Editing Ant Trooper

{{species-infobox
|image=[[File:Ant Trooper Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|150px]]
|first_appearance= ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|derived_species=[[Big Ant Trooper]]<br>[[Horned Ant Trooper]]
}}
'''Ant Troopers''' are {{wp|ant}} enemies debuting in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. They are indigo-colored and have a pair of antennae, a striped body, yellow eyes, red feet, and an overbite.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
[[File:SM3DW Ant Troopers Screenshot.png|thumb|left|210px|Ant Troopers in [[Ant Trooper Hill]]]]
Ant Troopers make their first appearance in ''Super Mario 3D World'', and they reappear in its Nintendo Switch port ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. They appear uncommonly throughout the game, and are introduced in World 4-1, [[Ant Trooper Hill]]. They attack by marching, sometimes emerging from holes or pipes, and keep walking on walls. They cannot be defeated by [[jump]]ing, but are vulnerable to [[Ground Pound]]s, [[Cat Mario]]'s, [[Tanooki Mario]]'s and [[Rosalina]]'s attacks, and projectiles as well. Ant Troopers sometimes carry items on their backs, mainly [[coin]]s and power-ups.

[[Big Ant Trooper]]s are an Ant Trooper subspecies. As their name implies, they are larger than common Ant Troopers, and are also rarer. These cannot be defeated by any attack.

[[Horned Ant Trooper]]s are basically Ant Troopers wearing an orange helmet with a spike over their body. The helmets prevent their heads from being stomped, making them very similar to [[Spike Top]]s, but only if the helmet is facing upward; if they are walking along a vertical surface, they become safe to jump on.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Ant Troopers appear as course elements in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' in the ''Super Mario 3D World'' level style. [[Big Ant Trooper]]s and [[Horned Ant Trooper]]s return as well. When given wings, an Ant Trooper flies in a horizontal line, switching directions when it hits a wall. When given a parachute, an Ant Trooper glides to the ground while flailing its feet. Ant Troopers can be defeated with a [[Super Star]] or [[Builder Mario]]’s [[hammer]].

===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
Ant Troopers return in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|ports]], behaving like they do in ''Super Mario 3D World''. While interacting with them using the pointer or touch screen, they do not stop like regular enemies. If pointed at for enough time, they reward the player with one coin.

===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', Ant Troopers appear alongside Horned Ant Troopers in battle in the [[Twinsy Tropics Dungeon]]. If Horned Ant Troopers take enough damage, they lose their spike helmets, turning them into normal Ant Troopers and lowering their defense. While in this state, they attack the Mario Bros. by dashing into them instead.

===''Mario Tennis Aces''===
In ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'', Ant Troopers appear as spectators in [[Bask Ruins]].

===''Dr. Mario World''===
Ant Troopers appear in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' as obtainable assistants. When equipped in stage mode, the skill gauge will increase by an extra percentage if four or more viruses are simultaneously eliminated. For example, with a level 3 Ant Trooper (fills skill by 50% more), if a row of four viruses are eliminated with one half-capsule, there will be 5 objects eliminated but the skill gauge will fill by 7.5 points: 5 points from the match and 2.5 extra points (50% of 5 points) through the assistant. In versus mode, they grant doctors a chance to cancel an opponent's doctor's skill that targets the user. They are a clear reward bonus for completing the first area of World 12 and appear in the same world's background once an area has been cleared.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''===
{{:Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam bestiary|transcludesection=Horned Ant Trooper (no helmet)|align=horizontal}}

===''Dr. Mario World''===
*'''Stage mode:''' "''Fills skill meter 30%/40%/50%/60%/70% more when four or more viruses are eliminated at the same time.''"
*'''Versus mode:''' "''If targeted by opponent's skill, grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance of canceling skill effects.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMM2 Key Art Concept Artwork.jpg|Illustration containing concept artwork of key art for ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=アリへい
|JapR=Ari-hei
|JapM=Ant Soldier
|Spa=Hormigoide
|SpaM=Antoid (''Hormiga'', Ant, and the suffix ''-oide'', -oid)
|Fra=Fourmili
|FraM=From ''fourmi'' (ant)
|Dut=Ant Trooper
|DutM=-
|Ger=Trupp-Krabbel
|GerM=Crawling Trooper
|Ita=Formico
|ItaM=From ''formica'' (ant) and the male suffix -''o''.
|PorA=Forminimiga
|PorAM=From ''formiga'' (ant) and ''inimigo'' (enemy).
|PorE=Soldado formiga
|PorEM=Soldier Ant
|Rus=Муравей-пехотинец
|RusR=Muravey-pekhotinets
|RusM=Ant Trooper
|Kor=개미병
|KorR=Gaemibyeong
|KorM=Ant Soldier
|ChiS=蚂蚁兵
|ChiSR=Mǎyǐ Bīng
|ChiSM=Ant Soldier
|ChiT=螞蟻兵<ref>https://www.nintendo.com.hk/switch/super_mario_maker_2/make/index.html</ref>
|ChiTR=Mǎyǐ Bīng
|ChiTM=Ant Soldier
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Ants]]
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[[Category:Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario 3D World Enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Maker 2 Enemies]]
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