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}}{{quote|I don't understand why I'm being treated so shabbily after all my years of shameless grovelin'! Why, I even pretended you earned my respect and admiration!|'''Escargoon'''}}

Escargoon's name is a play on the words "escargot" (French for "snail") and "goon," aptly describing his character. In the 4Kids English dub, Escargoon is voiced by Ted Lewis, who also voices King Dedede. In the Japanese version, he is voiced by Naoki Tatsuta, and often ends his sentences with "de gesu", a corruption of the polite copula "desu".

*[[King Dedede (anime character)|King Dedede]] - Escargoon spends most of his time near King Dedede, serving as his primary assistant and the primary target of the king's abusive nature. Whenever Dedede is outraged for any reason, if Escargoon is within range, he is almost certain to be either yelled at, smacked in the head with Dedede's fist, or clobbered by Dedede's hammer. Escargoon is also often the primary subject of King Dedede's pranks, which tend more often than not to cross the line into genuine hurtfulness. Despite this, Escargoon and Dedede also tend to share each others' successes and joy, and are often seen gloating together when something goes their way. Usually, Escargoon is willing to put up with Dedede's outbursts, but sometimes the king pushes things too far, prompting Escargoon to hatch a revenge plan against him.

*[[Tiff]] - Escargoon holds particular contempt for Tiff, and sees her as a rival intellect to his. He takes every opportunity he can to belittle and bully her, and uses King Dedede as cover to prevent her from retaliating. He takes particular relish whenever he believes he has outsmarted her. Tiff in turn is forced to tolerate him, but she is not afraid to call him out the same way she does King Dedede. Despite this usual animosity, Tiff and Escargoon will sometimes cooperate with each other to solve a mutual problem, and relate to each other in their roles as guardians, since Escargoon often has to dote on King Dedede as much as Tiff does on Kirby.

*[[N.M.E. Sales Guy]] - Escargoon understands full well that King Dedede is being ripped off by [[Night Mare Enterprises]] and repeatedly tries to get King Dedede to stop resorting to them for [[monster]]s, and instead rely on his inventions and methods. However, since Escargoon is just as unsuccessful, he cannot get this message through.

{{ImCap|image=File:KMA Escargoon.png|size=123px|align=right|caption=Sprite of Escargoon as he appears in [[Kirby Quest]]}}

*Despite being anatomically similar to a snail, Escargoon often seems to have an internal skeleton, as suggested in episodes like [[Abusement Park]] where he can be heard cracking his knuckles. This notion is contradicted in [[Shell-Shocked]], where it is implied that Escargoon is an invertebrate like other mollusks. He also has a nose - albeit not visible on his face - which can be seen when it runs in [[Something to Sneeze At]].

===Artwork===

HAL 40th Anniversary Artwork.png|Artwork celebrating the 40th anniversary of [[HAL Laboratory]] (Escargoon can be seen in the upper right peering behind HAL's headquarters)

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===Screenshots===

E17 Scene 11.png|Escargoon hiding his secret stash of jewels

E39 Scene 16.png|Escargoon attempts to apologize to [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]] in the events of [[Escar-Gone]]

E46 Scene 16.png|Escargoon is hammered by King Dedede while taking a shower, referencing the famous shower murder scene from Alfred Hitchcock's movie ''[[wikipedia:Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''