#chompasaurus

[wandering-aloneo-o]

i like how we all dont know where they came from and all accepted them as something that everyones doing now 😭

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Chompasaurus

Debut: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Another entry in “Games I am finally getting around to playing,” Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is nothing short of a masterpiece. It’s a bit shorter than the average platformer, but it makes up for it by featuring more personality in individual levels than other games can fit in entire worlds! Heck, those levels might have more personality than individual people I’ve met! Not to say those people were uninteresting, heavens no, just not half as interesting as the dancing baobab trees in Grassland Groove.

I will admit, however, that the enemy designs often trend less towards the “weird” and more towards the “charming,” which is never a bad thing! I mean, look at this wonderful cartoon shark!

Pretty wonderful, but I couldn’t say too much about it other than the fact that it’s a wonderful cartoon shark, you know?

That being said, it’s not like there’s nothing in Tropical Freeze that can be considered weird, oh heavens, no! One of the top examples has to be Chompasaurus here, first encountered in the background of a barrel rocket level chomping up the penguin pilot of a mech that chases you throughout the stage, you encounter them proper in the level “Fruity Factory,” where they appear crawling alongside walls, ceilings, and whatever other surface they feel. They might look like your average Audrey II-type plant monster, but that’s okay, because I love Little Shop of Horrors, and they hold a surprise that easily sets them apart!

Once you get into a certain radius, the Chompasaurus will attempt snagging at you with a long frog-like tongue, which is really something you don’t see in your average flytrap-beast! Once you’re inside, you gotta shake to get out and deal some damage. If I remember correctly, you gotta hit them three times to kill them proper, like some of the other “big” enemies in the game.

Even if not for the frog tongue, I’d probably still love these guys to death. You all should know by now that a carnivorous plant monster is up there on my favorite monster archetypes! It’s time the world stops holding back, and gives us 2 Shop 2 Horrors: There’s Two Audrey IIs!?! You know it’s what we need in this day and age! And give Audrey II a frog-like tongue like this! The more the merrier!

[sloth-powerart]

When you hear that have kongs on the menu

Chompasaurus from Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

[best-fictional-lizard]

Chompasaurus [Banjo Kazooie] vs. Baby Plesiosaurus [Dino Dan]

Best Fictional Marine Reptile Tournament: Sapphire Bracket; Round 1E, Poll 2/8

Chompasaurus [Banjo Kazooie]

Baby Plesiosaurus [Dino Dan]

Voting ended onNov 7, 2025

(The bracket color names are just for thematic organization and are NOT representative of the candidates!)

Propaganda (if any) under the cut! Please be civil, and feel free to reblog!

Propaganda for Chompasaurus [Banjo Kazooie]:

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Propaganda for Baby Plesiosaurus [Dino Dan]:

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[the-hugger]

Can you add @chompasaurus to list please? And idk if you do individual hug posts in response to asks but if so, one of those for them would be great too.

Thank you for your service, it's great work you do

of course!

[the-all-maker]

this guy was actually kinda scary. he looks less cartoonish than the other dinosaurs, and his long neck ascending from the water is kinda creepy. when he popped out of the water i thought he was going to be a boss fight, and was horrified for a moment. luckily he just ate me.