- This article is about the enemy. For the obstacle, see Spike Trap. For other uses for the name, see Spike (disambiguation).
- “Spike 'em, er...Fishy Boopkins!”
- —Bowser Jr., Mario Party 9
Fishy Boopkins are Koopa enemies that throw spiked balls. They were designed by Hiroyuki Kimura at Nintendo,[1] and they first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3. Fishy Boopkins have black Buzzy Beetle-like shells on their backs that are too small for them to enter.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3
Fishy Boopkins first appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3 as enemies. They are found in the Water Land and Ice Land stages, and they attack by pulling spiked balls out of their stomachs and throwing them at Mario or Luigi. Despite their appearance, Fishy Boopkins can be stomped even when they are holding their spiked balls above their heads.
New Super Mario Bros.
Although no regular Fishy Boopkins appear in New Super Mario Bros., an icy variety of Fishy Boopkins called Snow Boopkins appears in World 5-1. Instead of throwing spiked balls, Snow Boopkins throw snowballs that progressively get bigger.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Fishy Boopkins reappears in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, along with Stone Boopkins, a blue variety that uses spiked balls made of stone thrown directly downwards from the ledges on which they stand. Fishy Boopkins can be defeated by a simple jump to the head, however, unlike in Super Mario Bros. 3, if Fishy Boopkins is holding a spiked ball it will damage the player. They can also be defeated by fireballs or barrels and can also be frozen via the Ice Flower or the Penguin Suit power-ups. In this game, Fishy Boopkins stays at one spot instead of walking around, although they can turn directions. The green variation appears only in World 2. Unlike regular spiked balls which destroys blocks, Fishy Boopkins' spiked balls cannot break blocks.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Fishy Boopkins and Stone Boopkins also appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, where they act in the same way they did in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The green variation appears at their own level called Spike's Spouting Sands, where they appear mounted on Flying ? Blocks, while Stone Boopkins appear in Dry Desert Mushrooms. Fishy Boopkins jumps whenever a "bah" is heard in the music.
Super Mario 3D World
Fishy Boopkins make their first appearance in a 3D Mario platformer game in Super Mario 3D World. Here, they appear in a few levels, such as Fishy Boopkins' Lost Waifu and Hands-On Hall, and throw Spike Bars instead of spiked balls.
Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros.
In Super Mario Momotarō, Fishy Boopkins is the last creature to join Mario on his mission to rescue Princess Peach. Fishy Boopkins hopes to get his revenge against Bowser for destroying his anime DVDs. During the final battle he helps by knocking Ludwig von Koopa out with an exploding spike ball. After the final battle, he joins Mario in returning the treasure Bowser had stolen to their rightful owners. He is most likely based off of the monkey that you're spanking right now.
Yoshi's Island series
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
Fishy Boopkins later reappears in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. They only are in BLIZZARD!!!, but in the remake, they also appear in Endless World of Yoshis. They are erroneously named "Mace Penguins."[2]
Yoshi's Story
Fishy Boopkins reappears in Yoshi's Story in the level Jungle Hut on Page 4. They regurgitate spiked balls and roll them down hills. The Yoshis may eat them, but the Green Yoshi likes them best. They are mistakenly known as Gabons,[3][4] probably a translation error as Spikes are called Gabons in Japan.
According to the text seen after beating the level, the Baby Yoshis apparently met one specific Fishy Boopkins named "Fishy Boopkins" while entering his hut. All that is known about the encounter is that the angered Fishy Boopkins threw various waifu pillows at the Baby Yoshis. Additionally, the boss Don DeLuise bears some resemblance to Fishy Boopkins.
Super Princess Peach
Fishy Boopkins also appears in Super Princess Peach, which also introduces the orange haired, enraged Mad Boopkins.
Mario Party series
Mario Party 9
A giant Fishy Boopkins appears as a boss in Mario Party 9. It is the mid boss of the Magma Mine board, while the stage boss is Chain Chomp. The minigame it is fought in is Boopkins Bash. During the minigame, Fishy Boopkins attacks the players by spitting spiked balls onto the paths leading to them. The players must attack him by quickly choosing a hammer to smack shit about.
