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{{species-infobox
{{about|the spiked fish from ''[[Super Mario World]]''|the boss in ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]|[[Porcupuffer (boss)]]}}
|image=[[File:PorcuPufferNSMBU.png|200px]]<br>A '''Porcupuffer''' as seen in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.
{{species infobox
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[1990]])
|image=[[File:NSMBU Porcupuffer Artwork.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' ([[2012]])  
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|species_origin=[[Cheep-Cheep]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2025|2025]])
|affiliation=[[Koopa Troop]], [[Cheep-Cheep]]s
|variant_of=[[Big Cheep Cheep]]<br>[[Spiny Cheep Cheep]]
|variants=[[Needle Bomb]]
|relatives=[[Cheep Chomp]]<br>[[Spike Bass]]
|comparable=[[Porcupinefish]]
}}
}}
'''Porcupuffers''' (called '''Porcu-Puffers''' in ''[[Super Mario World]]'') are a species of [[Cheep-Cheep]]s that first debuted in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They resemble giant blue-purple [[Cheep-Cheep]]s with big red lips and blue spikes all over their backs. Their name is a portmanteau of "porcupine" and "[[wikipedia:Tetraodontidae|puffer fish]]".
'''Porcupuffers''' (alternatively '''Porcu-Puffers''') are [[list of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They resemble gigantic indigo [[Cheep Cheep]]s, with magenta lips and indigo, cyan, and yellow spikes all over their back. Their faces are nearly identical to those of [[Big Cheep Cheep|Boss Bass]]es and [[Cheep Chomp]]s. Their name is a portmanteau of "porcupine"/"porcupinefish" and "{{wp|Tetraodontidae|pufferfish}};" this combined with the Japanese name also suggests an intentional reference to [[Porcupo]].


Other fish enemies have erroneously been referred as Porcupuffers in official English material. [[Cheep Chomp]] is incorrectly referred to as one in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] guide,<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|date=November 15, 2009|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4|page=82 and 176}}</ref> despite the correct name being used when describing [[Cheep Cheep]]s,<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|date=November 15, 2009|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4|page=14}}</ref> while the lone [[Spiny Cheep Cheep]] of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' is mislabeled as a Porcupuffer in that game's Prima guide.<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|date=May 23, 2010|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46907-6|page=28 and 90}}</ref>
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
====''Super Mario World''====
[[Image:Porcu-Puffer.PNG|frame|left]]
[[File:SMWPorcupuffer.png|thumb|A Porcu-Puffer, as originally depicted in ''Super Mario World'', besides having yellow lips, inconsistent with its game sprite]]
Porcupuffers appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', where they follow [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] in the water. The Mario Bros. can perform the [[Spin Jump]] on them to "ride" them, or use [[Yoshi]]. They appear in three levels, the secret level on top of the [[Vanilla Dome]], and a secret area in the [[Cookie Mountain]] level. They also appear in a hidden area from [[Chocolate Island 1]].
Porcu-Puffers are enemies in ''Super Mario World''. They appear in three levels: [[Vanilla Secret 3]], a secret area in the [[Cookie Mountain]] level, and a hidden area within [[Chocolate Island 1]]. Porcu-Puffers swim at the water surface, going in the direction of the player character.<ref>{{cite|author=hXc Hector|date=January 29, 2019|url=youtu.be/l1597_gmlEQ?feature=shared&t=45|timestamp=0:45|title=Vanilla Secret 3 {{!}} ''Super Mario World'' 100% Cleared|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> [[Jump]]ing on a Porcu-Puffer inflicts damage, but not if done with [[Yoshi]].<ref>{{cite|author=[[User:VideoGamePhenomHD|VideoGamePhenom]]|date=September 25, 2019|url=youtu.be/Tm6kWDEX-KY?feature=shared&t=31|title=''Super Mario World'' - Vanilla Secret 3|timestamp=0:31|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> Porcu-Puffers are vulnerable to [[fireball]]s and [[Cape Mario|Cape]] swipes.
 
