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|image=[[File:SMG2 Pokey Sprout Artwork.png|158px]]<br>A Pokey Head from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|image=[[File:SMG2 Pokey Sprout Artwork.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|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]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
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|comparable=[[Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Spiked Fun Guy (''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'')]]
|comparable=[[Spiked Fun Guy (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|Spiked Fun Guy (''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'')]]
}}
}}
'''Pokey Heads''',<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=29|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|date=May 23, 2010|isbn=978-0-307-46907-6}}</ref> also referred to as '''Sanbo Heads'''<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide|page=27|language=en-us|date=August 12, 2002|publisher=Versus Books|isbn=1931886091}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide|page=5|publisher=BradyGAMES|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref> or just '''Pokeys''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=Prima Games|page=17|date=September 3, 2002|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1}}</ref> are enemies appearing in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They are similar to a standard [[Pokey]], but include only the head, hence their name. They are not to be confused with ordinary Pokeys that have been reduced to merely a head, as those typically act the same as regular Pokeys.
'''Pokey Heads'''<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|location=Roseville|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|page=29|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|date=May 23, 2010|isbn=978-0-307-46907-6}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They are the head segments of [[Pokey]]s and are typically concealed underground with only their flowers exposed. When approached by the player character, Pokey Heads erupt from the ground and slowly pursue them. They are distinct from normal Pokeys that have been reduced to their heads after being struck. Those Pokeys retain their normal behavior.
 
These enemies were originally referred to as '''Sanbo Heads'''<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide|page=27|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=5|publisher=BradyGAMES|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref> or simply as '''Pokeys'''<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=Prima Games|page=17|date=September 3, 2002|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1}}</ref> in the companion guidebooks published for ''Super Mario Sunshine''. In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', the enemy makes a cameo on the in-game leaderboard under the name of "'''Pokey Pod'''."
 
==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario Sunshine''===
===''Super Mario Sunshine''===
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Sanbo Heads have goofy faces, thorns resembling stubble, and are yellow. They appear primarily in [[Bianco Hills]], where they disguise themselves by burrowing among the many pink [[Flower (environmental object)|flower]]s of the area. They can be told apart from afar by the fact that spraying them from a distance causes their flowers to open and close very quickly, instead of staying open longer, and that the Sanbo Heads do not make the same singing sound that the flowers do upon being sprayed. They quite often appear among the flower rings that award Mario with [[coin]]s for spraying all the flowers within a few seconds; the Sanbo Heads do not count in these. Once approached, the burrowed Sanbo Head will burst from the soil and slowly hop in Mario's direction, and will continue to do so no matter how far away he gets. They can be defeated in multiple ways; they can be jumped upon, giving one coin, or sprayed into a wall, causing them to flatten with a splatter of brown [[goop]], which gives Mario three coins. Knocking them into any body of water will not reward Mario at all, but will still defeat the enemy. They later appear in the [[Red Coin Field]], where they carry [[Red Coin|red coin]]s. Defeating them here will replace one of the coins with a red coin, but causing one to fall off the edge will render the location unwinnable unless Mario starts over. In both locations, they appear along the blue [[Seedy Pod]] variety. They are actually larger in this game than the individual segments of the game's standard Pokey.
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Pokey Pods have goofy faces, thorns resembling stubble, and are yellow. They appear primarily in [[Bianco Hills]], where they disguise themselves by burrowing among the many pink [[Flower (environmental object)|flower]]s of the area. They can be told apart from afar by the fact that spraying them from a distance causes their flowers to open and close very quickly, instead of staying open longer, and that the Pokey Pods do not make the same singing sound that the flowers do upon being sprayed. They quite often appear among the flower rings that award Mario with [[coin]]s for spraying all the flowers within a few seconds; the Pokey Pods do not count in these. Once approached, the burrowed Pokey Pod will burst from the soil and slowly hop in Mario's direction, and will continue to do so no matter how far away he gets. They can be defeated in multiple ways; they can be jumped upon, giving one coin, or sprayed into a wall, causing them to flatten with a splatter of brown [[goop]], which gives Mario three coins. Knocking them into any body of water will not reward Mario at all, but will still defeat the enemy. They later appear in the [[Red Coin Field]], where they carry [[Red Coin|red coin]]s. Defeating them here will replace one of the coins with a red coin, but causing one to fall off the edge will render the location unwinnable unless Mario starts over. In both locations, they appear along the blue [[Seedy Pod]] variety. They are actually larger in this game than the individual segments of the game's standard Pokey.


