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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Blurker SM3DW Prima.jpg|200px]]
|image=[[File:Blurker SM3DW Prima.jpg|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
}}
}}
'''Blurkers'''<ref>Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. ''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 27.</ref> are pink, squishy block-like enemies that appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. They are introduced in World 2-3, [[Shadow-Play Alley]]. Blurkers appear in groups and primarily serve as guardians to secret passages. Contact with one will damage the player.
'''Blurkers'''<ref>Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett. ''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 27.</ref> are squishy pink block-like enemies that appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. Their name is a play on "blocker," referring to their shape and how they block the player, and "lurk." They are introduced in [[Shadow-Play Alley]]. Blurkers appear in groups and primarily serve as guardians to secret passages. Contact with one damages the player.


They can be temporarily disposed of by any normal means of attack except jumps, or by use of the touch screen and microphone functions on the Wii U GamePad, although they will quickly respawn upon being defeated this way. They can be defeated permanently through use of a [[Mega Mushroom]], a [[Piranha Plant (potted)|Piranha Plant]], [[White Tanooki Mario]] or [[Lucky Cat Mario]].
Blurkers can be temporarily disposed of by any normal means of attack except [[jump]]s, by striking a nearby [[gong]], or by use of the touchscreen and microphone functions on the [[Wii U#Wii U GamePad|Wii U GamePad]], although they quickly respawn upon being defeated this way. They can be defeated permanently through the use of a [[Mega Mushroom]], a [[Potted Piranha Plant]], [[White Tanooki Mario]], or [[Lucky Cat Mario]].


Blurkers are also found in the [[Wii U]] version of ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', where they reappear in Shadow-Play Alley.
Blurkers are also found in the [[Wii U]] version of ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', where they reappear in Shadow-Play Alley.


They reappear in the game's Nintendo Switch enhanced port ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''.
Blurkers reappear in the game's [[Nintendo Switch]] enhanced port ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''.


Given their Japanese name of "Mokomoko", and how they appear in groups forming large walls, Blurkers were likely inspired by {{wp|Mokumokuren}}, a {{wp|yokai}} consisting of many pairs of eyes lined up across a decrepit {{wp|shoji|paper wall}}.
Given their Japanese name of "Mokomoko," and how they appear in groups forming large walls, Blurkers were likely inspired by {{wp|Mokumokuren}}, a {{wp|yokai}} consisting of many pairs of eyes lined up across a decrepit {{wp|shoji|paper wall}}.


==Names in other languages==
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''<br>''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''
|file1=<tt>content/ObjectData/Moamoa.szs</tt>
|name1=Moamoa
|meaning1=[[Smorg#Names in other languages|Smorg]]
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===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=Moamoa<ref>''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' internal filename (<tt>Moamoa</tt>)</ref><br>(internal)<br>モコモコ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 227.</ref><br>''Mokomoko''
|Jap=モコモコ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section, page 227.</ref>
|JapM=Possibly related to [[Smorg]]<br><br>An adjective meaning "fluffy" or "soft"
|JapR=Mokomoko
|JapM=Japanese term meaning "fluffy"; shared with [[Ratooey#Names in other languages|Ratooey]]
|Fre=Blurker<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia]]'', page 227</ref>
|Ita=Blurker<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 227</ref>
|Ger=Flauschi
|Ger=Flauschi
|GerM=From "Flausch" (fleece)
|GerM=From "flauschig" (fluffy)
|Spa= Aglomebloque  
|Spa=Aglomebloque  
|SpaM= "aglomerar" (agglomerate) and "bloque" (block)
|SpaM=Portmanteau of "aglomerar" (to stick or glue together) and "bloque" (block)
}}
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