Editing Skeeter

{{about|the enemies first appearing in Super Mario 64|the similar enemy of the same name from [[New Super Mario Bros.]]|[[Skeeter (New Super Mario Bros.)]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Skeeterartwork SMG2.png|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variants=[[Skeeter (New Super Mario Bros.)]]
|relatives=[[Klamber]]
|comparable=[[Scuttlebug]]
}}
'''Skeeters'''<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott, and Dan Owsen|title=Super Mario 64 Player's Guide|date=1996|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=11}}</ref> are giant {{wp|Gerridae|water strider}} enemies that are introduced in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. They appear in a few of the 3D ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games. Like real water striders, they usually skim on the surface of water. Their name comes from "water skeeter," one of many alternate names for water striders. 

Skeeters have had distinct designs throughout all four of their ''[[Super Mario (series)|Super Mario]]'' series appearances, though their abilities have remained largely the same. In addition to skating on water, they can also walk on land, though they move a bit slower.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
[[File:Skeeter64.jpg|thumb|left|A Skeeter in ''Super Mario 64'', its first appearance]]
In ''Super Mario 64'', Skeeters appear frequently in [[Wet-Dry World]], where one is seen on the entrance [[painting]]. They are found floating aimlessly on the water, and they appear as big cyan-colored pond skaters with yellow suction cup-like webbed feet and vermillion-colored antennae on their backs, with bulgy eyes. They can be defeated by most methods of attack, and they release three [[coin]]s upon defeat. They can be lowered onto platforms, where they will slowly skitter about and home in on [[Mario]] if they see him, acting just like a [[Scuttlebug|Scuttle Bug]]. If hit, Mario will lose two [[Health Meter|health]] wedges.

In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Skeeters are now blue, and their yellow webbed feet are slightly larger and also cover their ankles; the antennae on their heads are red instead of vermillion, and they have black eyes that are now positioned flat on their faces, instead of bulging out. Skeeters now also appear in [[Dire, Dire Docks]], where five of them can be found. Their other attributes remain unchanged from the original.

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
Skeeters reappear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', where they are referred to as '''Pondskaters'''<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton|date=September 3, 2002|title=Super Mario Sunshine Prima Official Strategy Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=0-7615-3961-1|page=18}}</ref> or '''Blue Spiders'''.<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|date=August 12, 2002|title=Super Mario Sunshine Perfect Guide|publisher=Versus Books|isbn=1-931886-09-1|page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|date=2002|title=Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide|publisher=BradyGames|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|page=5}}</ref> They are found exclusively in the lake of [[Bianco Hills]]. When they are [[jump]]ed on, Mario propels upward to a height rivaling the [[Rocket Nozzle]]. Pondskaters stop moving temporarily if sprayed with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]. Pondskaters can be defeated only by a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]], by either eating them or spraying [[juice]] at them to turn them into platforms, which will remove the Pondskaters after the platform disappears.

====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SkeeterSMG2.png|thumb|''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' redesigned the appearance of Skeeters]]
Skeeters in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' were given an overhauled appearance consisting of flat purple bodies without antennae. They are enemies first encountered in the [[Cosmic Cove Galaxy]]. They always home in on Mario or Luigi, and they can be [[stomp]]ed for a coin or hit with a [[spin]] to release three [[Star Bit]]s. They also appear in [[Starshine Beach Galaxy]] and [[Throwback Galaxy]].

===''Mario Party 3''===
In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', an immobile static Skeeter is in the background of [[Woody Woods]], and a large mechanical Skeeter is one of the vehicles in [[Ridiculous Relay]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Wet Dry World painting.png|''[[Super Mario 64]]''
SM64 Asset Model Skeeter.png|''Super Mario 64''
SMS Artwork Skeeter.png|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
SMS Asset Model Skeeter.png|''Super Mario Sunshine''
SkeeterSMS.png|A Pondskater in ''Super Mario Sunshine''
SM64DS Painting 11.png|''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''
SM64DS Asset Model Skeeter.png|''Super Mario 64 DS''
SkeeterDS.png|A Skeeter seen in ''Super Mario 64 DS''
SMG2 Throwback Galaxy pool.png|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=メンボ<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド (''Super Mario 64 Kanzen Clear Guide'')|publisher=KADOKAWA(メディアファクトリー)|language=ja|isbn=4889914110|page=[https://ia902503.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/3/items/super-mario-64-complete-guide-book_202204/Super%20Mario%2064%20Complete%20Guide%20Book.zip&file=017.jpg 13]|accessdate=March 30, 2024}}</ref>
|JapR=Menbo
|JapM=Clipping of「{{ruby|水黽|アメンボ}}」(''amenbo'', "pond skater")
|Fre=Aquaraignée
|FreM=Combination of "aqua" and ''araignée'' ("spider")
|Ger=Wasserläufer<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=9}}</ref>
|GerM=Water Strider
|Ita=Idroragno
|ItaM=Hydrospider
|Ita2=I Pattinatori<ref>{{cite|title=Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide|publisher=You Too Videogames srl|language=it|isbn=8890092211|page=[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WIS8L7XceLhy_kFemrrSgTzcCyGiCkfq/view 18]|accessdate=November 8, 2020}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Sunshine''
|Ita2M=The Skaters, probably a translation mistake
|Kor=소금쟁이
|KorR=Sogeumjaeng'i
|KorM=Water strider
|SpaE=Acuaraña
|SpaEM=Portmanteau of ''acua'' ("aqua") and ''araña'' ("spider")
}}

==References==
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