| Blooper Baby | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Artwork from New Super Mario Bros. U | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Party Jamboree (cameo) (2024) | ||
| Variant of | Blooper | ||
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Blooper Babies, alternatively Bloober babies or Baby Bloopers,[1] are infant Bloopers. In most of their appearances they are often seen alongside Blooper Nannies, a species of Blooper who releases multiple Blooper Babies when it glows, afterwards Blooper Babies will follow their parent and help it pursue Mario.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
They first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3 and reappear in its enhanced port Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, where they are children of Bloobers with kids and swim in a gentle outward spiral when released by Scattering Bloobers. Upon release from the latter, they can even swim through walls and above the water's surface unimpeded, though regardless of where they swim, they disappear after a few moments, spawning back at the Scattering Bloober.
New Super Mario Bros.
They appear in New Super Mario Bros. along with Blooper Nanny where they behave exactly the same as in Super Mario Bros. 3. They only appear in large numbers in a bonus room of World 3-3.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Blooper Babies and Blooper Nanny reappear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii where they behave in the same way as in New Super Mario Bros. In this appearance they appear to lack pupils. They can only be found in World 4-4.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Blooper Babies reappear in World 3-5 of New Super Mario Bros. 2 along with Blooper Nannies. They behave the same way as in preceding titles.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Blooper Babies, as well as Blooper Nannies, appear in New Super Mario Bros. U. It is one of the rarest enemies in the game, only appearing in the secret level Blooper's Secret Lair. They behave the same as in past games. As Blooper Nannies do not appear in New Super Luigi U, Blooper Babies are absent as well. Their artwork depicts them with pupils, despite being notably absent in-game.
Super Mario Maker series
Blooper Babies reappear in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS and Super Mario Maker 2 along with Blooper Nannies. They were given new sprites for the Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World styles, where they hadn't appeared. Unlike previous games, the Blooper Nannies do not release them at Mario. If a Blooper Nanny is enlarged with a Super Mushroom, the Blooper Babies stay the same size.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Bloober babies make a few rare appearances on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, where they appear alongside their parents. In "Oh, Brother!", a Bloober with kids is seen in Pipe Land, just like in the game. In "Recycled Koopa", a Koopa Zombie releases Bloober babies from a ketchup bottle after squeezing it.
Nintendo Adventure Books
In Leaping Lizards, Luigi can spot some Bloober babies if he falls into a body of water, and is pulled under by an Anchor he picked up.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Blooper babies appear again alongside a Blooper with kids in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Touching one of them starts a battle with a normal Blooper.
Paper Mario
In Paper Mario, Blooper Babies are released in pairs by the Super Blooper. They attack in the same manner as Jungle Fuzzies and Swoopulas, draining health from Mario up to five times until an Action Command bar is filled. However, if Mario is electrified, they will not be able to latch on to him and will take damage whenever they try.
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
In Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Blooper Babies, referred to as mini-Bloopers, appear during the Big Blooper Battle of World 2-4. They can be stepped on if timed with the beat, but if missed, ink will spill to the bottom on the screen, hindering visibility of arrows.
Mario Kart series
In Mario Kart Tour, Blooper Babies makes a cameo appearance on the Blooper Hanafuda glider. This glider uses the same Blooper artwork from Mario Hanafuda.
In the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Blooper Babies make a cameo alongside Blooper Nannies as a mobile in the background of Squeaky Clean Sprint. The course returns in Mario Kart Tour.
LEGO Super Mario
In LEGO Super Mario Character Pack Series 6, one of the eight figure packs includes a Blooper Nanny and three Baby Bloopers, constructed of three pieces each.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, illustrations of Blooper Babies can be seen on bags in a storefront window in both the teaser poster and in one scene of movie.
Other appearances
In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack in Minecraft, Ink Sacs are replaced by a Blooper Baby item.
Unused appearances
Super Paper Mario
In Super Paper Mario, Blooper Baby graphics exist unused. Both it and the normal Blooper are labeled as test enemies.
