Editing Tricky

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|image=[[File:TrickyDKRDSArtwork.png|150px]]<br>Artwork of Tricky the Triceratops from ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''

|latest_portrayal=[[Kevin Bayliss]] ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])}}

'''Tricky the Triceratops''' is a large triceratops and and the first boss of ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and its [[Nintendo DS]] remake, ''[[Diddy Kong Racing DS]]''. He is located in [[Dino Domain]], where the player races him on [[Tricky's Course|his own course]], which is a spiraling mountain.

[[File:Tricky's Course DKR.png|thumb|left|Race against Tricky.]]

Prior to the events of ''Diddy Kong Racing'', Tricky was brainwashed by [[Wizpig]] into becoming one of his servants. He was provided with the first [[Wizpig Amulet]] piece to guard.

After winning at each racetrack of Dino Domain, the boss door opens, and the player can race Tricky. In the stage, the spiraling mountain gradually turns left. Red and blue [[Weapon Balloon]]s are scattered throughout the course, which the racer can use against Tricky. The player must avoid running into Tricky, who squishes them, and in result slows them down. The player wins the race if they cross the finishing line at the very top of the mountain first.

 

Once Tricky is defeated, he challenges the racer to complete each racetrack's [[Silver Coin]] challenge (or [[Balloon Touch Challenge]] in the remake). By completing them, the player can race Tricky again. As with the other boss battles, the rematch is more difficult, as Tricky races twice as fast. The racer is required to make use of the Weapon Balloons to win the rematch.

 

After losing again, Tricky is somehow liberated from Wizpig's spell, and awards the racer with his piece of the Wizpig Amulet. He later appears in the end-of-game cinematic, dancing with two younger triceratops.

Tricky awards Diddy DKR.png|Tricky awards Diddy with a Wizpig Amulet piece in ''Diddy Kong Racing''.

Tricky DKR ending.png|Tricky and two smaller triceratops in the ending of ''Diddy Kong Racing''.

Trickys Course DKRDS.png|Diddy races against Tricky in ''Diddy Kong Racing DS''.

*According to the August 2007 edition of Rare's Scribes, it was originally intended that [[lylatwiki:Tricky|Tricky]] from ''[[lylatwiki:Star Fox Adventures|Star Fox Adventures]]'' would be same character as this Tricky, back when it was under development as ''Dinosaur Planet''.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20071013031059/http://www.rareware.com/extras/scribes/30aug07/index.html</ref> According to Kevin Bayliss, former character designer at Rare, the two Trickys used the same model before becoming a ''Star Fox'' game, after which the two characters were disconnected from each other.

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