Editing Blargg

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Blargg SMW artwork.jpg|164px]][[File:Blargg YS.png|96px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario World]]'' (left) and ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' (right)
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
|variants=[[Blargg (small)]]<br>[[Blarggwich]]<br><br>[[Gargantua Blargg]]<br>[[Magmaargh]]<br>[[Nep-Enut]]
|relatives=[[Hooktail]]<br>[[Gloomtail]]<br>[[Bonetail]]<br>[[Fracktail]]<br>[[Wracktail]]
|notable=[[Gattai monster]]
}}
'''Blarggs''' are [[list of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. These large creatures are commonly found inhabiting pools of [[lava]] in underground caverns. Blarggs generally resemble lazy-eyed lava dinosaurs, but ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' depicts them as blobby beings with large mouths, small arms and beady eyes, while numerous other games involve an assortment of similarly derived blobby species.
==History==
===''Super Mario World''===
{{multiframe|[[File:BlarggSMW.png]]|Sprite from ''Super Mario World''|bg=gray}}
Blarggs, also named '''Munchers''',<ref>{{cite|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|date=September 1991|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 28|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=16}}</ref> are enemies in ''Super Mario World''. Blarggs are fairly rare, being found in [[Vanilla Dome 1]], [[Vanilla Dome 3]], and [[Chocolate Secret]]. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] approach a Blargg on a [[Lava Lift|Skull Lift]], the eyes of the Blargg will be visible before they dip back into the lava, moments before lunging. [[Yoshi]] is capable of jumping on them and, with some difficulty, eating them. The player can also opt to [[Spin Jump]] if lacking a Yoshi, although this method only prevents one from taking damage if landing on a Blargg or its eyes. It is possible for [[Invincible Mario]] to defeat one in Vanilla Dome 1 before falling into the lava. [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]] can also defeat it with a Body Press attack before falling into the lava. These methods reveal a glitched sprite.

In the source code of pre-release builds, Blarggs went through many design iterations of varying sizes, as both a dinosaur like in the final and as a shark.<ref>{{cite|author=Gaming Alexandria|date=July 24, 2020|url=x.com/GamingAlexandri/status/1286735053180018688|title=Tweet showing early ''Super Mario World'' tiles|publisher=Twitter|language=en|accessdate=July 25, 2020|archive=web.archive.org/web/20200724194045/https://twitter.com/GamingAlexandri/status/1286735053180018688}}</ref>
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===''Super Mario World'' television series===
[[File:BlarggCartoon.jpg|thumb|A Blargg in the ''Super Mario World'' television series episode "[[The Wheel Thing]]".]]
Blarggs, though never referred to as such onscreen, appeared in two episodes of the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series. 

In the episode "[[The Wheel Thing]]", Mario and Luigi, having been banned to the [[Lava Pits (Super Mario World television series)|Lava Pits]], begin attempting to cook a pizza over a fire. The smell from this cooking pizza causes a Blargg to emerge from a nearby lake of lava and begin to chase Luigi, attempting to eat the plumber. Luigi is rescued from being devoured as Mario swoops down and saves his brother as [[Cape Mario]]. 

In a later episode titled "[[Mama Luigi]]", a Blargg makes a brief appearance. Luigi and Yoshi, while running away from a pair of Tyrannosaurus Rex, use a Blargg's head as a stepping stone to cross a river of lava.

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
A Blargg, which lived in water, appears in one of the bad endings in ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'', eating Mario if he falls into a pit while fleeing from some [[Mega Mole]]s.
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===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:SMKun Blargg.png|260px|thumb]]
A Blargg appears from the 9th chapter of the first volume as the chapter's main antagonist.

After a friendly [[Mega Mole]] leads Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi towards the underground exit, they travel on a [[Lava Lift]] where they are immediately attacked by the Blargg, who was given the order to kill the Mega Mole as well due to his betrayal. The Blargg attacks the protagonists by spitting fire. Mario tries to hurt it with a fireball, but ends up making it stronger due to its fire affinity. Mega Mole, meanwhile, cowers in fear and uses Mario as a shield and, when Mario asks him what a Blargg's weakness is, he reads the ''Super Mario World'' manual and finds out that Blarggs cannot be defeated. When the Blargg is about to kill Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, Mega Mole jumps on the Blargg, attacking it and landing right in its mouth, clogging it. The Blargg falls back into the lava, and while Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi mourn the death of their friend, they meet Mega Mole on shore, where he managed to survive from the lava and with Blargg's mouth still stuck on his forehead, pleading to be put back into the lava. In this shot, the Blargg's body is shown: the neck is the entire body, and it has little arms and legs.

