Editing Rope (ghost)

{{species infobox 
|image=[[File:Rope DKC2 art.png|50px]]<br>Artwork
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[list of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[list of games by date#2004|2004]])
}}
'''Ropes''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Munson, Terry and Paul Shinoda|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' Player's Guide|page=20 and 87|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1995}}</ref> also known as '''phantom ropes'''<ref>{{cite|quote=If you’re unsure about grabbing a phantom rope, wait a few seconds to watch its pattern and gauge how much you’d have.|date=December 1995|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 79|page=26|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> and '''ghost ropes''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 49|page=50|date=April 1997}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] that appear in [[Gloomy Gulch]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. They are long vine apparitions that can be used like normal [[rope]]s, except ghostly ropes vanish and reappear every few seconds continuously. In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', ropes make their first and only appearance in [[Ghostly Grove (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Ghostly Grove]]. They also appear in the [[Ghostly Grove (Donkey Kong Land 2)|level counterpart]] of ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' and at the very start of [[Web Woods (Donkey Kong Land 2)|its Web Woods counterpart]]. These ghostly ropes have to be used as normal ropes by [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] to safely cross over [[pit]]s or reach higher areas. A rope flashes every few seconds to indicate that it is about to vanish. Some ropes vanish and reappear at a quicker rate, which is especially evident when ropes are used to make it to a [[Bonus Barrel]].

In ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', there are similar obstacles named [[Boo Barrel]]s, which also have a cycle of vanishing temporarily.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Rope DKC2 sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
GhostlyGroveSNES2.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=おばけロープ
|JapR=Obake rōpu
|JapM={{wp|Obake}} Rope
|Ita=Liana Fantasma
|ItaM=Ghost Vine
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong species]]
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[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 objects]]