Editing Hoppycat

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMBW Hoppycat.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|comparable=[[Dropper]]<br>[[Spiny Skipsqueak]]<br>[[Wallop]]
|variants=[[Kyodai na Hoppin]]<br>[[Wonder Hoppycat]]
}}
{{quote|Ha! They're copying you.|[[Talking Flower]]|Super Mario Bros. Wonder}}
'''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.

Their English name comes from "hop" and "copycat".<ref>[https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/3c24e9ec-6583-401a-a5ab-818180c2c0a8 マリオたちの行く手を阻む。フラワー王国の個性豊かな敵キャラクターをご紹介。～その2～【ワンダーの世界へ Vol.14】]. ''Nintendo''. Retrieved February 9, 2024.</ref>
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMBW Normal Hoppycat.jpg|A Hoppycat as it appears in game
WonderEffectHoppycat.jpg|A Kyodai na Hoppin
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
Standee Hoppycat Mario.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Mario]]
Standee Hoppycat Luigi.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Luigi]]
Standee Hoppycat Peach.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Princess Peach|Peach]]
Standee Hoppycat Daisy.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]
Standee Hoppycat Yellow Toad.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Yellow Toad (New Super Mario Bros. series)|Yellow Toad]]
Standee Hoppycat Blue Toad.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Blue Toad (character)|Blue Toad]]
Standee Hoppycat Toadette.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Toadette]]
Standee Hoppycat Yoshi.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Yoshi]]
Standee Hoppycat Red Yoshi.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Yoshi (species)|Red Yoshi]]
Standee Hoppycat Yellow Yoshi.png|Standee of Hoppycat Yellow Yoshi
Standee Hoppycat Light Blue Yoshi.png|Standee of Hoppycat Light-Blue Yoshi
Standee Hoppycat Nabbit.png|Standee of Hoppycat [[Nabbit]]
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''
|file1=<tt>Model/EnemyJumpUni.bfres.zs</tt>
|name1=JumpUni
|meaning1=From "jump" and「{{ruby|海胆|うに}}」(''uni'', "sea urchin"); compare [[Zip-Zap#Internal names|JumpToge]]
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=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>
|JapR=Hoppin
|JapM=From "hopping"; may involve "pin" (referring to their spikes)
|Chi=哈蹦<ref>Nintendo HK官方頻道 (August 31, 2023). [https://youtu.be/ZtY-yK4r5Fk 《超級瑪利歐兄弟 驚奇》Direct 2023.8.31（中文字幕）]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 8, 2023.</ref>
|ChiR=Hābèng
|ChiM=Transliteration of the Japanese name;「蹦」also means "to jump".
|Dut=Hoppycat
|Fre=Bondiss
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''bondir'' ("to jump") and possibly a nod to ''Hériss'' ("[[Spiny#Names in other languages|Spiny]]")
|Ger=Hüpfer
|GerM=Hopper
|Ita=Salterino
|ItaM=Diminutive of ''saltare'' ("to jump")
|Kor=호핑
|KorR=Hoping
|KorM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|Por=Pulusco
|PorM=Portmanteau of ''pular'' ("to jump") and ''molusco'' ("mollusk")
|Rus=Прыггер
|RusR=Prygger
|RusM=From ''прыгать'' (''prygat'', "to leap") and the English agentive suffix "-er"
|Spa=Saltamanta
|SpaM=Portmanteau of ''saltar'' ("to hop") and ''manta'' ("blanket"), as well as a play on ''saltamontes'' ("grasshopper")
}}

==Trivia==
*An unused orange Hoppycat variant was found in the game's code, which functions similarly to a normal Hoppycat but jumps away from the player. It shares the same model as the Wonder Hoppycat.{{ref needed}}

==References==
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[[Category:Mollusks]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. Wonder enemies]]
[[it:Salterino]]