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|image=[[File:Cobrat SMB2.jpg|100px]]<br>Artwork of a Cobrat from ''Super Mario Advance''

|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]])<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]])

'''Cobrats''', also named '''Snakes''',<ref>''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 185 (November 2004). Page 116.</ref> are large desert-dwelling snakes which first appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Their name is a portmanteau of "brat" and "{{wp|cobra}}," which is a kind of snake famous for being {{wp|snake charming|charmed}} out of baskets through the use of flute-like musical instruments. In reference to this, they are said to be under the command of [[Wart]].<ref name=charmer>「いつもは{{ruby|壺|つぼ}}の{{ruby|中|なか}}で{{ruby|寝|ね}}ているがマムーの{{ruby|命令|めいれい}}で{{ruby|動|うご}}き{{ruby|出|だ}}す。へび{{ruby|使|うか}}いの{{ruby|夢|ゆめ}}によく{{ruby|現|あらわ}}れる。」 ("''Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Mamu's command. Often appears in the dreams of snake charmers.'') - ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 34 (ガラゲーロ).</ref><ref name=Toad>"''Usually asleep in a jar, it moves on Wart's command, often appearing in the dreams of Toad.''" - ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' English instruction booklet. Page 25 (Cobrat description).</ref> The ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' boss [[Tryclyde]] resembles a three-headed Cobrat.

====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====

[[File:SMB2 Cobrat Artwork.png|thumb|left|100px|Original artwork used for ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]

In ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Cobrats [[jump]] out of the sand or [[jar]]s to attack, and most of them can spit out black projectiles similar to [[Snifit]]s. They appear in the desert levels and are easy to defeat if in a line; the player can throw one and cause a domino effect. They can be avoided easily and only pose a threat when in large numbers.

In the [[reissue|remakes]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the [[Kings|king]] who rules [[Grass Land]] is changed into a Cobrat by [[Larry Koopa]].

 

;List of episodes featuring Cobrats

In ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', an unnamed Cobrat competes in the [[International Mushroom Games]] as a member of a team called the [[Sneaks]]. It participates in the Beetlebowl (an all-team event) and the Super Triple Jump, where it leaps by coiling its body up like a spring.

Snakes in ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]'' appear inside the pyramid in the [[Shifting Sands Stage]], where they slither out of jars. In this game, they do not spit bullets and are green instead of red, but otherwise resemble their original sprite.

Cobrat-like snakes appear on the course [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. They hide in [[Jar (Mario Kart series)|snake jar]]s, which move around in attempt to delay the racers. When crashed into, several snakes spring out. The jar immediately reappears after the shattered jar vanishes. As in ''Mario Pinball Land'', the snakes are colored green rather than red, and they make squawking noises when they leave their jars. Within the same course, red Cobrat sprites from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' make up some of the motifs decorating the red-colored carpets found throughout the course&mdash;specifically, those covering the market stalls. In this game, they have a smiling expression.{{br}}

===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===

*'''Bio ([[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance version]]):''' ''You'll find Cobrats hidden in jars. When you approach, these troublesome little snakes will pop right out to attack. Think twice when jumping into jars.''<ref>''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet (English). [https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf Page 12]. Retrieved March 28, 2022.</ref>

|name=ガラゲーロ (JP) / Cobrat

|shusshin=ビースト族

|seikaku=陰険

|tojo_gemu=USA

|desc='''<big>流砂やツボにひそむヘビ</big>'''<br>

夢の世界の砂漠にいる大きなヘビ。ムーチョ(P215)と同じように、悪夢の玉口から撃ってくる。大きいから、ジャンプの足場として捉うにはとてもつゴうがいい。<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [https://imgur.com/a/UvABP Page 57].</ref>

|origin=Beast clan

|disposition=Treacherous

|game_appearances=USA

|eng_desc='''''<big>Snakes lurking in quicksand and jars</big>'''''<br>

Cobrat SMAS SMB2.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')

GrassLandKing-cobrat.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'')

MPL-Cobrat.png|''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''

|Jap=ガラゲーロ<ref name=charmer/><ref>Sawada. ''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 8. Page 28.</ref><ref name=daijiten>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''. [http://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg Page 225].</ref>

|JapM=From「ガラガラ{{hover|蛇|ヘビ}}」(''garagara hebi'', "{{wp|rattlesnake}}") and possibly「ゲロ」(''gero'', "spew")

|ChiM=From the Japanese name +「蛇」(''shé'', "snake")