Deep Cheep

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Deep Cheep
NSLU Deep Cheep Artwork.png
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
Variants
Comparable

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]

Deep-Cheep

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]

Mega Deep-Cheep and Deep-Cheep
A Deep-Cheep and a Mega Deep-Cheep in New Super Mario Bros. Wii

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[edit]

Deep Cheeps in New Super Luigi U

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]

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. 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]

A Deep Cheep in Minecraft

In the Super Mario Mash-up 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 2016 Wii U
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Design cameo 2016 3DS
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition Cameo in the Super Mario Mash-up 2017 Nintendo Switch
Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition Cameo in the Super Mario Mash-up 2018 New 3DS
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Cameo in the Super Mario Mash-up 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]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese サーチプクプク[4]
Sāchi Pukupuku
Search Cheep Cheep
French Deep-Cheep[?] Deep-Cheep
Cheep Cheep vert[?] Green Cheep Cheep
German Unter-Cheep[?] Under-Cheep
Italian Pesce Splash[5] Splash Fish
Spanish (NOA) Cheep terco[6] Stubborn Cheep
Spanish (NOE) Deep Cheep[7] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Loe, Casey (May 15, 2006). New Super Mario Bros. Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-59812-009-3. Page 12.
  3. ^ TCRF. Paper Mario: Sticker Star. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  4. ^ Shogakukan editors (2006). 「敵キャラクターリスト」in『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.
  5. ^ Paper Mario: Sticker Star unused data: the string enemy_name_SPU in \messages\EU_Italian\Enemy.msbt
  6. ^ Paper Mario: Sticker Star unused data: the string enemy_name_SPU in \messages\US_Spanish\Enemy.msbt
  7. ^ Paper Mario: Sticker Star unused data: the string enemy_name_SPU in \messages\EU_Spanish\Enemy.msbt