Editing Cheep Cheep

'''Cheep Cheeps''' (sometimes formatted as '''Cheep-Cheeps''' or '''Cheep-cheeps''') are {{wp|Tetraodontidae|pufferfish}}-like creatures<ref>{{cite|date=November 20, 1994|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|isbn=4-09-259067-9|page=[https://i.imgur.com/EVcDzB9.jpeg 190]}}</ref> that made their first appearance in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' in the underwater levels. They are common recurring enemies throughout the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'']] franchise. They are found mostly in [[water]], but often jump out of it as well. There are many different species of Cheep Cheeps, and they come in different colors, including orange, yellow, green, light-blue, blue, indigo, purple, magenta, black, gray, and brown. The most common ones, however, are red with a white patch on their stomach, a yellow (originally white in some artwork) tail fin, a mohawk-like dorsal fin and wing-like fins. They also have blue eyes and pink lips. Cheep Cheeps may attack above the surface of the water by jumping out in an arc. Given this, Cheep Cheeps seem to be inspired by {{iw|wikipedia|flying fish}}, hence their wing-like fins, which behave similarly. Many Cheep Cheeps appear to be among [[Bowser's Minions]], though some, such as the ones seen in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', are not. In many games, Cheep Cheeps possess a variety of attacks, typically involving jumping behavior.

Cheep-cheeps appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''. They are encountered in every underwater [[level]], first appearing in [[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-2]] in ''Super Mario Bros.'', and swim towards the player character in either a straight line or a wavy pattern. There are red Cheep-cheeps that move moderately fast and gray Cheep-cheeps, which move slower. A single green one is located off-screen in [[World 2-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 2-3]] of ''Super Mario Bros.''<ref>{{cite|author=Eden_GT_|date=November 11, 2020|url=x.com/Eden_GT_/status/1326442788817268738|title=New bug demonstration:<br>In 2-3, there's a hidden Green Cheep Cheep enemy located at the very top/bottom wrap of the screen that is too difficult to access naturally by manipulating Cheep Cheep patterns to get above the status bar, so at the moment cheats are used here to show it.|publisher=X|accessdate=March 27, 2021|language=en}}</ref> The gray ones are recolored green in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'', a holdover from the "orange and gray" palette used underwater in the original occupying the same hardware space as the "orange and green" palette used for overworld graphics, as demonstrated by [[World 9 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''. A Cheep-cheep can be defeated from either a [[fireball]] or if Mario is [[Invincible Mario|invincible]]. The red Cheep-cheeps of World 2-3 and [[World 7-3 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 7-3]] in ''Super Mario Bros.'' leap from the bottom of the screen,<ref>{{cite|url=legendsoflocalization.com/super-mario-bros/manuals/#characters-enemies|title=Super Mario Bros. Translation Comparison: Manuals|publisher=Legends of Localization|language=en|accessdate=June 26, 2024}}</ref>{{dead link}} and can be defeated from being [[stomp]]ed. Since no more than three enemies can appear onscreen once due to hardware limitations,{{ref needed}} only three Cheep Cheeps are ever allowed onscreen at a time.

In the English instruction booklet only, Cheep-cheeps are referred to by {{ep|she (pronoun)|female pronouns}}.<ref>{{cite|quote=Can't be killed from above while {{wp|she (pronoun)|she's}} in the water.|date=1985|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAAAE.pdf|page=13|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en}}</ref>

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