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{{about|a species in the DK series|an enemy in the [[Wario]] series|[[Lurchin (Wario: Master of Disguise)]]}}
{{rewrite-expand|add ''4koma Gag Battle'' information}}
{{Species-infobox
{{about|the enemy introduced in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble|the enemy in [[Wario: Master of Disguise]]|[[Lurchin (Wario: Master of Disguise)]]}}
|image=[[File:lurchin.jpg|250px|]]<br>Artwork of a '''Lurchin''' from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Lurchin DKC3 art.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork of a Lurchin from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] version) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|notable=[[Barbos]]
|notable=[[Barbos]]
}}
}}
[[File:LurchinPA.PNG|thumb|left|A '''Lurchin''', as seen in [[Dixie Kong]]'s Photo Album.]]
'''Lurchins''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. These sea urchin-like creatures appear in water-based settings, including riversides, boardwalks, and underwater. Lurchins have two yellow-spiked, green outer shells, on the top and bottom respectively, and a thin, squishy pink segment that connects both shells. Lurchin's face is on the squishy segment, and they have large eyes with bulging, red veins. In both games, [[Enguarde]] fights a large Lurchin boss known as [[Barbos]].
'''Lurchin''' are spiky green sea urchin-like creatures encountered in many underwater levels in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. According to the game's credits, Lurchins belong to the "[[Aquatic Attackers]]" enemy class.


Lurchins do not attack [[Dixie Kong]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] directly. Instead, they will remain stationary or travel up and down in a set path, slowly opening and closing their shell. If the [[Kong]]s get too close to a Lurchin, they may end up being hit by the Lurchin's spiny shell.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
Lurchins are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. They do not attack [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] directly, but remain either stationary or move up and down in a set path while opening and closing their shell instead. Some Lurchins move more quickly than others. Because of their spiky shell, a Lurchin hurts the [[Kong]]s on contact. A Lurchin can be defeated from [[Enguarde]]'s sword stab, like other underwater enemies, but Lurchins are unique in that Enguarde can damage them only while their squishy portion is exposed, because touching Lurchin's spiky shell similarly damages Enguarde. In [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], a Lurchin is featured as a photograph within the "[[Aquatic Attackers]]" enemy class. In the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]], Lurchins in [[Ripcurl Reef]] are cosmetically different, having a yellow shell, purple spikes and a green center.


Lurchins can only be defeated with help from [[Enguarde the Swordfish|Enguarde]] or [[Nibbla]]. However, Enguarde can only defeat Lurchins when their shells are open, or else he'll get hurt instead. As for Nibbla, while it can eat the Lurchins, it's not an advisable move, as this will worsen Nibbla's mood until it eventually attacks the Kongs itself. However, Nibbla does have to eat a specific Lurchin to reveal the path to a [[Bonus Barrel]] in [[Fish Food Frenzy]].
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
Lurchins are enemies in ''Donkey Kong Land III''. They act the same as before, except in Barbos' boss stage, [[Barbos Bastion]], where when Barbos directs a few Lurchins after Enguarde, one of them moves slowly before stopping and opening its shell; while the Lurchin is exposed, it can be stabbed by Enguarde to launch back into Barbos, with a possibility of also bouncing off the walls in the process.  


One of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'s'' bosses is a giant Lurchin named [[Barbos]].
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
{{columns|count=2|
;Level appearances
*[[Tidal Trouble]] ([[Bonus Level]] only)
*[[Bazza's Blockade]] (Bonus Level only)
*[[Fish Food Frenzy]]
*[[Floodlit Fish]]
*[[Pot Hole Panic (Donkey Kong Country 3)|Pot Hole Panic]]
*[[Barbos's Barrier]]
*[[Poisonous Pipeline]]
*[[Dingy Drain-Pipe]] (remake only)
*[[Stormy Seas]] (remake only)
*[[Sunken Spruce]] (remake only)
*[[Ripcurl Reef]] (remake only)
}}


In the level "[[Ripcurl Reef]]" (a level found in the area [[Pacifica]], which is exclusive to the [[Game Boy Advance]] remake of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'') a type of Lurchin with a yellow shell, purple spikes and green skin appears; these Lurchins are no different than a regular colored one.
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
 
;Level appearances
Lurchins also appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'', although there is no real difference between the Lurchins of ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' and ''Donkey Kong Land III''. [[Barbos]] also reappears.
*[[Seabed Shanty]]
*[[Coral Quarrel]]
*[[Jetty Jitters]]
*[[Riverbank Riot]]
*[[Surface Tension]]
*[[Deep Reef Grief]]
*[[Ugly Ducting]]
*[[Haunted Hollows]]