===''Super Mario Adventures''===
Several Blarggs make a minor appearance in ''[[Nintendo Power]]''{{'}}s ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, appearing in the lava flooded basement of [[Bowser's Castle]]. These Blarggs are used as stepping stones by Mario to reach a [[Warp Pipe]] leading to another part of the castle.
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===''Mario & Wario''===
[[File:M&W Level 5-4 Map.png|200px|thumb|Blargg in ''Mario & Wario'']]
A Blargg appears in [[Honō no Dōkutsu]], the fifth stage of ''[[Mario & Wario]]''. It is nearly identical to its appearance in ''Super Mario World'', but unlike its previous appearance, it is docile and merely part of the scenery.

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
While no Blarggs appear in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' or in its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], [[Czar Dragon]], the lava-dwelling boss of [[Barrel Volcano]], resembles their ''Super Mario World'' design.
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===''Yoshi's Story''===
[[File:YS Blargg.png|thumb|left|A Blargg in ''Yoshi's Story'']]
Though only variants of Blarggs appear in games in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]] such as the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]] (i.e.: ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''), the only appearance of Blarggs themselves in that franchise is in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. In this game, they are altered, being larger, and given small arms with a blobby appearance. They appear in only one level, [[Blargg's Boiler|Stage 2-2: Blargg's Boiler]]. In this game, Blarggs do not harm a [[Baby Yoshi]] when touched, although the Yoshi gets a forceful push from them. While they cannot be harmed, the Yoshi can throw an [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]] at one to force it back into the lava. There is also one Blargg unaffected by eggs which will briefly pursue the Baby Yoshi.

Due to their large size and blobby appearance, these Blarggs appear to be visually based off of the [[Gargantua Blargg]]s in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. However, they lack eyebrows and have a pair of small reptilian nostrils. [[Don Bongo]] is given a similar name to the Blarggs in the Japanese script, ''Donbaba'' (in comparison to ''Unbaba'', Blargg), despite not resembling them beyond being pudgy and somewhat reptilian.

Their artwork from ''Yoshi's Story'' is reused as a stamp in ''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''.
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===''Paper Mario'' series===
In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', a [[Sammer Guy]] named Raging Blargg can be fought. Additionally, in the Japanese versions of ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and ''Super Paper Mario'', the "-tail" dragon bosses [[Hooktail]], [[Gloomtail]], [[Bonetail]], [[Fracktail]], and [[Wracktail]] instead have names that are based off Blargg's Japanese name, ''Unbaba''.

===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
Blarggs are referenced in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', where they are mentioned by [[Kylie Koopa]] using "in a Blargg's age" as a figure of speech, after [[Yoob]] spit her out in [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]].

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
A Blargg [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] can be collected in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', and a Blargg [[spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Both use their ''Yoshi's Story'' artwork.

