Spiny Cheep Cheep
Spiny Cheep Cheep | |||
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Artwork from Dr. Mario World | |||
First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
Latest appearance | The Super Mario Bros. Movie (cameo) (2023) | ||
Variant of | Cheep Cheep | ||
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Spiny Cheep Cheeps (also formatted as Spiny Cheep-Cheeps),[1] also known as Spiny Cheeps[2] or "Cheep-cheeps,"[3] are enemies introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are Cheep Cheeps that most commonly appear with spikes running down their backs, although there has been much variation. Spiny Cheep Cheeps are fast swimmers, and from New Super Mario Bros. Wii onward, they chase Mario in a similar manner to Rip Van Fish from Super Mario World.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3
Spiny Cheep-Cheeps appear in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are encountered only in World 7-4. They swim faster than normal Cheep-Cheeps, though they can sometimes be seen swimming slowly as well. They also swim both left and right. They can be defeated using Hammer Mario's hammers, Fire Mario's fireballs, or by Invincible Mario. In the original, they are black with a white underside and green lips, and have eyes looking upwards and a visible tooth; in remakes, they are a dull blue with a salmon-colored underside and lips a slightly lighter shade than those of the average Cheep-Cheep, their eyes look downwards, and they have a toothless, circular mouth.
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Spiny Cheep-Cheeps appear in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. They are encountered only in the Turtle Zone. They are flat and an almost eel-like slender design, unlike most appearances, but regularly inflate themselves into spiked balls. Inflated Spiny Cheep-Cheeps can rise upwards only, so it moves towards Mario when deflated and tries to block his path by puffing up and getting in his way. Spiny Cheep-Cheeps can be defeated with fireballs.
Super Mario Galaxy
Another pufferfish version of this enemy[4] appears in Super Mario Galaxy. They are quite rare, as only two appear, specifically in the Drip Drop Galaxy, hidden in underwater chests. When released, they will puff up and start swimming at a fast pace towards Mario, but only move in a straight line. After a short period, they disappear. Their tail fins resemble balloon nozzles in this game.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Spiny Cheep Cheeps appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which introduces their standardized design. They are encountered in World 1-4, World 4-1, and World 4-4, and one Spiny Cheep Cheep appears in a secret area in World 8-4. They travel horizontally while patrolling an area, but quickly chases the player characters upon noticing them. Spiny Cheep Cheeps travel faster than Deep-Cheeps. They can be frozen temporarily from one of Ice or Penguin Mario's Ice Balls. Once a Spiny Cheep Cheep unfreezes, it sports an angrier look on its face, the same one a Deep Cheep has, but behave the same otherwise.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
A Spiny Cheep Cheep appears in Super Mario Galaxy 2. It appears only in the first mission of the Cosmic Cove Galaxy, on the starting planet as Mario makes his way into the Galaxy's titular Cosmic Cove, and then swims at Mario like the ones in its predecessor. It is referred to as a Porcupuffer in the Prima Games guide.[5]
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Spiny Cheep Cheeps appear in New Super Mario Bros. 2. They are first encountered in World 1-5. Spiny Cheep Cheeps retain their behavior and appearance from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, except they now appear angry by default.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Spiny Cheep Cheeps appear in New Super Mario Bros. U. They chase the player characters when they appear onscreen, just like in the game's predecessors.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Spiny Cheep-Cheeps appear in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. The protagonists encounter them mostly in underwater sections. In "Recycled Koopa," King Koopa uses his Crud Cannon to dump his garbage all over New York City and turn humans into Koopa Zombies, some of the garbage fired by the cannon lands in the East River, mutating a school of fish into Spiny Cheep-Cheeps. Most episodes depict them as red, instead of their game color, and having yellow, sharp teeth.
