Squawks the Parrot is an Animal Buddy in the Donkey Kong series that first appeared in the game Donkey Kong Country. Along with Enguarde, Squawks has the most non-cameo appearances of all the animal buddies in the Donkey Kong series (however, Enguarde has the most playable appearances). Squawks is the only Animal Buddy who fulfills multiple tasks throughout the series.
History[]
Donkey Kong series[]
Donkey Kong Country[]
In the original Donkey Kong Country, Squawks only appears in one level, "Torchlight Trouble". Once released from his crate, Squawks follows Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong through the pitch-black cavern. Armed with a bright lantern, Squawks lights up the surrounding area, allowing the Kongs to see ahead and in this dark level. He is the only Animal Buddy to not have a Animal Token
Donkey Kong Country 2/Donkey Kong Land 2[]
In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Land 2, Squawks is much bigger than in Donkey Kong Country. In this game, unlike his previous appearance, he can be directly controlled. He can fly in the air by flapping his wings and attack enemies by shooting eggs from his beak. In some levels, Squawks can be be released from a crate. Squawks then carries his Kong allies through the level, until reaching a No Animal Sign. In other levels, the Kongs can directly transform into Squawks. Additionally, it is interesting to note that Squawks does not run away when hit by an enemy. Instead, one of the Kongs drops from his claws, but Squawks remains playable as long as a second Kong remains. As such, he acts nearly the same when released from a crate as he does if the Kongs transform into him using a barrel, although he flies much slower when he is carrying the Kongs as he is slowed down by their weight.
Squawks is also the first Animal Buddy to fight a boss, having to fight King Zing, the leader of the Zingers, in his lair in Donkey Kong Country 2.
- Levels
The following levels contain Squawks in both Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Land 2, unless otherwise stated:
- Squawks's Shaft
- Bramble Blast (Bonus Round only in Donkey Kong Land 2)
- Bramble Scramble
- Target Terror (Donkey Kong Country 2 only; Bonus Round only)
- King Zing Sting (Boss)
- Parrot Chute Panic (Bonus Round only in Donkey Kong Country 2)
- Castle Crush (Donkey Kong Country 2 only)
- Toxic Tower
- Screech's Sprint
- Animal Antics (Donkey Kong Country 2 only)
Donkey Kong Country 3/Donkey Kong Land III[]
Squawks remains unchanged from his Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Land 2 depiction in the next pair of games in the series, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble and Donkey Kong Land III. Here, he behaves in the same way as before.
- Levels
The following levels contain Squawks:
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
- Springin' Spiders
- Low-G Labyrinth (Bonus Round)
- Pot Hole Panic
- Stampede Sprint (Bonus Round)
- Swoopy Salvo
- Donkey Kong Land III
- Minky Mischief
- Miller Instinct
- Redwood Rampage
- Ugly Ducting
- Kuchuka Karnage (Bonus Round)
- Rainforest Rumble
- Ghoulish Grotto
Donkey Kong 64[]
Squawks returns in Donkey Kong 64, where he is the same size as in his original appearance. It is he who first informs Donkey Kong that his Golden Bananas were stolen by the vile King K. Rool. In this adventure, Squawks fulfills a variety of roles. He acts as a guide and provides information to the Kongs, carries Tiny Kong in his claws if the young Kong shrinks herself and carries a lantern in dark caves (just like in the original Donkey Kong Country).
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast[]
Squawks appears as a common item in the racing game, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. There, he can be sent out by a racer to attack the player in front of them. Once the bird makes his way to a player, he will hover around the victim for a short amount of time, causing them to lose Wild Moves for a few moments.
Donkey Kong Country Returns[]
In Donkey Kong Country Returns, Squawks appears as an item sold by Cranky in his own shop.
Club Nintendo[]
Donkey Kong Country[]
Squawks appears in the second part of the Club Nintendo comic "Donkey Kong Country" as an ally of Donkey and Diddy Kong. He is given to them by Candy Kong at her Save Point, and he brings them to a cave. Inside, the Kongs get attacked by a Kritter. With the help of Squawks, who uses his torch to project Donkey's shadow onto the wall, the Kongs scare the enemy away. After this event, Diddy and Donkey leave Squawks and proceed.
Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24[]
In "Donkey Kong in: Banana Day 24", a comic published in the same magazine, Squawks is seen conducting an "automatic parrot wake-up service" to get the Kongs off their palms in the morning. He uses a microphone and speakers to tell a joke. Diddy calls Squawks a "dumb parrot" and claims that he is telling the same joke every morning.
