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==Name==
<strike>Their name is a mix of [[Swoopin' Stu]] and [[Poink]], both from Sunshine. make note of that everyone. It could help us understand the storyline pre-release.</strike> [[User:Maxlover2|Max2]]
<strike>Their name is a mix of [[Swoopin' Stu]] and [[Poink]], both from Sunshine. make note of that everyone. It could help us understand the storyline pre-release.</strike> [[User:Maxlover2|Max2]]


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oh. :'( I thought I was on to something. :'( [[User:Maxlover2|Max2]] Now, I feel stupid.
oh. :'( I thought I was on to something. :'( [[User:Maxlover2|Max2]] Now, I feel stupid.
:Made by me, actually. [[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]][[User:Parayoshi|<span style="color: green">Para Yoshi</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Parayoshi|<tt>Wahoo!</tt>]]</sup>[[File:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] 19:15, 23 February 2007 (EST)
:Made by me, actually. [[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]][[User:Parayoshi|<span style="color: green">Para Yoshi</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Parayoshi|<tt>Wahoo!</tt>]]</sup>[[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] 19:15, 23 February 2007 (EST)


I will be under a rock in shame. :''''''''''''''''(. [[User:Maxlover2|Max2]] I feel like a ''Mucho loco idioso''... i speak bad spanish. :'(
I will be under a rock in shame. :''''''''''''''''(. [[User:Maxlover2|Max2]] I feel like a ''Mucho loco idioso''... i speak bad spanish. :'(


Sorry, I assumed it was Kelt since he covered most of the Galaxy stuff. No offense.{{User:Knife/sig}} 20:31, 23 February 2007 (EST)
Sorry, I assumed it was Kelt since he covered most of the Galaxy stuff. No offense.{{User:Knife/sig}} 20:31, 23 February 2007 (EST)
:Why should that be offensive? [[File:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]][[User:Parayoshi|<span style="color: green">Para Yoshi</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Parayoshi|<tt>Wahoo!</tt>]]</sup>[[File:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] 17:21, 24 February 2007 (EST)
:Why should that be offensive? [[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]][[User:Parayoshi|<span style="color: green">Para Yoshi</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Parayoshi|<tt>Wahoo!</tt>]]</sup>[[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] 17:21, 24 February 2007 (EST)


== From…? ==
== From…? ==


Where is this picture from? [[File:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]][[User:Parayoshi|<span style="color: green">Para Yoshi</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Parayoshi|<tt>Wahoo!</tt>]]</sup>[[File:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] 20:47, 28 March 2007 (EDT)
Where is this picture from? [[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]][[User:Parayoshi|<span style="color: green">Para Yoshi</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Parayoshi|<tt>Wahoo!</tt>]]</sup>[[Image:Parayoshiicon.jpg|20px]] 20:47, 28 March 2007 (EDT)


== Do these things actually apper in the game?  ==
== Do these things actually apper in the game?  ==
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I think it should be known that shooting one with a star bit yeilds to obtaining 3 star bits, as opposed to spinning one for one star bit. [[User:Learner|Learner]] 18:27, 4 March 2008 (EST)
I think it should be known that shooting one with a star bit yeilds to obtaining 3 star bits, as opposed to spinning one for one star bit. [[User:Learner|Learner]] 18:27, 4 March 2008 (EST)
== Surely Slurples are Octoomba relatives, no? ==
Howdy! A while ago, I made [https://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Slurple&oldid=3145438 a revision] to the infobox in this article to reflect what I interpreted as an deliberate relationship to [[Octoomba]]s, but I noticed that this revision was undone some time ago. I think it should be added back, but because it was a little controversial, I thought I would make my case here.
The officially published Japanese name for Slurples is タコチュ or "Takochu". The suffix "tako" is Japanese for "octopus", and is shared with [[Octoomba#Names in other languages|Octoomba]] and [[Octoguy#Names in other languages|Octoguy]]. Artistically, a major "group" of octopus-inspired enemies - namely Octoombas, Octoguys, Rocto, and King Kaliente - are introduced in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and I don't think any of us would argue in good faith that these enemies are unrelated to each other, or were inspired by octopuses independently of each other. I think Sluprle is suppose to be considered a part of this related faction as well, otherwise they likely would not have named it "Takochu". I think to suggest otherwise is obscuring some deliberate design choices with these enemies, and I believe it should be reintegrated with Electrogoomba being recognized as the parent species for Slurple in the infobox. I understand that Slurples have different behaviors from the other octopus enemies in the game, but there are a wide diversity of enemy families in ''Super Mario'' that have a lot of different behaviors within them, so I don't really think that matters here.
Personally, I also feel like Slurples were designed to look a bit like Octoomba to lampshade a relationship. They both have a siphon-like mouth, squishy bodies, and sunglass-like patches around their eyes - it's just that a Slurple's are white, whereas the other Octooomba relatives have black patches. Let me know what y'all think! - [[User:Nintendo101|Nintendo101]] ([[User talk:Nintendo101|talk]]) 14:40, August 19, 2022 (EDT)
:Well, I also disagree with describing it as a parent/variant relationship. We don't even do that with Octoomba and Rocto. I'm open to listing Octoomba and Slurple as 'relatives', though. They personally seem to have more in common with Smeeches though, which the German name seemingly notes. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 09:41, August 20, 2022 (EDT)
::They do kinda seem like an alien counterpart to the original Micro-Goombas, so I wouldn't be too opposed (Rocto, meanwhile, isn't Goomba-like at all). [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 20:19, August 31, 2022 (EDT)

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