Skittler

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“Close the door! I don't want any of those spiders getting in here.”
—Cranky Kong, Donkey Kong Country Returns
Skittler
Skittler from Donkey Kong Country Returns.DKCR Purple Skittler.png
Both types of Skittler
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
Variants
Comparable

Skittlers are arthropod enemies that appear in the Forest levels in Donkey Kong Country Returns, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. Skittlers resemble and behave like real world spiders, although they only have six feet instead of eight. They appear in both orange and purple varieties.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country series[edit]

Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD[edit]

Purple Skittlers rise and lower on a web thread, falling to the ground if jumped on. Some purple Skittlers hanging directly above a pit can instantly be defeated from a jump attack instead of falling down. Orange Skittlers lower from their thread and onto the ground by themselves.

When on ground, both purple and orange varieties tend to chase after Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, with specific patterns to their behavior: after they land, they proceed walking towards the Kongs and immediately change direction if the characters jump over them. The Skittlers then walk straight ahead a short distance, during which they do not turn around regardless of where the Kongs are situated, unless the Skittlers encounter a wall or the end of a platform. Once they fully walk this designated distance, they will turn around should they detect the Kongs in the opposite direction, repeating the pattern so described until defeated. The only exceptions are some purple Skittlers in the stage Topsy Turvy, which always immediately change direction when jumped over. In addition, some Skittlers in the game may walk off a platform instead of turning around at its edge.

If the Kongs are touched by a Skittler, they lose a heart point. The Kongs cannot approach a Skittler with a Roll Attack if it hangs from a thread, though other attacks are effective against it. When on land, Skittlers can be defeated by any attack, including a roll.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]

Forest Folly
Multiple frozen Skittlers can be seen at the bottom of the landscape and on totems. Notice the large spider webs cladding a totem.

In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, several Skittlers can be seen in the background of the level Forest Folly, frozen solid.

WarioWare: Get It Together![edit]

Purple Skittlers reappear in WarioWare: Get It Together! as enemies in the Donkey Kong Country Returns microgame.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese スパイダーノ[?]
Supaidāno 		From "spider" and possibly "-ano" (the reversal form of Italian augmentative suffix -ona) orange version
スパイダーニ[1]
Supaidāni 		From "spider" and possibly "-ani" (the reversal form of Italian diminutive suffix -ina) purple version
French (NOE) Arakna[?] From «ἀράχνη» (aráchni, "spider" in Greek)
German Krabbler[?] An agentive form of krabbeln ("to crawl")
Italian Zampalilla[?] Paw-lilla
Spanish (NOE) Arañoide[?] From araña ("spider") and the suffix -oide ("-oid")

References[edit]