Names in Other Languages[]
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | スコークス Sukōkusu |
Squawks |
Donkey Kong Country | |
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Protagonists | Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Funky Kong • Candy Kong |
Items and Objects | Animal Token • Banana • Banana Bunch • Barrel • Extra Life Balloon • K-O-N-G Letters • Minecart • Tire |
Animal Buddies | Rambi the Rhinoceros • Enguarde the Swordfish • Winky the Frog • Squawks the Parrot • Expresso the Ostrich |
Bosses | Very Gnawty • Master Necky • Queen B. • Really Gnawty • Dumb Drum • Master Necky Snr. • King K. Rool |
Worlds | Kongo Jungle • Monkey Mines • Vine Valley • Gorilla Glacier • Kremkroc Industries, Inc. • Chimp Caverns • Gangplank Galleon |
Enemies | Army • Bitesize • Chomps • Chomps Jr. • Clambo • Croctopus • Gnawty • Klaptrap • Klump • Krash • Kremling • Kritter • Krusha • Manky Kong • Mincer • Mini-Necky • Necky • Slippa • Squidge • Zinger |
Levels | Jungle Hijinks • Ropey Rampage • Reptile Rumble • Coral Capers • Barrel Cannon Canyon Winky's Walkway • Mine Cart Carnage • Bouncy Bonanza • Stop & Go Station • Millstone Mayhem Vulture Culture • Tree Top Town • Forest Frenzy • Temple Tempest • Orang-utan Gang • Clam City Snow Barrel Blast • Slipslide Ride • Ice Age Alley • Croctopus Chase • Torchlight Trouble • Rope Bridge Rumble Oil Drum Alley • Trick Track Trek • Elevator Antics • Poison Pond • Mine Cart Madness • Blackout Basement Tanked Up Trouble • Manic Mincers • Misty Mine • Necky Nutmare • Loopy Lights • Platform Perils Gangplank Galleon • Donkey Kong's Treehouse • Candy's Save Point • Funky's Flights • Cranky's Cabin • Funky's Fishing • Candy's Dance Studio |
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | |
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Protagonists | Cranky Kong • Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Funky Kong • Swanky Kong • Wrinkly Kong |
Bosses | Krow • Kleever • Kudgel • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kerozene • King K. Rool |
Worlds | Gangplank Galleon • Crocodile Cauldron • Krem Quay • Krazy Kremland • Gloomy Gulch • K. Rool's Keep • The Flying Krock • Lost World |
Levels | Pirate Panic • Mainbrace Mayhem • Gangplank Galley • Lockjaw's Locker • Topsail Trouble Hot-Head Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Lava Lagoon • Red-Hot Ride • Squawks's Shaft Barrel Bayou • Glimmer's Galleon • Krockhead Klamber • Rattle Battle • Slime Climb • Bramble Blast Hornet Hole • Target Terror • Bramble Scramble • Rickety Race • Mudhole Marsh • Rambi Rumble Ghostly Grove • Haunted Hall • Gusty Glade • Parrot Chute Panic • Web Woods Arctic Abyss • Windy Well • Castle Crush • Clapper's Cavern • Chain Link Chamber • Toxic Tower Screech's Sprint Jungle Jinx • Black Ice Battle • Klobber Karnage • Fiery Furnace • Animal Antics |
Barrels | ! Barrel • Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Bonus Barrel • Diddy & Dixie Barrels • DK Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • TNT Barrel |
Animal Buddies | Clapper the Seal • Enguarde the Swordfish • Glimmer the Anglerfish • Rambi the Rhinoceros • Rattly the Rattlesnake • Squawks the Parrot • Squitter the Spider |
Enemies | Cat-O-9-Tails • Click-Clack • Flitter • Flotsam • Kaboing • Kackle • Kannon • Klampon • Klank • Klinger • Kloak • Klobber • Klomp • Krook • Kruncha • Kutlass • Lockjaw • Mini-Necky • Neek • Puftup • Screech • Shuri • Snapjaw • Spiny • Zinger |
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! | |
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Protagonists | Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong • Swanky Kong • Cranky Kong |
Animal Buddies | Ellie the Elephant • Enguarde the Swordfish • Parry the Parallel Bird • Squawks the Parrot • Squitter the Spider |
Bosses | Belcha • Arich • Squirt • KAOS • Bleak • Barbos • Baron K. Roolenstein • Knautilus |
Worlds | Lake Orangatanga • Kremwood Forest • Cotton-Top Cove • Mekanos • K3 • Razor Ridge • Pacifica • KAOS Kore • Krematoa |
