Cackletta

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Cackletta
Artwork of Cackletta from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Artwork from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Species Beanish
First appearance Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003)
Latest appearance Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions (2017)
“Hah! Hmph! Well, won't this be fun! Oh, yes! If that's how it is, I'm ready for you! I'm going to knock you all the way back to the Mushroom Kingdom!”
—Cackletta, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Cackletta is a witch from the Beanbean Kingdom and the main antagonist of Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake.

History[edit]

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

Peach's Castle
Cackletta and Fawful initiating their plan to steal Princess Peach's voice.

Early in the game, Cackletta disguises herself as The Goodwill Ambassador to steal Princess Peach's voice and use it to steal the Beanstar with also replacing the princess' voice with "explosive vocabulary", which is composed of various symbols that drop from her speech bubble to cause minor explosions. Beanbean lore states that only one with a beautiful voice can activate the Beanstar's mysterious powers to grant any wishes, so Cackletta hopes to use the power of the Beanstar to conquer the Beanbean Kingdom and soon after, the Mushroom Kingdom and the whole world. The Mario Bros. go to the Beanbean Kingdom to stop her, and they meet her for the first time on the Koopa Cruiser when she and Fawful attack the Bros. and the ship. She later attacks the Beanbean Castle Town and feeds Queen Bean a Belly Blech worm, which turns her aggressive towards the brothers. After imprisoning Lady Lima, she then encounters the Mario Bros. again in Beanbean Castle disguised as Lima and tricks them into fixing the castle's plumbing, which turns off the Beanstar's security system and allows Cackletta to steal the Beanstar. Mario rushes up to the throne room to stop her, but Cackletta and Fawful get away and leave Queen Bean to take care of the Mario Bros. Later, Cackletta goes to Woohoo Hooniversity to carry out her plans with the Beanstar by also transforming several researchers into Laser Snifits. After Queen Bean is restored to normal and the castle town is repaired, the Mario Bros. (as well as Prince Peasley) travel to Woohoo Hooniversity.

Cackletta activating three Peach-bots, which are robots programmed to play a perfect copy of the stolen voice.

Cackletta's plan backfires when she attempts to use Peach's voice by putting it in robots named "Peach-bots". It is later revealed that Toadsworth and the other Mushroom Kingdom residents switched Peach with Birdo, whom they dressed up as the Princess Peach since they were warned from Prince Peasley that he was aware of Cackletta's plan. This irritates the Beanstar; while this is happening, the Mario Bros. come and give her a surprise attack, and Cackletta finally battles them.

The Bros. emerge victorious over Cackletta and she becomes severely injured as a result. Fawful arrives and absorbs Cackletta's body into his "headgear". He is commanded by Cackletta to do an attack for her, but Prince Peasley stops him and sends him flying out of the Woohoo Hooniversity.

Cackletta's ghost about to possess Bowser's body.

An injured Fawful lands in the Mushroom Kingdom side of Stardust Fields and sees an unconscious Bowser lying on the ground. He releases Cackletta's ghost from his headgear, which goes into Bowser's body and possesses him in the process. This causes Cackletta to become a fusion of herself and Bowser, called Bowletta. With the fact that Bowletta can control Beanbean enemies and Bowser's Minions, she becomes more powerful and plans to steal the Beanstar again and get the real Princess Peach. She succeeds in Little Fungitown while Mario is sick with Bean Fever and Luigi is searching for the antidote in Guffawha Ruins, offering a request for the Bros. that they will find the Beanstar pieces and repair them with the exchange for the Peach. Prince Peasley has a plan to give Cackletta a fake Beanstar and meet her at the top of Joke's End. Then, Luigi tries to give Fawful the fake Beanstar, but the latter realizes that the Star is fake, knocking down the Bros'. suitcase and stealing the real Beanstar.

Mario and Luigi come to Bowletta, who refuses to release Peach. Later, another Princess Peach, who is holding her mouth, comes out along with Mario, who tricks Bowletta and Fawful into thinking that they are holding a "fake" Princess Peach. Bowletta drops the Peach she was holding and grabs the "real" one. In the Koopa Cruiser, Fawful and Bowletta ask the princess why she is holding her mouth, but she does not respond. In response, Bowletta scares her to reveal a big mustache, and she turns out to be Luigi, forcing him to make a getaway and eventually return the Beanstar to Prince Peasley.

In the meantime, Bowletta plans to destroy the Beanbean Kingdom and then, after the Bros. are destroyed, the Mushroom Kingdom. She enters Bowser's Castle and attacks Beanbean Castle Town again. After this, the Bros. go to Hoohoo Village and tell Blablanadon that Bowser's Castle is overhead and he should take them. Fawful informs Bowletta that the brothers are coming, so Bowletta orders the seven Koopalings and Fawful to guard her castle. The Bros. fight them all and eventually fight Bowletta, but just as it looks like they have defeated her, it turns out Bowletta pretended to be defeated and as this is happening, a Time Bob-omb comes into view, exploding and knocking the Bros. out cold. She then proceeds to swallow them. Inside Bowletta's stomach, Mario and Luigi with 1 HP find Cackletta's spirit inside the body and fight her. After Cackletta is defeated, her spirit leaves Bowser's body, disappearing afterwards and Bowser returns to his original form.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story / Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

Although Cackletta does not physically appear in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story or its remake, after the defeat of Dark Bowser, Fawful (in the game's French version) says, "J'ai joué les sbirrres... pourrr une hystérrrique..." ("I played the henchman for a hysteric...") in reference to Cackletta.

