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[[Image:Snooze-A-Koopa.jpg|thumb|right|A '''Snooze-A-Koopa'''.]]
{{species infobox
'''Snooze-A-Koopas''' (also known ''Snooza Koopas'') are bizarre-looking [[Koopa]]s encountered by [[Mario]] in the game ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Snooze-A-Koopas, unlike their relatives, have flippers instead of hands or feet and walk on all fours. They are also quite large and have a shell with a [[Yoshi Egg]]-like pattern on it. True to their name, Snooze-A-Koopas are mostly found asleep. Mario can wake Snooze-A-Koopas with a blast from [[FLUDD]]. When awake, they will attempt to jump on Mario. If they miss & land in the sand, they will become vulnerable to a [[Ground Pound]].
|image=[[File:SMS Snooza Koopa Artwork.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Koopa Troopa]]
}}
{{quote|These eggs are trying to eat us from below the surface! Now, our little friends are few in numbers...|Sunflower Kid|Super Mario Sunshine}}
'''Snooza Koopas''',<ref name=Prima>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|page=20|date=September 3, 2002|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1}}</ref> also known as '''Tamanokos''',<ref name=Prima/><ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide|page=69|language=en-us|date=August 12, 2002|publisher=Versus Books|isbn=1-931886-09-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide|page=6|publisher=BradyGAMES|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Snooza Koopas are large [[Koopa Troopa]]s that wear shells with a [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi egg]]-like pattern on them, and they have flippers instead of hands or feet and walk on all fours in the manner of {{wp|sea turtle}}s. Snooza Koopas are mostly found asleep, true to their name, but [[Mario]] can wake them by spraying [[water]] at them from [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]. When awake, Snooza Koopas attempt to jump on Mario by turning upside down and slamming their shell on him, but if they miss and land in the sand, they become vulnerable to a [[Ground Pound]]. Snooza Koopas appear only in [[The Wilted Sunflowers|Episode 4]] of [[Pinna Park]], where a large gang of Snooza Koopas is nibbling on the roots of [[Sunflower Kid]]s, requiring Mario to save them. After Mario finishes this episode, [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] are available to use. The Snooza Koopas are suggested to be the cause of the Yoshis fleeing the island, as the [[Great Sunflower]] tells Mario that the Yoshis might return to the island once every Snooza Koopa is defeated. Even after Mario does so, a [[Noki]] in [[The Yoshi-Go-Round's Secret|Episode 6]] erroneously tells him that the Yoshis are gone.


[[Image:snooza.jpeg|thumb|left|150px|Mario does a Ground Pound on a flipped Snooze-A-Koopa.]]
The name "Snooza" is one of the names to appear on the [[Shifting Sands]] leaderboard when the player plays a Star Tournament in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''.
Mario's first and only encounter with Snooze-A-Koopas is in the fourth episode of [[Pinna Park]], where he must save several [[sunflower]]s who are wilting due to a large gang of Snooze-A-Koopas nibbling on their roots.


[[Image:awake.jpeg|thumb|right|150px|A Snooze-A-Koopa after being awoken.]]
==Gallery==
They also are the reason [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s left Isle Delfino, for the Snooze-A-Koopas have shells that resemble [[Yoshi Egg]]s.
<gallery>
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SMS Asset Model Snooza Koopa.png|Model from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
{{SMSS}}
SnoozeAKoopaSMS.png|Mario about to ground-pound on a flipped Snooza Koopa in ''Super Mario Sunshine''
{{Koopas}}
The Wilted Sunflowers.png|Mario squishing a Snooza Koopa in ''Super Mario Sunshine''
</gallery>


[[Category: Sub-Species]]
==Additional names==
[[Category: Koopas]]
===Internal names===
[[Category: Enemies]]
{{internal names
[[Category: Super Mario Sunshine]]
|game1=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|file1=<tt>tamanoko</tt><ref>''Super Mario Sunshine'', internal filename <tt>root/data/scene/pinnaBeach2.szs/scene/tamanoko</tt></ref>
|name1=Tamanoko
|meaning1=Portmanteau of「卵」(''tamago'', "egg") and「ノコノコ」(''Nokonoko'', "[[Koopa Troopa#Names in other languages|Koopa Troopa]]")
}}
 
