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'''Cherbils''' are floating enemies found in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. They are one of the more common enemy species in the game, appearing in various locations such as [[Yold Desert]], the [[Gap of Crag]] or the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]] in room 6. They have the ability to put the player to [[sleep]] by spewing pink gas at them.
'''Cherbils''' are floating enemies found in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. They are one of the more common enemy species in the game, appearing in various locations such as [[Yold Desert]], the [[Gap of Crag]] or the [[Flipside Pit of 100 Trials]] in room 6. They float side-to-side, and will occasionally spew a pink gas projectile at the player while in range, which can put them to [[sleep]] if it hits them.
 
Cherbils and their cousins seem to be named after {{wp|cherry|cherries}}, which they vaguely resemble, and possibly {{wp|gerbil}}s. Their use of gases could also make their name come from {{wp|Chernobyl}}, a city in Ukraine which was the site of a {{wp|Chernobyl disaster|nuclear disaster}} in 1986.
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==Profiles and statistics==
==Profiles and statistics==
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==Names in other languages==
==Naming==
"Cherbil" is likely a portmanteau of either "{{wp|cherry}}" or "{{wp|cherub}}", and "{{wp|gerbil}}". <!--Cherbil is NOT a reference to the Chernobyl disaster; please do not add this speculation to this article.-->
 
===Names in other languages===
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|Jpn=チェリリン
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|JpnM=From "cherry" and Japanese endearing diminutive「~りん」(''-rin'')
|JpnM=From "cherry" and Japanese endearing diminutive「~りん」(''-rin'')
|Fre=Soporifik
|Fre=Soporifik
|FreM=Modified orthograph of "soporifique" (soporific)
|FreM=Modified orthograph of "soporifique" (soporific; i.e. sleep-inducing)
|Ger=Bäckchen
|Ger=Bäckchen
|GerM=Diminutive of "backe" (cheek), referring to their shape
|GerM=Diminutive of "backe" (cheek), referring to their shape

Revision as of 20:32, April 23, 2025

Cherbil
Sprite of a Cherbil from Super Paper Mario.
Sprite from Super Paper Mario
First appearance Super Paper Mario (2007)
Variants

Cherbils are floating enemies found in Super Paper Mario. They are one of the more common enemy species in the game, appearing in various locations such as Yold Desert, the Gap of Crag or the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials in room 6. They float side-to-side, and will occasionally spew a pink gas projectile at the player while in range, which can put them to sleep if it hits them.

Profiles and statistics

Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario enemy
Cherbil
Sprite of a Cherbil from Super Paper Mario. Max HP 5 Role Common Location(s) Yold Desert (1-3), Gloam Valley (2-1), Gap of Crag (5-2), Castle Bleck Foyer (8-2), Castle Bleck Inner Sanctum (8-4), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Rooms 6, 23, 47 and 83)
Attack 2 Card type Common
Defense 0 Items Peachy Peach Card location(s) Card Shop; Catch Card/SP
Score 400
Card description This odd floating beast strikes with sleeping gas. One whiff of that gas and it's sweet dreams...
  List of Catch Cards  
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Tattle That's a Cherbil. It's a nasty gasbag that spews a plume of sleepy gas... Max HP is 5. Attack is 2. That gas will put you to sleep, so don't go sniffing it... Some say the gas comes from their mouths. Some say it comes from elsewhere... ...Oh, dear...

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Naming

"Cherbil" is likely a portmanteau of either "cherry" or "cherub", and "gerbil".

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese チェリリン[?]
Cheririn
From "cherry" and Japanese endearing diminutive「~りん」(-rin)
French Soporifik[?] Modified orthograph of "soporifique" (soporific; i.e. sleep-inducing)
German Bäckchen[?] Diminutive of "backe" (cheek), referring to their shape
Italian Nuvio[?] From "nuvola" (cloud) and Italian noun-deriving suffix "-io"
Korean 체링[?]
Chering
From "체리" (cheri, cherry) and the Japanese name
Spanish Narkela[?] A given name

Notes

  • O'Chunks mentions Cherbils when he wants to get Count Bleck to get him to fight Mario. He alludes to their bottom-like appearance by saying he will "Spank (Clobber in the British English version) 'em like naughty little Cherbils". Tippi's tattle on the Cherbils also supports this claim. Additionally, their common drop of Peachy Peaches may be a subtle joke regarding the fruit's own bottom-like shape.