Editing Big Buzzy Beetle

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|image=[[File:PMCS Big Buzzy Beetle.png]]<br>A Big Buzzy Beetle from ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' (1986)

'''Big Buzzy Beetles''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!]]''. Aside from being larger, Big Buzzy Beetles have no discernable differences from regular [[Buzzy Beetle]]s.

===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!''===

[[File:Big Buzzies SMB Anime.png|thumb|left|A large and small [[Buzzy Beetle]] walking in ''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!'']]

In ''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!'', a large Buzzy Beetle appears during a walking montage scene. It walks forward with a smaller Buzzy Beetle behind it. However, [[Mario]] uses the power of the [[Fire Flower|flower]] he had recently acquired to throw a [[fireball]] at it. This defeats the Buzzy Beetle, although Buzzy Beetles are impervious to fireballs in the games.

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Making their game debut in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', one Big Buzzy Beetle acts as a mini-boss of [[Hither Thither Hill]], the third boss battle of [[World 1 (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|World 1]]. [[Mario]] must defeat it to continue his adventure. In battle, the Big Buzzy Beetle can go into its shell and ram into Mario, just like normal Buzzy Beetles. However, the Big Buzzy Beetle is impervious to all attacks (except for [[Ice Flower]]s, which will damage it), with its only weak spot being its underbelly. The boss must be flipped over by either successfully jumping on it or by using a [[POW Block]] [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|sticker]]. When it is upside-down, the Big Buzzy Beetle can ram into Mario again and bring itself up. It has 40 [[Heart Point|HP]], and drops an [[MAX UP Heart|HP-Up Heart]] upon defeat. It is also the only optional boss in the game.

A single Big Buzzy Beetle appears in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', serving as the [[Buzzy Beetle Tower]] base in [[The Emerald Circus]]. It can be flipped over by using a POW Block [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)|card]].

Big Buzzy Beetles are enemies in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They act as both enemies and platforms. Mario can jump and stand on top of a Big Buzzy Beetle's shell while it is floating on [[lava]] when it rises, showing them to be immune to lava. When not floating on lava and when it is not stomped on, it just retreats into the shell. Big Buzzy Beetles are encountered in [[Rising Tides of Lava]], and they are one of the few enemies that do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.

Big Buzzy Beetles are present yet again in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. The player can enlarge a normal Buzzy Beetle with a [[Super Mushroom]], and thus the implication of Big Buzzy Beetles within the game. Big Buzzy Beetles are no longer immune to lava like in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''; they simply sink into the lava to be consistent with other enemies.

 

Big Buzzy Beetles are non-playable characters in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' They appear on Hole 8 of [[Wiggler Park]].

===Unused appearances===

Sprites found in prototype revisions of ''[[Super Mario World]]'' include sprites for large Buzzy Beetles, but it is not included in the final game in any way.<ref>{{cite|url=x.com/IsoFrieze/status/1286748794248462337|title=now that is a big buzzy<nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>|author=IsoFrieze|date=July 24, 2020|publisher=X|accessdate=August 6, 2024|language=en}}</ref>

A giant Buzzy Beetle appears as an [[List of New Super Mario Bros. Wii pre-release and unused content#Enemies_2|unused enemy]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', suggesting that they were going to appear during gameplay, but were either never implemented into any level or removed before the final release.

|Jap=でかメット<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title="New Super Mario Bros. U" in『[[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=210|isbn=4-091065-69-4}}</ref>

|FreA=Blindule Géant

|FreAM=Giant Buzzy Beetle

|FreE=Maxi-Bruyinsecte

|FreEM=Big Buzzy Beetle

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