Editing Roger the Potted Ghost

{{distinguish|Potted Ghost}}
{{redirect|Roger|the parrot character from the ''Donkey Kong Country'' TV series|[[Polly Roger]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:SMW2 RogerthePottedGhost.jpg|120px]]<br>Roger the Potted Ghost artwork from ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' ([[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] cameo) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])
}}
'''Roger the Potted Ghost''',<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20030402151900/http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/artwork.jsp?gameId=1282|title={{!}} Artwork - Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 - Games - Nintendo {{!}}|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|accessdate=June 23, 2024}}</ref> or simply '''The Potted Ghost'''<ref>{{cite|date=March 1996|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 42|page=70}}</ref> or '''Potted Ghost''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 40|page=21|date=January 1996}}</ref> is a [[List of bosses|boss]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. He is the second main world boss of the game and appears in [[The Potted Ghost's Castle]] at the end of [[World 2 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 2]]. Roger starts out as a lifeless [[vase|pot]], but is transformed by [[Kamek]]'s magic into a large ghost when the player enters the boss room. He is the only inanimate object that Kamek transforms into a boss. Roger's face is the same as those of [[Dangling Ghost]]s and [[Caged Ghost]]s, and he is amorphous like them. Roger can be defeated if [[Yoshi (species)|Blue Yoshi]] pushes him and his pot off of the right edge of the platform, though there are two green [[Shy Guy|Shy-Guy]]s that slowly push Roger in the opposite direction. To defend himself, Roger can lunge at Blue Yoshi, knocking him away, and breathes out blue flames which home in. When Roger is pushed far enough, the Shy-Guys topple over the edge too.

In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', Roger and the other bosses from ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' make a cameo in the game's introduction. Additionally, there are enemies called [[Potted Ghost]]s, which vaguely resemble Roger, but are smaller and less malevolent.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Roger the Potted Ghost is featured as a {{iw|smashwiki|support spirit}} which grants resistance against strong winds. The [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] is obtainable by winning his spirit battle or summoning it with the spirits of [[Shy Guy]] and [[Boo Mario]].

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
*'''Shogakukan guide:''' つぼから煙のように現れる。ヨッシーをはじきとばしたり、青い炎を吐いたりするが、つぼから出られないのが悲しいサガ。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|title=「スーパーマリオヨッシーアイランド任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario: Yossy Island Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|page={{file link|Super Mario Yossy Island Shogakukan P9.jpg|9}}|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]}}</ref> (''It appears like smoke from a pot. It can repel Yoshi and spit blue flames, but it is a sad fact that it cannot get out of its pot.'')
*'''Nintendo Player's Guide:''' ''Spirits like Bigger Boo and Roger haunt the forts and castles, clinging to rugged mountainsides in World 2. Roger looks mean and has frightfully bad breath, but isn't exactly fast on his feet. In fact, he has no feet. He has to rely on two Shy-Guys to push him around. Since he didn't let them go out for Trick-or-Treat last year, their team spirit is low.''<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|date=1995|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=17|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>
*'''Super Power Club Cards bio:'''<ref>{{file link|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island Back.jpg|Super Power Club Cards Yoshi's Island}}</ref>
**'''Description:''' ''Aladdin would never rub this pot, because the genie inside has has a mean streak a mile wide! He doesn't get around much--his only means of transportation is two Shy Guys.''
**'''Favorite Saying:''' ''"Faster, you fools, faster!"''
**'''How to Beat Him:''' ''Push him until he falls off the edge to the right. Avoid the blue fireballs he shoots at you. Keep pushing, because the little Shy Guys are keeping up the pressure, too!''
*'''Shogakukan guide''' ([[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]]): ワールド2-8のボス。ツボからけむりのように現れ、ヨッシーをはじき飛ばそうとしたり、青い炎で攻擊する。ツボを押して、足場から落としてしまおう。<ref>{{cite|language=ja|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=Shogakukan|page={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P17.png|17}}}}</ref> (''The boss of World 2-8. It appears like smoke from a pot, tries to knock Yoshi away, and attacks with blue flames. Push the pot to drop him from the platform.'')

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
{{Spirit
|no=310
|name=Roger the Potted Ghost
|image=[[File:SMW2_RogerthePottedGhost.jpg|x100px]]
|series=''Yoshi'' Series
|type=[[smashwiki:Support spirit|Support]]
|slots=1
|class=Advanced
|effects=Strong-Wind Resist
|obtain=[[smashwiki:Adventure Mode: World of Light|World of Light]] ([[smashwiki:The Light Realm|The Light Realm]]); Summoned with a Shy Guy and Boo Mario core
|opponents=Giant [[Wii Fit Trainer]] (♂), [[Meta Knight]] ×2
|conditions='''Rule:''' Hard to Launch; Jump Power ↓<br>'''Hazard:''' High Gravity
*Defeat the main fighter to win
*All fighters have reduced jump ability
|stage=[[smashwiki:Dracula's Castle|Dracula's Castle]] (Ω)
|song=Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
The Potted Ghost.png|''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''
SMW2 Roger the Potted Ghost chiaroscuro art.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2YI - Roger the Potted Ghost.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Vs Roger the Potted Ghost.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Icon SMW2-YI - The Potted Ghost's Castle.png|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
SMW2YI Puzzle Artwork.jpg|Artwork used for a puzzle based on ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''
Yossy Island Carddass2 Back.png|''Yossy Island'' Jumbo Carddass 2
SMA3 Roger.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
YIDS-Intro Background.png|''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=つぼおばけ
|JapR=Tsubo Obake
|JapM=Vase {{iw|wikipedia|obake}}
|Spa=Fantasbote
|SpaM=From ''fantasma'' ("ghost") and ''bote'' ("pot")
|Fre=Pouss'Pot
|FreM=Push'Pot 
|Ger=Nebulo
|GerM=From ''nebel'' ("mist")
|Ita=Fantasma Invasato
|ItaM=Crazy Ghost, but also a pun on ''vaso'' ("vase")
|Rus=Призрак Вазя
|RusR=Prizrak Vazya
|RusM=Vase Ghost
|Chi=坛中幽灵
|ChiR=Tán zhōng Yōulíng
|ChiM=Ghost in jar
}}

==Trivia==
*The blue flames Roger shoots seem to be based on the {{iw|wikipedia|hitodama}}, a phantasmagoric phenomenon in the Japanese folklore which is said to be the souls of the dead. 
*Some stones are seen when Roger is pushed off the platform, implying that he falls through the floor.
*Roger's body was originally intended to be a static sprite; the final game would instead render it using the Super FX2 chip.<ref>{{cite|url=tcrf.net/Development:Super_Mario_World_2:_Yoshi%27s_Island/Sprites|title=Development:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Sprites|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=October 27, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island bosses]]
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits]]
[[Category:Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]
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