Editing Shroob

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{{species infobox

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|latest_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' (cameo) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

|variants=[[Blazing Shroob]]<br>[[Dr. Shroob]]<br>[[Guardian Shroob]]<br>[[Intern Shroob]]<br>[[RC Shroober]]<br>[[Shroid]]<br>[[Shroob saucer]]<br>[[Shrooba Diver]]<br>[[Shrooblet]]<br>[[Shroobsworth]]<br>[[Support Shroob]]

|relatives=[[Shroob mushroom]]<br>[[Shroob Rex]]<br>[[Shroob-omb]]<br>[[Spiny Shroopa]]<br>[[Sunnycide]]<br>[[Swiggler]]<br>[[Tashrooba]]<br>[[Yoob]]

|comparable=[[Toad (species)|Toad]]<br>[[Poison Mushroom]]

|notable=[[Commander Shroob]]<br>[[Elder Princess Shroob]]<br>[[Elder Shrooboid]]<br>[[Junior Shrooboid]]<br>[[Princess Shroob]]<br>[[Shrooboid Brat]]

The '''Shroobs''' are a race of aliens from the [[Shroob planet]] that appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' and serve as the main antagonists. The Shroobs invaded the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] when [[Baby Mario|Mario]] and [[Baby Luigi|Luigi]] were babies. They are a purple, [[mushroom]]-like species ruled by [[Princess Shroob]] and [[Elder Princess Shroob|her older twin sister]]. They have short limbs attached to their mushroom stalks, bluish-white spots in a Toad-like pattern on their caps, hands with pincers at the ends, gaping mouths with a pair of fangs on the top, and black eyes with red pupils. Their name is a corruption of the shortened word for mushroom, "shroom".

[[File:Shroob World M&L.png|thumb|left|The Shroobs' previous home planet.]]

[[File:Castle Invasion.png|thumb|The Shroobs taking over [[Peach's Castle]].]]

According to the prologue of the game, the Shroobs invaded the Mushroom Kingdom because they were "searching for a new home", though their reason for this is unclear. The Shroobs start their invasion by destroying [[Toad Town]] and capturing many Toads. These Toads are taken to [[Toadwood Forest]], where their vim is drained by the forest's genetically-altered trees. The vim is then collected at the [[Vim Factory]], which is guarded by mind-controlled [[Hammer Bro#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|Hammer Bros]]; [[Dr. Shroob]] then feeds the vim to [[Swiggler]], a bio-engineered [[Wiggler]] that drinks the vim to power the [[Shroob saucer]]s.

While attacking Toad Town, they also attack [[Peach's Castle]] in hopes of capturing [[Baby Peach|the Princess Peach of the past]], but she has left alongside with Baby Mario, Baby Luigi and [[Toadsworth the Younger|past Toadsworth]] in the [[Koopa Cruiser]] by the time they get in the castle, thanks to [[Baby Bowser]]. They instead find the [[Princess Peach]] of the present and her subjects, [[Toadiko]] and [[Toadbert]], who have traveled back in time using [[Professor E. Gadd|E. Gadd]]'s [[Prof. E. Gadd's time machine|time machine]]. Princess Peach manages to trap the Elder Princess Shroob in the [[Cobalt Star]], the time machine's power source, and then shatter it and scatter the shards around the kingdom, before getting captured by the younger Princess Shroob. The Shroobs take Toadiko to Toadwood Forest, and Toadbert ends up getting eaten by [[Yoob]] and suffering from amnesia after ending up on [[Yoshi's Island (location)|Yoshi's Island]]. Meanwhile, the [[Junior Shrooboid]] uses the time machine in the castle to travel back to the present, ending up at the throne room of the present-time Peach's Castle and inadvertently alerting the Mario Bros. that something was amiss.

When present-time Mario and Luigi travel back to the past via a [[time hole]] and reach [[Hollijolli Village]], they see the town being attacked by Shroob saucers, and they encounter some Shroobs for the first time. Unfortunately, during the battle the Bros. are knocked out by a huge energy ball sent down by a Shroob saucer, which prompts their past selves to go down to the village and save them, bringing them back to Baby Bowser's Koopa Cruiser. However, the cruiser is later attacked by Princess Shroob via a [[Shroob missile]], causing the vehicle to crash into [[Bowser's Castle#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|Baby Bowser's Castle]].

