Biddybud

Biddybud
	; Artwork from Super Mario 3D Land
First appearance	Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Latest appearance	The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Variants
	Para-Biddybud

Biddybuds are enemies resembling multicolored ladybugs and appear in red, yellow, blue, green, and pink varieties. Biddybuds first appear in Super Mario 3D Land. In the platforming games, Biddybuds walk along the ground on a set path, similarly to Goombas, but do not chase the player character upon sight. Biddybuds make alternating high- and low-pitched sounds that can be heard if the player is near them, typically matching the rhythm of the background music.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario 3D Land

Artwork of a Biddybud in Super Mario 3D Land.

Biddybuds are enemies in Super Mario 3D Land. They first appear in World 1-3, and go on to be common enemies throughout the game. Biddybuds appear mainly in groups of two to five and walk in a set pattern, often circular. Mario can defeat them with any type of attack. Biddybuds have flying variant known as Para-Biddybuds.

Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Biddybuds are enemies in Super Mario 3D World and its Nintendo Switch port. They look and behave exactly like they do in Super Mario 3D Land, though they are less common than they were originally. They now appear in larger groups than in Super Mario 3D Land. In the remake's Bowser's Fury campaign, Biddybuds with fur, tails, and cat ears appear in Lake Lapcat as enemies, but are otherwise identical to their regular counterparts.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Biddybuds are referenced in Mario Kart 8 and its Nintendo Switch port in the form of a kart called the Biddybuggy, more specifically based on their flying counterparts.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Biddybuds are enemies in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS ports, behaving identically as in previous games.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Biddybuds are enemies in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. They appear in Sunbeam Plains and later Mount Brrr. They always battle in stacks. Biddybuds can attack by walking into one of the Mario Bros. in a straight line, or they can attack by walking in a stack, occasionally stumbling, causing them to slow down briefly. If they are jumped on while walking in a stack, every Biddybud in the stack will take damage. If the player uses Dropchopper or Cannonball Chuck, the entire stack of Biddybuds will all take damage.

Mario Tennis Aces

Biddybuds are non-playable characters in Mario Golf: Super Rush. In Adventure Mode, they are spectators in the Piranha Plant Forest court.

Mario Golf: Super Rush

Biddybuds are obstacles in Wildweather Woods in Mario Golf: Super Rush. In Speed Golf, Biddybuds slow player characters when bumped into but can also be jumped on to gain coins.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Biddybuds in The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Three Biddybuds can be seen briefly walking by towards the beginning of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. They appear upon Mario's first meeting with Toad, causing a concerned and frightened Mario to jog away from them and follow Toad. They are featured in promotional posters for the film, including Mario's standalone poster. Unlike in the games, these Biddybuds are not part of the Koopa Troop, but are instead part of the Mushroom Kingdom's wildlife.

Statistics

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam enemy
Biddybud (1)
	HP	7	POW	39 (27)	Defense	30 (24)	Speed	24
	Role	Common	Type	Normal	Weakness	None	Location(s)	Sunbeam Plains, Paper Toad Rescue
	Level	3	Experience	2 (1)	Coins	1	Item drop	1-Up Mushroom - 3% So-so Boots - 1%
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the game's Easy Mode.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam enemy
Biddybud (2)
	HP	79	POW	247 (214)	Defense	170 (120)	Speed	154
	Role	Common	Type	Normal	Weakness	None	Location(s)	Mount Brrr
	Level	31	Experience	38 (33)	Coins	15	Item drop	Max Mushroom - 3% LV 2 Character Card - 1%
Notice: Stats in parentheses are from the game's Easy Mode.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Biddybud.

Artwork from Super Mario 3D Land
Tanooki Mario and two Biddybuds in Super Mario 3D Land
Biddybuds in Super Mario 3D World
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	テンテン^[?] Tenten	Partial repetition of「天道虫」(tentōmushi, "ladybug"); shared with Boodin
Chinese	瓢瓢^[?] Piáopiáo	Partial repetition of「瓢蟲」(piáochóng, "ladybug")
Dutch	Biddybud^[?]	-
French	Coccinelly^[?]	Diminutive form of coccinelle ("ladybug")
German	Pünktchen^[?]	From Punkt ("dot") and with diminutive suffix "-chen"
Italian	Coccinello^[?]	Masculine form of coccinella ("ladybug")
Korean	무당무당^[?] Mudang-mudang	Partial repetition of "무당벌레" (mudang-beolle, "ladybug")
Portuguese	Joaninha^[?]	Ladybug
Russian	Крапинка^[?] Krapinka	Spot
Spanish (NOA)	Catina^[?]	Diminutive form of catarina ("ladybug") and potentially from camina ("it walks")
Spanish (NOE)	Marchimotas^[?]	From marchar ("to march") and motas ("spot")

