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Tucks
Capsule Toy Machine figurine
First appearance Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong Bananza (ver. 3.0.0, DK Island & Emerald Rush , statue cameo) (2025)
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“Show those pesky penguins the radical righteousness of us supreme simians!”
—Funky Kong , Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Tucks are pudgy, hunched penguins that appear as common enemies in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and its Nintendo Switch port. They are the Snowmads' most common foot soldiers, comparable to Tiki Goons from Donkey Kong Country Returns . Tucks typically wear tightened, green-striped pants with a knotted rope around their waist.

History[edit ]

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit ]

In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze , the common variety of Tucks walks slowly from side to side. If the Kongs get in contact with a Tucks, it slaps them, causing them to lose a heart of their health. Tucks are among the weakest enemies in the game and can be defeated with any attack method, such as stomping, throwing barrels or explosives, or rolling. Tucks sometimes appear in groups, so the Kongs can jump on them in succession to potentially earn a Banana Coin.

Bouncing Tucks and the Kongs, at work in Jelly Jamboree
A bouncing Tucks, jumping on jelly blocks around Donkey and Diddy Kong

There is a pantless variety of Tucks[1] that bounces on springy objects, such as elastic drapes and jelly blocks. They bounce in one place or back and forth between two spots, damaging the Kongs upon contact. Compared to other enemies, bouncing Tucks are rather uncommon in the game. A single bouncing Tucks can be found inside a windmill in the level Windmill Hills. More bouncing Tucks can be spotted in Jelly Jamboree. The different types of jelly blocks that appear in the level do not influence their jump height as they do with the Kongs. However, like the Kongs, bouncing Tucks are able to use blue jelly blocks to move certain mechanisms.

Donkey Kong Bananza[edit ]

Statue of Tucks from Donkey Kong Bananza
Statue of Tucks in Donkey Kong Bananza

A statue of a Tucks was obtainable in the fourth Emerald Rush event in Donkey Kong Bananza , taking place in the Freezer Layer. It required accumulating 80,000 emeralds in a single run to unlock.

Levels[edit ]

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit ]

Naming[edit ]

"Tucks" comes from a shortening of "tuxedo", a type of formal suit that resembles the color of a penguin's feathers.

Names in other languages[edit ]

Language Name Meaning Note(s) Ref.
Japanese ペンガー
Pengā		 Derived from "penguin" and possibly Old Norse Víkingar ("Vikings") [?]
Chinese (Traditional) 奇鵝
Qí'é (Mandarin)
Kèih'ngó (Cantonese)		 From「企鵝」(qǐ'é / kéih'ngó, "penguin") and「奇」 (qí / kèih, "odd") [2]
Dutch Tucks - [3]
French (European) Gorfoufou From gorfou ("crested penguin") and foufou ("nutty") [?]
German Peingu From pinguin ("penguin") and pein ("torment") [?]
Italian Pinguingo Portmanteau of pinguino ("penguin") and Vichingo ("Viking") [?]
Korean 펭거
Penggeo		 Transliteration of the Japanese name [3]
Portuguese Bicudo From bico ("beak") with the adjective-forming suffix -udo [4]
Spanish Vilgüino raso Portmanteau of vil ("vile") and pingüino ("penguin"); raso ("private") indicates its rank [?]

References[edit ]

