Editing Mr. I

|image=[[File:MPS Mr I enc.png|200px]]<br>Asset from ''Mario Party Superstars''

|notable=[[Big Mr. I.]]

{{quote|Running around in circles makes some [[List of enemies|bad guys]] roll their eyes.|[[Sign]]|[[Super Mario 64]]}}

A '''Mr. I''' (also spelled '''Mr. I.'''<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|date=1996|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=12}}</ref> or '''Mr I'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #54|date=September 1997|page=60}}</ref>), also known as a '''Spinning Eye'''<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610064509/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/super_mario64/5-1.html|title=Course 5 - Star 1: Go on a Ghost Hunt|publisher=Nintendo: Super Mario 64 Strategy|accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref> or '''Eyeball''',<ref>{{cite|author=Barton, Jeff, Mario De Govia, Tri Pham, and Donato Tica|title=''Mario Party 2'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|date=January 27, 2000|page=42|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=0-7615-2767-2|quote='''Note''' For 5 Coins, the Eyeball will ”warp” you from one Eyeball Pedestal to another.}}</ref> is an enemy that debuted in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. The name is self-descriptive; Mr. I's resemble giant eyeballs. They are usually immobile and only twirl in place, tracking the player character's movement. A larger variant, [[Big Mr. I.]], appears as a boss in ''Super Mario 64'' as well.

 

The design of Mr. I's and their recurring association with haunted areas are evocative of {{wp|mokumokuren}}.

[[File:Mribubble.png|frame|right|A Mr. I. shooting a bubble]]

In ''Super Mario 64'', Mr. I.'s only shoot pink bubbles at [[Mario]] from their pupils. They always watch Mario when he is close, and they can be dizzied into submission if Mario [[dash|run]]s in a circle around them in either direction, rewarding Mario with a [[Blue Coin]]. The standard Mr. I.'s can be found in [[Big Boo's Haunt]], [[Lethal Lava Land]], and the [[Hazy Maze Cave]]. After being dizzy, Mr. I.'s slightly shrink before disappearing. The much larger version, Big Mr. I., is in the attic of Big Boo's Haunt.  

In the remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', the pupils of Mr. I's are oval-shaped, and said pupils are dark blue instead of black. Also, the bubbles were changed to balls of light that change color, but they are primarily turquoise.

[[File:Mr.I MP2.png|thumb|left|Mr. I. from ''Mario Party 2'']]

Mr. I. appears in ''[[Mario Party 2]]'' in the [[Horror Land]] board, where he offers to "warp" the player across the board for ten [[coin]]s, though his "warping" actually involves him rolling and chasing the player (and any others along the route) to the other side of the board.

 

In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', a Mr. I. (referred to as "Big Mr. I" in localization) is featured in the Battle minigame [[Eye Sore]]. The objective of the [[minigame]] is to run around the Mr. I. fifteen times until he finally disappears. As the characters run around the Mr. I., he gradually shrinks. Players should avoid bumping into the Mr. I. or one of the many [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s that pop up, for they stun the player for a few valuable seconds.

[[File:MPA Mr I Screenshot.png|thumb|Mr. I in ''Mario Party Advance'']]

{{quote|I'm actually SEEING [[Princess Peach|you]] in person!|Mr. I|Mario Party Advance}}

A Mr. I appears in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' as an NPC who lives in the [[horror area]] of [[Shroom City]]. He is in love with [[Princess Peach]] and his quest, [[Love That Princess!]], requires playing as Peach. As her, the player must go over to Mr. I's residence. When he sees Peach, Mr. I shows his love for her by giving her the [[Gaddget]], [[Hope Chest]]. He is also the crush of [[Flutter]]; he does not return the favor because he hardly knows her and is already in love with Peach, and he tells the player to tell her he is sorry. He is also one of the three suspects when the [[Koopa Bank]] is robbed. He states that he is not guilty, but he remembered hearing [[coin]]s jingle. The ending states that he is learning to wink for Peach.

[[File:SuperSmashEyeBrawl.png|thumb|left|Two Mr. I's in the minigame Eyebrawl in ''Mario Party 8'']]

In ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', Mr. I's appear in the minigame [[Eyebrawl]], where instead of running around them like in the minigame [[Eye Sore]] from ''Mario Party 3'', the player must draw circles around them with the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]]. As of this game, the irises and pupils of the Mr. I's take on a more oblong shape, like in ''Super Mario 64 DS''. The Mr. I's are not defeated the first time they get dizzy; instead, the Mr. I's reappear twice in progressively enlarged forms. Whoever defeats all three Mr. I forms first wins the [[minigame]]. The loser is haunted by small Mr. I's.

Mr. I reappears in ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'', retaining its design from ''Mario Party 8''. Just like in ''Mario Party 2'', it appears on [[Horror Land]] and will warp the player to the other side of the board. Mr. I's also run the losers out after a game on Horror Land has ended. He also has his own page in the [[Data House#Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]]. Unlike in previous games, Mr. I is incapable of speech, with his stare being interpreted by the in-game narration instead.

 

In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', Mr. I, written as '''Mister I''', appears in [[Merlee's Mansion]] and [[Castle Bleck]]; these Mister I's are immune to conventional attacks, and they can be defeated only by running around them repeatedly while using Mario's [[Flip]] technique. Alternatively, the player may use [[Fleep]]'s ability on them to defeat much easier. A total of three can be found in the game. In this appearance, Mister I's attack the player by shooting them with a cyan laser beam, like in ''Mario Party 5''. The game also introduces a subspecies of Mister I called [[Red I]].

MPA Mr I Sprite.png|''[[Mario Party Advance]]''

MPA Mr. I map.png|''Mario Party Advance''

|Jpn=アイクン

|JpnR=Ai-kun

|JpnM=Portmanteau of "eye" and「~くん」(the Japanese honorific ''kun'')

|Fre=Mr. Œil

|FreM=Mr. Eye

|Fre2=Œil<ref>{{cite|url=https://archive.org/details/NM6401/mode/2up?view=theater|title=Nintendo official French magazine N1|page=91}}</ref>

|Fre2M=Eye

|ItaM="O" is the first letter of ''occhio'' ("eye"); likely a pun on ''mistero'' ("mystery")

|Kor=눈깔이

|Kor2=아이군

|Kor2N=''Mario Party Superstars''

|Kor2R=Aigun

|Kor2M=Same as Japanese name

|PorAM=Mr. Z. Oio; pun on ''zoio'', the dialectal form of ''olhos'' ("eyes")

|PorEM=Mr. O; from ''olho'' ("eye")

==Notes==

*In the files for the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]'', there is a picture of an [[minecraftwiki:Ender Chest|Ender Chest]] with a Mr. I on it. The concept for the Mr. I chests was scrapped before the final release, where they are [[Shy Guy]]-themed instead.

*Mr. I’s card description in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' states that the eye is unblinking. However, the pupil does blink twice before shooting a projectile in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. It also blinks in ''[[Mario Party 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''.