Editing Bristles

{{about|the enemy from ''Donkey Kong Country 3''|the enemy from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''|[[Bristle]]}}
{{Species-infobox
|image=[[File:Bristles DKC3 art.jpg|200px|]]<br>Artwork of a Bristles from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]) ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!#Differences in the Game Boy Advance version|Donkey Kong Country 3]]'' ([[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]) ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|related=[[Spiny (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Spiny]]
}}
{{quote2|Tough hedgehog baddy with a roll attack. Defeat this guy only from the front.|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' instruction booklet, page 19}} 

A '''Bristles''' is a hedgehog enemy appearing in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. It has spiky quills that injure [[Dixie Kong|Dixie]] and [[Kiddy Kong]] when touched. They can be considered the replacement of [[Spiny (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Spinies]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''. According to [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]], Bristles are categorized under the "[[Terrorfirma Tuff Guys]]" enemy class.

==Summary==
To defeat a Bristles, Dixie or Kiddy must roll into it from the front, as its top and rear are protected by its quills. Unlike Spinies, Bristles are immune to [[Team-Up]] throws, and doing so even injures the [[Kong]] thrown. The Kongs can alternatively defeat Bristles by throwing a [[barrel]] or [[Steel Keg]] at it, or by having [[Squawks the Parrot|Squawks]] spit a coconut at it.

In the level [[Konveyor Rope Klash]], some Bristles curl up and hurtle themselves toward the Kongs. They are more hazardous, as the Kongs cannot defeat them by themselves. They can either defeat these Bristles with a [[Barrel]] or attack them when they assume their usual form.

Bristles most often appear in waterfall levels (such as [[Tracker Barrel Trek]]) and jungle levels (such as [[Konveyor Rope Klash]]). Bristles appear in more levels in ''Donkey Kong Land III'' than in ''Donkey Kong Country 3''.

In the [[Game Boy Advance]] port, Bristles are featured in the [[Cranky's Dojo]] minigame, where [[Cranky Kong]]'s objective is to deflect 30 of them as they appear out from the left and right sides of the screen. He loses at the game if a Bristles hits him.

==Levels==
===''Donkey Kong Country 3''===
*[[Springin' Spiders]]
*[[Tracker Barrel Trek]]
*[[Fire-Ball Frenzy]]
*[[Barrel Drop Bounce]]
*[[Krack Shot Kroc]]
*[[Konveyor Rope Klash]]
*[[Stampede Sprint]]
*[[Dingy Drain-Pipe]] (Game Boy Advance version only)

===''Donkey Kong Land III''===
*[[Liftshaft Lottery]]
*[[Riverbank Riot]]
*[[Miller Instinct]]
*[[Rocketeer Rally]]
*[[Surface Tension]]
*[[Redwood Rampage]]
*[[Jungle Jeopardy]]
*[[Footloose Falls]]
*[[Tropical Tightropes]]
*[[Clifftop Critters]]
*[[Bazuka Bombard]]
*[[Stalagmite Frights]]
*[[Haunted Hollows]]
*[[Rainforest Rumble]]
*[[Barrel Boulevard]]
*[[Ghoulish Grotto]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Bristles Art.png|Alternate artwork of a Bristles
Bristles DKC3 Photo Album.png|A Bristles, as seen in [[Dixie Kong's Photo Album]]
Bristles DKC3.png|Sprite in ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!''
Bristles DKLIII sprite.png|Sprite in ''Donkey Kong Land III''
Bristles DKL3c sprite.png|Sprite in ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ブリッスルズ
|JapR=Burissuruzu
|JapM=Bristles}}

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[[Category:Hedgehogs]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Enemies]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Land III Enemies]]
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