  1. ^ 2014. 「ドンキーコングトロピカルフリーズ任天堂公式ガイドブック」(Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 195 and 196. This version of the enemy has the same name as normal Tucks.
  2. ^ Nintendo (December 16, 2025). 《DK島&綠寶石淘金》的第3回遊戲內活動「挖掘&節拍」於本日12月16日(二)開始舉行!. nintendo.com (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  3. ^ a b Nintendo Today!
  4. ^ Donkey Kong Bananza statue
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) / Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)
Characters Playable Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Cranky Kong • Funky Kong *
Supporting Don Zunāna • Funky Kong • Professor Chops • Rambi • Squawks • Tawks *
Bosses Pompy • Skowl • Ba-Boom • Fugu • Bashmaster • Lord Fredrik
Other Big Squeekly • Fish • Goats • Mugly • Skittler • Snippys
Enemies Snowmad Tucks (Archy · Archy (fire) · Big Sphen · Boom Bird · Painguin Tucks · Papa Painguin · Pengatcha 1-gō · Pointy Tucks · Soary · Speedy Tucks · Speedy Tuff Tucks · Trench Tucks · Tuff Tucks) • Fluff (Harey · Harold · Tuff Fluff) • Hootz (Blue Hootz · Hot Hootz · Puffton · Tuffton) • Ice dragon • Lemmington • Waldough (Chum Chucker Charlie · Fish Poker Pops · Walbrick · Walnut)
Other Bouncelisk • Bucky • Buffaloafer • Buzzy • Carnivorous Plantlife (Venus Trap Platform · Chompette) • Cheesy Chester • Chompasaurus • Dozy • Electrified Anemone • Finley (Blue Finley · Green Finley · Red Finley) • Flaming Falling Totem Pole • Fritz • Gordo • Green fish • Hermit crab • Horror Gills • Jellyfish • Large Mimic • Mama Saw • Mimic • Monocle Monica • Piranha • Porcupal • Pufftup • Punchy Paddy • Schnautzel • Sea Urchin • Snaggles • Sour Dodo • Squiddicus • Swooper Dooper • Thug Slug • Toucan't • Wild Wendell • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Blue Balloon • Capsule Toy Machine • Crash Guard • Flying banana • Gold Heart • Green Balloon • Heart • Heart Boost • KONG Letters • Mysterious relic • Puzzle Piece • Red Balloon
Projectiles Barrel • Kong Barrel • Water Sack • Watermelon Fuse Bomb
Miscellaneous Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bell • Burlap Hanging Sack • Climbing grass • Collapsible Underwater Grass • Cracked Block • Current • Item container • Item Handle • Pile of leaves • Purple Flower Platform • Rambi Crate • Rolling leaf • Slot Machine Barrel • Snowflake Shield • Spinning Platform • Spring Platform • Swinging vine • Vine-Triggered Platform • Zip-Line Vine
Vehicles Log Canoe • Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Obstacles Avalanche • Chunk of ice • Electroid • Fire • Fireball • Fire Floor • Giant Spiked Nut • Hanging TNT • Icicle • Mine • Shokushu • Snowball • Snowflake • Spiked ball • Tornado • Volcanic debris
Moves Cane Bounce • Cartwheel Attack • Charge • Cling • Corkscrew • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Helicopter Spin • Kong POW • Ranged attack • Roll Attack • Water Skip
Levels Lost Mangroves 1-1: Mangrove Cove • 1-2: Shipwreck Shore • 1-3: Canopy Chaos • 1-4: Trunk Twister • 1-A: Zip-Line Shrine • 1-B: Busted Bayou • 1-K: Swinger Flinger • 1-BOSS: Big Top Bop
Autumn Heights 2-1: Windmill Hills • 2-2: Mountain Mania • 2-3: Horn Top Hop • 2-4: Sawmill Thrill • 2-5: Alpine Incline • 2-6: Wing Ding • 2-A: Crumble Cavern • 2-B: Rodent Ruckus • 2-K: Bopopolis • 2-BOSS: Mountaintop Tussle
Bright Savannah 3-1: Grassland Groove • 3-2: Baobab Bonanza • 3-3: Frantic Fields • 3-4: Scorch 'n' Torch • 3-5: Twilight Terror • 3-6: Cannon Canyon • 3-A: Rickety Rafters • 3-B: Bramble Scramble • 3-K: Precarious Pendulums • 3-BOSS: Triple Trouble
Sea Breeze Cove 4-1: Deep Keep • 4-2: High Tide Ride • 4-3: Amiss Abyss • 4-4: Irate Eight • 4-5: Sea Stack Attack • 4-6: Current Capers • 4-A: Rockin' Relics • 4-B: Shoal Atoll • 4-K: Spinning Spines • 4-BOSS: Fugu Face-Off
