Bucket Head

Bucket Head
A Bucket Head in Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
First appearance	Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (1994)
Comparable Yukimaru

A Bucket Head is a rare snowman-like enemy in the game Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 that wears a small, red bucket on its sizable head, which has Captain Syrup's trademark skull on it. The chilly creatures are able to launch large snowflake-like projectiles from their mouths. These projectiles are unable to leave the surfaces in which they come into contact; instead, they travel along them, following sudden drops, upward cliffs, and the ground until hitting the ceiling. Like most other enemies, Bucket Heads can be flipped over and picked up by Wario. However, they can quickly jump back to their feet; only a body slam can defeat them for good and release the coin that they, like all enemies, have. They tend to appear in tight passageways to make it harder to dodge their projectiles and defeat them, and appear solely in Sherbet Land.

Bucket Heads have also appeared in the Super Mario Kodansha manga and Mario no Bōken Land.

Profiles and statistics

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

• Instruction booklet description:
  • English:
    This cool customer spits icy crystals.
  • Italian:
    Questo furbacchione sputa cristalli di ghiaccio!

• Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console manual description:
  • English:
    This cool customer spits icy crystals.
  • Japanese:
    雪ダルマのような海賊兵です。口から結晶を吐いて攻撃してきます。
    (Translation: These pirate soldiers look like snowmen. They attack by spitting crystals from their mouths.)
  • Italian:
    Una creatura che sputa cristalli di ghiaccio.

Nintendo Character Guide (1994)

Bucket Head
He's a cool customer who spits crystals of ice on his enemies.

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

イシダルマ (JP) / Bucket Head (EN)
	Original text (Japanese)		Translation
	種族しゅぞく	テクテク族	Tribe	Trudge clan
	性格せいかく	がんばりや	Disposition	Someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
	登場とうじょうゲーム	ランド3	Game appearances	Land 3
	南の島でがんばる雪ダルマ シャーべッ島に住む、雪ダルマの海賊。頭にかぶった特注品のバケツは自慢の品だ。前から近づくと、口から氷の結晶をはいて攻撃してくるので、後ろから体当たりしよう。		Snowmen doing their best on a southern island A snow pirate who lives on Sherbet Land. They proudly wear a custom-made bucket on his head. If you approach them from the front, they will attack you with ice crystals from their mouths, so hit them from behind.

Gallery

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  Sprite from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

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  Screenshot from Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3

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  Super Mario (Kodansha manga)

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  Mario no Bōken Land

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  Super Mario-kun volume 11

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  Super Mario-kun volume 11

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  Nintendo Character Manual

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	イシダルマ Ishidaruma	From「石頭いしあたま」(ishi atama, "hard head") and「雪ゆきだるま」(yukidaruma, "snowman")
Danish	Spandehoved	Bucket Head
German	Bucket Head[?]	-
Italian	Testa a secchio	Bucket head	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 instruction booklet
	Sparagelo	Freeze-shooter	Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Virtual Console e-manual