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|image=[[File:Tryclydeadvance.jpg|100px]]
|image=[[File:SMA Tryclyde Artwork.jpg|120px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Advance''
|species=[[Snake]]
|species=[[Cobrat]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])<br>(''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'')
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2024]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]] ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Charles Martinet]]<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20041214201633/http://archive.gamespy.com/interviews/august02/mario/index2.shtml|title=The Voice of Mario|publisher=GameSpy|language=en|accessdate=January 6, 2024}}</ref> ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
}}
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{{quote2|Step right up, if you're ready to get toasted!|Tryclyde|[[Super Mario Advance]]}}
{{quote|Step right up... if you're ready to get... toasted!|Tryclyde|[[Super Mario Advance]]}}
'''Tryclyde''', also known as '''Triclyde''',<ref>End credits of the original and All-Stars versions of SMB2</ref> is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of [[Subcon]], the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical [[Wikipedia:Lernaean Hydra|Lernaean Hydra]], a giant, multi-headed serpent.
'''Tryclyde''', also known as '''Triclyde''', is a [[List of bosses|boss]] introduced in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. He is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of [[Subcon]], the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical {{wp|Lernaean Hydra}}, a giant, multi-headed serpent.


==History==
==History==
[[File:TryclydeArt.jpg|100px|thumb]]
===Background===
===Background===
Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by [[Wart]] due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".<ref name = TrikeOrigins>''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, page 27.</ref>
Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by [[Wart]] due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".<ref name=SMB2>{{cite|date=1988|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=27}}</ref>


===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', Tryclyde acts as the guardian of [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2]] and [[World 6 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]]. Upon sighting the player, he shoots [[fireball]]s at them. In order to injure Tryclyde, the player needs to throw three [[Mushroom Block]]s at him, which are resistant to Tryclyde's fire breath. After being hit by three Mushroom Blocks, Tryclyde is defeated. In this incarnation, he is red with black stripes or wrinkles. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit.
[[File:SMB2 Tryclyde.png|thumb|x200px|Tryclyde's original appearance from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']]
Tryclyde is a boss in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. He is red with black stripes or wrinkles. His color changes in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' remakes. In both reissues, Tryclyde is recolored turquoise and orange, yet official artwork still depicts him the usual red. Most artwork in relation to ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' shows Tryclyde with visible bottom fangs, yet in-game, the upper fangs are visible instead. He is also depicted in artwork with plain smooth skin rather than stripes. There are some unused sprites in ''Super Mario Advance'' of [[Cobrat]] with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like [[Fryguy]] and [[Clawgrip]] and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|language=en|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario Advance#Unused Enemies|''Super Mario Advance'' § Unused Enemies]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>


While Tryclyde reprises his role in the version of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', he is only the boss of World 2 in the ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' port, having been replaced by [[Mouser]] as boss of World 6. His color changes in the remakes; in ''Super Mario All-Stars'', he is turquoise and orange, and a lighter shade of turquoise in ''Super Mario Advance''. He was voiced by Charles Martinet in the latter game, owing to the addition of voice acting to the characters. Upon defeat in ''Super Mario Advance'', Tryclyde can be heard shouting, "Impossible!"
In gameplay, Tryclyde is the guardian of both [[World 2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2]] and [[World 6 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6]]. He shoots [[fireball]]s at the player character on sight. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit. Tryclyde can take damage from a [[Mushroom Block]] being thrown at it. After three hits, Tryclyde is defeated. In ''Super Mario Advance'', Tryclyde is fought only once, with his rematch in World 6 having been replaced by [[Mouser]]'s own (originally from [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 3]]); in said version, Tryclyde shouts "Impossible!" when defeated.


====''BS Super Mario USA''====
====''BS Super Mario USA''====
[[File:Tryclyde BS SuperMario.png|left|thumb]]
Tryclyde returned as a boss in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', and was fought similarly as in his battle from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. Tryclyde's mugshot depicts him having a green coloration, slightly closer to his in-game sprite reused from ''Super Mario All-Stars'', but is colored red in cutscenes that he appears in.
Tryclyde returns with the other bosses from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' in ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]''. Like in the first game, Tryclyde serves as a mini-boss, and is fought in a similar way as in his battle from ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.
 