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
After a long hiatus, this enemy reappears in the game ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. However, only one appears, and it is in [[Drip Drop Galaxy]]. The Porcupuffer is hidden in an underwater chest.


====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:SpikyCheepCheepNSMBW65.PNG|200px|thumb|right]]
Porcupuffers return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They are [[Enemy Course|obstacles]] for [[World 4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 4]] and appear in two levels proper, [[World 6-5 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6-5]] and later in [[World 9-2 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9-2]]. Porcupuffers swim near the surface to pursue the player characters and leap from the water to attack. They can defeated from either a [[fireball]],<ref>{{cite|author=Rated G Games|date=July 18, 2024|url=youtu.be/V-7_dmn9PZg?feature=shared&t=8|title=World 6-5 ALL Star Coins and Secret Exit 🪙🪙🪙 New Super Mario Bros. Wii (No Commentary)|timestamp=0:08|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> [[Super Star|Star]], or [[Koopa Shell]].<ref>{{cite|author=Mario Party Legacy|date=April 24, 2017|url=youtu.be/pqt6I8EGzN0?feature=shared&t=228|title=New Super Mario Bros. Wii - World 9 (Complete)|timestamp=03:48|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> A defeated Porcupuffer respawns a while later.<ref>{{cite|quote=Even if you get rid of Porcupuffer, though, another will always eventually take its place.|author=Bueno, Fernando|date=November 15, 2009|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4|page=122}}</ref> A Porcupuffer can be frozen by an [[Ice Ball]], though it breaks free almost immediately after.<ref>{{cite|author=ZXMany|date=June 20, 2024|timestamp=06:32|url=youtu.be/0PMfStXAk5Y?feature=shared&t=392|title=New Super Mario Bros Wii - *SPECIAL WORLD 9 ENDING + ALL STAR COINS!!*|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref>
Porcupuffers are featured again in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. Here, they attack exactly the same as [[Spike Bass]] in [[New Super Mario Bros.|the DS game]], lying near the surface to pursue the plumber and his party or even leaping from the water to attack. Porcupuffers serve as [[Enemy Course|obstacles]] for [[World 4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 4]], and they appear again in [[World 6 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6]] in level 6-5 and later in [[World 9 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9]] in level 9-2. They can only be defeated with a fireball, star or koopa shell. They can also be frozen, but they crack out almost instantly, much like a [[Spiny Cheep-Cheep]]. In most cases, and not in the obstacle course, Porcupuffers come infinitely, but still one by one, to the player. For example, if a Porcupuffer is defeated by the player, another one will come to take its place.
 
====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[Image:Smg2pufferfish.png|left|thumb|150px|A Porcupuffer from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]
Another appearance is in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Like the prequel, they are very rare, and will even disappear a short time after being encountered. They only appear in [[Cosmic Cove Galaxy]].


====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
[[File:SM3DLlevel4.png|150px|thumb|right]]
The Porcupuffers in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'' are depicted similarly as in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and behave like in said game, even with a three-dimensional perspective being added. The Porcupuffers in [[World 6-1 (Super Mario 3D Land)|World 6-1]] behave differently because they jump out of the water and destroy fragile bridge segments upon crashing into them.<ref>{{cite|author=ƒ r u 7 7 y|date=November 19, 2022|timestamp=01:41|url=youtu.be/IZKNE6TdExs?feature=shared&t=101|title=Super Mario 3D Land 6-1 All Star Medals Coins Walkthrough 100% Guide スーパーマリオ 3ランド Citra Canary SM3DL|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=von Esmarch, Nick|date=November 13, 2011|quote=Porcupuffers can smash through cracked planks, so be particularly cautious when you spot one of these locations.|title=''Super Mario 3D Land'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-89386-4|page=78}}</ref>
Porcupuffers later appear in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]'', inhabiting underwater and beach levels. They retain their appearance from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. In World 6-1, Porcupuffers jump out of waterfalls, attempting to hurt Mario, and may even break some portions of the bridge he uses to reach the end of the level.


