Volbonan

Volbonans are fork-like creatures with eyes from Super Mario Odyssey. These creatures reside in the Luncheon Kingdom, and their culture revolves around food and cooking. They appear in different bright colors, wearing chef hats and neckerchiefs, and their tines can function as both arms and legs. The Volbonans are experts at cooking Stupendous Stew, which Bowser steals from them to serve at his upcoming wedding to Princess Peach. They are menaced by a giant bird named Cookatiel, who takes over making the stew from them.

Some hatless Volbonans can be found stuck to walls. Mario can capture them with Cappy and use them to shoot himself in the direction the player aims with the left analog stick, flicking him across gaps or up sheer walls, very similarly to Poles. Some sequences in the game involve flinging Mario from one captured Volbonan to another. Strangely, these Volbonans are usually more restricted in their movements than Poles, being unable to move horizontally, but this does not apply to those in the Metro Kingdom, which can rotate a full 360 degrees just like Poles.

At the game's finale, in the Moon Kingdom, a few Volbonans can be found in attendance of the wedding between Bowser and Princess Peach. Like other attending members, they were brought forcefully. After beating the game, they can be found at the entrance of the Moon Kingdom near the Odyssey, and in the start of Darker Side.

Like many of the supporting characters, Volbonans will cower and refuse to talk to Mario if an enemy gets too close to them, regardless of whether Mario has captured the enemy in question or not.

Gallery

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  Pink and green Volbonans

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  Mario with a green Volbonan

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  A tall yellow/green Volbonan

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  A tall pink/orange Volbonan

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  A tall cyan/turquoise Volbonan

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  A tall scarlet/yellow Volbonan

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  A tall purple/magenta Volbonan

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  A short yellow/green Volbonan on the Lighthouse

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  A short pink/orange Volbonan in the Sand kingdom

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  A short cyan/turquoise Volbonan

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  A short purple/magenta Volbonan

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  A short scarlet/yellow Volbonan

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  A captured Volbonan functioning as a Pole

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  Volbonans employed at Crazy Cap

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  Group artwork for the party in order to welcome the candidate staff of 1-UP Studio in 2019

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ボルボーノ人[?] Borubōno-jin	Volbono People
Dutch	Vorkaniër[?]	From vork (fork) and vulkaan (volcano).
German	Schlemmerling[?]	From Schlemmer (slang for a gourmet or glutton).
Italian	Vulcanbonese[?]	From (Monte) Vulcanbon (the Italian name of "Mount Volbono").
Russian	Волбонец[?] Volbonyets	Volbone
Spanish	Delisubiano[?]	From (Monte) Delisubio (the Spanish name of "Mount Volbono").