===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
[[File:SMG Dusty Dune Pokey Heads.png|thumb|Mario surrounded by Pokey Heads in the Dusty Dune Galaxy from ''Super Mario Galaxy'']]
[[File:SMG Dusty Dune Pokey Heads.png|thumb|Mario surrounded by Pokey Heads in the Dusty Dune Galaxy from ''Super Mario Galaxy'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', numerous Pokey Heads appear in the [[Gusty Garden Galaxy|Gusty Garden]] and [[Dusty Dune Galaxy|Dusty Dune]] [[galaxy|galaxies]], where they act mostly the same as the ones in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They are now green, have the same face that standard Pokeys have used since ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', and lack thorns entirely, instead having small black spots. Due to the fact that no non-Pokey flowers resembling theirs can be found, they are not as well hidden, with the tops of their green heads being visible while they are burrowed. At the beginning of the second mission of the Dusty Dune Galaxy, [[Blasting through the Sand]], five Pokey Heads appear in a circle, as in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', and defeating all of them causes the [[Pokeyplant]] to appear. In this game, getting attacked by a Pokey Head causes one to hop joyfully for a few seconds. In this game, jumping upon or spinning them instantly defeats them.
Pokey Heads are one of the few enemies from ''Super Mario Sunshine'' to appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', this time appearing green and thornless. Several appear in the [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]] and [[Dusty Dune Galaxy]], where they behave mostly the same as they did in ''Super Mario Sunshine''. Due to the fact that no non-Pokey flowers resembling theirs can be found, they are not as well hidden, with the tops of their green heads being visible while they are burrowed. At the beginning of the second mission of the Dusty Dune Galaxy, [[Blasting through the Sand]], five Pokey Heads appear in a circle and defeating all of them causes the red [[Pokeyplant]] to appear. Pokey Head joyfully bunces in place for a few seconds if it lands an attack. Stomping or spinning them defeats them instantly.


