Blurp
- This article is about the species of goggle-wearing fish from Super Mario World. For the Cheep Cheep-like enemies from Yoshi's Story, misnamed as "Blurp", see Big Cheep Cheep.
- Not to be confused with Bukubuku or Glurp.
| Blurp | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario World | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World (1990) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Cheep Cheep | ||
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Blurps are enemies introduced in Super Mario World. They are green colored, goggle-wearing fish that sometimes appear in underwater levels alongside Cheep Cheeps, of which they seem to be relatives, judging by their similar names in Japanese.
History[edit]
Super Mario series[edit]
Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2[edit]
Blurps are enemies in Super Mario World and its remake. They act as a behavioral variant for Cheep Cheeps, which in this game have only one coloration. Blurps swim endlessly in one direction, injuring Mario if one collides with him. They typically bob up and down a small bit as they swim. As Blurps are fairly weak, they can simply be defeated by shooting a fireball at them as Fire Mario or by bashing them with a cape as Caped Mario. Blurps lack pectoral fins on their sprites in this game, but have them on their artwork. They sweat while they swim, implying that swimming as fast as they do puts some amount of strain on them. In the remake, they can be held in Yoshi's mouth and spat out if Luigi rides him, which in their case can be used to defeat Urchins.
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins[edit]
Blurps are enemies in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. Much like their Super Mario World counterparts, Blurps aimlessly swim in one direction and can be defeated by a fireball. In this game, they occasionally pause in their swimming. Blurps are found primarily in the Turtle Zone, and also appear in Pumpkin Zone alongside statues of them and Cheep Cheeps. They again lack pectoral fins in-game, but still have them on the artwork. Additionally, their artwork depicts them as light teal with pink goggles and white lips instead of the normal grassy green with orange goggles and golden lips.
Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS[edit]
Blurps, simply referred to as Cheep Cheeps, reappear in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, they act as the green Cheep Cheeps in the Super Mario World style, being the most basic of the two colors, swimming forward through the water or hopping along the surface, both endlessly in one direction. The behavior of all swimming Cheep Cheeps in this game is reminiscent of Blurps in Super Mario World due to gently bobbing as they swim, though they animate slower than Blurps did in that game.
Super Mario Maker 2[edit]
These Cheep Cheeps reappear in Super Mario Maker 2, where they retain their behavior in its predecessor; they are still simply referred to as Cheep Cheeps, including in the description for the official course River Fish in the Forest.
Super Mario World television series[edit]
What appears to be a Blurp appears in the Super Mario World television series episode "Mama Luigi" where Luigi is attacked by one, but defeats it with a single stomp. The appearance of the Blurp is closer to that of a Trouter from The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. Like its game appearance, the Blurp is green in color, has orange fins, and red lips, but the goggles are replaced with large white rings around yellow eyes, it lacks the white on its belly, and it has four sharp teeth.
Mario & Wario[edit]
Blurps cameo in Mario & Wario as a background element of Pukupuku Kai, the sixth stage.
Mario Party 3[edit]
In Mario Party 3, a Blurp can be seen in the scenery for Deep Bloober Sea, alongside some similar-designed Cheep Cheeps.
Mario & Luigi series[edit]
A sand-dwelling variety of Blurp known as the Sand Cheep appears in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake. It appears to be a normal Blurp with a fake shark fin strapped to its back. It later appears in Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time where it is thrown by Shrooba Divers.
Super Princess Peach[edit]
Blurps are enemies in Super Princess Peach. Some of them are affected by the rage vibe of the Vibe Scepter and are called Mad Blurps. They will pursue Peach if she is in front of them. They are mainly encountered in groups. In this game, they have pectoral fins, but are colored white.