[Edit] Super Mario 3D Land
Playable characters		Mario • Luigi
Forms		Small Mario • Super Mario • Fire Mario • Tanooki Mario • Boomerang Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Statue Mario
Non-playable characters		Princess Peach • Toad • Toads
Enemies		Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Boo • Big Cosmic Clone • Big Tail Goomba • Blokkablok • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Cosmic Clone • Draglet • Dry Bones • Fake Block • Fire Piranha Plant • Flophopper • Fuzzy • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grinder • Hammer Bro • Inky Piranha Plant • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bubble • Magikoopa • Magmaargh • Monty Mole • Morty Mole • Para-Biddybud • Paragoomba • Peepa • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Prongo • Rocky Wrench • Sandmaargh • Spike Eel • Spiny • Stingby • Tail Bob-omb • Tail Boo • Tail Bullet Bill • Tail Goomba • Tail Thwomp • Thistle • Thwomp • Wallop
Obstacles		Baddie Box • Ball 'N' Chain • Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Fire Bar • Giant spiked ball • Jet engine • Lava • Lava Geyser • Poison • Retractable spikes • Spike Pillar • Spiked ball • Spike Bar • Spike Block • Spiked roller
Bosses		Tail Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Bowser • Dry Bowser
Items and power-ups		? Box • + Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Boomerang Flower • Coin • Fire Flower • Invincibility Leaf • Note • P-Wing • Poison Mushroom • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Star Medal • Statue Leaf • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects		! Block • ? Block • Assist Block • Beep Block • Binoculars • Block • Board • Bolts • Cactus • Cannon • Checkpoint Flag • Cog • Coin Block • Coin ring • Crate • Crumbling platform • Directional Block • Donut Block • Empty Block • Face block • Flip Panel • Flower • Fluff • Flying ? Block • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Green Shell • Hard Block • Invisible Block • Lift • Mystery Box • Note Block • Pipe • P Switch • Pole • Red-Blue Panel • Red Ring • Rock • Roulette Block • Rubber pad • Seagull • Small bird • Spine Coaster • Stump • Super Note Block • Switchboard • Tail Wheel • Tapering platform • Tightrope • Tree • Torch • View plate • Warp Box • World Warp Pipe
Locations	Main worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8
	Special worlds	Special 1 • Special 2 • Special 3 • Special 4 • Special 5 • Special 6 • Special 7 • Special 8
	Other	Mushroom Kingdom • Peach's Castle • Sub-area • Toad Houses
Moves		Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Ground Pound • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Side Somersault • Slide • Swim • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements		Completion • Item storage • StreetPass Gift • Tail Tree • UFO • Warp Zone
Further info		Gallery • Glitches • "Ground Theme" • "The Mario Drawing Song" • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Staff