Her battle theme is also reused and/or rearranged a few times. A small part of her theme can briefly be heard in the music for Peach's Castle after Fawful's takeover in the original, and in the remake, her theme is rearranged into Dark Fawful's battle theme.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

A Sticker of Cackletta.
Cackletta's sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Cackletta appears as a sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

General information[edit]

Personality[edit]

Cackletta's laughing sprite from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Cackletta from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Cackletta is extremely selfish, sadistic, and has a stereotypical witch-like personality. Her only example of compassion is for her beloved minion, Fawful. She will do anything to eagerly get what she wants, such as flying directly from her homeland to stir trouble, and swipe the voice from Princess Peach in order to awaken the Beanstar for her own personal gain. She even attempts as far as destroying the Beanbean Castle, the capital of her own home, to swipe the artifact. From the beginning to midway, Cackletta easily gets tricked twice, meaning she could be easily gullible or plainly fueled by her highly self-absorbed attitude, especially prone to getting angry at her own mistakes.

Physical description[edit]

Normal[edit]

The Goodwill Ambassador and her accomplice.
Cackletta and Fawful disguised as the Goodwill Ambassadors.

Cackletta is tall, despite her hunched posture, standing approximately twice the height of the Mario brothers. Like most members of the Beanish species, she has green skin. In her original appearance, she exhibits facial wrinkles. She has large, pink eyes, an elongated head with a large mouth and jagged teeth, and large purple horn-like objects on top of her head. She also has a bead on her forehead, which does not appear in her other forms (this is later fixed in the remake, in which she bears it on her soul). Cackletta wears a large purple robe with a pink undergarment and a yellow rim. When she raises her arms during the battle against Cackletta, the sleeves of her cloak are revealed to be very large and roughly frayed on the edges. These are somewhat reminiscent of bat wings.

In order to disguise herself as the Goodwill Ambassador from the Beanbean Kingdom, Cackletta dressed in a one-piece yellow suit during the game's opening sequence, taking on the appearance of Lady Lima (Queen Bean's royal advisor).

Bowletta[edit]

Bowletta Bowletta
Main article: Bowletta

While Cackletta possesses Bowser and takes the form of Bowletta, she has the same body as him, but retains her facial appearance. She also has breasts visible on her chest.

Soul[edit]

Cackletta's soul after it's turned red when low on HP, from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Mario and Luigi fighting Cackletta's soul form when she's low on HP, with a Fawful apparition
Cackletta's Soul Model of Cackletta's Soul from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.
Cackletta's spirit as it appears between games.

In her soul form, Cackletta is a massive, floating, gaseous creature with no legs, two arms, and an enormous head (still bearing her trademark horns). Cackletta's head wears a perpetually blank expression with a large tongue, and (in contrast to Cackletta's other forms) has orange eyes with visible black pupils. Cackletta's main color is purple in this form, with her heart being pink: the heart is initially embedded in her cloudy body and only becomes fully visible (and vulnerable) when Cackletta's head and arms are destroyed.

Cackletta's soul is redesigned in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, becoming larger, with newly color-coded hands denoting the elements they use: her left hand is red for fire, and her right hand is blue for lightning. She also now has a blue gem in her head, and her eyes are now a clear yellow instead of bloodshot and orange. As her health decreases, Cackletta, along with other bosses, will go under the Fury status effect, changing her colors to red with green eyes and heart and a gray gem. Cackletta's soul is darker in color as well, and uses a 3D model instead of a 2D sprite. In the 3DS remake, she has a unique defeat animation where she attempts to reach for the Bros. but ends up with a massive explosion before she can make contact, blasting them away. This will cause Bowletta to become unstable.

Powers and abilities[edit]

Cackletta seems to mainly have powers based on pyrokinesis and electrokinesis, much like the Mario Bros. themselves. When Mario and Luigi battle her in Woohoo Hooniversity, Cackletta can create clones of herself that can split into many bats with the ability to poison featuring her likeness, as well as send voids that travel across the ground towards the Bros.; falling into them alters the brothers' weight. This indicates she has magical abilities. Her powers are greatly expanded upon when she is later fought inside of Bowser's body where she can use aura attacks, create a pseudo-Fawful to attack, launch enormous balls of energy, and even stop time to fire laser beams from her eyes at her opponents. She can also replace someone's voice with "explosive vocabulary", which is best demonstrated with her theft of Peach's, or rather, Birdo's voice, with the explosive vocabulary being potent enough that Bowser was forced to put kidnapping Peach on hold due to it otherwise risking extreme damage to his castle holding her inside.

