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==Naming==
==Naming==
Panser's name is a portmanteau of "{{wp|pansy}}," which is a type of flower, and ''Panzer'', the German word for "tank," perhaps in reference to a Panser's ability to throw fireballs.
Panser's name is a portmanteau of "{{wp|pansy}}," a species of flower, and ''Panzer'', the German word for "tank," perhaps in reference to a Panser's ability to launch fireballs.
 
===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest.
====Panser====
====Panser====
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ポンキー
|Jpn=ポンキー
|JpnR=Ponkī
|JpnR=Ponkī
|JpnM=From「ぽん」(''pon'', Japanese onomatopoeia for popping out something) and suffix "-ky"; shared with [[Volcano Lotus]]
|JpnM=From「ぽん」(''pon'', Japanese onomatopoeia for popping out something) and suffix "-ky;" shared with [[Volcano Lotus]]
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=34}}</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>{{ref page|209}}
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=34}}</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>{{ref page|209}}
|Jpn5=パンサー
|Jpn5=パンサー
|Jpn5R=Pansā
|Jpn5R=Pansā
|Jpn5M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jpn5M=Transliteration of the English name
|Jpn5N=''Super Mario USA''
|Jpn5C=<ref name=Daijiten/>{{ref page|225}}
|Jpn5C=<ref name=Daijiten/>{{ref page|225}}
|ChiS=喷射花
|ChiS=喷射花
|ChiSR=Pēnshè Huā
|ChiSR=Pēnshè Huā
|ChiSM=Spurting Flower; shared with [[Volcano Lotus]]
|ChiSM=Spurting Flower; shared with Volcano Lotus
|ChiSC=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. {{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043|language=zh-hans|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=June 4, 2024}}{{dead link}}</ref>
|ChiSC=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. {{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170226161109/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043?red_tag=f0666802113|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|language=zh-hans|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=August 6, 2024}}</ref>
|Dut=Panser
|DutC=<ref name=nespal>{{cite|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding'' / ''mode d'emploi''|language=Dutch, French|location=Brussels|publisher=Nintendo|page=29}}</ref>
|Fre=Panser
|Fre=Panser
|FreC=<ref name=smb2fgs>{{cite|author=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / Mode d'emploi''|format=German and French|url=drive.google.com/file/d/1k3ylzfjnrB3Bb1CFUK5ZHQIkha9TZ3C-/view|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|website=Google Drive|page=29|accessdate=March 14, 2025}}</ref>
|FreC=<ref name=nespal/><ref name=advance>{{cite|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance Instruction Booklet''|format=PDF|url=www.nintendo.com/eu/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|language=English, German, French, Spanish, Italian|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH}}</ref>{{ref page|52}}
|Ger=Panser
|Ger=Panser
|GerC=<ref name=smb2fgs/><ref>{{cite|author=Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors|title=''Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1992|isbn=3-929034-02-6|page=118}}</ref>
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Speilanleitung''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=27}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors|title=''Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1992|isbn=3-929034-02-6|page=118}}</ref><ref name=advance/>{{ref page|32}}
|Ita=Panser
|Ita=Violaccia
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual|page=26}}</ref>
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''{{wp|Viola (plant)|viola}}'' and ''erbaccia'' ("weed")
|Ita2=Violaccia
|ItaC=<ref name=advance/>{{ref page|112}}<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=68}}</ref>
|Ita2M=Portmanteau of ''{{wp|Viola (plant)|viola}}'' and ''erbaccia'' ("weed")
|Ita2=Panser
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=112|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=68}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Bros. 2''
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Libretto di Istruzioni''|language=it|location=Oleggio Castello|publisher=Nintendo|page=26}}</ref>
|Por=Panser
|PorC=<ref>{{cite|author=Gaglianone, Arthur, and Francisco Pellegrini Jr., directors|date=1991|title=''Super Mario Bros. Livro Ilustrado''|language=pt-br|location=Rio de Janeiro|publisher=Multi Editora|page=12}}</ref>
|Spa=Panser
|SpaC=<ref>{{cite|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Libro de Intrucciones''|language=es|location=Madrid|publisher=Nintendo|page=26}}</ref><ref name=advance/>{{ref page|92}}
}}
}}


====Red Panser====
====Red Panser====
"'''Red Panser'''"<ref name=stratton>{{cite|author=Stratton, Bryan|date=2001|title=''Super Mario Advance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=0-7615-3633-7}}</ref>{{ref page|79}} or "'''Panser (Red)'''" refers to a specific type of stationary Panser. In most contexts, Pansers are presented as red. Distinguishing the different types of Pansers by name is anachronistic, as the instruction booklets for the original games, as well as the ones made for their rereleases and remakes, do not distinguish them. By contrast, [[Shy Guy]]s, [[Snifit]]s, [[Ninji]]s, and [[Beezo]]s are.
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn=あかポンキー
|Jpn=あかポンキー
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|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Reddo)
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Reddo)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Red)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Red)
|Jpn2N=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario USA''
|Jpn2C=<ref name=encyclopedia>{{cite|date=October 19, 2015|publisher=Shogakukan|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']], ''Super Mario USA'' section|page=68|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jpn2C=<ref name=encyclopedia>{{cite|date=October 19, 2015|publisher=Shogakukan|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']], ''Super Mario USA'' section|page=68|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
}}
}}


====Gray Panser====
====Gray Panser====
"'''Gray Panser'''" or "'''Panser (Grey)'''" refers to a specific type of Panser the walks along the ground but turns around when it reaches the edge of a platform in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Due to palette limitations in the original games on the [[Family Computer|Famicom]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], Gray Panserss are displayed as green in some contexts.
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn=グレーポンキー
|Jpn=グレーポンキー
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|JpnM=Gray Panser
|JpnM=Gray Panser
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa"/>
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa"/>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（グレー）<ref name=encyclopedia/>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（グレー）
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Gurē)
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Gurē)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Gray)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Gray)
|Jpn2N=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario USA''
|Jpn2C=<ref name=encyclopedia/>
}}
}}


====Pink Panser====
====Pink Panser====
"'''Pink Panser'''" or "'''Panser (Pink)'''" refers to a specific type of Panser that actively follows the player in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ピンクポンキー
|Jpn=ピンクポンキー
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|JpnM=Pink Panser
|JpnM=Pink Panser
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa"/>
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa"/>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（ピンク）<ref name=encyclopedia/>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（ピンク）
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Pinku)
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Pinku)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Pink)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Pink)
|Jpn2N=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario USA''
|Jpn2C=<ref name=encyclopedia/>
}}
}}
====Green Panser====
"'''Green Panser'''"<ref name=stratton/>{{ref page|54}} refers to a specific type of Panser the walks along the ground but turns around when it reaches the edge of a platform in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''. It appears in place of the Gray Panser in these games.
====Blue Panser====
"'''Blue Panser'''"<ref name=stratton/>{{ref page|60}} refers to a specific type of Panser that pursues the player in ''Super Mario All-Stars'' and ''Super Mario Advance''. It appears in place of the Pink Panser in these games.


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 23:35, April 22, 2025

Panser
Panser
Artwork of a red Panser from Super Mario Advance
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Relatives
Comparable

Pansers are fire-shooting, floral enemies commonly found in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. Along with Pokeys, Pansers are the only known hostile plant species in Subcon, although Pansers were created by Wart.[1]

History

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

Pansers first appear in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and are later seen in its western version, Super Mario Bros. 2. In these games, there are three types of Pansers: red, pink, and either green or gray depending on the location. The red version stays in one place and shoots two fireballs in the player's direction, the green/gray variant (both just green in the reissues) stays in one place and shoots fireballs straight up, and the most powerful, the pink (blue in the reissues), chases the player and shoots fireballs towards them. These enemies can be defeated only by throwing another enemy or an item, such as a vegetable or Mushroom Block, at them. Pansers originally had black stems, but in the reissues included in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance, they have beige stems. The red Pansers are always depicted as having green stems in artwork.

Mario Kart 7

In the Shy Guy Bazaar course of Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour, many stalls (and even part of the track itself) are decorated with red carpets, all of which feature Panser sprites as motifs, along with Phantos and Cobrats.

Super Mario-kun

In Super Mario-kun, a singular Panser appears in volume 9. After the Mushroom Kingdom falls into chaos, many strange creatures start to appear out of nowhere, including the Panser. It attacks Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, but Mario ties its petals right when it is about to spit another fireball barrage, exploding in the process.

Similar species

The Lava Lotus from Super Mario Bros. 3 resembles a large transparent Panser. The similar Volcano Lotus introduced in Super Mario World additionally shares the same Japanese name as Panser, suggesting a connection. However, neither of these plants is ever shown to be able to move, and they release their projectiles in periodic sets rather than rapidly fire in an arc. The Fiery Walking Piranha from Super Mario Bros. 3, Pompon Flower from Super Mario Land, Furafurawā from the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong, Wild Ptooie Piranha from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and Pollen Plant from Virtual Boy Wario Land are also similar.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario Bros. 2

  • Instruction Booklet bio: The only plant life Wart created for the world of dreams. It spouts fire.[1]

