Blooper Baby
| Blooper Baby | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 A Blooper Baby in New Super Mario Bros. U | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Party Jamboree (cameo) (2024) | ||
| 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.
HistoryEdit
Super Mario seriesEdit
Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3Edit
They first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3 and reappear in its enhanced port Super Mario Advance 4: 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.Edit
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. WiiEdit
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. 2Edit
Blooper Babies reappear in 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 DeluxeEdit
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. Their artwork depicts them with pupils, despite being notably absent in-game.
Super Mario Maker seriesEdit
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. 3Edit
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 BooksEdit
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 StarsEdit
Blooper babies appear again alongside a Blooper with kids in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Touching one of them starts a battle with a normal Blooper.
Paper MarioEdit
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 MixEdit
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.
Mario Kart seriesEdit
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.
In the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Blooper Babies make a cameo alongside Blooper Nannies as a mobile in the background of Squeaky Clean Sprint. The course returns in Mario Kart Tour.
LEGO Super MarioEdit
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. MovieEdit
In The Super Mario Bros. Movie, illustrations of Blooper Babies can be seen on bags in a storefront window in both the teaser poster and in one scene of movie.
Other appearancesEdit
In the Super Mario Mash-up in Minecraft, Ink Sacs are replaced by a Blooper Baby item.
Unused appearancesEdit
Super Paper MarioEdit
In Super Paper Mario, Blooper Baby graphics exist unused. Both it and the normal Blooper are labeled as test enemies.
Profiles and statisticsEdit
Paper MarioEdit
| 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! | ||||||||
GalleryEdit
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Maze Picture Book 5: Adventure in the Land of Rainbows
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
The August 2018 LINE calendar (wallpaper version)
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
2D artwork
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
Wallpaper from Nintendo Magazine 2024 summer
Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Ko Gessō |
Child Blooper | Super Mario Bros. 3 |
| チビゲッソー[?] Chibi Gessō |
Mini Blooper | Paper Mario | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 乌贼宝宝[?] Wūzéi Bǎobǎo |
Squid Baby | Paper Mario |
| 小鱿鱿[3] Xiǎo Yóuyóu |
Little Blooper | LEGO Super Mario | |
| French | Bébé Bloups[?] | Baby Blooper | |
| German | Blooper Baby[?] | - | |
| Italian | Figli di Bloober[4] | Bloober's children | |
| Piccolo Calamako[?] | Little Blooper | Dancing Stage: Mario Mix | |
| Baby Calamako[?] | Baby Blooper | ||
| Bebè[?] | Baby | Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition | |
| Portuguese (NOA) | Blooper bebê[?] | Baby Blooper | |
| Portuguese (NOE) | Blooper bebé[?] | Baby Blooper | |
| Romanian | Bebeluș Blooper[5] | 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 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "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." – August 1991. Nintendo Mario Mania Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 156.
- ^ 1988. スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). 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.
- ^ Super Mario Bros. 3 Italian booklet. Page 36.
- ^ Pachete cu personaje – Seria 6. lego.com (Romanian). Retrieved January 9, 2023. (Archived January 7, 2023, 01:35:38 UTC via Wayback Machine.)