Levels | Lakeside Limbo • Doorstop Dash • Tidal Trouble • Skidda's Row • Murky Mill Barrel Shield Bust-Up • Riverside Race • Squeals on Wheels • Springin' Spiders • Bobbing Barrel Brawl Bazza's Blockade • Rocket Barrel Ride • Kreeping Klasps • Tracker Barrel Trek • Fish Food Frenzy Fire-Ball Frenzy • Demolition Drain-Pipe • Ripsaw Rage • Blazing Bazukas • Low-G Labyrinth Krevice Kreepers • Tearaway Toboggan • Barrel Drop Bounce • Krack Shot Kroc • Lemguin Lunge Buzzer Barrage • Kong-Fused Cliffs • Floodlit Fish • Pot Hole Panic • Ropey Rumpus Konveyor Rope Klash • Creepy Caverns • Lightning Lookout • Koindozer Klamber • Poisonous Pipeline Stampede Sprint • Criss Kross Cliffs • Tyrant Twin Tussle • Swoopy Salvo • Rocket Rush Dingy Drain-Pipe • Stormy Seas • Sunken Spruce • Cliffside Blast • Ripcurl Reef • Surf's Up |
Brothers Bear | Bachelor • Baffle • Barnacle • Barter • Bazaar • Bazooka • Bear • Benny • Björn • Blizzard • Blue • Blunder • Boomer • Bramble • Brash |
Enemies | Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Gleamin' Bream • Karbine • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Koin • Koindozer • Kopter • Krimp • Krumple • Kuchuka • Kuff 'n' Klout • Lemguin • Minkey • Nibbla • Nid • Re-Koil • Sneek • Skidda • Swoopy |
Donkey Kong Land 2 | |
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Bosses | Krow • Kleever • King Zing • Kreepy Krow • Kaptain K. Rool |
Protagonists | Diddy Kong • Dixie Kong • Donkey Kong • Funky Kong • Wrinkly Kong |
Worlds | Gangplank Galleon • Krem Cauldron • Krazy Kremland • Gloomy Gulch • K. Rool's Keep • Lost World |
Barrels | ! Barrel • Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • TNT Barrel |
Animal Buddies | Clapper the Seal • Enguarde the Swordfish • Rambi the Rhinoceros • Rattly the Rattlesnake • Squawks the Parrot • Squitter the Spider |
Enemies | Click-Clack • Flitter • Flotsam • Kaboing • Kannon • Klampon • Klank • Klinger • Klobber • Klomp • Klubba • Krockheads • Krook • Kruncha • Lockjaw • Necky • Neek • Puftup • Shuri • Snapjaw • Spiny • Zinger |
Levels | Pirate Panic • Mainbrace Mayhem • Gangplank Galley • Lockjaw's Locker • Topsail Trouble Hot-Head Hop • Kannon's Klaim • Lava Lagoon • Red-Hot Ride • Squawks's Shaft • Barrel Bayou • Glimmer's Galleon • Rattle Battle • Slime Climb Hornet Hole • Target Terror • Bramble Blast • Rickety Race • Bramble Scramble • Mudhole Marsh • Rambi Rumble Ghostly Grove • Krazy Koaster • Gusty Glade • Parrot Chute Panic • Web Woods Arctic Abyss • Windy Well • Dungeon Danger • Clapper's Cavern • Chain Link Chamber • Toxic Tower Screech's Sprint Jungle Jinx • Black Ice Battle • Klobber Karnage • Fiery Furnace • Animal Antics |
Donkey Kong Land III | |
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Characters | Bear • Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Wrinkly Kong |
Animal Buddies | Ellie the Elephant • Enguarde the Swordfish • Squawks the Parrot • Squitter the Spider |
Bosses | Arich • Barbos • Bleak • KAOS • King K. Rool |
Worlds | Cape Codswallop • Primate Plains • Blackforest Plateau • Great Ape Lakes • Tin Can Valley • Lost World |
Levels | Red Wharf • Seabed Shanty • Ford Knocks • Total Rekoil • Koco Channel • Liftshaft Lottery • Barbos Bastion Coral Quarrel • Minky Mischief • Jetty Jitters • Black Ice Blitz • Riverbank Riot • Miller Instinct • Bleak Magic Rocketeer Rally • Vertigo Verge • Polar Pitfalls • Surface Tension • Tundra Blunda • Redwood Rampage • Arich Attack Jungle Jeopardy • Footloose Falls • Deep Reef Grief • Karbine Kaos • Simian Shimmy • Rockface Chase • Krazy KAOS Tropical Tightropes • Clifftop Critters • Rickety Rapids • Bazuka Bombard • Ugly Ducting • Stalagmite Frights • K. Rool Duel Whiplash Dash • Kuchuka Karnage • Haunted Hollows • Rainforest Rumble • Barrel Boulevard • Ghoulish Grotto • K. Rool's Last Stand |
Enemies | Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Karbine • Klasp • Knik-Knak • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Kopter • Krimp • Krumple • Kuchuka • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minky • Nid • Re-Koil • Skidda • Sneek |