Super Mario Advance

  • Instruction Booklet bio: These fiery flowers are real hotheads. You'll be safe if you can avoid their fireballs.[2]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ポンキー (JP) / Panser (EN)
A Panser from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく フラワー族 Tribe Flower clan
性格せいかく とにかくイジワル Disposition A bit mean
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
火の玉はいて、とおせんぼ

火の玉をはいて、マリオたちの行く手をさえぎるイヤなやつ。真上だけに火をはくやつ、左右にバラまくやつ、止まってるやつ、動いているやつなど、種類もいろいろいるよ。[3]:209

Blocks the way with fireballs

A nasty fellow that blocks the path of Mario and his friends by spitting fireballs. There are various types, such as those that only spit fire directly upwards, those that scatter it to the left and right, those that stand still, and those that move.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Panser.
  • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō

    Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō

  • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2

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

  • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2

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

  • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2

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

Naming

Panser's name is a portmanteau of "pansy," a species of flower, and Panzer, the German word for "tank," perhaps in reference to a Panser's ability to launch fireballs.

Names in other languages

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest.

Panser

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ポンキー[4][3]:209
Ponkī 		From「ぽん」(pon, Japanese onomatopoeia for popping out something) and suffix "-ky;" shared with Volcano Lotus
パンサー[3]:225
Pansā 		Transliteration of the English name Super Mario USA
Chinese (simplified) 喷射花[5]
Pēnshè Huā 		Spurting Flower; shared with Volcano Lotus
Dutch Panser[6] ?
French Panser[6][7]:52 ?
German Panser[8][9][7]:32 ?
Italian Violaccia[7]:112[10] Portmanteau of viola and erbaccia ("weed")
Panser[11] ? Super Mario Bros. 2
Portuguese Panser[12] ?
Spanish Panser[13][7]:92 ?

Red Panser

"Red Panser"[14]:79 or "Panser (Red)" refers to a specific type of stationary Panser. In most contexts, Pansers are presented as red. Distinguishing the different types of Pansers by name is anachronistic, as the instruction booklets for the original games, as well as the ones made for their rereleases and remakes, do not distinguish them. By contrast, Shy Guys, Snifits, Ninjis, and Beezos are.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese あかポンキー[15]
Aka Ponkī 		Red Panser
ポンキー（レッド）[16]
Ponkī (Reddo) 		Panser (Red)

Gray Panser

"Gray Panser" or "Panser (Grey)" refers to a specific type of Panser the walks along the ground but turns around when it reaches the edge of a platform in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. Due to palette limitations in the original games on the Famicom and NES, Gray Panserss are displayed as green in some contexts.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese グレーポンキー[15]
Gurē Ponkī 		Gray Panser
ポンキー（グレー）[16]
Ponkī (Gurē) 		Panser (Gray)

Pink Panser

"Pink Panser" or "Panser (Pink)" refers to a specific type of Panser that actively follows the player in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ピンクポンキー[15]
Pinku Ponkī 		Pink Panser
ポンキー（ピンク）[16]
Ponkī (Pinku) 		Panser (Pink)

Green Panser

"Green Panser"[14]:54 refers to a specific type of Panser the walks along the ground but turns around when it reaches the edge of a platform in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance. It appears in place of the Gray Panser in these games.

Blue Panser

"Blue Panser"[14]:60 refers to a specific type of Panser that pursues the player in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance. It appears in place of the Pink Panser in these games.

Notes

References

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "The only plant life Wart created for the world of dreams. It spouts fire." – 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 26.
  2. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12 (PDF). Retrieved April 6, 2022 from thegameisafootarcade.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan. Page 209 and 225. Retrieved from Imgur.
  4. ^ Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Page 34.
  5. ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Archived February 26, 2017, 16:11:09 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / mode d'emploi. Brussels: Nintendo (Dutch, French). Page 29.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d 2001. Super Mario Advance Instruction Booklet (PDF). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian).
  8. ^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. 2 Speilanleitung. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 27.
  9. ^ Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992). Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN 3-929034-02-6. Page 118.
  10. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-88-9367-436-2. Page 68.
  11. ^ 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Libretto di Istruzioni. Oleggio Castello: Nintendo (Italian). Page 26.
  12. ^ Gaglianone, Arthur, and Francisco Pellegrini Jr., directors (1991). Super Mario Bros. Livro Ilustrado. Rio de Janeiro: Multi Editora (Brazilian Portuguese). Page 12.
  13. ^ 1989. Super Mario Bros. 2 Libro de Intrucciones. Madrid: Nintendo (Spanish). Page 26.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c Stratton, Bryan (2001). Super Mario Advance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Roseville: Prima Games. ISBN 0-7615-3633-7.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c スーパーマリオブラザーズUSA | ヒストリー | マリオポータル. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b c October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario USA section. Shogakukan. ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 68.
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