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{{species-infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Squidly.png|270px]]
|image=[[File:Squidly DKCR.png|224px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[2010]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|affiliation=None
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|latest_appearance=
|variants=[[Electrasquid]]
|species_origin=[[Squid]]
|related=[[Electrasquid]]
|notable=
}}
}}
'''Squidlies''' are enemies appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' that are shot out of Turrets and their sub-species are [[Electrasquid]]s. They can be defeated by any of [[Donkey Kong]] or [[Diddy Kong]]'s attacks and can mainly be defeated by being hit against a wall. They move in a straight line in the direction that the Turret is pointing at. Inside of the Turrets, it is easier to predict when a Squidly will be shot by looking at the eyes peeking out of the Turret. According to its concept artwork, it is revealed that a crab controls the Turret. It may be either [[Snaps]] or [[Pinchley]]. They are the Donkey Kong equivalent of  [[Bullet Bill]]s because they are shot out of cannons and go left or right.
[[File:BlowholeBound.png|thumb|left|[[Donkey Kong]] attacks some Squidlys at [[Blowhole Bound]].]]
'''Squidlys'''<ref>{{cite|author=Knight, Michael|title=''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' Prima Official Game Guide|page=26|date=November 21, 2010|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-47102-4|language=en-us}}</ref> (also pluralized as '''Squidlies'''),<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=18|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> also known as '''Squiddles'''<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=26|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> (pluralized as '''Squiddless'''<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=48, 49, 56|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</ref> or '''Squiddles'''),<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=168, 172, 173|isbn=978-0-804-161497}}</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 are squid-like torpedos that are indefinitely fired from [[Squid Shot]]s. Squidlys have an electrical variant named [[Electrasquid]]. When fired out from a Squid Shot, Squidlys slowly move in a straight line, either left or right (depending on where the Kongs are located). Squidlys get destroyed once they hit a wall, or they damage [[Donkey Kong]] or [[Diddy Kong]] upon contact. The [[Kong]]s can defeat a Squidly by jumping on them.
 
Squidlys seem to have design origins from the {{wp|orthoceras}}, a {{wp|genus}} of extinct {{wp|cephalopod}}s with external shells and no feeding tentacles, similar to Squidly.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Squidly.png|Concept artwork
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=トビーカ
|JpnR=Tobīka
|JpnM=Corruption of「トビイカ」(''tobi'ika'', "flying squid")
|Ita=Malacaro
|ItaM=An anagram of ''calamaro'' ("squid")
}}
 
==References==
<references/>


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{{DKCR}}
{{DKCR}}
[[Category:Donkey Kong Enemies]]
[[Category:Cephalopods]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Species]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country Returns enemies]]

Latest revision as of 22:06, January 21, 2025

Squidly
Squidly
First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (2025)
Variants
Blowhole Bound
Donkey Kong attacks some Squidlys at Blowhole Bound.

Squidlys[1] (also pluralized as Squidlies),[2] also known as Squiddles[3] (pluralized as Squiddless[4] or Squiddles),[5] are enemies in Donkey Kong Country Returns and its Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch ports. They are squid-like torpedos that are indefinitely fired from Squid Shots. Squidlys have an electrical variant named Electrasquid. When fired out from a Squid Shot, Squidlys slowly move in a straight line, either left or right (depending on where the Kongs are located). Squidlys get destroyed once they hit a wall, or they damage Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong upon contact. The Kongs can defeat a Squidly by jumping on them.

Squidlys seem to have design origins from the orthoceras, a genus of extinct cephalopods with external shells and no feeding tentacles, similar to Squidly.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese トビーカ[?]
Tobīka
Corruption of「トビイカ」(tobi'ika, "flying squid")
Italian Malacaro[?] An anagram of calamaro ("squid")

References[edit]

  1. ^ Knight, Michael (November 21, 2010). Donkey Kong Country Returns Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-47102-4. Page 26.
  2. ^ 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 18.
  3. ^ 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 26.
  4. ^ 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 48, 49, 56.
  5. ^ 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 168, 172, 173.