Swoopula

Swoopula
A Swoopula in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance	Paper Mario (2000)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of	Swoop
Variants Swampire

Swoopulas' are gray batlike creatures, and a more powerful variety of the Swooper encountered in the Paper Mario series. It attacks by leeching hit points from Mario or his partner in a similar manner to a Fuzzy's attack. Its name is based off Count Dracula, due to its similar health-leeching ability.

History

Paper Mario

In Paper Mario, Swoopulas appear in the Crystal Palace. At the start of battle, Swoopulas are perched on the ceiling and can be knocked down with an item, Special Move, certain partner moves, or the Quake Hammer or Hammer Throw abilities. They fly down briefly to attack but return to their roost unless previously knocked down. They leech two hit points at a time up to five times unless an Action Command gauge is filled up first, similar to Jungle Fuzzy.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and its Nintendo Switch remake, Swoopulas appear in the Palace of Shadow and slightly late in the Pit of 100 Trials. Unlike the weaker Swoopers, they start battle in the air rather than on the ceiling. Their leeching move now takes four hit points, but cannot hit more than once a turn. An even stronger variant known as Swampire appears near the end of the Pit of 100 Trials. The Nintendo Switch remake also allows them to use the Swooper's swoop attack.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario

Paper Mario enemy
Swoopula
		Max HP	8	Attack	2	Defense	0
		Role	Common	Type	Elevated or Flying	Level	22
		Strong	None	Weak	None	Moves	Kissy-Kiss (2 x 5, recovers health according to damage)
		Sleep?	60%, 0	Dizzy?	100%, 1	Shock?	80%, 0
		Shrink?	75%, 0	Stop?	85%, 0	Fright?	70%
		Air Lift?	95%	Hurricane?	95%	Coins	1 + 0-4
		Items	Volt Shroom	Run	40	Location(s)	Crystal Palace
Tattle	This is a Swoopula. Swoopulas attack from the air and cling to you to suck your HP. Max HP: 8, Attack Power: 2, Defense Power: 0 Hit repeatedly to fight it off or else it'll keep sucking your HP. You can't jump high enough to attack them while they're hanging from the ceiling. An earthquake attack ought to work, though. Flying party members, like Bow or Parakarry, can also attack them with ease. If they fall and begin to flap around, you can attack them by jumping as well.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Swoopula
	Max HP	9	Attack	4	Defense	0
	Location(s)	Palace of Shadow, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 73, 74, 78, 79)	Role	Common	Level	30
	Sleep?	70%	Dizzy?	100%	Confuse?	70%
	Tiny?	80%	Stop?	75%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	70%	Fright?	70%
	Gale Force?	85%	KO?	95%	Moves	Suck (Absorbs 4 HP, Piercing)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	0 - 4	Items	Boo's Sheet, Dizzy Dial, Dried Shroom (drop only), Fire Flower (drop only), Fright Mask (drop only), Honey Syrup (drop only), Ice Storm, Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Spite Pouch (drop only), Super Shroom, Tasty Tonic (drop only), Volt Shroom (drop only), HP Drain P (drop only), Multibounce (drop only)
Tattle Log #: 65	Log	An HP-sucking batlike thing. Its name comes from its swooping, blood-sucking attack.
	Tattle	That's a Swoopula. An airborne, bloodsucking, batlike thing. Max HP is 9, Attack is 4, and Defense is 0. As if losing HP wasn't bad enough, this little creep adds yours to its own! How totally, totally gross! Don't let it bite me, Mario!

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Swoopula
	Max HP	9	Attack	4	Defense	0
	Location(s)	Palace of Shadow, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 73, 74, 78, 79)	Role	Common	Level	30
	Sleep?	70%	Dizzy?	100%	Confuse?	70%
	Tiny?	80%	Stop?	75%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	70%	Fright?	70%
	Gale Force?	85%	KO?	95%	Moves	Swoop (4), Suck (Absorbs 4 HP, Piercing)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	0 - 4	Items	Boo's Sheet, Dizzy Dial, Dried Mushroom (drop only), Fire Flower (drop only), Fright Mask (drop only), Honey Syrup (drop only), Ice Storm, Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Spite Pouch (drop only), Super Mushroom, Tasty Tonic (drop only), Volt Mushroom (drop only), HP Drain P (drop only), Multibounce (drop only)
Tattle Log #: 68	Log	An HP-sucking, bat-like thing. Its name comes from its swooping, bloodsucking attack.
	Tattle	That's a Swoopula. An airborne, bloodsucking, bat-like thing. Max HP is 9, Attack is 4, and Defense is 0. As if losing HP wasn't bad enough, this little creep adds yours to its own! How totally, totally gross! Don't let it bite me, Mario!

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	バサバサチュルル[?] Basabasa Chururu	Compound of「バサバサ」(Basabasa, "Swoop") and「ちゅるる」(chururu, onomatopoeia for slurping)
Chinese	啪萨嗦噜[?] Pāsà Suōlū	Transliteration from the Japanese name
French	Swoopula[?]	-
German	Swoopula[?]	-
Italian	Pipistrex[?]	From pipistrello ("bat") and rex ("king" in Latin)
Spanish (NOA)	Golpílago[?]	From golpe ("hit") and Vampílago ("Swoop")
Spanish (NOE)	Súpula[?]	An adaption of the English Name to Spanish pronunciation