Cheep Cheep

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This article is about the fish enemy found throughout the Mario franchise. For the avian enemy in Super Mario Sunshine of the same name, see Cheep Cheep (bird).
Cheep Cheep
Artwork of a Cheep Cheep from New Super Mario Bros. U (later reused for Super Mario Party)
Artwork of a Cheep Cheep from New Super Mario Bros. U
First appearance Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
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Cheep Cheeps (sometimes formatted as Cheep-Cheeps or Cheep-cheeps) are pufferfish[1] that made their first appearance in Super Mario Bros. in the underwater levels. They are common recurring enemies throughout the Super Mario franchise. They are found mostly in the water but they can jump out of the water as well like in Mario Super Sluggers. There are many different species of Cheep Cheeps, and they come in different colors, including gray, green, light-blue, magenta, blue, orange, yellow, black, purple, brown, and indigo. The most common ones, however, are red with a white patch on their stomach, a yellow (originally white) tail fin, a mohawk-like dorsal fin and wing-like fins. They also have blue eyes and pink lips. Cheep Cheeps may attack above the surface of the water by jumping out in an arc. Given this, Cheep Cheeps seem to be inspired by flying fish, hence the wing-like fins, which behave similarly. Most Cheep Cheeps appear to be affiliated with Bowser and the Koopa Troop, while some, such as the ones seen in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, are not. In most of the games they are in, Cheep Cheeps possess a wide variety of attacks, typically regarding jumping behavior.

History

Main article: History of Cheep Cheep

Since their first appearance in Super Mario Bros., Cheep Cheeps have returned as enemies in various games of the Super Mario series. Additionally, Cheep Cheeps also appear as obstacles in the Mario Kart series, in various platforming games starring Yoshi, in minigames of the Mario Party series, as both friendly characters and enemies in the Paper Mario series, and as enemies in the Mario & Luigi series.

Profiles and statistics

Main article: List of Cheep Cheep profiles and statistics

Though most Cheep Cheep bios note their prevalence underwater, some also point out the Cheep Cheeps' ability to jump out of water.