[Edit] Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury / Bowser's Fury
Playable characters		Mario • Luigi • Peach • Toad • Rosalina • Captain Toad • Blue Toad^b • Green Toad^b • Yellow Toad^b • Bowser Jr.^c
Forms		Small Mario • Mario (form) • Cat Mario • Double Mario • Tanooki Mario • Fire Mario • Boomerang Mario • Mega Mario • Invincible Mario • White Tanooki Mario • Lucky Cat Mario • White Cat Mario^b • Giga Cat Mario^c
Non-playable characters		Sprixie Princesses • Sprixies • Rabbits • Mega Rabbit • Toads • Plessie • Lumas • Ghost Miis^a • Toadette^c • Kittens^c • Neko Parent^c
Enemies		Ant Trooper • Banzai Bill • Biddybud • Big Ant Trooper • Big Boo • Big Galoomba • Blockstepper • Blooper • Blurker • Bob-omb • Boo • Boomerang Bro • Brolder • Bullet Bill • Bully • Cat Banzai Bill • Cat Bullet Bill • Cat Goomba • Chargin' Chuck • Charvaargh • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Conkdor • Disaster Neko^c • Fighter Fly^d • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fireball^d • Fizzlit • Flopter • Freezie^d • Fury Shadow^c • Fuzzler • Fuzzy • Galoomba • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Grumblump • Hammer Bro • Hop-Chop • Horned Ant Trooper • Ka-thunk • Innertube Goomba • Lava Bubble • Madpole • Magikoopa • Mega Piranha Plant • Mini Goomba • Octoomba • Para-Biddybud • Parabones • Peepa • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Plant • Porcupuffer • Rammerhead • Ring Burner • Shellcreeper^d • Sidestepper^d • Skating Goomba • Skipsqueak • Small Rammerhead • Snow Pokey • Spike • Spiny • Spiny Skipsqueak • Splorch • Splounder • Stingby • Thwomp • Ty-foo • Unshelled Koopa • Walleye
Obstacles		Baddie Box • Bill Blaster • Cannon • Dark • Fire Bar • Fury Sun^c • Fuzzy Horde • Lava • Poison • Poison fog • Quicksand • Spike ball • Spike Block • Spike Trap • Spiked roller • Volcanic debris
Bosses		Bowser • Boom Boom • Pom Pom • Hisstocrat • Boss Brolder • King Ka-thunk • Prince Bully • Motley Bossblob • Meowser • Fury Bowser^c • Giant Bowser^c
Items and power-ups		+ Clock • 1-Up Mushroom • Baseball • Blue Coin • Bomb • Boomerang Flower • Cannon Box • Cat Shine^c • Cat Shine Shard^c • Coin • Coin Box • Coin pile • Crown • Double Cherry • Fire Flower • Giga Bell^c • Gold Shell • Goomba Mask • Green Shell • Green Star Coin • Green Star • Hidden Coin • Ice Skate • Invincibility Bell^b • Invincibility Leaf • Key^c • Key Coin • Light Box • Lucky Bell • Mega Mushroom • Plessie Medal^c • Potted Piranha Plant • Propeller Box • Red Coin • Snowball • Springboard • Stamp • Super Bell • Super Leaf • Super Mushroom • Super Star
Objects		? Block • Arrow platform • Arrow Sign • Assist Block • Beep Block • Big Block • Binoculars • Bowser Board • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Cactus • Cage^c • Cat Wheel • Chain-Link • Character Switch • Checkpoint Flag • Clear Pipe • Clear Pipe Cannon • Cloud Cannon • Cloud Lift • Cog • Color Panel • Conveyor Belt • Crab • Crate • Crystal Block • Dash Panel • Donut Block • Empty Block • Falling spike^c • Fling Pole^c • Floating couch • Floor^d • Flower • Fluff • Fury Block^c • Gift Box • Goal Pole • Goal Pole (flying) • Gold Ring • Gong • Graffiti^c • Green Star Ring • Ground-Pound Switch^c • Hexagon • Hidden Block • Illusion • Jump Panel • Kick Bomb • Lift • Lighthouse^c • Long ? Block • Multi-Vator • Mushroom Trampoline • Mystery Box • P Panel • P Switch • Pipe • Pixel Luigi • Propeller Platform^a • Red POW Block • Red Ring • Red-Blue Panel • Rising pillar • Rock Block • Rocket • Rotating Panel • Roulette Block • Seagull^c • Searchlight • Seesaw • Sliding door • Slot Block • Small bird • Splotchy goop^c • Super Jump Panel^c • Swing • Switch Block • Switch Panel • Switchboard • Super POW Block • Tank • Timer Gate^c • Torch • Touchstone • Trample Switch • Trapeze • Tree • Turning Floor • Warp Box • Warp Box (With Key) • Warp Door • World Warp Pipe • Zipline lift
Locations	Normal worlds	World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World Castle • World Bowser
	Special worlds	World Star • World Mushroom • World Flower • World Crown
	Lake Lapcat^c	Fur Step Island • Scamper Shores • Pounce Bounce Isle • Fort Flaptrap • Slipskate Slope • Clawswipe Colosseum • Trickity Tower • Crisp Climb Castle • Risky Whisker Island • Pipe Path Tower • Roiling Roller Isle • Mount Magmeow • Lucky Isle
	Other	Sprixie Kingdom • Mushroom Kingdom • Sprixie Houses • Toad Houses • Mystery Houses • Lucky Houses
Moves		Crawl • Crouch • Crouch Jump • Dash • Dive^b • Floating Jump • Ground Pound • Ground Pound Jump^b • Jump • Long Jump • Roll • Scuttle • Shell dash • Side Somersault • Slide • Spin • Spin Jump • Swim • Synchro Ground-Pound • Wall Jump
Gameplay elements		amiibo^b • Captain Toad's Adventures • Completion • Enemy Battles • Luigi Bros. • List of Cat Shine names in other languages^c • List of Pixel Luigi sightings • List of stamps • Miiverse^a • Points • Snapshot Mode^b • Toad Brigade^b
Musical compositions		"Super Bell Hill" • "Mario's Colour Panel" • "Super Block Land"
Further info		Gallery (SM3DW+BF • BF) • Glitches (SM3DW+BF) • Media (SM3DW+BF) • Original soundtrack • Playable characters' statistics (SM3DW+BF) • Pre-release and unused content • Staff (SM3DW+BF)
^a Exclusive to the Super Mario 3D World campaign in the Wii U version ^b Exclusive to Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury ^c Exclusive to Bowser's Fury ^d Exclusive to Luigi Bros.
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[Edit] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Characters	Playable	Mario • Luigi • Paper Mario
	Non-playable	? Card Toad • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Crinkle Goomba • Delivery Toad • Flutter • Kamek • Know-It-All Toads • Lakitu • Monologue Toad • Nabbit • Paper Bowser • Paper Bowser Jr. • Paper Kamek • Paper Luigi • Paper Peach • Paper Toads • Princess Peach • Scaredy Rat • Starlow • Toad • Toadette • Yoshis
	Papercraft	Papercraft Mario • Papercraft Luigi • Papercraft Yoshi • Papercraft Peach • Papercraft Fire Mario
Special Attacks	Trio Attack	Trio Racquet • Trio Kite • Trio Whirligig • Trio Shuriken • Trio Meteor
	Mario Bros. Attack	3D Red Shell • Rocket Blast • Bomb Derby • Cannonball Chuck • Toad Trail
	Luigi Bros. Attack	Fire Flower • Drill Shell • Dropchopper • Balloon Blast • Mega Thwonk
Bosses	Mario & Luigi	Petey Piranha • Big Pokey • Roy Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Wiggler • Chargin' Chuck Corps • Larry Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Bowser Jr. • King Boo • King Bob-omb • Kamek • Iggy Koopa • Lemmy Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Bowser • Shiny RoboBowser • Dry Bowser
	Paper Mario	Paper Tower Power Pokey • Paper Petey Piranha • Paper Kamek • Paper Bowser Jr. • Paper Bowser
	Papercraft	Papercraft Megacrinkle Goomba • Papercraft Kamek • Papercraft Bowser Jr. • Papercraft King Boo • Papercraft Bowser
Locations		Peach's Castle • Sunbeam Plains • Doop Doop Dunes • Doop Doop Dunes Grotto • Twinsy Tropics Dungeon • Twinsy Tropics • Gloomy Woods • Mount Brrr • Bowser's Castle • Neo Bowser Castle
Enemies	Mario & Luigi	Ant Trooper • Big Tail Goomba • Biddybud • Boomerang Bro • Broozer • Bully • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Fly Guy • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Horned Ant Trooper • Koopa Troopa • Mechakoopa • Monty Mole • Ninji • Pokey • Sandmaargh • Shy Guy • Spike • Spiny • Urchin
	Paper Mario	Paper Bob-omb • Paper Boo • Paper Boomerang Bro • Paper Broozer • Paper Chain Chomp • Paper Dry Bones • Paper Fire Bro • Paper Fire Piranha Plant • Paper Fuzzy • Paper Goomba • Paper Hammer Bro • Paper Koopa Troopa • Paper Ninji • Paper Paragoomba • Paper Paratroopa • Paper Scaredy Rat • Paper Shy Guy • Paper Sombrero Guy • Paper Spear Guy • Paper Spike • Paper Spiny • Paper Swoop
	Papercraft	Airship • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Dry Bones • Goomba • Koopa Shell • Mechakoopa • Pokey • Spike • Spiked Ball • Whomp
Items	Collectibles	1-Up DX • 1-Up Mushroom • 100 Coin • ? Block • Battle Card • Bean • Bomb Bud • Boo Biscuit • Candy • Clothing • Coin • Command Block • Double 1-Up Mushroom • L Block • Lakitea • M Block • Max Mushroom • Max Nut • Max Candy • Max Syrup Jar • Mushroom • Nut • P Block • Refreshing Herb • Spinny Flower • Super Mushroom • Super Nut • Super Candy • Supersyrup Jar • Syrup Jar • Ultra Mushroom • Ultra Nut • Ultra Candy • Ultrasyrup Jar
Items	Key items	Berry • Copy Block • Dash Socks • Fire Ore • Key • Melon • Mysterious book • Paper trampoline • Red medallion
Stats		Bros. Point • Defense • Experience Point • Heart Point • Power • Rank • Speed • Stache
Moves		Dash • Hammer • Jump • Slide • Team Jump • Trio Drill • Trio Glider • Trio Grab • Trio Hammer
Status		Burn • Creased • Crumpled • DEF-Down • DEF-Up • Dizzy • Fury • Invisible • Mini • POW-Down • POW-Up • Prohibited Command • SPD-Down • SPD-Up • Trip
Miscellaneous		Bestiary • Block locations • Drill spot locations • Gallery • Gear • Glitches • Item patches • Level up progressions • Music Player • Parade • Pre-release and unused content • Quotes • Staff • Story summaries

