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|image=[[File:Tag Barrel.png|150px]]<br>A Tag Barrel from ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''.
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
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{{quote|I'll just go and wait in the Tag Barrel until [[Donkey Kong|you]] need me.|Diddy Kong|Donkey Kong 64}}
{{quote|I'll just go and wait in the Tag Barrel until [[Donkey Kong|you]] need me.|Diddy Kong|Donkey Kong 64}}
'''Tag Barrels''' are objects in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. These [[barrel]]s are used by the player character to toggle between which [[Kong]] is their current player character, being either [[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Lanky Kong]], [[Tiny Kong]], or [[Chunky Kong]]. Tag Barrels depict the heads of all five aforementioned Kongs on the side, though any Kongs that have yet to be rescued cannot be selected and are represented by a question mark of their trademark color on both the selection and the side of the Tag Barrel. Tag Barrels appear in every [[level]] and the hub, [[DK Isles]], where there are usually five or seven, but DK Isles has ten of them (one in each of the eight lobbies, one in the main area, and one near [[Snide's H.Q.]]). If a Kong [[jump]]s into a Tag Barrel, the game shifts to a black character-selection screen with the selected Kong beneath a spotlight. The Kongs all act as if they want to be selected and show disappointment if they are not. While Chunky does so, by shouting, ''"Yoo hoo!"'' he acts cowardly and unwilling if the player highlights him, and he points to Tiny for the player to select. When the player highlights another Kong, Chunky expresses relief. When used, Tag Barrels fully restore the Kongs' health, even if the player selects the same Kong.
'''Tag Barrels''' are a type of [[barrel]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. They are used by the player to change to another [[Kong]] to play as, either [[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]], [[Lanky Kong]], [[Tiny Kong]], or [[Chunky Kong]]. Each Kong has their head shown on a side of the barrel. If a Kong has not been rescued yet, the player cannot select them, and that Kong is instead represented by a question mark of their trademark color, even on the Tag Barrel itself.


A similar type of barrel appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', where it spins between the DD, DX, & CK emblems (this barrel appears only in single-player mode, as all DD, DX, & CK Barrels are replaced by the normal [[DK Barrel]]).
Tag Barrels can be found in every level and the hub, [[DK Isles]]. There are usually five or seven Tag Barrels in every level, but DK Isles has has ten of them (one in each of the eight lobbies, one in the main area, and one near [[Snide's H.Q.]]).


==Names in other languages==
If a Kong jumps into the barrel, the screen turns black and the selected Kong is underneath a spotlight. Each Kong acts as if they want to be selected and show disappointment if they are not. While [[Chunky Kong]] does so, by shouting "Yoo hoo!", he acts cowardly and unwilling if the player highlights him, and he points to Tiny Kong for the player to select. By highlighting another Kong, Chunky expresses relief. When used, Tag Barrels fully restore the Kongs' health, even if the player selects the same Kong, so Tag Barrels act somewhat as a substitute over [[watermelon|melon]]s.
{{foreign names
 
|Fre=Tonneau Équipe
A similar kind of Barrel appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', where it spins between the DD, DX, & CK emblems (this Barrel only appears in single player, as all DD, DX, & CK Barrels are replaced by the normal [[DK Barrel]]).
|FreM=Team Barrel
|Ita=Barile di Scambio<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' English-Italian manual|page=38}}</ref>
|ItaM=Exchange Barrel
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* When Donkey Kong or Chunky is highlighted, the instruments playing in the background are from the [[DK Rap]] (muted trumpets for Donkey Kong, timpani for Chunky), instead of the musical instrument each Kong gets from [[Candy Kong]].
* When Donkey Kong or Chunky is highlighted, the instruments playing in the background are from the [[DK Rap]] (muted trumpets for DK, timpani for Chunky), instead of the musical instrument each Kong gets from [[Candy Kong]].
* When Tiny is selected, the saxophone plays the theme of Ticker's Tower from ''Banjo-Kazooie''. Also titled "Jungle" by the composer of both ''Banjo-Kazooie'' and ''Donkey Kong 64'', [[Grant Kirkhope]], this theme was originally composed for Mumbo's Mountain with Ticker's Tower being an area within the level, still keeping its original theme after the level's theme changed.{{ref needed}}
* When Tiny is selected, the saxophone plays the theme of Ticker's Tower from ''Banjo-Kazooie''. Also titled "Jungle" by the composer of both ''Banjo-Kazooie'' and ''Donkey Kong 64'', [[Grant Kirkhope]], this theme was originally composed for Mumbo's Mountain with Ticker's Tower being an area within the level, still keeping its original theme after the level's theme changed.{{ref needed}}
* Under normal circumstances, it is not possible to see the yellow question mark within a Tag Barrel, because once Donkey Kong presses the switch and leaves the training area, he is considered freed by the game and thus is selectable. However, with the aid of [[glitch]]es, it is possible to see the Tag Barrel with all five question marks.
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