Elite Trio: Difference between revisions

The Elite Trio's primary gimmick is the need to defeat all three of them in a single attack. If one of them has not been defeated, they will revive the others with one HP (each member has a unique animation for this; Private Goomp jumps up and down on his ally, Corporal Paraplonk lands next to his ally and shakes/tickles them, and Sergeant Guy bops his ally with his wand). Corporal Paraplonk can also replenish his allies' HP with [[Mushroom]]s, in a way reminiscent of the [[Bowser Memory ML]] from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. Private Goomp gives this advice to Mario if one of them does fall in battle, but is then hit from behind by Sergeant Guy for telling too much.

Sergeant Guy may attack by turning the Sub-Goomba horde into copies of himself, which attack [[Mario]] from all four sides. Each copy will either run past Mario harmlessly or run up to Mario and smash him with a hammer. Mario must turn to meet each attacker and counter them with a Hammer strike of his own; hitting the authentic Sergeant Guy (identifiable by a black flag with a red Bowser emblem on his back) will end the attack. The Sergeant can also attack by firing a [[Banzai Bill]] from his [[Sergeant Guy Cannon]], but the attack can only be used after Guy spends a turn loading the cannon with a Banzai Bill; if Mario attacks the cannon before it can fire, the Banzai Bill will explode prematurely, causing massive damage to all enemies. If the cannon does fire the Banzai Bill, the player must repeatedly press {{button|3ds|A}} to outrun it - doing so will cause the projectile to bounce off the ground and hit Sergeant Guy instead.

The trio reappear in the ''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'' mode of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. They wear their Elite Trio garb in this game, despite not having been promoted yet. Private Goomp first appears on [[Hoohoo Mountain]] during the level [[Goombas vs. Goombas]], where he is brainwashed by Fawful and attacks [[Captain Goomba (Mario & Luigi series)|Captain Goomba]]. After his defeat, Private Goomp finds Corporal Paraplonk and Sergeant Guy and fights Captain Goomba with his comrades again in [[Beanbean Fields]] during the level [[The Rival Trio]]. After this defeat, trio blame each other for losing and lash out at each other, causing them to split up.  

{{:Mario & Luigi: Dream Team bestiary|transcludesection=Private Goomp|image=[[File:Private_Goomp_sprite_MLDTB.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

{{:Mario & Luigi: Dream Team bestiary|transcludesection=Corporal Paraplonk|image=[[File:Corporal_Paraplonk_sprite_MLDT.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

{{:Mario & Luigi: Dream Team bestiary|transcludesection=Sergeant Guy|image=[[File:Sergeant_Guy_sprite_MLDT.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

 

|Jap=エリート３人組

|JapR=Erīto San-ningumi

|SpaEM=From "trío" (trio) and "tralla" (whip / big effort).<br> May also come from "metralla" (shrapnel).

*Private Goomp drops an item (a Mushroom) inside a large Gift in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' instead of equipment; outside of Giant bosses, he is the only boss in the game that does this.