Soon after, Yoob, a Yoshi-like monster of the Shroobs' creation, is unleashed on Yoshi's Island. Yoob starts to eat any [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]]s it can find. It is heavily implied that these Yoshis will be converted into other monstrous Yoobs, to be used to attack the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario, Luigi, Baby Mario, and Baby Luigi go to stop it, but are eaten in the process after the Shroobs use their Shroob saucers to make Yoob grow to colossal proportions. Inside, they find the eaten Yoshis, Toadbert (who has lost his memory), Baby Bowser (stuck inside of an [[Egg (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)|egg]]), and [[Sunnycide]], who blocks the exit of [[Yoob's Belly|Yoob's belly]]. The bros. are able to defeat Sunnycide and free the trapped Yoshis as well as Toadbert and Baby Bowser, causing Yoob to stop functioning in the process.

The Shroobs later commandeer the [[Koopaseum]] in [[Gritzy Desert]], using it as a stadium in order to celebrate the conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom. On stage, Princess Shroob feeds Princess Peach to the monstrous [[Petey Piranha]]. Mario and company chase it [[Gritzy Caves|under the colosseum]] after taking out the [[Shrooboid Brat]], and defeat Petey, though they learn that Princess Peach was spat out by Petey Piranha earlier and taken deeper inside the cave. Before the four can save her, however, Princess Shroob disguises herself as Princess Peach, with the intention of fooling them into taking her into the Mushroom Kingdom of the present, so that she could take it over and make sure her plan would succeed.

The disguise also manages to fool [[Bowser]], who came to Peach's Castle to kidnap Princess Peach again, taking Princess Shroob with him through a time hole to [[Thwomp Volcano]]. After he and Baby Bowser are defeated by the bros. in [[Thwomp Caverns]], the [[Shroob Mother Ship]] comes and takes back Princess Shroob, with Mario, Luigi and their baby counterparts in pursuit. During their search for the princess inside the ship, they are surrounded by a group of Shroobs in a room. Princess Shroob then approaches them and takes off her disguise, revealing herself. Before she can do anything about the quartet, a disguised [[Kylie Koopa]] saves them, though they are ejected out of the Mother Ship shortly after.

Eventually, the Bros. collect five of the Cobalt Star shards and gain access to [[Shroob Castle|the now-conquered Princess Peach's Castle]]. Higher up in the castle, they manage to corner Princess Shroob by shooting down the Shroob Mother Ship. They then defeat both her and the Elder Princess Shroob, who had been unintentionally freed from her imprisonment in the Cobalt Star by Baby Bowser. Afterwards, E. Gadd uses the [[Hydrogush 4000]] to create a rain of artificial baby tears to wilt the [[Shroob mushroom|purple mushroom]]s the Shroobs left all over the Mushroom Kingdom, restoring anyone who was turned into a mushroom in the process. However, the Elder Princess Shroob - who turned into a Shroob mushroom following her defeat - was swallowed by an unconscious Bowser, turning him into [[Shrowser]], who was quickly defeated by the adult and baby Mario brothers. What became of the Shroobs after this is unknown, but ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' shows that [[Bowser's Minions]] managed to capture and cryogenically freeze some Shroobs, as they are seen in a hidden preservation chamber in [[Bowser's Castle]].

Despite the standard purple Shroob variant seemingly being the most common type, as they are seen in large numbers in cutscenes, they are rarely ever fought in the game. Three of them are fought during the scripted unwinnable battle in [[Hollijolli Village]], and two are later defeated by the baby Mario Bros. Other than that, only a few more fight the heroes during [[Commander Shroob]]'s boss battle, as his [[Support Shroob]]s. When fought in Hollijolli Village, they use the same defeat animation as normal enemies despite being considered bosses, a trait shared with the [[Junior Shrooboid]], the [[Hammer Bro#Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time|L33T HAMM3R BROZ.]], and [[Kamek]]. Also, in the [[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]], the word "boss" is missing from their stat box.