[Edit] Mario Tennis Aces
Playable characters	Initial release	Mario • Luigi • Wario • Waluigi • Peach • Daisy • Rosalina • Toad • Toadette • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Boo • Yoshi • Donkey Kong • Spike • Chain Chomp
Playable characters	Post-release^a	Koopa Troopa • Blooper • Diddy Kong • Birdo • Koopa Paratroopa • Shy Guy • Petey Piranha • Luma • Boom Boom • Pauline • Kamek • Dry Bones • Fire Piranha Plant • Dry Bowser
Non-playable characters		Piranha Plants • Lakitus • Biddybuds • Yoshis • Small birds • Rabbits • Fire Piranha Plants • Munchers • Nipper Plants • Piranha Creepers • Ant Troopers • Conkdors • Dry Bones • Kleptos • Stone Spikes • Peepas • Big Boo • Bob-ombs • Spinies • Mechakoopas • Mega Bob-ombs^a • Monty Mole • Parabones • Aster • Lucien • Mirrors • Boo Buddies^a • King Boo^a • Fly Guy^a • New Donkers^a • Shy Guy Towers^a • Shield Guys^a • Big Magikoopa^a
Bosses		Petey Piranha • Madame Mirage • Snow Ogre • Gooper Blooper • Bowser Statue • Bowcien
Courts and worlds		Marina Stadium • Bask Ruins • Piranha Plant Forest • Mirage Mansion • Snowfall Mountain • Savage Sea • Inferno Island • Ruins of Trials^a
Moves		Special Shot • Trick Shot • Zone Shot • Zone Speed
Miscellaneous		Kingdom of Bask • Online tournaments^a • Power Stone
Further info		Gallery • Quotes • Staff
^a Post-release content
Related Play Nintendo activities: Are you a tennis ace? • The multiplayer way • Ultimate doubles • Winning strategies? Take your pick!

