Barrel

Barrel
	; Donkey Kong Country series and Donkey Kong Land series artwork
General information
Effect	Weapons; Projectiles
Appearances
First appearance	Donkey Kong (1981)
Latest appearance	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
Related items
	Drum

“No return policy on these barrels, Donkey-dude! I've had them for years.”

—Funky Kong, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Barrel is a symbolic object in Donkey Kong franchise which have remained a recurring item ever since. These types of objects are made with wooden planks bent around each other held together with 4 iron ornaments.

History

Donkey Kong franchise

Since the game Donkey Kong, the common barrels is served as projectile to be thrown at someone. Usually the users to thrown these barrels are the Kongs. Besides them, the Kremlings are also users of these objects, for example: K. Rool, Kannon and Bazuka used these barrels as uncommon firearm ammunition. The undead Kremling Kloak also throws the barrels as his fifth projectile and used by Klank too.

As Donkey Kong became the protagonist from his franchise, began to have many barrels types and in different sizes. They were used as cannons, residences, means of transport, containers and teleporters. Kremlings as Klobber, Knocka and Kuchuka use the barrels as a disguise to attack the members of Kong Family.