List of appearances

Title Date System
Super Mario Bros. 09/13/1985 NES
VS. Super Mario Bros. 02/1986 Arcade
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels 06/03/1986 NES
Super Mario Bros. Special 1986 NEC PC-88
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. 12/20/1986 NES
Super Mario Bros. 3 10/20/1988 NES
Alleyway 04/21/1989 Game Boy
Super Mario World 11/21/1990 SNES
Yoshi 12/14/1991 NES, Game Boy
Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up 03/24/1992 MS-DOS
Super Mario Kart 08/27/1992 SNES
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins 10/21/1992 Game Boy
Super Mario All-Stars 07/14/1993 SNES
Yoshi's Safari 07/14/1993 SNES
Mario & Wario 08/27/1993 SNES
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World 12/1994 SNES
Mario's Picross 03/14/1995 Game Boy
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 08/05/1995 SNES
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars 03/09/1996 SNES
Super Mario 64 06/23/1996 Nintendo 64
Tetris Attack 08/1996 SNES, Game Boy
Mario Kart 64 12/14/1996 Nintendo 64
Game & Watch Gallery 2 09/27/1997, 11/20/1998 Game Boy, Game Boy Color
Yoshi's Story 12/21/1997 Nintendo 64
Mario Party 12/18/1998 Nintendo 64
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe 05/10/1999 Game Boy Color
Mario Golf 06/11/1999 Nintendo 64
Mario Party 2 12/17/1999 Nintendo 64
Paper Mario 08/11/2000 Nintendo 64
Mario Party 3 12/07/2000 Nintendo 64
Mario Kart: Super Circuit 07/21/2001 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 12/14/2001 Game Boy Advance
Super Mario Sunshine 07/19/2002 Nintendo GameCube
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 09/20/2002 Game Boy Advance
Mario Party 4 10/21/2002 Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo Puzzle Collection 02/07/2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party-e 02/17/2003 E-Reader
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 07/11/2003 Game Boy Advance
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (mentioned) 07/28/2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 11/07/2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Party 5 11/11/2003 Nintendo GameCube
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 11/17/2003 Game Boy Advance
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 07/22/2004 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Pinball Land 08/26/2004 Game Boy Advance
WarioWare: Twisted! 10/14/2004 Game Boy Advance
Mario Party 6 11/18/2004 Nintendo GameCube
Super Mario 64 DS 11/21/2004 Nintendo DS
WarioWare: Touched! 12/02/2004 Nintendo DS
Mario Party Advance 01/13/2005 Game Boy Advance
Yoshi Touch & Go 01/27/2005 Nintendo DS
Mario Kart Arcade GP 10/10/2005 Arcade
Super Princess Peach 10/20/2005 Nintendo DS
Mario Party 7 11/07/2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart DS 11/14/2005 Nintendo DS
New Super Mario Bros. 05/15/2006 Nintendo DS
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 07/27/2006 Nintendo DS
Yoshi's Island DS 11/13/2006 Nintendo DS
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 03/14/2007 Arcade
Super Paper Mario 04/07/2007 Wii
Mario Party 8 05/29/2007 Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 11/01/2007 Wii
Mario Party DS 11/08/2007 Nintendo DS
Mario Kart Wii 04/10/2008 Wii
Mario Super Sluggers 06/19/2008 Wii
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 02/11/2009 Nintendo DS
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 11/12/2009 Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2 05/22/2010 Wii
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition 10/21/2010 Wii
Super Mario 3D Land 11/03/2011 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 7 12/01/2011 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Party 9 03/02/2012 Wii
New Super Mario Bros. 2 07/28/2012 Nintendo 3DS
Paper Mario: Sticker Star 11/11/2012 Nintendo 3DS
New Super Mario Bros. U 11/18/2012 Wii U
New Super Luigi U 06/19/2013 Wii U
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX 07/25/2013 Arcade
Super Mario 3D World 11/21/2013 Wii U
Mario Party: Island Tour 11/22/2013 Nintendo 3DS
NES Remix 12/18/2013 Wii U
Yoshi's New Island 03/14/2014 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Golf: World Tour 05/01/2014 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 05/29/2014 Wii U
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS 09/13/2014 Nintendo 3DS
Ultimate NES Remix 11/07/2014 Nintendo 3DS
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker 11/13/2014 Wii U
Mario Party 10 05/12/2015 Nintendo 3DS
Yoshi's Woolly World 06/25/2015 Wii U
Super Mario Maker 09/10/2015 Wii U
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam 12/03/2015 Nintendo 3DS
Paper Mario: Color Splash 10/07/2016 Wii U
Mario Party: Island Tour 10/07/2016 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS 12/01/2016 Nintendo 3DS
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World 01/19/2017 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 04/28/2017 Nintendo Switch
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition 05/11/2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle 08/29/2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions 10/05/2017 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Odyssey 10/27/2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario Party: The Top 100 11/10/2017 Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition 06/05/2018 Nintendo 3DS
Minecraft (Bedrock Edition) 06/21/2018 Nintendo Switch
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker 07/13/2018 Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS
WarioWare Gold 07/27/2018 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Party 10/05/2018 Nintendo Switch
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey 12/27/2018 Nintendo 3DS
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 01/11/2019 Nintendo Switch
Yoshi's Crafted World 03/29/2019 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Maker 2 06/28/2019 Nintendo Switch
Dr. Mario World 07/09/2019 iOS, Android
Mario Kart Tour 09/24/2019 iOS, Android
Paper Mario: The Origami King 07/12/2020 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario 3D All-Stars 09/18/2020 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Bros. 35 10/01/2020 Nintendo Switch
Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit 10/16/2020 Nintendo Switch
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. 11/13/2020 Game & Watch
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury 02/12/2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario Party Superstars 10/29/2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario Golf: Super Rush (version 4.0.0) 11/23/2021 Nintendo Switch
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope 10/20/2022 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Bros. Wonder 10/20/2023 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) 11/17/2023 Nintendo Switch

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Cheep Cheep.

