Editing Puftup

{{Distinguish|Pufftup}}

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|image=[[File:Puftup DKC2 art.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of a Puftup

|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])

|related=[[Pufftup]]

{{quote2|Slowly, but steadily, Puftup rises from the depths, getting bigger and bigger as he puffs himself up. Watch out for his spines!|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' manual, page 31}}

'''Puftups''' are {{wp|porcupinefish|porcupine fish}}<ref name=PorcupineFish>{{media link|DKC general naming.jpg|Early DKC general naming sheet}}</ref> enemies that inhabit the waters of [[Crocodile Isle]] and the bog in [[Ghost Island]]. They first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Puftup's name is a reference to its ability to get "puffed up". A similar enemy, [[Pufftup]], appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''.

 

===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===

In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', Puftups appear in many underwater levels. When [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] approach a Puftup, it inflates itself up. Depending on their tail color, some Puftups explode after puffing up and release spikes in four direction; if a blue-tail Puftup explodes, its spikes are unleashed in every cardinal direction, and if a green-tail Puftup explodes, its spikes are unleashed in every ordinal direction. The Puftups with a red tail do not explode, and they deflate themselves shortly after inflating. Puftups can be defeated by [[Enguarde the Swordfish]], although he is still vulnerable to Puftup's spikes.

During the end credits' cast of characters, Puftups are featured under the "[[Submerged Seadogs]]" category.

 

Puftups make a second appearance in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. Unlike their previous appearance, Puftups do not puff up and explode to attack.

Puftups return as underwater enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' and were changed to purple. Puftups are usually stationary and act more like hazards than enemies: if the active Kong approaches a Puftup, it explodes like an aquatic mine. [[Puftoss]], the boss of [[Gloomy Galleon]] and fourth overall boss, is a large Puftup. During the boss fight against [[King Kut Out]], a few Puftups appear in the surrounding water.  

In ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]'', Puftups were changed to silver. When a Puftup is deflated, [[Donkey Kong]] and Diddy Kong can perform a charge attack to defeat it.

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Puftup DKC2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (SNES)

Puftup DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2''

Puftup DK64 render.png|''Donkey Kong 64''

Puftup DKC2GBA.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance)

Puftup DKJC.png|''DK: Jungle Climber''

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[[File:SwellBelly_Puffed.png|thumb|A Swellbelly]]

*Puftups were [[List of Donkey Kong Country pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'',<ref name=PorcupineFish/> with blue tail and fins, but were removed from the final version.<ref>[http://tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_Country/Unused_Object_Graphics TCRF article]</ref>

*In the [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] game ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Tooie|Banjo-Tooie]]'', the Puftups were recycled into the [[jiggywikki:Swellbelly|Swellbelly]] enemy. The Swellbelly almost acts exactly the same as Puftups from ''Donkey Kong 64'': its only difference is that it is orange and is fought slightly differently, swelling larger but not exploding.

[[Category:Pufferfish]]

[[Category:Submerged Seadogs]]

[[Category:DK: Jungle Climber Enemies]]

[[Category:Donkey Kong 64 Enemies]]

[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 Enemies]]