Juicy Jungle 5-1: Harvest Hazards • 5-2: Reckless Ride • 5-3: Fruity Factory • 5-4: Panicky Paddles • 5-5: Jelly Jamboree • 5-6: Frosty Fruits • 5-A: Beehive Brawl • 5-B: Jammin' Jams • 5-K: Platform Problems • 5-BOSS: Punch Bowl
Donkey Kong Island 6-1: Homecoming Hijinxs • 6-2: Seashore War • 6-3: Aqueduct Assault • 6-4: Blurry Flurry • 6-5: Forest Folly • 6-6: Cliffside Slide • 6-7: Frozen Frenzy • 6-8: Meltdown Mayhem • 6-A: Dynamite Dash • 6-B: Icicle Arsenal • 6-K: Slippy Spikes • 6-BOSS: Volcano Dome
Secret Seclusion 7-1: Levitation Station • 7-2: Rocket Rails • 7-3: Crazy Clouds
Miscellaneous Extras • Funky Kong's surfboard * • Lord Fredrik's horn
Further info "Canada's Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Banana Mania Contest" • "Canada's Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Banana Mania Contest - Behind the Scenes" • Gallery • Multimedia • Staff (Switch)
Related Play Nintendo activities A matching game to flip over • Can’t-miss games • The multiplayer way • Which Kong could fit your style? • Who’s that toy?
* Exclusive to Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Nintendo Switch
Donkey Kong Bananza
Playable characters Donkey Kong • Pauline (Odd Rock)
Allies Fractones Architectone • Banandiumtone a • Bloomintone • Chiptone • Collectone • Constructone • Exploritone • Fragment • Fragmentone • Glamtone • Groovetones • Growtone • Hiddentone • Iron Jailer • Quiztone • Securitone • Seekertone • Smashintone • Stufftone • Styletone • Trustytone
Elders Elephant Elder • Kong Elder • Ostrich Elder • Snake Elder • Zebra Elder
Others Cranky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Eel Family (Eelevator · Li'l Eelevator · Eeling · Great Harmoneel) • Elephant • Elephant Shopkeep • Monkey Shopkeep • New Donker • Ostrich • Ostrich Shopkeep • Prospector Monkey • Quawks a • Rambi • Salvager Monkey • Snake • Snake Shopkeep • Squawks a • Singing Blusterwing • Zebra • Zebra Shopkeep
Enemies Void Company Antickoid • Batteroid • Buzzoid • Crockoid • Glitzoid • Gloominoid • Illuminoid • Molevoloid • Muckoid • Munchoid • Peekaboopoid • Rolluskoid • Squeeloid • Stompoid • Trailfinoid • Trapantuloid • Wallopoid • VoidCo Bongo Blaster • VoidCo Spike-Ball Spitter
Kremling Krew Army • K. Wallopoid • Kaboom • Klaptrap • Kritter • Necky • Zinger
Bosses Abracajabya • Grumpy Kong (King Crockoid) • Inflammonite • King K. Rool (K. Rool, King of Rot) • Muckety-Muck • Mad Mixer • Peekabruiser • Poppy Kong • Sinister Blusterwing • Stompenclomper • Void Kong
Cameo appearances Banana Bird • Candy Kong a • Chunky Kong a • Clapper a • Enguarde • Expresso a • Ghastly King a • Glimmer • Gnawty • KAOS • Lanky Kong • Lord Fredrik a • Lurchin • Ninja Kong a • Professor Chops • Rattly a • Squitter • Tiny Kong a • Tucks a • Winky • Wrinkly Kong a
Obstacles Fiery rain • Flaming barrel • Iron Ball • Laser • Lightning • Poison plant • Poison water • Ring of fire • Spiky Ball • Tornado
Bananzas Kong Bananza • Zebra Bananza • Ostrich Bananza • Elephant Bananza • Snake Bananza
Terrain types Apple • Bacon • Banana a • Banandium Melon • Banandium Mush (Pure Banandium) • Boom Rock • Bread • Bright Ore • Cheese (Grated · Melty) • Concrete (Spiked) • Crumbly Crust • Crystal • Dirt • Fractonium • Glow Stone • Grass • Ice • Iron (Electrified · Melted · Slippery) • Ketchup • Lava • Lettuce • Liftoff Ore • Meat • Melon (Green Rind · White Rind) • Metal • Muck • Mud • Neptunite (Slippery) • Orange • Organic Matter • Pear • Potato • Pure Gold • Rubber (Fragile) • Salt • Sand • Shade Cloud • Shade Ore • Shifty Stone • Snow (Fresh) • Spikes • Strawberry • Switcheroo Goo • Stone • Thorns • Trash • Water (Freezing) • Wood