====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
Porcupuffers reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' , acting the same as they did in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''.
Porcupuffers are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They are encountered in {{world link|flower|2|World Flower-2 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}} and {{world link|star|4|World Star-4 (New Super Mario Bros. 2)}}, as well as [[First Course (Impossible Pack)|stage one]] of the [[Impossible Pack]]. Porcupuffers function like they do in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', though they do swim in [[Poison (obstacle)|poison]] in their first level appearance.<ref>{{cite|author=IGN Guides|date=August 17, 2012|url=youtu.be/LFBIVyhHhQ0?feature=shared&t=6|title=New Super Mario Bros. 2 - Star Coin Guide - World Flower-2 - Walkthrough|timestamp=0:06|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref>
 
====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Porcupuffers return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and their [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|port]], once again working like they did before. Porcupuffers appear only in [[Porcupuffer Falls]] in ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' and [[Porcupuffer Cavern]] in ''New Super Luigi U''. Their {{file link|NSMBU Porcupuffer Artwork.png|artwork}} depicts them having slightly transparent fins.
 
====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
[[File:PorcupufferSM3DW.jpg|thumb|100px|Porcupuffer in ''Super Mario 3D World'']]
The Porcupuffers in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|its port]] are based on their appearance in ''Super Mario 3D Land''. They appear only in [[Pipeline Lagoon]].
 
====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Porcupuffers are placeable exclusively within the ''Super Mario 3D World'' style of ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', despite appearing in ''Super Mario World''. Porcupuffers act differently than before, now pursuing the player character actively to try and eat them.<ref>{{cite|author=Shiromi|date=September 22, 2021|url=youtu.be/hot_YYeV-n8?feature=shared&t=396|title=Evolution of Porcupuffer (1990 - 2021)|timestamp=06:36|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> If they have wings, Porcupuffer hover slightly at the peak of their jump. A Porcupuffer can be defeated only by hitting it with four [[fireball]]s, causing it to explode;<ref name="fireball">{{cite|author=Dr. Wily|date=March 4, 2021|url=youtu.be/bEwgGtOPX54?feature=shared&t=522|timestamp=08:42|title=Super Mario - Evolution Of PORCUPUFFER|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> after the first fireball, it darkens and puffs up slightly,<ref name=fireball/> and each following fireball makes Porcupuffer more red and swollen.<ref name="fireball"/> Unlike previous appearances, defeating a Porcupuffer does not replace it with another. It is possible to place a Porcupuffer in [[lava]], but this makes them catch fire and therefore become unaffected by fireballs.
 
===''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''===
Porcupuffers are obstacles encountered during the second stretch of the [[Dream Rafting]] event of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''.<ref>{{cite|author=NintenU|date=February 2, 2020|url=youtu.be/CaJ_Tv8WDKM?feature=shared&t=122|title=Mario & Sonic at the 2012 London Olympic Games - All Characters Dream Rafting Gameplay|timestamp=02:02|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> Porcupuffers can be defeated when all player characters [[Ground Pound]] the raft at the same time.<ref>{{cite|quote=If all 4 do a Ground Pound at once, you can defeat underwater enemies like Cheep-Cheeps and Porcupuffers.|author=Tips|date=2012|title=''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''|format=[[Wii]]|publisher=[[Sega]]|language=en}}</ref> Porcupuffers are amongst the species in the Highway Tally minigame of London Party.<ref>{{cite|author=Your Majesty Blazesenator|date=January 13, 2018|url=youtu.be/91e--wLGB28?feature=shared&t=55|title=Mario And Sonic London 2012: Highway Tally! *Read Description*|timestamp=0:55|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref>
 
===''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX''===
[[File:MKAGPDX Porcupuffer.png|thumb|Icon of a Porcupuffer from ''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX'']]
Porcupuffers are placeable items in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''. A Porcupuffer pops the tires of any racer on contact. There is a variation item named Triple Porcupuffers, which comes with three Porcupuffers.
 
