Editing Pointy Tucks

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Viking Art2 - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|variant_of=[[Tucks]]
|variants=[[Papa Painguin]]<br>[[Trench Tucks]]
|relatives=[[Painguin Tucks]]
|comparable=[[Tiki Torch]]
}}
{{Quote|You mess with the bird, you get the horns.|Question|Trivia: Donkey Kong - Jerks of the Jungle}}
A '''Pointy Tucks''' (also called '''Pointy Tuck''') is a variant of [[Tucks]] appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]]. They are penguin members of the [[Snowmads]] that wear a golden stereotypical Viking helmet. In addition, they wear a leather collar with the Snowmad symbol. Compared to regular Tucks, Pointy Tucks appear to have a less crooked posture and are shorter.

Pointy Tucks have a shielded variant known as [[Trench Tucks]]. [[Papa Painguin]]s are [[Painguin Tucks]]es sporting the same helmets, protecting them in the same way.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
In the game's intro, a Pointy Tucks spots [[Donkey Kong Island]] through a telescope. After inspecting it more closely and finding Donkey Kong's hut, the Tucks immediately reports its findings to [[Lord Fredrik]].

Pointy Tucks are common enemies throughout the [[Kong]]s' adventure. They simply walk from side to side, as with a handful of other enemies. Pointy Tucks cannot be jumped on, as their helmets protect them from being jumped on and cause the Kongs to take damage. The Kongs can defeat a Pointy Tucks by attacking it with a [[Roll Attack|roll]], [[Rambi]], [[Cranky Kong]]'s [[Cane Bounce]], or an object such as a [[barrel]]. The enemy can be stunned briefly by shooting it with a [[popgun]] or by performing a [[Hand Slap|Ground Pound]] next to it. However, in the [[Nintendo Switch]] port of the game, [[Funky Kong]] can eliminate a Pointy Tucks by jumping on them with his surfboard.

===''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''===
A Pointy Tucks, referred to as a "Pointy Tuck" in North American English, is depicted as a ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' series trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''. The trophy's North American description suggests that Pointy Tucks charge with spears, although this is specifically a characteristic of the Papa Painguins, which wear the same helmet but have a belt instead of a collar and are visibly more stout and hunched.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''===
{{SSB4 trophy
|name=Pointy Tuck
|altname=Pointy Tucks
|image=[[File:PointyTuckTrophyWiiU.png|100px]]
|category=Series Related
|appears_in='''Wii U''' ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' (02/2014)
|trophy_box=20: Tropical Freeze
|unlock=Random
|desc=These penguin-like foes from Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze make up just part of the Snowmad army. The big horns on their helmets will make you think twice about jumping on them, and if they spot you, they'll charge at you with their spears. Slapping the ground stuns them, though. Take that chance to roll them into oblivion!
|desc2=When the Snowmad army invades DK Island in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, these penguin-like foes make up just part of its troops. The big horns on their helmets will make you think twice about jumping on them, but in the original game, you can defeat them by rolling or throwing barrels.
}}

===Play Nintendo===
*'''''[[Donkey Kong Match-Up]]:''''' "''Penguins in horned helmets''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Viking Art3 - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' artwork
Viking Group Art - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|Group artwork with a [[Fish Poker Pops]]
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ホルムペンガー
|JpnR=Horumu Pengā
|JpnM=Holm [[Tucks#Names in other languages|Tucks]]; "holm" is a portmanteau of German word ''horn'' and "helm"
|Spa=Vilgüino curtido
|SpaM=Portmanteau of ''vil'' ("vile") and ''pingüino'' ("penguin") + ''curtido'' ("experienced")
|Ger=Piekuin
|GerM=From ''pieksig'' ("spiny") and ''pinguin'' ("penguin")
|FreE=Gorfoufou à cornes
|FreEM=Horned tucks
|Ita=Pinguingo appuntito
|ItaM=Pointy tucks
}}
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