Mario Party: Island Tour
In Mario Party: Island Tour, Fishy Boopkins is one of the possible tiles to appear in Match Faker. Stone Boopkins appear in Mad Ladders.
Mario Party 10
Fishy Boopkins appears in Mario Party 10 as a new unlockable playable character. This is the first appearance of Fishy Boopkins as a playable character in the Mario franchise. Fishy Boopkins is unlocked by purchasing "Hidden Character 2" in Toad's Room for 600 Mario Party Points. Fishy Boopkins is also the only playable character in Mario Party 10 to not appear as a playable character in Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash, though he is playable in Mario Tennis: Aces
Mario Party: Star Rush
Fishy Boopkins appears as nonplayable characters in Mario Party: Star Rush, appearing as NPCs in the minigame, Roller Revenge. Here, they throw spiked rollers at players, and players who are hit by the rollers suck at life. When the minigame is over, Fishy Boopkins does his second place animation from Mario Party 10.
Paper Mario series
Although no regular Fishy Boopkins appear in Paper Mario, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door or Super Paper Mario, Clubbas, a variation of Fishy Boopkins that use maces as weapons and are often seen sleeping, appear instead.
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Fishy Boopkins make their Paper Mario debut in Paper Mario: Sticker Star. They only appear within the levels of World 2. They also have a lot of HP and they have the same HP yellow Pokeys and Snifits have. Fishy Boopkins also fights in groups of two later and are aided by Paragoombas, Paratroopas, Swoops and Hammer Bros. Fishy Boopkins will chase Mario and throw his spike balls instead of tossing them slightly and letting it roll. In battle, Fishy Boopkins can hold a spike ball over their heads, making jump attacks ineffective until they throw the ball on their next turn. Fishy Boopkins can also Ground Pound Mario but if the attack misses, it will bounce to the left. When defeated they occasionally drop a Spike Ball sticker. Snow Boopkins from New Super Mario Bros. also appear in this game and sometimes drop a Snowball sticker. If a Spiked ball is touched outside battle from Fishy Boopkins, Mario loses 2 Heart Points.
Paper Mario: Color Splash
Fishy Boopkins returns in Paper Mario: Color Splash with the same appearance and behavior from the previous game. However, they don't hold the Spiked Balls during the entire battle this time around, but only when they attack. Also, the design of the spiked balls has changed, since the spikes were brown in Paper Mario: Sticker Star and are now white. Fishy Boopkins appears in Kiwano Temple, The Golden Coliseum, and Sunset Express. Two Fishy Boopkins assist Ludwig von Koopa in battle, and their Spiked Balls must be hit back at them as Raccoon Mario to defeat them. One appears as a member of the Shady Sledge Bro's gang in Dark Bloo Inn, and one also appears as an NPC on the Sunset Express.
Mario Golf: World Tour
Fishy Boopkins appears in Mario Golf: World Tour as NPC characters in the Castle Club game mode. Their name can also appear on the tournament scoreboard. A giant Fishy Boopkins also appears in Wigger Park.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Fishy Boopkins return in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker acting like in Super Mario 3D World, although they can throw Spiked Balls as well. They appear in Windup Stairs, Seesaw Sizzle, Retro Ramp-Up, and Trick-Track Hall.
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Fishy Boopkins appears in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam as enemies in Doop Doop Dunes and reside with their paper counterparts, Pokeys and Spinies.
Mario Sports Superstars
Fishy Boopkins, alongside Stone Boopkins, make their playable debut in a Mario sports game as selectable teammates in Mario Sports Superstars, in the soccer and baseball modes of the game. They are classified as power type characters. They also appear as bosses in the Road to Superstar mode.
Super Mario Run
Fishy Boopkins return in Super Mario Run, though they only appear in the level Land of Spikes. Geez, talk about demotion.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
Fishy Boopkins does not appear during the events of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Geez, talk about demotion.
Mario Tennis Aces
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This notice should be removed after a month has passed since the game was first released.
