Editing Slurple

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMG Slurple Artwork.png]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|relatives=[[Octoomba]]
|comparable=[[Kamikami]]<br>[[Mini Goomba]]s
|member_of=[[Octo-Army]]
}}
'''Slurples'''<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Random House Inc|date=May 23, 2010|page=29|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref> are parasitic alien [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. These enemies have light-blue skin, big eyes, funnel-like mouths, and large, [[Octoomba]]-like suction cups on their undersides. Their behavior is similar to the [[Mini Goomba]]s in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', which are instead treated as full-sized attacking enemies in the games where Slurples appear.

==History==
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
Slurples first appear in ''Super Mario Galaxy'', usually appearing in groups of three to five. They at first sit in place, pulsating, but start bouncing at [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) when he approaches, making a popping noise as they move. If they touch him, they will latch on and start slowly draining health from him, like [[Kamikami]]. In addition to damage, Mario's movement speed is slowed while a Slurple is attached to him. Slurples can be defeated with a [[spin]] or a flung [[Star Bit]]. If hit with a Star Bit, they will yield three additional Star Bits, while they will yield only one if spun into. They can also be defeated by obstacles such as [[boulder]]s. Slurples appear primarily in organic [[galaxy|galaxies]] with a large amount of greenery.

An [[list of Super Mario Galaxy pre-release and unused content|unused]] purple variant of Slurple, seen in the game's E3 2006 trailer,<ref name=purple>{{cite|timestamp=0:15|url=https://youtu.be/FtRGMlhlFmo|title=Super Mario Galaxy E3 2006 trailer|author=musico136|date=May 10, 2006|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> is located in the files of ''Super Mario Galaxy'' under the name of '''KariKari'''.<ref>{{cite|author=TCRF|language=en|title=[[tcrf:Super Mario Galaxy/Unused Models#KariKari|''Super Mario Galaxy''/Unused Models § KariKari]]|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor|accessdate=February 20, 2020}}</ref> Its name resembles [[Karikari]], an enemy from ''[[Donkey Kong Jungle Beat]]'', on which the developers previously worked.

====Appearances====
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*[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where Slurples are completely absent.
*[[File:Galaxy StarP.png]] marks missions where Slurples are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="color:white;background:red"
!Domes
!Galaxies
!colspan=6|Missions
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Terrace (Super Mario Galaxy)|Terrace]]
|[[Good Egg Galaxy]]
|[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Dino Piranha (mission)]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=A Snack of Cosmic Proportions]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=King Kaliente's Battle Fleet]]||[[File:Smg icon speedycomet.png|link=Dino Piranha Speed Run]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Purple Coin Omelet]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Luigi on the Roof]]
|-
|[[Honeyhive Galaxy]]
|[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Bee Mario Takes Flight]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Trouble on the Tower]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Big Bad Bugaboom]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race]]||[[File:Smg icon purplecomet.png|link=The Honeyhive's Purple Coins]]||[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom]]
|-
|[[Bedroom (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bedroom]]
|[[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]
|[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Bunnies in the Wind]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Major Burrows's Daredevil Run]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube]]||[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=The Golden Chomp]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Engine Room]]
|[[Gold Leaf Galaxy]]
|[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Star Bunnies on the Hunt]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Cataquack to the Skies]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=When It Rains, It Pours]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Cosmic Mario Forest Race]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Purple Coins in the Woods]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=The Bell on the Big Tree]]
|-
|[[Sea Slide Galaxy]]
|[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Going after Guppy]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Faster Than a Speeding Penguin]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=The Silver Stars of Sea Slide]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Underwater Cosmic Mario Race]]||[[File:Smg icon purplecomet.png|link=Purple Coins by the Seaside]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Hurry, He's Hungry]]
|}
</div>

===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
In ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', Slurples are far less common, but they act the same as before. They now appear in block-themed galaxies rather than natural ones.

====Appearances====
<div class="contentbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"data-expandtext="Show appearances"data-collapsetext="Hide appearances">
*[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where Slurples are completely absent.
*[[File:Galaxy StarP.png]] marks missions where Slurples are loaded and may be visible but cannot be encountered directly.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-style="color:white;background:red"
!Worlds
!Galaxies
!colspan=3|Missions
|-
|[[World 2 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 2]]
|[[Puzzle Plank Galaxy]]
|[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=The Puzzling Picture Block]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Purple Coin Shadow Vault]]||[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=Bugaboom's Back]]
|-
|[[World 5 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 5]]
|[[Upside Dizzy Galaxy]]
|[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=A Walk on the Weird Side]]||[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=Burning Upside Dizzy]]
|}
</div>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Asset Model Slurple.png|Model from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG Unused Purple Slurple.png|Model of "KariKari" from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG2 Upside Dizzy 5.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
</gallery>

==Naming==
"Slurple" is a pun on "slurp" (alluding to their parasitic behavior) and possibly "purple". Despite Slurple being blue, the unused "KariKari" variant seen in the E3 2006 trailer is indeed purple,<ref name=purple/> suggesting the name might have been decided before Slurple's color was changed. Their Japanese names implies they are part of the [[Octo-Army]].

===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''<br>''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/Karipon.arc</tt>
|name1=Karipon
|meaning1=Possibly from「かりかり」(''karikari'', onomatopoeia for a scraping sound) with「~ぽん」(''-pon'', a suffix used for cutesy names)
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=タコチュ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=2015|page=127, 160}}</ref>
|JapR=Takochu
|JapM=From「蛸」(''tako'', octopus) and「チュー」(''chū'', an onomatopoeia for kissing sound) or possibly「虫」(''chū'', the on'yomi reading of "insect"); compare [[Octoomba#Names in other languages|Octoomba]]
|Fre=Gluton<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 31</ref>
|FreM=Possibly a pun on ''glu'' ("glue") and ''glouton'' ("glutton")
|Ita=Slurpino
|ItaM=From "slurp" with diminutive suffix "-ino"
|Ger=Blasen-Poink
|GerM=Bubble [[Poink#Names in other languages|Poink]]
|SpaE=Octolito
|SpaEM=Octolite
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Octo-Army]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2 enemies]]
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