===''Minecraft''===
In ''[[Minecraft]]'', the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack replaces the {{iw|minecraftwiki|skin}}s of the {{iw|minecraftwiki|Elder Guardian}}s to skins of Porcupuffers, as well as replacing {{iw|minecraftwiki|Pufferfish}}.
 
===''Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle''===
Four Porcupuffers appear in the form of fountain statues in Gallery mode of ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]''.
 
===''Super Mario Party''===
A Porcupuffer can appear along with a [[Blooper]] and a [[Cheep Cheep]] in the minigame [[Rattle and Hmmm]] in ''[[Super Mario Party]]''.<ref>{{cite|author=NintendoMovies|date=October 18, 2018|url=youtu.be/9gIF6yO_PVg?feature=shared&t=57|title=Super Mario Party - Rattle and Hmmm|timestamp=0:57|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> There is also a Porcupuffer in the background of the [[Mushroom Beach]] in Challenge Road.<ref>{{cite|author=Games-BnB|date=May 27, 2019|url=youtu.be/SWtArzjhLlE?feature=shared&t=264|title=Super Mario Party - Challenge Road - Mashrom<nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> Beach: Mario|timestamp=04:24|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref>
 
===''Dr. Mario World''===
Porcupuffers are assistants in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''. In stage mode, their effect can only be activated in timed stages, as it increases the timer by 3 seconds, where the chance of it happening is 50% at the first level and 100% at the maximum level (10% and 50% respectively prior to version 2.3.0). In versus mode, their effect has a chance to change the color of the viruses to be of the same color after the opponent attack each time, which excludes attacks caused by clearing all viruses on their side.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=フグマンネン (JP) / Porcupuffer (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Porcupuffer Perfect.png|x200px]]
|shuzoku=アクア{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku={{ruby|凶暴|きょうぼう}}
|tojo_gemu=ワールド
|desc='''<big>トゲをもった{{ruby|巨大|きょだい}}フグ</big><br>
トゲをもった{{ruby|巨大|きょだい}}フグ。{{ruby|泳|およ}}ぐスピードも{{ruby|速|はや}}く{{ruby|攻撃的|こうげきてき}}だ。マリオを{{ruby|見|み}}つけるとしつこく{{ruby|追|お}}いかけまわすイヤな{{ruby|奴|やつ}}。ファイアかマントで{{ruby|倒|たお}}すか、{{ruby|水面|すいめん}}を{{ruby|大|おお}}きくジャンプして、{{ruby|逃|に}}げよう。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=4-09-259067-9|page=[https://imgur.com/EVcDzB9 190]}}</ref>
|tribe=Aqua clan
|disposition=Ferocious
|game_appearances=World
|eng_desc='''''<big>Giant pufferfish with spines</big><br>
''A giant pufferfish with spines. It swims fast and is aggressive. When it finds Mario, it chases after him. Use fire or a Cape to defeat it, or jump to the surface to get away.''
}}
 
===''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''===
*'''Trading card description:''' "''These spiky guys mean business and are killer enemies! They usually hover near the surface ready to pursue you, but they have also been known to leap up high for a surprise attack. A freeze attack will stun them, but beware—they don't stay frozen for long.''"<br>
'''Card Number: 38 (Normal), F20 (Silver)'''
 
===''Dr. Mario World''===
*'''Stage mode:''' "''Grants 50%/60%/70%/80%/100% chance of extra seconds (3) in timed stages.''"
*'''Stage mode ''(Prior to version 2.3.0)'':''' "''Grants 10%/20%/30%/40%/50% chance of extra seconds (3) in timed stages.''"
*'''Versus mode:''' "''If opponent attacks, grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance received virus will be matching-color.''"


