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{{about|a species in the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]] franchise|an enemy in the [[Wario (franchise)|Wario]] franchise|[[Lurchin (Wario: Master of Disguise)]]}}
{{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)]]}}
{{species infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Lurchin DKC3 art.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork of a Lurchin from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|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]]) ([[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]]
}}
}}
'''Lurchins''' are sea urchin-like enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. They mostly appear in underwater settings, but have sometimes also appeared in riverside and boardwalk areas. 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 the Swordfish|Enguarde]] fights a large Lurchin boss known as [[Barbos]].
'''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]].


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
===''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''===
In ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', Lurchins do not attack [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] or [[Kiddy Kong]] directly, but rather remain either stationary or move up and down in a set path while opening and closing their shell. Some Lurchins move more quickly than others. Touching a Lurchin hurts the [[Kong]] due to the Lurchin's spiky shell. A Lurchin can be defeated from [[Enguarde the Swordfish|Enguarde]]'s sword stab, like with various other enemies; however, Lurchins are unique in that Enguarde can only damage them while their squishy portion is exposed, because touching Lurchin's spiky shell hurts Enguarde, like with the Kongs.
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 first appear in [[Tidal Trouble]], exclusively within a [[Bonus Level]]. They make their second appearance in [[Bazza's Blockade]], also exclusively within a Bonus Level. Lurchins make their third overall appearance, as well as first appearance in an actual level, in [[Fish Food Frenzy]]. Following this, Lurchins also appear in [[Floodlit Fish]], [[Pot Hole Panic (Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!)|Pot Hole Panic]], the boss level [[Barbos's Barrier]], and lastly [[Poisonous Pipeline]]. Unlike the other levels, Lurchins play a unique role in Fish Food Frenzy, where they can be eaten by [[Nibbla]], along with [[Koco]]s. However, eating a Lurchin worsens Nibbla's mood, contrary to [[Koco]]s, which keep Nibbla at ease. However, Nibbla has to eat one Lurchin in particular to reveal the path to a [[Bonus Barrel]]. The only other time a Lurchin is seen is in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], as a photograph within the "[[Aquatic Attackers]]" enemy class.
===''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.  


In the [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|version]], Lurchins appear in several [[Pacifica]] levels, including [[Dingy Drain-Pipe]], [[Stormy Seas]], [[Sunken Spruce]], and [[Ripcurl Reef]]. The Lurchins in Ripcurl Reef have a yellow shell, purple spikes and a green center, but are no different otherwise.
==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)
}}


===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
In ''Donkey Kong Land III'', Lurchins retain their behavior from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''. Lurchins act differently in Barbos' boss stage, [[Barbos Bastion]], where a few Lurchins are sent after Enguarde, one of the Lurchins moves slowly before stopping and opening its shell. When the Lurchin is exposed, Enguarde has to stab it back into Barbos. The Lurchin can even bounce off the walls.
;Level appearances
 
*[[Seabed Shanty]]
Lurchins appear in eight levels: [[Seabed Shanty]], their first level appearance; [[Coral Quarrel]]; [[Jetty Jitters]]; [[Riverbank Riot]]; [[Surface Tension]]; [[Deep Reef Grief]]; [[Ugly Ducting]]; and [[Haunted Hollows]].
*[[Coral Quarrel]]
*[[Jetty Jitters]]
*[[Riverbank Riot]]
*[[Surface Tension]]
*[[Deep Reef Grief]]
*[[Ugly Ducting]]
*[[Haunted Hollows]]


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 06:54, 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

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 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

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

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

Level appearances

Donkey Kong Land III

Level appearances

Gallery

  • 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

Language Name Meaning Notes
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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 • Chairlift • 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 • Waterfall • 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 Ask Uncle Tusk • Barrel-Blastapalooza • Cold Crossword Challenge • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Nintendo Music • 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 Ask Uncle Tusk • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Cards • Pre-release and unused Content • Quotes • Staff
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