  1. ^ 「ドンキーコングリターンズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Donkey Kong Returns Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 23Media:DKR Shogakukan P23.jpg.
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Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters Protagonists Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly (Krazy Kalimba) • Scurvy Crew (The Maraca Gang) • Stu (Gong Oh) • Mole Miner Max/Mole Train (Banjo Bottom) • Mangoruby (Wacky Pipes) • Thugly (Xylobone) • Colonel Pluck (Cordian) • Tiki Tong
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Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Crash Guard2 • Green Balloon2 • Hanging vine • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Mole Train • Trapdoor
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Charge • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack
Levels Jungle 1-1: Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2: King of Cling • 1-3: Tree Top Bop • 1-4: Sunset Shore • 1-5: Canopy Cannons • 1-6: Crazy Cart • 1-K: Platform Panic • 1-B: Mugly's Mound
Beach 2-1: Poppin' Planks • 2-2: Sloppy Sands • 2-3: Peaceful Pier • 2-4: Cannon Cluster • 2-5: Stormy Shore • 2-6: Blowhole Bound • 2-7: Tidal Terror • 2-K: Tumblin' Temple • 2-B: Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins 3-1: Wonky Waterway • 3-2: Button Bash • 3-3: Mast Blast • 3-4: Damp Dungeon • 3-5: Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6: Temple Topple • 3-K: Shifty Smashers • 3-B: Ruined Roost
Cave 4-1: Rickety Rails • 4-2: Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3: Bombs Away • 4-4: Mole Patrol • 4-5: Crowded Cavern • 4-K: Jagged Jewels • 4-B: The Mole Train
Forest 5-1: Vine Valley • 5-2: Clingy Swingy • 5-3: Flutter Flyaway • 5-4: Tippin' Totems • 5-5: Longshot Launch • 5-6: Springy Spores • 5-7: Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8: Muncher Marathon • 5-K: Blast & Bounce • 5-B: Mangoruby Run
Cliff 6-1: Sticky Situation • 6-2: Prehistoric Path • 6-3: Weighty Way • 6-4: Boulder Roller • 6-5: Precarious Plateau • 6-6: Crumble Canyon • 6-7: Tippy Shippy • 6-8: Clifftop Climb • 6-K: Perilous Passage • 6-B: Thugly's Highrise
Factory 7-1: Foggy Fumes • 7-2: Slammin' Steel • 7-3: Handy Hazards • 7-4: Gear Getaway • 7-5: Cog Jog • 7-6: Switcheroo • 7-7: Music Madness • 7-R: Lift-off Launch • 7-K: Treacherous Track • 7-B: Feather Fiend
Volcano 8-1: Furious Fire • 8-2: Hot Rocket • 8-3: Roasting Rails • 8-4: Smokey Peak • 8-5: Bobbing Basalt • 8-6: Moving Melters • 8-7: Red Red Rising • 8-K: Five Monkey Trial • 8-B: Tiki Tong Terror
Cloud2 9-1: Crushin' Columns2 • 9-2: Gushin' Geysers2 • 9-3: Spiky Surprise2 • 9-4: Mischievous Moles2 • 9-5: Topsy Turvy2 • 9-6: Tar Ball Fall2 • 9-7: Robo Factory2 • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcano2 • 9-11/9-92: Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery (3D · HD) • Mine Menace • Staff (3D · HD)
Related Play Nintendo activities
Can’t-miss games • Who are these jerks of the jungle? • Who's Your Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Banana Bud?
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) / Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)
Characters Playable Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Cranky Kong • Funky Kong*
Supporting Don Zunāna • Funky Kong • Professor Chops • Rambi • Squawks • Tawks*
Bosses Pompy • Skowl • Ba-Boom • Fugu • Bashmaster • Lord Fredrik
Other Big Squeekly • Goats • Mugly • Skittler • Snippys
Enemies Snowmad Tucks (Archy · Archy (fire) · Big Sphen · Boom Bird · Painguin Tucks · Papa Painguin · Pengatcha 1-gō · Pointy Tucks · Soary · Speedy Tucks · Speedy Tuff Tucks · Trench Tucks · Tuff Tucks) • Fluff (Harey · Harold · Tuff Fluff) • Hootz (Blue Hootz · Hot Hootz · Puffton · Tuffton) • Ice dragon • Lemmington • Waldough (Chum Chucker Charlie · Fish Poker Pops · Walbrick · Walnut)
