Editing Rip Van Fish

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMW Art - Rip Van Fish.png|150px]]<br>Artwork for ''Super Mario World''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
|relatives=[[Cheep Cheep]]
|comparable=[[Spiny Cheep Cheep]]
}}
'''Rip Van Fish'''<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=106|language=en-us|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> (also pluralized '''Rip Van Fishes'''<ref name=Prima>{{cite|author=Stratton, Bryan|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=14|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=February 26, 2002|isbn=0-7615-3913-1|language=en-us}}</ref> and parsed as '''Rip van Fish''')<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/world/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario World'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|date=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-141758/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/world/?lang=en}}</ref> are fish enemies that spend most of their time sleeping. They first and mainly appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. Rip Van Fish are large blue fish with orange fins, tail, and lips as well as a pair of big eyes. They are named after the literary character {{wp|Rip Van Winkle}}, who fell asleep for twenty years.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
{{multiframe|[[File:RipVanFish-SMW.png]] [[File:RipVanFishSwimmingR.gif]]|align=left}}
In ''Super Mario World'', if [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] swims too close to a Rip Van Fish, it wakes up and starts to chase after him. Like Cheep Cheeps, a Rip Van Fish can be defeated if Mario and Luigi either shoot a [[fireball]] at it while under the effects of a [[Fire Flower]], swim into one while under the [[Invincible Mario|invincibility]] effect of a [[Super Star]], or have [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] swallow one. If Mario or Luigi is [[Invincible Mario|invincible]], the Rip Van Fish acts the opposite and tries to swim away from them. Once Mario or Luigi swim a far enough distance from the Rip Van Fish, it goes back to sleep. In [[Forest of Illusion 2]], all Rip Van Fish within range can be awakened by the whistle of a [[Chargin' Chuck]].
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====''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
The Rip Van Fish reappear in the underwater portions of the [[World-e]] level [[Sea to Sky]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They act the same as in ''Super Mario World''.

===''Super Mario World'' television series===
[[File:RipVanFishCartoon.jpg|thumb|A Rip Van Fish from the ''Super Mario World'' cartoon series episode, "King Scoopa Koopa".]]
Rip Van Fish also appeared in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' television series]] episodes "[[King Scoopa Koopa]]" and "[[Mama Luigi]]".

In "King Scoopa Koopa", after leaping down a [[Warp Pipe]] in the [[Star World|Star Path]] to escape several cave people transformed into [[Chickadactyl]]s, Mario and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] end up in the ocean. Seeing a Rip Van Fish near, Mario and Princess Toadstool attempt to tiptoe past the Rip Van Fish, only for it to wake up, leading to the latter chasing them. Fortunately, Mario and Princess Toadstool struck into the Warp Pipe before the Rip Van Fish can get them.

In "Mama Luigi", [[Luigi]] and [[Yoshi]], after falling into the ocean, end up waking a nearby Rip Van Fish, which proceeds to chase Luigi and Yoshi. Attempting to escape the Rip Van Fish, Luigi and Yoshi enter a nearby, underwater tunnel and begin swimming furiously, avoiding obstacles such as [[? Block]]s and [[Urchin]]s. Eventually, the Rip Van Fish, having apparently grown tired of chasing Luigi and Yoshi, quickly stops and begins to nap once again, allowing Luigi and Yoshi to get away.

===''Mario's FUNdamentals''===
In ''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]'', Rip Van Fishes appear as a playing card when the player plays Go Fish with Mario.

===''Nintendo Puzzle Collection''===
Rip Van Fish reappears in the [[Nintendo GameCube]] remake of ''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]'' in ''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]'', as the second opponent in the game's VS. Mode if the player plays on Hard mode.

