Editing Phanto

{{distinguish|Phantom}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Phanto SMA artwork.jpg|120px]]<br>Artwork of a Phanto from ''Super Mario Advance''.
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' (version 3.0.0) (2020)
}}
'''Phantos''' are large, seemingly-living masks that appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they are found guarding [[key]]s. According to the game's manual, they often guard various other treasures as well. Their name is a shortened form of the word "phantom", another word for ghost or specter, and is likely used in reference to ''{{wp|The Phantom of the Opera}}''.

In ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', the Phanto's expression and color scheme most resembles its original artwork; starting with the original [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] version of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', they are given a distinctive evil grin, and subsequent remakes redesign them to be brownish yellow and tinted a lighter yellow instead of red and white respectively, as well as depict them without a visible nose. Most of its appearances outside these games either draw from its original appearance, or else use the yellow sprite from the remakes.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''====
[[File:DDP Phanto.png|thumb|left|160px|Original artwork of Phanto from ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
Phantos appear as semi-common enemies in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', and subsequent [[reissue]]s. They are seen guarding keys in caves or in [[jar]]s. They first appear in [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-2]]. Phantos simply remain immobile and harmless until the player takes the key they are guarding, at which point one of the Phantos will animate and ceaselessly chase them; some of the remakes make this Phanto slightly different in appearance from the others. Phantos can follow the player through other screens and rooms, even including [[Subspace]]; they cannot be permanently defeated, either&mdash;a Phanto can be temporarily defeated only with the combination of a [[Stop Watch]] and a [[Super Star|Starman]], but a new one will replace it as soon as the player enters another room while carrying the key. If the player drops the key while a Phanto is chasing them, it flies away and leaves them alone until they pick up the key again; it will only give up the chase for good once the door is unlocked.

A number of immobile and harmless Phantos can be seen in [[Wart]]'s room in all versions of the game. In the SNES and [[Game Boy Advance|GBA]] versions of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', larger Phantos can be seen in the backgrounds of the key rooms; the eyes of these larger Phantos will glow red repeatedly once the key is grabbed. In ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', if the player drops or uses the key or loses a life, the Phanto appears to fly toward the camera as it leaves, via usage of an altered sprite that is twice as large as the original. In the GBA remake, [[Invincible Mario|invincibility]] alone is all that is needed to defeat one.

====''BS Super Mario USA''====
In ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', Phantos can be defeated by large objects that are thrown from off-screen like Peach's {{media link|BSSMUSA Love Love Fire.png|Love Love Fire}} even when they are inactive. A giant Phanto spawns according to the time in the game's built-in clock. The first appearance is in the second broadcast episode when the time is at :15. The second appearance is in the fourth broadcast episode at :07. It will chase the player even without keys involved but will not follow the player to other screens. It has difficulty tracking players that hang around the edge of wraparound screens. After one minute, it fades away.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Phantos appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020. They appear as enemies in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style, attacking players when a [[Cursed Key]] is picked up. Phantos often tend to move in erratic patterns, following the player. The sprite now glows in pink/light blue colors. Additionally, they are completely immune to the [[Moon (Super Mario Maker 2)|Moon]], [[Super Star]]s, [[Spiny Shell (red)|Spiny Shell]]s and [[Dry Bones Shell]]s. Only one Phanto can appear at a time, though multiple Cursed Keys can be held at once. Although, if another player has a key, another Phanto will appear. When entering a subarea or going through a [[Warp Door]] with a Phanto following the player, the Phanto will take a few seconds to suddenly appear in the new location.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
{{quote|Ultra bad scene, dudes! We're caught between a [[Goomba Mummy|mummy]] and a weird face!|[[Toad]]|"[[The Ten Koopmandments]]"}}
[[File:SMBSSPhanto.jpg|thumb|150px|A Phanto from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode, "The Ten Koopmandments".]]
Phantos make two appearances on ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', with the first one making its debut in "[[The Ten Koopmandments]]". After [[Bowser|Koop Tut]] had trapped [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] inside a pyramid, the four heroes encounter the Phanto, which proceeded to chase them until they managed to escape from the pyramid. Another Phanto made a brief cameo appearance in "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]" as a member of [[Bowser|Judge Koopa]]'s jury.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
Sprites of Phantos, taken from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', are sewed on the carpets decorating the racecourse of [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''He is normally at rest and waits by keys. If you take a key, he will pursue you.''<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 2'' English instruction booklet. [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf Page 24].</ref>
*'''Instruction booklet bio ([[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ''Phantos comes{{sic}} to life when you take the key they're guarding. Beware — Phantos will chase you from screen to screen.''<ref>''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet (English). [https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf Page 12].</ref>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PEGMCE profile
|name=カメーン (JP) / Phanto (EN)
|shusshin=ゴースト族
|seikaku=執念ぶかい
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>カギはときどき手放そう</big>'''<br>
扉のカギを守る番人だ。カギを持って行こうとすると動き始め、どこまででも追いかけてくる。カギから手を離すと遠ざかるので、近寄ってきたら、いったんカギを下に置こう。<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://imgur.com/a/UvABP Page 55].</ref>
|origin=Ghost clan
|disposition=Tenacious
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Let go of the key from time to time.</big>'''''<br>
''He is the keeper of the key to the door. If you try to take the key with you, it will start moving and chase you wherever you go. If you remove your hand from the key, it will move away, so if it comes close to you, put the key down.''
}}

===''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''===
'''Bio:''' カギを守る番人。カギを持っている間、マリオを追いかけてくる。<ref>''Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario USA'' section. Page 67.</ref> (''The guardian of the key. He will chase Mario while he has the key.'')

