Editing Rattly

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:Rattly.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of Rattly from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
|full_name=Rattly the Rattlesnake<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' instruction booklet|page=24|date=1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance) instruction booklet|page=21|date=2004|author=Nintendo}}</ref><br>Rattly the Snake<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #39|page=63|date=June 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) Issue 47|page=49|date=February 1997}}</ref>
|species=Rattlesnake
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
'''Rattly''' is a large, green, red-ringed rattlesnake and an [[Animal Friends|Animal Friend]] appearing mainly in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]''. Rattly's body is coiled up like a spring, which he bounces on to move around. Rattly's main attribute is the ability to bounce high, and because of this, he has been considered a successor to [[Winky]] from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''.
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
[[File:Rattle Battle.png|thumb|left|200px|Rattly in Rattle Battle in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'']]
In ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', Rattly only appears in a few levels. He first appears in [[Topsail Trouble (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Topsail Trouble]], where players start the stage in front of a [[Animal Crate|Rattly Crate]]. They can optionally use Rattly's assistance to climb the ship mast, up until the [[No Animal Sign]] next to the [[Star Barrel]]. Rattly later appears in [[Rattle Battle (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Rattle Battle]], his most major role in a level, because [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Dixie Kong]] have to enter a [[Animal Barrel|Rattly Barrel]] in a room at the start to play as Rattly for a majority of the level. In [[Gloomy Gulch]] level [[Gusty Glade (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Gusty Glade]], Rattly can optionally be ridden. In [[Toxic Tower (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Toxic Tower]], players are required to transform into Rattly to perform high jumps to escape from the rising [[toxic waste]], up until the Star Barrel, where players use other animal buddies. Rattly is used for the final segment in [[Animal Antics (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Animal Antics]], set in a jungle environment.

Rattly's most noticeable ability is his [[Super move|Superjump]], allowing him to bounce high to reach normally inaccessible locations, sometimes to find a level collectible or [[Bonus Barrel]]. Rattly can also jump in midair when falling from a platform, and he can bounce off [[Zinger]]s without taking damage. On a small note, Rattly hops while moving.
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===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
[[File:Toxic Tower DKL2 shot 2.png|thumb|Rattly in Toxic Tower in ''Donkey Kong Land 2'']]
Rattly reappears in ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', in which he retains his behavior and appears in the same level counterparts as in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', [[Topsail Trouble (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Topsail Trouble]], [[Rattle Battle (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Rattle Battle]], [[Gusty Glade (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Gusty Glade]], [[Toxic Tower (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Toxic Tower]], and [[Animal Antics (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Animal Antics]].

===''Donkey Konga'' series===
Rattly makes a cameo in ''[[Donkey Konga 2]]''. He is among the characters whose artwork appears in Freestyle Zone while the player plays the [[Nintendo GameCube#DK Bongos|DK Bongos]]. Two Rattlies are engraved on a bridge in the "Port City - Foggy Morning" background scene. In ''[[Donkey Konga 3 JP]]'', Rattly's artwork can appear again in Freestyle Zone.

===''Super Mario Odyssey''===
Rattly the Rattlesnake is referenced in the [[Metro Kingdom]] in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', where one of the street signs is named after him. However, his name is misspelled "'''Rattley'''".

===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' (Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo Switch)===
Rattly the Rattlesnake is referenced in the level [[Uptown, Downtown]] in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] and [[Nintendo Switch]] versions of ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', where the same street sign from ''Super Mario Odyssey'' is named after Rattly, although his name remains misspelled.

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
Rattly appears as an Advanced-class support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. The spirit occupies one support slot and increases the fighter's jump height when used. The spirit's puppet fighter is a [[Yoshi]] with increased jump power on the [[Kongo Jungle (Super Smash Bros.)|Kongo Jungle]] stage. The track that plays during the spirit battle is an arrangement of "Snakey Chantey" from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', referencing the level [[Rattle Battle]] in which Rattly is playable.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''===
*'''Instruction booklet:''' ''Rebelling against the Kremlings who infest the island, Rattly offers his high-jumping ability to help the Kongs. He can jump much higher than the Kongs, courtesy of his springy tail.''<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo|date=1995|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' instruction booklet|page=25}}</ref>

===''Donkey Kong Land 2''===
*'''Virtual Console manual bio:''' "''Hold {{button|3ds|SELECT}} to perform a high jump.''"

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit===
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!Rattly
|[[File:SSBU Rattly Spirit.png|x100px]]
|''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' Series
|Support (1)
|Advanced
|Jump ↑
|Spirit Board
|[[Yoshi]]
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*The enemy loves to jump
*The enemy has increased jump power
|[[Kongo Jungle (Super Smash Bros.)|Kongo Jungle]]
|Snakey Chanty
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==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Rattly.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''
Rattly DKL2 sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Land 2''
Rattly DKC2 GBA sprite.png|''Donkey Kong Country 2'' (Game Boy Advance)
DKa2 Rattly bridge.png|Two Rattlys on the bridge of Port City in ''Donkey Konga 2''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ラトリー
|JapR=Ratorī
|JapM=Rattly
|Ger=Rattly
|Ita=Rattly
|Ita2=Boatrix
|Ita2M=From "boa" and the given name "Beatrix"
|Rus=Гремучкин
|RusR=Gremuchkin
|RusM=Derived from ''гремучий'' (''gremuchij'', "rattling") with Russian surname suffix ''-ин'' ("-in")
|Spa=Rattly
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:Rattly DKLIII unused.png|thumb|Rattly (shown as Dixie) bounces on a Buzz.]]
*[[List of Donkey Kong Land III pre-release and unused content|Via hacking]], the player can control a partially playable Rattly in ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''. However, his sprites are missing, and only part of his usual functionality remains intact, most specifically the ability to bounce on enemies that would normally injure the Kongs, such as [[Buzz (enemy)|Buzz]]es and [[Bristles]].
*According to the free 24-page booklet of ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' from UK's ''Nintendo Magazine System'', Rattly's earlier name was '''Slinky Snake'''.<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Land'', ''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet|quote=New characters include a tennis shoe-clad spider and Slinky Snake, who are there to help out in the same way as Rambi, Expresso and Co.|page=21}}</ref>

==References==
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