Thropher
| Thropher | |||
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 Artwork from Super Mario RPG for the Nintendo Switch | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) | ||
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Throphers (originally known as Mukumuku, and also called Muku for short)[1] are enemies in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. These gophers appear on Star Hill, and can be summoned using Thropher Cookies. Throphers fight alongside Mastadooms, Geckos and Sackits, and attack by hitting a party member with their hands. Throphers can also throw an assortment of random objects used in other enemy attacks, ranging from normal projectiles such as bones and non-explosive Microbombs, to odd objects like coins, to nonsensical visual effects like musical notes and tiny birds to attack the team; this is similar to the special attack Monster Toss used by Croco and Lakitus.
Its name in the remake is a portmanteau of "throw" and "gopher".
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mukumuku | |||||||||
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HP | 108 | FP | 100 | Speed | 11 | |||
| Location(s) | Star Hill | Attack | 60 | Magic attack | 22 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 47 | Magic defense | 30 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Lucky! (20%) | Yoshi Cookie | Muku Cookie | Morph rate | 100% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 80% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | Fire | Strong | Thunder | Sp. attacks | Missed me! | ||||
| Coins | 1 | Exp. points | 8 | Items | Maple Syrup (25%) | ||||
| Psychopath | "Ya trying to bug me?!" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)[edit]
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Thropher | |||||||||
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HP | 108 | Weak Elements | 
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Drops | Maple Syrup | |||
| Exp. | 8 | Weak Statuses |    
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Star Hill | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | Whenever the Throphers living on Star Hill look at the shooting stars that fall around them, they wish that the world was theirs. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Why are you picking on me?" | ||||||||
| Animations | |||||||||
Gallery[edit]
Artwork from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムクムク[?] Mukumuku |
Japanese ideophonic word for "chubby" or "shaggy", as well as heightened emotion, thinking of an idea, or burst of inspiration | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 姆库姆库[?] Mǔkùmǔkù |
Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 姆庫姆庫[?] Mǔkùmǔkù |
Transliteration of the Japanese name | |
| Dutch | Troffer[?] | Portmanteau of treffen ("to strike") and goffer ("gopher") | |
| French | Marmoufle[?] | Portmanteau of marmotte ("marmot") and possibly maroufle ("rogue") | |
| German | Ziesling[?] | Diminutive form of Ziesel ("gopher") | |
| Italian | Rodenzo[?] | From roditore ("rodent") and the common name "Lorenzo" | |
| Korean | 통통[?] Tong-tong |
Korean ideophone meaning "chubby" | |
| Spanish | Rodente[?] | Pun on roer ("to knaw") and "rodent" (in Spanish reading) |
References[edit]
- ^ "If you use Yoshi’s Cookie on the Muku, Yoshi converts the enemy into a Muku Cookie." – Pelland, Scott, and Kent Miller (1996). Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Player's Guide. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 61.