Tryclyde appears to have a lime green coloration in this game.


===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
===''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''===
[[File:ZooKeeper.png|thumb|left|Zookeeper coloring page.]]
[[File:ZooKeeper.png|thumb|left|Tryclyde on the left side of the Zookeeper coloring page]]
In the coloring book game, ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]'', the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. The description for the job is as follows:
In the coloring book game ''[[Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up]]'', the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. He is mentioned in the job description.<ref>{{cite|quote=Mario the zoo keeper thinks he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit.|author=Zoo Keeper description|title=''Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up''}}</ref>
 
:''Mario the zoo keeper think's he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit.''
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===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
[[File:CartoonTryclyde.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Tryclyde in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'']]
[[File:CartoonTryclyde.jpg|thumb|200px|Tryclyde in the episode "[[Raiders of the Lost Mushroom]]" in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'']]
Tryclyde (voiced by [[Harvey Atkin]]) is featured in several episodes of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. Instead of working for Wart, he works for [[Bowser|King Koopa]] as a member of his [[Koopa Troop|Koopa Pack]], often appearing to help him, [[Mouser]] and [[Koopa Troopa]] in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], who was usually able to defeat him. In "[[The Great Gladiator Gig]]", Tryclyde assumes the alter-ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's [[King Koopa's alter egos#Emperor Augustus Septemberus Octoberus Koopa|Roman motif]], and in "[[Koopa Klaus]]", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's [[King Koopa's alter egos#Koopa Klaus (alter ego)|Santa Claus motif]].
{{quote|Three heads are better than one!|Tryclyde|"[[The Adventures of Sherlock Mario]]"}}
Tryclyde (voiced by [[Harvey Atkin]]) is featured in several episodes of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. He is shown to have a pale yellow belly as opposed to white. Instead of working for Wart, he works for [[Bowser|King Koopa]] as a member of his [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Pack]], often appearing to help him, [[Mouser]] and [[Koopa Troopa]] in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], who was usually able to defeat him. In "[[The Great Gladiator Gig]]", Tryclyde assumes the alter ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's [[King Koopa's alter egos#Emperor Augustus Septemberus Octoberus Koopa|Roman motif]], and in "[[Koopa Klaus]]", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's Santa Claus motif [[King Koopa's alter egos#Koopa Klaus|of the same name]].
 
In the series' writer's bible, it mentions that there are more than one Tryclyde.<ref>{{cite|language=en|url=www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/super-mario-bros-show-ad-promo-mario-1999518618|title=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' writer's bible|publisher=worthpoint.com|accessdate=October 5, 2020}}</ref>


===Nintendo Comics System===
===''Nintendo Comics System''===
Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of [[Nintendo Comics System]], one of the comics' ''[[Dear Princess Toadstool]]'' features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're".
Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]'', one of the comics' ''[[Dear Princess Toadstool]]'' features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're."


===Nintendo Adventure Books===
===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
In one of [[Game Over|the bad endings]] of ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', [[Ludwig von Koopa]] plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears, and drags them off to his lair.
In one of the [[Game Over|bad ending]]s of ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', [[Ludwig|Ludwig von Koopa]] plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears and drags them off to his lair.


===''Super Mario-Kun''===
===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Tryclyde SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left]]
[[File:Tryclyde SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left|Appearance in ''Super Mario-kun'']]
Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities, and one even wears a pair of glasses. The two smaller heads are seen bickering while annoying the middle head. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and [[Yoshi]] encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a [[Frog Suit]]. He gives Mario a [[Magic Potion]]. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.
Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities: the middle one is big and a bully to the other heads, the left one is smart, and the right one is dumb. The three heads always bicker with each other, causing one of them to bite the other. When this happens, the middle head (having the pain receptors) always hurts itself. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and [[Yoshi]] encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a [[Frog Suit]]. He gives Mario a [[Magical Potion]]. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.


Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.
Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=He was once an outsider, but now he is one of Wart's helpers since he impressed Wart with his cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength.<ref name=SMB2/>
|Ger=Früher war er mal ein Außenseiter, doch jetzt ist er einer von Wart's Helfern, den er mit seiner Verschlagenheit und Angriffslust beeindruckt hat. Seine Angriffstärke ist dreimal so stark wie normal.<ref name="smb2de">{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Spielanleitung|page=28|date=1990|url=archive.org/details/super-mario-bros-2-nes-spielanleitung/page/n13/mode/2up|publisher=Nintendo|language=de}}</ref>}}
===''Super Mario Advance''===
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|EngE=Once an outsider, Tryclyde was enlisted by Wart because of his evil planning and triple-strength attack.<ref>{{cite|date=2001|language=en-gb|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=12|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Fre=Tryclyde a été enrôlé par Wart pour son intelligence maléfique et son attaque triple force.<ref name="smafr">{{cite|date=2001|language=fr|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=52|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ger=Der einstige Außenseiter ist nun einer von Warts Helfershelfern. Seine Verschiagenheit und Dreifach-Attacke gefielen Wart.<ref name="smade">{{cite|date=2001|language=de|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=32|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita=Abbandonato il suo ruolo di emarginato, il trezucche è ora uno scagnozzo di Wart per il quale sferra i suoi malefici attacchi.<ref name="smait">{{cite|date=2001|language=it|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=112|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Spa=Tryclyde, que en su tiempo fue un intruso, fue reluctado por Wart debido a su malvada astucia y su poderoso ataque.<ref name="smaes">{{cite|date=2001|language=es-es|url=cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/games_8/emanuals/game_boy_advance_8/Manual_GameBoyAdvance_SuperMarioAdvance_EN_DE_FR_ES_IT.pdf|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=92|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
}}
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ガプチョ (JP) / Tryclyde (EN)
|shuzoku=ビースト族
|seikaku=荒々しい
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>ガラゲーロたちのボスかな</big>'''<br>
火を吹く3つ首ヘビ。USAのワールド2の中ボスとして登場する。どちらもキノコブロックで壁を作り、あまったブロックを3回当てれば倒せる。<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://imgur.com/a/UvABP 54]|isbn=4-09-259067-9}}</ref>
|tribe=Beast clan
|disposition=Gruff
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Maybe the boss of the Cobrats</big>'''''<br>
''A fire-breathing three-necked snake that appears as a mid-boss in World 2 of USA. You can defeat both snakes by building a wall with Mushroom Blocks and hitting them with the spare blocks three times.''
}}
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
TriclydeFDS.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''/''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
TriclydeFDS.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
Tryclyde-SMB2-NES.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
DokiTriclyde.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
World 6-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2).png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
Tryclyde SMB2 NES sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Tryclyde-SMAS.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SMUSA Tryclyde.png|''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet
World2-3SMB2.png|''Super Mario All-Stars''
FC40 SMB2 Tryclyde.png|''Super Mario Bros. USA'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
Tryclyde-SMA.png|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
Tryclydius.jpg|"[[The Great Gladiator Gig]]"
BicycleTryclyde.jpg|"[[The Great BMX Race]]"
BritGuardTryclyde.jpg|"[[The Adventures of Sherlock Mario]]"
