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{{species infobox
|image=[[Image:klampon.jpg|200px]]''
|image=[[File:Klampon.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[1995]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|Donkey Kong Country 2]]'' (remake) ([[2004]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Konga 2]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|related=[[Klaptrap]], [[Krimp]]
|variant_of=[[Klaptrap]]
|comparable=[[Krimp]]
}}
}}
'''Klampons''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. These blue-skinned, red-spotted, quadrupedal [[Kremling]]s with a big head, large jaws, and bulging eyes. Klampons are described in the game's manual as being the bigger brothers of [[Klaptrap]]s. Similar enemies named [[Krimp]]s replace Klampons in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''


'''Klampons''' are crocodilian-like enemies that first appear in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and later make a reappearance in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. According to the game's credits, Klampons belong to the "[[Kremling Kuthroats]]" enemy class.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' / ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' ===
Klampons are enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', behaving identically in both games. Klampons attack by repeatedly chomping their jaws while moving back and forth. [[Diddy Kong|Diddy]] and [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] cannot roll into a Klampon from the side because this injures them, but a Klampon can be defeated from a [[jump]] attack, having a [[barrel]] or [[crate]] thrown at it, from an [[Animal Friend]], or from being rolled into from above. Klampons have a functional opposite, [[Spiny (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Spinies]], which are protected from jumping attacks but are vulnerable to frontal attacks, and the enemies are encountered together in [[Castle Crush]]. In the cast roll, Klampons are classified as part of the "[[Kremling Kuthroats]]" enemy class.


==Appearance==
Klampons have the same defeated voice clips as [[Klomp]]s and several other Kremlings in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' only, but are mute in the game's [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|remake]].
Klampons appear as blue and red-spotted crocodiles with small bodies, big heads and jaws, and bulging eyes. According to the ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest'' Instruction Manual, they are the older brothers of [[Klaptraps]], from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. Indeed they bear an extreme resemblance to each other, although the Klampon is a bit larger than a Klaptrap. Both enemies share the same way of attack, and are invulnerable to a frontal attack as well as an attack from behind. However a [[stomp]] will take care of them. Klampons are also vulnerable from a cartwheel or spin attack from above, unlike Klaptrap. Sometimes Klampons appear with their functional opposites (weak to frontal attacks but immune to [[jump]] attacks), the [[Spiny (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Spinies]]. This makes it harder to defeat the group of enemies, as defeating one may accidentally lead to being hurt by the other.


==Levels==
===''Super Mario-kun''===
Klampons appear in the following levels.
[[File:KlamponKun.png|thumb|150px|Klampon in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
A Klampon makes a brief cameo in Volume 14 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. The last part of the book has a series of comics based on ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', including a 'find the differences' activity between several enemies, including Klampon.


===''Donkey Kong Country 2''===
===''Donkey Konga 2''===
* [[Hot-Head Hop]]
Artwork of a Klampon sometimes appears onscreen in "Freestyle Zone" in response to the player hitting the [[Nintendo GameCube#DK Bongos|DK Bongos]], in ''[[Donkey Konga 2]]''.
* [[Lava Lagoon]]
 
