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{{character infobox
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:DK64 Puftoss.png|230px]]<br>Model from ''Donkey Kong 64''
|image=[[File:DK64 Puftoss.png|230px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
|species=[[Puftup]]
|species=[[Puftup]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
}}
}}
'''Puftoss''',<ref>{{cite|author=Bihldorff, Nate et al.|date=1999|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=72}}</ref> also known as '''Blowfish Baddie''',<ref>{{cite|author=Barton, Jeff, Mario De Govia, and Donato Tica|date=December 1, 1999|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-2279-4|page=90}}</ref> '''Sea Spike''',<ref>{{cite|author=Lockhart, Ryan|date=1999|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Perfect Guide|publisher=Versus Books|language=en-us|page=115}}</ref> or the '''Pufferfish''',<ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Ken Schmidt|date=1999|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Strategy Guide|publisher=Bradygames|language=en-us|isbn=1-56686-909-9|page=84}}</ref> is a massive yellowish [[Puftup]] and the boss of [[Gloomy Galleon]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. His physical differences from a normal Puftup include three jagged teeth on his lower jaw, larger eyes with brown pupils and light pink eyeballs. His name is a portmanteau of "Puftup" and "boss".
'''Puftoss''', also known as '''Blowfish Baddie''',<ref>''Donkey Kong 64'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide, page 90</ref> is a massive yellowish [[Puftup]] and the boss of [[Gloomy Galleon]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. His physical differences from a normal Puftup include three jagged teeth on his lower jaw, larger eyes with brown pupils and light pink eyeballs.  
 
== Battle ==
[[File:Puftoss DK64 battle.png|thumb|left|Lanky in a boss fight against Puftoss]]
To fight Puftoss, the Kongs must feed 250 [[banana]]s to [[Scoff]] at the [[Troff 'n' Scoff]] location, allowing [[Troff]] to unlock the boss door. [[Lanky Kong]] is the [[Kong]] who is selected to fight the boss.
 
After entering the boss door, Lanky finds himself in a dark, isolated galleon area. He is sitting inside of a small motorboat shaped like a coconut half. For a few seconds, Lanky casually looks around and scratches himself. The screen turns to a silhouette, which lets out a growl. Lanky falls backward, then tries observing the source of the growl. Lanky gets scared and turns on the boat's light to help him identify the source of the growl. After waving in front of the light, Lanky notices Puftoss right in front of him, directly staring at him. Puftoss lets out a loud roar, and Lanky falls backward in shock. The battle then begins.
 
Puftoss only sits in the center of the pool during the battle, and does not move his body around. He only changes direction, by attempting to spit fireballs at Lanky as he drives around in a motorboat. Lanky's goal is to bring electrical poles out from the water by driving each DK stars. A 30 second timer appears when he drives through the first DK star, and resets back to 30 when he drives through the next, and so forth. After driving through the fifth star, the fifth pole rises out from the water, and they create an electric current that electrocutes Puftoss. If the timer runs out, the poles retract back into the water, and Lanky has to redo the whole process. Lanky does not get injured if he hits into Puftoss, which is unusual for a boss fight.
 
[[File:Puftoss shocked DK64.png|thumb|Puftoss gets electrocuted from the poles]]
Puftoss's pattern changes for every round: in the second round, he shoots out four fireballs and then ground pounds into the water, which creates a pair of two blue shockwaves. Lanky can avoid the shockwaves from either a well-timed jump or by going to the very edge of the arena, as the shockwaves disappear when touching the electric poles. To add to the difficulty, the DK stars get smaller for each round and the countdown timer decreases by an additional five seconds: starting with 25, then 20, followed by 15, and lastly 10 seconds.


Fighting Puftoss requires that 250 [[banana]]s be fed to [[Scoff]] at the [[Troff 'n' Scoff]] location in order for [[Troff]] to unlock the door that leads to the battle against Puftoss. [[Lanky Kong]] is the [[Kong]] who is selected to fight Puftoss. When entering the boss door, Lanky finds himself in a dark, isolated galleon area while sitting inside of a small motorboat shaped like a coconut half. After a few seconds, the screen turns to a silhouette, which lets out a growl. After falling backward, Lanky puts on the boat's light to help him identify where the source of the growl. Puftoss appears in front of Lanky after he waves in front of the light, staring at him directly. After Puftoss lets out a large roar, the battle starts.
After driving through the five DK stars and electrocuting Puftoss again, he adds another attack to his pattern for the third round: spitting a large fireball in the air, which divides itself into smaller fireballs that rain onto the arena for about ten seconds. In the fourth round, instead of creating a shockwave, Puftoss spits out a [[Puftup]] which explodes on impact. If the Puftup does not crash into an object, it still explodes automatically after 13 seconds. Puftoss retains his pattern for the fifth round, except in a different order: he shoots out five fireballs, then a Puftup, then five more fireballs, and finally causes it to rain fireballs.


During gameplay, Puftoss sits in the center of the pool during the battle. He changes direction to try and spit fireballs at Lanky. Lanky can damage Puftoss by bringing electrical poles out from the water by driving through all five DK stars, each having a 30-second timer and resetting as he drives through each one. If done on time, the poles generate an electric current that electrocutes Puftoss, otherwise the poles go back into the water. Puftoss cannot damage Lanky on contact. Puftoss's pattern changes during every round: In the second round, he shoots out four fireballs and slams the water, creating two blue shockwaves, which disappear on contact with the electric poles. The DK stars become increasingly smaller in round, and their corresponding timer decreases by an additional five seconds: starting with 25, then 20, followed by 15, and lastly 10 seconds. After a third hit, Puftoss begins to utilize another attack in which it spits a large fireball in the air that then divides itself into smaller fireballs to rain on to the arena for about ten seconds. After a third hit, Puftoss begins spitting out a Puftup, which explodes after a while. After a fourth hit, Puftoss begins shooting out five fireballs, then a Puftup, then five more fireballs, and lastly causes it to rain fireballs. Puftoss is defeated after a fifth hit, causing it to inflate and then deflate after flying around the arena while air is released from its mouth. Afterwards, Puftoss is reduced to being small and flat, and it floats down to the water slowly, vanishing on contact with it, and the [[Boss Key]] appears on the water's surface for Lanky to collect.
After being electrocuted a fifth time, Puftoss is defeated, as it inflates too large and bursts. Puftoss flies around the arena while letting air out from his mouth, causing him to deflate in size. After losing all of its air, Puftoss is reduced to being small and flat, and it slowly floats down to the water. Just when it hits the water, Puftoss vanishes, and the [[Boss Key]] appears on the water's surface for Lanky to collect.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Puftoss Full Body.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong 64''
Puftoss Full Body.png|Puftoss as shown in the game.
Puftoss DK64 battle.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong 64'' of the boss fight
Puftoss shocked DK64.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong 64'' of Puftoss being electrocuted from the poles
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=パフトス<ref>{{cite|date=2000|title=「ドンキーコング64任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|page=78}}</ref>
|Jap=パフトス
|JapR=Pafutosu
|JapR=Pafutosu
|JapM=Puftoss
|JapM=Puftoss
}}
}}


==References==
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