Nibbles
- This article is about the enemy from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. For the enemy from the Donkey Kong Country series referred to once as Nibbles, see Snaggles.
| Nibbles | |
|---|---|
 Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | |
| First appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) |
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) |
- “Boy, and what's with these tanks full of Nibbles? Jeepers, that creeps me out...”
- —Goombella, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Nibbles are Chain-Chomp-like fish that inhabit the waters of Rogueport and its surrounding regions in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. If Mario falls in any body of water, a Nibbles will bite him, causing him to jump back to the same place he fell into the water and lose one HP. These enemies cannot be battled. A few Nibbles can be seen in Grodus's room in the X-Naut Fortress, where they are in an aquarium surrounding most of the room. Nibbles are even found in swimming pools and fountains, and one appears in the lower right-hand corner of the Magical Map. The only exception is Doopliss's bath tub's water.
In Super Paper Mario, two figurines of a Nibbles can be seen on a shelf in Fort Francis, along with several other cameos of various characters, species, and items from the previous game.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ガジガジ[?] Gaji-gaji |
Onomatopoeia for a gnawing sound | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 咬咬鱼[?] Yǎoyǎoyú |
From “咬” (yǎo, "bite") and “鱼” (yú, "fish") | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 咬咬魚[?] Yǎoyǎoyú |
From「咬」(yǎo, "bite") and「魚」(yú, "fish") | |
| Dutch | Kauwe[?] | From kauwen ("to chew") | |
| French | Pirahgnard[?] | Pun on "piranha" and -ard (a French suffix used for several uses, such as making pejoratives words, or forming animal names) | |
| German | Schnappy[?] | Diminutive of schnappen ("to chomp at") | |
| Italian | Magnarone[?] | Masculine form of magnare, a dialectal slang for mangiare ("to eat") | |
| Korean | 까득까득[?] Kkadeuk-kkadeuk |
Onomatopoeia for a gnawing sound | |
| Spanish | Maxilo[?] | Masculine form of maxilar (maxilla bone of the jaw) |
