Click-Clack
| Click-Clack | |||
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 Artwork of a Click-Clack from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | |||
| First appearance | Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) | ||
| Latest appearance | DK: Jungle Climber (2007) | ||
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- “If you flip this beetle on its back, you can carry it around and use it as a weapon.”
- —Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest instruction booklet, page 28
Click-Clacks, also formatted Klick-Klack,[1][2] are blue beetle enemies first appearing in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
History
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Click-Clacks are enemies in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. They appear in several levels in every world (except The Flying Krock and the Lost World). Like most enemies, Click-Clacks move around in a set pattern. They are shown to have some durability, because Diddy and Dixie Kong can defeat a Click-Clack by jumping on it twice. From the first jump, the Click-Clack falls onto its back. It is defenseless while in this state, and the Kongs can jump on it again to defeat it. The Kongs can pick up a Click-Clack while it is on its back, and can also defeat it by throwing it at another enemy. Click-Clacks can instantly be defeated from either Diddy's Cartwheel Attack or Dixie's Helicopter Spin, by throwing a projectile, such as a barrel or kannonball at them, or if Diddy or Dixie pick it up and throw it at another enemy.
Yellow Knik-Knaks behave like their successor in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! in that two jumps also defeat them, the first of which flips them over.
Donkey Kong Land 2
Click-Clacks make their second appearance in Donkey Kong Land 2. Here, Click-Clacks behave almost identically to their first appearance aside from one minor difference: if either Diddy or Dixie jump on a Click-Clack, the player can move them as they bounce back in midair. Click-Clacks appear in fewer levels than in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. In the end credits, Click-Clacks are classified with "The Baddies."
DK: King of Swing / DK: Jungle Climber
Click-Clacks are enemies in both DK: King of Swing and DK: Jungle Climber. They patrol around Peg Boards. If attacked from the front, Click-Clack damages Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.
Super Mario-kun
A Click-Clack (under its Japanese name, which is just Beetle) 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 Click-Clack.
Profiles and statistics
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
- Level appearances
Donkey Kong Land 2
- Level appearances
Gallery
Artwork
Frontal artwork
Poster featuring Diddy, Dixie and a Klampon in a castle, with a Click-Clack on the left
Promotional artwork featuring Diddy, Dixie, and Fulgore from Killer Instinct. A Click-Clack appears to the bottom-right.
Sprites
Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA)
Screenshots
A Click-Clack in the Cast of Characters in Donkey Kong Country 2
A Click-Clack (referred to as Beetle) in Donkey Kong Land 2's end credits in the Japanese version
Trivia
- Click-Clacks may be derived from an unused "nasty beetle" enemy named "Veedub" (a play on "VW," as in the Volkswagen Beetle) planned to appear in the original Donkey Kong Country.[3]
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish | Click-Clack[?] | - |
References
- ^ January 1997. Nintendo Magazine System (Australia) issue 46. Page 47.
- ^ March 1996. Nintendo Magazine System (Australia) issue 36. Page 21.
- ^ Early DKC general naming sheet
