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| {{italic title|id=yes}} | | {{italic title|Bat (''Super Mario Galaxy'')}} |
| {{species infobox | | {{Species-infobox |
| |image=[[File:SMG Bat Artwork.png|190px]] | | |title=Bat |
| | |image=[[File:SwooperSMG.png|190px]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]]) | | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]]) |
| |latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (2023) | | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]]) |
| |variant_of=[[Swoop]] | | |parent_species=[[Swoop]] |
| |variants=[[Ice bat]] | | |derived_species=[[Ice Bat]] |
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| A '''bat'''<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|date=November 9, 2007|page=134–135|isbn=978-0-7615-5713-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Random House Inc|date=May 23, 2010|page=237|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233909/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en|accessdate=June 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|accessdate=June 3, 2024|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233946/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en}}</ref> is a [[Swoop]]-like enemy from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Bats have pig-like noses and bulging, glowing eyes with faint rings on them, causing them to resemble [[Keese]] from the series ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', particularly their incarnation from ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]''; the two games were in development at overlapping times, so this may be intentional.
| | '''Bats'''<ref>Browne, Catherine. 2010. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Premiere Edition guide. Page 25.</ref> are [[Swoop]]-like enemies from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They resemble brown bats with pig-like noses and bulging, glowing eyes with faint rings on them, causing them to resemble [[zeldawiki:Keese|Keese]] from the ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|Legend of Zelda]]'' series, particularly a cartoonish version of their ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'' incarnation; the two games were in development at overlapping times, so this may be intentional. |
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| ==History==
| | Initially, Bats are found either hanging from the ceiling or flying around aimlessly. When [[Mario]] approaches, they fly in close to him, before attempting to fly straight into him. If they succeed, they will laugh at him. They can be defeated with a spin or jump, and will release either three [[Star Bit]]s or one [[coin]], respectively, depending of which way they're defeated. They can be found in many dark places, with the first being the cave in the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]. They are also found flying around the arm of [[Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Icy locations such as the cold portion of the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]] sometimes contain an icy variant called an [[Ice Bat]], which will freeze Mario if he makes contact with it, and can only be defeated with a [[Fire Flower]]. |
| ===''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
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| [[File:SMG2 Bats Attacking.png|thumb|left|Two bats attacking Luigi in the [[Slimy Spring Galaxy]]]]
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| Initially, bats are found either hanging from the ceiling or flying around aimlessly. When [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] approaches, they fly in close to him, before attempting to fly straight into him. If they succeed, they will laugh at him. They can be defeated with a [[spin]] or [[stomp]], and they release either three [[Star Bit]]s or one [[coin]], respectively, depending on which way they are defeated. They can be found in many dark places, with the first being the cave in the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]. They are also found flying around the arm of [[Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser]]. Icy locations such as the cold portion of the [[Freezeflame Galaxy]] sometimes contain an icy variant called an [[ice bat]], which will freeze Mario or Luigi if he makes contact with it, and can be defeated only with a [[Fire Flower]]. | |
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| ===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
| | ==Names in other languages== |
| [[File:TSMBM Bat.jpg|thumb|Bats in ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'']]
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| In ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'', bats appear as one of the enemies inhabiting the [[Dark Land]]s. They also appear during the [[Bowser's Minions|Koopa Troop]]'s celebration of obtaining the [[Super Star]] and in one of the film's posters, which depicts the scene where Luigi is captured by [[Shy Guy]]s.<ref>{{file link|The Super Mario Bros. Movie official poster 3.jpg|Poster for ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' featuring bats in the background}}</ref> Unlike in the games, bats have visible mouths with fangs, and their eyes are spinning swirls rather than concentric rings.
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| SMG Bat Model.png|Data-rendered model of a bat from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
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| The Super Mario Bros. Movie official poster 3.jpg|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' poster
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| </gallery>
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| ==Additional names==
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| |game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''<br>''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
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| |name1=BasaBasa
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| |meaning1=Transliteration of below
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| |game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''<br>''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
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| |name2=バサバサ (''Basa Basa'')
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| |meaning2=[[Swoop#Names in other languages|Swoop]]
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| ===Names in other languages===
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| |Jap=バットン<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2015|page=128, 160}}</ref> | | |Jap=Basa Basa<ref name=internal>''Super Mario Galaxy'' / ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' internal filename (<tt>BasaBasa</tt>)</ref><br>(internal)<br>バットン<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', pages 128 and 160.</ref><br>''Batton'' |
| |JapR=Batton
| | |JapM=[[Swoop]]<br><br>Variation on the English word "Bat" |
| |JapM=Derived from "bat" and possibly「豚」(''ton'', "pig" in the on'yomi reading), most likely because of their pig-like nose; shared with [[Enigma]]'s Japanese name | | |Spa=Vampílago |
| |Fre=Chauve-souris | | |SpaM=From ''murciélago vampiro'', Spanish name of the vampire bat. |
| |FreM=Bat | |
| |Ger=Flappflapp | | |Ger=Flappflapp |
| |GerM=Same as [[Swoop]] | | |GerM=Same name as [[Swoop]]. |
| |Ita=Pippy<ref>Guida PRIMA ufficiale di ''Super Mario Galaxy'', pagina 134-135.</ref><ref>Guida PRIMA ufficiale di ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', pagina 237.</ref> | | |Ita=Pippy |
| |ItaM=Diminutive of ''pipistrello'' ("bat") | | |ItaM=From ''pipistrello'', Italian name of bats. |
| |Spa=Vampílago
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| |SpaM=Same as Swoop
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| }} | | }} |
| | | ==Trivia== |
| | *The internal filename for this enemy in both games is a romanization of the Japanese name for Swoop.<ref name=internal/> This indicates that early in development for the first game, the enemy was intended to be a traditional Swoop, and it kept the internal name when the files were reused in the sequel. The official Japanese name for Bat is shared with [[Enigma]], another pig-nosed bat; however, due to the rights for Enigma being held by [[Square Enix]]{{ref needed}} as well as Enigma's distinct hive-minded behavior, it is unlikely that this was intentional. |
| ==References== | | ==References== |
| <references/> | | <references/> |
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| {{Swoops}} | | {{Swoops}} |
| {{SMG}} | | {{SMG}} |
| {{SMG2}} | | {{SMG2}} |
| {{TSMBM}}
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| [[Category:Bats]] | | [[Category:Bats]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy enemies]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 enemies]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy trading cards]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy Trading Cards]] |
| [[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Movie characters]]
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| [[it:Pippy]] | | [[it:Pippy]] |