Editing Krockhead

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Krockhead.png|200px|]]<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]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|variant_of=[[Kremling]]
}}
'''Krockheads'''<ref>{{cite|quote=Find the only Krockhead stepping stone and you'll find your buddy [[Rambi the Rhino|Rambi]]. With only the [[Flitter|dragonflies]] left, I'm sure you'll be alright.|author=[[Cranky Kong]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Paul Shinoda|date=1995|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Nintendo Player's Guide''|page=54|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> (also formatted as '''KrocHeads''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction booklet|page=23|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=2004}}</ref> '''Krocheads''',<ref name=PlayersGuide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Paul Shinoda|date=1995|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Nintendo Player's Guide''|page=15|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''Kroc Heads''',<ref>{{cite|date=February 1997|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 47|page=48}}</ref> or '''Krokheads'''<ref>{{cite|date=February 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 35|page=25}}</ref> and also known as '''Krocs'''<ref>{{cite|date=February 1997|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 47|page=46}}</ref>) are primitive [[Kremling]]s<ref name=PlayersGuide/> appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. They are only seen by their head, hence their name, and can be found in swamp and [[lava]] environments, usually in groups. Krockheads slightly resemble a giant crocodile named {{iw|wikipedia|sarcosuchus}}, due to the bulbous tip of the snout. They also resemble the {{iw|wikipedia|gharial}}, but the Krockhead's snout is not as thin as the gharial's.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
[[File:Krochead2.jpg|thumb|left|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', showing a Krockhead partially submerged]]
Krockheads are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. They appear in two colors, green and brown (changed to bright red in the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]]), each having their own traits. Krockheads usually serve as dormant platforms that [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] can jump from to travel across the lava or swamp. The main difference between green and brown Krockheads is that if the Kongs jump on a brown one, it opens its mouth wide, causing them to be sent high into the air. The player can hold left or right on {{button|SNES|pad}} to control which direction the Kongs go. Some brown Krockheads bounce them higher than others. In some of the swamp levels, Krockheads continuously bob themselves up and down in the water, requiring the Kongs to time their jumps accordingly or else they sink into the swamp with the Krockhead. Krockheads are the main feature in [[Krockhead Klamber (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Krockhead Klamber]], as the name would suggest, and the second half of the level has some green Krockheads that emerge to the surface temporarily upon touching a [[Krockhead Barrel]]. Brown Krockheads do not submerge into the swamp nor are they affected by Krockhead Barrels.
===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
Krockheads are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Land 2''. Both types return from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. Similarly as before, Krockheads are first encountered in [[Hothead Hop]]. Krockheads appear in [[Kleaver's Kiln]], where they emerge from the level every time [[Kleever|Kleaver]] is hit by a [[Cannonball|kannonball]], and the player characters can jump from them to go to the other side of the arena; if they wait too long, the Krockheads go back into the lava. Krockheads once again appear in their namesake level, [[Krockhead Klamber (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Krockhead Klamber]]. Unlike ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', a Krockhead appears in the ending's cast of characters, under "The Baddies" with the other enemies and bosses.

==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
{{DKC GBA enemy
|game=dkc2
|name=Krockhead
|image=[[File:DKC2 GBA Green Krockhead.png]] [[File:DKC2 GBA Red Krockhead.png]]
|worlds=[[Crocodile Cauldron]]<br>[[Krem Quay]]<br>[[Krazy Kremland]]
|levels=[[Hot-Head Hop]]<br>[[Barrel Bayou (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Barrel Bayou]]<br>[[Krockhead Klamber (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Krockhead Klamber]]<br>[[Mudhole Marsh (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Mudhole Marsh]]
|page=7
|photo_location=In Barrel Bayou
}}

{{Multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=The green heads make great stepping stones and the brown heads are excellent springboards for reaching those high places.<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' manual|page=31|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=1995|author=Nintendo}}</ref>}}

*'''Player's Guide:''' ''These primitive Kremlings inhabit swamps and are not quick to attack. With their springy jaws, they make great stepping stones and catapults, but be careful that they don't sink out of sight just as you're making your leap.''<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent and Paul Shinoda|date=1995|page=15|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>

*'''Game Boy Advance'''
{{Multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=The green heads make great stepping stones, while the brown heads are handy springboards for reaching those high places.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) manual|page=23|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=2004|author=Nintendo}}</ref>}}

==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
DKC2 Brown Krockhead.png|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' (brown)
Krockhead DKC2 green.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' (green)
Krockhead DKC2 red.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' (brown)
Krockhead Klamber DKC2 screenshot.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Krochead DKL2 sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land 2''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=クロコヘッド
|JapR=Kurokoheddo
|JapM=Krockhead
|Jap2=ジャンピングクロコヘッド
|Jap2R=Janpingu Kurokoheddo
|Jap2M=Jumping Krockhead
|Ita=Krockapo<ref>{{cite|title=[https://www.mariocastle.it/scan-del-manuale-di-donkey-kong-country-2-diddys-kong-quest/ ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction booklet]|page=119|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2004}}</ref> 
|ItaM=Kroc-head, ''capo'' ("head") is written with a K
}}

==References==
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{{Kremlings}}
{{DKC2}}
{{DKL2}}
[[Category:Kremlings]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong species]]
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