====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
==Gallery==
Porcupuffers once again appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' behaving the same way as in its prequels.
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Porcu-Puffer.PNG|''[[Super Mario World]]''
Porcu-Puffer Complete Encyclopedia.png|''Super Mario All Hyakka''
Porcupuffer SM3DW Prima.jpg|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''
Minecraft Mario Mash-Up Pufferfish Render.png|''[[Minecraft]]'' (Pufferfish, big)
NL Calendar Wallpaper 8 2018.jpg|The August 2018 [[LINE]] wallpaper
MKWorld Porcupuffer.png|''[[Mario Kart World]]''
</gallery>


===''Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''===
==Names in other languages==
Porcupuffers also appear in ''[[Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''. During the [[Dream Rafting]] event, the second task a team is required to do is defeat them. To defeat these Porcupuffers, the participants must Ground Pound the raft at the same time when they're beneath it. They also appear during the Highway Tally game in London Party mode.
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.
{{foreign names
|Jpn=フグマンネン
|JpnR=Fugumannen
|JpnM=「フグ」(''{{wp|fugu}}'', "pufferfish") with「万年」(''mannen'', "{{wp|ten thousand years}}"), potentially in reference to [[Porcupo#Naming|Porcupo]]; officially romanized as "Fugumannen"
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|date=1991|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオワールド]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=4-09-104117-5|page=30}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|date=2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=56, 146, 181, 196, 211, 227}}</ref>
|ChiS=尖刺河豚
|ChiSR=Jiāncì Hétún
|ChiSM=Sharp Spike Puffer
|ChiSC=<ref name=maker2>{{cite|author=Enemies|date=2019|title=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' by [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development|Nintendo EPD]]|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|ChiS2=刺河豚
|ChiS2R=Cì Hétún
|ChiS2M=Spiny Pufferfish
|ChiS2N=prior to ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''
|ChiS2C=<ref>In-game name from the ending of the [[iQue]] version of ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''. {{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170227153847/http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606|archivedate=28 Aug. 2013|archiver=Baidu Teiba by 无敌阿尔宙斯}}</ref>
|ChiT=尖刺河豚
|ChiTR=Jiāncì Hétún
|ChiTM=Sharp Spike Puffer
|ChiTC=<ref name=maker2/>
|Dut=Porcupuffer
|DutM=-
|DutC=<ref name=maker2/>
|FreA=Héripouff
|FreAM=From ''hérisson'' ("hedgehog") and the onomatopoeia ''pouf''
|FreAC=<ref name=maker2/>
|FreE=Porc Kipik
|FreEM=From ''porc-épic'' ("porcupine") and a distorsion of the phrase ''qui pique'' ("that stings")
|FreEC=<ref>In-game name from the ending of ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' (French). {{cite|archive=youtu.be/Lmy4zgv8shc?si=A3q05NQlCi7B4yoD|archivedate=19 Nov. 2010|archiver=YouTube by Diddy64wii}}</ref>
|Ger=Stachelfisch
|GerM=Spike Fish
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|date=1993|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=19}}</ref><ref>In-game name from the ending of ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' (German). {{cite|archive=youtu.be/-t7n4sgysZs?si=89e6fWg3L7_LWS87|archivedate=15 Oct. 2011|archiver=YouTube by Spendem}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Pass aber auf, dass dich auf deinem Weg zur Ranke nicht der Stachelfisch erwischt!|author=New Super Mario Bros. U Kanal|date=24 Jan. 2013|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Kandis-Minen-2 - Dritte Sternenmünze (Wii U)|language=de|publisher=YouTube|url=youtu.be/g5MS1YMf7A4?si=CM-asWYBGyQrQQ9I}}</ref>
|Ita=Pescespino
|ItaM=Spike-fish
|ItaC=<ref name=maker2/>
|Ita2=Porcu-Puffer
|Ita2M=-
|Ita2N=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=[[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii trading cards|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' - Album ufficiale]]|page=13}}</ref>
|Ita3=Pesce Spino
|Ita3M=Spike Fish
|Ita3N=''New Super Mario Bros. U''
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|author=Canale New Super Mario Bros. U|date=24 Jan. 2013|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Miniere di caramella 2 - Terza Moneta Stella (Wii U)|language=it|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2 Dec. 2024|url=youtu.be/Y22vHhuFjuo}}</ref>
|Ita4=Pesce spino
|Ita4C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|translator=Marco Amerighi|language=it|location=Milan|publisher=Magazzini Salani|isbn=889367436X|page=56}}</ref>
|Ita4M=^
|Ita4N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia'' (''Super Mario World'' enemy list)
|Kor=불뚝복어
|KorR=Bulttuk Bogeo
|KorM=Soaring Pufferfish
|KorC=<ref name=maker2/>
|Por=Balão Cheep
|PorM=From "Cheep Cheep" and ''peixe-balão'' ("pufferfish")
|PorC=<ref>{{cite|author=Canal New Super Mario Bros. U|date=23 Jan. 2013|title=New Super Mario Bros. U - Minas Rebuçado-2 - Terceira Moeda-Estrela (Wii U)|language=pt-pt|publisher=YouTube|url=youtu.be/-jJwhlOIXeg?si=eUIIJEzH9pwNZdXd}}</ref>
|Rus=Иглорыба-толстяк
|RusR=Igloryba-tolstyak
|RusM=Portmanteau of ''игла'' ("needle") and ''рыба'' ("fish") and from ''толстяк'' ("fatty", "fatso")
|RusC=<ref name=maker2/>
|SpaA=Cheep globo
|SpaAM=Balloon Cheep; derived from ''pez globo'' ("pufferfish")
|SpaAC=<ref name=maker2/>
|SpaE=Porcupuffer
|SpaEM=-
|SpaEC=<ref name=maker2/>
|SpaE2=Porcu-Puffer
|SpaE2M=-
|SpaE2N=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U''
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===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''===
==References==
A similar species called [[Puffer-Cheep]]s appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''.
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Latest revision as of 09:05, June 17, 2025