[Edit] Mario Golf: Super Rush
Playable characters	Mario • Luigi • Wario • Waluigi • Peach • Daisy • Yoshi • Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Boo • Donkey Kong • Rosalina • Pauline • Toad • Chargin' Chuck • King Bob-omb • Toadette* • Koopa Troopa* • Ninji* • Wiggler* • Shy Guy*
Non-playable characters	Toad • Goomba • Paragoomba • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Master Duff • Master Lob • Master Stinger • Hammer Bro • Fire Bro • Sledge Bro • Spike • Shy Guy • Monty Mole • Pokey • Sandmaargh • Ty-foo • Brolder • Chain Chomp • Thwomp • Magmaargh • Lava Bubble • Fire Bar • Piranha Creeper • Whomp • Bullet Bill • Parabomb • Biddybud • Luma • Boomerang Bro • Buzzy Beetle • Birdo • Dry Bones • Stone Spike • Sheep • Bony Beetle • Freezie • Mr. Blizzard • Snow Pokey • Penguin • New Donker* • Band* • Cooligan* • Bramball* • Cheep Cheep* • Cheep Chomp*
Objects	Brick Block* • Bouncy Cloud* • Cactus • Coin • Dash Panel* • Heart • Jump Panel* • Star Coin* • Spike Ball* • Stone-Eye • Tornado • Tree
Bosses	Legendary hero • Sacred Flamebeast • Snow King
Golf courses	Rookie Course • Bonny Greens • Ridgerock Lake • Balmy Dunes • Wildweather Woods • Bowser Highlands • New Donk City* • Blustery Basin* • Spiky Palms* • Shelltop Sanctuary* • All-Star Summit* • Super Golf Stadium
Techniques	Drafting • Special Dash • Special Shot
Further info	Gallery • Staff
* Post-release content