===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', they are much rarer, only appearing in the [[Slipsand Galaxy]], where they appear burrowed into a floating stream of rapidly-moving quicksand, mostly in an area near a [[Fire Flower]] that can quickly defeat them. They follow the same attack pattern as the previous games, and look as they did in ''Super Mario Galaxy''. They are the only variety of Pokey in this game. Due to this game coming out after ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' (which introduced Pokey's current design) yet still using assets from ''Super Mario Galaxy'', the Pokey Heads in this game are the last Pokeys overall to use the floral design.
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Pokey Heads are much rarer enemies, appearing only in the [[Slipsand Galaxy]]. They are submerged in a stream of rapidly-flowing sand, primarily near a [[Fire Flower]] that can be used to quickly defeat them. They have the same means of attack, weaknesses, and design that they had in the first ''Super Mario Galaxy''. They are the only variety of Pokey in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' and represent the latest instance of any Pokeys appearing with flowers on their heads in the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' franchise. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' is also the latest overall appearance of Pokey Heads outside of rereleases of ''Super Mario Sunshine'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy''.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=サンボヘッド<ref>{{cite|language=ja|date=2015|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 19]}}</ref>
|Jap=サンボヘッド
|JapC=<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 19]|isbn=4-09-106064-1}}</ref>
|JapR=Sanbo Heddo
|JapR=Sanbo Heddo
|JapM=Pokey Head
|JapM=Pokey Head
|Fre=Tête de Pokey<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|page=99}}</ref> (''Super Mario Sunshine'')
|Fre=Tête de Pokey
|Fre2=Bul-Pokey<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|page=127 and 160}}</ref> (''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'')
|FreC=<ref>{{cite|date=July 4, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|publisher=Soleil Productions|language=fr|isbn=2302070046|page=99}}</ref>
|FreN=''Super Mario Sunshine''
|Fre2=Bul-Pokey
|Fre2C=<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 31</ref><ref>{{cite|date=July 4, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|publisher=Soleil Productions|language=fr|isbn=2302070046|page=127 and 160}}</ref>
|Fre2N=''Super Mario Galaxy'', ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|FreM=Pokey Head
|FreM=Pokey Head
|Fre2M=From ''bulbe'' ("bulb") and "Pokey"
|Fre2M=From ''bulbe'' ("bulb") and "Pokey"
|Ger=Ein-Glied-Pokey
|Ger=Ein-Glied-Pokey
|GerM=One limb Pokey
|GerM=One limb Pokey
|Ita=Pokey<ref>{{cite|url=drive.google.com/file/d/1jz_XTInUOJ1ywTmV5dYwICEx9_bG_hUB/view|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Italian PRIMA Guide|page=17}}</ref>
|Ita=Pokey
|Ita2=Testa di Marghibulbo<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' Italian PRIMA Guide|page=204}}</ref>
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, et al.|url=drive.google.com/file/d/1jz_XTInUOJ1ywTmV5dYwICEx9_bG_hUB/view|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Italian PRIMA Guide|page=18|language=it|publisher=You Too Videogames srl|date=2002|isbn=88-900922-1-1}}</ref>
|Ita3=Marghibulbo<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' Italian PRIMA Guide|page=29}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'' - ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' sections|page=127 and 160}}</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Manga Mania|Super Mario Mangamania]]''</ref>
|Ita2=Testa di Marghibulbo
|Ita4=Testa di Marghirbuco<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'' - ''Super Mario Sunshine'' section|page=99}}</ref>
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''La Guida Ufficiale - Super Mario Galaxy''|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=it|isbn=978-1-906064-03-7|date=November 16, 2007|page=204}}</ref>
|Ita3=Marghibulbo
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' Italian PRIMA Guide|page=29|date=July 1, 2010|publisher=multiplayer.it|language=it|isbn=9788863551198}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=127 and 160}}</ref><ref>''[[Super Mario Manga Mania|Super Mario Mangamania]]''{{page needed}}</ref>
|Ita4=Testa di Marghirbuco
|Ita4C=<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>
|Ita2M=[[Pokey]] Head<br>Portmanteau of ''Marghibruco'' ("Pokey") and ''bulbo'' ("bulb/bud")
|Ita2M=[[Pokey]] Head<br>Portmanteau of ''Marghibruco'' ("Pokey") and ''bulbo'' ("bulb/bud")
|Ita3M=Pokey Head
|Ita3M=Pokey Head
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|SpaEM=Pokey Head
|SpaEM=Pokey Head
}}
}}
==Trivia==
[[File:MLPiTPokeyHead.png|frame]]
*The overworld sprite of Pokeys in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' appears similar to a Pokey Head.
*In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', the name "'''Pokey Pod'''" can appear on the leaderboard, possibly referring to Pokey Heads.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:39, September 20, 2024

Pokey Head
Pokey Head artwork
Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy 2
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Pokey
Variants
Comparable

Pokey Heads[1] are enemies introduced in Super Mario Sunshine. They are the head segments of Pokeys and are typically concealed underground with only their flowers exposed. When approached by the player character, Pokey Heads erupt from the ground and slowly pursue them. They are distinct from normal Pokeys that have been reduced to their heads after being struck. Those Pokeys retain their normal behavior.

These enemies were originally referred to as Sanbo Heads[2][3] or simply as Pokeys[4] in the companion guidebooks published for Super Mario Sunshine. In Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, the enemy makes a cameo on the in-game leaderboard under the name of "Pokey Pod."

