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Cranky Duck

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Cranky Ducks are the variation of ducks used in Cranky levels.

Summary

  • Cranky Ducks are found in Cranky levels. A total of three appear in each level. They also appear in some Cranky Challenges where the player is required to collect any Cranky Ducks in Swampy levels in order to complete the challenge.
  • A player is not required to collect any Cranky Ducks in order to move onto the next level, however, a certain number of Cranky Ducks are required to unlock other chapters within Cranky's Story unless the player uses the Locksmith Duck.
  • Cranky Ducks require five drops of Poison Water to be collected. All other Fluids, except Steam will kill the duck.

Appearance

  • In general, Cranky Ducks have a curved shape. Its eyes have an angry look like Cranky himself, and the wings and tail are pointy, like some of Cranky's features.
  • While full, Cranky Ducks have a are purple with a orange beak (darker than the beaks found on a Swampy or Allie Duck), white eyes and dark purple outlines.
  • When empty, Cranky Ducks have a green body with a pale green beak, white-green eyes and dark green outlines.

Sounds

Description Sound
Cranky Duck is Collected
Cranky Duck is Filled
Cranky Duck is Killed

Trivia

  • A total of 264 Cranky Ducks can be found in Cranky's Story. A total of 240 of these come from normal levels, while the remaining 24 come from Bonus Levels. Hidden Levels do not count towards this.
  • Evil Gnomes are the equivalent of Cranky Ducks in Where's My Perry?.
  • According to Vincent Perea who is an artist of the game, this duck takes on a purple appearance to fit Cranky's theme of "tough, dark, and evil".
  • While full, Cranky Ducks are are purple, and Swampy Ducks are yellow. Yellow and Purple are complementary (opposite) colours, which is fitting since Swampy's and Cranky's personalities are quite "opposite".
  • Cranky Ducks are green when empty, and are purple when full. This may likely be based off the fact that green is inverse of purple.

WMW2 Cranky Duck

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Cranky Ducks are the ducks used in all Cranky levels in Where's My Water? 2

Summary

  • Cranky Ducks are found in Cranky levels. A total of three appear in each level.
  • A player is not required to collect any Cranky Ducks in order to move onto the next level, however, a certain number of Swampy Ducks are required to unlock future Gates in the various Locations. Cranky Ducks count toward this total.
  • Cranky Ducks require five drops of Purple Water to be collected. All other Fluids, except Steam will kill the duck.
  • While in the Avoid It! challenge mode, the player must avoid all Cranky Ducks and complete the challenge. If one is collected, the Challenge is failed and any succeeding challenges on the same level will remain locked. Note that if a duck is partially filled, the challenge will continue.
  • While in the Driller challenge mode, the player may have to avoid all Cranky Ducks. If applicable, the same rules from Avoid It! are applied in Driller.
  • While in the Guest Star challenge mode, Cranky Ducks are replaced with either Swampy Ducks or Allie Ducks, alongside Cranky who will be replaced with either Swampy or Allie, respectively.
  • While in the Melody challenge mode, all three Cranky Ducks are replaced with five musical notes. The notes accept and reject the same fluids as Cranky Ducks but also have to be collected in the correct order.
  • While in the Duck Swap challenge mode, all three Cranky Ducks are replaced with either Swampy Ducks or Allie Ducks. The level is layed out the same except with those duck changes.
  • While in the Duck Rush challenge mode, six Cranky Ducks are present instead of the customary three. The appearance and fluid acceptance is the same.

Appearance

  • The Duck has a pointy tail, head and wings, much like Cranky's snout, claws and tail.
  • While full, Cranky Ducks are a dark purple with an orange beak, white eyes and dark outlines.
  • When empty, the duck is green.

Sounds

Description Sound
Cranky Duck is Collected
Cranky Duck is Filled
Cranky Duck is Killed

Trivia

  • While full, Cranky Ducks are are purple, and Swampy Ducks are yellow. Yellow and Purple are complementary (opposite) colours, which is fitting since Swampy's and Cranky's personalities are quite "opposite". However in this game both Swampy and Cranky are "frenemies"

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