Editing Buster Beetle

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMB3_BusterBeetle.jpg|150px|]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|variant_of=[[Buzzy Beetle]]
|comparable=[[Unshelled Koopa Troopa#Super Mario World / Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|Unshelled Blue Koopa]]<br>[[Outmaway]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
}}
'''Buster Beetles'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|page=8|date=June 1990|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''NES Game Atlas''|page=38|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=Spring 1991}}</ref> are strong and quick-moving bipedal [[Buzzy Beetle]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They attack the player character by throwing [[White Block]]s at them.

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
Buster Beetles move hurriedly on a platform until they encounter a White Block, which they pick up. If [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) is far enough from a Buster Beetle, the enemy remains idle with the White Block above its head; however, if he approaches the enemy, it tosses the White Block at him and resumes moving along the ground. If the White Block hits the player character, he receives damage. Stomping on a Buster Beetle as well as hitting one with a [[fireball]] will defeat them, unlike most other Buzzy Beetles. Upon defeat, they yield 100 points.

A total of 28 Buster Beetles appear in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', with two in [[World 5-1 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 5-1]] (where, in the absence of White Blocks, they simply appear as quick-moving enemies, not showing their throwing ability yet), seven in the second pathway of [[World 5-2 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 5-2]], another seven in [[World 6-5 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 6-5]], six in [[World 6-8 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 6-8]], and another six in [[World 6-10]]. Seven more appear in [[Ground Work]], the 25th level of [[World-e]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', bringing the total up to 35. As with Buzzy Beetles, Buster Beetles mostly appear in underground caverns.

===''Super Mario Bros. Print World''===
One Buster Beetle can be seen on the box art for ''[[Super Mario Bros. Print World]]''.

==Profiles==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=リフトメット (JP) / Buster Beetle (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Buster Beetle Perfect.png|200px]]
|shusshin=カメ{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku={{ruby|攻撃的|こうげきてき}}
|tojo_gemu=3
|desc='''<big>ブロックを{{ruby|投|な}}げてくるメット</big><br>
マリオが{{ruby|近|ちか}}づくと{{ruby|白|つろ}}いブロックを{{ruby|投|な}}げてくる。このように{{ruby|攻撃|きうげきてき}}的なわりに、{{ruby|防御力|ぼうぎょりょく}}が{{ruby|弱|よわ}}い。メット{{ruby|系|けい}}の{{ruby|中|なか}}では、{{ruby|唯一踏|ゆいいつふ}}みつけ{{ruby|攻撃|こうげき}}が{{ruby|通用|つうよう}}するのだ。{{ruby|踏|ふ}}みつけてやっつけよう。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|date=1994|language=ja|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/Pp1NHya.jpeg 231]|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|accessdate=September 30, 2022|website=Imgur}}</ref>
|origin=Turtle clan
|disposition=Aggressive
|game_appearances=3
|eng_desc='''''<big>Block-throwing Buzzy Beetle</big><br>
''When Mario approaches, it throws White Blocks at him. Despite this aggressiveness, its defense is weak. It is the only one among the Buzzy Beetle series that can be attacked by a stomping attack. Let's defeat it by stomping on it.''
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMB3 Sprite Buster Beetle.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
BusterBeetleSMB3.gif|A Buster Beetle picking up and throwing a White Block ([[Super Mario Bros. 3|NES version]])
SMAS SMB3 Buster Beetle Sprite.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' sprite
MariokickSMB3.jpg|[[Mario]] kicking an Ice Block at a Buster Beetle
Iced_Land.jpg|A Buster Beetle in an issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=リフトメット<ref name=Daijiten/>
|JpnR=Rifuto Metto
|JpnM=Lift Buzzy Beetle
|Ger=Muskelkäfer
|GerM=Muscle Beetle
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors|title=''Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1992|isbn=3-929034-02-6|page=14}}</ref>
|Ita=Lancianella<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=37}}</ref>
|ItaM=Portmeanteau of ''lanciare'' ("to toss") and ''Nella'' ("Buzzy Beetle")}}

==References==
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[[Category:Buzzy Beetles]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies]]
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