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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMR Fishin Boo.png|200px]]<br>In-game artwork of Fishing Boo from ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Run]]'' (version 3.0.4) (2017)
|variant_of=[[Fishin' Lakitu]]<br>[[Boo]]
|variants=[[C. Fishing Boo]]
}}
'''Fishing Boos''' (alternatively '''Fishin' Boos''') are ghostly [[Fishin' Lakitu]]s that ride a cloud without a face. They attempt to hit the player character with a blue flame at the end of their fishing lines. The name "Fishin' Boo" was localized from an early Japanese name, "Fishing Telesa".<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World (SNES)/Background Graphics and Tilemaps/Credits#Enemy Cast List|Development:Super Mario World (SNES)/Background Graphics and Tilemaps/Credits § Enemy Cast List]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=August 6, 2020}}</ref>
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
[[File:SMW Fishing Boo.png|thumb|left|x200px|Artwork from ''Super Mario World'', showing a Fishin' Boo's original design]]
Fishin' Boos are enemies in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They are encountered in [[Choco-Ghost House]] only. Fishin' Boos carry a fishing rod and ride a cloud similar to [[Lakitu's Cloud]] but lacking the face. Fishin' Boos carry a blue flame from their fishing pole and try to hinder the player's jumping ability. Fishin' Boos have the same invulnerabilities as a normal [[Boo]] and therefore can only be [[Spin Jump]]ed on. Their sprite depicts their hair as light blue, instead of black, possibly to make it distinguishable from the background.

====''Super Mario Run''====
Fishing Boos are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', which were added in the version 3.0.4 update. As such, they cannot be [[level up|levelled up]]. Fishing Boos are encountered in [[Fishing Boo Taunts You]] only. They move in sine waves across the top of the screen, reversing direction at the edges. The Fishing Boo itself is no longer dangerous to touch, in fact they can be defeated with a [[stomp]] attack, which reveals that they appear to be wearing sheets and brown shoes. Their lines may carry blue flames, as before, but can also carry a [[coin]], [[color coin]], [[Super Mushroom]], or [[Super Star]]. A Fishing Boo leaves if the player reaches specific points on the course, or if the item on its line is collected. They fly off the top left of the screen, similarly to Lakitu. Fishing Boo usually always have gold sparkles, they drop a mass of coins when defeated. These coins land in a row across the screen to the right of the Fishing Boo. Due to using 3D models, a Fishing Boo's turning animations are much smoother than before, making the movement of the line more predictable.

===''Nintendo Puzzle Collection''===
A Fishin' Boo is the fourth non-player opponent in the Hard difficulty of VS. Mode in ''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]''{{'}}s remake of ''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]''

===''Super Princess Peach''===
Fishing Boos are enemies in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They also received a [[calm]] variety, [[C. Fishing Boo]]. Both types reside in [[Shriek Mansion]] on [[Vibe Island]], and only [[Rage]] can defeat them. 

===Unused appearances===
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
Fishing Boos were also likely [[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii pre-release and unused content|going to appear]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', as an unknown object was named similarly to Fishing Boo, but the idea was scrapped.

==Profiles==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=スプーク (JP) / Fishin' Boo (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Fishin' Boo Perfect.png|100px]]
|shuzoku=ゴースト{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku=のんびり{{ruby|屋|や}}
|tojo_gemu=ワールド
|desc='''<big>{{ruby|釣|つ}}りを{{ruby|楽|たの}}しむいやなヤツ</big><br>
つりざおから{{ruby|火|ひ}}の{{ruby|玉|たま}}をたらし、{{ruby|左右|さゆう}}に{{ruby|動|うご}}いている。{{ruby|動|うご}}きは{{ruby|速|はや}}くないが、{{ruby|突然|とつぜん}}さおの{{ruby|向|む}}きを{{ruby|変|か}}えてくるので、{{ruby|注意|ちゅうい}}が{{ruby|必要|ひつよう}}だ。{{ruby|倒|たお}}すことはできないので、うまく{{ruby|逃|に}}げよう。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=4-09-259067-9|page=[https://i.imgur.com/4gPhzs1.jpeg 98]}}</ref>
|tribe=Ghost clan
|disposition=Easygoing
|game_appearances=World
|eng_desc='''''<big>A jerk who enjoys fishing</big><br>
''It moves from side to side with a fireball dangling from its fishing rod. It does not move fast, but it will suddenly change its direction, so be careful. It is impossible to defeat it, so you must get away from it.''
}}

===''Super Princess Peach''===
{{SPP enemy
|name=Fishing Boo
|image=[[File:Fishing_Boo_SPP.png]]
|levels=[[Shriek Mansion 3-2]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-3]]
|number=51
|glossary=A ghost version of Lakitu. It likes to fish!
}}

===''Super Mario Run''===
*'''Notebook bio:''' ''A ghost that rides a cloud looking for a good fishin' spot. They dangle items from their rods.''
*'''Item description:'''
**'''Fishing Boo Statue:''' ''A statue of a Fishing Boo. It's hiding quite the variety of bait in that cloud.''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Fishing Boo SMW sprite.png|''Super Mario World''{{class|graybg}}
Fishin' Boo ID.png|''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'' (information card)
Fishing Boo SMW3.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World 3]]''
Mario Puzzle Artwork.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle
Mario Puzzle Artwork 2.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle
Mario Christmas Puzzle Artwork 2.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' Christmas-themed puzzle
SMMPB4.jpg|''Super Mario Maze Picture Book 4: Princess Peach Disappeared''
SMA2 Fishin Boo sprite.png|''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''{{class|graybg}}
NPCYC-FishingBoo.png|''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]''
NPCYC-FishingBooDefeat.png|''Nintendo Puzzle Collection''
FishingBooTauntsYou SMR.png|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
KingdomBuilderItem170.png|Fishing Boo Statue in ''Super Mario Run''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スプーク
|JpnR=Supūku
|JpnM=Spook
|JpnC=<ref>{{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=30}}</ref><ref name=notebook>{{cite|author=Notebook entry|date=15 Dec. 2016|title=''[[Super Mario Run]]'' by [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development|Nintendo EPD]]|format=Ver. 3.2.4|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=2 May 2025}}</ref>
|ChiS=垂钓鬼<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=February 2, 2017}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Chuídiào Guǐ
|ChiSM=Fishing Ghost
|ChiT=垂釣鬼<ref name=notebook/>
|ChiTR=Chuídiào Guǐ
|ChiTM=Fishing Ghost
|Dut=Fishing Boo<ref name=notebook/>
|DutM=Fishing Boo
|Fre=Boo pêcheur<ref name=notebook/>
|FreM=Fisher Boo
|Ger=Lakitu-Buu<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><ref name=notebook/>
|GerM=Lakitu Boo
|Ita=Bookitu pescatore<ref name=notebook/>
|ItaM=From ''Boo'' and ''Lakitu pescatore'' ("Fishing Lakitu")
|Kor=낚시부끄<ref name=notebook/>
|KorR=Naksi Bukkeu
|KorM=Fishing Boo
|PorA=Bu pescador<ref name=notebook/>
|PorAM=Fisher Boo
|Rus=Бу-рыбак<ref name=notebook/>
|RusR=Bu-rybak
|RusM=Fisher Boo
|SpaA=Bú pescador<ref name=notebook/>
|SpaAM=Fisher Boo
|SpaE=Boo Pescador<ref name=notebook/>
|SpaEM=Fisher Boo
}}

==References==
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