This article is about the spiked fish from Super Mario World. For the boss in Mario Pinball Land, see Porcupuffer (boss).
Porcupuffer
Artwork of a Porcupuffer from New Super Mario Bros. U
Artwork from New Super Mario Bros. U
First appearance Super Mario World (1990)
Latest appearance Mario Kart World (2025)
Variant of Big Cheep Cheep
Spiny Cheep Cheep
Variants
Relatives
Comparable

Porcupuffers (alternatively Porcu-Puffers) are enemies introduced in Super Mario World. They resemble gigantic indigo Cheep Cheeps, with magenta lips and indigo, cyan, and yellow spikes all over their back. Their faces are nearly identical to those of Boss Basses and Cheep Chomps. Their name is a portmanteau of "porcupine"/"porcupinefish" and "pufferfish;" this combined with the Japanese name also suggests an intentional reference to Porcupo.

Other fish enemies have erroneously been referred as Porcupuffers in official English material. Cheep Chomp is incorrectly referred to as one in the New Super Mario Bros. Wii Prima guide,[1] despite the correct name being used when describing Cheep Cheeps,[2] while the lone Spiny Cheep Cheep of Super Mario Galaxy 2 is mislabeled as a Porcupuffer in that game's Prima guide.[3]

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Artwork of a Porcu-Puffer
A Porcu-Puffer, as originally depicted in Super Mario World, besides having yellow lips, inconsistent with its game sprite

