Editing Albatoss

{{about|the enemy that first debuted in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'', and later in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]|the birds that are named albatrosses in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 4]]''|[[Seagull]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Albatoss Super Mario Advance artwork.jpg|210px]]<br>Artwork of an Albatoss carrying a [[Bob-omb]] in its talons from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''{{iw|zeldawiki|Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda}}'' (2021, overall)<br>''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|comparable=[[Condrop]]<br>[[Goonie]]<br>[[Para-Beetle]]
}}
'''Albatosses''' are bird enemies that appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and its {{wp|Western world|Western}} counterpart, ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Some fly with [[Bob-omb]]s in their talons and drop them when a player character is below, though others simply fly forwards and can be used as platforms. The enemy's English name is a portmanteau of "{{wp|albatross}}" and "toss," which refers to its attack method.

Their means of attack is invocative of {{wp|bomber}}s and their overall design is similar to large {{wp|bird of prey|birds of prey}} in the order {{wp|Accipitriformes}}, like eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures. Despite the lack of resemblance, ''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]'' states that Albatosses are {{wp|pterosaur}}s (「翼竜」, ''Yokuryū'', lit. "wing dragon"), prehistoric flying reptiles that are unrelated to birds.<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|language=Japanese|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/hGbL9me.jpeg 140]}}</ref>

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
In ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Albatosses used to be normal residents of [[Subcon]] until [[Wart]] took control.<ref name="engmanual">{{cite|quote=He used to only be a resident in the world of dreams. Now, by order of Wart, he works as a carrier of Bob-Ombs.|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=25|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> Albatosses carry [[Bob-omb|Bob-Omb]]s and drop them, attempting to hit one of the playable characters: [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], or [[Toad]]. An Albatoss can be defeated if the player's character throws a [[vegetable]] at it or touches it under the [[Super Star|Starman]] effects. Unlike most other enemies, Albatosses cannot be picked up and thrown. If an Albatoss flies low enough, the character can [[jump]] on its back and ride on it. [[World 6-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6-2]] and [[World 7-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 7-1]] require the player's character to ride Albatosses to reach otherwise inaccessible parts of the [[level]]; these Albatosses do not carry Bob-Ombs. Albatosses are seen carrying Bob-Ombs in [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 3-3]] and World 6-2, while in [[World 7-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 7-2]], the Bob-Ombs drop from behind the Albatosses the moment they appear on-screen. The Albatosses with Bob-Ombs in World 6-2 also fly faster than the others seen in the game.

In ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', Albatosses move at two frames, while in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', they move at seven frames; an eighth frame exists, showing the wings moving back upwards, but is unused due to a [[glitch]].<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Bros._2_(NES)#Eighth_Animation_Frame|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' {{!}} TCRF article|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor}}</ref> The ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' remakes restore the missing frame.

====''Super Mario All-Stars'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
An Alabatoss makes a cameo appearance in both the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' versions of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where the [[kings|king]] of [[Sky Land|The Sky]] is turned into an Albatoss; in the original version, he is turned into a regular bird.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
[[File:AlbatossCartoon.jpg|thumb|left|Three Albatosses carrying Bob-Ombs in the episode "[[The Bird! The Bird!]]" of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']]
{{quote|Crash landing! Egg in the face! Fasten your seatbelt!|Albatoss|"[[Jungle Fever]]"}}
Albatosses make a few appearances in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' They are usually used as bombers by [[Bowser|King Koopa]], and they sometimes capture Mario and company in nets. Albatosses are also seen in the show's intro. In this show, they have a dark-brownish head, instead of matching their bodies' red color.

The only episode where an Albatoss has a speaking role is "[[Jungle Fever]]," where Mario and his friends ride one to get off the bridge King Koopa sliced, only for it to get a [[Birdo's Egg|Birdo egg]] on its face. [[Koopa's rocket]] also slightly resembles the head of an Albatoss. Additionally, the character [[Hooded Robin]] somewhat resembles an Albatoss.

Albatosses are featured in the following episodes:

{{columns|
*"[[The Bird! The Bird!]]"
*"[[Jungle Fever]]"
*"[[Two Plumbers and a Baby]]"
*"[[The Pied Koopa]]"
*"[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]"
*"[[Mario and Joliet]]"
*"[[Koopa Klaus]]"
*"[[Bad Rap]]"
*"[[Mario of the Apes]]"
*"[[Raiders of the Lost Mushroom]]"
}}

===''King Koopa's Kool Kartoons''===
In ''[[King Koopa's Kool Kartoons]]'', an Albatoss would deliver mail to King Koopa's character.<ref>{{cite|date=June 21, 2022|timestamp=01:31|url=youtu.be/KJh7L2YiRXk?t=91|title= King koopa’s kool kartoons Compilation|publisher=YouTube|author=The cush and chef monkey Show|accessdate=June 30, 2024}}</ref> The Albatoss was a brown bird prop dangled with strings to simulate it flying.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
[[File:Albatoss SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|right]]
In a part of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', an Albatoss carries Mario, Luigi, and [[Yoshi]], but then it hurls them into a wall.

