Editing Chompasaurus

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Chompasaurus DKCTF.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Wii U]]) ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|relatives=[[Chompette]]
}}
'''Chompasauruses'''<ref>von Esmarch, Nick, and Cory van Grier. ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 12.</ref> are carnivorous plant enemies inhabiting the [[Juicy Jungle]] in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its Nintendo Switch [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]]. They look very similar to the [[Chomp (Donkey Kong Country series)|Chomp]]s of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' and its Nintendo 3DS remake ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'', due to their spotted, ball-shaped heads, slit by very large mouths arranged with inconsistent rows of sharp teeth. Apart from these traits, a Chompasaurus displays a mane of blade-shaped leaves, pointing backwards, surrounding its head. Chompasauruses walk using a set of bent tentacles arranged disorderly around their short bodies.

[[File:Chompy1.png|thumb|left|An in-game Chompasaurus]]
In the game, Chompasauruses are colored in gradients of green, with their leaves and tentacles being more light-colored than the rest of their bodies. However, the concept artwork of a Chompasaurus shows it having violet coloration on its skin.

Chompasauruses are capable of moving on the ground and ceilings alike. If one of them spots the [[Kong]]s on the same path or on a perpendicular direction, it lashes its long tongue, trying to grab the Kongs and bring them inside its mouth. Once there, the [[Hand Slap|Ground Pound]] button should be pressed repeatedly to make the Kongs beat the plant from inside out and defeat it, freeing themselves. However, if this is not done on time or done insufficiently, the Kongs will end up losing heart points as the enemy slowly chomps on them.

The Kongs can also get hurt if they touch a Chompasaurus from the left, right, or bottom side without performing any attack. Ground Chompasauruses perish if attacked with three [[stomp]]s, three [[Roll Attack]]s, or if hit with a throwable object, such as a [[barrel]]. Chompasauruses that stick to the ceilings are unreachable with stomps or rolls and can only be defeated with a projectile.

The protagonists first interact with Chompasauruses in [[Fruity Factory]], the third level of Juicy Jungle. Since then, the creatures begin to show up in more areas of this island. However, a single Chompasaurus makes a cameo appearance right before Fruity Factory, at the end of [[Reckless Ride]]. Here, it comes out in the background to consume the defeated [[Speedy Tucks]], who has previously tried to hinder the Kongs with his enormous robot in the same level.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=バクリザウルス<ref>「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''), [[media:DKTF Shogakukan P18.jpg|page 18]].</ref>
|JapR=Bakurizaurusu
|JapM=From「バクり」(''bakuri'', onomatopoeia for biting noise) and the voiced version of "-saurus"
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Carnivorous plants]]
[[Category:Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze enemies]]