Editing Grim Leecher

{{species infobox
|title=Grim Leecher
|image=[[File:SSBU Grim Leecher Spirit.png|200px]]<br>A Grim Leecher's [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|Spirit]] from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
'''Grim Leechers''' are enemies from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its Game Boy Advance remake]], and ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. These enemies resemble purple ghosts with skulls on their faces; their shape in their artwork and model faintly resembles that of a [[Shy Guy]] or [[Toady]]. Grim Leechers wait until [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] comes near and then hover towards them; if a Grim Leecher makes contact, they knock [[Baby Mario]] off Yoshi's back and hop on. This causes the game controls to reverse, signified by Yoshi turning a flashing pink color. Yoshi must [[Ground Pound]] to knock a Grim Leecher loose, and can eat them to produce an egg. In ''Yoshi's New Island'', Grim Leechers cannot be eaten, and the Yoshi controlled by a Grim Leecher is now colored purple. Grim Leecher's name is a portmanteau of "{{wp|Death (personification)|Grim Reaper}}" and "{{wp|Leech}}".

In ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', Grim Leechers appear only in [[The Impossible? Maze]], as well as [[Mystery of the Castle?]] in the remake. In ''Yoshi's New Island'', Grim Leechers appear in [[Beware the Boo Brigade]].

A Grim Leecher makes an appearance in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' as a [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]].

==Profiles==
===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 取りつかれると、方向感覚が狂って、思うように動けなくなる。<ref name=Sho/>(''When possessed, you lose your sense of direction and cannot move as you would like.'')
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''This usuper kicks Mario off, hops on Yoshi's back and reverses your controls.''<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent; Munson, Terry|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|date=1995|language=American English|publisher=Nintendo of America|page={{media link|SMW2 Guide 127.jpg|127}}}}</ref>
*'''Shogakukan guide ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ふれるとヨッシー背中にとりつき、ヨッシーの操作を左右逆にしてしまう。赤ちゃんを取りもどせば、すぐに回復する。<ref name=Advance/>(''When touched, it attaches itself to Yoshi's back and reverses Yoshi's movements from left to right. If the baby is retrieved, Yoshi will recover quickly.'')

====''Yoshi's New Island''====
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 接触してとりつかれるとダメージを受け、スライドパッドの入力方向が左右逆になる。非常にやっかいな敵なので、早めにタマゴを投げつけて倒そう。<ref name=YNI>{{cite|author=Shogakukan|language=Japanese|title=「ヨッシー New アイランド 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's New Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{media link|Yoshi New Island Shogakukan P20.jpg|20}}}}</ref>(''If it comes into contact with and possesses you, you will take damage, and the slide pad input direction will be reversed. Since this is a very troublesome enemy, be sure to defeat it by throwing eggs at it as soon as possible.'')

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
{{Spirit
|no=309
|name=Grim Leecher
|image=[[File:SSBU_Grim_Leecher_Spirit.png|100px]]
|series=''Yoshi'' Series
|type=Support
|slots=1
|class=Novice
|effects=[[wikibound:Ramblin' Evil Mushroom|Ramblin' Evil Mushroom]] Equipped
|obtain=[[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: World of Light|World of Light]] ([[smashwiki:The Light Realm|Light Realm]]); [[smashwiki:Spirit Board|Spirit Board]]
|opponents=[[smashwiki:Meta Knight (SSBU)|Meta Knight]]
|hazard_2=Left is Right, Right is Left
|conditions=
*Left and right controls will suddenly reverse
|stage=[[Yoshi's Island (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|Yoshi's Island]]
|song=Obstacle Course - Yoshi's Island
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW2 YI Yoshi and Rider.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
Yoshi and Grim Leecher.png|
SMW2YI - Grim Leecher.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
GrimLeecher_SMW2.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
Blarggwallpromo.jpg|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
Purple Yoshi and Grim Leechers Artwork - Yoshi's New Island.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''
YNI Grim Leecher.png|''Yoshi's New Island''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap={{hover|死神|しにがみ}}さん<ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P7.jpg|7]]}}</ref><ref name=Advance>{{cite|language=Japanese|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「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=[[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|16]]}}</ref> / しにがみさん<ref name=YNI/>
|JapR=Shinigami-san
|JapM=Based on「死神」(''{{wp|shinigami}}'', the Japanese equivalent of the Grim Reaper), with honorific suffix「さん」(''-san'') attached
|Spa=Polizontasma
|SpaM=From ''polizon'' ("stowaway") and ''fantasma'' ("ghost")
|FreA=Funesto<ref>http://yoshisnewisland.nintendo.com/</ref>{{dead link}}
|FreAM=From ''funeste'' ("disastrous") with suffix "-o"
|Ita=Malannetto
|ItaM=From ''malanno'' ("ailment") and ''nanetto'' ("dwarf")
|PorE=Carranca
|PorEM=Scowl
|Rus=Темноездник
|RusR=Temnoyezdnik
|RusM=From темно (''temno'', "dark") and наездник (''nayezdnik'', "rider")
|Ger=Klammerdieb
|GerM=From ''klammern'' ("to clinch") and ''dieb'' ("thief")
|Kor=찰거머리사신
|KorR=Chalgeomeorisasin
|KorM=From 찰거머리 (''chalgeomeori'', a Korean term describing someone who sticks around and causes annoyance) and "사신" (''sasin'', "Grim Reaper")
|Chi=死灵灵
|ChiR=Sǐ Líng Líng
|ChiM=From「死」(''sǐ'', "death") and「灵」(''líng'', "spirit")
}}

==References==
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{{YI}}
{{YNI}}
[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Parasites]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island enemies]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 enemies]]
[[Category:Yoshi's New Island enemies]]
[[it:Malannetto]]