Editing Phanto

{{distinguish|Phantom}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Phanto SMA artwork.jpg|120px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
'''Phantos''' are large, seemingly-living masks that appear in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', where they are found guarding [[key]]s. According to the game's manual, they often guard various other treasures as well. Their name is a shortened form of the word "phantom", another word for ghost or specter, and is likely used in reference to ''{{wp|The Phantom of the Opera}}''.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Super Mario Advance''====
[[File:DDP Phanto.png|thumb|left|160px|Original artwork of Phanto from ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'']]
Phantos appear as semi-common enemies in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', and subsequent [[reissue]]s. They are seen guarding keys in caves or in [[jar]]s. They first appear in [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-2]]. Phantos simply remain immobile and harmless until the player takes the key they are guarding, at which point one of the Phantos will animate and ceaselessly chase them; some of the remakes make this Phanto slightly different in appearance from the others. Phantos can follow the player through other screens and rooms, even including [[Subspace]]; they cannot be permanently defeated, either&mdash;a Phanto can be temporarily defeated only with the combination of a [[Stop Watch]] and a [[Super Star|Starman]], but a new one will replace it as soon as the player enters another room while carrying the key. If the player drops the key while a Phanto is chasing them, it flies away and leaves them alone until they pick up the key again; it will only give up the chase for good once the door is unlocked.

A number of immobile and harmless Phantos can be seen in [[Wart]]'s room.

In ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'', the Phanto sprite's expression and color scheme most resemble its original artwork (which its artwork for all iterations of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' would also be based on); starting with ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', its sprite is given a distinctive evil grin, and subsequent remakes redesign it to be brownish yellow and tinted a lighter yellow instead of red and white respectively, as well as depict it without a visible nose. Additionally, in remakes, large structures resembling Phantos can be seen in the backgrounds of the key rooms; the eyes of these larger Phantos will glow red repeatedly once the key is grabbed. In the [[Super Mario Advance|Game Boy Advance remake]], if the player drops or uses the key or loses a life, the Phanto appears to fly toward the camera as it leaves, via usage of an altered sprite that is twice as large as the original. Furthermore, Phantos can be defeated in said version from an [[Invincible Mario|invincible]] character.

In the original ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' manual, Phanto is mistakenly depicted using its ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' graphic.

A photo officially posted by Nintendo of America on Facebook references Phanto's behavior of chasing the player character with the key, dramatized to the point of it demanding that that they do not touch the key.<ref name=Facebook>{{cite|url=www.facebook.com/Nintendo/photos/a.120520318032430/723672304383892|publisher=Facebook|title=“Find something to unlock that door!” he said. “What could possibly go wrong?” he said. #NintendoHalloween|author=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 26, 2024 ({{file link|Phanto Nintendo Halloween 2014 graphic.jpg|image}})|archive=archive.today/2021.10.25-233638/https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/photos/723672304383892}}</ref>

====''BS Super Mario USA''====
In ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'', Phantos can be defeated by large objects that are thrown from off-screen like [[Princess Peach|Peach]]'s [[Love-Love Fire]] even when they are inactive. A big Phanto spawns according to the time in the game's built-in clock. The first appearance is in the second broadcast episode when the time is at :15. The second appearance is in the fourth broadcast episode at :07. It will chase the player even without keys involved but will not follow the player to other screens. It has difficulty tracking players that hang around the edge of wraparound screens. After one minute, it fades away.

====''Super Mario Maker 2''====
Phantos appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' in the version 3.0.0 update released on April 22, 2020. They appear as enemies in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' style, attacking players when a [[Cursed Key]] is picked up. Phantos often tend to move in erratic patterns, following the player. The sprite now glows in pink/light blue colors. Additionally, they are completely immune to the [[Moon (Super Mario Maker 2)|Moon]], [[Super Star]]s, [[Spiny Shell (red)|Spiny Shell]]s and [[Dry Bones Shell]]s. Only one Phanto can appear at a time, though multiple Cursed Keys can be held at once. Although, if another player has a key, another Phanto will appear. When entering a subarea or going through a [[Warp Door]] with a Phanto following the player, the Phanto will take a few seconds to suddenly appear in the new location.

