Editing Tricky

|image=[[File:TrickyDKRDSArtwork.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of Tricky from ''Diddy Kong Racing DS''

|latest_portrayal=[[Chris Sutherland]] ([[List of games by date#1997|1997]])<ref>[[Media:DKR_various_characters_voice_confirmation.png|Twitter confirmation by former Rare employee Graeme Norgate]]</ref>

{{quote|Well done, [[Diddy_Kong_Racing#Playable_characters|kid]]!|Tricky|Diddy Kong Racing}}

'''Tricky''' is a large triceratops and the first boss of ''[[Diddy Kong Racing]]'' and [[Diddy Kong Racing DS|its Nintendo DS version]]. Tricky is not inherently a villain, since he was brainwashed by [[Wizpig]] into becoming one of his servants and given the first piece of the [[Wizpig amulet]] to guard. Tricky's body is red with yellow stripes on his back, and his eyes are yellow with red irises and black pupils.

During the game's events, Tricky is located in [[Dino Domain]], on [[Tricky Challenge|his own course]], where the player can race him after winning every other course in the world. Tricky and the player race up a spiraling mountain, and there are red and blue [[Weapon Balloon]]s to help the player against Tricky. The player must avoid running into Tricky, who squishes and therefore slows them down. The player wins the race if they cross the [[Finish line (object)|finish line]] at the very top of the mountain first. Tricky then challenges the player to complete every [[Silver Coin|Silver Coin Challenge]] (or [[Balloon Touch Challenge]] in the remake) in the world, then by doing so, the player can race Tricky again in a harder rematch. In the rematch, Tricky races at a faster speed, so the player has to use 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. Much later, in the ending cinematic, Tricky is seen dancing with two younger triceratops, colored yellow and pink respectively.

Tricky's only other appearance is in the ''[[4koma Gag Battle]]'' adaptation of ''Diddy Kong Racing''.

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|Tricky and Diddy racing in ''Diddy Kong Racing DS''

*According to the August 2007 edition of Rare's Scribes, it was originally intended that [[lylatwiki:Tricky|Prince 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>{{cite|date=August 30, 2007|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20071013031059/http://www.rareware.com/extras/scribes/30aug07/index.html|title=Scribes - August 30, 2007|publisher=Rare|language=en-gb|accessdate=May 11, 2024}}</ref> According to [[Kevin Bayliss]], former character designer at Rare, the two Trickys used the same model, before ''Dinosaur Planet'' was rebranded into a ''Star Fox'' game, after which the two characters were disconnected from each other.{{ref needed}} It could be assumed that {{wp|Microsoft}} currently owns the rights to Tricky, just as [[Nintendo]] owns the rights to Prince Tricky.