Deep Cheep
| Deep Cheep | |||
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Artwork from New Super Mario Bros. U | |||
| First appearance | New Super Mario Bros. (2006) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart Tour (Summer Festival Tour, cameo) (2020) | ||
| Variant of | Cheep Cheep | ||
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Deep Cheeps[1] (originally formatted as Deep-Cheeps)[2] are a special variety of Cheep Cheep that is first found in New Super Mario Bros. While regular Cheep Cheeps swim straight forward, Deep Cheeps swim toward Mario or Luigi. Deep Cheeps give up pursuing Mario or Luigi if they swim behind and past them. Years before Deep Cheeps appeared, green Cheep Cheeps have appeared since Super Mario Bros. and their coloration may have inspired Deep Cheep's coloration.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
New Super Mario Bros.[edit]
In New Super Mario Bros., Deep-Cheeps and their larger variants, the Mega Deep-Cheeps, only appear in World 6-5. They swim in a wavy pattern, but if approached, they move up or down toward Mario or Luigi until he passes them.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]
In New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Deep-Cheeps are slightly more common. One appears in World 1-4 along with a Mega Deep-Cheep. If Mario and co. keep staying in the area, another pair of green fish enemies appears. Deep-Cheeps can also be encountered in the second part of World 8-4.
In this game, their lips have become pink, matching the current depiction of a Cheep Cheep's, rather than keeping the red-orange colored lips they and Cheep Cheeps previously had in New Super Mario Bros. Their dorsal fins and tails have also become yellow, as opposed to white. They have an angry look on their face. There is a more relentless enemy similar to Deep-Cheep known as Spiny Cheep Cheep.
New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]
Deep Cheeps reappear in New Super Mario Bros. 2, behaving and looking like they did in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Deep Cheeps first appear in World
Mushroom-2.
New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]
Though Deep Cheeps do not appear in New Super Mario Bros. U (despite them receiving official artwork for that game), they still appear in New Super Luigi U, behaving the same as in previous games. Their only appearance is in Cheep Chomp Chase.
Super Mario Maker series[edit]
- See also: Cheep Cheep#Super Mario Maker series
In Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Mario Maker 2, green Cheep Cheeps use the design of Deep Cheeps in the New Super Mario Bros. U game style (despite not appearing in the original game). Though sharing the design of Deep Cheeps, they do not chase Mario, swimming endlessly in a straight line like the green Cheep Cheeps in other gamestyles.
Mario Party 9[edit]
In Mario Party 9, a Deep-Cheep makes a minor appearance, swimming around Blooper Beach. It jumps out of the water at various intervals and may even jump over the player's vehicle. It has no effect on the gameplay.
Minecraft[edit]
In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in Minecraft, normal cod fish are reskinned to look like Deep Cheeps.
Dr. Mario World[edit]
In Dr. Mario World, Deep Cheeps appear in the background of World 18 once an area has been cleared.
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
The Green Cheep Charger from Mario Kart Tour resembles a Deep Cheep.
Unused appearances[edit]
Paper Mario: Sticker Star contains an unused text string for Deep Cheeps.[3]
List of appearances[edit]
| Title | Description | Release date | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Super Mario Bros. | Enemy | 2006 | DS |
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Enemy | 2009 | Wii |
| Mario Party 9 | Cameo | 2012 | Wii |
| New Super Mario Bros. 2 | Enemy | 2012 | 3DS |
| New Super Luigi U | Enemy | 2013 | Wii U |
| Super Mario Maker | Design cameo | 2015 | Wii U |
| Minecraft: Wii U Edition | Cameo in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack | 2016 | Wii U |
| Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS | Design cameo | 2016 | 3DS |
| Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition | Cameo in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack | 2017 | Nintendo Switch |
| Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition | Cameo in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack | 2018 | New 3DS |
| Minecraft: Bedrock Edition | Cameo in the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack | 2018 | Nintendo Switch |
| WarioWare Gold | Cameo in Microgame | 2018 | 3DS |
| New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | Enemy | 2019 | Nintendo Switch |
| Super Mario Maker 2 | Design cameo | 2019 | Nintendo Switch |
| Dr. Mario World | Background in the World 18 (update) | 2020 | iOS, Android |
