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|image=[[File:SNW Tiki Tong.png|250px]]<br>Artwork from [[Super Nintendo World]]
|image=[[File:Tiki Tong.png|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[2010]])
|species=[[Tiki Tak Tribe|Tiki]]
|full_name=Tiki Tong
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|species=[[Tiki]]
|affiliation=[[Tiki Tak Tribe]]
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'''Tiki Tong''' is the final boss of the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and also the boss of the [[Volcano]] area. Tiki Tong is the leader of the [[Tiki Tak Tribe]] and the reason why the [[Tiki|Tikis]] are running amok. He made his minions steal [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]]'s [[Banana Hoard]] to make more Tikis. His level in the game is called '''Tiki Tong Terror'''.
{{quote|Keep your eyes open for the big boss, Tiki Tong, ya hear? That bongo-brained bozo can hypnotize ya. One look into his eyes'll have ya squawkin' like a parrot!|[[Cranky Kong]]|Super Nintendo World}}<ref>{{cite|language=en|author=Universal Studios Japan Official|date=December 9, 2024|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jproIaQyRNg|title=【Mine Cart Madness - Cranky Kong’s Message】|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=December 12, 2024}}</ref>
 
'''Tiki Tong''' is the main antagonist of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch]] ports. He is the eighth and final boss of the game, residing in the [[Tiki Tong Tower]] inside the [[Volcano (world)|Volcano]] and fought during the level [[Tiki Tong Terror]]. Tiki Tong is the leader of the [[Tiki Tak Tribe]], who take over [[Donkey Kong Island]] and hypnotize animals to steal all of its [[banana]]s. Tiki Tong's existence is kept secret from the player for the vast majority of the game, as he does not appear in the game's opening cutscene like other major members of the Tiki Tak Tribe and the transition for being defeated in levels of the Volcano uses a question mark in place of Tiki Tong's silhouette until he is encountered for the first time.
 
Tiki Tong is a large head-like Tiki bearing a resemblance to a drum. He has a serrated mouth with the bottom mandible having orange paint in addition to a purple stripe along the bottom. He has a flat nose and a pair of huge, spherical and uneven eyes that have red pupils with black sclera. His right eye has the same orange and purple paint seen on his bottom mandible with pointed eyelids while his left eye is bare with normal eyelids. The former is notably larger, similarly to [[King K. Rool]]. Tiki Tong has red markings around his eyes and has three red leaves where his "ears" are. He wears a wooden crown with the outer ring having purple paint with orange triangular markings on the front. He has floating hands that have orange and purple paint on the backsides, which are formed from a combination of blended bananas and the seven commanders of the Tiki Tak Tribe.


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country Returns''===
Tiki Tong created his Tikis to help him take over [[Donkey Kong Island]]. He made the Tikis hypnotize the animals to help them steal the Banana Hoard, which is their life source. Tiki Tong set up a plant in the [[Factory (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Factory]] where [[Stompybot 3000|Colonel Pluck]] and his robot [[Stompybot 3000]] created more Tikis. However, Tiki Tong's plans were stopped short by Donkey and Diddy. When Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong invade Tiki Tong's lair, all of the 9 boss Tikis come and throw the remaining [[bananas]] in Tiki Tong's head. He then turns the bananas into juice by spinning around and spits it on the Tikis. This action transforms his minions into hands so that he can take care of the two once and for all.
[[File:Tiki Tong DKCR cutscene.png|thumb|Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong facing Tiki Tong.]]
Tiki Tong appears inside the Tiki Tong Tower, lowering into view after the player arrives. The other high ranking members of the tribe pick up bundles of bananas from a large pile within the Tower. Tiki Tong opens his head and the other members throw the bananas inside. Once full, Tiki Tong closes the head and spins around to blend them all, then opens his mouth to pour the resulting juice onto the other Tikis. After being coated in the substance, four of them form a clump, three of them form another clump, and each clump turns into a hand for Tiki Tong. Tiki Tong engages the Kongs in battle. This takes place against a multicolored space within the tower. No other members of the Tiki Tak Tribe spectate, as they normally do.