History[edit]

Super Mario Sunshine[edit]

In Super Mario Sunshine, Pokey Pods have goofy faces, thorns resembling stubble, and are yellow. They appear primarily in Bianco Hills, where they disguise themselves by burrowing among the many pink flowers of the area. They can be told apart from afar by the fact that spraying them from a distance causes their flowers to open and close very quickly, instead of staying open longer, and that the Pokey Pods do not make the same singing sound that the flowers do upon being sprayed. They quite often appear among the flower rings that award Mario with coins for spraying all the flowers within a few seconds; the Pokey Pods do not count in these. Once approached, the burrowed Pokey Pod will burst from the soil and slowly hop in Mario's direction, and will continue to do so no matter how far away he gets. They can be defeated in multiple ways; they can be jumped upon, giving one coin, or sprayed into a wall, causing them to flatten with a splatter of brown goop, which gives Mario three coins. Knocking them into any body of water will not reward Mario at all, but will still defeat the enemy. They later appear in the Red Coin Field, where they carry red coins. Defeating them here will replace one of the coins with a red coin, but causing one to fall off the edge will render the location unwinnable unless Mario starts over. In both locations, they appear along the blue Seedy Pod variety. They are actually larger in this game than the individual segments of the game's standard Pokey.

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Pokey Heads surrounding Mario in the Dusty Dune Galaxy
Mario surrounded by Pokey Heads in the Dusty Dune Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy

Pokey Heads are one of the few enemies from Super Mario Sunshine to appear in Super Mario Galaxy, this time appearing green and thornless. Several appear in the Gusty Garden Galaxy and Dusty Dune Galaxy, where they behave mostly the same as they did in Super Mario Sunshine. Due to the fact that no non-Pokey flowers resembling theirs can be found, they are not as well hidden, with the tops of their green heads being visible while they are burrowed. At the beginning of the second mission of the Dusty Dune Galaxy, Blasting through the Sand, five Pokey Heads appear in a circle and defeating all of them causes the red Pokeyplant to appear. Pokey Head joyfully bunces in place for a few seconds if it lands an attack. Stomping or spinning them defeats them instantly.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, Pokey Heads are much rarer enemies, appearing only in the Slipsand Galaxy. They are submerged in a stream of rapidly-flowing sand, primarily near a Fire Flower that can be used to quickly defeat them. They have the same means of attack, weaknesses, and design that they had in the first Super Mario Galaxy. They are the only variety of Pokey in Super Mario Galaxy 2 and represent the latest instance of any Pokeys appearing with flowers on their heads in the Super Mario franchise. Super Mario Galaxy 2 is also the latest overall appearance of Pokey Heads outside of rereleases of Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese サンボヘッド[5]
Sanbo Heddo
Pokey Head
French Tête de Pokey[6] Pokey Head Super Mario Sunshine
Bul-Pokey[7][8] From bulbe ("bulb") and "Pokey" Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2
German Ein-Glied-Pokey[?] One limb Pokey
Italian Pokey[9] -
Testa di Marghibulbo[10] Pokey Head
Portmanteau of Marghibruco ("Pokey") and bulbo ("bulb/bud")
Marghibulbo[11][12][13] Pokey Head
Testa di Marghirbuco[14] -
Spanish (NOE) Pokey Cabeza[?] Pokey Head

References[edit]

  1. ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-307-46907-6. Page 29.
  2. ^ Loe, Casey (August 12, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Perfect Guide. Versus Books (American English). ISBN 1-931886-09-1. Page 27.
  3. ^ Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide. BradyGAMES (American English). ISBN 0-7440-0180-3. Page 5.
  4. ^ 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 17.
  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 19.
  6. ^ July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 99.
  7. ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 31
  8. ^ July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 127 and 160.
  9. ^ Hodgson, David S J, et al. (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Italian PRIMA Guide. You Too Videogames srl (Italian). ISBN 88-900922-1-1. Page 18.
  10. ^ November 16, 2007. La Guida Ufficiale - Super Mario Galaxy. Prima Games (Italian). ISBN 978-1-906064-03-7. Page 204.
  11. ^ July 1, 2010. Super Mario Galaxy 2 Italian PRIMA Guide. multiplayer.it (Italian). ISBN 9788863551198. Page 29.
  12. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 127 and 160.
  13. ^ Super Mario Mangamania[page number needed]
  14. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 99.