Roger the Potted Ghost: Difference between revisions

{{character infobox

|image=[[File:SMW2 RogerthePottedGhost.jpg|120px]]<br>Roger the Potted Ghost artwork from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''

|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]])

'''Roger the Potted Ghost''',<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20030402151900/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/artwork.jsp?gameId=1282</ref> or simply '''The Potted Ghost'''<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 42. Page 70.</ref> or '''Potted Ghost''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 40. Page 21.</ref> is the second boss of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. He is located in [[The Potted Ghost's Castle]], the castle of [[World 2 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 2]]. Roger starts out as a lifeless [[vase|pot]], but is transformed by [[Kamek]]'s magic into a large ghost when the player enters the boss room. He is the only inanimate object that Kamek transforms into a boss. Roger's face is the same as those of [[Dangling Ghost]]s and [[Caged Ghost]]s, and he is amorphous like them. Roger can be defeated if [[Yoshi (species)|Blue Yoshi]] pushes him and his pot off of the right edge of the platform, though there are two green [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]]s that slowly push Roger in the opposite direction. To defend himself, Roger can lunge at Blue Yoshi, knocking him away, and breathes out blue flames which home in. When Roger is pushed far enough, the Shy-Guys topple over the edge too.

In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', Roger and the other bosses from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' make a cameo in the game's introduction. Additionally, there are enemies called [[Potted Ghost]]s, which vaguely resemble Roger, but are smaller and less malevolent.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Roger the Potted Ghost is featured as a support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] which grants resistance against strong winds. It is obtainable by winning his spirit battle or summoning it with the spirits of [[Shy Guy]] and [[Boo Mario]].

*'''Official Nintendo Player's Guide:''' ''Spirits like Bigger Boo and Roger haunt the forts and castles, clinging to rugged mountainsides in World 2. Roger looks mean and has frightfully bad breath, but isn't exactly fast on his feet. In fact, he has no feet. He has to rely on two Shy-Guys to push him around. Since he didn't let them go out for Trick-or-Treat last year, their team spirit is low.''<ref>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. Page 17.</ref>

*'''Super Power Club Cards bio:'''<ref>{{media link|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island Back.jpg|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island}}</ref>

**'''Description:''' ''Aladdin would never rub this pot, because the genie inside has has a mean streak a mile wide! He doesn't get around much--his only means of transportation is two Shy Guys.''

*'''Shogakukan guide''' ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]): ワールド2-8のボス。ツボからけむりのように現れ、ヨッシーをはじき飛ばそうとしたり、青い炎で攻擊する。ツボを押して、足場から落としてしまおう。<ref>「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''). [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P17.png|Page 17]].</ref> (''The boss of World 2-8. It appears like smoke from a pot, tries to knock Yoshi away, and attacks with blue flames. Push the pot to drop him from the platform.'')

 

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' spirit===

!colspan=4 width=40% style="text-align:center;"|Spirit battle

!align=center|Roger the Potted Ghost

|align=center|[[File:SMW2_RogerthePottedGhost.jpg|x100px]]

|World of Light (Light Realm); Summoned with a Shy Guy and Boo Mario core

|Giant [[Wii Fit Trainer]] (♂), [[Meta Knight]] ×2

 

The Potted Ghost.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''

Icon SMW2-YI - The Potted Ghost's Castle.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''

YIDS-Intro Background.png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''

|JapM=Vase {{wp|obake}}

|SpaM=From "fantasma" (ghost) and "bote" (pot)

|Fre=Pouss'Pot

|FreM=Push'Pot  

|GerM=From "nebel" (mist)

|RusM=Vase Ghost

}}

*The blue flames Roger shoots are based on the {{wp|hitodama}}, a phantasmagoric phenomenon in the Japanese folklore which is said to be the souls of the dead.  

*Some stones are seen when Roger is pushed off the platform, implying that he falls through the floor.

[[Category:Ghosts]]

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[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]