Additional names

Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Sunshine root/data/scene/mamma0.szs/scene/tabepuku Tabepuku Possibly a portmanteau of「食ベる」(taberu, "to eat") and「プクプク」(Pukupuku, Cheep Cheep); applied to the game's pink variant.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese プクプク[2][3][4][5]
Pukupuku
プクプク（赤）[6] (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, red variant)
Pukupuku (Aka)
プクプク（グレー）[6] (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, gray variant)
Pukupuku (Gurē)
プクプク（緑）[2] (Super Mario Bros. 3, green variant)
Pukupuku (Midori)
プクプク(水中すいちゅう)[7][8] (Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 and Yoshi's Island DS, Piscatory Pete design)
Pukupuku (suichū)
トビプク[9] (New Super Mario Bros., jumping variant)
Tobipuku

 Japanese onomatopoeia for sinking or rising while giving off bubbles, widely used as fish sound; romanised as "Puku Puku"[10]

Cheep Cheep (Red)

Cheep Cheep (Gray)

Cheep Cheep (Green)

Cheep Cheep (underwater)

Combination of「トビウオ」(tobiuo, "flying fish") and「プクプク」(Pukupuku, "Cheep Cheep")

Chinese (simplified) 泡泡怪 (before Super Mario Party)
Pàopào Guài
泡泡鱼
Pàopào Yú

 Bubble Monster

Bubble Fish



Chinese (traditional) 泡泡魚
Pàopào Yú
 Bubble Fish

Dutch Cheep Cheep
 -
Finnish Piip-Piip[citation needed]
 Beep-Beep
German Cheep-Cheep
Cheep Cheep (older games)
Blurp[13] (Yoshi's Story)
 -
-
Blurp
Italian Pesce Smack
Cheep-cheep (Super Mario Bros. manual[for which version of the game?])
Pesce fiu-fiu (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)
 Smack Fish
-
Phew-phew fish
Korean 뽀꾸뽀꾸
Ppokku-ppokku
 Possibly from "뻐끔뻐끔" (ppeokkeum-ppeokkeum, onomatopoeia for a mouth opening and closing repetitively) and "뽀글뽀글" (ppogeul-ppogeul, onomatopoeia for bubbling widely used as a fish sound); similar to "복어" (bog'eo, "blowfish")

Portuguese Cheep Cheep
 -
Russian Чип-чип
Chip-chip
 Cheep Cheep

Spanish Pete Pescador (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Piscatory Pete)
 Fisher Pete
Spanish (NOA) Cheep cheep
 -
Spanish (NOE) Cheep Cheep
 -

Trivia

  • According to Shigeru Miyamoto, Cheep Cheep was originally going to be named「テッチリ」(Tecchiri), after a fugu hot pot dish.[14]

References

  1. ^ Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Page 190.
  2. ^ a b Nintendo of Japan. "CHARACTERS of Super Mario Bros. 3". CHARACTERS of the Super Mario Bros. series (official Japanese character index). Published 2020. Accessed March 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Nintendo of Japan. "CHARACTERS of Super Mario World". CHARACTERS of the Super Mario Bros. series (official Japanese character index). Published 2020. Accessed March 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Nintendo of Japan. "CHARACTERS of Super Mario 64". CHARACTERS of the Super Mario Bros. series (official Japanese character index). Published 2020. Accessed March 20, 2021.
  5. ^ Nintendo of Japan. "CHARACTERS of Super Mario Sunshine". CHARACTERS of the Super Mario Bros. series (official Japanese character index). Published 2020. Accessed March 20, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Nintendo of Japan. "CHARACTERS of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2". CHARACTERS of the Super Mario Bros. series (official Japanese character index). Published 2020. Accessed March 20, 2021.
  7. ^ 「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 21Media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P21.png.
  8. ^ 「ヨッシーアイランドDS任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 22Media:YIDS Shogakukan P22.jpg.
  9. ^ New Super Mario Bros. Shogakukan. Page 16.
  10. ^ Super Mario World Shogakukan Book 1. Page 30.
  11. ^ Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt Canadian instruction booklet. Page 32.
  12. ^ Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia, pages 19 and 27
  13. ^ Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Spieleberater, page 18.
  14. ^ Part 4 of an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto (in Japanese). Famitsu.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020.

External links

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