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{{species infobox | {{species infobox | ||
|title=Hoopster | |title=Hoopster | ||
|image=[[File:Hoopster.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork | |image=[[File:Hoopster.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Hoopster | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], | |first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise) | ||
|latest_appearance=''[[ | |latest_appearance=''[[Ultimate NES Remix]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]]) | ||
|comparable=[[Kushimushi]]<br>[[Paidan]]<br>[[Vine Slime]] | |comparable=[[Kushimushi]]<br>[[Paidan]]<br>[[Vine Slime]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Hoopsters''' are | '''Hoopsters''' are large, ladybug-like insect enemies that first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===''Super Mario'' series=== | ===''Super Mario'' series=== | ||
==== | ====''Super Mario Bros. 2''==== | ||
[[File: | {{multiframe|[[File:Hoopster SMB2 Sprite.png]][[File:Hoopster SMB2 All-Stars.png]][[File:SMA Hoopster.png]][[File:SMA4 Hoopster sprite.png]]}} | ||
In ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', Hoopsters are found in a few levels and first appear in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-1]]. They are usually found crawling up and down [[vine]]s, though occasionally they instead do so on trees in the background. Hoopsters speed up if the player's character (either [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], or [[Toad]]) is near or on their vines. If the character touches a Hoopster from the side or below, they get injured. The character can jump on the Hoopster to ride up the vine it is crawling on. The character can defeat a Hoopster by either throwing a [[vegetable]] at it, touching it while under the [[Super Star|Starman]] effect, or simply picking it up and throwing it. | |||
In the original version and the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' remake, Hoopsters are red with black spots, while their ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' sprites depict them as yellow with red spots. The artwork for all versions, however, depicts them as red with a lighter shade of magenta for their spots. | |||
In the ending's cast list for the original version and the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' remake, Hoopster's name was misspelled as '''Hoopstar'''. This was corrected in {{wp|Western world|Western}} versions of ''Super Mario Advance''. | In the ending's cast list for the original version and the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' remake, Hoopster's name was misspelled as '''Hoopstar'''. This was corrected in {{wp|Western world|Western}} versions of ''Super Mario Advance''. | ||
====''Super Mario | ====''Super Mario Bros. 3 / Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''==== | ||
In ''Super Mario All-Stars'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', both remakes of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', the [[Kings|king]] of [[Desert Land|Desert Hill]] is turned into a Hoopster with his own [[magic wand]] by [[Morton Koopa Jr.]] Additionally, ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''{{'}}s [[World-e]] level [[Rich with Ropes]] features Hoopsters as enemies, acting the same as in ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' as well sharing a sprite with the king's. | |||
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''=== | ===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''=== | ||
{{quote2|Oh no! Look! Koopa found we're missing and summoned his Hoopsters!|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]|</span>"[[Mario and the Beanstalk]]"<span>}} | |||
{{ | [[File:SMBSSHoopsters.jpg|thumb|Four Hoopsters from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']] | ||
Several Hoopsters appear as minions of [[Bowser|King Koopa]] in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Mario and the Beanstalk]]", being sent by King Koopa to attack [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], [[Toad]] and their [[Goosey|goose]] ally on a giant beanstalk. These Hoopsters are defeated by Mario, who throws several Garbanzo Beans at them. Much like the game, they are red, but their spots are white instead of pink. Their legs are shown to be purple, while their feet seem to be gloved. Their eyes also are connected to each other, and the area around them is also purple instead of black. | Several Hoopsters appear as minions of [[Bowser|King Koopa]] in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[Mario and the Beanstalk]]", being sent by King Koopa to attack [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]], [[Toad]] and their [[Goosey|goose]] ally on a giant beanstalk. These Hoopsters are defeated by Mario, who throws several Garbanzo Beans at them. Much like the game, they are red, but their spots are white instead of pink. Their legs are shown to be purple, while their feet seem to be gloved. Their eyes also are connected to each other, and the area around them is also purple instead of black. | ||
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In ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', Hoopsters are used in the second International Mushroom Games event, the Beetlebowl, in which the goal is to catch and dunk Hoopsters into an opposing team's bucket. The gold trophy awarded to the winner of the tournament is also described as being based on a Hoopster. | In ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', Hoopsters are used in the second International Mushroom Games event, the Beetlebowl, in which the goal is to catch and dunk Hoopsters into an opposing team's bucket. The gold trophy awarded to the winner of the tournament is also described as being based on a Hoopster. | ||
In ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', [[ | In ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', [[Ludwig von Koopa]] can use his giant pipe organ to summon some Hoopsters and other enemies to swarm the Mario Bros. if they attempt to attack him directly during one portion of the book. In ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'', while traveling through a forest, [[Yoshi]] spots some Hoopsters crawling around a tree trunk, and eyes them hungrily. | ||
==Profiles | ==Profiles== | ||
===''Super Mario'' series=== | ===''Super Mario'' series=== | ||
*'''''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet''': "''He is a creature about the size of a basketball. He resembles a ladybug. He lives on vines and crawls up and down.''" | |||
*'''''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet''': "''You'll find Hoopsters hanging on vines and ropes. They're real speedsters, so step lively!''" | |||
===''[[Perfect Edition of the Great Mario Character Encyclopedia|Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''=== | |||
'''<big>ターペン</big>'''<br> | |||
'''種族''' クリープ族<br> | |||
'''性格''' 落ち着きがない<br> | |||
'''登場ゲーム''' USA<br> | |||
'''<big>つたに住む変な虫</big>'''<br> | |||
マリオUSAの6面の砂漠に登場する昆虫。つたに住み着いて、上下している。うまく上に乗れば、 エレベーターにもなる。アメリカ名をフープスターという。<ref>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'', [https://imgur.com/a/UvABP page 100.]</ref> | |||
'''''<big>Turpen</big>'''''<br> | |||
''Tribe: Creep clan''<br> | |||
''Disposition: Restless''<br> | |||
''Game appearances: USA''<br> | |||
'''''<big>Strange insects living in the ivy</big>'''''<br> | |||
''An insect that appears in the desert on the sixth page of Mario USA. It lives on ivy and moves up and down. If it rides up successfully, it can be used as an elevator. Its American name is Hoopster.'' | ''An insect that appears in the desert on the sixth page of Mario USA. It lives on ivy and moves up and down. If it rides up successfully, it can be used as an elevator. Its American name is Hoopster.'' | ||
===''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''=== | |||
'''Bio:''' つるやはしごを上下に移動している。ときおり速く移動する。<ref>''Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario USA'' section, page 67.</ref> (''They move up and down vines and ladders. Sometimes moves fast.'') | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
DDP Hoopster.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' | |||
DokiHoopster.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō'' | DokiHoopster.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō'' | ||
SMB2 art Hoopster.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' | SMB2 art Hoopster.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' | ||
Hoopster | SMUSA Hoopster.png|''Super Mario USA'' | ||
SMBSSHotdogPoster.jpg|An early poster for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' | SMBSSHotdogPoster.jpg|An early poster for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' | ||
SMMPB6 Activity4.png|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 6]]: Take down Wart!'' | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=ターペン | |Jap=ターペン<ref name="soccerbug">「サッカーボール{{hover|大|だい}}のテントウ{{hover|虫|むし}}みたい{{hover|怪物|かいぶつ}}。つるに{{hover|住|す}}みつき{{hover|上下|じょうげ}}に{{hover|移動|いどう}}している。」 ("''A soccer ball-sized, ladybug-like creature. It lives on vines and crawls up and down.''") - ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 32.</ref><ref name=daijiten>''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'', [https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg page 225.]</ref> | ||
|JapR=Tāpen | |JapR=Tāpen | ||
|JapM=Turpen; likely | |JapM=Turpen; likely a shortening of "{{wp|turpentine}}" and possibly derived from a partial anagram of「ぺたぺた」(''petapeta'', onomatopoeia for the sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something) | ||
| | |Jap2=フープスター<ref name=daijiten/> | ||
|Jap2R=Fūpusutā | |Jap2R=Fūpusutā | ||
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name | |Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name | ||
| | |Ita=Hoopester<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual, pag. </ref><br>Coccinellona<ref>''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual, pag. 112</ref><br>Coccinellone<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 67</ref> | ||
|Chi=青藤虫 | |ItaM=Either a typo or a portmanteau of "Hoopster" and "peste" (pest)<br>Big Ladybug; from "coccinella" (ladybug) and the augmentative feminine suffix "-ona"<br>Big Ladybug; from "coccinella" (ladybug) and the augmentative masculine suffix "-one" | ||
|Chi=青藤虫<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译] (Official names for iQue ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' enemies). ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> | |||
|ChiR=Qīngténg Chóng | |ChiR=Qīngténg Chóng | ||
|ChiM=Green Vine insect | |ChiM=Green Vine insect | ||
|Ger=Hoopster | |Ger=Hoopster | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In the Japanese manual, Hoopster is likened to a soccer ball,<ref name="soccerbug"/> whereas in the English one, it is compared to a basketball (likely referring to the "hoop" in its name).<ref | *In the Japanese manual, Hoopster is likened to a soccer ball,<ref name="soccerbug"/> whereas in the English one, it is compared to a basketball (likely referring to the "hoop" in its name).<ref>"''He is a creature about the size of a basketball. He resembles a ladybug. He lives on vines and crawls up and down.''" - ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, page 24 (Hoopster description).</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
