Spania: Difference between revisions

{{species infobox

|image=[[File:Spania.png]]

|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

'''Spanias''' are an orange, spiked variation of [[Spinia]]s. "Spania" is based on a past tense version of "spin," "span." It may additionally be a reference to the country of {{wp|Spain}} due to its spikes somewhat resembling the horns of bulls, which are important in Spanish culture. Since they have spikes, Spanias cannot be jumped on, and like other Spinias, they attack by dashing and spinning in order to ram [[Mario]] and his [[partner]]s.  

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===

In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', Spanias, like their relatives, are found in [[Rogueport Sewers]] and the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. Two Spanias also appear in Chapter 3 as members of the [[Glitz Pit]] team the [[Destructors]], who serve as a brief replacement for [[Bandy Andy]] and the [[Hand-It-Overs]] after they were forcibly "retired." Unlike most groups of related species, Spanias are not stronger or weaker than the main species; instead, the only functional differences between them and Spinias are the spikes on their heads. A stronger, pink version called [[Spunia]] also appears.

[[List of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door pre-release and unused content|Unused data]] reveals what could possibly be another Spania variant (seemingly a rainbow-themed one); this Spania-like creature was supposedly going to be an ally of [[Luigi]], as its sprite could be found next to those of Luigi's other partners.

===''Super Paper Mario''===

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Spanias return, unlike the rest of the Spinia family. They appear in [[Floro Caverns]], [[Castle Bleck]], and the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]], with a new, stronger type called [[Dark Spania]] appearing in the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]]. Due to Spanias being three-dimensional, [[Flip]]ping into 3D does not prevent Spanias from attacking the player.

 

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===

{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Spania|image=[[File:Spania.png]]|align=horizontal}}

 

{{:Super Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Spania|align=horizontal}}

 

==Gallery==

Spania rainbow TTYD unused.png|The unused rainbow Spania from ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''

SPM Spania Catch Card.png|[[Catch Card]] from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''

{{foreign names

|JapM=Pun on「般若」(''Hannya'', a type of mask used in [[Wikipedia:Noh|Noh]] theater) and「ヒンニャー」(''Hinnya'', "[[Spinia]]")

|Fre=Hanya

|FreM=From the Japanese name

|GerM=Mega Spinia

|KorM=From "{{hover|魔|마}}" (''ma'', "devil") and "탈" (''tal'', "mask")

|SpaM=From ''farol'' ("lantern") and possibly the Old Irish diminutive suffix ''-án''

[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemies]]

[[Category:Super Paper Mario enemies]]