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|image=[[File:Lightfish DK64.png|200px]]<br>The Lightfish's in-game appearance
[[image:Glower.jpg|frame|right|'''Glower the Tadpole'''.]]
|species=Fish
'''Glower the Tadpole''' is an unplayable [[Animal Buddy]] who appears in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' in the Gloomy Galleon level. He's basically just like [[Glimmer|Glimmer the Anglerfish]] and was brought in to possibly bring more variety to animal buddies or to give an origin to [[Winky]] and other frogs. Both are most likely right seeing [[Rare]]'s ways. He appears in the two sunken ships at the level. Meaning that there might be two or that the two ships are connected somehow. His name is made up of fanon as he was never given a real name or even mentioned. Whether or not he has grew into a Winky type frog or even just a gray or green recolor is unknown.
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
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The '''Lightfish'''<ref name=Lightfish>Donkey Kong 64 Banana Guide. [https://web.archive.org/web/20000229142016/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/gg.html Gloomy Galleon]. ''nintendo.com''. Archived from the original on February 29, 2000, 14:20:16 UTC via Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 13, 2014.</ref> is an [[Animal Friend]]{{Ref needed|reason=The source for this being "Lightfish" does not say anything about it being an Animal Friend, and the sources that do call it an Animal Friend are the ones that equate the Lightfish to Glimmer.}} in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. It only appears in [[Gloomy Galleon]], where it follows the active [[Kong]] inside the sunken ships and helps them navigate its dark cabins by lighting up the path forward, much like [[Glimmer]] does in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Whenever it is nearby, a bubbling sound plays. The game's official site used the wording "a Lightfish" in reference to it, suggesting that the Lightfish is part of a species.<ref name=Lightfish/>


The German strategy guide and Spanish Nintendo website both refer to the Lightfish as Glimmer;<ref name=GermanGuide /><ref name=SpanishSite /> the former also features artwork of the Lightfish with a mildly different appearance, much more similar to the ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' Animal Friend.
The appearance of Glower may also point to the fate of his predecessor, Glimmer, who is seen in what are likely his final moments at the hands (or teeth) of a [[Lockjaw]] on the box art of ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' - a game which Glimmer didn't appear in. Glimmer hasn't appeared since his possible 'death' between ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''Donkey Kong Land 2''.


The Lightfish was designed by Chris Seavor,<ref>conkerhimself (July 9, 2021). [https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885?s=19 Some fish thing with a lamp on its head..and. erm... can't  remember the other one. Long time ago..] ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 9, 2021. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193516/https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1413550807828602885?s=19 Archived] July 9, 2021, 19:35:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref><ref>conkerhimself (August 9, 2023). [https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1689255488658042880 Here's my original sketch....] ''Twitter''. Retrieved August 9, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230809162047/https://twitter.com/conkerhimself/status/1689255488658042880 Archived] August 9, 2023, 16:20:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref> former [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] game designer and voice actor of [[Conker]].
[[Category: Donkey Kong Characters]]
 
[[Category: Underwater Creatures]]
==Gallery==
[[Category: Donkey Kong Allies]]
<gallery>
[[Category: Animal Buddies]]
DK64 Lightfish Artwork.jpg|Artwork from the German guide
Seavor Chris DK64 Lightfish concept art.jpg|Concept art of the Lightfish by Chris Seavor
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ger=Glimmer<ref name=GermanGuide>''Donkey Kong 64'' official German guide. {{file link|German glimmer.jpg|Page 2}}.</ref>
|GerM=Glimmer
|Spa=Glimmer, Pez Linterna<ref name=SpanishSite>[http://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html Guía, trucos y ayuda de Donkey Kong 64]. "Animales". ''Guías Nintendo''. Retrieved June 12, 2018. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210709194958/https://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/web_donkey/web_donkey_sp/welcome.html Archived] July 9, 2021, 19:49:58 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
|SpaM=Glimmer, the Lantern Fish
}}
 
==References==
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[[Category:Fish]]
[[Category:Animal Friends]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong allies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong 64 characters]]

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