Poison Croakom

Poison Croakom Screenshot of Poison Croakom in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Details First game Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022) Copy Ability N/A Similar entities Venog, Miasmoros, Pyribbit

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Poison Croakom is a giant frog covered in icky, sticky poison. The gunk covering its body protects it from all attacks, but a quick splash of water will wash it clean to reveal a beautiful (and vulnerable) blue hide! It must have a great skin-care routine...

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— Figure description from Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Poison Croakom is a large blue-and-yellow anuran creature that is a member of the Beast Pack and makes its first appearance in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. It continuously spits globs of poison at Kirby or Bandana Waddle Dee if either of them are nearby. When the poison goop it spits hits the floor, it creates a lingering unguardable puddle that can destroy certain items and deal damage to Kirby or enemies in a similar manner to more permanent toxic sludge. Poison Croakom cannot be inhaled, and can only be defeated using the water from Water-Balloon Mouth. It yields six different Food items (usually Ears of Corn and Milk Cartons) and two red Star Coins when defeated.

"Croakom" comes from "croak", the sound a frog makes, and "venom", a toxin secreted by animals.

Locations

Poison Croakom can be found in the following stages:

Trivia

• Poison Croakom is similar in build to Pyribbit. While this is not present in other languages, its Japanese name may indicate a connection:
  • Pyribbit: ヴォルゲロム (Volgerom)
  • Poison Croakom: ポイズンゲロム (Poisongerom)
• Poison Croakom's Spanish name, Toxicroac, bears a strong resemblance to the poisonous frog Pokémon, Toxicroak's.

Gallery

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  A Poison Croakom spitting its goop at Kirby

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  Kirby cleaning off a Poison Croakom using Water-Balloon Mouth

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  Figure of Poison Croakom

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ポイズンゲロム Poizungeromu	Poisongerom, derived from: ポイズン (poison, the English word) ケロ (onomatopoeia for frog croaking in Japanese)
Chinese	毒毒蛙 Dú dú wā	Poison frog
Dutch	Gif-Croakom	Poison Croakom
French	Coâc venimeuse	Poisonous croak (coâ is the onomatopoeia for a frog croaking in French)
German	Giftiger Quaxikum	Poisonous Croakom Quaxikum is derived from quaken (to croak)
Italian	Cracrana velenosa	Poisonous frog Cracra is the onomatopoeia for frog croaking in Italian
Korean	포이즌개굴 Poijeun-gaegul	Poison Ribbit 개굴개굴 (gaegulgaegul) is the onomatopoeia for frog croaking in Korean
Spanish	Toxicroac	From the English words toxic and croak