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'''Mertropolis''' is an underwater city | '''Mertropolis''' is an underwater city protected by an oxygen-containing dome featured in the ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode, [[The Ugly Mermaid]]. Though never stated outright, it is implied to be somewhere within [[Water Land]]. [[Bowser|King Koopa]] planned to take over the city using his [[Doom Sub]], renaming it "Kooptropolis", but his plans were foiled by the Mario Bros, who used a group of [[Jelectro]]s against his submarine. | ||
Mertropolis is | Although Mertropolis is oxygen-filled, the residents are fish with human legs. Since fish cannot breathe oxygen, the people of Mertropolis wear water-filled fishbowls. (Strangely, the citizens panicked when Bowser flooded the place.) Notable residents of Mertropolis include its ruler [[King Mackerel]] and his daughter [[Holly Mackerel]]. | ||
The town's name comes from a portmanteau of the words "merfolk" and "metropolis", a | The town's name comes from a portmanteau of the words "merfolk" and "metropolis", a word for a big city. | ||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