Cackletta is also stated to be a master of disguise that can imitate almost anyone, but is only seen mimicking Lady Lima in the earlier portions of the story, an ability similar to that of Mimi. She retained this ability when she was reborn as Bowletta, as demonstrated in the Minion's Quest mode for the remake, where she posed as Bowser.

Battle[edit]

Woohoo Hooniversity[edit]

Cackletta's main attack during the battle is creating lightning bolts to strike the brothers. The arm she lifts for this attack show whether she will attack Mario and then Luigi, Luigi and then Mario, or both at once. She can also create two clones of herself, so when one of the duplicates is attacked, it divides into a swarm of Cackletta-like bats and attack the brothers. They are not very dangerous because they only cause very little damage, although they can give poison if Mario or Luigi make contact. When the real Cackletta is attacked, the fake ones disappear. In order to figure out which Cackletta is the real one, the players should look at which arms each of them raises to do the lightning attack. The real Cackletta will raise both of her arms, attempting to strike both of the brothers at once. Cackletta also has a special attack where she makes voids in the ground that move toward Mario and Luigi, so they can fall in and drop from the top of the screen and hit the ground while making them heavier. She can only use this attack once at the very beginning of the battle, and also near the end of the battle. Her clone attack in the 3DS remake is changed slightly: the real Cackletta laughs briefly while the rest do not. After doing so, she will also attempt to switch places with one of her clones multiple times to confuse the player. She also clones herself far less frequently than she did in the original game. In this boss fight, Cackletta gives 300 EXP in the original non-Japanese release. However, due to a glitch, this amount is multiplied by 3, causing her to drop 900 EXP instead, which is more than the next two bosses, Popple/Rookie and Mom Piranha, combined.

Bowser's Castle[edit]

A screenshot of the battle against Cackletta's soul from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
Mario and Luigi battling Cackletta's soul

The brothers start the final boss with 1 HP, so it is recommended that they quickly heal on their first turn. In battle, the Mario Bros. must destroy both of her arms and her head in order to expose her heart. When her heart has been exposed, the Mario Bros. must attack it to finally destroy her and complete the game. With Cackletta's exposed heart, she will use it to revive her head and arms, and then heal them as well. After two full battle rounds of Cackletta's heart being exposed, she will conceal it once again and the entire process repeats.

Second form of Isana in Koto Battle (AlphaDream's first game), and a possible inspiration for Cackletta's soul
Koto Battle: Tengai no Moribito; the top line reads "Wandering Isana appeared!"

The way that the player battles Cackletta's soul by fighting her head, hands and heart is very similar to the battle against the second form of the final boss Isana (イサナ) in AlphaDream's first game Koto Battle: Tengai no Moribito before they developed the Mario & Luigi series. In this battle, the player confronts Isana's head (「まがまがしきツノ」, Magamagashiki Tsuno "Sinister Antlers"), hands (「いびつなツメ」, Ibitsu na Tsume, "Crooked Claw" for the left hand; and 「うごめくツメ」, Ugomeku Tsume, "Squirming Claw" for the right hand), and a blue portal-like object (「さまよえるイサナ」, Samayoeru Isana, "Wandering Isana") instead of the heart.

Cackletta's attacks are as follows:

  • Her head creates an enormous energy ball that will attempt to crush one of the Mario Bros. The brother must attack with his hammer constantly until it explodes. If timed just right, the brothers can hit it twice in one swing, although the timing required to make this happen is very tricky and precise.
  • She stretches her arms out at the Mario Bros., attempting to flick them. This can be countered by hammering her hands quickly.
  • Her right hand summons two fireballs to rotate around the Mario Bros., which should be dodged by jumping at the right time. This attack can inflict the DEF-Down status effect.
  • Her left hand summons a ball of electricity that must be hit with a hammer. Hitting it will make it slide to the next brother and this must be repeated until it breaks. Over the course of the fight, it will take more hits to break.
  • Her hands can also attack by sweeping the Mario Bros. The brothers must jump over an arm when her eyes are pointed down and stay still when they are up. This attack requires all of her body parts to be available. Elder Princess Shroob's tentacle sweep and the Dark Star Core's arrow attack are similar to this attack.
  • Cackletta's head also has the ability to partially heal either itself or one of her arms or heart (only when exposed). It can also boost the attack power of itself or one of her arms.
  • If Cackletta's head is attacked while her arms are still present, they will immediately attack in retaliation, either using her finger flick or arm swing attack.

