Whomp King
| Whomp King | |
|---|---|
Render from Dr. Mario World | |
| Species | Whomp |
| First appearance | Super Mario 64 (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch) (2025) |
- “It makes me so mad! We build your houses, your castles, we pave your roads, and still you walk all over us. Do you ever say thank you? No! Well, you're not going to wipe your feet on me. I think I'll crush you just for fun! Do you have a problem with that? Just try to ground-pound the Whomp King! Ha!”
- —Whomp King, Super Mario Galaxy 2
The Whomp King is a character introduced in Super Mario 64. He is a giant Whomp who has appeared several times since. He strongly dislikes how people take rocks for granted despite using them for many things.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS[edit]
The Whomp King, also named the Slab King[1] or the Giant Whomp,[2] is a boss in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. For the remake, the Whomp King received some design alterations, including a distinct crown, and more rock-like arms and feet. His original design became the basis for Big Whomps in New Super Mario Bros. The Whomp King is fought atop Whomp's Fortress, as the second boss overall. When encountered, the Whomp King makes a short speech before the battle starts. Like other Whomps, the Whomp King falls face-first when attempting to attack Mario. The Whomp King takes damage from being ground-pounded by Mario, and after three hits, the Whomp King is defeated and releases a Power Star.
A glitch in the original Super Mario 64 only makes it possible to jump and time a Pound the Ground attack in midair so that the Whomp King's attack goes harmlessly through Mario, who will then land on his back.[3] If the player wall-kicks into the Whomp King and jumps away from him before the fight, he talks to the player and initiates the fight as soon as they land. However, the battle ends seconds later, since Mario is not allowed to move very far from a boss with whom he is fighting.
Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]
The Whomp King is a boss in Super Mario Galaxy 2. He is fought at the end of Throwback Galaxy, which is a remake of Whomp's Fortress from Super Mario 64. The Whomp King is encountered after the player defeats a Whomp and enters the underside of the fortress, where the Whomp King is encountered. The Whomp King's dialogue is retained from Super Mario 64, though if the player loses a life in battle, the Whomp King interrupts himself while reciting his line.[4] The Whomp King is significantly larger, and only a small, vulnerable spot on his back can be ground-pounded to damage him. Whomp King shares his battle music with Digga-Leg. The Whomp King now creates a shockwave when he crashes on the ground, temporarily paralyzing Mario on contact. If the Whomp King does crush Mario, he loses a life instantly, unlike before. The Whomp King can stomp his foot to produce several Whimps to chase Mario. When defeated, the Whomp King has a different expression that goes unseen, since he is lying on the ground.[5][6]
Despite "king" being a male title, the Prima guide uses it instead of he.[7]
Mario Party 3[edit]
Whomp King appears in Mario Party 3. He is seen in Creepy Cavern, lying on the road and blocking one of two paths. Whomp King moves to the other side if either the player gives up an item or lands on a nearby Happening Space.
Mario Golf series[edit]
Although Whomp King does not physically appear in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Mario Golf: Advance Tour, or Mario Golf: World Tour, his name is sometimes displayed on the tournament scoreboards.
Dr. Mario World[edit]
Whomp King appears in Dr. Mario World, now sharing his species' redesigned appearance, as one of the Assistants. These assistants can only be obtained as rewards in versus mode in at least Tier 9. In stage mode, his effect is to increase the score granted by making a match if a rainbow capsule is involved. His versus mode effect is to grant a chance in reducing the amount of rows sent by the opponent by one, nullifying the attack entirely if it is a one-row attack.
Unused appearances[edit]
The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]
In a storyboard for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Whomp King is seen among the crowd attending Princess Peach and Bowser's wedding.[8]
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Dr. Mario World[edit]
- Stage mode: Increases score by 30%/60%/90%/120%/150% when viruses are eliminated with a rainbow capsule.
- Stage mode (Prior to version 2.3.0): Increases score by 20%/40%/60%/80%/100% when viruses are eliminated with a rainbow capsule.
- Versus mode: If opponent attacks, grants 20%/25%/30%/35%/40% chance rows of received viruses will be decreased by 1.
