Editing Jellybeam

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Jellybeam.png]]
|first_appearance=''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' ([[List of games by date#2009|2009]])
|latest_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' (cameo) (2023)
|variant_of=[[Jelectro]]
|comparable=[[Preying Mantas]]
}}
'''Jellybeams'''<ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=161|date=November 15, 2009|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4}}</ref> are a [[jellyfish]] enemy introduced in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. Their name is a pun on "{{wp|jelly bean}}," as well as a portmanteau of "jellyfish" and "beam." Their appearance is reminiscent of [[Jelectro]]s from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' while also incorporating bioluminescent spots reminiscent of the reflective cilia of {{iw|wikipedia|Ctenophora|comb jellies}}.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW World 8-4 Screenshot.png|200px|thumb|right|Mario encountering three Jellybeams in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
Jellybeams are encountered in [[World 8-4 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 8-4]] in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They serve to illuminate the dark waters, and move up and down slowly. A Jellybeam can still harm the player character on contact. Jellybeams can be defeated from either [[fireball]]s or a [[Super Star]]. Mario can also freeze Jellybeams, causing them to stop moving, but they will continue to illuminate the water. When a "[[Paah|bah]]" is heard in the music, Jellybeams briefly flash their lights.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Jellybeams reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' acting in the same manner as in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', and appear only in [[Deepsea Ruins]] of [[Soda Jungle]] with Bulbers, [[Fish Bone]]s, and [[Boo Buddies|Circling Boo Buddies]].

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
[[File:Mega Unagi MK8.jpg|thumb|Jellybeams in ''Mario Kart 8'']]
Jellybeams appear in the underwater segments of {{classic-link|GCN|Sherbet Land}}, [[Dolphin Shoals]], and [[Piranha Plant Cove]] in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. They illuminate the water around them but do not actively interact with drivers.

====''Mario Kart Tour''====
Jellybeams appear at the beginning of the underwater section of [[Piranha Plant Cove|Piranha Plant Cove 2]] in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. Like the [[Bumper (Mario Kart series)|bumpers]] in [[DS Waluigi Pinball]], they bounce away drivers who run into them, even if said drivers are under the effects of a [[Frenzy]], [[Mega Mushroom]], [[Bullet Bill]], or [[Super Star]]. Jellybeams grant bonus points when hit with an offensive item (except for a [[Banana]] or [[Giant Banana]]) or when simply driven into; if a driver lands on top of a Jellybeam, they additionally receive a [[Jump Boost]]. Most items, when thrown, break on contact with a Jellybeam, while others are bounced away (Bananas and Giant Bananas) and some pass through it ([[Bowser's Shell]]s and [[Giga Bob-omb]]s).

===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
There is an illustration of a Jellybeam on the storefront sign of a fish shop in [[Toad Town]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Jellybeam Sprite.png|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
NL Calendar 8 2018.jpg|The August 2018 [[LINE]] calendar
NL Calendar Wallpaper 8 2018.jpg|The August 2018 LINE calendar (wallpaper version)
The Super Mario Bros Movie teaser poster.jpg|Jellybeam illustration in the teaser poster for ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ライトクラゲ<ref name=jpsite>{{cite|author=Nintendo|url=https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/history/new_smb_wii/index.html|title=New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii <nowiki>|</nowiki> ゲームアーカイブ <nowiki>|</nowiki> マリオポータル <nowiki>|</nowiki> Nintendo|date=2020|accessdate=July 28, 2024|language=ja}}</ref>
|JapR=Raito Kurage
|JapM=Light Jellyfish
|ChiS=发光水母
|ChiSR=Fāguāng Shuǐmǔ
|ChiSM=Glowing Jellyfish
|ChiT=發光水母
|ChiTR=Fāguāng Shuǐmǔ
|ChiTM=Glowing Jellyfish
|Fre=Luméduse
|FreM=From ''lumière'' ("light") and ''méduse'' ("jellyfish")
|Ger=Qalle
|GerM=From ''Qualle'' ("jellyfish")
|Ita=Medulampada<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' section|page=146|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|ItaN=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
|Ita2=Medusilla<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section|page=210|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''New Super Mario Bros. U''
|Ita3=Medusella
|Ita3N=''Mario Kart Tour''
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''medusa'' ("jellyfish") and ''lampada'' (lamp)
|Ita2M=From ''medusa'' ("jellyfish") and the diminutive suffix ''-illa''; shared with [[Jammyfish]]
|Ita3M=From ''medusa'' ("jellyfish") and the diminutive suffix ''-ella''
|Kor=젤리빔
|KorR=Jellibim
|KorM=Jellybeam
|Por=Água-luz
|PorM=From ''água-viva'' ("jellyfish") and ''luz'' ("light")
|SpaA=Meluza
|SpaAM=From ''medusa'' ("jellyfish") and ''luz'' ("light")
|SpaE=Medusiño
|SpaEM=Portmanteau of''medusa'' ("jellyfish") and ''niño'' ("child")
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Jellyfish]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U enemies]]
[[Category:New Super Mario Bros. Wii enemies]]
[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Movie characters]]
[[it:Medusella]]