Editing Batadon

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SML Batadon Alternate Artwork.png]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Land''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario-kun Special Selection]]'' (2023)
|relatives=[[Tokotoko]]
|comparable=[[Fighter Fly|Fly]]<br>[[Koopa Paratroopa]]<br>[[Kumo]]<br>[[Paragoomba]]
}}
'''Batadon'''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1989|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|page=5}}</ref> are hopping winged enemies from the [[Easton Kingdom]]. They are first found in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. Batadon closely resemble {{wp|moai}} heads, similarly to [[Tokotoko]].

==History==
===''Super Mario Land''===
In ''Super Mario Land'', [[Mario]] can defeat a Batadon by either [[jump]]ing on it or by shooting three [[Superball Mario|Superball]]s at it. It acts much like a [[Fighter Fly|Fly]] or [[Kumo]], except it bounces higher, moves slower, and does not pause on the ground. Defeating a Batadon awards 800 points. Batadon can also pound through some platforms. They only appear in [[World 3-1 (Super Mario Land)|Worlds 3-1]] and [[World 3-3 (Super Mario Land)|3-3]].

===''Super Mario Land'' (manga)===
In the [[Super Mario Land (manga)|''Super Mario Land'' manga]], a Batadon is the first enemy encountered in Easton Kingdom, getting angry at Mario for ruining one of the statues and calling the Tokotoko and other Batadon for backup. However, the moai are easily tricked by Mario yelling "{{wp|Statues (game)|Red light!}}", making them stop in place. Only when Mario leaves do they realize that they were tricked and chase after him. After losing Mario due to him being in a disguise, they finally find him and jump towards him, failing to notice he was entangled in a web with lethal [[Suu]] venom about to be poured on him. Getting entangled in the web, the maoi free Mario with their jolts, and are hit by the venom in his place, melting down.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', some Batadon appear in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 3|volume 3]] alongside the Tokotoko and their boss [[Hiyoihoi]]. Apart from helping their leader and forming a giant rock with the moai, they do nothing relevant.

===''Mario Kart World''===
[[File:MKWorld Batadon.png|thumb|A Batadon in ''Mario Kart World'']]
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Batadon appear in ''[[Mario Kart World]]'' alongside Tokotoko,<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=April 3, 2025|url=youtube.com/watch?v=MkNm2wmpyto|title=Nintendo Treehouse: Live &#x7c; Nintendo Switch 2 Day 1|timestamp=1:35:55|publisher-=YouTube|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}</ref> marking their first appearance in a game since their debut, as well as the first time that ''Super Mario Land'' enemies have directly appeared in a later game. They are redesigned to more closely resemble Tokotoko, having their more bottom-heavy shape.

A sponsor named "Batadon Aero Parts" depicts a Batadon on its logo. Additionally, Batadon carvings appear above the [[Finish line (object)|finish line]] in [[DS Desert Hills|Desert Hills]], flanking an [[Angry Sun]] carving.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=April 2, 2025|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pE23YTYEZM|title=Mario Kart World – Nintendo Direct <nowiki>|</nowiki> Nintendo Switch 2|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 2, 2025}}</ref> A Batadon appears alongside a Tokotoko in the icon for the [[intermission]] between [[Whistlestop Summit]] and [[DS Desert Hills|Desert Hills]] in the [[Cherry Rally]].

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Land''===
*'''Instruction booklet:''' ''A winged stone statue. It tries to crush Mario as it flies.''
*'''Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''This winged stone statue tries to crush Mario as it flies.''

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=パタドン (JP) / Batadon (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Batadon Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=岩石族
|seikaku=がんこ者
|tojo_gemu=ランド1
|desc='''<big>翼の生えたモアイ像</big><br>
モアイ像のような石像に翼が生えたもの。ピョンピョンと大きくはねながら、マリオを押しつぶそうとする。動きは速くないが、上空からくるので、狭い場所では難敵といえる。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|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/buqxitx.jpeg 155]}}</ref>
|tribe=Rock clan
|disposition=Stubborn person
|game_appearances=Land 1
|eng_desc='''''<big>Winged moai statue</big><br>
''A moai-like stone statue with wings. They leap and flap wildly as they try to crush Mario. They do not move fast, but since they come from above, they can be a difficult enemy in tight spaces.''
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SML Batadon artwork.png|Artwork of a red Batadon from ''Super Mario Land''
batadonsprite.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land''
SMKSS Stage 4.png|''[[Super Mario-kun Special Selection]]''
MKWorld Cherry Rally Desert Hills Icon.png|''[[Mario Kart World]]''
MKWorld Batadon Brand.png|''Mario Kart World'' (sponsor)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=パタドン<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=15|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|date=1989}}</ref>
|JpnR=Patadon
|JpnM=Portmanteau of「パタパタ」(''patapata'', "[[Koopa Paratroopa]]" and an onomatopoeia for flapping) and「ドン」(''don'', onomatopoeia for crushing)
|Dut=Batadon<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''|page=8}}</ref>
|Fre=Batadon<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet|page=[https://i.imgur.com/zuVxmWd.jpg 14]}}</ref>
|Ger=Batadon
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe]]|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Land Spielanleitung''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|page=14}}</ref>
|Ita=Batadon<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' Italian manual|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=47}}</ref>
|Spa=Batadon
}}

==References==
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