List of appearances[edit]
| Title | Description | Release Date | System/Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario World | Enemy | 1990 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins | Enemy | 1992 | Game Boy |
| Mario & Wario | Background element | 1993 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World | Enemy | 1994 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Mario Party 3 | Background element | 2000 | Nintendo 64 |
| Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 | Enemy | 2001 | Game Boy Advance |
| Super Princess Peach | Enemy | 2005 | Nintendo DS |
| Super Mario Maker | Enemy | 2015 | Wii U |
| Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS | Enemy | 2016 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Super Mario Maker 2 | Enemy | 2019 | Nintendo Switch |
Profiles[edit]
Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]
| ブクブク (JP) / Blurp (EN) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Original text (Japanese) | Translation | ||
| アクア族 | Tribe | Aqua clan | |
| せっかち | Disposition | Impatient | |
| ワールド、ランド2 | Game appearances | World, Land 2 | |
| ゴーグルをつけて大忙し ゴーグルをつけたへんな魚。汗をかきながらいつも大忙しといった感じ。ななめに泳いだりせず、一直線に泳ぐので、安全な場所で通りすぎるのを待ってから進むといい。[1] |
Busy wearing goggles A strange fish wearing goggles. They are always very busy and sweating. They do not swim diagonally but in a straight line, so it is best to wait for them to pass by in a safe place before proceeding. | ||
Super Princess Peach[edit]
| Blurp | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Vibe | Vibeless | Levels | Hoo's Wood 2-9 Wavy Beach 5-2 Wavy Beach 5-3 Wavy Beach 5-5 Bowser's Villa 8-4 |
| Glossary number | 40 | Glossary entry | Wears goggles and approaches in the water. |
Gallery[edit]
Sprites[edit]
Super Mario Maker
Screenshots[edit]
Super Mario World
Miscellaneous[edit]
Artwork used for a Super Mario puzzle.
Mario Undōkai trading card
A size chart for a 1996 Nintendo Character Manual
Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 1: Get Yoshi Back
Sticker sheet from Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 1: Get Yoshi Back
Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 3: Dolphin's Ball
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ブクブク[2] Bukubuku |
Japanese onomatopoeia for a bubbling noise, and also follows the format of「プクプク」(Pukupuku, "Cheep Cheep"); romanized as "Buku Buku" in Super Mario World; shared with an enemy from Donkey Kong | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 泡泡怪[3] Pàopào Guài |
Bubble Creature, shared with Cheep Cheep | |
| French | Blurp[?] | - | |
| Cheep Cheep[?] | Super Mario Maker 2 | ||
| German | Blurp[4] | - | |
| Italian | Pesce Gulp[?] | Gulp Fish | |
| Spanish | El Blurp[?] | The Blurp |
Trivia[edit]
- In Mario Mania, the names for Blurp and Cheep Cheep are swapped,[5] which may relate to how large Cheep Cheeps were misidentified as "Blurps" in Yoshi's Story, as well as throughout Nintendo Power Advance V.4's coverage of Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2.
- This iteration of the Cheep Cheep found in Super Mario 64, known in English as "Bub," appears to be primarily visually based off Blurp, but orange instead of green. This design is additionally used in the first three Mario Party games. Super Mario 64 also introduces another eyewear-wearing fish called Bubba with a similar Japanese name to Blurp, Bakubaku. In fact, Bubba's name in source assets is simply "buku," indicating that at some point in development it may have been simply intended as Blurp.
References[edit]
- ^ November 20, 1994. 「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten). Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 189.
- ^ Kagawa, Ryo (APE/Shigesato Itoi), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors (1991). "UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオワールド』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-104117-5. Page 30.
- ^ 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Archived February 27, 2017, 15:38:47 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
- ^ Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors (1993). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 19.
- ^ August 1991. Mario Mania. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 51.
| Cheep Cheeps | |
|---|---|
| Characters | Bessie Bass • Cheepskipper • Chef Shimi • Coach • Furious Fred de Fillet • Kipp • Porcupuffer • Sashimie • Sushie • Stewart • Ultra Pukupuku |
| Species | Air Cheep • Baby Cheep • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Deep Cheep • Big Eep Cheep • Blurp • Cheep Cheep • Cheep Cheep (Snow Kingdom) • Cheep Chomp • Deep Cheep • Eep Cheep • Fish Bone • Gold Cheep Cheep • Honebon • Jean de Fillet • Lava Cheep Cheep • Mad Blurp • Mecha Cheep • Mr. Kipper • Needle Bomb • Porcupuffer • Puffer-Cheep • Rip Van Fish • Sad Cheep Cheep • Sand Cheep • Small Cheep Cheep • Spike Bass • Spiny Cheep Cheep |
| Vehicles | Cheep Blimp • Cheep Charger • Cheep Snorkel • Fish Bone Ferry • Gold Cheep Charger • Gold Cheep Snorkel • Gold Fish Bone Ferry • Green Cheep Charger |