Yoshi's Story
Spiny Cheep-Cheeps,[6] referred to in English as Spiny Fish,[7] appear in Yoshi's Story. They are magenta with yellow spikes and tail, and they lack pectoral fins. Spiny Cheep-Cheeps are depicted as larger than a Cheep Cheep and have more spikes on their body over where their plain underbelly and pectoral fins are normally located. They have red lips and have green irises. They appear only in Lots O'Jelly Fish, where they simply swim back and forth. If a Yoshi eats them, he loses some petals. Their Yoshi's Story artwork is reused as a stamp in Mario Artist: Paint Studio.
Mario Pinball Land
Spiny Cheep-Cheeps[8] (referred to as "little puffers" in Nintendo Power)[9] appear in Mario Pinball Land. They assist Porcupuffer, the boss of the Frosty Frontier Stage. Rather than black or purple, these little puffers have a red and white coloration, retain a dorsal fin akin to a regular Cheep Cheep, and have spikes around their bodies. Defeating a little puffer grants 5,000 points. Any defeated little puffers respawn after Porcupuffer is hit while inflated until it is defeated.
Yoshi Touch & Go
Spiny Cheep-Cheeps[10][11] appear in Yoshi Touch & Go. They are blue with white spikes, and are always leaping. They can only be defeated by smacking them with an egg.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Spiny Cheep Cheeps appear in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. They are encountered in the Seabed and replace both Cheep Cheeps and Puffer-Cheeps. However, they have identical behavior, first appearing as plain, purple Cheep Cheep and shedding its "mohawk" in favor of retractable spikes when stomped. Damaging it again reverts it into its previous form.
Super Mario Party
A Spiny Cheep Cheep is one of the possible guesses in Absent Minded, a minigame in Super Mario Party.
Dr. Mario World
Spiny Cheep Cheeps appear in Dr. Mario World as assistants. In stage mode, they have a chance of triggering a rapid skill meter increase, in which it originally increases the skill meter by 300% more than usual per elimination made, but was changed to increase the skill meter by an extra point for every elimination made. This stage mode effect stacks with Spiny's effect if both activate. In versus mode, they grant a chance that one virus is eliminated if the player is about to lose, which only happens once per match.
LEGO Super Mario
Spiny Cheep Cheeps appear as collectible figures in Character Packs - Series 2 for LEGO Super Mario. In the official app, their name is misspelled as Spinny Cheep Cheeps.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
An illustration of a Spiny Cheep Cheep can be seen on a storefront sign in the teaser poster for Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Profiles and statistics
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Yoshi's Story
- Shogakukan guide: お魚だって、卜ゲがあっちゃ食べられない。[12] (These fish can't be eaten since they have spikes.)
Yoshi Touch & Go
- Shogakukan guide: トゲのあるプクプク。シャボンで包めないうえに、雲を突き破って飛び上がるので危険。飛び上がる前にタマゴで倒したいが、上に敵がいなければ、高い位臞に道を作ってやりすごすのも手。[11](A Cheep Cheep with spikes. They are dangerous because they cannot be wrapped with bubbles, and they leap up through the clouds. It is best to defeat it with an egg before it leaps up, but if there are no enemies above, you can also make a path to a higher level to get past it.)
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy | ||||||||||
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Spiny Cheep Cheep | ||||||||||
HP | 64 | POW | 93 | DEF | 80 | SPEED | 41 | Experience | 70 | |
Fire | Normal | Thunder | Critical | Jump | Normal | Hammer | Normal | Coins | 12 | |
Stat down | 60% | Dizzy | 30% | Burn | 30% | Speed down | 30% | Item drop | Refreshing Herb (30%) None (0%) Refreshing Herb (100%) | |
Level 24 | Location(s) | Seabed, Gwarhar Lagoon |
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions enemy | ||||||||||
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Spiny Cheep Cheep | ||||||||||
HP | 64 | POW | 93 | DEF | 80 | SPEED | 41 | Experience | 70 | |
Fire | Critical | Thunder | Normal | Jump | Spiny, Normal | Hammer | Normal | Coins | 12 | |
Stat down | 60% | Dizzy | 30% | Burn | 30% | Speed down | 30% | Item drop | Refreshing Herb (30%) None (0%) Refreshing Herb (100%) | |
Level 24 | Location(s) | Seabed, Gwarhar Lagoon |
Dr. Mario World
- Stage mode: "Grants 10%/20%/30%/40%/50% chance of rapid skill meter increase."