===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
{{quote|Ultra bad scene, dudes! We're caught between a [[Goomba Mummy|mummy]] and a weird face!|[[Toad]]|"[[The Ten Koopmandments]]"}}
[[File:SMBSSPhanto.jpg|thumb|150px|A Phanto from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode, "The Ten Koopmandments".]]
Phantos are enemies in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''. One appears in "[[The Ten Koopmandments]]," where it chases [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] and [[Toad]] inside a pyramid after the four had been caught by [[Bowser|Koop Tut]]; the chase continues until the characters escape from the pyramid. In "[[Escape from Koopatraz]]," a Phanto is a member of [[Bowser|Judge Koopa]]'s jury.

===''Super Paper Mario''===
In [[Sammer's Proving Grounds|Chapter 6-3]] of ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', the [[Sammer Guy]] of the 63rd gate is named "[[List of Sammer Guys#Phanto Grin|Phanto Grin]]".

===''Mario Kart'' series===
Sprites of Phantos, taken from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', are sewed on the carpets decorating the racecourse of [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''.

===Other appearances===
In ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Super Star Ultra}}'', the '''Phanto Mask''' appears as a {{iw|wikirby|Treasure#Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra|treasure}} in {{iw|wikirby|The Great Cave Offensive}} in place of the '''Zebra Mask''' from the original ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Super Star}}''. In the original Japanese, both iterations are called しろくろマスク (''Shiro Kuro Masuku'', "White-Black Mask").

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''He is normally at rest and waits by keys. If you take a key, he will pursue you.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|format=PDF|language=en|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo of America|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/clv/manuals/en/pdf/CLV-P-NAADE.pdf|website=nintendo.co.jp|page=24}}</ref>

===''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''Instruction booklet bio:''' ''Phantos comes{{sic}} to life when you take the key they're guarding. Beware — Phantos will chase you from screen to screen.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet|format=PDF|language=en-gb|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|url=www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf|website=thegameisafootarcade.com|page=12|date=2001}}</ref>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=カメーン (JP) / Phanto (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Phanto Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=ゴースト{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku={{ruby|執念|しゅうねん}}ぶかい
|tojo_gemu={{ruby|ＵＳＡ|ユーエスエー}}
|desc='''<big>カギはときどき{{ruby|手放|てばな}}そう</big>'''<br>
{{ruby|扉|とびら}}のカギを{{ruby|守|まも}}る{{ruby|番人|ばんにん}}だ。カギを{{ruby|持|も}}って{{ruby|行|い}}こうとすると{{ruby|動|うご}}き{{ruby|始|はじ}}め、どこまででも{{ruby|追|お}}いかけてくる。カギから{{ruby|手|て}}を{{ruby|離|はな}}すと{{ruby|遠|とお}}ざかるので、{{ruby|近寄|ちかよ}}ってきたら、いったんカギを{{ruby|下|した}}に{{ruby|置|お}}こう。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/aNvk8LY.jpg 55]|website=Imgur|date=1994}}</ref>
|tribe=Ghost clan
|disposition=Tenacious
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Let go of the key from time to time.</big>'''''<br>
''He is the keeper of the key to the door. If you try to take the key with you, it will start moving and chase you wherever you go. If you remove your hand from the key, it will move away, so if it comes close to you, put the key down.''
}}

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
<gallery>
DokiPhanto.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
SMB2 Phanto Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
SMB2 Mario and Phanto Nintendo Power.jpg|[[Nintendo Power]] illustration
SMUSA Phanto.png|''Super Mario USA''
Phanto SuperMarioKun.jpg|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
Phanto.jpg|''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
</gallery>

===Sprites===
<gallery>
Calmmask.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''
Madmask.png|''Super Mario Bros. 2''
Phanto SMB2 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
BSSMUSA Giant Phanto.png|Big Phanto (''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'')
SMA Phanto sprite.png|''Super Mario Advance''
SMA1 Phanto Large.png|Large sprite (''Super Mario Advance'')
Kirby Super Star Ultra Phanto Mask.png|''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Super Star Ultra}}''
SMM2-SMB-Phanto.png|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
SMM2-SMB-Phanto.gif|''Super Mario Maker 2''
</gallery>