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
DokiPhanto.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
SMB2 Phanto Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMB2 Mario and Phanto Nintendo Power.jpg|[[Nintendo Power]] illustration
SMUSA Phanto.png|''''Super Mario USA''
Phanto SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''
Phanto.jpg|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
Calmmask.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
Madmask.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
Phanto SMB2 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
BSSMUSA Giant Phanto.png|Giant Phanto (''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'')
SMA Phanto sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance''
SMA1 Phanto Large.png|Large sprite (''Super Mario Advance'')
SMM2-SMB-Phanto.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
SMM2-SMB-Phanto.gif|''Super Mario Maker 2''
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SMB2 Killing Phanto.png|Defeating a Phanto in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
BS Super Mario USA Giant Phanto.png|Giant Phanto in ''BS Super Mario USA''
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery widths=180>
Smas phanto.png|The background of [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-3]]'s key room in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SMMPB6 Activity5.png|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 6]]: Take down Wart!''
Phanto Nintendo Halloween 2014 graphic.jpg|A #NintendoHalloween photo, originally posted to Nintendo's Facebook in October 2014, showing a large Phanto (more specifically an enlargement of its ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' sprite) breaking through a brick wall. The caption below says, "Don't. Touch. The. Key."
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=カメーン<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet. Page 32.</ref>
|JapR=Kamēn
|JapM=From「{{hover|仮面|かめん}}」(''kamen'', mask) lengthened
|Jap2=ファント<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg Page 225].</ref>
|Jap2R=Fanto
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Spa=Fantasma <small>(''Super Mario Bros. 2'')</small><br>Fantasmáscara <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|SpaM=Phantom<br>Portmanteau of ''fantasma'' ("phantom") and ''máscara'' ("mask")
|Fre=Phanto
|Rus=Привидение <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'' ver. 3.0.0 update trailer)</small>
|RusR=Privideniye
|RusM=Ghost
|Ger=Phanto
|Ita=Phanto<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual. Page 24.</ref>
|Ita2=Fantasma/Faccia Fantasma <small>(''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'')</small>
|Ita3=Spiritello<ref>''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual. Page 112.</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''. Page 67.</ref>
|Ita4=Spettro <small>(''Kirby Super Star Ultra'')</small>
|Ita5=Spettrino<ref>''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual. Page 38.</ref><ref>[https://youtu.be/bwG9HHqtXC4''Super Mario Maker 2'', version 3.0.0 Italian trailer]</ref>
|Ita2M=Ghost/Ghost Face
|Ita3M=Small Spirit
|Ita4M=Specter
|Ita5M=Li'l specter
|Dut=Phanto<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic'', page 33.</ref>
|DutM=-
|Chi=面具<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Advance'' in-game name)</small>
|ChiR=Miànjù''
|Chi2=面具怪<ref>[https://www.bilibili.com/video/av8876332 iQue's promotional demo play videos of ''Super Mario Advance'' and ''Wario Land 4'']. Retrieved February 9, 2020.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Advance'' demo play video)</small>
|Chi2R=Miànjù Guài
|Chi3=卡面<ref>Nintendo (April 20, 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrImKD0V0PQ 《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2) 》更新資料Ver.3.0.0介紹影片] ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 21, 2020.</ref> <small>(''Super Mario Maker 2'')</small>
|Chi3R=Kǎmiàn
|ChiM=Mask
|Chi2M=Mask Monster
|Chi3M=Transliteration from the Japanese name, while「面」is also derived from「面具」(''miànjù'', "mask")
|Kor=카면<ref>한국닌텐도 공식 채널 (April 22, 2020). [https://youtu.be/Z7Tc25Oxzio 슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2 업데이트 Ver.3.0]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 12, 2022.</ref>
|KorR=Ka'myeon
|KorM=From {{hover|假面|가면}} (''ga'myeon'', "mask" in Sino-Korean)
}}

==Trivia==
*In [[Sammer's Proving Grounds|Chapter 6-3]] of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the [[Sammer Guy]] of the 63rd gate is named "[[List of Sammer Guys#Phanto Grin|Phanto Grin]]".
*In ''[[wikirby:Kirby Super Star Ultra|Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', the '''Phanto Mask''' appears as a [[wikirby:Treasure#Kirby_Super_Star.2FKirby_Super_Star_Ultra|treasure]] in [[wikirby:The Great Cave Offensive|The Great Cave Offensive]] in place of the '''Zebra Mask''' from the original ''[[wikirby:Kirby Super Star|Kirby Super Star]]''. In the original Japanese, both iterations are called しろくろマスク (''Shiro Kuro Masuku'', White-Black Mask).
*An enemy called [[wikirby:Two Face|Two Face]] appears in ''[[wikirby:Kirby's Dream Land|Kirby's Dream Land]]'' and ''[[wikirby:Kirby Star Allies|Kirby Star Allies]]'', behaving in a similar way, although it can be destroyed.
*In the original ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' manual, Phanto is mistakenly depicted using its ''Doki Doki Panic'' graphic.

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