Porcu-Puffers are enemies in Super Mario World. They appear in three levels: Vanilla Secret 3, a secret area in the Cookie Mountain level, and a hidden area within Chocolate Island 1. Porcu-Puffers swim at the water surface, going in the direction of the player character.[4] Jumping on a Porcu-Puffer inflicts damage, but not if done with Yoshi.[5] Porcu-Puffers are vulnerable to fireballs and Cape swipes.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Porcupuffers return in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are obstacles for World 4 and appear in two levels proper, World 6-5 and later in World 9-2. Porcupuffers swim near the surface to pursue the player characters and leap from the water to attack. They can defeated from either a fireball,[6] Star, or Koopa Shell.[7] A defeated Porcupuffer respawns a while later.[8] A Porcupuffer can be frozen by an Ice Ball, though it breaks free almost immediately after.[9]

Super Mario 3D Land

The Porcupuffers in Super Mario 3D Land are depicted similarly as in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and behave like in said game, even with a three-dimensional perspective being added. The Porcupuffers in World 6-1 behave differently because they jump out of the water and destroy fragile bridge segments upon crashing into them.[10][11]

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Porcupuffers are enemies in New Super Mario Bros. 2. They are encountered in World Flower-2 and World Star-4, as well as stage one of the Impossible Pack. Porcupuffers function like they do in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, though they do swim in poison in their first level appearance.[12]

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Porcupuffers return in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their port, once again working like they did before. Porcupuffers appear only in Porcupuffer Falls in New Super Mario Bros. U and Porcupuffer Cavern in New Super Luigi U. Their artworkMedia:NSMBU Porcupuffer Artwork.png depicts them having slightly transparent fins.

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Porcupuffer in Pipeline Lagoon
Porcupuffer in Super Mario 3D World

The Porcupuffers in Super Mario 3D World and its port are based on their appearance in Super Mario 3D Land. They appear only in Pipeline Lagoon.

Super Mario Maker 2

Porcupuffers are placeable exclusively within the Super Mario 3D World style of Super Mario Maker 2, despite appearing in Super Mario World. Porcupuffers act differently than before, now pursuing the player character actively to try and eat them.[13] If they have wings, Porcupuffer hover slightly at the peak of their jump. A Porcupuffer can be defeated only by hitting it with four fireballs, causing it to explode;[14] after the first fireball, it darkens and puffs up slightly,[14] and each following fireball makes Porcupuffer more red and swollen.[14] Unlike previous appearances, defeating a Porcupuffer does not replace it with another. It is possible to place a Porcupuffer in lava, but this makes them catch fire and therefore become unaffected by fireballs.

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Porcupuffers are obstacles encountered during the second stretch of the Dream Rafting event of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.[15] Porcupuffers can be defeated when all player characters Ground Pound the raft at the same time.[16] Porcupuffers are amongst the species in the Highway Tally minigame of London Party.[17]

Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

Porcupuffer from Mario Kart Arcade GP DX.
Icon of a Porcupuffer from Mario Kart Arcade GP DX

Porcupuffers are placeable items in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX. A Porcupuffer pops the tires of any racer on contact. There is a variation item named Triple Porcupuffers, which comes with three Porcupuffers.

Minecraft

In Minecraft, the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack replaces the skins of the Elder Guardians to skins of Porcupuffers, as well as replacing Pufferfish.

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Four Porcupuffers appear in the form of fountain statues in Gallery mode of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

Super Mario Party

A Porcupuffer can appear along with a Blooper and a Cheep Cheep in the minigame Rattle and Hmmm in Super Mario Party.[18] There is also a Porcupuffer in the background of the Mushroom Beach in Challenge Road.[19]

Dr. Mario World

Porcupuffers are assistants in Dr. Mario World. In stage mode, their effect can only be activated in timed stages, as it increases the timer by 3 seconds, where the chance of it happening is 50% at the first level and 100% at the maximum level (10% and 50% respectively prior to version 2.3.0). In versus mode, their effect has a chance to change the color of the viruses to be of the same color after the opponent attack each time, which excludes attacks caused by clearing all viruses on their side.

