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|image=[[File:SMODorrieModel.png|300px]]<br>Model of Dorrie from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''

A '''Dorrie''', also known as '''Dorrie the Sea Dragon''',<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #51, page 62.</ref> the '''Swimming Beast''',<ref>(June 10, 1998). [https://web.archive.org/web/19980610064600/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/6-1.html Course 6 - Star 1: Swimming Beast in the Cavern]. ''Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy'' (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved February 23, 2018.</ref> or '''Nessie''',<ref>Prima Bath. ''Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Pages 87 and 90.</ref><ref>Prima Bath. ''Ultimate Nintendo 64 Pocket Power Guide, 1999 Edition'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 59. "''From the start point of the course, head through the boulder room and down into the underground cavern where Nessie is found.''"</ref> is a large, friendly {{wp|Plesiosauria|plesiosaur}}-like character who debuted in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It helps the player ride across water or reach higher areas. ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'' explicitly refers to Dorries as a species,<ref>The brochure of [[Lake Kingdom|Lake Lamode]] states ''Fresh or salt water, Dorries swim everywhere.''</ref> and it features purple and yellow Dorries in addition to blue. In terms of design, Dorries have a few elements in common with [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s, such as the white area spanning the whole lower part of their body, from their lower jaw to their tail, and a similar round face that, since ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', even features a placement of the eyes and nostrils akin to that seen in Yoshis. Furthermore, the two species share the suffix ''-sshi'' (「ッシー」) in their Japanese names.

In Japan, plesiosaurs are known as long-necked dragons (「首長竜」), this being possibly the reason Dorrie was originally referred to as a sea dragon (「海竜」, written in hiragana as 「かいりゅう」 in ''Super Mario 64''<ref>しゅーや (October 8, 2016). [https://youtu.be/V07NDDBZ40Y?list=PLXSg7_JSVEYIU1haq0UNlFtK14afpTeli&t=518 【実況】絵の世界へ飛び込め！スーパーマリオ64をツッコミ実況part6]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 10, 2019.</ref>), this being kept in the Western translations as well, such as the English and French ones. Additionally, Dorrie shares its Japanese name with [[Bahamutt]].

{{quote2|A gentle sea dragon lives [[Hazy Maze Cave|here]]. [[Ground Pound|Pound]] on his back to make him lower his head. Don't become his lunch.|Signpost|[[Super Mario 64]]}}

[[File:NSMBDS Dorrie Screenshot.png|thumb|[[Small Mario]] riding a Dorrie in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]

Dorries return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and they appear in two sizes. Mario can ride on the Dorrie’s back to cross large bodies of [[Poison (obstacle)|poison]] in [[World 4-1 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-1]] and [[World 4-6 (New Super Mario Bros.)|World 4-6]]. If Mario does a [[Ground Pound]] on a Dorrie, it moves faster through the water.

In ''[[Mario Party 2]]'', Dorrie makes a small cameo in [[Mystery Land]] in the background lake, with its appearance resembling the photograph of the {{wp|Loch Ness Monster}}.

In ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'', specifically in [[The Last Spark Hunter]] DLC on the planet [[Melodic Gardens]], a Dorrie is the pet of warden [[Allegra]]. [[Kanya]] told Allegra about it being "too late" to save her pet, causing Allegra to run off in regret and sorrow for her pet. When the heroes catch up with her, Allegra reunites with the Dorrie, which is imprisoned. Kanya then attacks the heroes with her [[Mecha King Bob-omb]]. After the heroes free the Dorrie, Allegra, the Dorrie, and the heroes unite together to defeat Kanya for good. According to murals found on the planet, the Dorrie is responsible for the start of the biophonies.

 

''"By quirk of fate, Allegra's friend, who had been captured by Kanya and used as a pawn, is well known to Mario. It is called a Dorrie, and while its presence on the Melodic Gardens is a mystery, the gifts it brought here are not. Allegra has found a way to use the Dorrie's natural abilities to elevate the planet's biophonies to previously unheard heights - the Dorrie's playfulness turned to music."''

SMO Lake Brochure E.png|Brochure picture from ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''

|JapM=From「ネッシー」(''Nesshī'', {{wp|Loch Ness Monster|Nessie}}) and/or「ヨッシー」(''Yosshī'', [[Yoshi#Names in other languages|Yoshi]]), and possibly「ドッスン」(''[[Thwomp#Names in other languages|Dossun]]''), referring to the Ground Pound usable to tame it in its first appearance; romanized as "Dossy"<ref>''Super Mario 64 DS'' internal object name (<tt>DOSSY</tt>)</ref> or "Doshi"<ref>''Super Mario Odyssey'' internal filename (<tt>Doshi</tt>)</ref> and shared with [[Bahamutt]].

|Fra=Dorrie<br>Gros Bibi (''Super Mario 64'')<br>Bibi<ref>[https://www.nintendo64ever.com/Scans-Magazine,2,Le-Magazine-Officiel-Nintendo-01.html Nintendo official French magazine N1], page 92</ref>

|FraM=-<br>Big Bibi (''gros bibi'' being in French a childish way to say "big kiss", while ''bibi'' is a way to say "me" or a worm used to fish)

|Kor=돗시

|Ita=Dorrie