Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest introduces a purple variant of the animal buddy Squawks, known as Quawks, who reappears in its sequel, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Quawks would later appear as an item in Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, and make a cameo appearance as a background element in the "DK Island & Emerald Rush" DLC for Donkey Kong Bananza. Rare themselves never seem to have given Quawks a name, and just referred to him as simply "Purple Squawks" in DKC2's Player's Guidebook, and Squawks' "purple cousin" in DKC3's Player's Guidebook. It was the Japanese-localized material for these games that would give him the コークス (Kōkusu) or "Quawks" moniker, and the Japanese-created Donkey Kong Barrel Blast years later would be the first time the name was used in English.