Editing Hisstocrat

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|image=[[File:Hisstocrat.png|200px]]<br>Hisstocrat and his minions
|species=Snake
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
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'''Hisstocrat''' is a boss that appears in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' as the boss of [[A Banquet with Hisstocrat|World 3-B]]. He is a large purple serpent wearing regal attire, such as a crown and cape. His name is a portmanteau of the words "hiss", a sound made by snakes, and "aristocrat", referring to his king outfit.

[[File:SM3DW A Banquet with Hisstocrat E3.png|thumb|left|250px|Mario and co. facing Hisstocrat and his minions.]]
Hisstocrat serves as the second boss of [[World 3 (Super Mario 3D World)|World 3]]. Hisstocrat has only two attacks: one is to emerge from the ground to send boulders landing on the player. The second attack is to send out snakes with platforms for the players to jump on, which sometimes have [[Super Bell]]s on them. When the platforms are cracked, the snake will bite and damage players if they stand on it for too long. Occasionally, Hisstocrat will send a snake without a platform to attack, which is telegraphed by the snake's eyes emerging from the ground first before coming up. His only weak point is the top of his head, where he has a large X-shaped bandage. The player must use the other snakes as platforms in order to reach this weak point, although it is possible for [[Luigi]] and [[Rosalina]] to jump on Hisstocrat's head directly without the need of platforms by careful use of the [[Spin Jump]]. Players can also throw their allies on top of the head. After three hits, Hisstocrat is defeated, and the [[Warp Pipe]] to the [[Goal Pole]] as well as a [[Green Star]] is revealed.

A [[Hisstocrat (pink)|pink version of Hisstocrat]] serves as the boss of [[Hisstocrat Returns|World Bowser-B: Hisstocrat Returns]], with her attacks being similar to that of the purple Hisstocrat, except she has fireballs instead of boulders raining down to the ground.

In [[Boss Blitz|World Flower-12: Boss Blitz]], both Hisstocrats are fought at the same time. In this battle, both Hisstocrats have fireballs raining down, and when one Hisstocrat is hit, the other pauses and stares in shock, giving the player an opportunity to strike that one as well. Similar to their previous battles, their defeat will cause a [[Warp Box]] and a Green Star to appear.
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==Appearance==
Hisstocrat appears to be a giant snake, extremely similar in appearance to a [[Cobrat]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', except bluish purple with a red diamond pattern on his chest. He has a rounded snout, similar to a somewhat flatter version of [[Yoshi]]. He wears a royal outfit wit a blue circular gem in the centre. His head has two yellow eyes with slits for pupils, a white X on his head and a gold-yellow crown just behind the X. His mouth has four teeth and a rounded tongue with a small split in the middle.

His minions are a cyan colour with a tan underbelly.

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヘビースネーク
|JapR=Hebī Sunēku
|JapM=Heavy Snake (pun on ''Hebi'', Japanese word for snake)
|FraA=De LaPersifle
|FraAM=
|Spa=Su Serpenteza
|SpaM=Pun of ''su alteza'' (His Highness) and ''serpiente'' (snake)
|FraE=Roi Mambaristo{{ref needed}}<br>Mambaristo
|FraEM=From "mamba" (species of snake) and "aristocrate" (artistocrat)
|Dut=Hisstocrat
|DutM=-
|Ger=Von Zischel
|GerM=Von (means from) Zischel (comes from ''zischen'', german for ''hiss'')
|Rus=Гадейшество
|RusR=Gadeyshestvo
|RusM=The word "гадкий" (''gadkiy'', mean) which was transformed to sound like monarchy style ("His Meanness")
|Por=Sua Serpenteza
|PorM=Pun of ''Sua Alteza'' (Your Highness) and ''serpente'' (snake)
|Ita=Sua Sibilanza
|ItaM=Pun of "Sua Altezza" (Your Highness) and "Sibilanza" (sibilance)
}}

==Trivia==
*The whistles they make sound very similar to the [[The Stagnant Swamp|Fantastic Flute]] in ''[[Wario Land 3]]''. Both sounds are based on a stereotypical melody associated with snake charmers.
*The Hissocrats and their minions are possibly inspired by the Eight Headed Snake of Japanese folklore, {{wp|Yamata no Orochi}}.
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