Other Bouncelisk • Bucky • Buffaloafer • Buzzy • Carnivorous Plantlife (Venus Trap Platform · Chompette) • Cheesy Chester • Chompasaurus • Dozy • Electrified Anemone • Finley (Blue Finley · Green Finley · Red Finley) • Flaming Falling Totem Pole • Fritz • Gordo • Green fish • Hermit crab • Horror Gills • Jellyfish • Large Mimic • Mama Saw • Mimic • Monocle Monica • Porcupal • Pufftup • Punch Piranha • Punchy Paddy • Schnautzel • Sea Urchin • Snaggles • Sour Dodo • Squiddicus • Swooper Dooper • Thug Slug • Toucan't • Wild Wendell • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Blue Balloon • Capsule Toy Machine • Crash Guard • Flying banana • Gold Heart • Green Balloon • Heart • Heart Boost • KONG Letters • Mysterious relic • Puzzle Piece • Red Balloon
Projectiles Barrel • Kong Barrel • Water Sack • Watermelon Fuse Bomb
Miscellaneous Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bell • Burlap Hanging Sack • Climbing grass • Collapsible Underwater Grass • Cracked Block • Current • Item container • Item Handle • Pile of leaves • Purple Flower Platform • Rambi Crate • Rolling leaf • Slot Machine Barrel • Snowflake Shield • Spinning Platform • Spring Platform • Swinging vine • Vine-Triggered Platform • Zip-Line Vine
Vehicles Log Canoe • Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Obstacles Avalanche • Chunk of ice • Electroid • Fireball • Fire Floor • Giant Spiked Nut • Hanging TNT • Icicle • Proximity mine • Snowball • Snowflake • Sting Tentacle • Tornado • Volcanic debris
Moves Cane Bounce • Cartwheel Attack • Charge • Cling • Corkscrew • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Helicopter Spin • Ranged attack • Roll Attack
Levels Lost Mangroves 1-1: Mangrove Cove • 1-2: Shipwreck Shore • 1-3: Canopy Chaos • 1-4: Trunk Twister • 1-A: Zip-Line Shrine • 1-B: Busted Bayou • 1-K: Swinger Flinger • 1-BOSS: Big Top Bop
Autumn Heights 2-2: Windmill Hills • 2-2: Mountain Mania • 2-3: Horn Top Hop • 2-4: Sawmill Thrill • 2-5: Alpine Incline • 2-6: Wing Ding • 2-A: Crumble Cavern • 2-B: Rodent Ruckus • 2-K: Bopopolis • 2-BOSS: Mountaintop Tussle
Bright Savannah 3-1: Grassland Groove • 3-2: Baobab Bonanza • 3-3: Frantic Fields • 3-4: Scorch 'n' Torch • 3-5: Twilight Terror • 3-6: Cannon Canyon • 3-A: Rickety Rafters • 3-B: Bramble Scramble • 3-K: Precarious Pendulums • 3-BOSS: Triple Trouble
Sea Breeze Cove 4-1: Deep Keep • 4-2: High Tide Ride • 4-3: Amiss Abyss • 4-4: Irate Eight • 4-5: Sea Stack Attack • 4-6: Current Capers • 4-A: Rockin' Relics • 4-B: Shoal Atoll • 4-K: Spinning Spines • 4-BOSS: Fugu Face-Off
Juicy Jungle 5-1: Harvest Hazards • 5-2: Reckless Ride • 5-3: Fruity Factory • 5-4: Panicky Paddles • 5-5: Jelly Jamboree • 5-6: Frosty Fruits • 5-A: Beehive Brawl • 5-B: Jammin' Jams • 5-K: Platform Problems • 5-BOSS: Punch Bowl
Donkey Kong Island 6-1: Homecoming Hijinxs • 6-2: Seashore War • 6-3: Aqueduct Assault • 6-4: Blurry Flurry • 6-5: Forest Folly • 6-6: Cliffside Slide • 6-7: Frozen Frenzy • 6-8: Meltdown Mayhem • 6-A: Dynamite Dash • 6-B: Icicle Arsenal • 6-K: Slippy Spikes • 6-BOSS: Volcano Dome
Secret Seclusion 7-1: Levitation Station • 7-2: Rocket Rails • 7-3: Crazy Clouds
Miscellaneous Extras • Lord Fredrik's horn
Further info Gallery • Media • Staff
* Exclusive to Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Nintendo Switch
Related Play Nintendo activities
A matching game to flip over • Can’t-miss games • The multiplayer way • Which Kong could fit your style? • Who’s that toy?
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