Professor Chops

Professor Chops, also called Tutorial Pig, is a supporting character in Donkey Kong video games.
He and his family live on Donkey Kong Island, and he helps Donkey Kong with his knowledge in his video game adventures. The first appearance of him was in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, as well as in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
==Appearance==
The professor is a little pink pig wearing a pair of circular eyeglasses.
==History==
He assists Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong by teaching them the techniques necessary to progress through the levels and by observing their progress from the checkpoints, where a flag waves when you have reached them. If eight lives are lost in a row in the same level, Professor Chops will give the player the option to call the Super Kong that will pass the level for him. In Time Attack mode he appears at the start and finish of levels, starting and signaling the end using his checkered flag.
==Trivia==
*In an unlockable conceptual artwork from the games Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, the character is called "Tutorial Pig". But in a figurine randomly obtained from the Funky Kong's Fly 'N' Buy shop in the game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, the same character is now called "Professor Chops".
*Multiple Professor Chops can be seen during the first level in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
*In concept art for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, the island Juicy Jungle was shown to have various pigs like Professor Chops living there, but they are all absent in the full release.
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