Editing Batadon

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SML Batadon Alternate Artwork.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]])
|relatives=[[Tokotoko]]
|comparable=[[Fighter Fly|Fly]]<br>[[Koopa Paratroopa]]<br>[[Kumo]]<br>[[Paragoomba]]
}}
'''Batadons'''<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet. Page 14.</ref><ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide. Page 5.</ref> are hopping stone head enemies found in the game ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. To defeat this enemy, [[Mario]] either has to [[jump]] on top of it, or shoot three [[Superball Mario|Superball]]s at it. It acts much like a [[Fighter Fly|Fly]] or [[Kumo]], except it bounces higher, moves slower, and does not pause on the ground. Defeating a Batadon awards them with 800 points. Batadons can also pound through some platforms. They only appear in [[World 3-1 (Super Mario Land)|Worlds 3-1]] and [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Land)|3-3]]. Batadons closely resemble {{wp|moai}} heads, similarly to [[Tokotoko]]s, other rock-based creatures found in the [[Easton Kingdom]]; however, Batadons are the only ones with wings.

In the [[Super Mario Land (manga)|''Super Mario Land'' manga]], a Batadon is the first enemy encountered in Easton Kingdom, getting angry at Mario for ruining one of the statues and calling the Tokotoko and other Batadons for backup. However, the moai are easily tricked by Mario yelling "{{wp|Statues (game)|Red light!}}", making them stop in place. Only when Mario leaves do they realize that they were tricked and chase after him. After losing Mario due to him being in a disguise, they finally find him and jump towards him, failing to notice he was entangled in a web with lethal [[Suu]] venom about to be poured on him. Getting entangled in the web, the maoi free Mario with their jolts, and are hit by the venom in his place, melting down.

In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', some Batadons appear in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 3|volume 3]] alongside the Tokotoko and their boss [[Hiyoihoi]]. Apart from helping their leader and forming a giant rock with the moai, they do nothing relevant.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Land''===
*'''Instruction booklet:''' ''A winged stone statue. It tries to crush Mario as it flies.''
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''This winged stone statue tries to crush Mario as it flies.''

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>パタドン</big><br>
'''{{hover|種族|しゅぞく}}'''　岩石族<br>
'''{{hover|性格|せいかく}}'''　がんこ者<br>
'''{{hover|登場|とうじょう}}ゲーム'''　ランド1<br>
'''<big>翼の生えたモアイ像</big><br>
モアイ像のような石像に翼が生えたもの。ピョンピョンと大きくはねながら、マリオを押しつぶそうとする。動きは速くないが、上空からくるので、狭い場所では難敵といえる。<ref name=Daijiten>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/buqxtix.jpeg page 155].</ref>

'''''<big>Batadon</big>'''''<br>
''Tribe: Rock clan''<br>
''Disposition: Stubborn person''<br>
''Game appearances: Land 1''<br>
'''''<big>Winged moai statue</big><br>
''A moai-like stone statue with wings. They leap and flap wildly as they try to crush Mario. They do not move fast, but since they come from above, they can be a difficult enemy in tight spaces.''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SML Batadon artwork.png|Artwork of a red Batadon
batadonsprite.png|A sprite of a Batadon
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=パタドン<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet. Page 15.</ref>
|JapR=Patadon
|JapM=Portmanteau of「パタパタ」(''patapata'', [[Koopa Paratroopa]] and an onomatopoeia for flapping) and「ドン」(''don'', onomatopoeia for crushing)
|Dut=Batadon<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic'', page 8.</ref>
|Fre=Batadon<ref>''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet, [https://i.imgur.com/zuVxmWd.jpg page 14].</ref>
|Ger=Batadon
|Ita=Batadon<ref>''[[Super Mario Land]]'' Italian manual, pag. 14</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Land]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual, pag. 14</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 47</ref>
|Spa=Batadon
}}

==References==
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