Profiles and statistics

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

フグマンネン (JP) / Porcupuffer (EN)
A Porcupuffer from Super Mario World.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく アクアぞく Tribe Aqua clan
性格せいかく 凶暴きょうぼう Disposition Ferocious
登場とうじょうゲーム ワールド Game appearances World
トゲをもった巨大きょだいフグ

トゲをもった巨大きょだいフグ。およぐスピードもはや攻撃的こうげきてきだ。マリオをつけるとしつこくいかけまわすイヤなやつ。ファイアかマントでたおすか、水面すいめんおおきくジャンプして、げよう。[20]

Giant pufferfish with spines

A giant pufferfish with spines. It swims fast and is aggressive. When it finds Mario, it chases after him. Use fire or a Cape to defeat it, or jump to the surface to get away.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

  • Trading card description: "These spiky guys mean business and are killer enemies! They usually hover near the surface ready to pursue you, but they have also been known to leap up high for a surprise attack. A freeze attack will stun them, but beware—they don't stay frozen for long."

Card Number: 38 (Normal), F20 (Silver)

Dr. Mario World

  • Stage mode: "Grants 50%/60%/70%/80%/100% chance of extra seconds (3) in timed stages."
  • Stage mode (Prior to version 2.3.0): "Grants 10%/20%/30%/40%/50% chance of extra seconds (3) in timed stages."
  • Versus mode: "If opponent attacks, grants 30%/35%/40%/45%/50% chance received virus will be matching-color."

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Porcupuffer.

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, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese フグマンネン[21][22]
Fugumannen
「フグ」(fugu, "pufferfish") with「万年」(mannen, "ten thousand years"), potentially in reference to Porcupo; officially romanized as "Fugumannen"
Chinese (simplified) 尖刺河豚[23]
Jiāncì Hétún
Sharp Spike Puffer
刺河豚[24]
Cì Hétún
Spiny Pufferfish prior to New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Chinese (traditional) 尖刺河豚[23]
Jiāncì Hétún
Sharp Spike Puffer
Dutch Porcupuffer[23] -
French (NOA) Héripouff[23] From hérisson ("hedgehog") and the onomatopoeia pouf
French (NOE) Porc Kipik[25] From porc-épic ("porcupine") and a distorsion of the phrase qui pique ("that stings")
German Stachelfisch[26][27][28] Spike Fish
Italian Pescespino[23] Spike-fish
Porcu-Puffer[29] - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Pesce Spino[30] Spike Fish New Super Mario Bros. U
Pesce spino[31] Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia (Super Mario World enemy list)
Korean 불뚝복어[23]
Bulttuk Bogeo
Soaring Pufferfish
Portuguese Balão Cheep[32] From "Cheep Cheep" and peixe-balão ("pufferfish")
Russian Иглорыба-толстяк[23]
Igloryba-tolstyak
Portmanteau of игла ("needle") and рыба ("fish") and from толстяк ("fatty", "fatso")
Spanish (NOA) Cheep globo[23] Balloon Cheep; derived from pez globo ("pufferfish")
Spanish (NOE) Porcupuffer[23] -
Porcu-Puffer[33][34] Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, New Super Mario Bros. U

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  2. ^ Bueno, Fernando (November 15, 2009). New Super Mario Bros. Wii PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46592-4. Page 14.
  3. ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2 PRIMA Official Game Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46907-6. Page 28 and 90.
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  29. ^ New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Album ufficiale. Page 13.
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  32. ^ Canal New Super Mario Bros. U (23 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Minas Rebuçado-2 - Terceira Moeda-Estrela (Wii U). YouTube (European Portuguese).
  33. ^ In-game name from the ending of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (European Spanish). (Archived 12 Sept. 2021 via YouTube by El Tiempo Es Ahora.)
  34. ^ "Un consejo: no pierdas de vista al Porcu-Puffer para no llevarte una sorpresa desagradable." – Canal New Super Mario Bros. U (23 Jan. 2013). New Super Mario Bros. U - Minas Almendradas-2 - Tercera moneda estrella (Wii U). YouTube (European Spanish).