Shroid

Shroid
Sprite from Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (2005)
Latest appearance	Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (2009) (cameo)
Variant of	Shroob

Shroids are gray Shroob robots with yellow spots and green lenses. They appear in the game Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and they are found in Toad Town. Their name is a portmanteau of "Shroob" and "android".

In battle, Shroids can trap Mario and Luigi in crystals in a manner similar to the Elder Shrooboid as it charges an energy blast in its arm cannon. The brothers can break these crystals by repeatedly jumping. After breaking the crystals, one of the brothers can jump over the charged energy blast after the Shroid stops to fire it. The brother it shoots at is determined by who it first traps in a crystal.

A Shroid can also summon a Shroob saucer to bring a spiked ball to the battlefield. This spiked ball either has a red "M" or a green "L" printed on it, indicating the target. The Shroob saucer drops the spiked ball on top of the Shroid, which then throws the spiked ball. This spiked ball can be deflected with a hammer strike from one of the baby Mario Bros. The weapon then bounces back and hits the Shroid, damaging it and causing it to malfunction if it still has HP left, causing all future attacks to be reversed (an attack that would normally hit Mario will hit Luigi instead, or vice versa). This attack can cause the dizzy status if not countered properly.

The Shroid's last technique is to hold up a series of flags; either a red flag, a green flag, or both at once. Depending on the flag's color, the corresponding Mario Bro (or both) must jump in order to dodge. The Shroid repeats this process from two to six times. If done correctly, the Shroid will not attack. If the brothers do not jump correctly, the Shroid throws both flags at them. These flags can be jumped on with correct timing. Occasionally, the Shroid can attempt to fake out the brothers, causing them to jump prematurely (and thus be damaged).

Mecha-Chomps from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mechakoopas in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam malfunction in a way similar to a Shroid and are battled in a very similar way.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time enemy
Shroid
	HP	105	POW	130	Defense	108
	Experience	140	Coins	15	Speed	50
	Location(s)	Toad Town	Role	Common	Item drop	Ultra Drop – 15% None – 0%
	Level	21	Battled by	Anyone
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the Japanese and European versions (if they differ from the original American release).

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ゲドンコマシーン[?] Gedonko Mashīn	Shroob Machine
French	Xhampoïde[?]	Portmanteau of Xhampi ("Shroob") and androïde ("android")
German	Shroid[?]	-
Italian	Shroide[?]	Portmanteau of "Shroob" and androide ("android")/droide ("droid")
Korean	게돈코머신[?] Gedonko Meosin	Shroob Machine
Spanish	Mecashroob[?]	Portmanteau of mecánico ("mechanical") and "Shroob"

Trivia

• The flag attack is similar to the Shy Guy Says minigame from Mario Party and Mario Party 2.
• In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, while Mario and Luigi battle the Shroobs, some broken Shroids are seen in the background, though this is no longer the case in the remake.