===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SMB2 Killing Phanto.png|Defeating a Phanto in ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
BS Super Mario USA Giant Phanto.png|Big Phanto in ''BS Super Mario USA''
</gallery>

===Miscellaneous===
<gallery widths=180>
Smas phanto.png|The background of [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 1-3]]'s key room in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
SMMPB6 Activity5.png|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 6]]: Take down Wart!''
Phanto Nintendo Halloween 2014 graphic.jpg|Nintendo of America Facebook image<ref name=Facebook/>
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=カメーン
|JapR=Kamēn
|JapM=Comes from「{{ruby|仮面|かめん}}」(''kamen'', "mask")
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=32|date=1987}}</ref>
|Jap2=ファント
|Jap2R=Fanto
|Jap2M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jap2C=<ref>{{cite|publisher=Shogakukan|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]|website=Imgur}}</ref>
|ChiS=面具
|ChiSR=Miànjù
|ChiSM=Mask
|ChiSN=''Super Mario Advance'' in-game name
|ChiSC=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''Super Mario Advance'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: {{cite|language=zh-hans|accessdate=June 26, 2024|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba}}</ref>
|ChiS2=面具怪
|ChiS2R=Miànjù Guài
|ChiS2M=Mask Monster
|ChiS2N=''Super Mario Advance'' demo play video
|ChiS2C=<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hans|url=www.bilibili.com/video/av8876332|title=小神游GBA官方游戏宣传视频|date=February 28, 2017|publisher=Bilibili|accessdate=June 26, 2024|author=iQue}}</ref>
|ChiT=卡面<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo HK官方頻道|language=zh-hant|date=April 20, 2020|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrImKD0V0PQ|title=《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2) 》更新資料Ver.3.0.0介紹影片|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 21, 2020}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Kǎmiàn
|ChiTM=Transliteration from the Japanese name, while「面」is also derived from「面具」(''miànjù'', "mask")
|ChiTN=''Super Mario Maker 2''
|Dut=Phanto
|DutC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic''|page=33}}</ref>
|Fre=Phanto
|Ger=Phanto
|Ita=Phanto
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual|page=24}}</ref>
|Ita2=Faccia Fantasma
|Ita2M=Ghost Face
|Ita2N=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''
|Ita3=Spiritello
|Ita3M=Small Spirit
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European manual|page=112|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=67}}</ref>
|Ita4=Spettro
|Ita4M=Specter
|Ita4N=''Kirby Super Star Ultra''
|Ita5=Spettrino
|Ita5M=Li'l specter
|Ita5C=<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' Italian manual|page=38|language=it|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|date=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=it|url=youtu.be/bwG9HHqtXC4|title=''Super Mario Maker 2'', version 3.0.0 Italian trailer|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 26, 2024|author=NintendoItalia|date=April 21, 2020}}</ref>
|Kor=카면
|KorR=Ka'myeon
|KorM=From "{{hover|假面|가면}}" (''ga'myeon'', "mask" in Sino-Korean)
|KorC=<ref>{{cite|language=ko|author=한국닌텐도 공식 채널|url=youtu.be/Z7Tc25Oxzio|date=April 22, 2020|title=슈퍼 마리오 메이커 2 업데이트 Ver.3.0|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=November 12, 2022}}</ref>
|Rus=Привидение
|RusN=''Super Mario Maker 2'' version 3.0.0 update trailer
|RusR=Privideniye
|RusM=Ghost
|Rus2=Фанто
|Rus2N=''Super Mario Maker 2'' version 3.0.2
|Rus2R=Fanto 
|Rus2M=Phanto
|Spa=Fantasma
|SpaM=Phantom
|SpaN=''Super Mario Bros. 2''
|Spa2=Fantasmáscara
|Spa2M=Portmanteau of ''fantasma'' ("phantom") and ''máscara'' ("mask")
|Spa2N=''Super Mario Maker 2''
}}

==Trivia==
*An enemy called [[wikirby:Two Face|Two Face]] appears in ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby's Dream Land}}'' and ''{{iw|wikirby|Kirby Star Allies}}'', behaving in a similar way, although it can be destroyed.

==References==
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