| Mario Kart Tour | Cameo as a kart's likeness (update) | 2020 | iOS, Android |
Gallery[edit]
A green Cheep Cheep in the New Super Mario Bros. U style of Super Mario Maker
Icon for a green Cheep Cheep in the New Super Mario Bros. U style of Super Mario Maker 2
Names in other languages[edit]
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media with which they are associated in the "notes" column. Names exclusive to localizations of the Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia are not prioritized due to concerns about circular reporting, and are only listed first for their respective languages if they are the only ones available.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | サーチプクプク[4][5][6][7][8] Sāchi Pukupuku |
Search Cheep Cheep | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 追踪泡泡鱼[8] Zhuīzōng Pàopàoyú (Mandarin) Jēuijūng Póuhpóuh'yú (Cantonese) |
Tracking Cheep Cheep | |
| 巡游泡泡怪[6] Xúnyóu Pàopàoguài (Mandarin) Chèuhnyàu Póuhpóuhgwaai (Cantonese) |
Patrolling Cheep Cheep | Paper Mario: Sticker Star (unused) | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 追蹤泡泡魚[8] Zhuīzōng Pàopàoyú (Mandarin) Jēuijūng Póuhpóuh'yú (Cantonese) |
Tracking Cheep Cheep | |
| 跟蹤泡泡魚[6] Gēnzōng Pàopàoyú (Mandarin) Gānjūng Póuhpóuh'yú (Cantonese) |
Paper Mario: Sticker Star (unused) | ||
| French (NOA) | Aquabîme[6] | Portmanteau between Aquazo ("Cheep Cheep") and abîme ("abyss") | |
| French (NOE) | Deep Cheep[6][9] | - | |
| Deep-Cheep[10] | New Super Mario Bros. | ||
| German | Cheep-Unter[6][11] | Under Cheep | |
| Italian | Pesce Splash[6][12] | Splash Fish; alludes to Pesce Smack ("Cheep Cheep") and similarly contains an onomatopoeia – "splash" | |
| Korean | 추적뽀꾸뽀꾸[6] Chujeog Ppokkuppokku |
Tracking Cheep Cheep | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Cheep terco[6] | Stubborn Cheep | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Deep Cheep[6][13] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ von Esmarch, Nick (2012). New Super Mario Bros. 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-89552-3. Page 25.
- ^ Loe, Casey (May 15, 2006). New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-59812-009-3. Page 12.
- ^ TCRF. Paper Mario: Sticker Star/Unused Enemies § Deep Cheep. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ Watanabe, Takashi, Geesen Ueno, Noriko Oketani, Tatsuhiko Mizutani, Yoshimori Kato, Mizuho Nitta, Chie Maruyama, Junko Fukuda, and Kunio Takayama, editors (2006). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-091063-07-1. Page 16.
- ^ Kashima, Aya, Daisuke Kitayama, Itaru Nakatani, Seishiro Fuwa, Isamu Horie, and Yoji Watanabe (2006). 『ニュー・スーパーマリオブラザーズ』. Tokyo: ambit (Japanese). ISBN 4-8399-2000-1. Page 15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Unused name within the files of Paper Mario: Sticker Star. (Stored internally in the string
enemy_name_SPUfound in the language directories under\messages. - ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 114, 145, 195.
- ^ a b c In-game name for the Green Cheep Charger from Mario Kart Tour.
- ^ Ardaillon, Joanna, and Victoria Juillard-Huberty, editors (2018). "New Super Mario Bros." in Super Mario Encyclopedia. Translated by Fabien Nabhan. Toulon: Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 978-2-3020-7004-2. Page 114.
- ^ Loe, Casey (2006). New Super Mario Bros., le guide de stratégie officiel. Hamburg: Future Press (French). ISBN 3-937336-61-3. Page 12.
- ^ Scholz, Sabine, and Benjamin Spinrath, editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros." in Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre : 1985-2015. Translated by Yamada Hirofumi. Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3-8420-3653-6. Page 114.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 114, 145, 195.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "New Super Mario Bros." in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 114.
| Cheep Cheeps | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Bessie Bass • Cheepskipper • Chef Shimi • Coach • Furious Fred de Fillet • Kipp • Legendary Cheep Cheep • Porcupuffer • Sashimie • Sushie • Stewart • Ultra Pukupuku |
| Species | Air Cheep • Baby Cheep • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Deep Cheep • Big Eep Cheep • Blurp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Cheep (Snow Kingdom) • Cheep Chomp • Deep Cheep • Eep Cheep • Fish Bone • Gold Cheep Cheep • Honebon • Jean de Fillet • Lava Cheep Cheep • Mad Blurp • Mecha Cheep • Mega Cheep Chomp • Mr. Kipper • Needle Bomb • Porcupuffer • Puffer-Cheep • Rip Van Fish • Sad Cheep Cheep • Sand Cheep • Small Cheep Cheep • Spike Bass • Spiny Cheep Cheep |
| Vehicles | Cheep Blimp • Cheep Charger • Cheep Snorkel • Fish Bone Ferry • Gold Cheep Charger • Gold Cheep Snorkel • Gold Fish Bone Ferry • Green Cheep Charger |


