Shroob Mother Ship
The Shroob Mother Ship is a large spacecraft primarily used by Princess Shroob for combat and transportation in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. The ship resembles a large, pink Shroob saucer; subsequent to their invasion of the Mushroom Kingdom, the Shroobs' mother ship usually appears to hamper the bros.' efforts to halt the Shroob invasion. The Shroob Mother Ship is the only full-length area in the game that can no longer be accessed once the four heroes leave.
After Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi defeat Bowser and Baby Bowser in Thwomp Caverns and have seemingly rescued Princess Peach, the Shroob Mother Ship sucks the brothers and "Peach" (a disguised Princess Shroob) into the ship. While searching for Peach inside the mother ship, the Mario Bros. find Princess Shroob, who reveals her disguise and promptly tries to destroy Mario and company. Before she succeeds, however, Kylie Koopa is revealed to be disguised as a Shroob, and she uses a ray gun to save the bros. The heroes then travel to the mother ship's highest floor, and while trying to use a key on that floor, a trapdoor opens beneath them and they fall from the mother ship. The bros. get dropped into the now-wrecked Toad Town, while Kylie gets dropped into Yoshi's Island.
The mother ship itself is largely linear and pseudo-2D, with long, straight sections which wrap around the perimeter of the ship and overlook a vast pool of unknown green liquid (possibly vim from Toads) in which many Shroobs seem to be bathing. Some of the Shroobs in the background also appear to have suction tubes above them with their heads being partially sucked in. Two Guardian Shroobs patrol the area, and they are the only enemies that can be battled for Experience Points and coins.
While in Shroob Castle, the bros. find a large Shroob saucer resembling a smaller version of the Shroob Mother Ship, which they then use to shoot down many normal-sized Shroob saucers. Later, when the bros. finally find the real Peach at the top of the castle, Princess Shroob takes the opportunity to use the mother ship to open fire on her own castle in an attempt to finish off the bros., forcing them to engage the mother ship in battle by using another large saucer, which functions identically to the saucer that the Mario Bros. had used earlier. After its defeat, the Shroob Mother Ship crashes into Shroob Castle, taking out a barrier which had imprisoned Peach before the mother ship's destruction.
Items[edit]
Beanholes[edit]
Every Beanhole contains one Bean.
| Location | Image |
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| First area: In the first room, this beanhole is seen right away on the right. | 
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| First area: In the same room, another beanhole is in the southwest corner of the room. | 
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| First area: In the same room, the last beanhole of this room is in the northeast corner. | 
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| First area: In the second room, the player should simply head south and 2 beanholes will be seen right away. | 
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| First area: In the third room, the player should head east until the Bros. come across a gap which is only accessible by using the Baby Cakes. The player should use this move and go into this gap which leads to the stairs with the beanhole at their end. | 
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| First area: In the fourth room, the beanhole is seen right above the Bros., so the player should head north to get it. | 
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| Second area: In the first room, the player should simply head south and the beanhole will show itself. | 
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| Second area: In the same room, from the last bean, the player should head east to find another beanhole near the southeast corner of the room. | 
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| Second area: In the third room, there are 2 beanholes near the Save Album, one to the south of it and one to the west of it. | 
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Blocks[edit]
| Item | Location | Image |
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 Max Mushroom |
First area: Above the northwest high platform in the entrance scene. | 
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2x 2 Ultra Drops |
First area: In the north high platform in the east part of the south scene. | 
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 2xCoin and 2 Super Mushrooms |
First area: In the east of the third scene. | 
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 20 Coin |
First area: Same scene, above the first metal path in the east. | 
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5x 5 10-Coins |
First area: Same scene, behind a gate after the first metal path. | 
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2x 2 Copy Flowers |
First area: Same scene, in the middle of the first pink path. | 
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| 10-Coin and Super Drop |
First area: Same scene, at the end of the second metal path. | 
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 Drain Badge A |
First area: Same scene, under the second metal path. | 
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| 5x 5 10-Coins |
Second area: In the northeastern corner of the first scene. | 
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 1-Up Super |
Second area: In the northwestern corner of the fourth scene. | 
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Area maps[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Save screen on the Shroob Mother Ship
Credits scene of the Shroob Mother Ship leaving the Shroob planet
Credits scene of Princess Shroob revealing her disguise on the mother ship
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Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | マザーシップ[?] Mazāshippu |
Mothership | |
| French | Vaisseau mère Xhampi[?] | Shroob mother ship | |
| German | Shroob-Mutterschiff[?] | Shroob Mothership | |
| Italian | Astronave madre shroob[sic][?] | Shroob mother ship | |
| Korean | 본부 UFO[?] Bonbu UFO |
Headquarter UFO | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Nave Nodriza Shroob[?] | Shroob Mother Ship |
