| Blooper Baby | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 A Blooper Baby in New Super Mario Bros. U | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
| Latest appearance | Mario Kart Tour (Jungle Tour, cameo) (2020) | ||
| Variant of | Blooper | ||
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Blooper Babies, alternatively Bloober babies or Baby Bloopers,[1] are infant Bloopers. In most of their appearances they are often seen alongside Blooper Nannies, a species of Blooper who releases multiple Blooper Babies when it glows, afterwards Blooper Babies will follow their parent and help it pursue Mario.
History
Super Mario series
Super Mario Bros. 3
They first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3, where they are children of Bloobers with kids and swim in a straight line when released by Scattering Bloobers.
New Super Mario Bros.
They appear in New Super Mario Bros. along with Blooper Nanny where they behave exactly the same as in Super Mario Bros. 3. They only appear in large numbers in a bonus room of World 3-3.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Blooper Babies and Blooper Nanny reappear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii where they behave in the same way as in New Super Mario Bros. In this appearance they appear to lack pupils. They can only be found in World 4-4.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Blooper Babies reappear World 3-5 of New Super Mario Bros. 2 along with Blooper Nannies. They behave the same way as in preceding titles.
New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
Blooper Babies, as well as Blooper Nannies, appear in New Super Mario Bros. U. It is one of the rarest enemies in the game, only appearing in the secret level Blooper's Secret Lair. They behave the same as in past games. As Blooper Nannies do not appear in New Super Luigi U, Blooper Babies are absent as well.
Super Mario Maker series
Blooper Babies reappear in Super Mario Maker, Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS and Super Mario Maker 2 along with Blooper Nannies. Unlike previous games, the Blooper Nannies do not release them at Mario.
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Bloober babies make a few rare appearances on The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, where they appear alongside their parents. In "Oh, Brother!", a Bloober with kids is seen in Pipe Land, just like in the game. In "Recycled Koopa", a Koopa Zombie releases Bloober babies from a ketchup bottle after squeezing it.
Nintendo Adventure Books
In Leaping Lizards, Luigi can spot some Bloober babies if he falls into a body of water, and is pulled under by an Anchor he picked up.
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Bloober babies appear again alongside a Bloober with kids in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Touching one of them starts a battle with a normal Bloober.
Paper Mario
In Paper Mario, Blooper Babies are released in pairs by the Super Blooper. They attack in the same manner as Jungle Fuzzies and Swoopulas, draining health from Mario up to five times until an Action Command bar is filled. However, if Mario is electrified, they will not be able to latch on to him and will take damage whenever they try.
Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
In Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix, Blooper Babies, referred to as mini-Bloopers, appear during the Big Blooper Battle of World 2-4. They can be stepped on if timed with the beat, but if missed, ink will spill to the bottom on the screen, hindering visibility of arrows.
Minecraft
In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Ink Sacs are replaced by a Blooper Baby item.
Mario Kart Tour
In Mario Kart Tour, Blooper Babies makes a cameo appearance on the Blooper Hanafuda glider. This glider uses the same Blooper artwork from Mario Hanafuda.
LEGO Super Mario
In LEGO Super Mario Character Pack Series 6, one of the eight figure packs includes a Blooper Nanny and three Baby Bloopers, constructed of three pieces each.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Illustrations of Blooper Babies can be seen on bags in a storefront window in the Template:Media link for Illumination's The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Unused appearances
Super Paper Mario
In Super Paper Mario, Blooper Baby graphics exist unused. Both it and the normal Blooper are labeled as test enemies.
Profiles and statistics
Paper Mario
| Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blooper Baby | |||||||||
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Max HP | 6 | Attack | 2 | Defense | 0 | |||
| Role | Support | Type | Flying | Level | 1 | ||||
| Strong | None | Weak | None | Moves | Kissy-Kissy (2x5, recovers health according to damage) | ||||
| Sleep? | 100%, -1 | Dizzy? | 100%, 0 | Shock? | 100%, -1 | ||||
| Shrink? | 0%, -1 | Stop? | 100%, -2 | Fright? | 0% | ||||
| Air Lift? | 0% | Hurricane? | 0% | Coins | N/A | ||||
| Items | N/A | Run | N/A | Location(s) | Toad Town Tunnels | ||||
| Tattle | This is a Blooper Baby. Super Blooper spits 'em out and they come to drain you. Max HP: 6, Attack Power: 2, Defense Power: 0 We need to beat 'em quickly so they can't drain us dry. They're so cute, though! | ||||||||
Gallery
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario Bros. 3 style)
Super Mario Maker (Super Mario World style)
Super Mario Maker (New Super Mario Bros. U style)
Super Mario Maker idea book
Talking Super Mario Animated Stickers from LINE
The August 2018 LINE calendar
Play Nintendo
Blooper Hanafuda sprite from Mario Kart Tour
Blooper Babies appearance on the Blooper Hanafuda from Mario Kart Tour
On the murals featured in the restrooms at Super Nintendo World
On the murals featured in the restrooms at Super Nintendo World
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Ko Gessō |
Mini/Child Blooper | |
| チビゲッソー[?] Chibi Gessō |
Mini Blooper | ||
| Chinese (simplified) | 乌贼宝宝 (Paper Mario) Wūzéi Bǎobǎo 小鱿鱿[3] (LEGO Super Mario) Xiǎo Yóuyóu |
Squid Baby Little Blooper |
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| French | Bébé Blooper[?] | Baby Blooper | |
| German | Blooper Baby[?] | - | |
| Italian | Baby Calamako Bebè (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)[?] |
Baby Blooper Baby |
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| Portuguese (NOA) | Blooper bebê[?] | Baby Blooper | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Blooper bebé[?] | Baby Blooper | |
| Romanian | Bebeluș Blooper[4] | Blooper baby. Note that bebeluș specifically refers to human babies; a more suitable Romanian translation for "Baby Blooper" with respect to the creature's nonhuman nature would be pui de Blooper. | |
| Spanish | Bebé Blooper[?] | Blooper Baby |
References
- ^ "The most miniscule meanies that you'll come across in any Super Mario adventure are Super Mario Bros. 3's Micro Goombas, Baby Bloopers and Baby Cheeps, measuring only eight pixels by eight pixels." - Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Page 156.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Japanese instruction booklet, page 37.
- ^ 角色包 – 系列 6 71413 | 乐高®超级马力欧 | LEGO.com CN. lego.com (simplified Chinese). Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Pachete cu personaje – Seria 6. lego.com (Romanian). Retrieved January 9, 2023. (Archived January 7, 2023, 01:35:38 UTC via Wayback Machine.)