Colonel Pluck
Template:Character-infobox Colonel Pluck is the seventh and penultimate boss of Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. He is fought at the end of Factory in the boss level, Feather Fiend. Colonel Pluck operates and moves around in the Stompybot 3000. While Colonel Pluck is under control by the Tiki Tak Tribe, after being hypnotized by Cordian, he is forced to mass-produce an army of Tikis that Tiki Tong will use to conquer Donkey Kong Island. He does this by using the Stompybot 3000 to mash up bananas which transform into Tikis when coming in contact with masks.
General information
Physical description
Colonel Pluck is a white chicken that wears goggles with a black frame. He has a limp, red comb on his head and has quite a long neck and wings for a chicken. He also has four tips at the end of his wing, which has function as finger for him while he is working.
Attacks
In the first phase, Colonel Pluck controls the Stompybot 3000, walking around the stage. The duo must make their way under the robot. Occasionally, it will run across the screen quickly. Sometimes, Colonel Pluck will lift the robot into the air and then perform a ground pound on the ground. When green chains appear at some point, very rarely will Colonel Pluck try to trick the apes by just scratching the floor with his mechanical feet, which Donkey and Diddy can not go under. If Donkey and Diddy fail to damage Pluck, he will roast the Kongs with a flame jet.
During the second phase, the colonel will send in some eggs, where BuckBot will hatch out. Donkey Kong must rid of these so he has enough room to avoid Colonel Pluck from trying to smash him from above.
Combat
When hitting the Stompybot 3000 three times, the robot's outer shell will break off, and will resemble a flying vehicle. Colonel Pluck, who still is inside the robot, will send in eggs at this point. Donkey Kong must dodge his attacks and stomp on Colonel Pluck three more times. After this, Cordian will emerge, allowing Donkey Kong to send it flying off into the distance.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy
| Name | Image | Appears in | NTSC-U Description | PAL Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonel Pluck | 
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Wii Donkey Kong Country Returns (11/2010) 3DS Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (05/2013) |
Stomp all night, stomp all day. Colonel Pluck has been hypnotized by the Tiki Tak Tribe to mash bananas with his Stompybot 3000. Looks like they're creating new tribe members with the resulting juice. Hopefully they're peeling those bananas... Nothing worse than leftover peel in a banana smoothie. | He stomps stolen bananas into mush with his giant stomping machine. Why does he do it? Because the Tiki Tak Tribe are controlling him - that's why! They're using the banana mush to create new tribe members. Who knew bananas were so magical? |
Gallery
Colonel Pluck starts to move around
The Stompybot 3000's weakness is spotted
Donkey Kong attacks the weak spot
The Stompybot 3000 is damaged
Donkey Kong destroys the Stompybot 3000
Colonel Pluck releases some BuckBot eggs
Colonel Pluck becomes vulnerable to a jump attack
Donkey Kong damages Colonel Pluck
Colonel Pluck is defeated
Concept of Colonel Plunk and the Stompybot 3000
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ドクターチキン[?] Template:Nowrap |
Dr. Chicken | |
| German | Oberst Pluster[?] | - | |
| Spanish | Coronel Plúmez[?] | Colonel Feathers (Pluméz isn't a real word in the Spanish vocabulary, though it could be derived from the surname Gómez and obviously plumas (Spanish for "feathers"). |
Trivia
- Colonel Pluck's name and him being a chicken might be based on Harland David Sanders, also known as Colonel Sanders, the original founder of the KFC chain of restaurants.