Over the course of the fight, Cackletta will gain three new moves, each after a certain amount of the heart's HP has been depleted:

  • At around 25% HP lost, her head can summon a mirage of Fawful that will shoot streams of energy balls from one brother to the other that must be jumped over before flying up to one of the brothers and laughing at them, flying away to repeat the attack if he isn't hammered. The tell for which brother the stream of energy balls will start with is the same as Fawful's tell on the Koopa Cruiser: laughing for Mario and spinning for Luigi. If the mirage isn't hammered after a few cycles of the attack, it will vanish and the attack will end.
  • At around 50% HP lost, her head can move her eyes up or down, indicating where she is going to fire a beam for each brother. If her eyes move up, she is going to fire upwards. If they move down, she will fire downwards. A few seconds later, she will stop time before actually firing the beams, forcing the brothers to jump or stand in the correct position ahead of time. Over the course of the fight, she will fire more beams.
  • At around 75% HP lost, her head can summon many blue balls of magic that will teleport around the battlefield before appearing in front of a brother and flying into them. The ones that turn pink target Mario, while the ones that turn green target Luigi and the blue ones don't target either brother. When hammered, the magic balls will be launched back and damage any of Cackletta's exposed targets.

In the 3DS remake, some of Cackletta's attacks are changed:

  • She is able to use her laser beam/time stop attack from the very start of the battle; as a trade-off, she will only execute it once on any given turn (though much faster when angry).
  • Her fireball attack does not last as long.
  • Her electric ball attack always requires five hits and it moves closer to the brothers every time it is hammered, requiring the counterattacks to be closer together the more hits it takes.
  • Cackletta has an additional ability not seen in the original game: she can raise her arms over the brothers, and then bring them down on top of them. This attack can be countered with the hammer. She can also attempt to flick one brother and smack the other, which has different timings.
  • Her arm swing attack starts off slower and does not reverse, but it does speed up over the duration of the attack.
  • Her Fawful mirage attack starts off slower, but when enraged, the attack speeds up and Fawful will quickly dart away after approaching a brother, requiring much more precise timing. This attack can inflict the SPD-Down status effect.
  • Her aura balls now have rings that tilt in different directions, most likely to assist those with color-blindness. Red balls with rings tilted left target Mario, green balls tilted right target Luigi, and blue balls with no tilt are harmless. The balls also no longer will hit Cackletta when hammered.
  • Her enormous energy ball attack is relatively unchanged, but is not used until Cackletta is angry. It is also more powerful in the remake, resulting in an effective one-hit KO if it lands.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[edit]

  • Instruction booklet bios
    • English: The Beanbean Kingdom's resident witch. Why is she so evil...?[1]
    • Japanese: マメーリア王国に住む魔女。さまざまな悪事を企てる目的とは⋯？ (A witch living in the Beanbean Kingdom. What is the purpose of her various evil plans...?)[2]
  • Official Nintendo Player's Guide: Cackletta is a mysterious witch with terrifying powers. Her ambitions are unknown, as are her reasons for stealing Princess Peach's voice. She's a master of disguise, able to imitate almost anyone.[3]
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Cackletta (1)
Cackletta HP 300 POW 30-58 (30-50) Defense 74 (64)
Speed 90 Experience 300 (320) Coins 100
Location Woohoo Hooniversity Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Normal Thunder Normal
Stat down? 0% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 17 Role Boss Item drop 1-Up Super – 100%
None – 0%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Cackletta (Fake)
Cackletta HP 300 POW 30-58 (30-50) Defense 74 (64)
Speed 50 Experience 300 (320) Coins 100
Location Woohoo Hooniversity Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Normal Thunder Normal
Stat down? 0% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 17 Role Support Item drop None – 0%
None – 0%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Bowletta
Bowletta HP 500 (700) POW 105-140 (110-145) Defense 180 (140)
Speed 150 Experience 5000 (0) Coins 2004 (0)
Location Bowser's Castle Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Heal Thunder Normal
Stat down? 30% Stun? 30% Burn? 0%
Level 40 Role Boss Item drop None – 0%
Max Nut – 61.29% (100%)
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Bowletta (Dark)
Bowletta dark form HP 500 (700) POW 105-140 (110-145) Defense 180 (200)
Speed 80 Experience 5000 (0) Coins 2004 (0)
Location Bowser's Castle Jump Spiny Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Normal Thunder Heal
Stat down? 0% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 40 Role Boss Item drop None – 0%
None – 0% (Max Nut - 100%)
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Cackletta (2)
Cackletta HP 200 (180) POW 100-150 (95-150) Defense 150
Speed 120 Experience 0 Coins 8 (0)
Location Bowser's Castle Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Critical Thunder Critical
Stat down? 0% Stun? 30% Burn? 0%
Level 40 Role Support Item drop None – 0%
None – 0%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Left Arm (Cackletta)
Cackletta HP 80 (90) POW 100-150 (95-150) Defense 150
Speed 90 Experience 0 Coins 0
Location Bowser's Castle Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Heal Thunder Critical
Stat down? 0% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 40 Role Support Item drop None – 0%
None – 0%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Right Arm (Cackletta)
Cackletta HP 80 (90) POW 100-150 (95-150) Defense 150
Speed 90 Experience 0 Coins 0
Location Bowser's Castle Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Critical Thunder Heal
Stat down? 0% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 40 Role Support Item drop None – 0%
None – 0%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga enemy
Heart
Cackletta HP 1200 (800) POW 100-150 (95-150) Defense 150 (135)
Speed 90 Experience 0 Coins 0
Location Bowser's Castle Jump Normal Hammer Normal
Hand Normal Fire Heal Thunder Heal
Stat down? 0% Stun? 0% Burn? 0%
Level 40 Role Boss Item drop None – 0%
None – 0%
Notice
  • Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese version (if they differ from the original American and European stats).
  • Stats in gray are only found in the game's coding and are not available during "normal" gameplay.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