* [[Squawk's Shaft]]
==Profiles==
* [[Bramble Blast]]
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
* [[Rambi Rumble]]
{{DKC GBA enemy
* [[Ghostly Grove]]
|game=dkc2
* [[Gusty Glade]]
|name=Klampon
* [[Parrot Chute Panic]]
|image=[[File:Klampon DKC2 GBA sprite.png]]
* [[Windy Well]]
|worlds=[[Crocodile Cauldron]]<br>[[Krem Quay]]<br>[[Krazy Kremland]]<br>[[Gloomy Gulch]]<br>[[K. Rool's Keep]]<br>[[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lost World]]
* [[Castle Crush]]
|levels={{columns|count=2|
* [[Clapper's Cavern]]
*[[Hot-Head Hop]]
* [[Toxic Tower]]
*[[Lava Lagoon (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Lava Lagoon]]
* [[Jungle Jinx]]
*[[Squawks's Shaft (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Squawks's Shaft]]
* [[Black Ice Battle]]
*[[Bramble Blast (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Bramble Blast]]
* [[Fiery Furnace]]
*[[Rambi Rumble (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Rambi Rumble]]
* [[Animal Antics]]
*[[Ghostly Grove (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Ghostly Grove]]
*[[Gusty Glade (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Gusty Glade]]
*[[Parrot Chute Panic (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Parrot Chute Panic]]
*[[Windy Well (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Windy Well]]
*[[Castle Crush]]
*[[Clapper's Cavern (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Clapper's Cavern]]
*[[Toxic Tower (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Toxic Tower]]
*[[Jungle Jinx (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Jungle Jinx]]
*[[Black Ice Battle (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Black Ice Battle]]
*[[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Fiery Furnace]]
*[[Animal Antics (Donkey Kong Country 2)|Animal Antics]]}}
|page=2
|photo_location=In Black Ice Battle, near the letter N
}}
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=He's [[Klaptrap]]'s bigger brother, and he has a monstrous appetite for monkeys.<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' instruction booklet|page=29|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>}}


===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
* [[Hot-Head Hop]]
{{columns|count=2|
* [[Red Hot Ride]]
;Level appearances
* [[Hornet Hole]]
*[[Hothead Hop]]
* [[Rambi Rumble]]
*[[Redhot Ride]]
* [[Ghostly Grove]]
*[[Hornet Hole (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Hornet Hole]]
* [[Gusty Glade]]
*[[Rambi Rumble (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Rambi Rumble]]
* [[Parrot Chute Panic]]
*[[Ghostly Grove (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Ghostly Grove]]
* [[Dungeon Danger]]
*[[Gusty Glade (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Gusty Glade]]
* [[Clapper's Cavern]]
*[[Parrot Chute Panic (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Parrot Chute Panic]]
* [[Jungle Jinx]]
*[[Dungeon Danger]]
* [[Black Ice Battle]]
*[[Clapper's Cavern (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Clapper's Cavern]]
* [[Fiery Furnace]]
*[[Jungle Jinx (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Jungle Jinx]]
*[[Black Ice Battle (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Black Ice Battle]]
*[[Fiery Furnace (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Fiery Furnace]]
}}
 
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Klampon.PNG|<center>''Donkey Kong Country 2''
Klampon alt.png|Artwork of a Klampon with its jaws shut
Image:Klampon DKL2.PNG|<center>''Donkey Kong Land 2''
Kongs and Klampon in castle DKC2 group art.jpg|Klampon watches as the Kongs climb a tower
Klampon DKC2.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Klampon DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2''
</gallery>
</gallery>
<br clear=all>
 
{{NIWA|DKWiki=1}}
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=クランポン
|JpnR=Kuranpon
|JpnM=Klampon
|Ita=Kaiman
|ItaM=Caiman, with the "C" replaced with a "K"
|Spa=Klampon
}}
 
==References==
<references/>
 
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{{DKC2}}
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{{DKL2}}
{{Kremlings}}
[[Category:Kremlings]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Species]]
[[Category:Kremling Krew]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]
[[Category:Kremling Kuthroats]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2]]
[[Category:Reptiles and Amphibians]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Siblings]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land 2 enemies]]
[[de:Klampon]]

Latest revision as of 06:01, January 10, 2025

Klampon
Klampon
Artwork from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
First appearance Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
Latest appearance Donkey Konga 2 (cameo) (2004)
Variant of Klaptrap
Comparable

Klampons are enemies introduced in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. These blue-skinned, red-spotted, quadrupedal Kremlings with a big head, large jaws, and bulging eyes. Klampons are described in the game's manual as being the bigger brothers of Klaptraps. Similar enemies named Krimps replace Klampons in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]

Klampons are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2, behaving identically in both games. Klampons attack by repeatedly chomping their jaws while moving back and forth. Diddy and Dixie cannot roll into a Klampon from the side because this injures them, but a Klampon can be defeated from a jump attack, having a barrel or crate thrown at it, from an Animal Friend, or from being rolled into from above. Klampons have a functional opposite, Spinies, which are protected from jumping attacks but are vulnerable to frontal attacks, and the enemies are encountered together in Castle Crush. In the cast roll, Klampons are classified as part of the "Kremling Kuthroats" enemy class.

Klampons have the same defeated voice clips as Klomps and several other Kremlings in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest only, but are mute in the game's remake.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Klampon
Klampon in Super Mario-kun

A Klampon makes a brief cameo in Volume 14 of Super Mario-kun. The last part of the book has a series of comics based on Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, including a 'find the differences' activity between several enemies, including Klampon.

Donkey Konga 2[edit]

Artwork of a Klampon sometimes appears onscreen in "Freestyle Zone" in response to the player hitting the DK Bongos, in Donkey Konga 2.

Profiles[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[edit]

Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance) enemy
Klampon
Klampon in Donkey Kong Country 2 for Game Boy Advance. Worlds Crocodile Cauldron
Krem Quay
Krazy Kremland
Gloomy Gulch
K. Rool's Keep
Lost World 		Levels
Scrapbook page 2 Photograph location In Black Ice Battle, near the letter N
  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      He's Klaptrap's bigger brother, and he has a monstrous appetite for monkeys.[1]

Donkey Kong Land 2[edit]

Level appearances

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Klampon.
  • Artwork of a Klampon with its jaws shut

    Artwork of a Klampon with its jaws shut

  • Klampon watches as the Kongs climb a tower

    Klampon watches as the Kongs climb a tower

  • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

    Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

  • Donkey Kong Land 2

    Donkey Kong Land 2

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クランポン[?]
Kuranpon 		Klampon
Italian Kaiman[?] Caiman, with the "C" replaced with a "K"
Spanish Klampon[?] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ 1995. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 29.
[Edit]
Kremlings
Characters Congazuma • Cranky K. Rool • Draglinger • General Klump • Giant Viking Kremling • Green Kroc • Jr. Klap Trap • Junklomp • K. Lumsy • Kalypso • Kaptain Skurvy • Kass • Kerozene • King K. Rool (Baby) • King Kut Out • Kip • Klubba • Kleever • Kludge • Krunch • Krunch's mother • Krusha • Krushy • Kudgel • Kutlass • Mega Amp • Okusan • Quint Skurvy • Resident demon
Species Bazuka • Ghost • Kaboing • Kaboom • Kackle • Kannon • Kasplat • Klampon • Klank • Klaptrap • Klasp • Klinger • Kloak • Klobber • Klomp • Klump • Knocka • Kobble • Koin • Koindozer • Kopter • Kosha • Kracka • Krash • Kremling (boater) • Kremling cop • Krimp • Kritter • Kroc • Krockhead • Krook • Krumple • Kruncha • Krusha • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Kutlass • Re-Koil • Robokremling • Rock Kroc • Shroom • Skeleton Kremling • Skidda • Super Team goalie
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES) / Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)
Protagonists Cranky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Funky Kong • Swanky Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Clapper • Enguarde • Expresso • Glimmer • Quawks • Rambi • Rattly • Squawks • Squitter
Bosses Krow • Kleever • Kudgel • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kerozene • Kaptain K. Rool
Enemies Cat O' 9 Tails • Click-Clack • Flitter • Flotsam • Kaboing • Kaboom • Kackle • Kannon • Klampon • Klank • Klinger • Kloak • Klobber • Klomp • Klubba • Krockhead • Krook • Kruncha • Kutlass • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Puftup • Screech • Shuri • Snapjaw • Spiny • Zinger
Levels Gangplank Galleon Pirate Panic • Mainbrace Mayhem • Gangplank Galley • Lockjaw's Locker • Topsail Trouble • Krow's Nest
