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'''Fugu, the Frightening''' is the fourth boss in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. He is the boss of [[Sea Breeze Cove]], appearing in the level '''Fugu Face-Off'''. Before the battle, the Kongs meet Fugu while he is small. After the Kongs make fun of his size, Fugu bloats up and the battle commences. He is named after ''fugu'', the Japanese word for pufferfish.
'''Fugu, the Frightening''' is the fourth boss in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''. He is the boss of [[Sea Breeze Cove]], appearing in the level '''Fugu Face-Off'''. Before the battle, the Kongs meet Fugu while he is small. After the Kongs make fun of his size, Fugu bloats up and the battle commences. He is named after {{wp|fugu}}.


==General information==
==General information==
[[File:Hi MrFugu.jpg|thumb|left|Fugu notices [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]].]]
[[File:Hi MrFugu.jpg|thumb|left|Fugu notices [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]].]]
===Physical description===
===Physical description===
Fugu is a large yellow blowfish with blue fins, eyebrows, and goatee. He wears a blue piece of cloth with the [[Snowmad]] insignia around his body, and around his fins are metal bracelets. Fugu has blue stripes along the front of his face. When bloated, Fugu has orange spikes protruding from his body.
Fugu is a large yellow blowfish with blue fins, eyebrows, and goatee. He wears a blue piece of cloth with the [[Snowmads|Snowmad]] insignia around his body, and around his fins are metal bracelets. Fugu has blue stripes along the front of his face. When bloated, Fugu has orange spikes protruding from his body.


===Attacks===
===Attacks===
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|JapM=Hellish [[wikipedia:Porcupinefish|Porcupinefish]] Panpappū
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Revision as of 12:11, August 29, 2018

Template:Character-infobox Fugu, the Frightening is the fourth boss in the game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. He is the boss of Sea Breeze Cove, appearing in the level Fugu Face-Off. Before the battle, the Kongs meet Fugu while he is small. After the Kongs make fun of his size, Fugu bloats up and the battle commences. He is named after fugu.

General information

Fugu notices Donkey Kong and Cranky Kong
Fugu notices Donkey Kong and Cranky Kong.

Physical description

Fugu is a large yellow blowfish with blue fins, eyebrows, and goatee. He wears a blue piece of cloth with the Snowmad insignia around his body, and around his fins are metal bracelets. Fugu has blue stripes along the front of his face. When bloated, Fugu has orange spikes protruding from his body.

Attacks

Fugu Face-Off
Fugu, having summoned a row of Sea Urchins to attack the Kongs.

Fugu attacks by attempting to inhale the Kongs, exhaling water to push them into the sides of the arena, rolling toward them after increasing his size, and exhaling Sea Urchins and Green Fish.

Combat

To defeat Fugu, the Kongs will have to damage him nine times by several means, which include ramming into his backside while he is bloated, ramming a Green Fish into him, or by hitting him while he is deflated.

Names in other languages

Fugu Face-Off

Language Name Meaning Notes
German Fisch & Schimps[?] Fish & Chimps (Pun on fish and chips, an English dish.)
Italian Faccia a Faccia con Fugli[?] Face-to-Face with Fugu
Spanish Atrapado a traición[?] Trapped Treacherously

Fugu

Language Name Meaning Notes
French Fugu, l'Effroyable[?] Fugu, the Frightening
German Pfuigu, der Pfuiminante[?] ?
Spanish Fugu, el Furibundo[?] Fugu, the Furious

Trivia

  • Fugu is the second pufferfish that serves as a boss in the Donkey Kong franchise, the first being Puftoss. Fittingly, both bosses are also fought in the fourth world of their respective games.