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{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|title=Vine Chomp
|image=[[File:Vine Chomp.png|100px]]<br>Model
|image=[[File:DKCR_Vine_chomp.png|120px]]<br>Concept artwork of a Vine Chomp
|parent_species=[[Chomp (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Chomp]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|variant_of=[[Chomp (Donkey Kong Country series)|Chomp]]
}}
}}
'''Vine Chomps'''{{ref needed}} are carnivorous plant enemies first seen in the game ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''. They are blue, medium-sized Chomps that possess vine-shaped tongues. They only appear in the [[Forest (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Forest]] world, and only appear in a few of the world's vine levels.
[[File:DKCR Chomppic1.png|left|thumb|200px|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'']]
'''Ape-Eating Plants''',<ref>{{cite|date=May 24, 2013|author=Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa|language=en-us|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=95|isbn=978-0-804-161497|quote=The next vines you swing across have Ape-Eating Plants at the top.}}</ref> originally known as '''hungry plants''',<ref>{{cite|author=Knight, Michael|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=87|date=November 21, 2010|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-47102-4|language=en-us|quote=The next vines you swing across have hungry plants at the top.}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|Nintendo Switch]] ports. They appear exclusively in some vine levels of the [[Forest (Donkey Kong Country Returns)|Forest]], and Ape-Eating Plants are first encountered in the level [[Vine Valley (level)|Vine Valley]]. These carnivorous plants are a blue, medium-sized variant of [[Chomp (Donkey Kong Country series)|Chomps]] with a tongue in the shape of a [[swinging vine|hanging vine]]. Ape-Eating Plants always appear on the ceiling where they hide behind some leaves while sticking their tongue down. When the [[Kong]]s grab its tongue, the plant slowly pulls the tongue back to its mouth, attempting to eat the Kongs. Its tongue is necessary for progressing higher into the level, and the Kongs must quickly get off its tongue to avoid being eaten. If it does, although a prompt does not appear to indicate this like with [[green Chomp]]s, the player is able to force the Kongs out by shaking the controller (pressing {{button|3ds|x}} or {{button|3ds|y}} repeatedly in the port). If successful, the Kongs escape unharmed; otherwise, after a period of time, the plant spits them out and they lose a heart. Ape-Eating Plants cannot be defeated by any attack.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
ChompDKCR.png|Concept artwork of a hungry plant (third from the left) alongside the other Chomps
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=アオパクパク<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=2010|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「ドンキーコングリターンズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Donkey Kong Returns Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|DKR Shogakukan P21.jpg|21}}}}</ref>
|JpnR=Ao Pakupaku
|JpnM=From「青」(''ao'', blue) and「パクパク」(''pakupaku'', onomatopoeia for devouring)
}}
 
==References==
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Vine Chomps are always located in the ceiling, and they hide in their leaves waiting for a [[Kong]] to approach its vine-shaped tongue. When the Kongs grab onto the vine-shaped tongue, the Vine Chomp then starts to slowly pull the tongue back to its mouth, trying to eat the Kongs. Vine Chomps cannot be defeated by any means of attack.
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{{DKCR}}
[[Category:Carnivorous Plants]]
[[Category:Carnivorous plants]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns enemies]]

Latest revision as of 22:09, January 21, 2025

Ape-Eating Plant
Hungry plant
Model
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
Variant of Chomp
Screenshot from Donkey Kong Country Returns

Ape-Eating Plants,[1] originally known as hungry plants,[2] are enemies in Donkey Kong Country Returns and its Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports. They appear exclusively in some vine levels of the Forest, and Ape-Eating Plants are first encountered in the level Vine Valley. These carnivorous plants are a blue, medium-sized variant of Chomps with a tongue in the shape of a hanging vine. Ape-Eating Plants always appear on the ceiling where they hide behind some leaves while sticking their tongue down. When the Kongs grab its tongue, the plant slowly pulls the tongue back to its mouth, attempting to eat the Kongs. Its tongue is necessary for progressing higher into the level, and the Kongs must quickly get off its tongue to avoid being eaten. If it does, although a prompt does not appear to indicate this like with green Chomps, the player is able to force the Kongs out by shaking the controller (pressing X Button or Y Button repeatedly in the port). If successful, the Kongs escape unharmed; otherwise, after a period of time, the plant spits them out and they lose a heart. Ape-Eating Plants cannot be defeated by any attack.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese アオパクパク[3]
Ao Pakupaku
From「青」(ao, blue) and「パクパク」(pakupaku, onomatopoeia for devouring)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The next vines you swing across have Ape-Eating Plants at the top." – Knight, Michael and Alexander Musa (May 24, 2013). Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-804-161497. Page 95.
  2. ^ "The next vines you swing across have hungry plants at the top." – Knight, Michael (November 21, 2010). Donkey Kong Country Returns Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-47102-4. Page 87.
  3. ^ 2010. 「ドンキーコングリターンズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Donkey Kong Returns Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 21Media:DKR Shogakukan P21.jpg.