Crocodile Cauldron Hot-Head Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Lava Lagoon • Red-Hot Ride • Squawks's Shaft • Kleever's Kiln
Krem Quay Barrel Bayou • Glimmer's Galleon • Krockhead Klamber • Rattle Battle • Slime Climb • Bramble Blast • Kudgel's Kontest
Krazy Kremland Hornet Hole • Target Terror • Bramble Scramble • Rickety Race • Mudhole Marsh • Rambi Rumble • King Zing Sting
Gloomy Gulch Ghostly Grove • Haunted Hall • Gusty Glade • Parrot Chute Panic • Web Woods • Kreepy Krow
K. Rool's Keep Arctic Abyss • Windy Well • Castle Crush • Clapper's Cavern • Chain Link Chamber • Toxic Tower • Stronghold Showdown
The Flying Krock Screech's Sprint • K. Rool Duel
Lost World Jungle Jinx • Black Ice Battle • Klobber Karnage • Fiery Furnace • Animal Antics • Krocodile Kore
Funky's Flights missions Aerial Loop • Submerged Stint • Kongstruction • Kongnapped • Cool Sounds • Kongnapped 2 • Toxic Kongstruction
Barrels Animal Barrel • Regular Barrel • Barrel Kannon • Biplane Barrel • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • Diddy & Dixie Barrels • DK Barrel • Exclamation Point Barrel • Golden Barrel • Krockhead Barrel • Plus and Minus Barrels • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • Steerable Barrel • TNT Barrel • Warp Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Extra Life Balloon (red · green · blue) • Hanging vine • Hook • KONG Letters • Kremkoin • Roller Coaster • Rope • Star • Toxic waste
Miscellaneous Ask Uncle Tusk • Cold Crossword Challenge • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Original Soundtrack • Donkey Kong Country Trilogy • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Nintendo Music • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff • Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy Original Sound Version • Super Donkey Kong 2 Guide Book • Uncle Kong
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Donkey Kong Land 2
Protagonists Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Clapper • Enguarde • Rambi • Rattly • Squawks • Squitter • Quawks
Bosses Krow • Kleever • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kaptain K. Rool
Enemies Click-Clack • Flitter • Flotsam • Kaboing • Kannon • Klampon • Klank • Klinger • Klobber • Klomp • Klubba • Krockhead • Krook • Kruncha • Lockjaw • Necky • Neek • Puftup • Shuri • Spiny • Zinger
Levels Gangplank Galleon Pirate Panic • Mainbrace Mayhem • Gangplank Galley • Lockjaw's Locker • Topsail Trouble • Krow's Nest
Krem Cauldron Hothead Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Lava Lagoon • Redhot Ride • Squawks's Shaft • Barrel Bayou • Glimmer's Galleon • Krockhead Klamber • Rattle Battle • Slime Climb • Kleaver's Kiln
Krazy Kremland Hornet Hole • Target Terror • Bramble Blast • Rickety Race • Bramble Scramble • Mudhole Marsh • Rambi Rumble • King Zing Sting
Gloomy Gulch Ghostly Grove • Krazy Koaster • Gusty Glade • Parrot Chute Panic • Web Woods • Kreepy Krow
K. Rool's Keep Arctic Abyss • Windy Well • Dungeon Danger • Clapper's Cavern • Chain Link Chamber • Toxic Tower • Stronghold Showdown
The Flying Krock Screech's Sprint • K. Rool Duel
Lost World Jungle Jinx • Black Ice Battle • Klobber Karnage • Fiery Furnace • Animal Antics • Krocodile Kore
Barrels Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Kannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Exclamation Point Barrel • Light Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • TNT Barrel • Warp Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Extra Life Balloon • Hook • KONG Letters • Kremkoin • Roller Coaster • Rope • Star • Toxic waste
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