Tiki Tong initially attacks with his hands, but they explode into bananas after taking enough damage. Without the hands, Tiki Tong continues to fight with his head. Once defeated, Tiki Tong explodes into more bananas, with enough force to launch the Kongs into space. DK and Diddy soon fall back down but knock the [[moon]] down to the island, which lands on the tower and shoves it back into the volcano. Shortly after, the volcano erupts bananas, which sends the moon flying back into orbit. With the defeat of the Tiki Tak Tribe, the effects of the hypnosis on the island's animals are undone.
==Appearance==
Tiki Tong is a large, wooden head that bares resemblance to a drum. He has sharp, wooden teeth with orange and purple stripes located below them. He has a flat nose and two, huge, spherical, and uneven eyes. One of the eyes has the same orange and purple stripes with pointed eyelids while the other is bare with normal eyelids. His sclera are black and his pupils are red. Tiki Tong has red markings around his eyes and has red leaves where his “ears” are. He wears a wooden crown with the outer ring being purple with orange triangular markings on the front. He also has two hands with orange fingers and purple zig-zags on the backside.[[File:Tikitongfight.JPG|250px|thumb|Right|Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong fighting Tiki Tong.]]


When Tiki Tong has both hands, he generally performs three attacks:


*Laying his hands flat in the air and quickly sweep them across the stage. This can be avoided by simply ducking. During this attack, the palms of his hands can face up or down. If the hands face up, a [[Heart (item)|Heart]] may appear on one of them. Even if there is a heart, the [[Kong]]s should not attempt to jump on the hands. If they do, Tiki Tong will close his hands, squishing Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. If the hands face down, however, jumping on them will cause damage to Tiki Tong.
==Attacks==
*Slamming his hands on the floor. Sometimes, he quickly removes his hands, but other times, he leaves them there for a longer period of time, leaving an opportunity to deal damage to the exposed back of the hand. Tiki Tong may also only attack with one hand, instead of both.
When Tiki Tong has both hands, he generally performs three attacks.
*Moving his hands to both sides of the stage, and then quickly clap them together. If Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are caught in the middle, they will take damage. This can be avoided by jumping over either hand before Tiki Tong moves them. Whenever he does an attack, a flash of light appears from the buttons on his hands.
*His first attack is to lay his hands flat in the air and quickly sweep them across the stage. This can be avoided by simply ducking. During this attack, the palms of his hands can face up or down. If the hands face up a [[Heart]] may appear on one of them. Even if there is a heart, the Kongs should not attempt to jump on the hands. If they do, Tiki Tong will close his hands, squishing Donkey and Diddy Kong. If the hands face down, however, jumping on them will cause damage to Tiki Tong.
*Tiki Tong will also slam his hands on the floor. Sometimes, he quickly removes his hand, but other times he leaves it there for a longer period of time, leaving an opportunity to deal damage to the exposed back of the hand.  
*The boss may also move his hands to both sides of the stage, and then quickly clap them together. If Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are caught in the middle, they will take damage. This can be avoided by jumping over either hand before Tiki Tong moves them.  


When his hands are hit twice, regardless if it was the same hand twice or once on each hand, he does the same attacks, except much faster. He can also fake out a hand slam or a clap, laughing for a few seconds before resuming the attack, except the attack happens almost instantly, leaving very little time to avoid the attack.
When he only has one hand, he does the same attacks, except much faster. He can also fake out a hand slam.