Items and objects Banandium Gems Ingot Isle Cave-In • Lagoon Layer • Hilltop Layer • Canyon Layer • The Divide • Freezer Layer • Forest Layer • The Junction • Resort Layer • Tempest Layer • Landfill Layer • Racing Layer • Radiance Layer • Groove Layer • Feast Layer • Forbidden Layer • Planet Core
Other ? Block a • Ancient Record • Apple (Giant · Juice) • Bakudan • Balloon • Banana Burger • Banandium (Chip · Gem Map · Melon · Root) • Barrel Cannon • Beach ball • Bed • Blast Barrel • Boom Bomb • Bopper Switch • Brick Block a • Bridge Seed • Burger Switch • Checkpoint Flag a • Chunk • Closet • Coin a • Crate • Crumbly Road • Disc • DJ booth • Egg Bomb • Fossil • Fossil Map • Geyser • Gold • Golden root • Hand mark • Hot spring • Ice maker • Key • KONG Letters • Lift platform • Melon Juice • Mine Cart • Music source • Pay-Dirt Piledriver • Pile of banana a • Poster • Red Balloon • Rope • Seismic Splitter • Shifty Platform • Shokudai • Shuffle Stone • Small animal • Snake switch • Statue a • Super Mushroom a • Surfboard a • Swap Harp • Synthetic Sun • Terravoider • Throw zone • Tire • Treasure chest • Tuning fork • Updraft fan • Void Kong's seals • Void Stake • Warp Barrel a • Warp Gong • Watermelon • Zip line
Moves and abilities Brake Blast • Charge Dash • Charge Jump • Charge Punch • Charge Slap • Chunk Jump • Dive Punch • Flutter • Glare • Glide • Hand Slap • High-five • Inhale • Jump • Jump Burst • Make music • Meteor Punch • Pick up • Punch • Shout • Spin Jump • Spin Shot • Spin Slam • Tear off • Turf Surf / Surf Surf • Trunk Chunk
Locations Layers DK Island a • Ingot Isle Cave-In • Lagoon Layer • Hilltop Layer • Canyon Layer • The Divide • Freezer Layer • Forest Layer • The Junction • Resort Layer • Tempest Layer • Landfill Layer • Racing Layer • Radiance Layer • Groove Layer • Feast Layer • Forbidden Layer • Planet Core
Others All-You-Can-Eat Tower • Ancient Ruins (Battle Challenge · Challenge Course) • Banana hoard a • Bonus Stage • Chip Exchange • DK's Tree House • Fossil Museum • Gangplank Galleon a • Getaway • Ingot Isle • New Donk City • Sinkhole • Stuff Shop • Style Shop • Underground World
Music "Title Theme" • "DK Artist" • "Hilltop Layer: Fractone Village" • "Freezer Layer: Chocolava Lake" • "Racing Layer: Rambi Rumble" • "Banandium Root Tower" • "New Donk City" • "Kong Bananza" • "Zebra Bananza" • "Ostrich Bananza" • "Elephant Bananza" • "Snake Bananza" • "K. Rool, King of Rot Battle" • "Getaway" • "Closet" • "Challenge Course #1" • "Challenge Course #2" • "Challenge Course #3" • "Challenge Course #4" • "Challenge Course #5" • "Breaking Through (Heart of Gold)"
Emerald Rush a Emerald Chip • Emerald geyser • Emerald lump • Emerald ore • Emerald Perk • Emerald root • Void Goal • Emerald Rush events (Chip Fever · So Strong It's Funny · Dig the Beat · Freeze Break · Ostrich Riches · Unyielding Strength · Rattlin' Snake Bananza)
Miscellaneous All-Mine Remote • Ask the Developer • Lists of names in other languages (Banandium Gems · Clothing · Fossils · Music List · Terrains) • Bananergy • Bananza ceremony • Bananza Lesson (Kong Elder's Hall · Zebra Elder's Hall · Ostrich Elder's Hall · Elephant Elder's Hall · Snake Elder's Hall) • Bananza Rehearsal (Kong Elder's Rehearsal Hall · Zebra Elder's Rehearsal Hall · Ostrich Elder's Rehearsal Hall · Elephant Elder's Rehearsal Hall · Snake Elder's Rehearsal Hall) • DK Artist • Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island & Emerald Rush • Donkey Kong Bananza Rally Event • Gallery • Inviseaux • Loading screen tips • Mind-Bender Mask • Nintendo Music (Special Release ) • Photo Mode • Propellerpack • Quotes (Pauline Getaway dialogue) • Rambi Rumble • Skill Point • Smashin' Stats • Sound test • Squawkie-Talkie a • The ABCs of DK! • Staff • VoidCo IntelliSense Specs
a Exclusive to the DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC