Editing Hoppycat

|image=[[File:SMBW Hoppycat.png|200px]]

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

|variants=[[Wonder Hoppin]]

'''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> Their name is a portmanteau of "hop" and "copycat". 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 Hoppin]]. 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. Giant Hoppycats also appear during another Wonder Effect, which will destroy anything above them when they jump.

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

Giant Hoppycat model SMBW.png|Giant Hoppycat model

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]]

==Additional names==

|meaning1=From "jump" and「{{ruby|海胆|うに}}」(''uni'', sea urchin); compare [[Biripyon#Internal names|JumpToge]]

|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".

|FreM=Portmanteau of "bondir" (to jump) and possibly a nod to "Hériss" (Spiny)

|ItaM=Diminutive of "saltare" (to spring)

|PorM=Portmanteau of "pular" (to jump) and "molusco" (mollusk)

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

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