Editing Fire Chomp

[[Image:SMB3_FireChomp.jpg|thumb|200px|A '''Fire Chomp''' spiting out some fireballs from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]

'''Fire Chomps''' ("Keronpa" in Japan) resemble [[Chain Chomp]], but differ in several ways. First, they are not restricted by chains, instead floating along with a tail made of fire. At any time, they may shoot [[Fireball|fireballs]] at [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]]. The fireballs are taken directly out of their four-fireball tail. When all four have been fired, the Fire Chomp will self-destruct, damaging the Mario brother if he's within the blast radius. In ''[[Super Mario Bros 3]]'', Fire Chomps only appear in World 5, the Sky. They float along as Mario and Luigi navigate the stage, harrying Mario's progress on the small platforms, especially in World 5-9, where the player has a limited amount of platforms he can jump onto in addition to an automatically-scrolling screen.

[[Image:FireChompNSMB.png|frame|left|A '''Fire Chomp''' as seen in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]

Fire Chomps return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', again with a four fireball limit. In ''New Super Mario Bros.'', they only appeared in World 7-1. In ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', Fire Chomps were a bit more common, appearing in World 2-6 and World 9-6.  They can be defeated by just jumping on their heads. Fire Chomps also developed a new attack in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. When this enemy runs out of fire, it will flash red and self-destruct seconds later, but not before chasing Mario much faster than it was originally doing. Oddly, they can be defeated with [[Fireball|fireballs]].

Unlike Chain Chomps, which are almost invincible (bar a few techniques and powers of special characters), Fire Chomps can safely be [[Jump|jumped]] upon. Doing so knocks them out of the sky. 

The invincible [[Fire Spitter]]s from ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' look like Fire Chomps in the [[Super Mario 64 DS|remake]] where they can only be defeated by [[Yoshi]]'s tongue. 

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== Appearances In Other Media ==
[[Image: CartoonFireChomp.jpg|thumb|left|Several Fire Chomps from ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
Fire Chomps made several appearances in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', such as in the episode "[[The Beauty of Kootie]]", where several Fire Chomps act as crew members on [[Bowser]]'s [[Airship|Doomship]].

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