Editing King Kaliente

{{distinguish|King Calamari}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:KingKalienteProfile.png|250px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|species=[[Rocto]]
}}
{{quote|If I give up any more [[Grand Star]]s, [[Bowser|my dad]]'s gonna get MAAAAAAD! So this calls for my ultimate weapon! Give 'em some heat, King Kaliente!|Bowser Jr.|Super Mario Galaxy}}
'''King Kalientes''' are [[List of bosses|boss]]es in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They are two similar-looking [[Rocto]]s who seem to be in league with [[Bowser]], as one leads a portion of his fleet and the other is called upon by [[Bowser Jr.]] to fight Mario, and guards a [[Grand Star]]. The first is fought in the [[Good Egg Galaxy]] and the second in [[Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor]]. The first battle is for a [[Power Star]] and the second battle is for a Grand Star. Their name comes from the Spanish word ''caliente'', which means "hot". The King Kalientes shares their boss music with [[Bugaboom]] and [[Topmaniac]]. The two King Kalientes are differentiated from each other in the same manner as the counterparts for [[Dino Piranha]] and [[Gobblegut]]. The game's English trading cards treat the two as the same individual.

King Kaliente is a giant [[Rocto]]. Unlike most of the game's Roctos, he resembles a real-life octopus due to his long suction cupped arms, just like a real octopus's arms. His skin is orange and his eyes are blue. Unlike the other Roctos, his skin lacks spots, more akin to an [[Octoguy]]. He has a crown on his head, a small red cape tied around his neck with a jeweled brooch, and a white mustache above his nozzle-like mouth. A small antenna topped with a red orb emerges from the top of his head, just barely visible above his crown. The second King Kaliente's whole body has a much darker, blacker hue and red eyes.

==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
====Normal====
[[File:Crownless.png|thumb|left|King Kaliente, after Mario knocks his crown off. This can be done by hitting him twice in a row with [[coconut]]s.]]
The standard King Kaliente is first fought in the [[Good Egg Galaxy]], where he resides in his volcanic-topped UFO, the Octo Magma planet. After [[Mario]] lands on the Octo Magma planet, a yellow [[Luma]] will warn him about the king (albeit indirectly, only stating that there is "big danger" up ahead). When Mario reaches the volcanic side, the king will emerge from the lava pool and shake his head, angered, beginning the battle. He will first spit out three [[fireball]]s, followed by a [[coconut]]. Mario must perform a [[Spin]] or a [[Spin Jump]] to whack the coconut back at him, which stuns him, and [[Star Bit]]s will emerge.

The king will again shoot out three fireballs and then a coconut, which Mario can spin back at him, which will make the King deflect it back at Mario. If Mario whacks it at him again without the coconut flying past him, he will knock the king's crown off for the second successful hit. If it is missed, the attack pattern will repeat until Mario is successful. If the player long jumps to King Kaliente during the battle, King Kaliente will knock the player back like he does when deflecting a coconut.

King Kaliente will get very angry after his crown falls and sinks into the lava, and unleashes a big roar of wind, blowing the lava around and sprouting small [[Lava Bubble]]s that will bounce on the lava or on the ground toward Mario for the rest of the battle. If they touch Mario, they will burn him and cause him to lose up to two [[Health Meter|HP]]. Again, the king must be attacked three more times in a row with a coconut. If this is pulled off, King Kaliente finally fails to deflect and is knocked out, collapsing back into the lava pool.  A [[Power Star]] will sprout out of the lava and appear next to Mario, and the Lava Bubbles will vanish.

As determined at the end of the [[List of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content|E3 2006 trailer]], the ability to "swipe" the fireballs away using the [[Star Pointer]] was going to appear, but this feature was removed the final version of the game.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/1iHCYACYfp4?feature=shared&t=688|timestamp=11:28|author=VGMusMix|title=''Super Mario Galaxy'' E3 2006 Footage Compilation|date=November 14, 2020|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>

====Black====
The second, dark-colored King Kaliente is given the alternate label of '''Black King Kaliente'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of January 2025 update</ref> or '''King Kaliente (Black)'''<ref>[https://archive.today/2022.08.12-233909/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en Previous revision of English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of August 2022</ref> due to his appearance. He is fought at [[Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor]]. His tactic is the same as the one in the Good Egg Galaxy, but he becomes more aggressive much faster and the fight itself is harder. The fight takes place on a ring of small conjoined hexagonal platforms that will sink into the lava if Mario stands on them for too long. This King Kaliente's attacks are also much more frequent, and include sending in dozens of Lava Bubbles after the first hit, taking an additional shot in the first and second hits, and after his crown is knocked off, [[meteor]]s begin raining down from the sky. After Mario defeats him, he will give up a Grand Star.