==Levels==
==Gallery==
Lurchins appear in the following levels.
<gallery>
===''Donkey Kong Country 3''===
Lurchin DKC3.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
* [[Tidal Trouble]] (Bonus Level only)
Lurchin DKC3 Photo Album.png|[[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
* [[Bazza's Blockade]] (Bonus Level only)
Lurchin DKLIII sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land III''
* [[Fish Food Frenzy]]
Lurchin DKL3c sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
* [[Floodlit Fish]]
Lurchin DKC3 GBA sprite.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
* [[Pot Hole Panic (Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!)|Pot Hole Panic]]
Lurchin (Gold) GBA Sprite.png|Sprite of the golden variant from ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA)
* [[Poisonous Pipeline]]
Lurchin DKC3 GBA prototype color variation.png|An unused color variant of Lurchin in ''Donkey Kong Country 3'' (GBA), later replaced by the golden variant
* [[Dingy Drain-Pipe]] (Game Boy Advance version only)
Lurchin Nibbla Koco 4-koma Gag Battle.png|A Lurchin alongside a [[Nibbla]] and [[Koco]] in ''[[4koma Gag Battle]]''
* [[Stormy Seas]] (Game Boy Advance version only)
</gallery>
* [[Sunken Spruce]] (Game Boy Advance version only)
* [[Ripcurl Reef]] (Game Boy Advance version only)
 
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
* [[Seabed Shanty]]
* [[Coral Quarrel]]
* [[Jetty Jitters]]
* [[Riverbank Riot]]
* [[Surface Tension]]
* [[Deep Reef Grief]]
* [[Ugly Ducting]]
* [[Haunted Hollows]]


== Names in other languages ==
==Names in other languages==
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|Jap=リラーチ
|Jap=リラーチ
|JapR=Rirāchi
|JapR=Rirāchi
|JapM=No specific meaning.
|JapM=Relurch
}}
}}


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[[Category:Underwater Creatures]]
[[Category:Echinoderms]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! enemies]]
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Latest revision as of 05:54, August 30, 2024

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This article is about the enemy introduced in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. For the enemy in Wario: Master of Disguise, see Lurchin (Wario: Master of Disguise).
Lurchin
Artwork of a Lurchin from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!.
Artwork of a Lurchin from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance) (2005)
Notable members

Lurchins are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. These sea urchin-like creatures appear in water-based settings, including riversides, boardwalks, and underwater. Lurchins have two yellow-spiked, green outer shells, on the top and bottom respectively, and a thin, squishy pink segment that connects both shells. Lurchin's face is on the squishy segment, and they have large eyes with bulging, red veins. In both games, Enguarde fights a large Lurchin boss known as Barbos.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble![edit]

Lurchins are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. They do not attack Dixie or Kiddy Kong directly, but remain either stationary or move up and down in a set path while opening and closing their shell instead. Some Lurchins move more quickly than others. Because of their spiky shell, a Lurchin hurts the Kongs on contact. A Lurchin can be defeated from Enguarde's sword stab, like other underwater enemies, but Lurchins are unique in that Enguarde can damage them only while their squishy portion is exposed, because touching Lurchin's spiky shell similarly damages Enguarde. In Dixie Kong's Photo Album, a Lurchin is featured as a photograph within the "Aquatic Attackers" enemy class. In the remake, Lurchins in Ripcurl Reef are cosmetically different, having a yellow shell, purple spikes and a green center.

Donkey Kong Land III[edit]

Lurchins are enemies in Donkey Kong Land III. They act the same as before, except in Barbos' boss stage, Barbos Bastion, where when Barbos directs a few Lurchins after Enguarde, one of them moves slowly before stopping and opening its shell; while the Lurchin is exposed, it can be stabbed by Enguarde to launch back into Barbos, with a possibility of also bouncing off the walls in the process.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble![edit]

Level appearances

Donkey Kong Land III[edit]

Level appearances

Gallery[edit]

  • Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

    Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

  • Sprite from Donkey Kong Land III

    Sprite from Donkey Kong Land III

  • Sprite from Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong

    Sprite from Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong

  • Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

    Sprite from Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

  • Sprite of the golden variant from Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

    Sprite of the golden variant from Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)

  • An unused color variant of Lurchin in Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA), later replaced by the golden variant

    An unused color variant of Lurchin in Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA), later replaced by the golden variant

