Editing Lurchin

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{{about|the enemy introduced in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble|the enemy in [[Wario: Master of Disguise]]|[[Lurchin (Wario: Master of Disguise)]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Lurchin DKC3 art.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork of a Lurchin from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|notable=[[Barbos]]
}}
'''Lurchins''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. These sea urchin-like creatures appear in water-based settings, including riversides, boardwalks, and underwater. Lurchins have two yellow-spiked, green outer shells, on the top and bottom respectively, and a thin, squishy pink segment that connects both shells. Lurchin's face is on the squishy segment, and they have large eyes with bulging, red veins. In both games, [[Enguarde]] fights a large Lurchin boss known as [[Barbos]].

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
Lurchins are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. They do not attack [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] directly, but remain either stationary or move up and down in a set path while opening and closing their shell instead. Some Lurchins move more quickly than others. Because of their spiky shell, a Lurchin hurts the [[Kong]]s on contact. A Lurchin can be defeated from [[Enguarde]]'s sword stab, like other underwater enemies, but Lurchins are unique in that Enguarde can damage them only while their squishy portion is exposed, because touching Lurchin's spiky shell similarly damages Enguarde. In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], a Lurchin is featured as a photograph within the "[[Aquatic Attackers]]" enemy class. In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], Lurchins in [[Ripcurl Reef]] are cosmetically different, having a yellow shell, purple spikes and a green center.

===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
Lurchins are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Land III''. They act the same as before, except in Barbos' boss stage, [[Barbos Bastion]], where when Barbos directs a few Lurchins after Enguarde, one of them moves slowly before stopping and opening its shell; while the Lurchin is exposed, it can be stabbed by Enguarde to launch back into Barbos, with a possibility of also bouncing off the walls in the process. 

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
{{columns|count=2|
;Level appearances
*[[Tidal Trouble]] ([[Bonus Level]] only)
*[[Bazza's Blockade]] (Bonus Level only)
*[[Fish Food Frenzy]]
*[[Floodlit Fish]]
*[[Pot Hole Panic (Donkey Kong Country 3)|Pot Hole Panic]]
*[[Barbos's Barrier]]
*[[Poisonous Pipeline]]
*[[Dingy Drain-Pipe]] (remake only)
*[[Stormy Seas]] (remake only)
*[[Sunken Spruce]] (remake only)
*[[Ripcurl Reef]] (remake only)
}}

===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
;Level appearances
*[[Seabed Shanty]]
*[[Coral Quarrel]]
*[[Jetty Jitters]]
*[[Riverbank Riot]]
*[[Surface Tension]]
*[[Deep Reef Grief]]
*[[Ugly Ducting]]
*[[Haunted Hollows]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Lurchin DKC3.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Lurchin DKC3 Photo Album.png|[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Lurchin DKLIII sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land III''
Lurchin DKL3c sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
Lurchin DKC3 GBA sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
Lurchin (Gold) GBA Sprite.png|Sprite of the golden variant from ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
Lurchin DKC3 GBA prototype color variation.png|An unused color variant of Lurchin in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA), later replaced by the golden variant
Lurchin Nibbla Koco 4-koma Gag Battle.png|A Lurchin alongside a [[Nibbla]] and [[Koco]] in ''[[4-koma Gag Battle]]''.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=リラーチ
|JapR=Rirāchi
|JapM=Relurch
}}

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[[Category:Echinoderms]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! enemies]]
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