Editing Deku Baba

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Deku Baba in MK8.png|200px]]<br>A Deku Baba, as it appears in ''Mario Kart 8''
|first_appearance=''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}'' (1998, ''The Legend of Zelda'' series)<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' ([[List of games by date#2008|2008]], [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] cameo, ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]''–related media)
|latest_appearance=''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom}}'' (2024, ''The Legend of Zelda'' series)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]], ''Super Mario''–related media)
|relatives=[[Manhandla]]
|comparable=[[Piranha Plant]]
}}
'''Deku Babas''' are a crossover species from [[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|''The Legend of Zelda'' series]]. They attack the player character by lunging at them from a fixed spot, a behavior displayed in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', where they prominently appear with [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'']] characters. Deku Babas are a {{wp|Venus flytrap}}–like species, like [[Piranha Plant]]s, although [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] has once mentioned that Deku Babas were designed by crossing a dog with the ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' enemy [[clam]];<ref>{{cite|author=IGN Staff|date=December 2, 1997|url=www.ign.com/articles/1997/12/03/the-z-files-2|title=The Z-Files|publisher=IGN|accessdate=July 2, 2024}}</ref> their original behavior of lunging while being restrained by their stem is highly similar to [[Chain Chomp]]s, also inspired by dogs, while their original model's head shape resembles a more cylindrical, front-tapering version of the clam's model.
==History==
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
A collectible [[sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] depicting a Deku Baba in its appearance from ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time}}'' appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. In [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#The Subspace Emissary|The Subspace Emissary]], it can be applied to any fighter to increase the amount of damage they can deal with their arm- and leg-based attacks.

===''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
Deku Babas are obstacles in ''Mario Kart 8''{{'}}s ''[[The Legend of Zelda x Mario Kart 8]]'' downloadable pack and the base game of ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''. Here, two Deku Babas appear as enemies in a section of [[Hyrule Circuit]], after the exit of {{iw|zeldawiki|Hyrule Castle}} near the end of the course; they are designed after their appearance in ''{{iw|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword}}'', and they behave the same as Piranha Plants do in {{classic-link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}}. If a racer drives near a Deku Baba, it lunges at them, attempting to bite them, knocking them over should they be hit. The Deku Babas periodically switch between four different positions.

==Profiles==
===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===
{{SSBB sticker
|name=Deku Baba
|image=[[File:Deku Baba Sticker.png]]
|game=''Zelda: Ocarina of Time''
|effect=[Arm, Leg] - Attack +4
}}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=デクババ
|JpnR=Deku Baba
|JpnM=Deku Baba
|Chi=德庫巴巴
|ChiR=Dékù Bābā
|ChiM=Deku Baba
|Dut=Deku-baba
|Fre=Baba Mojo<ref>{{cite|timestamp=03:05|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8V-f3-QJHU&t=185s|title=''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' - Toutes les 700 vignettes|author=Diddy64wii|date=September 26, 2017|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=July 2, 2024|language=fr}}</ref>
|FreM=Baba Deku<br>"Mojo" is the French name for "Deku" due to the latter being possibly mispronounced as "de cul" (meaning "of the ass").<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/vFuI4vOMtb0?t=397|timestamp=06:37|title=''Ocarina of Time Ft. Seth Everman - Did You Know Gaming? (The Legend of Zelda)''|author=DidYouKnowGaming|publisher=YouTube|language=en|accessdate=July 2, 2024|date=December 17, 2020}}</ref>
|FreE=Baba mojo
|FreEM=see above
|Ger=Dekuranha
|GerM=Probably a play on [[Piranha Plant]]
|Ita=Deku baba
|Kor=데크바바
|KorR=Dekeu Baba
|KorM=Deku Baba
|Por=Papa deko
|PorM=Deko papa
|Spa=Baba deku
|SpaM=Deku baba
}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{NIWA|ZeldaWiki=1}}
*[https://zeldadungeon.net/wiki/Deku_Baba Deku Baba on Zelda Dungeon Wiki]
*[https://triforcewiki.com/wiki/Deku_Baba Deku Baba on Triforce Wiki]
{{Crossover characters}}
{{MK8}}
[[Category:Carnivorous plants]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8 species]]
[[Category:The Legend of Zelda series]]