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=タマゴノコノコ<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=October 10, 2002|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/cR55rqr.jpg 18]|isbn=4-09-106064-1}}</ref>
|JapR=Tamago Nokonoko
|JapM=Egg Koopa Troopa
|Fre=Koopa dormeur<ref>{{cite|date=July 4, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|publisher=Soleil Productions|language=fr|isbn=2302070046|page=99}}</ref>
|FreM=Sleeping Koopa
|Ger=Ei-Koopa
|GerM=Egg Koopa
|Ita=Koopa Addormentato<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, et al.|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Italian PRIMA Guide|page=96|language=it|publisher=You Too Videogames srl|date=2002|isbn=88-900922-1-1|url=drive.google.com/file/d/1rUoKMl3eOmB--MrQZqNMxAwoAiitfeuF/view}}</ref>
|Ita2=Koopazzz<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=99}}</ref>
|ItaM=Sleeping Koopa
|Ita2M=A mixture between "Koopa" and "ZZZ" (the sleeping sound made by comic/cartoon characters)
}}
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 14:24, August 17, 2024

Snooza Koopa
Snooza Koopa
Artwork from Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Koopa Troopa
“These eggs are trying to eat us from below the surface! Now, our little friends are few in numbers...”
Sunflower Kid, Super Mario Sunshine

Snooza Koopas,[1] also known as Tamanokos,[1][2][3] are enemies in Super Mario Sunshine. Snooza Koopas are large Koopa Troopas that wear shells with a Yoshi egg-like pattern on them, and they have flippers instead of hands or feet and walk on all fours in the manner of sea turtles. Snooza Koopas are mostly found asleep, true to their name, but Mario can wake them by spraying water at them from FLUDD. When awake, Snooza Koopas attempt to jump on Mario by turning upside down and slamming their shell on him, but if they miss and land in the sand, they become vulnerable to a Ground Pound. Snooza Koopas appear only in Episode 4 of Pinna Park, where a large gang of Snooza Koopas is nibbling on the roots of Sunflower Kids, requiring Mario to save them. After Mario finishes this episode, Yoshis are available to use. The Snooza Koopas are suggested to be the cause of the Yoshis fleeing the island, as the Great Sunflower tells Mario that the Yoshis might return to the island once every Snooza Koopa is defeated. Even after Mario does so, a Noki in Episode 6 erroneously tells him that the Yoshis are gone.

The name "Snooza" is one of the names to appear on the Shifting Sands leaderboard when the player plays a Star Tournament in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Sunshine tamanoko[4] Tamanoko Portmanteau of「卵」(tamago, "egg") and「ノコノコ」(Nokonoko, "Koopa Troopa")

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese タマゴノコノコ[5]
Tamago Nokonoko
Egg Koopa Troopa
French Koopa dormeur[6] Sleeping Koopa
German Ei-Koopa[?] Egg Koopa
Italian Koopa Addormentato[7] Sleeping Koopa
Koopazzz[8] A mixture between "Koopa" and "ZZZ" (the sleeping sound made by comic/cartoon characters)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton (September 3, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3961-1. Page 20.
  2. ^ Loe, Casey (August 12, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). ISBN 1-931886-09-1. Page 69.
  3. ^ Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide. BradyGAMES (American English). ISBN 0-7440-0180-3. Page 6.
  4. ^ Super Mario Sunshine, internal filename root/data/scene/pinnaBeach2.szs/scene/tamanoko
  5. ^ October 10, 2002. 「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106064-1. Page 18.
  6. ^ July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 99.
  7. ^ Hodgson, David S J, et al. (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Italian PRIMA Guide. You Too Videogames srl (Italian). ISBN 88-900922-1-1. Page 96.
  8. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 99.