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{{distinguish2|[[Giant Clam]], a notable Clambo who appears in Donkey Kong Land, and is alternatively named Clambo as well}}
{{distinguish|[[Giant Clam]], a notable Clambo who appears in Donkey Kong Land, and is alternatively named Clambo as well}}
{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Clambo DKC art.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Clambo from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
|image=[[File:Clambo DKC art.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])
|latest_appearance=''Donkey Kong Country'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|comparable=[[Clam]]<br>[[Clampy]]<br>[[Durapurl]]<br>[[Oyster]]
|derived_subjects=[[Oyster]]
|comparable=[[Clam]]
|notable=[[Giant Clam]]
|notable=[[Giant Clam]]
}}
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{{quote2|Clambo spits pearls at you when you swim past.|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' manual, page 30}}
'''Clambos''', generically named '''clams''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Sharks, croctopi and pearl-spitting clams are just a few of an apes{{sic}} not-so-favourite things!|publisher=EMAP|language=en-gb|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special)|page=14}}</ref> are underwater [[List of enemies|enemies]] first appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. They are clams with a pair of eyes and a long tongue.
'''Clambos''', generically named '''clams''',<ref>"''Sharks, croctopi and pearl-spitting clams are just a few of an apes{{sic}} not-so-favourite things!''" - ''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special), page 14.</ref> are underwater enemies in the ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' franchise. They are clams with a pair of eyes and a long tongue. Clambos first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''.
 
==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country''===
===''Donkey Kong Country''===
[[File:Clambo DKC.png|frame|left]]
Clambos are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country''. They appear on the seafloor in some of the underwater levels. They repeatedly open and close their shells, and spit out one to five pearls at a time in a fixed direction whenever they open their shell, damaging the player character if a pearl touches them. Some Clambos spit out varying numbers of pearls, and the trajectory of them differs for each one. Clambos cannot be defeated by [[Enguarde]], whom they even damage on contact, like with [[Croctopus]].
In ''Donkey Kong Country'', Clambos are found on the seafloor in some of the underwater levels. They repeatedly open and close their shells, and spit out one to five pearls at a time in a fixed direction whenever they open their shell. The number and trajectory of the pearls is different for each Clambo. If [[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]] touch a pearl, they take damage. [[Coral Capers]] is the first [[level]] to feature a Clambo, though only one appears near the level exit. Several Clambos appear in the underwater level [[Clam City]], where they are the main obstacle encountered throughout. Clambos are one of the few underwater enemies who cannot be defeated by [[Enguarde]], who even takes damage if it attempts to attack a Clambo.


In the [[Game Boy Advance]] version, there is a [[photograph]] of a Clambo in Clam City. It is found in a hidden alcove above a Clambo, shortly after the [[KONG Letters|letter O]].
During the game's pre-production, Clambo was known as  '''Ms. Clamity'''.<ref>{{cite|author=[[Gregg Mayles|Ghoulyboy]]|language=en-gb|date=11:56, September 14, 2015|url=x.com/Ghoulyboy/status/643498510348877824|title=#DKCrevealed unused stuff - big sheet of names, locked up animals with 'too Zelda' keys and a whole level.|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=July 4, 2024}}</ref>


During the game's development, Clambo was known as  '''Ms. Clamity'''.<ref>[[Gregg Mayles|Ghoulyboy]] (11:56, September 14, 2015). "''[https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/643498510348877824 #DKCrevealed unused stuff - big sheet of names, locked up animals with 'too Zelda' keys and a whole level.]''" ''Twitter.'' Retrieved May 21, 2016.</ref>
===''Donkey Kong Land''===
[[File:Clambo - DKL Sprite.png|frame|left]]
Clambos are enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''. They appear in [[Nautilus Chase]] only. Clambos have a different design, since they lack eyes and a tongue, and face upwards instead of left or right. Clambos still open and close their shell repeatedly, but they do not spit out pearls.


===''Donkey Kong Land''===
The second boss is a giant Clambo named the [[Giant Clam]], who is fought at [[Seabed Showdown]] at the end of [[Kremlantis]]. Although it is a boss, the Giant Clam is based on the Clambos from ''Donkey Kong Country'', as it can spit out pearls and has a very similar design to the point of the Clambos' ''Donkey Kong Country'' artwork being reused for the Giant Clam. The Giant Clam has the added ability to move around underwater, and it can also aim where it shoots out its pearls.
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', Clambos only appear in the level [[Nautilus Chase]]. They do not shoot out pearls, but instead open and close their shells. There is also a notable Clambo, the [[Giant Clam]], who appears as the boss of the second world, [[Kremlantis]]. Unlike its smaller brethren, the Giant Clam can move around underwater and has the ability to aim where it shoots out its pearls.
 
During the boss fight against Giant Clam, there is a Clambo-like sponge<ref>{{cite|publisher=EMAP|date=1995|language=en-gb|title=''Donkey Kong Land'', ''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet|page=15|quote=Tackling this Boss on the swim places our boys in a more precarious position than they’d like. Clambo fires pearls the size of cannon balls from the safety of its shell. They’re valuable, sure, but the damage they cause is more costly. The only other object in Clambo’s lair is a sponge, which chooses to disappear and reappear in random comers of the room. What folly is this!}}</ref> positioned at the corner of the screen. Its only purpose is that its shell can bounce the pearls spit out by the Giant Clam back at it. When the sponge is hit by a pearl, its shell flicks open briefly, revealing two eyes, before it reappears, usually in another corner.


