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| {{character infobox | | {{character-infobox |
| |full_name=Skowl, the Startling | | |full_name=Skowl, the Startling |
| | |title=Skowl |
| |image=[[File:Skowl1.jpg|220px]] | | |image=[[File:Skowl1.jpg|220px]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) | | |first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
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| |species=[[Hootz]] | | |species=[[Hootz]] |
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| '''Skowl''' is the second boss of ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|its Nintendo Switch port]]. He is the leader of the [[Hootz|Hootzes]], which are a faction of the [[Snowmads]], and the boss of [[Autumn Heights]], fought in the boss level [[Mountaintop Tussle]]. His name is a corruption of "scowl" and is derived from "owl," in reference to him being a Hootz. | | '''Skowl, the Startling''' is the second boss in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. He is the boss of [[Autumn Heights]] area, appearing in the level '''Mountaintop Tussle'''. Before the battle, Skowl is seen smashing a [[banana]] with a large mallet, much to the [[Kong]]s' dismay. |
| ==Physical description==
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| Skowl is a large, gray [[Hootz]] with a thick, braided beard and a brown chest plate. He has thick, white eyebrows, and small, luminescent amber eyes. His talons and beak share a brownish color. Skowl wears a helmet with antler-like horns and the [[Snowmads|Snowmad]] insignia in the middle. Like Hootzes, Skowl has a noticeably larger head compared to the rest of his body. | |
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| Skowl's wing feathers are grayish-white. During the boss battle, the tips of Skowl's feathers gain a red coloration that progresses in brightness upon him taking a third and a sixth hit, respectively. | | ==General information== |
| | ===Physical description=== |
| | Skowl is a large, gray owl with a thick, braided beard and a brown chest plate. He has thick, white eyebrows, yellow eyes, and orange talons and beak. Skowl wears a Viking helmet with antler horns and the Snowmad symbol in the middle. As he takes on damage, the tips of Skowl's feathers gain a red coloration that progresses in brightness upon losing a third and then two thirds of his health, respectively. |
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| ==History== | | ===Attacks=== |
| [[File:Skowl and Hootzes confrontation.jpg|thumb|left|Skowl and the Hootzes staring at the Kongs in a cutscene before the battle]]
| | Initially, Skowl's attacks are limited to shooting a wide fan of feather missiles and summoning eggs which damage the Kongs if they hit them from below. Some of these eggs contain small [[Hootz]], which can be jumped on and used as projectiles against Skowl. During the later phases of the battle, when the arena is in the air, Skowl also gains the ability to summon windstorms, use a harder-to-avoid feather projectile attack, call in fleets of flying [[Pointy Tuck]] minions and do a swooping talon attack across the battlefield. |
| When the [[Kong]]s enter inside the summit of Autumn Heights, they see a group of Hootzes gather around Skowl, who is hidden in the shadows. After a Hootz throws a banana on a stone slab, Skowl smashes it with his hammer. The Kongs react by yelling in shock, which gains the attention of Skowl and the Hootzes. Skowl reveals himself and angrily hoots at the Kongs. The Kongs jump onto the arena and smash the slab as the Hootz fly away, thus triggering the start of the boss fight.
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| Initially, Skowl's attacks are limited to shooting a wide fan of feather missiles and summoning eggs down onto the arena. These eggs damage the Kongs if they land on them. Some of these eggs contain [[Hootz]]es, which can be jumped on and used as projectiles against Skowl. Skowl also covers his wings in ice and sends out spiked [[chunk of ice|chunks of ice]] to the opposite end of the platform. The chunk of ice continues to roll in a direction until falling off the platform. At some points of the battle, Skowl will descend from the air from one side of the arena and try to ram into the Kongs.
| | ===Combat=== |
| | To defeat Skowl, the player will have to stun one of the mini Hootz and pick it up. The player has to throw the mini Hootz at Skowl to damage him. After Skowl has been hit nine times, he will be defeated. On a side note, players can only jump on Skowl when he loses his helmet. |
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| In the later phases of the battle, each in a different area of the boss level, Skowl uses more attacks. This includes creating a windstorm by flapping his wings, shooting sets of feather projectiles and calling in fleets of Hootzes wearing horned helmets to swoop onto the platform at the Kongs while still using some of his previous attacks. Near the end of the battle, Skowl sends large eggs from the sky onto the arena, each one containing three Hootzes, and Skowl appearing inside the fifth large egg.