[[File:Mario vs shroobs.png|thumb|[[Mario]] & [[Luigi]] battling Shroobs in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'']]

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and its remake, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', while Bowser is looking for a seat in the [[Fawful Theater]], a Shroob can be seen in a seat on the lower right-hand corner. If Bowser tries to speak to it, it stares blankly without saying anything. Much later in the game, a group of three Shroobs appears as an optional boss. They are found in the preservation room in Bowser's Castle, which needs a password to be accessed. The password of the cold room is □, □, ○, △, △, △, followed by hitting the switch on the door itself, with signposts that are found in Bowser's Castle hinting at what the password is. Once inside, the Bros. can hit a red switch that causes three of the Shroobs to thaw out. As Mario and Luigi begin to explain their history to Starlow, the three Shroobs wake up and attack the brothers.

They have two attacks that were very similar to the ones they used in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'' (especially the [[Guardian Shroob]]s). For the first, the attacker will flag down a companion, and they will each shoot a laser at Mario and Luigi. The other attack is a simple laser blast, delivered to only one brother. Before executing this attack, the attacker will always pirouette; in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', they would pirouette only before attacking Luigi, and spark before attacking Mario. Here, the brother being targeted is indicated by the spin's direction: a Shroob spins clockwise to attack Mario, and counterclockwise to attack Luigi. In the remake, each of the Shroobs gain the [[Fury]] status after losing half their HP, like other bosses, and will fire lasers much faster. These Shroobs have an idle animation in battle where they will taunt Mario and Luigi by making a face and sticking their tongue out at them; this is entirely original to ''Bowser's Inside Story''.

Various other frozen Shroobs are visible in the background of the battle, including broken [[Shroid]]s, [[Junior Shrooboid]]s, [[Shrooba Diver]]s, [[Commander Shroob]]s, and even the [[Elder Princess Shroob]]; in the remake, a frozen [[Princess Shroob]] can now be seen alongside the Elder Princess Shroob. Also, if a player uses the [[Jump Helmet]] attack, a single [[RC Shroober]] is seen as Mario and Luigi walk back in order to commence the attack.  

After defeating them, [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] receive all ten [[Attack Piece]]s for the [[Magic Window]] [[Bros. Attack|Special Attack]]. They also may receive the [[List of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story gear#Shroob Boots|Shroob Boots]], which may [[POW-Down|lower the attack power]] of [[stomp]]ed enemies. Starlow then compliments Mario on stopping the invasion as a baby; when he explains that Luigi fought hard as well, Starlow sarcastically remarks that he did so by "ferociously crying", a reference to the baby tears clearing the [[Shroob mushroom]] infestation. When she learns that it was indeed Luigi who ultimately trumped the Shroobs, she apologizes to him and calls him "super". Despite being bosses, the Shroobs use the same death animation as normal enemies; this also occurs with [[Bowser Memory M and Bowser Memory L]].

The Shroobs, along with the [[Elite Goombule]] and [[Bowser X]], were not in the [[Prima Games|Prima]] Guide Enemy Compendium; however, the Shroobs were mentioned in the walkthrough.<ref>''[[Prima_Games#Nintendo_DS|Prima Guide: Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', pages 145 and 146</ref>

In addition to reprising their roles in ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey'', multiple Shroobs appear as ranged enemies in the ''[[Bowser Jr.]]'s Journey'' mode, where they attack using their ray guns and are weak to [[Swoop]]s. The Shroobs battle Bowser Jr. in [[Chilling Magma]] after he, [[Kamek]], and [[Morton]] go into the basement of Bowser's Castle to retrieve [[Ever Ice]]. After the Shroobs are defeated, Bowser Jr. is able to collect the Ever Ice. Several Shroobs also appear in later missions such as [[The Lost Alien]], [[The Power of the Koopalings]] and [[The Best Beast]], with some under the effects of [[Malatone Formula:X]].

==List of Shroob forces==

[[File:Princess_Shroob.jpg|thumb|Princess Shroob with some Shroobs.]]

