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{{species infobox
{{species-infobox
|image=[[File: FwooshImageCutSM64DS.png|95px]]<br>A Fwoosh from ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|title=Fwoosh
|image=[[File:FwooshDS.png|256px]]<br>A Fwoosh in ''Super Mario 64 DS''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variants=[[Foo]]<br>[[Ty-foo]]
|related=[[Fluffy Phantom]]<br>[[Lakitu's Cloud]]<br>[[Twister]]
|comparable=[[Lakitu's Cloud]]
|derived_species=[[Foo]]<br>[[Ty-foo]]
}}
}}
A '''Fwoosh'''<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/64/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario 64'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=October 22, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-233823/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/64/?lang=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=101|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> is a cloud enemy that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It attacks by blowing strong gusts of [[wind]] in order to push characters off high altitudes.
 
A '''Fwoosh''' is a cloud enemy that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It attacks by blowing strong gusts of wind in order to push characters off high altitudes.


==History==
==History==
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
[[File:FwooshScreenshot64.png|thumb|A Fwoosh preparing to blow Mario from the mountaintop in ''Super Mario 64'']]
[[File:FwooshScreenshot64.png|thumb|left|A Fwoosh in the original ''Super Mario 64'', preparing to blow Mario from the mountain top.]]
In ''Super Mario 64'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', a single Fwoosh can blow [[Mario]] and [[Mario Cap|his cap]] off [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]. The mountain wall after it is a portal to a secret [[slide (Super Mario 64)|slide]]. The original version depicts the Fwoosh with a partially transparent body, large eyebrows, closed eyes, and a feline-shaped mouth with a happy expression, while the remake gives it a solid, angrier appearance vaguely resembling a [[Boo]]. In addition, the DS remake grants the Fwoosh the ability to turn around in order to always face the character.
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', a single Fwoosh will blow [[Mario]] and [[Mario Cap|his cap]] off [[Tall, Tall Mountain]]. Mario cannot defeat it but [[Wario]] can walk right past it with his metal ability. The mountain wall after it is a portal to a secret slide. [[Yoshi]] also has the ability to eat it and defeat it by spewing fire at it. The original version depicts them with a partially transparent body, large eyebrows, closed eyes, and a feline-shaped mouth with a happy expression, while the remake gives it a solid, angrier appearance vaguely resembling a [[Boo]]. In addition, the DS remake grants the Fwoosh the ability to turn around in order to always face the character.


Mario cannot defeat the Fwoosh, but [[Wario]] can walk right past it with his [[Metal Mario|metal ability]]. [[Yoshi]] also has the ability to eat the Fwoosh and defeat it by [[Fire Power (Yoshi)|spewing fire]] at it. In ''Super Mario 64 DS'', the Fwoosh can also be defeated by walking into it while affected by a [[Super Mushroom|mushroom]].
===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
 
A Fwoosh makes a very small cameo in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. The Fwoosh appears to blow away the smoke from [[Thwomp Volcano]] after the mountain's eruption is put out by the [[Hydrogush 4000]].
===''Super Mario-kun''===
A Fwoosh appears while Mario, Yoshi, and the [[Bob-omb Buddy]] ride on a magic carpet in [[Rainbow Ride]] in volume 16 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''. The Fwoosh blows Mario's hat away, and it lands on a [[Big Boo]].


===''Mario Party'' series===
===''Mario Party'' series===
[[File:Parasol Plummet Ending MP3.png|thumb|A Fwoosh at the ending to Parasol Plummet in ''Mario Party 3'']]
Fwoosh has also made appearances in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]]. In ''[[Mario Party]]'', the player can warp from world to world by hopping on one in [[Mini-Game Island]]. Fwoosh can also bring the player back to the start in [[Mario's Rainbow Castle]]. In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', the player automatically jumps on a Fwoosh when jumping at the last block of [[Awful Tower]], and the players ride Fwoosh during the introduction and conclusion of [[Parasol Plummet]].
Fwoosh has also appeared in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]]. In ''[[Mario Party]]'', the player can warp from world to world by hopping on one on [[Mini-Game Island]]. In [[Mario's Rainbow Castle]], a Fwoosh leads the player to the tower where they can get a [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]] from [[Toad]] or a [[Ztar]] from [[Bowser]].
 
In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', the player automatically jumps on a Fwoosh when jumping at the last block of [[Awful Tower]], and the players ride Fwoosh during the introduction and ending to [[Parasol Plummet]].
 
===''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''===
A Fwoosh makes a very small cameo in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''. The Fwoosh appears to blow away the smoke from [[Thwomp Volcano]] after the mountain's eruption is put out by the [[Hydrogush 4000]].


===''Mario Golf: World Tour''===
===''Mario Golf: World Tour''===
A Fwoosh appears in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' as the icon for how much wind is blowing on the course. It also appears on the "Strong wind!" notification, blowing away some [[Fly Guy]]s.
[[File:Strong wind.jpg|thumb|left|A Fwoosh on the strong wind notification]]
A Fwoosh appears in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' as the icon for how much wind is blowing on the course. It also appears on the strong wind notification, blowing away some [[Fly Guy]]s.


==Gallery==
===''Super Mario-Kun''===
<gallery>
[[File:FwooshSuperMarioKun.png|thumb|A Fwoosh interrupting the characters' ride]]
SM64 Asset Model Fwoosh.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
A Fwoosh appears while Mario, Yoshi, and the [[Bob-omb Buddy]] ride on a magic carpet in [[Rainbow Ride]] in volume 16 of the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''. It blows Mario's hat away, where it lands on a [[Big Boo]].
FwooshSuperMarioKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' volume 16
{{br}}
MP1 MarioRCmap.JPG|''[[Mario Party]]''
Mario the Superstar!.jpg|''Mario Party''
Awful Tower Ending.png|''[[Mario Party 3]]''
FwooshDS.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
Strong wind.jpg|''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ヒューヒュー<ref>{{cite|author=Sawada|title=''Super Mario-kun'', volume 16}}</ref>{{page needed}}
|Jap=ヒューヒュー<ref>Sawada. ''Super Mario-Kun'', volume 16. (Accessed on 9-24-14)</ref>
|JapR=Hyūhyū
|JapR=Hyūhyū
|JapM=Onomatopoeic term for wind's howling
|JapM=Onomatopoeia for whistling.
|Ger=Rokano
|GerM=Pun on "Orkan" meaning hurricane
|Chi=咻咻
|Chi=咻咻
|ChiR=xiūxiū
|ChiR=xiūxiū
|ChiM=Transliteration of Japanese name
|ChiM=Transliteration of Japanese name
|Ger=Rokano<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=8}}</ref>
|Ita=Fwoosh<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 86</ref>
|GerM=Masculinized form of "Rokan", which is from an anagram of ''Orkan'' ("hurricane")
|ItaM=-
|Ita=Fwoosh<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=86}}</ref>
}}
}}
==Gallery==
[[File:FwooshImageCutSM64DS.png]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The [[Balloon Boo]]'s face bears a resemblance to the Fwoosh's face from ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.
*The [[Balloon Boo]]'s face bears a resemblance to the Fwoosh's face from ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.
*A similar enemy called a [[Foo]] appears in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', but Foos only blow clouds so Mario cannot see where he is going, not to blow him away.


==References==
==References==
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