Editing Melon Bug

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMW2 YI Melon Bug.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|variants=[[Spiked Fun Guy (Yoshi's Story)|Spiked Fun Guy (''Yoshi's Story'')]]
}}
'''Melon Bugs'''<ref name=guide>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. [[Media:SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|Page 128]].</ref> are harmless, {{wp|Armadillidiidae|pill bug}}-like creatures that appear in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''.

They bounce up and down, but when [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] gets too close, they roll up into balls, which resemble melons, hence their name. If Yoshi gets close enough, he can eat them and then spit them out, causing them to roll across the ground, destroying any enemies in their path. Alternatively, they can be swallowed to create an [[Yoshi Egg|egg]].

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
*'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''These feisty hoppers transform from bug to melon and back again. Eat them anytime to make an egg.''<ref name=guide/>
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 近づくと、身を守ろうとして玉になる。転がして敵をやつつけたりできるので便利。<ref name=Roll/>(''When you get close to it, it turns into a ball to protect itself. It is useful because you can roll it around and kill enemies with it.'')

===''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' 近づくと玉になって転がってくるが、ふれても痛くないし、タマゴで倒すこともできる。食べてはき出せば、敵を倒しながら転がって行くぞ。<ref name=Sho/>(''When you get close to it, it turns into a ball and rolls around, but it doesn't hurt when you touch it, and you can knock it down with an egg. If you eat it and then expel it, it will roll away while defeating your enemies.'')

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Melon Bug.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Melon Bug roll.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2YI Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMA3-MelonBug.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
SMA3-MelonBugBall.png|''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ころがりくん<ref name=Roll>「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P6.jpg|page 6]].</ref><ref name=Sho>「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), [[media:Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|page 16]].</ref>
|JapR=Korogari-kun
|JapM=Portmanteau of「転がり」(''korogari'', roll) and「くん」(''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|-kun}}'', Japanese honorific)
|Ger=Lotter Lisa
}}

==Trivia==
*Melon Bugs were originally designed for ''[[List of unreleased media#Super Donkey|Super Donkey]]'', a prototype game connected to ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.<ref>Salad Plain Zone (July 24, 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuPAHU9qOT8 the d'onkey]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 24, 2020.</ref> An alternate version of their early sprites, with the final red shoes, also heavily resembles their appearance used in artwork.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved November 12, 2021.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Crustaceans]]
[[Category:Yoshi allies]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island species]]
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