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| |image=[[File:Gao SML art.png]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Land'' | | |image=[[File:Gao SML art.png]] |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]]) | | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1989|1989]]) |
| |comparable=[[Nyololin]]
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| |notable=[[King Totomesu]]}} | | |notable=[[King Totomesu]]}} |
| '''Gao'''<ref>{{cite|language=en|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=14|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en|date=Spring 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|page=5}}</ref> are fire-breathing, {{wp|sphinx}} or {{wp|lion}}-like creatures from ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', where they appear as enemies. | | '''Gao'''<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 14.</ref><ref>The Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide, page 5.</ref> are fire-breathing, {{wp|sphinx}}-like enemies that are located within the borders of the [[Birabuto Kingdom]] in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. They stay in one place and shoot fireballs at [[Mario]]. These fireballs can even be shot backwards, and therefore Mario is not safe while they are on the screen. As with most enemies, they can be defeated after a single [[jump]] or [[Superball Mario|Superball]], awarding Mario with 400 [[point]]s. [[King Totomesu]] is the ruler of the Gao. They are only seen towards the end of the stage in [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Land)|World 1-3]], along with throughout the stage in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Land)|World 1-1]] on subsequent playthroughs. Inappearance, they look like a mix between a pyramid sphinx and a lion. |
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| ==History== | | ==Official profiles== |
| ===''Super Mario Land''=== | | ===''Super Mario Land''=== |
| In ''Super Mario Land'', Gao stay in one place and shoot [[fireball (obstacle)|fireball]]s at [[Mario]]. These fireballs can even be shot backwards, and therefore Mario is not safe while they are on the screen. As with most enemies, they can be defeated after a single [[jump]] or [[Superball Mario|Superball]], awarding Mario with 800 [[point]]s. [[King Totomesu]] is the ruler of the Gao. They are only seen towards the end of [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Land)|World 1-3]] and, only in harder difficulty, throughout [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Land)|World 1-1]]. An enemy from the [[Chai Kingdom]], [[Nyololin]], has the same behavior.
| | *'''Virtual Console Manual:''' ''"This stiff creature doesn't move, but it spits out fireballs aimed at Mario."'' |
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| ===''Super Mario'' Kodansha manga===
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| In ''[[Super Mario Land (manga)|Super Mario Land]]'' manga, only two Gao appear towards the end of the pyramid stage, where they are chained to the ground. Using [[Mecha Kuribō (character)|Mecha Kuribō]]'s propeller-antennas, Mario flies over them without fighting them. In ''[[Super Mario Land 4]]'', a Gao is the second opponent in the ''[[Qix]]'' story arc.
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| ==Profiles==
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| ===''Super Mario Land''===
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| |Eng=This stiff-bodied creature doesn't move. But it spits out fireballs aimed at Mario.
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| |Fre=Reste immobile car son corps est lourd. Mais crache des boules de feu à l'intention de Mario.<ref name="SML manual FR"/>
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| *'''3DS Virtual Console manual:''' ''This stiff creature doesn't move, but it spits out fireballs aimed at Mario.'' | |
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| ===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
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| |name=ガオー (JP) / Gao (EN)
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| |artwork=[[File:Gao Perfect.png|200px]]
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| |shuzoku=ビースト族
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| |seikaku=ものぐさ
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| |tojo_gemu=ランド1
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| |desc='''<big>近づくのを待っている</big><br>
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| 体が重いためじっとしている珍しい敵キャラ。動かないが、マリオをねらって火の玉をはいてくるので注意しよう。見かけは怖いが、踏んだりスーパーボールで簡単に倒せるぞ。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=1994|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/MF1dZ7H.jpeg 52]|accessdate=July 20, 2022|website=Imgur}}</ref>
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| |tribe=Beast clan
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| |disposition=Lazy person
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| |game_appearances=Land 1
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| |eng_desc='''''<big>Waiting for you to approach</big><br>
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| ''A rare enemy character that stays still because of its heavy body. It does not move, but it will aim a fireball at Mario, so be careful. It may look scary, but it can be easily defeated by stepping on it or by using the Superball.''
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| Gaoartwork3.png|Artwork from ''Super Mario Land'' | | Gaoartwork3.png|The lion-like Gao |
| Gao.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario Land''{{class|whitebg}} | | Gao.png|A sprite of a Gao breathing fire |
| GaoArtworkCL.jpg|''Super Mario Land'' (''[[Club Nintendo (French magazine)|Club Nintendo]]'' magazine)
| | KCDeluxe-SMLGaoChained.png|Gao chained to stay in one place, from [[KC Deluxe]] |
| KCDeluxe-SMLGaoChained.png|Gao chained to stay in one place in ''[[Super Mario Land (manga)|Super Mario Land]]'' | |
| Qix opponents KC Mario.jpg|''[[Super Mario Land 4]]''
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| Elephant Qix SML4.jpg|''[[Super Mario Land 4]]''
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in other languages== |
| {{foreign names | | {{foreign names |
| |Jpn=ガオー | | |Jap=ガオー<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 16.</ref> |
| |JpnR=Gaō
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| |JpnM=Japanese onomatopoeia for a roaring sound
| | |JapM=Onomatopoeia of roaring sound. |
| |JpnC=<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオランド (''Sūpā Mario Rando'') instruction booklet|page=16|language=ja|date=1989|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
| | |Spa=Gao |
| |Dut=Gao | | |SpaM=- |
| |DutC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''|page=7}}</ref> | |
| |Fre=Gao | |
| |FreC=<ref name="SML manual FR">{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet|page=[https://i.imgur.com/zuVxmWd.jpg 14]|accessdate=February 27, 2023|website=Imgur}}</ref> | |
| |Ger=Gao | | |Ger=Gao |
| |GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe]]|date=1990|title=''Super Mario Land Spielanleitung''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|page=14}}</ref> | | |GerM=-}} |
| |Ita=Gao
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| |ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' Italian manual|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=46}}</ref>
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| |Spa=Gao
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| <references/> | | <references/> |
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| {{SML}} | | {{SML}} |
| {{Game Boy comics}}
| | [[Category:Cats]] |
| [[Category:Sphinxes]] | | [[Category:Fire Creatures]] |
| [[Category:Fire creatures]] | | [[Category:Super Mario Land Enemies]] |
| [[Category:Game Boy (comic)]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Land enemies]] | |
| [[de:Gao]] | | [[de:Gao]] |
| [[it:Gao]] | | [[it:Gao]] |
