Editing Blorbs

{{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''' 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 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]]'', some [[Goomba]]s are also infected with the blorbs. It was also implied in the original game that Bowser's part of the 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. Thus, his intrusion was originally for the good of his followers instead of his single-minded desire for Peach. A cure is presented by the [[Best Fitness Friends]] via a chemical compound known as [[Skeletone Formula:D]]. Bowser Jr. sets off to find the ingredients for this compound after the last one has been used in a demonstration to cure a "blorbed" Goomba. Toward the end of the game, Bowser Jr. acquires enough Skeletone Formula:D to rescue his minions, as well as Bowser. Bowser however, despite the warning from his son to not drink too much, ingests too much of the formula and [[Dry Bowser|loses most of his body mass]].

|JapR=Metakoro byō

|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.    

|SpaAM=Literal translation of blorbs

|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. 

|GerM=From the Japanese name; also a possible pun on "Bowlingkugel" (means "bowling ball"); Metabolismus means metabolism in German

|ItaM=From "gravità" ("gravity"), "capitombolo" ("wacky falling down") and the suffix -ite ("-itis")

|KorR={{nowrap|Ttung'Ttung Degulbyeong}}

|KorM="Fat-rolling" Disease; from "뚱뚱하다" (ttungttung'hada; fat), "데굴데굴" (deguldegul; rolling sound) and "병" (byeong; disease).

*Several of the Toads with the blorbs include the word "blorb" in their sentences, often with multiple "O"s being used.