{|border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 margin=0 padding=0 style="text-align:center;overflow-x:scroll"

|[[File:Elder Princess Shroob Animated.gif]]<br>[[Elder Princess Shroob|Princess Shroob]] (elder)

|The stronger and elder of the twin sisters, who rules over the Shroobs.

|[[File:Princess Shroob Animated.gif]]<br>[[Princess Shroob]] (younger)

|The younger of the twin sisters, who leads the Shroobs in her sister's absence.

|[[File:Commander Shroob Idle.gif]]<br>[[Commander Shroob]]

|A commander in the Shroob army.

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!colspan=2 style="background:lightgray"|Shrooboids

|[[File:Shrooboid Idle.gif]]<br>[[Junior Shrooboid]]

|A weak green Shroob monster that travels to the present in E. Gadd's time machine.

|[[File:Shrooboid Brat Idle.gif]]<br>[[Shrooboid Brat]]

|A gluttonous blue Shroob monster that battles at the [[Koopaseum]] in front of a crowd.

|[[File:Elder Shrooboid.gif]]<br>[[Elder Shrooboid]]

|A strong red Shroob monster that attacks the [[Star Shrine]].

!colspan=2 style="background:lightgray"|Shroob types

|[[File:MLPITShrooblet.gif]]<br>[[Shrooblet]]

|Small [[Goomba]]-like Shroobs.

|[[File:Dr. Shroob.gif]]<br>[[Dr. Shroob]]

|Bespectacled yellow Shroobs encountered at the Vim Factory.

|[[File:MLPiT RC Shroober.gif]]<br>[[RC Shroober]]

|Blue Shroobs who use remote control devices to attack.

|[[File:MLPiT Shrooba Diver.gif]]<br>[[Shrooba Diver]]

|Green Shroobs who swim through the sand as if it was water.

|[[File:Blazing Shroob.gif]]<br>[[Blazing Shroob]]

|Red Shroobs with flaming heads that use fireballs to attack.

|[[File:MLPiT Guardian Shroob.gif]]<br>[[Guardian Shroob]]

|White Shroobs that guard the [[Shroob Mother Ship|mother ship]].

|[[File:MLPiT Shroid.gif]]<br>[[Shroid]]

|Shroob robots wandering the ruins of [[Toad Town]].

|[[File:Support Shroob Idle.gif]]<br>[[Support Shroob]]

|Shroobs that aid the Commander Shroob in battle with massive [[Shroob-omb]]s.

|[[File:MLPiT Shroobsworth.gif]]<br>[[Shroobsworth]]

|Elderly Shroobs that defend [[Shroob Castle]] along with Intern Shroobs.

|[[File:MLPiT Intern Shroob.gif]]<br>[[Intern Shroob]]

|Little Shroobs that piggyback on Shroobsworths and aid them in battle.

!colspan=2 style="background:lightgray"|Shroob-like creatures

|[[File:MLPiT Spiny Shroopa.gif]]<br>[[Spiny Shroopa]]

|The Shroob equivalent of [[Spiny|Spinies]]. They are thrown by [[Lakitufo]]s.

|[[File:M&L-PiT Swiggler Idle.gif]]<br>[[Swiggler]]

|The Shroob equivalent of a [[Wiggler]] that powers Shroob saucers by drinking [[vim]] and sending it to the flying saucers.

|[[File:Shroob-omb.gif]]<br>[[Shroob-omb]]

|The Shroob equivalent of [[Bob-omb]]s, which are massive in size and are carried by Support Shroobs.

|[[File:MLPiT Tashrooba.gif]]<br>[[Tashrooba]]

|The Shroob equivalent of [[Tanoomba]]s.

|[[File:MLPiT Shroob Rex.gif]]<br>[[Shroob Rex]]

|The Shroob equivalent of [[Rex]]es.

|[[File:ShroobChomp.png]]<br>[[Kyankyan]]

|The Shroob equivalent of [[Chain Chomp]]s, used by Elder Princess Shroob during her boss battle.

|A large [[Piranha Plant]] kept in the [[Koopaseum]] as a monster to entertain the Shroobs.

|Large, sleepy robot guards of [[Shroob Castle]].

|-

|Spherical winged enemies that are fought in Shroob Castle.

|Purple Bob-ombs found in the sewers of [[Shroob Castle]].

|[[Hammer Bro]]s. that have been brainwashed by the Shroobs via the mind-control helmets they wear.