===Other appearances===
====''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening''====
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[[File:TLOZLADXEvilEagleSprite.png|frame|left]]
An Albatoss, referred to as '''Evil Eagle''' appears in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' as the boss of {{iw|zeldawiki|Eagle's Tower}}, and is fought on top of the tower itself. It is ridden by the {{iw|zeldawiki|Grim Creeper}} and attacks by flying from side to side, occasionally swooping down or flapping its wings to simultaneously blow {{iw|zeldawiki|Link}} away and shoot feathers at him. Although Evil Eagle's official artwork depicts it as red and its body is given a red color palette in ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX}}'', the [[Nintendo Switch]] remake instead gives it a white body color.
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==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet''': "''He used to be only a resident in the world of dreams. Now, by order of Wart, he works as a carrier of Bob-Ombs.''"<ref name="engmanual"/>
*'''''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet''': "''Albatosses were just average residents of Subspace until Wart ordered them to carry Bob-ombs about.''"{{page needed}}

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=トンドル (JP) / Tondoru (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Albatoss Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku={{ruby|恐竜族|きょうりゅうぞく}}
|seikaku={{ruby|優雅|ゆうが}}
|tojo_gemu={{ruby|ＵＳＡ|ユーエスエー}}
|desc='''<big>{{ruby|頼|たの}}もしい{{ruby|翼竜|よくりゅう}}</big>'''<br>
{{ruby|数匹|すうひき}}が{{ruby|編隊|へんたい}}をくんで{{ruby|飛|く}}んで{{ruby|飛|と}}んでくる{{ruby|翼竜|よくりゅう}}。{{ruby|持|も}}ち{{ruby|上|あ}}げることはできないが、{{ruby|背中|せなか}}に{{ruby|乗|の}}ることはできる。トンドルの{{ruby|背中|せなか}}に{{ruby|乗|の}}らないと{{ruby|進|すす}}めないステージもある。{{ruby|頼|たの}}もしい{{ruby|乗|の}}り{{ruby|物|もの}}だ。アメリカ{{ruby|名|めい}}はアバトス。<ref name=Daijiten/>
|tribe=Dinosaur clan
|disposition=Elegant
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>A reliable pterosaur</big>'''''<br>
''Several pterodactyls fly in formation. You cannot lift them, but you can ride on their backs. There are stages where you have to ride on the back of a pterosaur in order to advance. It is a reliable transport. Its American name is Albatoss.''
}}

==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
DDP Albatoss.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
DokiAlbatoss.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
Albatoss DDP animated sprite.gif|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
Albatoss SMB2 Sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Albatoss SMB2 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
Smas-smb3 king5.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=トンドル
|JpnR=Tondoru
|JpnM=Pun on "condor" and either "toss" or「{{ruby|飛|と}}ぶ」(''tobu'', "to fly")
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|date=1987|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|language=ja|page=33}}</ref><ref name=SMUSA>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/ja/pdf/CLV-P-HAADJ.pdf|title=''Super Mario USA'' instruction booklet|page=28|date=1992|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|JpnN=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
|Jpn2=アルバトス<ref name=SMUSA/>
|Jpn2R=Arubatosu
|Jpn2M=Transliteration of the English name
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario Bros. 2'', ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening''
|Jpn3=アバトス
|Jpn3R=Abatosu
|Jpn3M=Alternate transliteration of the English name.
|Jpn3C=<ref>{{cite|date=1994|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]}}</ref>
|Jpn3N=''Super Mario Bros. 2''
|ChiS=飞鹰
|ChiSR=Fēiyīng
|ChiSM=Flying Eagle
|ChiSC=<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hans|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170226161109/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043?red_tag=f0666802113|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=February 2, 2017}}</ref>
|Fre=Albatoss
|FreC=<ref name=smb2fgs>{{cite|author=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / Mode d'emploi''|format=German and French|url=drive.google.com/file/d/1k3ylzfjnrB3Bb1CFUK5ZHQIkha9TZ3C-/view|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|page=28}}</ref>
|Ger=Albatross
|GerM={{wp|Albatross}}
|GerC=<ref name=smb2fgs/>
|Ger2=Albatoss
|Ger2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors|title=''Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1992|isbn=3-929034-02-6|page=118}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r8SLY9boMA&list=PLn0Cm-QzTZcYMFil7DnnbYQJlk7qccB4H&index=16 The Super Mario Bros Super Show! Folge 13 Dance / Urwaldfieber]</ref>
|Ita=Albatoss
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual|page=25}}</ref>
|Ita2=Albatros
|Ita2M=Albatross
|Ita2C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-syQjYaN-z0&list=PLcGZc7g30V1szpfz3uw4SZIma9VbA33Bo&index=11 Super Mario bros super show ita 1x10 Due idraulici e una bambina]</ref>
|Ita2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
|Ita3=Albatrosso
|Ita3M=Portmanteau of ''albatros'' ("albatross") and ''rosso'' ("red"); it could also be a transliteration of the English name
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual|page=112|language=Italian|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
|Ita4=Albatiro
|Ita4M=Portmanteau of ''albatros'' ("albatross") and ''tiro'' ("throw")
|Ita4C<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual|page=38}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=68}}</ref>
|Kor=앨버토스
|KorR=Aelbeotoseu
|KorM=Transliteration of the English name
|Nor=Albatoss
|NorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfG10eIyi2U&list=PLW8yg18mYSRjYvdGjC1PIyxwl9PDwarRy&index=11 The Super Mario Bros Super Show S01E13 - Jungle Fever/Dance (Norsk Fox Kids Dub)]</ref>
|Por=Albatroz
|PorM=Albatross
|PorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKUO7c4km-s&list=PLwzf4mOPE8BlhZQzQNfBFjrkJrrocv7kU&index=9 Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Febre na Floresta / Aula de Dança (Dublado Versão da TV)]</ref>
|PorN=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
|Rus=Альбатосс
|RusR=Alʹbatoss
|RusM=Albatoss
|RusC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TeUVs-g9M Супершоу супербратьев Марио - 11 серия]</ref>
|Spa=Albatros
|SpaM=Albatross
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8kUoIurFmU Fiebres tropicales | Dibujos Para Niños]</ref>
|SpaN=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
|Swe=Albatross
|SweC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcjNTNRV4JE&list=PLxFcguXyn2Gq_SVmc3CbdYhMEduSfFfox&index=11 Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 11 - Swedish]</ref>
}}

==References==
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