===Unused appearances===
====''Super Mario 64''====
[[File:Blargg 64.png|180px|thumb|A Blargg with unfinished textures in ''Super Mario 64'']]
Blarggs, with their appearance resembling how they appeared in ''Super Mario World'', were [[List of Super Mario 64 pre-release and unused content|originally going to appear]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' as enemies in [[Lethal Lava Land]], [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]], and even [[Wing Mario Over the Rainbow]] as they were found in the game's coding. With a {{wp|Cheating in video games|cheating device}}, the player can make them appear on the level, being fully functional and with a complete model (aside from a lack of eyes).
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario World''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 火の海に生きるワニに似た敵。ガイコツいかだの近くに潜み、海面から目だけを出してマリオを待ち伏せ。タイミング良く、ジャンプでかわせ。<ref name=SMWSho/> (Translation: ''An enemy resembling a crocodile that lives in a sea of fire. It lurks near the raft and ambushes Mario with only its eyes above the surface of the sea. Dodge them with a well-timed jump.'')
*'''''[[Mario Mania]]'':''' ''Blargg gets hot under the collar when intruders enter his cavern. He pops out of the molten lava and tries to snatch you off your skull raft.''<ref>{{cite|date=August 1991|title=''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|page=51}}</ref>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ウンババ (JP) / Blargg (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Blargg Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku={{ruby|恐竜族|きょうりゅうぞく}}
|seikaku=いたずら好き
|tojo_gemu=ワールド
|desc='''<big>マグマのしぶきに{{ruby|注意|ちゅうい}}</big>'''<br>
マグマの{{ruby|海|うみ}}にいる、{{ruby|火炎恐竜|かえんきょうりゅう}}。{{ruby|普段|ふだん}}は{{ruby|隠|かく}}れ ているが、{{ruby|近|ちか}}づくと{{ruby|顔|かお}}を{{ruby|出|だ}}しておそつてくる。どんな{{ruby|攻撃|こうげき}}も{{ruby|通|つう}}じない{{ruby|無敵|むてき}}キャラだ。{{ruby|出現前|しゅつげんまえ}}にしぶきが{{ruby|上|あ}}がるので、それを{{ruby|目印|めじるし}}にしよう。<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|website=Imgur|isbn=4-09-259067-9|page=[https://i.imgur.com/rcviJlz.jpeg 46]}}</ref>
|tribe=Dinosaur clan
|disposition=Mischievous
|game_appearances=World
|eng_desc='''''<big>Watch out for magma spray</big>'''''<br>
''A flaming dinosaur in the sea of magma. It is usually hidden, but when you approach it, it will show its face and attack you. It is an invincible enemy that cannot be defeated by any attack. Before it appears, it makes a splash, so use that as a warning sign.''
}}

===''Yoshi's Story''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' バブルの親玉、溶岩オバケに立ちおうじょう。しばらく待って、ようすを見よう。<ref name=Sho/> (Translation: ''The master of the [[Lava Bubble|Spark Spooks]], this lava monster stalls. Let's wait for a while to see what happens.'')
*'''Nintendo 64 Spieleberater:''' ''Der rote Lavasack findet sich todkomisch, deswegen lacht er immer und streckt mir die Zunge raus!''<ref name=German/> (Translation: ''The red lava bag thinks he's hilarious, that's why he's always laughing and sticking his tongue out at me!'')

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Blargg
|image=[[File:Blargg Sticker.png]]
|game=''Yoshi's Story''
|effect=['''Specials:''' Direct] - Attack +13
}}

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
{{spirit
|no=315
|name=Blargg
|image=[[File:Blargg YS.png|100px]]
|series=''Yoshi'' Series
|type=Support
|slots=2
|class=Advanced
|effects=Mouthful of Curry
|obtain=Spirit Board
|opponents=Curry [[Bowser]]
|conditions=
*The enemy breathes fire
|stage=[[Castle Siege]] (volcanic area)
|song=Melty Monster
}}

