Editing Hoppycat

|image=[[File:SMBW Hoppycat.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''

|comparable=[[Dropper]]<br>[[Spiny Skipsqueak]]<br>[[Wallop]]

|variants=[[Kyodai na Hoppin]]<br>[[Wonder Hoppycat]]

'''Hoppycats''' are green mollusk-like enemies with spikes on their backs and large mouths with retractable sharp teeth on their undersides that appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. They are primarily found in [[Shining Falls]], and attack by jumping whenever the player jumps, similar to [[Spiny Skipsqueak]]s in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', before descending slowly back to the ground, during which the player can pass underneath them. They sometimes jump up into the level from underneath, while others can be found attached to the ceiling, jumping with reversed gravity. They can hit and activate blocks just like the player. There is also a red log-like [[lift]] that shoots out a Hoppycat from the side whenever the player jumps while riding it, which can be used to hit blocks to the right.<ref>Nintendo of America (August 31, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0m_uNaSres Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct 8.31.2023]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref> One [[Wonder Effect]] turns the characters [[Hoppycat Mario|into Hoppycats]] (with [[Luigi]]'s Hoppycat form bearing the most resemblance to regular Hoppycats), though this form is different from the enemy Hoppycats in that it can leap incredibly high into the air, not unlike the [[Wonder Hoppycat|expert]]. It also starts with four spikes instead of three and is larger, though if the player takes damage, they will shrink to the normal Hoppycat size. [[Kyodai na Hoppin]] also appear during another Wonder Effect, which will destroy anything above them when they jump. A final variant is found in [[The Midway Trial: Hop to It]], being the [[Wonder Hoppycat]]{{derived}}, an orange Hoppycat with an extended jump.

SMBW Normal Hoppycat.jpg|A Hoppycat as it appears in game

SMBW Hoppycat Mario.png|Artwork of [[Mario]] under the [[Wonder Flower]] Hoppycat transformation

Giant Hoppycat model SMBW.png|Kyodai na Hoppin model

Red Hoppycat model SMBW.png|Wonder Hoppycat model

 

===Names in other languages===

|Jpn=ホッピン<ref>Nintendo 公式チャンネル (August 31, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGh4-g-7U9w スーパーマリオブラザーズ ワンダー Direct 2023.8.31]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref>

|JpnR=Hoppin

|JpnM=From "hopping"; may involve "pin" (referring to their spikes)

|FreM=Portmanteau of ''bondir'' ("to jump") and possibly a nod to ''Hériss'' ("[[Spiny#Names in other languages|Spiny]]")

|ItaM=Diminutive of ''saltare'' ("to jump")

|RusM=From ''прыгать'' (''prygat'', "to leap") and the English agentive suffix "-er"

|SpaM=Portmanteau of ''saltar'' ("to hop") and ''manta'' ("blanket"), as well as a play on ''saltamontes'' ("grasshopper")