Editing Kudgel

{{about|the [[Kremling]] from the [[Donkey Kong Country (series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' series]]|the hammer Pixl from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''|[[Cudge]]}}
{{character-infobox
|image=[[File:Kudgel.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of Kudgel from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|full_name=Kudgel
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|species=[[Kremling]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Chris Sutherland]] (2004)
}}
'''Kudgel''' is a large, over-muscular, club wielding [[Kremling]] and third boss in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. His name is derived from "cudgel", meaning "club" or "to beat with a club".

Kudgel was protector of [[Crocodile Isle]] main port, [[Krem Quay]].<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide, Nintendo, 1995, p. 16</ref> Kudgel is fought in the level '''Kudgel's Kontest'''. Kudgel attacks [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] by leaping up through the air and trying to smash down on them. The [[Kong]]s must carefully dodge Kudgel's leaps and leap whenever Kudgel lands, as he will send out a shockwave that can stun the Kongs, leaving them open to attack.

After a few jumps, Kudgel will land and swing his club. He then performs a short jump that causes a [[TNT Barrel]] to appear. The TNT Barrel must be thrown at Kudgel quickly or Kudgel will jump away; if the Kongs try to throw the TNT Barrel at Kudgel after he jumps away, he'll block the TNT Barrel with his club. Every time Kudgel is hit with a TNT Barrel, he will jump progressively lower and faster.

After taking three TNT Barrels, Kudgel does alter his battle strategy by performing three high jumps, followed by a short jump that causes another TNT Barrel to appear. Kudgel will speed up his movement each time he takes a hit by a TNT Barrel.

After being hit by six TNT Barrels, Kudgel will be blasted into the nearby swampy water of [[Krem Quay]] where he apparently perished.

Kudgel is the only boss from ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' who does not reappear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', likely due to system limitations.

==Names in other languages==
===Kudgel===
{{foreign names
|Jap=グラッバ
|JapR=Gurabba
|JapM=Glubba; note that he is an only Kremling that his name does not start with "K sound" in Japanese editions.
|Ita=Klavo
|ItaM=From "clava", meaning "club," with the C as a K to match the Kremling name and -a replaced with -o as a masculine form
}}

===Kudgel's Kontest===
{{foreign names
|Jap=げきしん！ボス グラッバ
|JapR=Gekishin! Bosu Gurabba
|JapM=Quake! Boss Kudgel
}}

==Trivia==
*Kudgel's SNES sprites show him wearing yellow pants instead of the red ones depicted in his official art. This was corrected in the GBA remake.
*Kudgel's voice in the Game Boy Advance version is [[Chunky Kong]]'s voice recycled.

==See also==
*[[Klubba]], who is the guardian of the [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lost World]], is a palette swap of Kudgel.
==References==
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