==List of appearances==
{|class=wikitable
|-
!width=30%|Title
!width=10%|Year
!width=20%|Format
|-
|''[[Super Mario World]]''||1990||[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' - "[[The Wheel Thing]]"||1991||TV Episode
|-
|''Super Mario World'' - "[[Mama Luigi]]"||1991||TV Episode
|-
|''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]''||1991||Book
|-
|''[[Super Mario-kun Volume 1]]''||1991||Manga
|-
|''[[Mario & Wario]]''||1993||SNES
|-
|''[[Super Mario-kun Volume 9]]''||1993||Manga
|-
|''[[Wario's Woods]]'' Japanese commercial||1994||TV Advertisment
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World]]''||1994||SNES
|-
|''[[Mario Bowl]]''||1995||Arcade
|-
|''[[Super Mario Ehon|Super Mario Maze Picture Book 4: Princess Peach Disappeared]]''||1995||Book
|-
|''[[Super Mario Ehon|Super Mario Pocket Picture Book Number 3: Quizbook]]''||1995||Book
|-
|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''||1997||[[Nintendo 64]]
|-
|''[[Mario Artist: Paint Studio]]''||1999||[[Nintendo 64DD]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Ehon|Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 5: Wanda's Birthday]]''||1999||Book
|-
|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''||2001||[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' (mentioned)||2005||[[Nintendo DS]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''||2008||[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''||2018||[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMW2 Blargg alternate artwork.jpg|''Super Mario World''
SMW Blargg.jpg|''Super Mario World''
SMW BlarggEyes.gif|''Super Mario World''
Smws blargg.jpg|A Blargg revealing its body in the ''Super Mario World'' animated series
Mario Undōkai card 07.jpg|''[[Mario Undōkai]]'' trading card
Mario Puzzle Artwork.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle. Unlike the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] and [[Dolphin]]s, the lower half of the Blargg's body cannot be seen underwater.
Mario Puzzle Artwork 2.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle.
Mario Puzzle Artwork 3.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle.
SMK Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', where Blargg is erroneously colored green
SMMPB4 Activity6.jpg|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 4]]: Princess Peach Disappeared''
SuperMarioEhon2.jpg|''Quizbook Number 3: Super Mario Pocket Picture Book''
SMPBS5.jpg|''Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 5: Wanda's Birthday''
1996 NCM sizechartC.png|A size chart for a 1996 ''Nintendo Character Manual''
M&W-Level5BG.png|''[[Mario & Wario]]''
Famicom Wario's Woods commercial 04.png|Japanese commercial for the New Famicom and ''[[Wario's Woods (Nintendo Entertainment System)|Wario's Woods]]''
Mario Bowl Screen 4.jpg|''[[Mario Bowl]]''
YSBlaarg.png|''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
StorybookBlaarg.png|''Yoshi's Story''
YS-Blargg'sBoiler-Icon.png|''Yoshi's Story''
SMA2 Blargg sprite.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ウンババ
|JpnR=Unbaba
|JpnM=Possibly from「ウンウン」(''un'un'', onomatopoeia for groaning sound) and「婆」(''baba'', "hag"), referencing their teeth gaps, bulging eyes, and large nose resembling a wicked witch, or possibly an allusion to「バブル」(''Baburu'', "[[Lava Bubble]]") or the ancient mythological monster {{wp|Humbaba}}
|JpnC=<ref name=SMWSho>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|date=1991|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド]]』|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=4-09-104117-5|page=29}}</ref><ref name=Sho>{{cite|date=February 20, 1998|title=「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|location=Tokyo|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|isbn=4-09-102619-2|page={{file link|Yoshi Story Shogakukan P7.jpg|7}}}}</ref>
|ChiS=乌巴巴
|ChiR=Wūbābā
|ChiM=From the Japanese name
|ChiSC=<ref>{{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170227153847/http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606|title=神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|language=zh-hans|accessdate=July 31, 2024}}</ref>
|FreE=Blargg
|FreEN=''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' sticker
|FreEC=<ref>{{cite|author=Diddy64wii|date=September 27, 2017|url=youtu.be/v8V-f3-QJHU?t=296|title=Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Toutes les 700 vignettes|timestamp=4:56|publisher=YouTube|language=fr|accessdate=November 8, 2024}}</ref>
|Ger=Feuerdrache
|GerM=Fire Dragon
|GerN=''Super Mario World''
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|date=1993|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|language=de|page=19}}</ref>
|Ger2=Dudel Sprudel
|Ger2M=Fizzy doodle
|Ger2N=''Yoshi's Story''
|Ger2C=<ref name=German>{{cite|title=Nintendo 64 ''Yoshi's Story'' Spieleberater|language=de|page={{file link|Yoshi's Story German Guide Enemies.png|19}}}}</ref>
|Ger3=Blargg
|Ger3N=Newer games
|Ita=Blargg
|Kor=짜자잔
|KorR=Jjajajan
|KorM=Korean exclamation equivalent to "ta-da!"
|Rus=Студнезавр
|RusR=Studnezavr
|RusM=From ''cтудень'' (''studen'', "aspic") and ''-завр'' (''-zavr'', a suffix used for creating dinosaur names)
|Spa=Blargg
}}

==References==
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