  • Japanese website bio: ピーチ姫の声をうばっていった魔女。なにやら悪事をたくらんでいるようすだが⋯⋯？[4](The witch who stole Princess Peach's voice. She seems to be planning to do something evil...?)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Cackletta
Cackletta HP 420 POW 90 DEF 60 SPEED 62 Experience 320
Fire gray Thunder gray Jump Normal Hammer Normal Coins 150
Stat down 0% Dizzy 0% Burn 0% Speed down 0% Item drop None (0%)
Bat Wear (100%)
Bat Wear (100%)
Level           16 Location(s) Woohoo Hooniversity
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Bowletta
Bowletta HP 1200 POW 140 DEF 139 SPEED 116 Experience 0
Fire Heal Thunder Normal Jump Normal Hammer Normal Coins 0
Stat down 30% Dizzy 30% Burn 0% Speed down 30% Item drop None (0%)
None (0%)
None (0%)
Level           40 Location(s) Bowser's Castle
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Bowletta (Dark)
Animated idle sprite of Bowletta (Dark) HP 1200 POW 180 DEF 160 SPEED 116 Experience 0
Fire Normal Thunder Heal Jump Spiny, Weak Hammer Normal Coins 0
Stat down 0% Dizzy 0% Burn 0% Speed down 0% Item drop None (0%)
None (0%)
None (0%)
Level           40 Location(s) Bowser's Castle
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Cackletta (Head)
Model of Cackletta's Head from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. HP 300 POW 195 DEF 155 SPEED 180 Experience 0
Fire Normal Thunder Normal Jump Normal Hammer Normal Coins 0
Stat down 30% Dizzy 60% Burn 0% Speed down 30% Item drop None (0%)
None (0%)
None (0%)
Level           40 Location(s) Bowser's Castle
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Left Arm (Cackletta)
Model of Cackletta's Left Arm from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. HP 320 POW 195 DEF 138 SPEED 178 Experience 0
Fire Heal Thunder Critical Jump Normal Hammer Normal Coins 0
Stat down 60% Dizzy 0% Burn 0% Speed down 30% Item drop None (0%)
None (0%)
None (0%)
Level           40 Location(s) Bowser's Castle
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Right Arm (Cackletta)
Model of Cackletta's Right Arm from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. HP 320 POW 195 DEF 138 SPEED 179 Experience 0
Fire Critical Thunder Heal Jump Normal Hammer Normal Coins 0
Stat down 0% Dizzy 0% Burn 0% Speed down 0% Item drop None (0%)
None (0%)
None (0%)
Level           40 Location(s) Bowser's Castle
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy
Heart
Model of Cackletta's Heart from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. HP 1280 POW 195 DEF 139 SPEED 180 Experience 0
Fire Heal Thunder Heal Jump Normal Hammer Normal Coins 0
Stat down 0% Dizzy 0% Burn 0% Speed down 0% Item drop None (0%)
None (0%)
None (0%)
Level           40 Location(s) Bowser's Castle

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Sticker
Cackletta
A Sticker of Cackletta.
Artwork from: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Effects in The Subspace Emissary: Flinch Resistance +84
Usable by: Anyone

Quotes[edit]

  • "Eeeyah ha ha ha ha!"
  • "Who would have thought you'd catch up to the Great Cackletta in even a hundred million years?"
  • "Perhaps the three of you can sit down over tea to discuss the finer points of foreign policy!"
  • "The moment when all the world will bow down to me has come at last..."
  • "EEYARGH!"
  • "Pests! Loathsome pests! And at the worst possible moment!"
  • "We don't have time to deal with you fools!!!"
  • "I'm going to knock you all the way back to the Mushroom Kingdom!"
  • "Are you still conscious? Ugh. You're a persistent pair!"
  • "I shall dispose of you quickly and then eat you for lunch!"
  • "EEYARGH! It can't be!!! Impossible!!! I... No... How could I... And to this filthy little pair! HOW COULD I LOSE?????"

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Cackletta.

