Editing Headless Snowman

{{character infobox
|image=[[File:HeadlessSnowmanDS.png]]<br>The Headless Snowman with a complete body in ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
|species=[[Snowman]]
|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]])
}}
{{quote|I need a good head on my shoulders. Do [[Mario|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''', or simply '''Snowman''',<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=January 1997|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' volume 92|page=64}}</ref> is a [[List of characters|character]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. He is a [[snowman]] who lives on [[Cool, Cool Mountain]], and he is the focus of the mission [[Snowman's Lost His Head]]. The Headless Snowman's head is located on a pedestal around the halfway mark of the mountain, while his body (a snowball with a mind of its own) is on a pedestal near the start of the [[level]] during that mission. The player character 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. The snowball takes away two [[Health Meter|health]] points if it rolls into the character. If the player is not by the head while the body starts rolling towards it, it misses its target and falls off the stage, leaving no choice but for the player to restart the mission. If the player character is by the snowman's head, the body runs into the head and completes the snowman itself, who then rewards the mission's [[Power Star]]. Afterwards, the snowman remains with a full body in one spot during every mission, unless Snowman's Lost His Head is restarted. If the game is finished without completing said mission, the Headless Snowman's body does not appear in the ending.

Exclusively in ''Super Mario 64 DS'', the Headless Snowman has facial expressions. Without the rest of his body, the Headless Snowman has a sad face, but when he gets his body back, the Headless Snowman gets a smile. He also appears in the [[minigame]] [[Snowball Slalom]] (and [[Giant Snowball Slalom]]) in that same game and in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' version of that minigame.

==Quotes==
{{quote|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 body)|Super Mario 64}}

{{quote|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}}

==Gallery==
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SM64 Asset Model Snowman.png| Model from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64 Asset Texture Snowman Pedestal.png|Texture on the pedestal from ''Super Mario 64''
SM64 Headless Snowman closeup.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=雪ダルマ
|JapR=Yukidaruma
|JapM=Snowman
|Fre=Bonhomme de neige sans tête
|FreM=Snowman without head
|Ita=Pupazzo senza testa
|Ita2=Pupazzo di neve<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=85}}</ref>
|ItaM=Snowman without head
|Ita2M=Snowman
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:Headless snowman 64.jpg|thumb|150px|''Headless Snowman 64'''s announcement]]
*Although the Headless Snowman is a minor character in his few appearances, he received 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#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|Samus]] to "random audience members from ''{{iw|nwiki|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 ''{{wp|GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye 007}}''" (in the mistaken belief that her name is Luigi), "that bald guy from ''{{wp|Blast Corps}}''," and "the bikini woman in ''{{wp|Cruis'n USA}}''." Yet, this never-made game was not going to feature Luigi.

==References==
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