===''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''===
In the Japanese version of ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', Rip Van Fish's name sometimes appears on the scoreboard in Tournament mode.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''===
*'''''[[Super Mario World]]'' Instruction Booklet:''' ''This little fellow is always taking a nap, but when Mario comes along, he wakes up, and sets off in hot pursuit. Whatever you do, don't let Rip touch Mario.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=24|language=en-us|date=1991|publisher=Nintendo of America}}''</ref>
*'''''[[Mario Mania]]''''': ''Talk about cranky! Asleep, Rip Van Fish is harmless. Wake him, though, and you'll have to high-tail it out of there before he can hunt you down.''<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=51|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>
*'''''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' "Denizens of Dinosaur Land" poster:''' ''Even though these little guys are always napping, they wake up whenever Mario or Luigi comes near and set off in hot pursuit. Whatever you do, don't let them catch you!''
*'''[[Prima Games]]:''' ''Rip Van Fishes sleep until you come near, then they wake up and chase you for having disturbed their rest. They are vulnerable to Capes and Fireballs.''<ref name=Prima/>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=グースカ (JP) / Rip Van Fish (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Rip Van Fish Perfect.png|x200px]]
|shuzoku=アクア族
|seikaku=きむずかしい
|tojo_gemu=ワールド
|desc='''<big>寝起きの悪さはンNo.1</big><br>
水の中でイビキをかいて眠っているプクプクの仲間。のんびりしているように見えるが、近づくと目をさまして、猛スピードで追いかけてくる。起こさないのが一番だ。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=1994|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/WCiU8TI.jpeg 66]}}</ref>
|tribe=Aqua clan
|disposition=Moody
|game_appearances=World
|eng_desc='''''<big>No. 1 in sleeping and waking up</big><br>
''A friend of Cheep Cheep's that is snoring and sleeping underwater. They appear to be taking it easy, but when you approach them, they wake up and chase you at breakneck speed. It is best not to wake them up.''
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
RipVanFishR.gif|Sprite from ''[[Super Mario World]]''
SMW RipVanFish.png|''Super Mario World''
Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan P4.jpg|''Original Story'' illustration story, from ''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – [[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi's Egg]]''
Kirin Lemon commercial 03.jpg|{{wp|Kirin Company|Kirin Lemon}} commercial
Mario Puzzle Artwork.png|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' puzzle.
Mario Undōkai card 08.jpg|''[[Mario Undōkai]]'' trading card
Banpresto Taffeta SMW Rip Van Fish.png|[[Banpresto]] plush (1994)
MariosGameGallery-Rip Van Fish-GoFish.png|''[[Mario's FUNdamentals|Mario's Game Gallery]]''
MariosGameGallery-Rip Van Fish2-GoFish.png|''Mario's Game Gallery''
MariosFUNdamentals-Rip Van Fish-GoFish.png|''Mario's FUNdamentals''
MariosFUNdamentals-Rip Van Fish2-GoFish.png|''Mario's FUNdamentals''
SMPBS1 Activity3.jpg|''Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 1: Get Yoshi Back''
SMPBS4 Activity4.jpg|''Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 4: Protect Your House!''
RipVanFish MarioFamily.png|''[[Mario Family]]'' sewing design
SMA2 Rip Van Fish Sleeping.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
SMA2 Rip Van Fish.png|''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''
NPCYC-RipVanFish.png|''[[Nintendo Puzzle Collection]]''
NPCYC-RipVanFishDefeat.png|''Nintendo Puzzle Collection''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=グースカ
|JpnR=Gūsuka
|JpnM=A Japanese term for sleeping heavily; officially romanized as "Gooska".
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Kagawa, Ryo ({{iw|wikibound|Ape|APE/Shigesato Itoi}}), Koichi Toda (100 Percent), Masaki Kuramochi (100 Percent), Shigeo Tanabe, Naomaru Asao, and Ryuji Osawa, editors|title="UNIT 2 CHARACTER" in『[[Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook Super Mario World|任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド]]』|date=1991|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|page=30|isbn=4-09-104117-5}}</ref>
|ChiS=瞌睡鱼
|ChiSR=Kēshuì Yú
|ChiSM=Dozing Fish
|ChiSC=<ref>{{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013||title=神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=February 2, 2017|language=zh-hans|archive=web.archive.org/web/20170227153847/https://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606|deadlink=y}}</ref>
|FreA=Rip Van Poisson
|FreAM=Rip Van Fish
|FreE=Rip Van Fish
|Fre=Repose en Paix Van Fish<ref>''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 1, Chapter 5</ref>
|FreM=Rest in Peace Van Fish
|Ger=Rip Van Fish
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=19}}</ref>
|Ita=Rip Van Fish
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=54}}</ref>
|Ita2=Rip Van Smack
|Ita2M=Rip Van Cheep; from ''Pesce Smack'' ("Cheep Cheep")
|Ita2C=<ref>''L'enciclopedia di Mario - La guida definitiva al personaggio più iconico del mondo dei videogame'', 2023, Anime Cult Retrogamer, page 63</ref>
|Por=O Peixe Rip
|PorM=The Rip Fish
|PorC=<ref>{{cite|archive=web.archive.org/web/20210719091730/https://datassette.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/manuais/super_mario_world_br.pdf|deadlink=y|title=''Super Mario World'' Brazilian instruction booklet|format=PDF|page=24}}</ref>
|Spa=Rip Van Fish
}}

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