Themes[edit]

Audio.svg Cackletta, the Fiercest Foe - Plays in cutscenes involving Cackletta in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
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Audio.svg Fawful and Cackletta - Plays during Cackletta's first boss battle in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
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Audio.svg Showdown with Cackletta! - Plays during the battle with Cackletta's soul in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga.
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"Fawful and Cackletta" is rearranged for the battle against Dark Fawful in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ゲラゲモーナ[?]
Geragemōna 		From「ゲラゲラ」(geragera, onomatopoeia for derisive laughter) and possibly「魔女」(mónǚ, "witch" in Chinese), combined with Italian feminine augmentative "-ona"
Chinese 咯咯莫纳[?]
Gēgēmònà 		「咯咯」is an onomatopoeia for laughing, and「莫纳」is a transliteration of the Japanese name.
Dutch Cackletta[?] -
French (NOA) Caquetlina[?] From caquet ("cackle") and "Lina"
French (NOE) Graguémona[?] From the Japanese name
German Lugmilla[?] From the German name "Ludmilla"
Italian Strega Ghignarda[?] "Witch" + "ghigno" (grin) + femininized form of name ending "-ard"
Korean 까르게모나[?]
Kkareugemona 		From the Japanese name; "깔깔" (kkalkkal) is one of a sound of laughing in Korean Super Smash Bros. Brawl
깔깔깔마녀[?]
Kkalkkalkkal Manyeo 		From "깔깔" (kkalkkal) and "마녀" (manyeo, "witch") Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga DX
Russian Каклетта[?]
Kakletta 		Cackletta
Spanish Bruja Jijí[?] Heehee witch (referring to her laugh in the Spanish version)
Arms
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese 左うで[?]
Hidari Ude 		Left Arm
右うで[?]
Migi Ude 		Right Arm
Italian Braccio Destro[?] Right Arm
Braccio Sinistro[?] Left Arm
Heart
Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ハート[?]
Hāto 		Heart
Italian Cuore[?] Heart

Trivia[edit]

