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| {{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 3]]''|[[Seagull]]}}
| | [[Image:Albatoss.PNG|thumb|right|An '''Albatoss'''.]] |
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| |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]]''
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| |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=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])
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| |comparable=[[Condrop]]<br>[[Goonie]]<br>[[Para-Beetle]]
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| '''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. | |
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| 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>
| | An '''Albatoss''' is a red bird found in the game ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. The birds often drop [[Bob-ombs]] on [[Mario]] and his allies, making passage through the levels of [[Subcon]] difficult. If an Albatoss flies low enough, Mario and his friends can [[jump]] on its back and ride on top of the bird. In fact, this technique is needed to clear Level 6-2. Unlike many other enemies in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Albatosses cannot be picked up and thrown. |
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| ==History==
| | Albatosses used to be normal residents of Subcon until the maniacal [[Wart]] seized power. The frog king ordered the red birds to be part of his military. Albatosses were trained to carry Bob-ombs and drop them on people who would make life trouble for their new dictator. |
| ===''Super Mario'' series===
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| ====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
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| 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.
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| 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. | | In the [[SNES]] remake of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the King of [[Sky Land]] is turned into an Albatoss (in the original version, he is turned into a generic vulture). |
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| ====''Super Mario All-Stars'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
| | Albatosses made a few appearances in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. Super Show]]''. They were usually used as bombers by King Koopa, and they sometimes captured Mario and company in nets. Albatosses were also seen in the show's intro. |
| 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.
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| ===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''=== | | == Name Trivia == |
| [[File:AlbatossCartoon.jpg|thumb|Three Albatosses carrying Bob-Ombs in the episode "[[The Bird! The Bird!]]" of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']]
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| {{quote|Albatoss leader to squadron, Bob-Ombs away!|Albatoss|"[[Jungle Fever]]"}}
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| 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.
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| 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. | | * The name "Albatoss" is portmanteau of the words "albatross" and "toss". |
| | * In Japan, an Albatoss is called a '''Tondoru'''. |
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| Albatosses are featured in the following episodes:
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| {{columns|
| | [[Category: Super Mario Bros. 2]] |
| *"[[The Bird! The Bird!]]"
| | [[Category: Birds]] |
| *"[[Jungle Fever]]"
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| *"[[Two Plumbers and a Baby]]"
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| *"[[The Pied Koopa]]"
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| *"[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]"
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| *"[[Mario and Joliet]]"
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| *"[[Koopa Klaus]]"
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| *"[[Bad Rap]]"
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| *"[[Mario of the Apes]]"
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| *"[[Raiders of the Lost Mushroom]]"
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| ===''King Koopa's Kool Kartoons''===
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| 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.
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| ===''Super Mario-kun''===
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| [[File:Albatoss SuperMarioKun.jpg|thumb|left]]
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| In a part of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', an Albatoss carries Mario, Luigi, and [[Yoshi]], but then it hurls them into a wall.
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| ==Profiles==
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| ===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''===
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| *'''''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"/>
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| *'''''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet''': "''Albatosses were just average residents of Subspace until Wart ordered them to carry Bob-ombs about.''"{{page needed}}
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| ===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
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| |name=トンドル (JP) / Tondoru (EN)
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| |artwork=[[File:Albatoss Perfect.png|200px]]
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| |shuzoku={{ruby|恐竜族|きょうりゅうぞく}}
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| |seikaku={{ruby|優雅|ゆうが}}
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| |tojo_gemu={{ruby|ＵＳＡ|ユーエスエー}}
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| |desc='''<big>{{ruby|頼|たの}}もしい{{ruby|翼竜|よくりゅう}}</big>'''<br>
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| {{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/>
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| |tribe=Dinosaur clan
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| |disposition=Elegant
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| |game_appearances=USA
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| |eng_desc='''''<big>A reliable pterosaur</big>'''''<br>
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| ''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.''
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| ==Gallery==
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| {{Main-gallery}}
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| <gallery>
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| DDP Albatoss.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
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| DokiAlbatoss.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
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| Albatoss DDP animated sprite.gif|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
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| Albatoss SMB2 Sprite.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
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| Albatoss SMB2 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 2'')
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| Smas-smb3 king5.png|''Super Mario All-Stars'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| {{foreign names
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| |Jap=トンドル
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| |JapR=Tondoru
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| |JapM=Pun on "condor" and either "toss" or「{{ruby|飛|と}}ぶ」(''tobu'', "to fly")
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| |JapC=<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>
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| |Jap2=アルバトス<ref name=SMUSA/>
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| |Jap2R=Arubatosu
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| |Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
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| |Jap3=アバトス
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| |Jap3R=Abatosu
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| |Jap3M=Alternate transliteration of the English name.
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| |Jap3C=<ref>{{cite|date=1994|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]}}</ref>
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| |ChiS=飞鹰
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| |ChiSR=Fēiyīng
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| |ChiSM=Flying Eagle
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| |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>
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| |Fre=Albatoss
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| |Ger=Albatoss
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| |Ita=Albatoss
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| |ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual|page=25}}</ref>
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| |Ita2=Albatros
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| |Ita2M=Albatross
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| |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>
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| |Ita2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
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| |Ita3=Albatrosso
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| |Ita3M=Portmanteau of ''albatros'' ("albatross") and ''rosso'' ("red"); it could also be a transliteration of the English name
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| |Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual|page=112|language=Italian|publisher=Nintendo of Europe}}</ref>
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| |Ita4=Albatiro
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| |Ita4M=Portmanteau of ''albatros'' ("albatross") and ''tiro'' ("throw")
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| |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>
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| |Kor=앨버토스
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| |KorR=Aelbeotoseu
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| |KorM=Transliteration of the English name
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| |Nor=Albatoss
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| |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>
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| |Rom=Albat(r)os
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| |RomM=Albat(r)oss
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| |Rus=Альбатосс
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| |RusR=Alʹbatoss
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| |RusM=Albatoss
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| |RusC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TeUVs-g9M Супершоу супербратьев Марио - 11 серия]</ref>
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| |Swe=Albatross
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| |SweC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcjNTNRV4JE&list=PLxFcguXyn2Gq_SVmc3CbdYhMEduSfFfox&index=11 Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 11 - Swedish]</ref>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Raptors]]
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