When Tiki Tong loses both his hands, he attacks by slamming his head into the ground, causing shockwaves. This will reveal his weakness: the button on his head. When it is damaged once, he can swoop his head down, which can be dodged by ducking. He can also send out four [[Flaming Tiki Buzz]]es that will chase the Kongs. When it is damaged once more, he can rain down Flaming Tiki Buzzes.
When Tiki Tong loses both his hands, he attacks by slamming his head into the ground. This will reveal his weakness: the button on his head. When he is damaged once, he can swoop his head down, which can be dodged by ducking. He can also send out four [[Flaming Tiki Buzz]]es that will chase the Kongs. When he is damaged once more, he can rain down Flaming Tiki Buzzes.


Tiki Tong's mode of combat makes him a hands and head boss. During Tiki Tong’s first phase, Donkey Kong must step on the red button on the hands when it slams them on the stage. After each hand is damaged twice, they will be destroyed. During the second phase, the Kongs must jump on the button-like weak spot on top of Tiki Tong's head to cause it damage. After Tiki Tong is damaged three more times, he is defeated. Unlike all the other boss fights, the Tiki Tak Tribe members do not spectate during the Tiki Tong battle.
==Combat==
During Tiki Tong’s first phase, Donkey Kong must step on the red button on the boss' hands when he slams it on the stage. After each hand has taken two damage, they will fall apart into bananas.


If the player defeats Tiki Tong with only [[Diddy Kong]], he is sent into space, but unlike with [[Donkey Kong]], he panics and desperately tries to save himself from crashing into the moon using his [[Barrel Jet]]. It malfunctions however and Diddy flies into the moon and bangs his head on it, making it fall onto the volcano like usual. He falls down to the ground unconscious, but DK catches him in his arms before the duo celebrate their victory.
During the second phase, the simians must jump on the red button on top of Tiki Tong's head to cause him damage. After Tiki Tong is damaged three more times, he explodes into bananas, destroying the remaining Tikis and lifting the curse put upon the animals. The Tikis' tower is subsequently destroyed when Donkey Kong punches [[The Moon]] into it.


===''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''===
==Names in Other Languages==
Tiki Tong appears as a ''[[Donkey Kong (series)|Donkey Kong]]'' series [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''. It is unlocked by purchasing it from the trophy shop.
{{foreignname
 
|Ger= Großer Tiki
==Profiles and statistics==
|GerM= Great Tiki  
===''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''===
{{SSB4 trophy
|name=Tiki Tong
|image=[[File:TikiTongTrophyWiiU.png|100px]]
|category=Series Related
|appears_in='''Wii''' ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' (11/2010)<br>'''3DS''' ''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' (05/2013)
|trophy_box=19: Donkey Kong Country Returns
|unlock=Purchase at the [[smashwiki:Trophy Shop|Trophy Shop]].
|desc=In the scorching hot lava of the Volcano area, Tiki Tong waits for Donkey Kong to arrive. It may look like he's enjoying a nice banana snack, but really he's just preparing his next attack: spitting banana juice on the Tikis! That's gross. Gotta get over how nasty that is, though, as the soaked Tikis join with Tiki Tong to attick—I mean attack!
|desc2=In the lava-filled Volcano region awaits Tiki Tong, the leader of the Tiki Tak Tribe. He liquefies a whole pile of bananas into goo, and then – instead of eating it – spits it all over his minions and fuses them to him! Ew! The Kongs'll have to hold off on complaining about how disgusting it all is – taking Tiki Tong out takes prioritiki.
}}
}}