Gallery[edit]
- Model from Super Mario 64
- Model from Super Mario 64 DS
- Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2
Quotes[edit]
- "It makes me so mad!" - Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS / Super Mario Galaxy 2
- "We build your houses, your castles. We pave your roads, and still you walk all over us!" - Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS / Super Mario Galaxy 2
- "Do you ever say thank you? No! Well, you're not going to wipe your feet on me!" - Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS / Super Mario Galaxy 2
- "I think I'll crush you just for fun! Do you have a problem with that?" - Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS / Super Mario Galaxy 2
- "Just try to pound me, wimp! Ha!" - Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
- "Just try to ground-pound the Whomp King! Ha!" - Super Mario Galaxy 2
- "It makes me so mad! We build your houses, your castles, your-- Aaargh! I'm tired of this speech! Let's see you try and ground pound the Whomp King again! Aaargh!" - Super Mario Galaxy 2
- "No! Crushed again! I'm just a stepping stone, after all. I won't gravel, er, grovel." - Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS / Super Mario Galaxy 2
- "Here, you win. Take this with you!" - Super Mario 64 / Super Mario 64 DS
- "OK, you win. Here--take this with you!" - Super Mario Galaxy 2
- "Dang it!" - Super Mario Galaxy 2
- "Excuse me for not getting up. I'm the Whomp King. If you had a (random item), I'd move..." - Mario Party 3
Names in other languages[edit]
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 | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | バッタンキング Battan Kingu | Whomp King | [9][10][11][12][13] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 嘭嘭王 Pēngpēng Wáng (Mandarin) Pāangpāang Wòhng (Cantonese) | Whomp King | [14][13] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 砰砰王 Pēngpēng Wáng (Mandarin) Pāangpāang Wòhng (Cantonese) | [15][13] | ||
| 石板王 Shíbǎn Wáng (Mandarin) Sehkbáan Wòhng (Cantonese) | Stone Slab King | Super Mario 64 | [16] | |
| Dutch | Whomp-koning | Whomp King | [17] | |
| French | Roi Whomp | King Whomp | [18][13] | |
| Gros Whomp | Big Whomp | Super Mario 64 | [14] | |
| Grosse pierre | Big stone | [19] | ||
| German | König Wummp | King Whomp | [14][11][13] | |
| Wummp | Onomatopoeia for something hitting the ground; inherited from Thwomp | Super Mario 64 | [20] | |
| Italian | Re Womp | King Whomp | [21][22][13] | |
| Lastra di pietra gigante | Giant stone slab | Super Mario 64 | [23] | |
| Korean | 꽈당킹 Kkwadang King | Whomp King | [24][25][13] | |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Rei Esmagão | King Whomp | [13] | |
| Spanish | Rey Roco | King Whomp | [26][13] | |
| Roco | Roca ("rock") with the masculine suffix -o; shared with Whomp | Super Mario 64 | [27] |
References[edit]
- ^ September 1996. Nintendo Magazine System (AU) Issue #42. Catalyst Publishing (Australian English). Page 23.
- ^ Giant Whomp - (Course 2). Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy (American English). Archived February 24, 1998, 21:15:35 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
- ^ RDVvsTheWorld (ILs & Scores) (October 13, 2021). Chip off Whomp’s Block in 29.70 - SM64 Level Speedrun. YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
- ^ "-- Arrrgh! I'm tired of this speech!" – Whomp King (2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2. Nintendo (English).
- ^ Whomp King's defeated face in Super Mario Galaxy 2
- ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2/Oddities § King Whomp's Face. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 224.
- ^ Douglas Lovelace. The MARIO Movie. douglaslovelace.com. Archived April 19, 2026, 14:13:27 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
- ^ Takashi, Watanabe, Noriko Oketani, Yugo Nagasawa, and Junichiro Okubo, editors (1996). 『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオ64』(Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario 64). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102554-4. Page 15.
- ^ Noriaki, Kamiguchi, Kaisa Hitoshi, Teshiromori Nobuhito, Nagashima Kazutaka, Somoto Shitsuya, and Matsumoto Royo (2005). 『「スーパーマリオ64DS」タッチ!&ゲット!パワースター
攻略 ブック』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 4-8402-2960-0. Page 56. - ^ a b In-game name for "Return of the Whomp King" from Super Mario Galaxy 2.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). 『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 86, 160.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i In-game name from Dr. Mario World (stored internally under
Glossary_Characters.bytes\SubWhompKing). - ^ a b c In-game name for "Chip Off Whomp's Block" from Super Mario 64.
