Editing Mattermouth

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Mattermouth art SMG2.png|150px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' ([[List of games by date#2013|2013]])
}}
'''Mattermouths''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] that first appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They resemble the skulls of [[Dry Bones]], as well as [[Bone Dragon]]s. Their name appears to be a pun on "motormouth", as well as a reference to [[dark matter]].

==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
[[File:Mattermouth.png|thumb|left|Mattermouths in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]
In ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', Mattermouths are found in places such as [[Haunty Halls Galaxy]] and [[Bowser's Lava Lair]]. They eat away part of the ground, which regenerates after a few seconds. If [[Mario]] falls into the holes in the ground created by the Mattermouths, he loses a [[Extra life|life]]. Mario cannot destroy them entirely, but he can stop them temporarily by stomping on their heads, which turns them around, causing them to begin eating the ground in the opposite direction. If Mario is attacked by a Mattermouth, he loses one wedge of his [[Health Meter]].

===''Mario Party: Island Tour''===
[[File:Mattermouth MPIT.png|thumb|Mattermouths as seen in ''Mario Party: Island Tour''.]]
Mattermouths reappear in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]'' in the [[minigame]] [[Tragic Carpet Ride]]. They eat up the carpet that the players are standing on, while the players try not to fall. Players that touch a Mattermouth are stunned.
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==Additional names==
In the files for ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', Mattermouths are known as "<tt>BakuBaku</tt>", which may mean that they were initially based on [[Cheep Chomp#Names in other languages|Cheep Chomp]].<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' internal filename (<tt>BakuBaku</tt>)</ref> Additionally, within the game's "ObjNameTable" file, there is a removed "<tt>BossBakuBaku</tt>" entry, suggesting that there was [[list of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content|originally]] going to be a boss version.<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Super Mario Galaxy 2/Removed Objects|Super Mario Galaxy 2/Removed Objects]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved June 3, 2022.</ref>

===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/BakuBaku.arc</tt>
|name1=BakuBaku
|meaning1=Transliteration of below
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|file2=<tt>SystemData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=バクバク (''Baku Baku'')
|meaning2=Japanese onomatopoeia for chomping sound; shared with [[Cheep Chomp]]
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ガツガツ
|JapR=Gatsugatsu
|JapM=Japanese onomatopoeia for eating rapidly
|Spa=Mascasuelo
|SpaM=Portmanteau of "mascar" (to chew) and "suelo" (floor)
|Ger=Vakuumtrocken
|GerM=Dry as a Vacuum
|Ita=Gnammo
|ItaM=From "gnam" (yum) with masculine suffix "-o"
|Fre=Décophage
|FreM=From "découper" (to cut up) and "φάγος" (''phagos'', "eater" in Ancient Greek)
|Rus=Скелетопасть
|RusR=Skeletopast
|RusM=From "скелет" (''skelet'', skeleton) and "пасть" (''past'', jaw)
|Kor=아귀아귀
|KorR=Agwi Agwi
|KorM=Repetition of "아귀" (''agwi'', monkfish)
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Skeletons]]
[[Category:Reptiles]]
[[Category:Aliens]]
[[Category:Mario Party: Island Tour]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 enemies]]
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