Editing Hoopster

{{species infobox
|title=Hoopster
|image=[[File:Hoopster.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Advance''
|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)|''Super Mario'' franchise]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|comparable=[[Kushimushi]]<br>[[Paidan]]<br>[[Vine Slime]]
}}
'''Hoopsters''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They are large, spotted ladybug creatures.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
[[File:DDP Hoopster.png|thumb|left|120px|Artwork from ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', showing the original design of a Hoopster]]
Hoopsters appear in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. They are first encountered in [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-1]]. Hoopsters are colored red with black spots, changed to yellow with red spots in ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', giving them somewhat of a resemblance to {{wp|Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata|22-spot ladybugs}}. Artwork depicts Hoopsters consistently as red with a lighter shade of magenta for their spots. Hoopsters crawl up and down [[vine]]s, and sometimes on trees in the background. Hoopsters move faster if the player character is either nearby or on the vines. A Hoopster damages the player character on contact if done from either below or the sides. A character can stand on a Hoopster without taking damage. A Hoopster is defeated if either it is hit by a [[vegetable]], touched by an [[Invincible Mario|invincible character]], or from being picked up and thrown at another enemy.

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 All-Stars'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
A Hoopster in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' remakes included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' is what the [[Kings|king]] of [[Desert Land|Desert Hill]] turned into when [[Morton|Morton Koopa Jr.]] used his [[magic wand]] against him. Hoopsters are encountered in the [[Rich with Ropes]] level exclusively in the latter remake, sharing a sprite with the transformed king while behaving identically as in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
[[File:SMBSSHoopsters.jpg|thumb|Four Hoopsters from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'']]
{{quote|Oh no! Look! Koopa found we're missing and summoned his Hoopsters!|[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]|"[[Mario and the Beanstalk]]"}}
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.

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
When Mario first arrives in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'', he spots some Hoopsters (most of them presumably sand clones created by the [[GLOM]]) fighting for room on a hill. Later, Mario casually mentions that he hates it when the beetles ruin his picnics by stealing the food.

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!]]'', [[Ludwig|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 and statistics==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 2''====
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=He is a creature about the size of a basketball. He resembles a ladybug. He lives on vines and crawls up and down.<ref name=smb2enmanual>{{cite|date=1988|language=en|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=24}}</ref>}}

====''Super Mario Advance''====
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=You'll find Hoopsters hanging on vines and ropes. They're real speedsters, so step lively!{{page needed}}}}

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ターペン (JP) / Turpen (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Hoopster Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=クリープ族
|seikaku=落ち着きがない
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<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>{{cite|title=''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=November 20, 1994|isbn=4-09-259067-9|page=[https://imgur.com/a/UvABP 100]}}</ref>
|tribe=Creep clan
|disposition=Restless
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<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.''
}}

==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
DokiHoopster.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
SMB2 art Hoopster.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
Hoopster SMB2 Sprite.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
SMBSSHotdogPoster.jpg|An early poster for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''
SMUSA Hoopster.png|''Super Mario USA''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ターペン
|JpnR=Tāpen 
|JpnM=Turpen; likely an abridging of "{{wp|turpentine}}" or a derivation of an anagram of「ぺたぺた」(''peta-peta'', onomatopoeia for the sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something)
|JpnC=<ref name="soccerbug">{{cite|language=ja|quote=サッカーボール{{ruby|大|だい}}のテントウ{{ruby|虫|むし}}みたい{{ruby|怪物|かいぶつ}}。つるに{{ruby|住|す}}みつき{{ruby|上下|じょうげ}}に{{ruby|移動|いどう}}している。|translation=A soccer ball-sized, ladybug-like creature. It lives on vines and crawls up and down.|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=32|date=1987|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref><ref name=daijiten>{{cite|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]}}</ref>
|Jpn2=フープスター
|Jpn2R=Fūpusutā
|Jpn2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jpn2C=<ref name=daijiten/>
|Chi=青藤虫
|ChiR=Qīngténg Chóng
|ChiM=Green Vine insect
|ChiS=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. {{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170226161109/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043?red_tag=f0666802113|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|language=zh-hans|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=September 10, 2024}}</ref>
|Ger=Hoopster
|Ita=Hoopester
|ItaM=Either a typo or a portmanteau of "Hoopster" and ''peste'' ("pest")
|ItaC=<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' Italian manual{{page needed}}</ref>
|Ita2=Coccinellona
|Ita2M=Femininized augmentative of ''coccinella'' ("ladybug")
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' European manual|page=112|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|date=2001}}</ref>
|Ita3=Coccinellone
|Ita3M=Masculinized augmentative of ''coccinella'' ("ladybug")
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=67}}</ref>
|Pol=Hoopster
|PolC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA8S6GmUrgM Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - Episode 7 | Mario and the Beanstalk (Polish Voice-Over)]</ref>
|Swe=Hoopster
|SweC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReMIutvLWnM&list=PLxFcguXyn2Gq_SVmc3CbdYhMEduSfFfox&index=7 Super Mario Bros Super Show - Episode 7 - Swedish]</ref>
}}

==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 name="smb2enmanual"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Beetles]]
[[Category:Dinosaur Dilemma enemies]]
[[Category:Double Trouble enemies]]
[[Category:Leaping Lizards enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 2 enemies]]
[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! enemies]]
[[Category:Unjust Desserts]]
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[[it:Coccinellona]]