Editing Hothead

|image=[[File:HotheadUltimate.png|230px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])

|variant_of=[[Li'l Sparky]]

|comparable=[[Big Amp]]

'''Hotheads''' are large balls of sparking energy that first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Hotheads travel slowly on platforms.

 

Hotheads first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They slowly move around platforms and can be defeated by [[Invincible Mario]] or [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]]'s Body Press. They are found in [[6 Wendy's Castle|#6 Wendy's Castle]] and [[Front Door]], specifically in rooms with [[Li'l Sparky|Lil Sparkies]].  

Hotheads are enemies in the [[World-e]] expansion of ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They are encountered in [[A Sky-High Adventure]] and [[Puzzling Pipe Maze]]. Hotheads can be defeated by [[Statue Mario]] or from [[hammer]]s thrown by [[Hammer Mario]].

 

Hotheads reappear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'' alongside [[Li'l Sparky|Lil Sparkies]]. Just like Lil Sparkies, they can be defeated by bumping blocks below them. Also as with Lil Sparkies, the player characters now visually appear electrocuted when they take damage from contact with Hotheads, similar to [[Amp]]s in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' and its sequels.

Hotheads are enemies in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They are based on their appearance in ''Super Mario World'', and are invincible to everything [[Princess Peach|Peach]] can do. They are found in [[Shriek Mansion]], [[Fury Volcano]], and [[Bowser's Villa]]. Unlike most other enemies, Hotheads were not given any [[vibe]]-based counterpart.

[[File:Hothead Brawl artwork.png|thumb|120px|left|Hothead's artwork in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'', which gives it a more realistic design]]

Hotheads appear as an item in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]'', and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. Like in ''Super Mario World'', they stick to the stage when thrown and burn anyone that touches it, and also release powerful sparks periodically when moving. It also grows larger if hit with fire and electric attacks, an ability it was never shown to have in the ''Super Mario'' franchise. Hotheads move quickly around the platform they are on, but can also just fall off entirely. In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', a Hothead also appears as a support [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]], equipping the fighter with a Hothead at the start of battle when used.

Hothead's design in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' is more realistic-looking, but ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Wii U'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' design it more similarly to its appearance in ''Super Mario World''.

|name=パサラン (JP) / Hothead (EN)

|shuzoku=ゴースト{{ruby|族|ぞく}}

|seikaku={{ruby|無邪気|むじゃき}}

|desc='''<big>やっかいな{{ruby|火|ひ}}の{{ruby|玉|たま}}だ</big><br>

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===''Super Princess Peach''===

|name=Hothead

|image=[[File:SPPHothead.png]]

|levels=[[Hoo's Wood 2-8]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-3]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-4]]<br>[[Shriek Mansion 3-5]]<br>[[Bowser's Villa 8-5]]

|glossary=Avoid it as it moves along the terrain.

====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====

{{SSBB trophy

|name=Hothead

|image=[[File:BrawlTrophy520.png|100px]]

|appears_in='''SNES''' ''Super Mario World''

|unlock=Random

|desc=An item that, when tossed, sticks to the terrain and moves, causing damage to those it touches. Whoever threw it won't take damage. It will grow larger if it's attacked, which ups its attack range. However, an increase in size corresponds to a decrease in the time it stays on the screen. A really big Hothead will take up the entire screen, and is quite a sight to behold.

|desc2=An item that, when tossed, sticks to the terrain and moves, causing damage to those it touches. Whoever threw it won't take damage. It will grow larger with some attacks, which ups its attack range. However, an increase in size corresponds to a decrease in the time it stays on the screen. A really big Hothead will take up the entire screen, and is quite a sight to behold.

}}

====''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Wii U''====

{{SSB4 trophy

|name=Hothead

|image='''3DS:'''<br>[[File:HotheadTrophy3DS.png|100px]]<br>'''Wii U:'''<br>[[File:SSB4TrophyHothead.png|100px]]

|category=Item

|appears_in='''SNES''' Super Mario World (08/1991)<br>'''NDS''' Super Princess Peach (02/2006)

|trophy_box=-

|desc=Once thrown, this guy will move across the ground and damage anything—except you—in its path. You can make the Hothead bigger by hitting it with attacks, much to your opponents' dismay. If you make it really big and powerful, it may just carry you to victory!

|desc2=Throw this on the ground and it'll slide around, damaging everything in its path, except you. You can make the Hothead get bigger and more powerful by attacking it with fire and lightning, and it's pretty impressive just how big and powerful it can get!

}}

====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====

{{Spirit

|no=58

|name=Hothead

|image=[[File:SSBU Hothead Spirit.png|100px]]

|series=''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' Series

|type=Support

|slots=2

|class=Novice

|effects=Hothead Equipped

|obtain=[[smashwiki:Spirit Board|Spirit Board]]

|opponents=Curry [[Pac-Man|PAC-MAN]]

|rule_2=Item: Hothead

|stage=[[Mushroom Kingdom U]] (tower)

|song=Castle / Boss Fortress - Super Mario World / SMB 3

}}

Hothead_SMW.png|''Super Mario World''

==Additional names==

|meaning1=Big [[Li'l Sparky#Names in other languages|Li'l Sparky]]

 

===Names in other languages===

|Jpn=パサラン

|JpnR=Pasaran

|JpnM=Both this and [[Li'l Sparky#Names in other languages|Li'l Sparky]]'s Japanese name「ケセラン」(''Keseran'') are derived from「ケセランパサラン」(''Keseran Pasaran''), a legendary puff-ball creature in {{wp|Japanese mythology}}

|Chi=大电火球<ref>{{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|deadlink=y|title=神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|language= zh-hans|accessdate=February 2, 2017|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170227153847/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606}}</ref>

|Fre=Tête Brûlée

|FreM=Burned Head

|Ger=Großschein

|GerN=since ''Super Princess Peach''

|GerM=Big Shine

|Ger2=Hothead<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=20}}</ref>

|Ger2N=''Super Mario World''

|RusM=Головня (''golovnya'', "firebrand"/"smut"), word of the same root with ''голова'' (''golova'', "head"); with diminutive suffix ''-ешк'' (''-eshk'')

|SpaM=From ''chispa'' ("spark") with diminutive suffix ''-ino''