  • A Lurchin alongside a Nibbla and Koco in 4koma Gag Battle

    A Lurchin alongside a Nibbla and Koco in 4koma Gag Battle

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese リラーチ[?]
Rirāchi 		Relurch
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA)
Characters Protagonists Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Swanky Kong • Cranky Kong
Prisoners Banana Birds • Banana Queen • Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Candy Konga • Lanky Konga • Tiny Konga • Chunky Konga
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Parry • Squawks • Squitter • Quawks
Brothers Bear Bachelora • Baffle • Barnacle • Barter • Bazaar • Bazooka • Benny • Björn • Blizzard • Blue • Blunder • Boomer • Bramble • Brash
Bosses Belcha • Arich • Squirt • KAOS • Bleak • Barbos • Kroctopusa • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Gleamin' Bream • Karbine • Killer bees • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Koin • Koindozer • Kopter • Krackaa • Kremling (boater)a • Krimp • Kroc • Krumple • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minkey • Missile shell • Nibbla • Nid • Re-Koil • Skidda • Sneek • Swoopy
Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Bowling ball • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Box of chocolatesa • Cog • DK Coin • Extra-Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Flupperius Petallus Pongus • Green banana • K-O-N-G Letters • Mirror • No.6 wrench • Patch • Present • Rosea • Shell • Ski • Star
Objects Animal Barrel • Animal crate • Auto-Fire Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Shield • Bonus Barrel • Boo Barrel • Booster Barrel • Bubbling cauldron • Crate • DK Barrel • Fuel Drum • Handle • Ignition Barrel • Invincibility Barrel • Metal door • Minea • Propellerpack • Ripsaw • Rocket Barrel • Star Barrel • Steel Barrel • Switch Barrel • TNT Barrel • Toboggan • Tracker Barrel • Trapdoor • Tumbling barrel • Warp Barrel • Wheel
Levels Lake Orangatanga Lakeside Limbo • Doorstop Dash • Tidal Trouble • Skidda's Row • Murky Mill • Belcha's Barn
Kremwood Forest Barrel Shield Bust-Up • Riverside Race • Squeals on Wheels • Springin' Spiders • Bobbing Barrel Brawl • Arich's Ambush
Cotton Top Cove Bazza's Blockade • Rocket Barrel Ride • Kreeping Klasps • Tracker Barrel Trek • Fish Food Frenzy • Squirt's Showdown
Mekanos Fire-Ball Frenzy • Demolition Drain-Pipe • Ripsaw Rage • Blazing Bazukas • Low-G Labyrinth • Kaos Karnage
K3 Krevice Kreepers • Tearaway Toboggan • Barrel Drop Bounce • Krack Shot Kroc • Lemguin Lunge • Bleak's House
Razor Ridge Buzzer Barrage • Kong-Fused Cliffs • Floodlit Fish • Pot Hole Panic • Ropey Rumpus • Barbos's Barrierb • Kroctopus Krusha
Pacificaa Dingy Drain-Pipea • Stormy Seasa • Sunken Sprucea • Cliffside Blasta • Ripcurl Reefa • Surf's Upa • Barbos's Barrier
Kaos Kore Konveyor Rope Klash • Creepy Caverns • Lightning Lookout • Koindozer Klamber • Poisonous Pipeline • Kastle Kaos
Krematoa Stampede Sprint • Criss Kross Cliffs • Tyrant Twin Tussle • Swoopy Salvo • Rocket Rush • Knautilus
Miscellaneous Barrel-Blastapalooza • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff
a Exclusive to the Game Boy Advance version
b Barbos's Barrier was moved to Pacifica in the Game Boy Advance version
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Donkey Kong Land III
Characters Bear • Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Squawks • Squitter
Bosses Arich • Barbos • Bleak • KAOS • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Karbine • Klasp • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Kopter • Krimp • Krumple • Kuchuka • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minky • Nid • Niknak • Rekoil • Skidda • Sneek
Levels Cape Codswallop Red Wharf • Seabed Shanty • Ford Knocks • Total Rekoil • Koco Channel • Liftshaft Lottery • Barbos Bastion
Primate Plains Coral Quarrel • Minky Mischief • Jetty Jitters • Black Ice Blitz • Riverbank Riot • Miller Instinct • Bleak Magic
Blackforest Plateau Rocketeer Rally • Vertigo Verge • Polar Pitfalls • Surface Tension • Tundra Blunda • Redwood Rampage • Arich Attack
Great Ape Lakes Jungle Jeopardy • Footloose Falls • Deep Reef Grief • Karbine Kaos • Simian Shimmy • Rockface Chase • Krazy Kaos
Tin Can Valley Tropical Tightropes • Clifftop Critters • Rickety Rapids • Bazuka Bombard • Ugly Ducting • Stalagmite Frights • K Rool Duel
Lost World Whiplash Dash • Kuchuka Karnage • Haunted Hollows • Rainforest Rumble • Barrel Boulevard • Ghoulish Grotto • K Rools Last Stand
Barrels Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Iron Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • Warp Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Extra Life Balloon • KONG Letters • Propellerpack • Star • Toboggan
Miscellaneous Gallery • Glitches • Media • Cards • Pre-release and unused Content • Quotes • Staff
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