===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
[[File:SMG2 King Kaliente.png|thumb|King Kaliente fighting Mario in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']]
Only the first King Kaliente makes a returning appearance in the ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' galaxy [[Boss Blitz Galaxy]], along with several other bosses from the first game. He is the second boss Mario fights in this galaxy. His appearance and attack methods are identical to Mario's first encounter with him in the Good Egg Galaxy and Mario also defeats him using the same method as well. When King Kaliente is beaten, Mario can access a [[Launch Star]] that blasts him to the next planet leading to a battle against [[Major Burrows]]. Another [[Rocto]] boss in the game, [[Prince Pikante]], bears a strong resemblance to King Kaliente, who is implied to be related due to their names and designs.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
{{SMG boss
|image=[[File:KingKalienteProfile.png|200px]]
|dome=[[Terrace (Super Mario Galaxy)|Terrace]]
|galaxy=[[Good Egg Galaxy]]
|mission=[[King Kaliente's Battle Fleet]]
|reward=[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Power Star]]
}}
{{SMG boss
|altname=King Kaliente (Black)
|image=[[File:SMG Burnt Kaliente.jpg|200px]]
|mission=[[King Kaliente's Spicy Return]]
|dome=[[Engine Room]]
|galaxy=[[Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor]]
|reward=[[File:Smg icon grandstar.png|link=Grand Star]]
}}

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! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Name
! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Type
! rowspan="2" | Description
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| rowspan="2" | King Kaliente
| rowspan="2" | Boss
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" | ''Mario must fight this [[Blooper]]-octopus boss twice — once in the Good Egg Galaxy, where King Kaliente appears orange, and a second time in Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor, where he appears black with red eyes. The secret to beating him is to throw three of his coconuts back at him. But be careful — he becomes wise to Mario's strategy.''
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===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
{{SMG2 boss
|image=[[File:KingKalienteProfile.png|200px]]
|world=[[World S]]
|galaxy=[[Boss Blitz Galaxy]]
|mission=[[Throwback Throwdown]]<br>[[Throwback Throwdown Speed Run]]<br>[[Boss Blitz Galaxy#Green Star 1|Green Star 1]]<br>[[Boss Blitz Galaxy#Green Star 2|Green Star 2]]
|reward=[[File:SMG Chart Launch Star.png|link=Launch Star]]
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG King Kaliente Model.png||Model in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG Asset Model King Kaliente (Black).png|Model in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' (black)
SMG Octo Magma planet Artwork.jpg|Artwork of the first King Kaliente on the [[Good Egg Galaxy#Octo Magma planet|Octo Magma planet]] on the cover of ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
GalaxyBosses.jpg|Key artwork for ''Super Mario Galaxy'', featuring the first King Kaliente
SMG King Kaliente.png|The first King Kaliente's appearance in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
Kingkalientecoco.png|A deflected [[coconut]] about to hit the first King Kaliente in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
KingKaliente2-SMG.png|The second King Kaliente's appearance in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
KingKaliente2-Crownless-SMG.png|The second King Kaliente with his crown off in ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG2 Kaliente Lava Bubbles.png|The first King Kaliente spawning [[Lava Bubble]]s in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/OtaKingLvl2.arc</tt>
|name1=OtaKingLvl2
|meaning1=Ota King Level 2 (second fight)
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=オタキング
|JpnR=Ota Kingu
|JpnM=From「オタロック」(''Ota Rokku'', "[[Rocto#Names in other languages|Rocto]]") + "king"
|Jpn2=オタキング（黒）
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|location=Tokyo|date=October 19, 2015|title=『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page=127|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|Jpn2R=Ota Kingu (kuro)
|Jpn2M=King Kaliente (black)
|Jpn2N=Second figh
|Chi=八爪王
|ChiR=Bā zhuǎ wáng 
|ChiM=Octopus King
|Fre=Poulpoboss
|FreM=From ''poulpe'' ("octopus") and "boss"
|Fre2=Poulpoboss (noir)
|Fre2C=<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|publisher=Soleil Productions|isbn=978-2302070042|language=fr|page=127}}</ref>
|Fre2N=Second fight
|Fre2M=King Kaliente (black)
|Ger=Otakönig
|GerM=From Japanese name and ''König'' ("king")
|Ita=Re Kaliente
|ItaM= King Kaliente
|Ita2=Focosos Re Kaliente<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=127}}</ref>/Re Kaliente Focoso<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia''|page=133}}</ref>
|Ita2N=black variant
|Ita2M=Fiery King Kaliente
|Kor=옥토킹
|KorR=Oktoking
|KorM=Octoking
|Por=Magmarrei
|PorN=''Dr. Mario World'' files
|PorM=From "magma" and ''rei'' ("king")
|Rus=Лорд Осьминогус
|RusR=Lord Os’minogus
|RusM=Lord Octopus
|SpaA=Magmapulpo
|SpaAM=From "magma" and ''pulpo'' ("octopus")
|SpaE=Frikipulpo
|SpaEM=From ''friki'' ("freak") and ''pulpo'' ("octopus")
}}

==References==
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