Editing Shroob mushroom

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'''Shroob mushrooms''' are light-purple [[mushroom]]s with white dots that appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. The [[Shroob]]s have the ability to fire purple energy bolts that turn anything they touch into Shroob mushrooms in a process; [[Toadiko]], [[Toadbert]], [[Kylie Koopa]], and [[Baby Bowser]] are all known to suffer this fate. Characters who turn into Shroob mushrooms are said to be '''Shroobified'''.<ref>"''At last! Mario has all five Cobalt Star shards! Now you can enter Peach's Castle at the past from the third floor of the present-day Peach's Castle! You must hurry and save the Shroobified Toadbert and Kylie!''" &ndash; '''[[Save Album]]''', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''</ref> These victims are all reverted when [[Professor E. Gadd]] spreads the tears of babies from the [[Hydrogush 4000]] across the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] (in a process that [[Stuffwell]] describes as being able to '''re-Toadify''' them,<ref>"''If we rescue Princess Peach and defeat the Shroobs... We may be able to re-Toadify these two!''" &ndash; '''[[Stuffwell]]''', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''</ref> even if not all of them are [[Toad (species)|Toad]]s). Some Shroobs are also known to turn into these purple mushrooms when defeated, such as the [[Elder Princess Shroob]]. When [[Princess Shroob]] is disguised as [[Princess Peach]], she holds a Shroob mushroom to her face. Shroob mushrooms have been rarely able to speak, such as after the Elder Princess Shroob gets defeated. Shroob mushrooms also surround the conquered [[Toad Town]] and [[Shroob Castle]], appearing in various shapes and sizes. They are a reference to the {{wp|red weed}}s in ''{{wp|The War of the Worlds}}''.

 

In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', both princesses are shrunk into two Shroob mushrooms by the babies' tears, though their eyes are retained and they are still able to talk in this form. Despite this, only the Elder Princess Shroob's mushroom is present in the next chapter.