Editing Pipegunk

'''Pipegunk''' is a boss who appears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'', inside the [[Brrrning Sea, Great Lighthouse Island]]. It is a slug-like glob of toxic goo who is unleashed by [[Shun]] to prevent [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] from stopping the [[Zok Troops]]' plans to take over [[Concordia]] with [[Glohm]]. Pipegunk has four pipes in its body: two on top of the creature's head (which it can use as cannons in its powered-up forms) and two at its sides. The creature's name is compounded from "pipe" and "gunk".

At the start of the battle, Pipegunk attacks by charging into one of the Mario Bros., which the targeted Bro. must counter with a [[hammer]]. Before attacking, it will wind up by stretching its body in the direction opposite to its target, with stretching southeast implying that [[Mario]] will have to counterattack it, and northeast implying that [[Luigi]] is being targeted. Pipegunk can also fire bouncy poison balls at the Bros., so the targeted Bro. must jump on them with good timing to pop them. Pipegunk will then transform into a large poison ball, which the Bros. must counterattack with a jump when it strikes the floor and its body stretches upon impact, damaging it if their counter succeeds.

When its HP gets dropped in a quarter, Shun will appear in the background of the stage and use his remote control to rotate the stage into the Magma Area, which changes Pipegunk's appearance to resemble magma and gives it a significant defense boost, then jumps off-screen for a number of turns. Its head also bursts into flames, which functions as a spike so it cannot be jumped on. While in the Magma Area, Pipegunk can restore a little HP each turn and attacks the Bros. with an array of different fireball attacks. It can shoot balls of hot lava at the Bros, who must jump to avoid getting damage or burned. The lava creates a molten puddle under each Bro., so Mario and Luigi must continuously jump to avoid taking damage. Pipegunk can also shoot volleys of fireballs at the Bros., which Mario and Luigi must avoid by jumping over them. Pipegunk may also move behind the Bros. for an attack that launches several fireballs into the air, which the Bros. must counter with hammer strikes as they fall down; Pipegunk may occasionally shoot a [[Mushroom]] in place of a fireball.

When exposed to the Ice Area, Pipegunk's body freezes over and becomes a large, spiky block of ice. Like its fiery state, its conical head makes it spiny. Pipegunk can restore a little HP each turn similarly as before and has a slightly different attack pattern. In this form, Pipegunk can cover the screen in frost that obscures it, requiring the Bros. to counterattack it in careful timing as it slowly moves towards one of them. Pipegunk can also launch volleys of fast thin icicles and slow spiky chunks of ice, which the Bros. must jump to avoid. Like before, Pipegunk can move behind the Bros. and shoot large chunks of ice at them which they must counter with hammer strikes; the ice falls down more slowly than the fireballs do and may also occasionally be replaced by a Mushroom. Luigi can use Luigi Logic again to obtain the remote from Shun. Similarly as before, moving the arena directly from the Ice Area to the Magma Area will deal damage it for 300 HP (600 HP for [[Glohm Pipegunk]]) and make it prone to critical attacks. If the arena moves from the Ice Area to the Normal Area, Pipegunk returns to normal. Defeating Pipegunk rewards the Pipegunk Boots for the Bros. and [[Sprite Bulb]]s for [[Snoutlet]] to collect.