Buzz (Donkey Kong)

Buzz appeared in 1996 video game called Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Buzzes are robotic wasps that appear in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and Donkey Kong Land III. They have legs made of metal and a buzzsaw in their abdomen, though their bodies and wings appear to be organic.

Buzzes act as the successor to Zingers, an organic wasp species from the previous two Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land games. Buzzes are comparable to Zingers in numerous ways, such as being one of the most common enemies in both of their game appearances. Buzzes have the same behavior and attacks as Zingers and are among the harder enemies to defeat. Similar to Zingers, Buzzes have a standard type (which are green rather than yellow) and a less common red variant, which like red Zingers, are almost entirely invulnerable except to certain objects, such as TNT Barrels. Purple Buzzes are shown in three artworks relating to Donkey Kong Country 3 despite not appearing in the game itself.

Buzz's name directly references the onomatopoeia "buzz", which both represents the sound made by wasps as they fly and the sound of a buzzsaw. Their name might have been derived from the "buzz" prefix of buzzsaw.