  • While preparing for the second fight with Fawful in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, when he mentions Cackletta, her name is misspelled "Cakletta." This error is fixed in the remake.
  • In early builds of the game, there is an NPC who states Cackletta is the younger sister of Queen Bean, and is motivated by jealousy of her.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2003. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Instruction Booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 7.
  2. ^ 2003. 「マリオ&ルイージRPG 取扱説明書」 (Mario & Luigi RPG Toriatsukai Setsumeisho). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 7.
  3. ^ Thomason, Steve. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). ISBN 1-930206-43-7. Page 5.
  4. ^ Character bio for CacklettaMedia:M&LSS+BM - Japanese Character Bio Cackletta.png. マリオ＆ルイージRPG1 DX website (Japanese).
  5. ^ Skawo (October 25, 2023). [TCRF] Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga Demo Indepth Look - Hoohoo Village to Woohoo Hooniversity. YouTube. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
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Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions / Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser
Characters (Superstar Saga) Protagonists Mario1,2 • Luigi1,2 • Princess Peach1,2 • Prince Peasley • Bowser1,2
Antagonists Cackletta (Bowletta) • Fawful • Popple • Bowser (Rookie)1,2
Supporting characters Beanbean troops1,2 • Bink1,2 • Blablanadon1,2 • Bloat1,2 • Boddle1,2 • Border Bros1,2 • Bubbles • Chuckleroot1,2 • Chuckleroot's granddaughter1,2 • Cork and Cask • Doctor1,2 • Dr. Toadley2 • Fava1,2 • Firebrand and Thunderhand1,2 • Hammerhead Bros.1,2 • Harhall1,2 • Hermie III • Hoohoo civilization1,2 • Jellyfish Sisters1,2 • Lady Lima1,2 • Miles Tones1,2 • Moai1,2 • Mole1,2 • Pea1,2 • Peach-bot1,2 • Photographer1,2 • Pipeman1,2 • Professor E. Gadd • Prospector1,2 • Psycho Kamek1 • Queen Bean1,2 • Soybean civilization1,2 • Spangle • Starshade Bros.1,2 • Toadsworth1,2 • Tolstar1,2 • Tuki1,2 • Yoshi Fan Club1,2
Species Ankoopa1 • Beanish1,2 • Beanlet1,2 • Big Koopa Troopa2 • Designbomb1,2 • Ghost1,2 • Hoohooligan1,2 • Kurako1,2 • Lagoon-dweller1,2 • Oho Jee • Sailor1,2 • Thwomp • Toad1,2 • Winkle1,2 • Yoshi1,2
Characters (The Search for Bowser) Protagonists Captain Goomba3 (Gold3) • Captain Shy Guy3 • Captain Boo3 (Gold3) • Captain Koopa Troopa3 (Gold3) • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry)
Antagonists Cackletta (Bowletta) • Fawful • Popple
Supporting characters Bowser3 • Corporal Paraplonk3 • Private Goomp3 • Sergeant Guy3 • Prince Peasley • Bubbles • Cork and Cask • Hermie III • Professor E. Gadd • Spangle • Starlow3
Special moves Overworld/solo attacks Emergency Block2 • Counterattack1,2 • Dash1,2 An M ripped from the game. • Dunk Hammer1,2 An L ripped from the game. • Firebrand1,2 An M ripped from the game. • Flee1,2 • Hammer1,2 • High Jump1,2 An L ripped from the game. • Jump1,2 • Mini-Mario1,2 An M ripped from the game. • Pump Mario1,2 An M ripped from the game. • Spin Jump1,2 An M ripped from the game. • Surfboard1,2 An L ripped from the game. • Tickle1,2 An L ripped from the game. • Thunderhand1,2 An L ripped from the game.
Bros. Attacks1,2 Bounce Bros. An L ripped from the game. • Chopper Bros. An M ripped from the game. • Cyclone Bros. An L ripped from the game. • Fire Bros. An M ripped from the game. • Knockback Bros. An L ripped from the game. • Splash Bros. An M ripped from the game. • Swing Bros. An M ripped from the game. • Thunder Bros. An L ripped from the game.
Captain Commands3 Deny • Rally • Chance • Play Dead • Lightning • Parry • Pass the Bob-omb • Thwomp Thump • Clash of Captains • Call for Backup • Sneak Attack • Shell Shock
Bosses Superstar Saga Birdo • Bowletta1,2 • Bowser1,2 • Cackletta1,2 • Chuckolator1,2 • Dragohoho1,2 • Fawful • Flaret1,2 • Hermie III1,2 • Hoohooros1,2 • Jojora1,2 • Jojora's friends1,2 • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry) • Mom Piranha1,2 • Popple • Queen Bean1,2 • Rookie1,2 • Tolstar1,2 • Trunkle1,2 • Wiggler1,2
The Search for Bowser Birdo • Corporal Paraplonk3 • Fawful • Koopalings (Iggy · Morton · Lemmy · Ludwig · Roy · Wendy · Larry) • Popple • Private Goomp3 • Sergeant Guy3
Locations Beanbean Airport1,2 • Beanbean Borderland1,2 • Beanbean Castle1,2 • Beanbean Castle Sewers/Beanbean Castle Sewer1,2 • Beanbean Castle Town1,2 • Beanbean Outskirts/Beanbean Fields • Beanbean Kingdom • Bowser's Castle • Castle Town Item Shop1,2 • Chateau de Chucklehuck1,2 • Chucklehuck Woods • Fire Palace1,2 • Guffawha Ruins1,2 • Gwarhar Lagoon • Harhall's Studio1,2 • Hoohoo Mountain • Hoohoo Village1,2 • Information Booth1,2 • Joke's End • Koopa Cruiser • Little Fungitown1,2 • Little Fungitown Item Shop1,2 • Mario and Luigi's house1,2 • Mushroom Kingdom1,2 • Oho Oasis1,2 • Oho Ocean1,2 • Pipe House1,2 • Princess Peach's Castle1,2 • Relaxation Room1,2 • S.S. Chuckola1,2 • Seabed1,2 • Starbeans Cafe1,2 • Stardust Fields1,2 • Teehee Valley • Thunder Palace1,2 • Toadtown Square/Peach's Castle1,2 • Winkle Colosseum1,2 • Woohoo Hooniversity1,2 • Yoshi Theater1,2
