Editing Puftup

{{Distinguish|[[Pufftup]], a similar enemy in [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]}}

|image=[[File:Puftup DKC2 art.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''

'''Puftups''', also called '''Puffer Fish''',<ref>{{cite|author=Lockhart, Ryan|date=1999|title=''Donkey Kong 64'' Official Perfect Guide|publisher=Versus Books|language=en-us|page=57}}</ref> are [[list of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. These {{iw|wikipedia|porcupinefish|porcupine fish}}<ref name=PorcupineFish>{{file link|DKC general naming.jpg|Early ''Donkey Kong Country'' general naming sheet}}</ref> inhabit the waters of [[Crocodile Isle]]. Puftup's name is a reference to its ability to get "puffed up".

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

Puftups are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. Puftups puff themselves up whenever the [[Kong]]s approach them. Depending on their color, some Puftups puff themselves up until they explode and release spikes in four direction; if a blue-tinted Puftup explodes, its spikes are unleashed in every cardinal direction, and if a green-tinted Puftup explodes, its spikes are unleashed in every ordinal direction. The brown Puftups do not explode, and they deflate themselves shortly after inflating. Puftups can be defeated by [[Enguarde]], although he is still vulnerable to Puftup's spikes. In the [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], all Puftups are brown, regardless of behavior. In the cast roll, a Puftup is categorized under the "[[Submerged Seadogs]]" category.

Puftups are also enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. The only difference is that they never explode to attack. Puftups commonly swim up and down puffing in and out.

Puftups are enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They 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. A few mobile Puftups appear in the surrounding water during the boss fight against [[King Kut Out]].

Puftups are enemies in ''[[DK: Jungle Climber]]''. They were changed to silver, and they inhabit the bog of [[Ghost Island]]. A deflated Puftup can be defeated from a charge attack.

 

Puftups were [[List of Donkey Kong Country pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to appear in ''Donkey Kong Country''.<ref name=PorcupineFish/> Their {{file link|Puftup DKC sprite.gif|unused sprites}} show them with a blue tail and fins.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_Country/Unused_Object_Graphics|title=''Donkey Kong Country''|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=June 3, 2024}}</ref>

 

==Profiles and statistics==

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

|image=[[File:Puftup DKC2GBA.png]] [[File:DKC2GBA Puftup swollen.png]]

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|Eng=Slowly, but steadily, Puftup rises from the depths, getting bigger and bigger as he puffs himself up. Watch out for his spines!''<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' manual|page=31|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995}}</ref>}}

Puftup DKC2.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''

DKC2 Puftup swollen brown.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''

DKC2 Puftup swollen blue.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''

DKC2 Puftup swollen green.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''

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

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

[[File:SwellBelly_Puffed.png|thumb|A Swellbelly in ''Banjo-Tooie'']]

*In ''[[jiggywikki:Banjo-Tooie|Banjo-Tooie]]'', the ''Donkey Kong 64'' Puftups were recycled into the [[jiggywikki:Swellbelly|Swellbelly]] enemy, which behaves nearly the same as Puftups from ''Donkey Kong 64'': The only differences are that it is orange, has green eyes and mouth instead of red, and is fought slightly differently, swelling larger but not exploding.

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