===''Club Nintendo''===
===''Club Nintendo''===
Some Clambos can be seen in the ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Donkey Kong Country (comic)|Donkey Kong Country]]." One of them bites a [[Chomps]] which is trying to attack Diddy and Donkey Kong, in order to attack the [[Kong]]s itself.
Some Clambos can be seen in the ''[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' comic "[[Donkey Kong Country (comic)|Donkey Kong Country]]." One of them bites a [[Chomps]] which is trying to attack Diddy and Donkey Kong, in order to attack the [[Kong]]s itself.
==Profiles==
===''Donkey Kong Country''===
{{DKC GBA enemy
|name=Clambo
|image=[[File:Clambo - DKCGBA Sprite.png]]
|worlds=[[Kongo Jungle]]<br>[[Vine Valley (world)|Vine Valley]]
|levels=[[Coral Capers]]<br>[[Clam City]]
|page=2
|photo_location=In Clam City, located in a hidden alcove above a Clambo, shortly after the [[KONG Letters|letter O]].
|dk_attack=N/A
}}
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=Clambo spits pearls at you when you swim past.<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' manual|page=30}}</ref>}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
Clambo DKC Artwork.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' artwork
Clambo DKC Artwork.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' artwork
Clambo DKC.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' sprite
Chomps-clambo-comic.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country (comic)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' comic
Chomps-clambo-comic.jpg|''[[Donkey Kong Country (comic)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' comic
Clambo_-_DKL_Sprite.png|''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''
Clambo_-_DKCGB_Sprite.png|''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (GBC)
Clambo_-_DKCGB_Sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)
G-Clambo.png|Printable {{iw|nwiki|Game Boy Printer}} graphic from ''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)
G-Clambo.png|A Clambo in front of the letter G in ''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC)
Clambo_-_DKCGBA_Sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBA)
</gallery>
</gallery>


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|Spa=Clambo
|Spa=Clambo
|SpaM=-}}
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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:57, August 18, 2024

Not to be confused with Giant Clam, a notable Clambo who appears in Donkey Kong Land, and is alternatively named Clambo as well.
Clambo
Artwork of a Clambo from Donkey Kong Country
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country
First appearance Donkey Kong Country (1994)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) (2003)
Derived subjects
Comparable
Notable members

Clambos, generically named clams,[1] are underwater enemies first appearing in Donkey Kong Country. They are clams with a pair of eyes and a long tongue.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country[edit]

Clambos are enemies in Donkey Kong Country. They appear on the seafloor in some of the underwater levels. They repeatedly open and close their shells, and spit out one to five pearls at a time in a fixed direction whenever they open their shell, damaging the player character if a pearl touches them. Some Clambos spit out varying numbers of pearls, and the trajectory of them differs for each one. Clambos cannot be defeated by Enguarde, whom they even damage on contact, like with Croctopus.

During the game's pre-production, Clambo was known as Ms. Clamity.[2]

Donkey Kong Land[edit]

Clambo in Donkey Kong Land

Clambos are enemies in Donkey Kong Land. They appear in Nautilus Chase only. Clambos have a different design, since they lack eyes and a tongue, and face upwards instead of left or right. Clambos still open and close their shell repeatedly, but they do not spit out pearls.

The second boss is a giant Clambo named the Giant Clam, who is fought at Seabed Showdown at the end of Kremlantis. Although it is a boss, the Giant Clam is based on the Clambos from Donkey Kong Country, as it can spit out pearls and has a very similar design to the point of the Clambos' Donkey Kong Country artwork being reused for the Giant Clam. The Giant Clam has the added ability to move around underwater, and it can also aim where it shoots out its pearls.

During the boss fight against Giant Clam, there is a Clambo-like sponge[3] positioned at the corner of the screen. Its only purpose is that its shell can bounce the pearls spit out by the Giant Clam back at it. When the sponge is hit by a pearl, its shell flicks open briefly, revealing two eyes, before it reappears, usually in another corner.

Club Nintendo[edit]

Some Clambos can be seen in the Club Nintendo comic "Donkey Kong Country." One of them bites a Chomps which is trying to attack Diddy and Donkey Kong, in order to attack the Kongs itself.

Profiles[edit]

Donkey Kong Country[edit]

Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance) enemy
Clambo
Clambo in the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country
Worlds Kongo Jungle
Vine Valley
Levels Coral Capers
Clam City
Scrapbook page 2
Photograph location In Clam City, located in a hidden alcove above a Clambo, shortly after the letter O. DK Attack point value N/A


  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      Clambo spits pearls at you when you swim past.[4]

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Clambo.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クランボー[?]
Kuranbō
Clambo
Spanish Clambo[?] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sharks, croctopi and pearl-spitting clams are just a few of an apes[sic] not-so-favourite things!" – Nintendo Magazine System (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special). EMAP (British English). Page 14.
  2. ^ Ghoulyboy (11:56, September 14, 2015). #DKCrevealed unused stuff - big sheet of names, locked up animals with 'too Zelda' keys and a whole level.. Twitter (British English). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "Tackling this Boss on the swim places our boys in a more precarious position than they’d like. Clambo fires pearls the size of cannon balls from the safety of its shell. They’re valuable, sure, but the damage they cause is more costly. The only other object in Clambo’s lair is a sponge, which chooses to disappear and reappear in random comers of the room. What folly is this!" – 1995. Donkey Kong Land, Nintendo Magazine System (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet. EMAP (British English). Page 15.
  4. ^ 1994. Donkey Kong Country manual. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 30.