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[[File:BiSTalktoblorbtoad.PNG|thumb|left|Some Toads infected by the blorbs in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'']] | |||
[[File: | [[File:Bowser's Inside Story ToadBlorbs.png|right|thumb|200px|The prologue showing the rapid infections of the blorbs on the [[Toad (species)|Toads]] of the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]]] | ||
{{ | {{quote2|THE BLORBS! [[Mushroom Kingdom]] Marred by Mystery Malady! The Blorbs! It comes without warning! First, you balloon to blimp size! Then the rolling! You roll away! Oh, the horror of the blorbs! As of press time, the cause and cure are unknown... Day by day, the number of blorbed [[Toad (species)|Toads]] swells... Seeing how grave the situation is, [[Princess Peach]] convenes an emergency meeting at [[Princess Peach's Castle|her castle]]...|In-game narration|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''}} | ||
The '''blorbs''' | The '''blorbs''' is a mysterious disease that appears in the events of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. In the game, the disease spreads all over the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and infects the [[Toad (species)|Toads]], causing them to grow large and round and rendering them mostly immobile, though they apparently can roll uncontrollably. It is caused by [[List of implied items#Blorb Mushroom|Blorb Mushroom]]s that [[Fawful]] sold to several Toads, similar to how he sells the [[Vacuum Shroom]] to [[Bowser]]. The entire case of the blorbs is wiped out by the [[Miracle Cure]], which is created after [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] find and merge all three [[Star Cure|Star Cures]]. | ||
Before the Miracle Cure | Before the Miracle Cure eliminated the disease, blorbed Toads block several areas in [[Toad Town]]. Once the disease is cured, these areas are opened up to the player. A large percent of the infected Toads, including the one seen in the cutscene at the beginning of the game, are kept in one of the rooms of [[Toadley Clinic]]. After they are cured, one of the Toads still appears to have the blorbs, though speaking with him reveals that this is how he normally looks. This was likely done due to the "blorbed" Toad being one of the hiding places used by the Toad kid during the hide-and-seek side quest. | ||
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', a [[Goomba]] is also seen to be infected with the blorbs.<ref>Nintendo Direct September 13, 2018</ref> It was also implied in the original game that Bowser's kingdom may have been affected to some degree, as Bowser claimed that he "had every right" to participate in the meeting instead of being excluded from it. | |||
In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', | |||
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==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=メタコロ病 | |Jap=メタコロ病 | ||
|JapR=Metakoro | |JapR=Metakoro byō | ||
|JapM= | |JapM=''Meta'' likely from ''metabo'', which is a slang for "overweight" in Japanese. ''Koro'' is likely derived from "korokoro," meaning "rolling." "Byō" simply means disease. | ||
|SpaA=Globus | |SpaA=Globus | ||
|SpaAM= | |SpaAM=Literal translation of blorbs | ||
|SpaE=Redonditis | |SpaE=Redonditis | ||
|SpaEM= | |SpaEM=Pun of redondo (round, circular) and the suffix -itis with is used for diseases. | ||
| | |FraA=Bloubb | ||
| | |FraAM=Literal translation of blorbs | ||
| | |FraE=Rouliboulite | ||
| | |FraEM=Pun on "rouler" (means "roll") and "boule" (means "ball"). The suffix -ite is used for diseases. | ||
|Ger=Metabowlie | |Ger=Metabowlie | ||
|GerM=From the Japanese name; also | |GerM=From the Japanese name; also a possible pun on "Bowlingkugel" (means "bowling ball"); Metabolismus means metabolism in German | ||
|Ita=Gravitombolite | |Ita=Gravitombolite | ||
|ItaM=From "gravità" (gravity) | |ItaM=From "gravità" ("gravity"), "capitombolo" ("wacky falling down") and the suffix -ite ("-itis") | ||
|Rus=Блорбс | |Rus=Блорбс | ||
|RusR=Blorbs | |RusR=Blorbs | ||
|RusM=Blorbs | |RusM=Blorbs | ||
|Kor=뚱뚱데굴병 | |Kor=뚱뚱데굴병 | ||
|KorR={{ | |KorR={{nowrap|Ttung'Ttung Degulbyeong}} | ||
|KorM= | |KorM="Fat-rolling" Disease; from "뚱뚱하다" (ttungttung'hada; fat), "데굴데굴" (deguldegul; rolling sound) and "병" (byeong; disease). | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Several of the Toads with the blorbs include the word "blorb" in their sentences, often with multiple | *The disease's English name is possibly a portmanteau of the words "blow" and "orb", given the fact that it causes those infected to ''blow'' to blimp size, and the victim ends up looking round, like an ''orb''. | ||
*Several of the Toads with the blorbs include the word "blorb" in their sentences, often with multiple "O"s being used. | |||
*The Toad that gets the blorbs at the beginning of the game appears much bigger than the other blorbed Toads seen throughout the game. However, when he later appears in the clinic, he is the same size as the other blorbed Toads in the room, potentially meaning that they initially bloat up larger than how they stay, or it could be simply a story inconsistency. | *The Toad that gets the blorbs at the beginning of the game appears much bigger than the other blorbed Toads seen throughout the game. However, when he later appears in the clinic, he is the same size as the other blorbed Toads in the room, potentially meaning that they initially bloat up larger than how they stay, or it could be simply a story inconsistency. | ||
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[[Category:Diseases]] | [[Category:Diseases]] | ||