| | ==Names in other languages== |
| | | ===Mountaintop Tussle=== |
| To attack Skowl, the Kongs must jump on a summoned Hootz to flip it over and pick it up. They must then throw it at Skowl to damage him, especially before he attempts his ramming attack. To hit Skowl an eighth time, the Kongs must wait until Skowl falls out of one of the falling eggs. Skowl will then lose his helmet and be temporarily stunned, which will allow the Kongs to jump on his head and damage him. Skowl is defeated after taking nine hits in total.
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| | | |Jap=お山の大将 スカール |
| ==Statistics== | | |JapR=Oyama no Taishō Sukāru |
| {{DK boss | | |JapM=Mountain Ruler, Skowl |
| |name=Skowl | | |Spa=Combate en la cumbre |
| |image=[[File:Skowl1.jpg|100px]] | | |SpaM=Combat at the Summit |
| |world=[[Autumn Heights]] | | |Fra=Le hululeur des hauteurs |
| |level=[[Mountaintop Tussle]] | | |FraM=The Hooing Heights |
| |defeat=9 | | |Ger=Affenaufstand |
| |reward=[[Bright Savannah]] | | |GerM=Ape Uprising |
| |prev=Pompy | | |Ita=Sfida Sulla Sommità |
| |next=Ba-Boom | | |ItaM=Challenge at the Summit |
| |num=2 | |
| |game=Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | |
| }} | | }} |
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| ==Gallery== | | ===Skowl=== |
| <gallery>
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| MountaintopTussle1.jpg|First phase
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| MountaintopTussle2.jpg|Second phase
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| MountaintopTussle3.jpg|Third phase
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{foreign names | |
| |Jap=スカール | | |Jap=スカール |
| |JapR=Sukāru | | |JapR=Sukāru |
| |JapM=Skowl | | |JapM= |
| |SpaE=Björn el Buhomante | | |Spa=Björn, el Buhomante |
| |SpaEM=From "búho" (owl) and "nigromante" (necromancer); Björn the Owlmancer | | |SpaM=Búho (''owl'') + nigromante (''necromancer''); Björn, the Owlmancer |
| |Ger=Gruhusel, der Unuhustifter | | |Ger=Gruhusel, der Unuhustifter |
| |GerM=Pun on "grusel" (scary) and "uhu" (eagle owl); Scary owl, the agitator | | |GerM=Pun on Grusel (''scary'') and Uhu (''eagle owl''); Scary owl, the agitator |
| |FreA=Larsfang, le Féroce | | |Fre=Bouhouhou |
| |FreAM=Larsfang, the Ferocious
| | |FreM=French onomatopoeia for crying owl. |
| |FreE=Bouhouhou
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| |FreEM=French onomatopoeia for crying owl | |
| |Ita=Gianni, il gufo goffo
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| |ItaM=Johnny, the clumsy owl
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| }} | | }} |
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *Skowl has many similarities to [[Hoo]] from ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They are both the second boss of their respective games, both are owls, both release eggs that spawn smaller owl-like enemies, both are fought atop a tree, and both fly for the majority of the battle. | | *Skowl has quite a few similarities to [[Hoo]] from ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They are both the second boss of their respective games, both are owls, both release eggs that spawn smaller owl-like enemies, both are fought atop a tree, and both fly for the majority of the battle. |
| *Skowl's boss battle shares similarities with [[Krow]] and [[Kreepy Krow]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. Much like Krow, Skowl attacks by dropping eggs onto the Kongs, who then throw the eggshell-wearing Hootz back at the avian boss to damage him. Similarly to Kreepy Krow, Skowl summons its smaller Hootz brethren to attack the Kongs, and the battle takes place on three floors that the Kongs must ascend.
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| {{DKCTF}} | | {{NIWA|DKWiki=1}} |
| [[Category:Owls]]
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| [[Category:Air creatures]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]] |
| [[Category:Ice creatures]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Bosses]] |
| [[Category:Snowmads]] | | [[Category:Snowmads]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze bosses]] | | [[Category:Birds]] |
| [[de:Gruhusel]] | | [[Category:Ice Creatures]] |