Enemies Superstar Saga Anuboo1,2 • Beanerang Bro • Beanie • Belly Blech1,2 • Bill Blaster1,2 • Blooper1,2 • Bob-omb • Boo • Cheep Cheep1 • Chomp Bro1,2 • Chuck Guy • Chuckorok1,2 • Clumph • Dry Bones4 • Eeker1,2 • Elite Chuck Guy • Elite Dry Bones1,2 • Elite Gritty Goomba1,2 • Elite Limbo Bro • Elite Pestnut • Elite Troopea • Fighter Fly1,2 • Fuzzbush • Fuzzy1,2 • Glurp1,2 • Gold Beanie • Goomba • Goomdiver1,2 • Gritty Goomba • Gunner Guy1,2 • Hammer Bro • Ice Snifit • Lakipea • Laser Snifit1,2 • Limbo Bro • Magikoopa • Malibut1,2 • Mecha-Blooper1,2 • Mecha-Chomp1 • Mechakoopa • Oucher Glass1,2 • Parabeanie • Paratroopea • Pestnut • Piranha Bean • Piranha Plant1,2 • Puffer-Cheep1 • Rex • Roto-Disc1,2 • Sand Cheep1,2 • Scaratroopea • Sharkbone1,2 • Sharpea • Sniper Bill1,2 • Spiky Snifit1,2 • Spiny4 • Spiny Cheep Cheep2 • Starkiss • Super Fly1,2 • Sworm1,2 • Tanoomba • Time Bob-omb1,2 • Troopea • Virus1,2 • Yo Bro1,2
The Search for Bowser Bandit3 • Beanerang Bro • Beanie • Big Boo3 • Big Tail Goomba3 • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo3 • Boo • Boomerang Bro3 • Broozer3 • Buzzy Beetle3 • Chain Chomp3 • Chargin' Chuck3 • Chuck Guy • Clumph • Dry Bones4 • Elite Captain Quartet3 • Elite Chuck Guy • Elite Limbo Bro • Elite Pestnut • Elite Troopea • Fire Bro3 • Fire Stalking Piranha Plant3 • Fly Guy3 • Fuzzbush • Gold Beanie • Goomba • Goomba Tower3 • Green Magikoopa3 • Gritty Goomba • Hammer Bro • Ice Bro3 • Ice Snifit • Koopa Paratroopa3 • Koopa Troopa3 • Lakipea • Lakitu3 • Limbo Bro • Magikoopa • Mechakoopa • Mechawful3 • Para-Beetle3 • Parabeanie • Paragoomba3 • Paratroopea • Pestnut • Piranha Bean • Pokey3 • Red Magikoopa3 • Rex • Scaratroopea • Sharpea • Shy Guy3 • Spear Guy3 • Spike3 • Spiny4 • Spiny Cheep Cheep2 • Starkiss • Tail Boo3 • Tanoomba • Troopea • White Magikoopa3
Items Consumables 1-Up Mushroom1,2 • 1-Up Super1,2 • 100 Coin2 • 10 Coin2 • 50-Coin2 • Beanbean coin1,2 • Boo Biscuit2 • Coin1,2 • Five Coin1,2 • Golden Mushroom1,2 • Green Pepper1,2 • Max Mushroom1,2 • Max Nut1,2 • Max Syrup1,2 • Mushroom1,2 • Nut1,2 • Red Pepper1,2 • Refreshing Herb1,2 • Super Mushroom1,2 • Super Nut1,2 • Super Syrup1,2 • Syrup1,2 • Ultra Mushroom1,2 • Ultra Nut1,2 • Ultra Syrup1,2
Key items Bean Fruit1,2 • Beanbean Brooch1,2 • Beanbean Map1,2 • Beanstar1,2 • Beanstar piece1,2 • Beanstone1,2 • Chuckola Fruit1,2 • Chuckola Reserve1,2 • Crabbie Grass1,2 • Face1,2 • Fake Beanstar1,2 • Flaming statue1,2 • Hoohoo Spirit1,2 • Invincishroom • Membership Card1,2 • Neon Egg1,2 • Peach's Extra Dress1,2 • Pearl Bean1,2 • Peasley's Rose1,2 • Precious belonging1,2 • Red and Green Goblets1,2 • Secret Scroll 11,2 • Secret Scroll 21,2 • Suitcase1,2 • Winkle Card1,2
Bean Juice1,2 Chuckle Blend • Chuckoccino • Hoohoo Blend • Hoolumbian • Teehee Blend • Teeheespresso • Woohoo Blend
Special items Bonus Ring1,2 • Cobalt Necktie1,2 • Excite Spring1,2 • Game Boy Horror SP1,2 • Great Force1,2 • Greed Wallet1,2 • Power Grip1 • Secret Specs2
Blocks1,2 ! Block • ? Block • Bros. Block • Command Block • Hidden Block • Hoohoo Block • L Block • M Block • Rally Block • Random Block • Recovery block • Save Album • Simu-Block • Spin Block
Other Axe1,2 • Badge1,2 • Bean1,2 • Bike Pads1,2 • Black Rock1,2 • Boo Statue1,2 • Brown Rock1,2 • Button1,2 • Cart1,2 • Gold ring • Chuckola Cola1,2 • Clothing1,2 • Conductor1,2 • Gown1,2 • Gray Rock1,2 • Headgear1,2 • Invincibility Mushroom3 • Koopa Clown Car1,2 • Lift1,2 • Poison Mushroom1,2 • Poltergust 30001,2 • Pressure Plate1,2 • Region map1 • Rolling Bar Defense System1,2 • Spiky Stardust Defense System1,2 • Spring Pad1,2 • Super Poltergust 30011,2 • Surfing Spot1,2 • Toad Express1,2 • Torch1,2 • Wall Face1,2 • Warp Pipe1,2 • Watering hole1,2 • Waterspout1,2
Minigames1,2 Border Jump • Mysterious Mine Carts • Star 'Stache Smash • Barrel • Chuckola Bounce • Surfing Game • Splart
Stats Bros. Point1,2 • Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Level up • Power • Speed1,2 • Spirit3 • Stache1,2
Status Burn1,2 • Charred1,2 • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Fury2 • Heavy G1,2 • Invisible2 • Light G1,2 • Poison1,2 • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command1,2 • SPD-Down1,2 • SPD-Up1,2 • Trip1,2
Other Bean Fever1,2 • Beanbean Air • Beanhole locations1 (Bowser's Minions2) • Block locations1 (Bowser's Minions2) • Bestiary1 (Bowser's Minions2) • Enemy formations1,2 • Gallery1 (Bowser's Minions2) • Gear1 (Bowser's Minions2) • Glitches1 (Bowser's Minions2) • Hidden Block locations1 • Hooroglyphs1,2 • Kingdom Courier1,2 • Level up progressions1,2 • Mario & Luigi RPG: Sound Selection1 • Mario Bros.1 • Pre-release and unused content1 • Quotes1 (Bowser's Minions2) • Shops2 • Special Skill3 • Sound test2 • Staff1 (Bowser's Minions2) • Story summaries2 • Super Attack1,2
1 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
2 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
3 Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser
4 Enemy variants differ in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
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