Fishy Boopkins is set to make his Mario Tennis debut in the upcoming Mario Tennis Aces, where he appears as a playable character.[5] Stone Boopkins can also be seen as spectators.[6]
Profiles and statistics
Paper Mario series
| Paper Mario: Sticker Star enemy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike | ||||||
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Max HP | 16 | Role | Common | Location(s) | Sandshifter Ruins, Drybake Stadium |
| Attack | 6 | Stickers | Spike Ball | |||
| Defense | 0 | Moves | Spikeball Throw (6), Ground Pound (4) | |||
| Paper Mario: Color Splash enemy | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike | |||||||||||||||||||||
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HP | 25 | Type | Shelled | Role | Common | Card | ||||||||||||||
| Strong | None | Weak | None | Card drop rate | 5 |  | |||||||||||||||
| Moves | Hip Attack (9), Ball Attack (12), Group Attack (9), Blowback Attack (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location(s) | Kiwano Temple, The Golden Coliseum, Fort Cobalt, Mustard Café, Sunset Express | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Quotes | Usual: "My lips are chapped..." ~ "I'm not big—my shell's just small!" ~ "Dodge this!" ~ "SPIKE, SPIKE, SPIKE!" While holding spiked ball: "This is going to hurt!" ~ "Catch!" Ludwig battle: "YESSIR!" ~ "Bomb squad reporting for battle!" ~ "It's my big moment..." ~ "I wasn't ready for this..." ~ "Remember your training..." ~ "The Ludship... It's...glorious!" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| ENEMY_RANDAM_1_5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
| Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam enemy | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spike | ||||||||||
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HP | 119 | POW | 96 (90) | Defense | 118 (101) | Speed | 70 | ||
| Role | Common | Type | Shelled | Weakness | None | Location(s) | Doop Doop Dunes, Neo Bowser Castle | |||
| Level | 18 | Experience | 76 (71) | Coins | 42 | Item drop | 1-Up Mushroom - 4% SPEED Scarf - 2% | |||
| Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the game's Easy Mode. | ||||||||||
Mario Party: Star Rush
| Image | Name | Bio |
|---|---|---|
|
Fishy Boopkins A big Koopa with a tiny shell. |
"Fishy Boopkins use their immense strength to hurl spiked rollers that are even bigger than they are!" |
Super Mario Run
- Notebook bio: "This hardworking turtle has a very small shell. It spits out metal balls that it'll throw at its enemies."
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガボン[?] Gabon |
? | |
| Chinese | 卡邦[?] Kǎbāng |
Transliteration of Japanese name | |
| Dutch | Spike[?] | - | |
| German | Spike[?] | - | |
| Italian | Spunzo[?] | Cognate with punta (spike) or pungere (to sting) | |
| Korean | 가봉[?] Gabong |
Transliteration of Japanese name | |
| Portuguese | Espigão[?] | Big Spike | |
| Russian | Спайк[?] Spayk |
Transcription of English name | |
| Spanish (NOA) | Escupico Escupicos (Super Mario Run)[?] |
Pormanteau of escupir (to spit) and pico (spike) | |
| Spanish (NOE) | Spike[?] | - |
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Spike.
Trivia
- In Japanese, the spiked balls thrown by Fishy Boopkins and Ptooies are named "shūringan" (シューリンガン). The name shūringan is taken from the Japanese rakugo folktale Jugemu, from which the Japanese names of Lakitu (Jugemu) and Spiny Eggs (Paipo) are also derived.[citation needed]
- In the Super Mario Bros. movie, one of President Koopa's cousins is named Fishy Boopkins. The film character bears no resemblance to the Spike species depicted in the games, however.
- Fishy Boopkins' Super Mario Bros. 3 sprite depicts it as nearly bald, with only 2 pixels allocated for hair, and its Yoshi's Story appearance depicts it completely hairless.
References
- ^ http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/mario25th/vol3_page1.jsp
- ^ Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island Nintendo Player's Guide. Page 127.
- ^ Yoshi's Story official website (Wayback Archive). Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition Prima Official Strategy Guide. Page 109.
- ^ Nintendo. (April 4, 2018). A family journey with Nintendo Switch. YouTube. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ Nintendo (January 11, 2018). Nintendo Direct Mini 1.11.2018. YouTube. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