PriestTryclyde.jpg|"[[Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...?]]"
JawsTryclyde.jpg|"[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]"
ReindeerTryclyde.jpg|"[[Koopa Klaus]]"
CriminalTryclyde.jpg|"[[The Unzappables]]"
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ガブチョ<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 36.</ref>
|Jap=ガブチョ
|JapN=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
|JapR=Gabucho
|JapR=Gabucho
|JapM=From ''gaburi'', biting sound.
|JapM=Possibly from「ガラゲーロ」(''Garagēro'', "[[Cobrat#Names in other languages|Cobrat]]") and「{{ruby|部長|ブチョウ}}」(''buchō'', "chief"); may involve「ガブッと」(''gabutto'', onomatopoeia for chomping)
|Fra=Tryclyde
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=36|date=1987|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|FraM=-
|Jap2=ガプチョ
|Ita=Trezucche<br>Tritesta
|Jap2N=''Super Mario USA''
|ItaM=Threeheads (''zucca'', pumpkin, is figuratively used for head)<br>Threeheads
|Jap2R=Gapucho
|Chi=三头蛇<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>
|Jap2M=An alternate reading of「ガブチョ」(''Gabucho'')
|ChiR=Sān-Tóu Shé
|Jap2C=<ref name=SMUSA>{{cite|date=1992|language=ja|format=PDF|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf|title=''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet|page=30|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=November 17, 2022}}</ref>
|ChiM=Three-Headed Snake
|Jap3=トライクライド
|Jap3N=''Super Mario USA''
|Jap3R=Toraikuraido
|Jap3M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jap3C=<ref name=SMUSA/>
|ChiS=三头蛇
|ChiSR=Sān-Tóu Shé
|ChiSM=Three-Headed Snake
|ChisC=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|language=zh-hans|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|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=August 8, 2024}}</ref>
|Dut=Tryclyde
|DutC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo Classic''|language=nl|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|date=1990|page=35|quote=Tryclyde, de heerser van Wereld 2-3, is een lastig heerschap.}}</ref>
|Fre=Tryclyde
|FreC=<ref name="smafr"/>
|Ger=Tryclyde
|GerC=<ref name="smb2de"/>
|Ger2=Triclyde
|Ger2C=<ref name="smade"/>
|Ita=Tryclyde
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|language=it|publisher=Nintendo|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' manual|page=27}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[NES Remix 2]]''|author=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' level 7-2|quote=Sconfiggi Tryclyde!}}</ref>
|Ita2=Triciclo
|Ita2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
|Ita2M=Trike/Tricycle
|Ita2C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fp3u9OkpUE&list=PLzdGkSFOQCDiMpQsKDlJs56dBhm4TBcoq&index=4 Super Mario - Attila Natale]</ref>
|Ita3=Tritesta
|Ita3M=Three-heads
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' manual|page=38|date=2010|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita4=Trezucche
|Ita4M=Three-heads, lit. "three-pumpkins"; ''zucca'' ("pumpkin") is figuratively used for "head"
|Ita4C=<ref name="smait"/>
|Kor=삼두사
|KorR=Samdusa
|KorM=Three-Headed Snake
|Spa=Tryclyde
|SpaC=<ref name="smaes"/>
|Swe=Tryclyde
|SweC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfv37XTnn6I&list=PLxFcguXyn2Gq_SVmc3CbdYhMEduSfFfox&index=29 Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 29 - Swedish]</ref>
}}
}}
==Trivia==
*Official artwork only shows visible bottom teeth, yet in the game he has sharp, prominent upper teeth. He is also depicted with plain smooth skin rather than stripes.
*There are some unused sprites in ''Super Mario Advance'' of [[Cobrat]] with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like [[Fryguy]] and [[Clawgrip]] and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.<ref name="Super Mario Advance- The Cutting Room Floor">[http://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Advance#Unused_Enemies] (accessed October 25, 2013)</ref>
*In the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' ports of the game, Tryclyde was recolored turquoise in the game, yet official artworks still depict him in red like the original NES version.