Profiles and statistics
Paper Mario
| Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blooper Baby | |||||||||
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Max HP | 6 | Attack | 2 | Defense | 0 | |||
| Role | Support | Type | Flying | Level | 1 | ||||
| Strong | None | Weak | None | Moves | Kissy-Kissy (2x5, recovers health according to damage) | ||||
| Sleep? | 100%, -1 | Dizzy? | 100%, 0 | Shock? | 100%, -1 | ||||
| Shrink? | 0%, -1 | Stop? | 100%, -2 | Fright? | 0% | ||||
| Air Lift? | 0% | Hurricane? | 0% | Coins | N/A | ||||
| Items | N/A | Run | N/A | Location(s) | Toad Town Tunnels | ||||
| Tattle | This is a Blooper Baby. Super Blooper spits 'em out and they come to drain you. Max HP: 6, Attack Power: 2, Defense Power: 0 We need to beat 'em quickly so they can't drain us dry. They're so cute, though! | ||||||||
Gallery
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 (swimming)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (scattering; alternatives)
Super Mario Maze Picture Book 5: Adventure in the Land of Rainbows
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. 3 style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario World style)
Super Mario Maker (New Super Mario Bros. U style)
Super Mario Maker idea book
Talking Super Mario Animated Stickers from LINE
The August 2018 LINE calendar
The August 2018 LINE calendar (wallpaper version)
Play Nintendo
Blooper Hanafuda sprite from Mario Kart Tour
Blooper Babies appearance on the Blooper Hanafuda from Mario Kart Tour
On the murals featured in the restrooms at Super Nintendo World
On the murals featured in the restrooms at Super Nintendo World
2D artwork
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
Wallpaper from Nintendo Magazine 2024 summer
Naming
Etymology
The German LEGO website for the Series 6 Character Pack that includes erroneously refers to baby Bloopers as "Blooper-Sittern," the German name for Blooper Nanny.[2] The same error occurs on the Hong Kong and Taiwanese websites, on which baby Bloopers are called「隻魷魷親子檔」(Zhī Yóuyóu Qīnzǐ Dàng), the Traditional Chinese name for Blooper Nanny.[3]
Names in other languages
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Ko Gessō |
Child Blooper | |
| チビゲッソー[5] Chibi Gessō |
Mini Blooper | Paper Mario | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 小鱿鱿[6] Xiǎo Yóuyóu |
Little Blooper | |
| 乌贼宝宝[7] Wūzéi Bǎobǎo |
Squid Baby | Paper Mario | |
| Danish | Blooperunger[8] | Blooper Children | |
| French | Bébé Bloups[9][10] | Baby Blooper | |
| German | Blooper Baby[11] | - | |
| Italian | Baby Calamako[12] | Baby Blooper | |
| Piccolo Calamako[13] | Little Blooper | Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Bebê Blooper[14] | Baby Blooper | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Blooper bebé[15] | Blooper baby | |
| Romanian | Bebeluș Blooper[16] | Blooper baby, with bebeluș specifically referring to human infants; nonhuman juveniles would be referred to as pui | |
| Spanish | Blooper bebé[17] | Blooper baby | |
| Bebé Blooper[18] | Baby Blooper | Paper Mario | |
| Blooper pequeño[19] | Little Blooper | Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix |
References
- ^ "The most miniscule meanies that you'll come across in any Super Mario adventure are Super Mario Bros. 3's Micro Goombas, Baby Bloopers and Baby Cheeps, measuring only eight pixels by eight pixels." – August 1991. Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 156.
- ^ 2023. Mario-Charaktere-Serie 6 #71413. LEGO (German). Retrieved 30 Apr. 2025. (Archived March 27, 2023, 13:27:18 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 2023. Pack surprise de personnage – Série 6 #71413. LEGO (Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 30 Apr. 2025. (Archived March 30, 2023, 06:09:27 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 1988. 『Super Mario Bros. 3 取扱説明書』 (PDF). Kyoto: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese). Page 37.
- ^ 「チビゲッソーだ ビッグゲッソーに はきだされて マリオに すいつきに くるよ」("It's Chibi Gesso. He was thrown out by Big Gesso and is coming to Mario to pounce on him.") – Goombario tattling during the battle with Super Blooper (2000). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japanese).
- ^ 2022. 角色包 – 系列 6 #71413. LEGO (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 18 Nov. 2022. (Archived February 16, 2023, 13:44:09 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ In-game name displayed during battle against Super Blooper in the iQue version of Paper Mario. (Archived 3 Jan. 2023 via Bilibili by 游乐熊趣玩.)
- ^ 2023. Pack surprise de personnage – Série 6 #71413. LEGO (Danish). Retrieved 30 Apr. 2025. (Archived April 30, 2025, 19:40:16 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ "C'est un Bébé Bloups. Super Bloups les crache pour qu'ils absorbent tes PC." – Goombario tattling during the battle with Super Blooper (2001). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French).
- ^ 2023. Pack surprise de personnage – Série 6 #71413. LEGO (French). Retrieved 30 Apr. 2025. (Archived February 16, 2023, 23:43:32 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ "Das ist ein Blooper Baby. Der Super Blooper spuckt sie aus und sie kommen, um dich auszusaugen." – Goombario tattling during the battle with Super Blooper (2001). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German).
- ^ 2023. Pack Personaggi - Serie 6 #71413. LEGO (Italian). Retrieved 30 Apr. 2025. (Archived April 2, 2023, 11:13:08 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ Mush Mode description (2005). Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix by Konami and Hudson Soft. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian).
- ^ 2023. Pacote de personagens – Série 6 #71413. LEGO for kids (Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 6 May 2025. (Archived May 7, 2025, 01:55:27 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 2023. Packs de Personagens – Série 6 #71413. LEGO (European Portuguese). Retrieved 30 Apr. 2025. (Archived May 27, 2023, 23:13:37 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 2023. Pachete cu personaje – Seria 6 #71413. LEGO (Romanian). Retrieved 9 Jan. 2023. (Archived January 7, 2023, 01:35:38 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ 2023. Packs de Personajes: Edición 6 #71413. LEGO (Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 30 Apr. 2025. (Archived February 16, 2023, 23:13:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ "Es un Bebé Blooper. Los escupen los Súper Blooper para absorber tu salud." – Goombario tattling during the battle with Super Blooper (2001). Paper Mario by Intelligent Systems. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish).
- ^ "Pisa a los Blooper pequeños cuando se alieneen con las flechas." – Mush Mode description (2005). Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix by Konami and Hudson Soft. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish).