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Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Qyzbud » March 1st, 2008, 12:34 am

I'm interested in talking about the characters of the DKC trilogy, and their real-world conterparts.

Who's with me?

I have always thought that Slippa from DKC looks like either a Coral Snake or a Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake:

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Slippa (promo render)
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Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake
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Also, the blue butterflies look a bit like Ulysses Butterflies:

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DKC Butterfly (cropped render)
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Ulysses Butterfly
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Anyone else care to share theories of DKC character origins?
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Jomingo » March 1st, 2008, 7:01 am

You are pretty much right on about Slippa, it looks exactly the same. I'm gonna look up on google images to find a spider that matches Squitter.
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby cfh » March 1st, 2008, 8:29 am

Wow, those look very similar! Especially the butterfly.
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Qyzbud » March 1st, 2008, 9:54 am

Tiptup Jr. wrote:Enguarde is a swordfish. :P

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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby cfh » March 1st, 2008, 12:44 pm

But he's bright blue, he can't be a swordfish!
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Kowbrainz » March 1st, 2008, 4:57 pm

Durrr... that's why it says Enguarde the Cactus in the manual...

Doesn't anyone read the manual? >.<
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby cfh » March 2nd, 2008, 3:23 am

I did, but I don't for new games. I read it cause it was already 13 years old by that time :P
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Tiptup Jr. » March 5th, 2008, 11:53 am

Qyzbud wrote:
Tiptup Jr. wrote:Enguarde is a swordfish. :P

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I'd like to thank my parents, my brothers, and everyone on the forums for helping me achieve my goal of being a Superstar Genius. Wait a minute...

He's... he's... a cactus?

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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Cosmicman » April 15th, 2008, 10:05 am

This is a great idea,I would love to see picture comparisons of most animals from the game, even the obious like the kongs.
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Tiptup Jr. » April 23rd, 2008, 7:43 am

Eh, some the Kongs aren't so obvious. Chunky, for example, is a bit harder to pin a species on. I say he's a really big chimp, others say he's a gorilla, and so on.
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby S.T. BUGMAN III » May 26th, 2008, 2:27 pm

Sorry for the mega-huge bump, but there is too much potential for this thread. :geek:

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I believe Croctopus was inspired by a real species called 'Blue-ringed' or 'Blue-lined' octopus

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EDIT:Oops, seems someone at Wikipedia has already made this connection...

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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Cyclone » May 26th, 2008, 7:17 pm

Hey nice find! I always thought the texture on him was a made up one.
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Qyzbud » May 26th, 2008, 8:23 pm

Yeah, that's a nice observation. Cheers for sharing it. I should have noticed the similarity, being an Aussie and all... They're notoriously deadly critters, and they are native to the pacific. Not sure if I've seen them in the wild, but I've certainly heard of them.

I find it rather amazing that the blue-ringed octopus Wikipedia page actually mentions the Croctopus comparison. That's crazy. :D
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Jomingo » May 27th, 2008, 10:00 am

Yeah, I've noticed that comparison before, it must have slipped my mind.
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Re: Animals that inspired the characters of the DKC games

Postby Phyreburnz » November 17th, 2010, 11:58 pm

Qyzbud wrote:I have always thought that Slippa from DKC looks like either a Coral Snake or a Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake

Slippa is a coral snake. have you ever heard this: Red to black, venom lack. Red to yellow kill a fellow. That's how you tell the difference between the harmless King snakes and Milk snakes between the deadly Coral Snakes. Image
I think that Squitter is a red knee tarantula:
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The closest looking snake that I could find for Rattly was a Banded Calico Snake. But it's red and black striped. If I don't find anything better, I'll post a picture.
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