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Latest revision as of 08:45, November 14, 2024

Tryclyde
Tryclyde
Artwork from Super Mario Advance
Species Cobrat
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)
Latest portrayal Charles Martinet[1] (2001)
“Step right up... if you're ready to get... toasted!”
Tryclyde, Super Mario Advance

Tryclyde, also known as Triclyde, is a boss introduced in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. He is a large, three-headed snake capable of breathing balls of fire. He is also an inhabitant of Subcon, the land of dreams. His design is based on the mythical Lernaean Hydra, a giant, multi-headed serpent.

History[edit]

Background[edit]

Not much of Tryclyde's past is revealed, though it is mentioned that he was originally an outcast; he was recruited by Wart due to his "cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength".[2]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Tryclyde from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Tryclyde's original appearance from Super Mario Bros. 2

Tryclyde is a boss in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. He is red with black stripes or wrinkles. His color changes in the Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance remakes. In both reissues, Tryclyde is recolored turquoise and orange, yet official artwork still depicts him the usual red. Most artwork in relation to Super Mario Bros. 2 shows Tryclyde with visible bottom fangs, yet in-game, the upper fangs are visible instead. He is also depicted in artwork with plain smooth skin rather than stripes. There are some unused sprites in Super Mario Advance of Cobrat with Tryclyde's palette. Presumably, if they were used, he would act like Fryguy and Clawgrip and start out as a regular enemy type before undergoing a transformation.[3]

In gameplay, Tryclyde is the guardian of both World 2 and World 6. He shoots fireballs at the player character on sight. Only the front two heads actually move and spit fire; the back one stays still and only reacts to getting hit. Tryclyde can take damage from a Mushroom Block being thrown at it. After three hits, Tryclyde is defeated. In Super Mario Advance, Tryclyde is fought only once, with his rematch in World 6 having been replaced by Mouser's own (originally from World 3); in said version, Tryclyde shouts "Impossible!" when defeated.

BS Super Mario USA[edit]

Tryclyde returned as a boss in BS Super Mario USA, and was fought similarly as in his battle from Super Mario Bros. 2. Tryclyde's mugshot depicts him having a green coloration, slightly closer to his in-game sprite reused from Super Mario All-Stars, but is colored red in cutscenes that he appears in.

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up[edit]

Mario as a zookeeper.
Tryclyde on the left side of the Zookeeper coloring page

In the coloring book game Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up, the coloring page for Zoo Keeper features Tryclyde in a cage. He is mentioned in the job description.[4]

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

“Three heads are better than one!”
Tryclyde, "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario"

Tryclyde (voiced by Harvey Atkin) is featured in several episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, which depict him as being quite powerful, though somewhat unintelligent. He is shown to have a pale yellow belly as opposed to white. Instead of working for Wart, he works for King Koopa as a member of his Koopa Pack, often appearing to help him, Mouser and Koopa Troopa in their plots. His middle head could talk, but he rarely did so. He most often battled Princess Toadstool, who was usually able to defeat him. In "The Great Gladiator Gig", Tryclyde assumes the alter ego of "Tryclydius" to fit with King Koopa's Roman motif, and in "Koopa Klaus", he assumes the moniker of "Randolph the Red-Nosed Tryclyde", going with King Koopa's Santa Claus motif of the same name.

In the series' writer's bible, it mentions that there are more than one Tryclyde.[5]

Nintendo Comics System[edit]

Though Tryclyde never made a direct appearance in any issues of Nintendo Comics System, one of the comics' Dear Princess Toadstool features had him writing to Princess Toadstool in a thinly veiled attempt to get a date with her. In the letter, Tryclyde refers to himself using words such as "we" and "we're."

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

In one of the bad endings of Pipe Down!, Ludwig von Koopa plays a mournful tune on a harmonica to summon Tryclyde to attack Mario and Luigi. Before the heroes can react, Tryclyde grabs them both by their rears and drags them off to his lair.

Super Mario-kun[edit]

Tryclyde. Page 34, volume 8 from Super Mario-kun.
Appearance in Super Mario-kun

Tryclyde appears in volume 8 of Super Mario-kun. Tryclyde's heads are given distinct personalities: the middle one is big and a bully to the other heads, the left one is smart, and the right one is dumb. The three heads always bicker with each other, causing one of them to bite the other. When this happens, the middle head (having the pain receptors) always hurts itself. This bickering eventually helps them be defeated. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi encounter Tryclyde in a pyramid. Tryclyde burns Mario and Yoshi, but Luigi has a Frog Suit. He gives Mario a Magical Potion. Tryclyde steals it from him, but drops it on Mario, enabling Mario to recover from a Mushroom. Mario then defeats Tryclyde by throwing Mushroom Blocks at him.