==General information==

===Language===

The Shroob language is displayed as nonsensical small picture text, with one phrase in particular being repeated throughout the game. The Shroobs' voice clips consist mostly of gibberish sounds. The actual audio for them speaking is usually either a low-pitched and sped up text scrolling sound or a higher-pitched laugh. Some of the Shroobs, such as the ones in the crowd watching the [[Shrooboid Brat]] fight, do occasionally show the letters "M" and "L", likely associating them with Mario and Luigi due to the letters on their caps. The Elder Shroob Princess is a notable exception, as she mostly speaks clear English (albeit in all capital letters) during her scenes, while her younger sister only ever speaks the Shroob language. During the game, the language is occasionally shown to players using subtitles in parentheses to clarify; this reveals that the phrase constantly repeated by the Shroobs translates to "Destroy!"

===Technology===

*[[Shroob saucer]] - Small flying saucers that carry a single Shroob each.

*[[Shroob missile]] - An aerial weapon launched from the Shroob Castle.

*[[Shroob-omb]] - Large purple Bob-ombs used by the [[Commander Shroob]].

===Colonies, settlements, and structures===

*[[Toadwood Forest]] - A forest genetically modified by the Shroobs to drain [[Toad (species)|Toads]] of their [[vim]].

*[[Vim Factory]] - A factory where the Shroobs collect vim and convert it into fuel.

*[[Koopaseum]] - A conquered colosseum in [[Gritzy Desert]] that the Shroobs use for entertainment.

*[[Shroob Mother Ship]] - A large flying saucer owned by [[Princess Shroob]].

*[[Shroob Castle]] - The conquered [[Peach's Castle]], used as the Shroobs' capitol.

*[[Shroob planet]] - The dying Shroob home planet.

==List of appearances==

{|class="wikitable sortable"width=100%

!width=40%|Title

!width=20%|Role

!width=20%|Release Date

!width=20%|System/Handheld

|''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]''

|Enemy

|2005

|[[Nintendo DS]]

|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''

|Cameo as sticker

|2008

|[[Wii]]

|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''

|Boss

|2009

|[[Nintendo DS]]

|''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''

|Cameo

|2013

|[[Nintendo 3DS]]

|''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''

|Cameo

|2017

|[[Nintendo 3DS]]

|''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]''

|Boss

|2018

|[[Nintendo 3DS]]

|[[Nintendo Switch]]

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''===

{{SSBB sticker

|name=Shroob

|image=[[File:Shroob Sticker.png]]

|game=''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''

|effect=Launch Power +7

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|Jpn=ゲドンコ星人

|JpnR=Gedonko-seijin

|JpnM=Literally "people of [[Shroob planet|Planet ''Gedonko'']]"

|Jpn2M=Possibly from「外道」(''gedō'', fiend) and「ウドンコカビ」(''udonko-kabi'', a term for a parasitic fungus that leaves white spots on plant leaves)

|FreA=Champiz

|FreAM=From ''champi'', short for ''champignon'' ("mushroom")

|FreE=Xhampi

|FreEM=Corruption of ''champi'', short for ''champignon'' ("mushroom")

|SpaAM=From ''champiñón'' ("mushroom") with suffix ''-zoide''

|Kor=게돈코

|KorM=From the Japanese name

|Kor2R=Gedonko-seong'in

|Kor2M=Shroob planet people

|RusM=Clipping of "мухомор" (''mukhomor'', "[[wikipedia:Amanita muscaria|fly agaric]]")

|ChiS=宇宙蘑菇<ref>From the [[Mushroob Reef]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]''</ref>

|ChiSR=Yǔzhòu Mógū

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==Notes==

*A reference to the Shroobs was made in the ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'' website, where one of the player's baller names (determined by a five-question quiz) could be "Shroob Showstopper".

**[[Princess Shroob]]'s three-legged throne that she uses in her boss battle resembles the Martians' fighting machines from the novel, being a very tall walking tripod that shoots lasers. Her throne also floats and has a forcefield, similar to the fighting machines in the [[wikipedia:The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|1953 film adaptation]].

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