Gringill
| Gringill | |||
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 Artwork of a Gringill from Super Mario Galaxy | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario Galaxy (2007) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020) | ||
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- “Can you beat those Gringills by hitting them with shells?”
- —Penguin, Super Mario Galaxy
Gringills are huge orange eels with large eyes and teeth found in Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. There are two variants of Gringills: ones that lurk in caves and stretch out to snap their jaws at anyone who approaches, and ones that freely swim around in loops. They attack simply by trying to bite Mario or Luigi. Gringills can be defeated by throwing a Koopa Shell at them while they are underwater.
In Super Mario Galaxy, cave-based Gringills appear in the Beach Bowl Galaxy and the Sea Slide Galaxy, while swimming ones appear in the Drip Drop Galaxy, the Bigmouth Galaxy, and the Deep Dark Galaxy. In Super Mario Galaxy 2, only the cave-based ones appear, being in the Cosmic Cove Galaxy, Starshine Beach Galaxy, and Slimy Spring Galaxy.
Profiles
Super Mario Galaxy trading card
| Image | Name | Description
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Gringill | With their large eyes, and even larger, more terrifying teeth, Gringills would like nothing more than to have Mario for lunch! Mario must fight these gigantic eel-like creatures in several galaxies — some enemies just don't know when to quit. Gringills can be defeated by throwing a Koopa shell at them while underwater. |
Gallery
Model of a swimming Gringill from Super Mario Galaxy
Screenshot of a Gringill swimming in open water from Super Mario Galaxy
Screenshot of nesting Gringills from Super Mario Galaxy 2
Thumbnail from Mario Portal
Additional names
Internal names
| Game | File | Name | Meaning
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|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/SnakeheadSmall.arc | SnakeheadSmall | Small Snakehead (nested variant) |
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl | 雷魚（小） (Raigyo (shō)) | Snakehead (small) |
| Super Mario Galaxy Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
ObjectData/SnakeFish.arc | Snake Fish | Snake Fish (swimming variant) |
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | アナゴン[?] Anagon |
Derived from「 |
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| French | Anguillon[?] | From anguille ("eel") and diminutive suffix -on | |
| German | Aal[?] | Eel | |
| Italian | Pesce Boa[?] | Boa Fish | |
| Korean | 붕장어[?] Bungjang-eo |
Korean name for the whitespotted conger | |
| Spanish | Anagorn[?] | From Japanese name |
