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[[File:PlusandMinusBarrels_DKC2.png|thumb|150px|Plus and Minus Barrels]]
|image=[[File:PlusandMinusBarrels_DKC2.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
{{quote2|Plus and Minus Barrels are found on the different roller coaster levels. The Plus Barrels will add time to the timer, the Minus Barrels will send you into the [[Minus World]]!|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' manual}}
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
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|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
'''Plus and Minus Barrels'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet, [[Media:DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|page 18]].</ref> (shortened '''+ and - Barrels''' in an issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]''<ref>Nintendo Power Volume 79, [[Media:Nintendo Power79 17.jpg|page 17]].</ref>) are types of [[barrel]]s that only appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' during the level, [[Haunted Hall]]. A Plus Barrel has a green plus sign on it while a Minus Barrel has a red minus sign on it. They are similar to [[Stop & Go Barrel]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' mainly because they are both used to temporarily prevent an invincible enemy from attacking the Kongs.
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Throughout the level, there are Plus and Minus Barrels appearing in mid-air and on the track rails. [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong]] must hit into the Plus Barrels to increment the on-screen timer, but must avoid Minus Barrels which do the opposite, decrease the on-screen timer. If the timer reaches zero, the Kongs will be attacked by the [[Kackle]] pursuing them. Minus Barrels are more frequent in later ports of the level.
'''Plus and Minus Barrels''',<ref name="engmanual">{{cite|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page={{file link|DKC2 Manual 18-19.jpg|18}}}}</ref> also formatted as '''+ and Barrels''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 79|page={{file link|Nintendo Power79 17.jpg|17}}}}</ref> are [[barrel]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Plus Barrels each depict a green plus sign, whilst Minus Barrels each depict a red minus sign. Plus and Minus Barrels are similar to [[Stop & Go Barrel]]s from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' mainly because they are both used to temporarily prevent an invincible enemy from attacking the [[Kong]]s. Plus and Minus Barrels appear mainly in [[Haunted Hall]], in midair and on the track rails throughout. Jumping at the Plus Barrels is required to increase the onscreen timer, though Minus Barrels are hazardous because they decrease the onscreen timer instead. If the timer reaches zero, the Kongs are attacked by the [[Kackle]] pursuing them. In an earlier level, [[Rickety Race (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Rickety Race]], there is a Plus Barrel at the start, hidden below a wooden platform. This Plus Barrel functions differently, because when the Kongs [[jump]] into the first [[Roller Coaster]], if the player holds Left on {{button|snes|Pad}} as the race's start is signaled, the Roller Coaster moves backwards into the Plus Barrel, which speeds up the Roller Coaster to ride on the remaining track segment. Similarly, a Plus Barrel in Haunted Hall's first [[bonus room|Bonus Area]] causes the Roller Coaster to travel backwards at a high speed.
 
In an earlier level, [[Rickety Race (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Rickety Race]], a Plus Barrel appears at the start, hidden beneath a wooden platform. This Plus Barrel has a different functionality; when the Kongs jump into the first [[Roller Coaster]], it rides backward into the Plus Barrel, which speeds up the Roller Coaster to ride on the remaining track segment. Similarly, another Plus Barrel also appears in Haunted Hall's first [[Bonus Area]], and it causes the Roller Coaster to travel backwards at a high speed.
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==Profiles==
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|type=manual
|Eng=Plus and Minus Barrels are found on the different roller coaster levels. The Plus Barrels will add time to the timer, the Minus Barrels will send you into the [[Minus World]]!<ref name="engmanual"/>}}
==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=プラスバレル&マイナスバレル<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet|page=23}}</ref>
|Jap=プラスバレル&マイナスバレル<ref>''Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy'' instruction booklet, page 23.</ref>
|JapR=Purasu Bareru & Mainasu Bareru
|JapR=Purasu Bareru & Mainasu Bareru
|JapM=Plus Barrel & Minus Barrel
|JapM=Plus Barrel & Minus Barrel
|Ita=Barili più e meno<ref>{{cite|language=it|date=2004|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' European manual|page=114}}</ref>
|Ita=Barili più e meno<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' European manual; pag. 114</ref>
|ItaM=Plus and minus barrel
|ItaM=Plus and minus barrel
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:Minus Barrel DKL2 unused.png|frame|The unused Minus Barrel]]
[[File:Minus Barrel DKL2 unused.png|frame|The unused Minus Barrel]]
*The Plus and Minus Barrels do not reappear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', but an [[list of Donkey Kong Land 2 pre-release and unused content|unused]] sprite of a Minus Barrel is hidden within the game data. There is not one for the Plus Barrel.<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Donkey Kong Land 2#Minus Barrel|''Donkey Kong Land 2''#Minus Barrel]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref>
*The Plus and Minus Barrels do not reappear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', but an [[list of Donkey Kong Land 2 pre-release and unused content|unused]] sprite of a Minus Barrel is hidden within the game data. There is not one of the Plus Barrel.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Donkey Kong Land 2#Minus Barrel|Donkey Kong Land 2#Minus Barrel]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.</ref>
*The ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet has [[Cranky Kong]] jokingly state that the Minus Barrel can send the Kongs to the [[Minus World]], only to realize he was talking about the [[Super Mario Bros.|wrong game]].
*The ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet has [[Cranky Kong]] jokingly state that the Minus Barrel can send the [[Kong]]s to the [[Minus World]], then he realizes he was talking about the [[Super Mario Bros.|wrong game]].


==References==
==References==

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