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'''Cataquacks''', also called '''Paihanas''',<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Page 6.</ref> '''Piahanas''',<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Page 103.</ref> or '''Pihanas''',<ref>Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 19.</ref> are duck-like enemies that first appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They are known for catapulting [[Mario]] or other characters into the air. Blue Cataquacks are said to become nervous when confronted by strangers, but they never want to harm them; however, a red variant called '''Chuhanas'''<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Page 6.</ref> or '''Red Cataquacks'''<ref>Averill, Alan, and Jennifer Villarreal. The ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Player's Guide. Page 63.</ref> harms any strangers that are in their way. Their name may be based on the words "catapult" and "quack," referring to their behavior and appearance (similar to a {{wp|duck}}), respectively. Cataquacks, like [[Plungelo]]s, resemble [[Wiggler]] segments, and they are further connected by their similar location and Japanese names. Enemies with similar functions, called [[Heave-Ho]]s, appear in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.

In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', Cataquacks come in red and blue varieties. They walk aimlessly on the beach, but when they sense Mario nearby, they charge at him until he gets far enough away from them or they reach a ledge or water. If they make contact, they use their beaks to throw Mario into the air. This can be both helpful and harmful; Mario can sustain damage if he lands on the same ground from which he was launched, but he can also reach [[platform]]s and [[coin]]s he otherwise could not with normal [[jump]]s. Blue Cataquacks cannot damage Mario unless he touches them directly, but red ones can damage him through their catapult. If swarmed by Red Cataquacks, Mario may become trapped in a loop of catapulting and suffer a large amount of damage.

Normally, Cataquacks are immune to all of Mario's direct attacks, but when sprayed with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]], they flip over and become stunned. During this time, Mario can get a coin by jumping on them, which causes them to sink into the ground. If he sprays a stunned Cataquack, it remains stunned for a longer time. When sprayed over sand, Cataquacks sink into it without having to jump on them, but they do not give a coin. Cataquacks can be defeated only by eating them with a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]], catapulting them into the air with the outburst of a nearby [[Dune Bud]], or luring them towards water while using the [[F.L.U.D.D.#Hover Nozzle|Hover Nozzle]].<ref>BeaverThingify (September 15, 2020). [https://youtu.be/rz7gCXSJmJs Super Mario Sunshine - Killing every Cataquack in "The Watermelon Festival"]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved January 6, 2021.</ref>

 

 

 

Blue Cataquacks are one of the few enemies in the game confirmed to be native to [[Isle Delfino]], as most of the others (presumably including Red Cataquacks) were created from [[Shadow Mario]]'s [[goop|graffiti]].<ref>{{media link|ESMB Bowser Jr Graffiti.png|An excerpt of page 107 of the ''Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.''}} The title of the box is 「クッパＪｒ．の落書き!」 ("''The graffiti of Bowser Jr.!''") and the text says 「本作の敵キャラクターたちは、クッパJr.が落書きで生み出したという設定。そのため、水に弱かったり、デザインが他のシリーズと少々異なっていたりする。ヨッシーも、同様の理由で水に落ちると消えてしまう。」 ("''This game's enemy characters are created by Bowser Jr.'s graffiti. That is why they are weak to water, and differ slightly in design from the rest of the series. Yoshi also vanishes if he falls in water for the same reason.''")</ref> Despite this, both colors of Cataquacks appear to splatter when they are defeated via a Dune Bud.

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', the blue variety of Cataquacks reappears in the [[Gold Leaf Galaxy]] and the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]. Mario can use them to fling himself to high or out-of-reach places. [[Honeybee]]s are seen to keep them as pets, fencing them in. In this game, they can be defeated only by luring them into the water, where they vanish, but they reappear shortly after (along with [[Koopa Troopa]]s, they are the only enemies that respawn). If Mario [[spin]]s next to them, [[Ground Pound|ground-pounds]] near them, or touches them while in his [[Rainbow Mario|rainbow form]], they will flip over and be stunned for a few seconds. Unlike in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', Cataquacks are completely harmless due to the game's lack of falling damage. Additionally, these Cataquacks jump and give out an excited squeak before chasing, rather than immediately pursuing Mario. They have a very slight redesign in that the yellow circles on their sides are now a defined ridge rather than simply a pattern, lessening the resemblance to Wiggler segments. According to a honeybee in the Gold Leaf Galaxy, Cataquacks (or at least one specimen found nearby) are native to the [[Gold Leaf Galaxy#Flower Planet|Flower Planet]].<ref>{{media link|SM3DAS SMG GLG Cataquack to the Skies dialog.jpg|Screenshot}}</ref>

[[File:PeachBeach-Cataquack-MKDD.png|thumb|200px|right|Differently colored Cataquacks along Peach Beach]]

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|Enemy (in ''Super Mario Sunshine''), ally (in ''Super Mario Galaxy'')

SMS Artwork Cataquack (Red).png|Artwork of a Red Cataquack from ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''

|Fra=Catacouac

|FraM=From the English name

|ItaM=From ''catapulta'' (catapult) and ''papero'' (duck)

|KorM=From 날다 (''nalda'', to fly) and 꽃충이 (''Kkotchung-i'', Wiggler)

|SpaM=From ''pico'' (beak) and ''cuac'' (onomatopoeic term meaning "quack")

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