- Versus mode: "If you are about to lose, grants 20%/40%/60%/80%/100% chance viruses (1) will be eliminated. (Once only.)"
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Spiny Cheep Cheep.
Additional names
Internal names
Game | File | Name | Meaning
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Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/Balloonfish.arc | Balloonfish | - |
Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl |
バルーンフィッシュ (Barūnfisshu) | Balloonfish |
New Super Mario Bros. Wii New Super Mario Bros. 2 New Super Mario Bros. U |
1 Data/files/Object/pukupuku_toge.arc romfs/Model/Enemy/pukupuku_toge.bcres content/Common/actor/pukupuku_toge.szs |
pukupuku_toge | Spiny Cheep Cheep |
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | トゲプク[13][14][15][11] Togepuku |
Spiny Cheep | |
Chinese (simplified) | 尖刺泡泡鱼[?] Jiān Cì Pàopàoyú |
Spike Cheep Cheep | |
Chinese (traditional) | 尖刺泡泡魚[?] Jiān Cì Pàopàoyú |
Spike Cheep Cheep | |
French (NOA) | Aquazo épineux[?] | Spiky Cheep Cheep | |
French (NOE) | Cheep Kipic Pik Cheep[?] |
Distortion of the word porc-épic meaning "Porcupine" | Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
Pâchère-Pâchère[16] | - | ||
German | Stachel-Cheep[?] | Spike Cheep | |
Dumgug[17] | - | Yoshi's Story | |
Stachelfisch[18] | Spike fish; same as Porcupuffer | ||
Italian | Cheep Cheep[19] | - | |
Pesce Smack spinoso[?] | Spiny Cheep Cheep | ||
Pesce Smack Spinato[20] | Spiked Cheep Cheep | ||
Korean | 가시뽀꾸[?] Gasippokku |
Thorn Cheep | |
Portuguese (NOA) | Espeto Cheep[?] | Spiny Cheep | |
Portuguese (NOE) | Cheep Cheep Espinhos[?] | Spikes Cheep Cheep | |
Spanish (NOA) | Cheep espinoso[?] | Spiny Cheep | |
Spanish (NOE) | Cheep Cheep Pinchón[?] | Spiny Cheep Cheep |
References
- ^ June 1990. Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 9.
- ^ Rocha, Garitt, and Nick von Esmarch (November 11, 2016). Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 9780744017779. Page 200.
- ^ 1990. Super Mario Bros. 3 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 26.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al. (October 19, 2015). 『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』 (Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 128 and 160.
- ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc (English). ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 28 and 90.
- ^ 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). Page 6 .
- ^ Yoshi's Story official website. Nintendo of America (American English). Archived August 7, 2001, 02:01:54 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ Super Mario Ball Shogakukan book.[page number needed]
- ^ November 2004. Nintendo Power Volume 185. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 117.
- ^ Yoshi Touch & Go, internal filename /obj/H_togepuku.oce
- ^ a b c March 22, 2005. 「キャッチ!タッチ!ヨッシー!任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Catch! Touch! Yoshi! Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-106218-0. Page 14 .
- ^ February 20, 1998. 「ヨッシーストーリー 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Yoshi's Story Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102619-2. Page 6 .
- ^ 1988. スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 37.
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- ^ スーパーマリオボール 雪原ステージ. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Dutch and French instruction booklet. Page 42.
- ^ Nintendo 64 Yoshi's Story Spieleberater. Nintendo of Europe (German). Page 20 .
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 German instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe. Page 36. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Italian instruction booklet. Page 36.
- ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 36.
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