Editing Scaredy Rat

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|image=[[File:DMW-ScaredyRat.png|200px]]<br>In-game artwork of a Scaredy Rat from ''[[Dr. Mario World]]''.

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A '''Scaredy Rat''' is a white rat creature that first appeared in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They appear to have black sclera, red pupils, orange feet and huge buck teeth. Their name is a pun on the term ''scaredy cat'', which is a childish term for a coward.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====

Scaredy Rats reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' with the same features of ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. They appear in the level [[Which-Way Labyrinth]], where in dark sections their eyes shine like a [[Swoop]]. They are one of the few enemies that do not reappear in ''[[New Super Luigi U]]''.

A Scaredy Rat can be seen on the [[Banzai Bill's Mad Mountain]] board in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''. They also appear in the [[minigame]] [[Rat-a-tat Flat]], which involves players having to [[Ground Pound]] the Scaredy Rats that appear to earn points. Gold Scaredy Rats also appear in the minigame.

Scaredy Rats make their ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' debut in the [[Nintendo 3DS]] game ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' as enemies in [[The Enigmansion]] of World 4. They maintain their appearance from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. In battle, Scaredy Rats can do two attacks. For one, they can attack by ramming Mario while squeaking. This attack may throw off timing. Because of this, they will jump two times and it can either ram into Mario quickly or one second later. It is impossible to tell when it is going to ram into Mario, as this attack is very fast, but if their attack misses or is dodged with correct timing, they will roll over. For their other attack, if a Scaredy Rat runs in place before attacking, it will steal one of Mario's [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|stickers]]. Mario can get his sticker back by damaging or defeating the a Scaredy Rat before it flees with the sticker. Blocking this attack will prevent damage, does not prevent the Scaredy Rat from stealing the sticker; instead, Mario will lose one of his lower-damage stickers. If a Scaredy Rat thinks Mario has no stickers or has already stolen one from Mario without turning, they will instead ram him. In rare cases, a Scaredy Rat may turn around before fleeing with the sticker giving Mario a chance to get it back.

 

[[Spiny|Spinies]], [[Snifit]]s, and [[Hammer Bro]]s. are the other enemies in this game that can throw off timing.

Scaredy Rats return in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'' with the same appearance and behavior they had in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'' and can be fought in [[Marmalade Valley]], [[Dark Bloo Inn]] and [[Toad Trainworks]]. There is a [[Scaredy Rat 10-Stack]] in Toad Trainworks.

[[File:OrigamiScaredyRat.jpg|thumb|An Origami Scaredy Rat]]

Scaredy Rats make a return in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', with origami variants of them acting as enemies.<ref>Nintendo Flip Book (posted on Reddit by dissapointment-soup) (July 2, 2020). [https://old.reddit.com/r/papermario/comments/hjyon7/a_neat_picture_of_some_of_the_enemies_youll/ A neat picture of some of the enemies you’ll encounter in the game] ''Reddit''. Retrieved July 2, 2020</ref>

[[File:MLPJScaredyRat.png|thumb]]

A Scaredy Rat sets off the plot of ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'' by scaring Luigi into knocking over a book containing the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' universe. Later in the game, only [[Paper Scaredy Rat]]s appear as enemies. They appear only in the [[Twinsy Tropics Dungeon]].

*'''Gallery description:''' ''They adore dark corners. If they nab your coins in battle, defeat them before your gold is as good as gone.''

|JapM=Squeak-squeak; ''chū'' is an onomatopoeia for crying of mice.

|SpaA=Ratacante

|SpaAM=Pormanteau of ''rata'' (rat) and ''atacante'' (attacker)

|SpaE=Aterrata

|SpaEM=Pormanteau of ''aterrador'' (frightening) and ''rata'' (rat)

|FraA=Souriboo

|FraAM=Pormanteau of ''souris'' (mouse) and ''Boo''  

|FraE=Raplapla

|FraEM=Pun with ''rat'' (rat) and ''raplapla'' (worn out)

|DutM=-

|GerM=Pun on ''Grattler'' (a condescending term from bavaria), ''Ratte'' (Rat) and the suffix ''-rich''

|ItaM=From ''ratto'' (rat)

|PorAM=Pormanteau of ''rato'' (rat) and ''atacante'' (attacker)

|PorEM=Pormanteau of ''aterrador'' (frightening) and ''rato'' (rat)

|ChiS=吱吱 (''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'')<br>''Zhīzhī''<br>吱吱鼠  (''Paper Mario: The Origami King'')<br>''Zhīzhī Shǔ''

|ChiSM=From "吱吱" (''zhīzhī'', an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse)<br><br>From "吱吱" (''zhīzhī'', an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (''shǔ'', mouse)<br><br>

|ChiTR=Zhīzhī Shǔ

|ChiTM=From "吱吱" (''zhīzhī'', an onomatopoeia for the squeak of a mouse) and "鼠" (''shǔ'', mouse)

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