- ^ 「不服气就做你的臀部撞地、踏扁本砰砰王看看啊!」("If you're not convinced, just bang your buttocks against the ground and crush this Whomp King and see how he likes it!") – Whomp King during "Return of the Whomp King" (4 Dec. 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Taiwan Co., Ltd. (Traditional Chinese). (Archived 19 Feb. 2025 via Bilibili by Chill_Leung.)
- ^ The Official Mario 64 Chinese Strategy Guide
- ^ "Op de top van deze berg heeft de Whomp-koning een
krachtster gevonden en nu gaat hij daar als een dolle tekeer. Kun jij hem misschien tot bedaren brengen?" – Bob-omb Buddy during "Return of the Whomp King" (2 Oct. 2025). Super Mario Galaxy 2 by Nintendo STC and Nintendo EPD Tokyo. Nintendo (Dutch).
- ^ « Le roi Whomp nous a dérobé notre
. » – Bob-omb Buddy during "Return of the Whomp King" (11 Jun. 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (French). (Archived 20 Aug. 2023 via YouTube by Xivra_7.)
- ^ Huyghues-Lacour, Alain, and Jean-Pierre Labro, editors (1997). "Super Mario 64" in le Nintendo Magazine officiel, no. 1. Emap-Alpha (French). Page 81.
- ^ Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 9.
- ^ «Re Womp» – Cheep Cheep Star Tournament scoreboard, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. Italian.
- ^ «Prova lo schianto a terra sul Re Womp, se ci riesci, pappamolle!» – Whomp King during "Return of the Whomp King" (11 Jun. 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Italian).
- ^ Roberto Ferri (April 1999). Official Nintendo Magazine issue 6. Milan: Xenia Edizione S. r. L. (Italian). Page 70.
- ^ In-game name for "Chip Off Whomp's Block" from Super Mario 64 DS.
- ^ "불만이 있으면 엉덩이 찍기로 이 꽈당킹님을 뭉개 보든가!" ("If you have any complaints, you can crush the Whomp King by ground-pounding him!") – Whomp King during "Return of the Whomp King" (20 Jan. 2011). Super Mario Galaxy 2 by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Korea Co., Ltd. (Korean).
- ^ «¡A ver si eres capaz de hacerle un Salto Bomba al Rey Roco! ¡Jua, jua, jua, jua!» – Whomp King during "Return of the Whomp King" (11 Jun. 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 by Nintendo EAD Tokyo. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (European Spanish).
- ^ Guías Nintendo (2007). Chip off Whomps´s block (Derroca a Roco). Guía Super Mario 64 (European Spanish). (Archived April 18, 2024, 11:53:47 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
| Thwomps | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Dossunmengyo • Gattai monster • Head Thwomp • Mr. Thwomp • Mrs. Thwomp • Pink comet • Sphinx Zō • Thwomp Bros. • Thwomp Elevator • Waruiwa-gumi (leader) | |
| Variants | Grindels | Grindel • Spindel |
| Pouncers | Omodon • Pouncer | |
| Shoomps | Big Shoomp • Shoomp | |
| Miscellaneous | Big Thwomp • Bone Thwomp • Karamenbo • Kongā • Mega Thwomp • Mihari • Sniffle Thwomp • Star Thwomp • Stone Elevator • Tail Thwomp • Thwimp • Thwomp • Thwomp Platform | |
| Relatives | Grrrols | Grrrol • Mega Grrrol • Treaded Grrrol |
| Ka-thunks | Ka-thunk • King Ka-thunk | |
| Konks | Konk • Wonder Konk | |
| Spiny Tromps | Spiky Tromp • Spiny Tromp | |
| Thwacks | Thwack • Thwack Totem • Wonder Thwack | |
| Wallops | Wallop • Walleye | |
| Whomps | Big Whomp • Whamp • Whimp • Whomp • Whomp King | |
| Other | Bomp • Flomp • Grumblump • Rhomp • Stairface Ogre • Stone-Eye • Tox Box • Walking Block | |