Tryclyde has appeared as part of Wart's ultimate form during the fight. He appears to be jutting from Wart's head.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      He was once an outsider, but now he is one of Wart's helpers since he impressed Wart with his cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength.[2]
    • Other languages:
      • German:
        Früher war er mal ein Außenseiter, doch jetzt ist er einer von Wart's Helfern, den er mit seiner Verschlagenheit und Angriffslust beeindruckt hat. Seine Angriffstärke ist dreimal so stark wie normal.[6]

Super Mario Advance[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English (British):
      Once an outsider, Tryclyde was enlisted by Wart because of his evil planning and triple-strength attack.[7]
    • Other languages:
      • French:
        Tryclyde a été enrôlé par Wart pour son intelligence maléfique et son attaque triple force.[8]
      • German:
        Der einstige Außenseiter ist nun einer von Warts Helfershelfern. Seine Verschiagenheit und Dreifach-Attacke gefielen Wart.[9]
      • Italian:
        Abbandonato il suo ruolo di emarginato, il trezucche è ora uno scagnozzo di Wart per il quale sferra i suoi malefici attacchi.[10]
      • Spanish:
        Tryclyde, que en su tiempo fue un intruso, fue reluctado por Wart debido a su malvada astucia y su poderoso ataque.[11]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ガプチョ (JP) / Tryclyde (EN)
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Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく ビースト族 Tribe Beast clan
性格せいかく 荒々しい Disposition Gruff
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
ガラゲーロたちのボスかな

火を吹く3つ首ヘビ。USAのワールド2の中ボスとして登場する。どちらもキノコブロックで壁を作り、あまったブロックを3回当てれば倒せる。[12]

Maybe the boss of the Cobrats

A fire-breathing three-necked snake that appears as a mid-boss in World 2 of USA. You can defeat both snakes by building a wall with Mushroom Blocks and hitting them with the spare blocks three times.

Gallery[edit]

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

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ガブチョ[13]
Gabucho
Possibly from「ガラゲーロ」(Garagēro, "Cobrat") and「部長ブチョウ」(buchō, "chief"); may involve「ガブッと」(gabutto, onomatopoeia for chomping) Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
ガプチョ[14]
Gapucho
An alternate reading of「ガブチョ」(Gabucho) Super Mario USA
トライクライド[14]
Toraikuraido
Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name Super Mario USA
Chinese (simplified) 三头蛇[?]
Sān-Tóu Shé
Three-Headed Snake
Dutch Tryclyde[16] -
French Tryclyde[8] -
German Tryclyde[6] -
Triclyde[9]
Italian Tryclyde[17][18] -
Triciclo[19] Trike/Tricycle The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Tritesta[20] Three-heads
Trezucche[10] Three-heads, lit. "three-pumpkins"; zucca ("pumpkin") is figuratively used for "head"
Korean 삼두사[?]
Samdusa
Three-Headed Snake
Spanish Tryclyde[11] -
Swedish Tryclyde[21] -

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Voice of Mario. GameSpy (English). Archived December 14, 2004, 20:16:33 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  2. ^ a b 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (English). Page 27.
  3. ^ TCRF. Super Mario Advance § Unused Enemies. The Cutting Room Floor (English). Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "Mario the zoo keeper thinks he's one lucky fellow. After all, not many zoos in the world have such unusual creatures as Birdo, Tryclyde and Pidgit." – Zoo Keeper description. Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up.
  5. ^ The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! writer's bible. worthpoint.com (English). Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  6. ^ a b 1990. Super Mario Bros. 2 Spielanleitung. Nintendo (German). Page 28.
  7. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12.
  8. ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (French). Page 52.
  9. ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 32.
  10. ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
  11. ^ a b 2001. Super Mario Advance instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo of Europe (European Spanish). Page 92.
  12. ^ November 20, 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 54.
  13. ^ 1987. Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 36.
  14. ^ a b 1992. Super Mario USA instruction booklet (PDF). Nintendo (Japanese). Page 30. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  15. ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. Reference: 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 8, 2024.
  16. ^ "Tryclyde, de heerser van Wereld 2-3, is een lastig heerschap." – 1990. Club Nintendo Classic. Nintendo of Europe GmbH (Dutch). Page 35.
  17. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 manual. Nintendo (Italian). Page 27.
  18. ^ "Sconfiggi Tryclyde!" – Super Mario Bros. 2 level 7-2. NES Remix 2.
  19. ^ Super Mario - Attila Natale
  20. ^ 2010. Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition manual. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 38.
  21. ^ Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 29 - Swedish