==Gallery==
==Trivia==
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*'''Tong''', in Tiki Tong's name, is a pun of Donkey '''Kong'''.
Tiki Tong.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''
*If Donkey Kong loses a life after the encounter with Tiki Tong, regardless of if he won or not, the "Question Mark" icon changes to a Tiki Tong head. This is probably because Donkey Kong now knows who is behind this scheme.
Tiki Tong (head).png|Model of Tiki Tong
*This is the only boss that does not have the Tikis in the background watching the fight.
Tiki Tong (DKCR).png|Model of Tiki Tong with his hands
*The way Tiki Tong's head swoops down is similar to [[Stu (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Stu]].  
Tiki Tak Tribe.png|Tiki Tong along with his commanders
*Tiki Tong resembles [[WiKirby:Wham Bam Rock|Wham Bam Rock]] & [[WiKirby:Wham Bam Jewel|Wham Bam Jewel]] from ''[[WiKirby:Kirby Super Star|Kirby Super Star]]'' & ''[[WiKirby:Kirby Super Star Ultra|Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', both in appearance and battle-style.
TikiTong1-DKCR.png|The battle's first phase
**He may also be based on [[Eyerok]], [[ZeldaWiki:Bongo_Bongo|Bongo Bongo]], [[ZeldaWiki:Gohdan|Gohdan]], [[Master Hand]], [[Kerozene]], and [[Crazy Hand]]; bosses with a similar attack pattern.
TikiTong2-DKCR.png|The hand sweep attack
*Tiki Tong's fight music is one out of the three boss themes that can be unlocked, the others being [[Stu (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Stu's]], and [[Mangoruby|Mangoruby's]].
TikiTong3-DKCR.png|Tiki Tong slamming his hands into the ground.
*All of "Boss Tiki" instruments are used in Tiki Tong's fight music: Kalimba; the Maraca Triplets; Gong; Banjo; Panflute; Xylophone; Accordion; and vocal, which represents Tiki Tong.
TikiTong4-DKCR.png|Tiki Tong claps his hands together.
*In Time Attack mode, if Tiki Tong defeats the player, he/she must redo the Rocket Barrel portion of the level again.
TikiTong5-DKCR.png|Tiki Tong loses one of his hands.
*Tiki Tong and [[King K. Rool]] are similar in that they each have an eye that's different from the other. They also have their reasons for stealing Donkey Kong's banana hoard.
TikiTong6-DKCR.png|The battle's second phase
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TikiTong7-DKCR.png|Tiki Tong exposes his weak spot.
{{DKCR}}
TikiTong8-DKCR.png|Tiki Tong releases a bunch of [[Flaming Tiki Buzz]]es.
{{DK Bosses}}
TikiTong9-DKCR.png|Tiki Tong dives down in attempt to ram into the Kongs.
TikiTong10-DKCR.png|Tiki Tong is defeated.
TikiTongSilhouette-DKCR.png|Tiki Tong's silhouette for when the Kongs lose a life in the [[Volcano (world)|Volcano]]'s levels following his reveal.
Tiki Tong (statue).png|A statue of Tiki Tong
SNW Donkey Kong Country Play Wild 2.jpg|Super Nintendo World
SNW DKC Play Wild Artwork 2.jpg|Super Nintendo World
SNW DKC Artwork.png|Super Nintendo World
SNW DKC app story 1.png|Super Nintendo World
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ティキトング
|JpnR=Tiki Tongu
|JpnM=Tiki Tong
|Ger=Großer Tiki
|GerM=Great Tiki
|Ita=Tiki Tong
|Spa=Tiki Tong
}}


==Notes==
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns]]
*Concept art in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''{{'}}s  [[List of extras in Donkey Kong Country Returns|image gallery]] shows Tiki Tong's hands with only four digits.
[[Category:Donkey Kong Bosses]]
*The background music for Tiki Tong's battle battle is "Tiki Tong Song". It is one of three songs for boss battles that can be unlocked for the game's [[List of extras in Donkey Kong Country Returns|music gallery]], the others being "Savory Stu" for [[Stu]] and "Mangoruby Rush" for [[Mangoruby]].
[[Category:Bosses]]
*The sound clip of Tiki Tong's laughter is used throughout the level [[Meltdown Mayhem]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', though it was slightly changed to sound more like [[Lord Fredrik]], the main antagonist of the forementioned game.
[[Category:Final Bosses]]
 
[[Category:Royalty]]
==References==
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[[de:Großer Tiki]]

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