Editing Pouncer

|variant_of=[[Thwomp]]

|comparable=[[Spiked stone]]<br>[[Tsubushi]]

'''Pouncers'''<ref name="manual">{{cite|title=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' instruction booklet|page=19|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are stone creatures from the [[Wario Land (series)|''Wario Land'' series]], appearing in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' and ''[[Wario Land II]]''. They look and behave almost exactly like [[Thwomp]]s, except they have no spikes on their tops. [[Wario]] can hop up on them as a platform to cross gaps. In some cases, instead of acting like Thwomps, they slowly follow a path, such as moving through a cramped hall after Wario. If a Pouncer lands on an enemy, it turns into a [[10-Coin|10 Gold Coin]] for Wario to collect. On the other hand, in ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'', contact with a Pouncer's spikes instantly causes the loss of a life. The Pouncers of ''Wario Land II'' were redesigned and referred to as '''weights'''<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 106|page=63|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=March 1998|quote=One bat drops a lead weight that flattens Wario; the other picks him up and steals coins.}}</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980610012401/http://www.nintendo.com/gb/wario_land_ii/1.html|title=Nintendo: Wario Land II|publisher=Nintendo.com|accessdate=May 18, 2024}}</ref> or '''blocks'''.<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 106|page=64|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|date=March 1998|quote=These bats have nothing better to do all day than drop blocks. If you jump on a block, you can jump from the top to reach more coins.}}</ref> They have no spikes and are carried and routinely dropped by [[D-Bat]]s. They are no longer harmful, transforming Wario into [[Flat Wario]] if it lands on him.

===''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''===

|Eng=This sturdy creature drops down and pursues [[Wario]]. Wario can get a lift on its flat top.''<ref name="manual"/>

|Ita=Questa robusta creatura piomba giù e dà la caccia a Wario. Ma Wario può farsi dare un passaggio salendo sopra alla sua sommità piatta!<ref name=ITAmanual>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' European manual|page=117}}</ref>

|type=vc_3ds

|Jpn=天井から落ちてきたり、追いかけてきたりします。頭の上に乗れます。<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/data/software/manual/man_rbaj.pdf Japanese ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' Virtual Console manual], section 15.</ref>

|JpnM=They can fall from the ceiling or chase you. You can ride on their heads.

|Eng=This sturdy creature will fall from the ceiling and pursue Wario. You can get a free ride on his flat top.<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' ([[Virtual Console]]) English e-manual|page=15}}</ref>

|Ita=Una robusta creatura che cade dal soffitto e si lancia al tuo inseguimento. Salta sulla superficie piatta del suo corpo per farti dare il passaggio.<ref name=ITAemanual>{{cite|title=''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' ([[Virtual Console]]) Italian e-manual|page=15}}</ref>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===

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|game_appearances=Land 3

|eng_desc='''''<big>You can even get on top of it and move around.</big>'''''<br>

Pouncer.png|Sprite from ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''

RiceBeachCourse4.png|Wario standing on a Pouncer from ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''

Pouncer KC Mario Artwork.png|A Pouncer as depicted in the [[Super Mario (Kodansha manga)|Kodansha manga]]

|Jpn=ドドン<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land'' instruction booklet|page=19|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Wario Land 2: Nusumareta Zaihō'' Shogakukan guide|page=92|language=ja|publisher=Shogakukan}}</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>

|JpnR=Dodon

|JpnM=From「ドッスン」(''Dossun'', [[Thwomp#Names in other languages|Thwomp]]) and「どん」(''don'', a Japanese onomatopoeia for crashing sound)

|Ita=Assalitore Improvviso<ref name=ITAmanual/>

|ItaN=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' instruction booklet

|Ita2=Thowmp<ref>{{cite|title=''Club Nintendo'' (Italy) Numero 4|date=1994|page=20}}</ref>

|Ita2N=''Club Nintendo''

|Ita3=Saltatore<ref name=ITAemanual/>

|Ita3M=Jumper

|Ita3N=''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' Virtual Console e-manual; shared with the nickname of the [[Wonder Hoppycat]]