Char-Char

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Char-Char
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First appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (2013)
Variants

Char-Chars[1] are enemies in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. They are small fireballs only found in the Volcano world, where they appear as a recurring enemy.

Regular Char-Chars display a face with a menacing grin and attack by bouncing on platforms. They are harmful if touched directly, but can be disintegrated by blowing air on or throwing a barrel at them. Faceless Char-Chars can be encountered as well,[2] either popping out of the lava in a similar manner to a Lava Bubble, revolving in mid-air, or simply flying in a staggered manner. Unlike the regular type, these Char-Chars can only be destroyed with a barrel.

Rentamaguma, large relatives of Char-Chars, are indestructible enemies that can only be encountered in Furious Fire and, exclusively in the Nintendo 3DS version, Lavawheel Volcano.

Gallery

  • The Kongs and several faceless Char-Chars. Note the Char-Char popping from the lava on the left and the smaller, descending ones on the right.

    The Kongs and several faceless Char-Chars. Note the Char-Char popping from the lava on the left and the smaller, descending ones on the right.

  • Three faceless Char-Chars fly as they follow some flying bananas.

    Three faceless Char-Chars fly as they follow some flying bananas.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ハネコダマグマ[3]
Hanekodamaguma
コダマグマ[3] (non-bouncy variant)
Kodamaguma
タマグマ[3] (faceless variant)
Tamaguma
オオダマグマ[3] (big faceless variant)
Ōdamaguma 		Portmanteau of「跳ねる」(haneru, to jump),「小玉」(kodama, small ball), and "magma"

Portmanteau of「小玉」(kodama, small ball) and "magma"

Portmanteau of「玉」(tama, ball) and "magma"

Portmanteau of「大玉」(ōdama, large ball) and "magma"

References

  1. ^ Knight, Michael. Donkey Kong Country Returns Prima Official Game Guide. Page 27.
  2. ^ Knight, Michael. Donkey Kong Country Returns Prima Official Game Guide. Pages 146 and 148-150. The author collectively refers to small, incandescent stones found in the Volcano world as Char-Chars.
  3. ^ a b c d 「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 24.
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Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters Protagonists Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly • Scurvy Crew • Stu • Mole Miner Max/Train • Mangoruby • Thugly • Colonel Pluck • Tiki Tong
Enemies and obstacles Tiki Tak Tribe Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giga Goro Ball • Screaming Pillar • Screaming Pillar (big) • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (big) • Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
Other Ack • AckStack • Ape-Eating Plant • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Bowling bird • BuckBomb • BuckBot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-Char • Chomp • Chū Komorin • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Frogoon • Giant Chomp • Giga Rangwi • Green Chomp • Hopgoon • Hothead Jed • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping flame • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot • Pyrobot) • Rentamaguma • Robobī • Shooting Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snippys • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Toothberry • Wiggle • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Crash Guard* • Green Balloon* • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Train • Trapdoor
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack
Levels Jungle Jungle Hijinxs • King of Cling • Tree Top Bop • Sunset Shore • Canopy Cannons • Crazy Cart • Platform Panic • Mugly's Mound
Beach Poppin' Planks • Sloppy Sands • Peaceful Pier • Cannon Cluster • Stormy Shore • Blowhole Bound • Tidal Terror • Tumblin' Temple • Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins Wonky Waterway • Button Bash • Mast Blast • Damp Dungeon • Itty Bitty Biters • Temple Topple • Shifty Smashers • Ruined Roost
Cave Rickety Rails • Grip 'n' Trip • Bombs Away • Mole Patrol • Crowded Cavern • Jagged Jewels • The Mole Train
Forest Vine Valley • Clingy Swingy • Flutter Flyaway • Tippin' Totems • Longshot Launch • Springy Spores • Wigglevine Wonders • Muncher Marathon • Blast & Bounce • Mangoruby Run
Cliff Sticky Situation • Prehistoric Path • Weighty Way • Boulder Roller • Precarious Plateau • Crumble Canyon • Tippy Shippy • Clifftop Climb • Perilous Passage • Thugly's Highrise
Factory Foggy Fumes • Slammin' Steel • Handy Hazards • Gear Getaway • Cog Jog • Switcheroo • Music Madness • Lift-off Launch • Treacherous Track • Feather Fiend
Volcano Furious Fire • Hot Rocket • Roasting Rails • Smokey Peak • Bobbing Basalt • Moving Melters • Red Red Rising • Five Monkey Trial • Tiki Tong Terror
Cloud*+ Crushin' Columns*+ • Gushin' Geysers*+ • Spiky Surprise*+ • Mischievous Moles*+ • Topsy Turvy*+ • Tar Ball Fall*+ • Robo Factory*+ • Lavawheel Volcano*+ • Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery • Staff
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