History UniqueEnemy / DonkeyKong

** Both the standard and MK II Pyrobots appear multiple times in the [[EternalEngine Factory]] world so they don't count for this trope. The [[UpdatedReRelease Updated Re-Release]] for the 3DS though there is a variant of the standard Pyrobot that shoots fire upwards instead of to the side which only appears the version exclusive Robo Factory stage.

** Also from the Ruins world is the Giga Rangwi a [[KingMook King Mook]] of the shark-like Snaggle. This giant piscine is only found at the very end of Damp Dungeon, right before the goal. Since the specific stage it is found in is optional, it means that it's possible to miss it on an initial playthrough.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' has the Kowalees, purple koalas wearing neckties who throw bombs at you. You only encounter them in the very last level, [[LevelAte Golden Temple]], and this is also their only appearance in the entire franchise to date.

** Also from the Ruins world is the Giga Rangwi a [[KingMook King Mook]] of the shark-like Snaggle. This giant piscine is only found at the very end of Damp Dungeon, right before the goal. Due to the fact that the specific stage it is found in is optional means that it's possible to miss it on an initial playthrough.

** Also from the Ruins world is the Giga Rangwi a [[KingMook King Mook]] of the shark-like Snaggle. This giant piscine is only found at the very end of Wonky Waterway, right before the goal. Due to the fact that the specific stage it is found in is optional means that it's possible to miss it on an initial playthrough.

** Also from the Ruins world is the Giga Rangwi a [[KingMook]] of the shark-like Snaggle. This giant piscine is only found at the very end of Wonky Waterway, right before the goal. Due to the fact that the specific stage it is found in is optional means that it's possible to miss it on an initial playthrough.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'' has the Kowalees, purple koalas wearing neckties who throw bombs at you. You only encounter them in the very last level, [[LevelAte Golden Temple]], and this is also their only appearance in the entire franchise to date.

** Nibbla appears in three levels (plus a bonus area in a fourth level in the GBA remake). In two of them, he follows the Kongs along the surface of the water and attacks if they get too close, similar to Snapjaw from the second game. In "Fish Food Frenzy", instead of attacking the Kongs directly, he will instead [[HelpfulMook chomp at other enemies to satiate his rampant hunger]]. However, he will attack the Kongs if he gets too hungry.

** Nibbla appears in three levels (plus a bonus area in a fourth level in the GBA remake. In two of them, he follows the Kongs along the surface of the water and attacks if they get too close. In "Fish Food Frenzy", instead of attacking the Kongs directly, he will instead [[HelpfulMook chomp at other enemies to satiate his rampant hunger]]. However, he will attack the Kongs if he gets too hungry.

** Zingers are more or less everywhere in the game, but only a rare few attack directly. Most prefer to drop grenades from above.

* ''Many'' examples in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'', often serving as a level's gimmick (However, most of these enemies are seen more than once in the Game Boy game ''Donkey Kong Land 3'', which is based off of ''[=DKC3=]''):

** This is taken UpToEleven in ''Donkey Kong Land 3'' where there is only a single Kuchuka in the ''entire game''. It's a particularly odd example as it's not placed strategically in any way, that is not placed among regular Klobbers to ambush you (by taking advantage of the fact it looks identical on the monochrome screen) or in a place where its bombs pose a real challenge. It's just sitting in the middle of an empty area, casually lobbing bombs in a predictable arc, and if you just run or walk past as if it wasn't even there it won't even touch you.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'':

* Klobber, a common enemy in ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', appears in only one part of one level in ''VideoGame/DKJungleClimber''.

*** The flies from Big Bug Bash actually show up as actual enemies later, but exclusively in a small room at Creepy Castle, and which only Tiny can access.

** The Giant Spider boss of Fungi Forest can summon its offspring to attack Tiny Kong. Suffice to say you can't find those anywhere else once you defeat their mother.

** The bonus games have some examples of those of those, like the Red Kritters from Kremling Kosh and the burly Kops from Stealthy Snoop. Those do not exist in the main game.

** There's also the unnamed, clam-like monsters that are found in a treasure chest only Tiny can enter in Gloomy Galleon, and the Red Kritters that only appear in minigames.

** The Killer Tomatoes. They only appear in one specific area of Fungi Forest, and after you kill them, they're gone for good. The toy-themed enemies in Frantic Factory are also very rare.

** The fight against the Toy Monster from Frantic Factory includes Chunky fighting off some regular toy enemies beforehand, like the walking dices and domino pieces you find in the Testing Room. However, you also have to fight off a set of living rulers that are found nowhere else in the game. And there's a block enemy that you can't fight ''at all'', only existing to help form the Toy Monster.

** The [[InvincibleMinorMinion invincible]] Snapjaw, found in RiseToTheChallenge levels "Slime Climb" and "Clapper's Cavern".
** The Cat-O-9-Tails, which appears in only three levels, one of which has to be unlocked.
** The rollercoaster riding Klank in "Target Terror" and "Rickety Race".

** The faster, [[RealMenWearPink pink]] Krunchas found in "Castle Crush" and "Clapper's Cavern".
** The black variation of the Klobber only appears in Black Ice Battle and Chain Link Chamber. When they bump into you, they take lives from your inventory.

** The strangest one has to be Kobble. It's supposedly the standard footsoldier enemy of the game, like the Kritters from the first [=DKC=], but it's only present in three levels (the boardwalk ones).

** Minkeys--little monkeys that chuck acorns at you from behind barrel-shields--are only seen in one of the second world's levels though, like Bazza above, they made an additional appearance in one of the remake's extra levels.

** The Gnawties are TheGoomba for this game, but they are only found in DK Isles, Jungle Japes and Crystal Caves.