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| {{species infobox
| | [[Image:Melon_bug.PNG|frame|right|A '''Melon Bug''' in both his rolling and standing poses.]] |
| |image=[[File:SMW2 YI Melon Bug.png|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]]) | |
| |latest_appearance=''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]]) | |
| |variants=[[Spiked Fun Guy (Yoshi's Story)|Spiked Fun Guy (''Yoshi's Story'')]]
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| '''Melon Bugs'''<ref name=guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|date=1995|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page={{file link|SMW2 Guide 128.jpg|128}}|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are [[List of allies|allies]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its remake]]. These harmless, {{wp|Armadillidiidae|pill bug}}-like creatures bounce up and down, but when [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] gets too close, they roll up into balls, which resemble melons, hence their name. If Yoshi gets close enough, he can eat them and then spit them out, causing them to roll across the ground, destroying any enemies in their path. Alternatively, they can be swallowed to create an [[Yoshi Egg|egg]]. | |
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| ==Profiles and statistics==
| | '''Melon Bugs''' are little ant-like bugs that can roll into balls in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. They're called Melon Bugs because when rolled up the streaks across their body makes them look like a melon. |
| ===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
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| *'''[[Player's Guide]]:''' ''These feisty hoppers transform from bug to melon and back again. Eat them anytime to make an egg.''<ref name=guide/>
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| *'''Shogakukan guide:''' 近づくと、身を守ろうとして玉になる。転がして敵をやつつけたりできるので便利。<ref name=Roll/>(''When you get close to it, it turns into a ball to protect itself. It is useful because you can roll it around and kill enemies with it.'')
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| ===''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
| | They bob up and down but when [[Yoshi]] gets too close, they hide. Stay in the air when the bugs touch the ground and they'll keep jumping. Eat one and then spit it out so it will roll into and defeat any enemy. They cannot harm Yoshi; in fact, they help him! Rolling one along the ground or spitting one into an enemy will instantly defeat it; even [[Tap-Tap]]s will be destroyed! |
| *'''Shogakukan guide:''' 近づくと玉になって転がってくるが、ふれても痛くないし、タマゴで倒すこともできる。食べてはき出せば、敵を倒しながら転がって行くぞ。<ref name=Sho/>(''When you get close to it, it turns into a ball and rolls around, but it doesn't hurt when you touch it, and you can knock it down with an egg. If you eat it and then expel it, it will roll away while defeating your enemies.'')
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| ==Gallery==
| | They didn't appear in any other game, not even ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. |
| <gallery>
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| Melon Bug.png|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
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| SMW2 Melon Bug roll.png|Sprite from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
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| SMW2YI Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
| | [[Category: Yoshi Species]] |
| SMA3-MelonBug.png|Sprite from ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
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| SMA3-MelonBugBall.png|Sprite from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jap=ころがりくん<ref name=Roll>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P6.jpg|6]]}}}}</ref><ref name=Sho>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P16.png|16}}}}</ref>
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| |JapR=Korogari-kun
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| |JapM=Portmanteau of「転がり」(''korogari'', roll) and「くん」(''{{wp|Japanese honorifics#Kun|-kun}}'', Japanese honorific)
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| |Ger=Lotter Lisa
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| ==Trivia==
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| {{multiframe|[[File:Super Donkey Melon Bug.png]][[File:SMW2 proto Melon Bug.png]]}}
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| *Melon Bugs were originally designed for ''[[List of unreleased media#Super Donkey|Super Donkey]]'', a prototype game connected to ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. Their sprites in this prototype depict them with bright green skin, antennae, and shoes, as well as large eyes with visible sclerae.<ref>{{cite|author=Salad Plain Zone|date=July 24, 2020|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuPAHU9qOT8|title=the d'onkey|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=July 24, 2020}}</ref> Sprites later in development, found in a leaked build of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' from December 6, 1994, retain the large eyes but feature the mint green skin and red antennae & shoes seen in the final game.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|title=[[tcrf:Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug|Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites#Melon Bug]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|language=en|accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref> Official artwork for the Melon Bugs amalgamates elements of these two designs, being mostly similar to the December 6, 1994 prototype's sprites but retaining the more saturated skin color from the ''Super Donkey'' sprites.
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| [[Category:Crustaceans]] | |
| [[Category:Yoshi allies]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island species]]
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