Editing Headless Snowman

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|image=[[File:HeadlessSnowmanDS.png]]<br>The Headless Snowman with a complete body in ''Super Mario 64 DS''

{{quote|I need a good head on my shoulders. Do you know of anybody in need of a good body? Please! I'll follow you if you do!|Headless Snowman|Super Mario 64}}

The '''Headless Snowman''' is a minor [[snowman]] character who appears in [[Cool, Cool Mountain]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' and is the focus of the mission [[Snowman's Lost His Head]]. His head resides on a pedestal around the halfway mark of the mountain, while his body (a snowball that also has a mind of its own) appears on a pedestal near the start of the [[level]] during that mission.

 

[[Mario]] (or [[Yoshi]], [[Luigi]], or [[Wario]] in ''Super Mario 64 DS'') can assist the snowman head (who is looking for nearby headhunters) by rolling down the snowball fit to be the Headless Snowman's new body. However, running into him will cost the player loses two [[Health Meter|health]] points. If the player is not by the head when the body starts rolling towards it, it will miss the head entirely and fall off the stage, and the player must restart the stage from this point for the [[Power Star]]. If Mario is by the snowman's head, the body will run into the head and complete the snowman itself. If this happens, the snowman gratefully awards him a Power Star.

 

The Headless Snowman reappears in ''Super Mario 64 DS'', with the same role as in the original game. In this appearance, he is given facial expressions. Without the rest of his body, he gets a sad face, but when he gets his body back, he gets a smile. He also appears in the [[minigame]] [[Snowball Slalom]] in that same game and in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' version of that game.

 

Once this mission is complete, the snowman will remain with a full body in one spot during every mission (unless the player does Snowman's Lost His Head again). Also, if the player finishes the game without completing the mission, his body will not appear in the ending.

{{quote2|Oooooh nooooo! Talk about out-of-body experiences--my body has melted away! Have you run in to{{sic}} any headhunters lately?? I could sure use a new body! Brrr! My face might freeze like this!|Headless Snowman (without head)|Super Mario 64}}

 

{{quote2|Perfect! What a great new body! Here--this is a present for you. It's sure to warm you up.|Headless Snowman (whole body)|Super Mario 64}}

|Fra=Bonhomme de neige sans tête

|FraM=Snowman without head

[[File:Headless snowman 64.jpg|right|150px|thumb|''Headless Snowman 64'''s announcement]]

*Although the Headless Snowman is a minor character in his few appearances, he got some publicity in the form of a ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' joke published around the time of the main circulation of the [[List of rumors and urban legends about Mario#Luigi in Super Mario 64 .2F .22L is real 2401.22|"L is Real 2401" ''Super Mario 64'' rumors]]. In Volume 107 of ''Nintendo Power'', a "Luigi 64" article is present where [[Nintendo]] states that [[Luigi]] fans had been campaigning to have the character in his very own game, and the company's response was to create a hoax upcoming game known as '''''Headless Snowman 64'''''. This game was apparently to be made to satisfy fans of the "second bananas" by featuring a cast of both well-known and obscure characters (that were not Luigi), from [[Samus Aran]] to "random audience members from ''Super Punch-Out!!''" to the Headless Snowman himself. Additionally, the game would supposedly contain some non-Nintendo characters such as "one of the civilian women in ''GoldenEye 007''" (in the mistaken belief that her name is Luigi), "that bald guy from ''Blast Corps''," and "the bikini woman in ''Cruis'n USA''." Humorously, this never-made game was not going to feature Luigi.