|Fre=Kalimaboule
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|author=Diddy64wii|date=December 24, 2022|title=Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - Tous les 743 trophées <nowiki>[FR]</nowiki>|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ns-BzHnI7o|publisher=YouTube|language=fr|accessdate=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
|FreM=From kalimba and ''maboule'' (slang for "crazy")
|Ger=Kalimba-Karl
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=Midstrighter|date=August 12, 2018|title=ALLE TROPHÄEN GESAMMELT {{!}} Super Smash Bros. for WiiU #24 <nowiki>[ENDE]</nowiki>|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNN1deL-2ZI|publisher=YouTube|language=de|accessdate=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
|Ita=Kalimbanko
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=fabry90|date=March 27, 2015|title=Super Smash Bros. Wii U - All 716 Trophies|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4NGYp02Z6Y|publisher=YouTube|language=it|accessdate=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
|ItaM=From ''kalimba'' ("{{wp|marímbula}}")
|Spa=Kalimbero
|SpaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Voltar|date=January 25, 2015|title=Super Smash Bros. for WiiU - Trofeos del juego y su descripción|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnM58Z3-Wm0|publisher=YouTube|language=es|accessdate=January 29, 2025}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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