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|image=[[File:Swaphopper.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' | |image=[[File:Swaphopper.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]]) | ||
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'''Swaphoppers'''<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 [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. These bug-like creatures appear only in areas where [[gravity]] flips such as [[Rightside Down Galaxy]] and [[Upside Dizzy Galaxy]], though they also make a minor appearance in the [[Battle Belt Galaxy]]. Their name is a portmanteau of "swap," referring to the constant gravity changes in the places they inhabit, and "grasshopper." Swaphoppers each have one blue hard-shelled side with a spike on top, meaning [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) cannot [[spin]] or [[jump]] on it. On the other side is a soft tan underbelly. When gravity flips and exposes the Swaphopper's tan side, Mario can jump on it and defeat the Swaphopper. However, in the Battle Belt Galaxy, one of the Swaphoppers behaves oppositely; it has its tan underbelly vulnerable when the gravity is normal and the spike on top when upside down. Swaphoppers attack by simply hopping towards Mario. Aside from what is described, they are roughly oval-shaped, and they have two bored-looking eyes in between their two sides as well as a pair of short legs. Their eyelids tilt a little in (to represent an angered expression) when the enemies are resistant and a little out (as if scared) when they are vulnerable. When they are stopped by the [[Co-Star Luma]], they are not affected by gravity changes. | '''Swaphoppers'''<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 [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. These bug-like creatures appear only in areas where [[gravity]] flips such as [[Rightside Down Galaxy]] and [[Upside Dizzy Galaxy]], though they also make a minor appearance in the [[Battle Belt Galaxy]]. Their name is a portmanteau of "swap," referring to the constant gravity changes in the places they inhabit, and "grasshopper." Swaphoppers each have one blue hard-shelled side with a spike on top, meaning [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) cannot [[spin]] or [[jump]] on it. On the other side is a soft tan underbelly. When gravity flips and exposes the Swaphopper's tan side, Mario can jump on it and defeat the Swaphopper. However, in the Battle Belt Galaxy, one of the Swaphoppers behaves oppositely; it has its tan underbelly vulnerable when the gravity is normal and the spike on top when upside down. Swaphoppers attack by simply hopping towards Mario. Aside from what is described, they are roughly oval-shaped, and they have two bored-looking eyes in between their two sides as well as a pair of short legs. Their eyelids tilt a little in (to represent an angered expression) when the enemies are resistant and a little out (as if scared) when they are vulnerable. When they are stopped by the [[Co-Star Luma]], they are not affected by gravity changes. | ||
A | A type of Swaphopper called [[Flophopper]]s appears in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. Their appearance is different, and they do not possess the gravity tactics of Swaphoppers, instead attacking like a [[Bramball]]. | ||
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===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||
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| | |Jap=ハンテンムシ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors.|location=Tokyo|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|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]]』|page=161|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref> | ||
| | |JapR=Hantenmushi | ||
| | |JapM=Portmanteau of「反転」(''hanten'', turning around) and「虫」(''mushi'', "insect") | ||
|Ger=Gravistachler | |Ger=Gravistachler | ||
|GerM=From "gravitate" and agentive form of ''stachel'' ("sting") | |GerM=From "gravitate" and agentive form of ''stachel'' ("sting") | ||
